Lot 1203 Nepal #10, 10a 1906 Half anna black with very rare postmark This strip of 3 comes from the rare setting 5 and can be positively identified as clichés 5, 6 and 7. Cliché 6 is inverted and cliché 7 has the flattened base. The strip has an almost complete strike of the Sawari Hunting Camp used during King George V’s visit to Nepal in 1911. Illustrated in Singer’s Nepal. Est $500, $475 hammer.
Month: July 2012
Lot 242 — Canada #91b Five Cent Edward Blue on White, Realized $1265
This realization is even more remarkable for the fact that a similar stamp described as ‘superb’ sold for $500 in a major public auction in New York two days later. Ours was on white paper and theirs on blue. White is a bit scarcer, and while we didn’t say ‘superb,’ the one in our sale is better-centered.
Lot 242, Canada #91b 1903 5c blue on white paper King Edward, mint never hinged, fresh and very fine. Unitrade CV$1400. $1100 hammer.