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Lot 23 Canada #4x 1852 3d red Beaver with Stitch Watermark, used, with indistinct 4-ring numeral cancel and four margins. Deep colour and clear watermark. Ex Cantor, and accompanied by 1988 Greene Foundation certificate. Unitrade CV$1,000, SOLD for $1,100 plus premium.
One of many good realizations from the Hillside Collection of Canada Admirals, this one a discovery.
Lot 333 Canada #113P 1912 7c Admiral Die Proof, on India on card, in unissued orange colour, measuring 39 x 24 mm. Die number and 23 mm printer’s imprint at bottom. Only two proofs in this colour are recorded, both were in the Christie sale of ABN proof material. Not mentioned in Minuse and Pratt or on Library and Archives web site. There are two diagonal creases and two nicks at top and right, still a major Admiral rarity. Estimate $500, SOLD for $1,100 plus premium.
A beautiful stamp to start off our featured items:
Lot 787 Burma #18 1937 25R blue and ocher KGVI, fresh and immaculate stamp, deep colour, well-centered, never hinged, very fine. The CV is for hinged; the set has an 80% plus premium for NH, so pro rata CV is over $1,260. Scott CV$700, sold for $950 plus premium.
The fortunate thing about the auction experience is that under-evaluated items will find the appropriate price level because of competition. That was the case for this lot of the former Soviet republic of Tannu Tuva, which passed our lotters’ scrutiny with a lower estimate than the value ultimately assigned by spirited bidders.
Lot 1253 Tannu Tuva #45/C9 Group of 85 Mint and Used Stamps Including 20 Imperforates, includes mint #45-52 perforated and imperforates (CV $50 and $100), 54-60 (CV $45), 61-70 (CV $50 – #63 with small stain spot, #69 crease at top), C1-C9 (CV $55) and the following imperforate issues (some of these with light creases #57, 71, 73 (corner tear), 75, 80a, 82a, 83, 84a, 85, 87, 89 and 92. Also includes 31 different used stamps. All mint stamps appear to be never hinged, a few small faults. Overall fine-very fine. Estimate $100, SOLD for $3,000 plus premium.
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