Lot 9 Canada #2 1851 6d slate violet Consort Horizontal Pair, used, with centered 7-ring cancel. A lovely pair, with deep colour, wide even margins all around. Rare and very fine. Unitrade CV$5,000
Month: March 2013
Lot 478 — Canada #CL1 25 cents Laurentide Air Services
Lot 478 Canada #CL1 1924 (25c) light green Laurentide Air Services, rouletted at left, og, mint hinged and very fine. Unitrade CV$2,000
Lot 711 & 712 — Vancouver Island #3 and #4, Used
Lot 711 Vancouver Island #3 1865 5c rose Queen Victoria Imperforate, used with part long oval “Post Office Victoria Vancouver Island Paid” cancel in blue. With sheet margin at left, nice margins at top and bottom, but cut into at right. Ex. Wellburn, scarce and fine. Unitrade CV$5,000.
Lot 712 Vancouver Island #4 1865 10c blue Queen Victoria Imperforate, used with part long oval “Post Office Victoria Vancouver Island Paid” cancel in blue. Four balanced margins and a very fine stamp. Unitrade CV$1,500.
Lot 286 — Canada 2c carmine Edward VF mint sheet of twelve
Lot 286 Canada #90a 1903 2c Carmine Edward Imperforate Block of 12, mint with only two top middle stamps lightly hinged. Catalogue is for 5 NH pairs and one hinged. Very fine. Unitrade CV$660.
Lot 958 — Malta #20a, 20b on piece
Lot 958 Malta #20a, 20b 1902 1d on 2½d dull blue pair with double surcharge and PNNEY variety with 1988 Philatelic Foundation Certificate: “Vertical combination pair, on piece, Valletta cancel, PNNEY surcharge on top stamp, double surcharge on lower stamp…It is genuinely used on piece.” There are traces of the doubling on the top stamp. If a modern certificate (which we recommend) confirms this, then this pair assumes much greater importance and value. Fine-very fine. (SG 36a, 36b £3,805) Scott CV$ 4,565.