Lot 255 Canada #E1iv 1898 10c deep blue green Special Delivery, mint never hinged, very fine. Hard to find this nice. Unitrade CV$1,400, sold for $1,100 plus buyer’s premium.
Month: March 2016
Lot 1, Canada 1851 three penny beaver, used VF, sold for $1553
Lot 1 Canada #1 1851 3d red Beaver on Laid Paper, Imperforate, used with ideal centrally struck target cancel in black and four enormous margins, showing parts of five adjoining stamps. This stamp previously sold for US$1,955 at a 2011 Matthew Bennett auction (Daniel Cantor Sale). Insignificant tear in bottom margin, still an extremely fine and fresh stamp and worthy of the finest collections. Accompanied by a 2013 Greene Foundation certificate. Unitrade CV $1,600, sold for $1,350 plus buyer’s premium.
Lot 653, People’s Republic of China 1980 8f New Year’s Monkey, MNH, sold for $2530
Lot 653 People’s Republic of China #1586 1980 8f Monkey, New Year, mint never hinged, a nice fresh example of this very popular stamp, slight black offset on gum from sheet below as normal. Very fine. Scott CV US$1,875, sold for $2,200 plus buyer’s premium.
Lot 192, Canada 1929 1c to 8c KGV upper plate blocks, XF MNH, imperf vertically with plate inscriptions, sold for $3680
Lot 192 Canada #149d-154d 1929 1c to 8c King George V, mint never hinged upper plate blocks of four, imperforate vertically, with plate inscriptions in each top selvedge. A very fresh set of six blocks, quite rare (Unitrade estimates 5-10 blocks each exist from different plates, and qualify them as “incredibly rare”). Extremely fine. Unitrade C$4,320, sold for $3,200 plus buyer’s premium.
Lot 79, Canada 1893 twenty cent vermilion Widow Weeds, MNH, sold for $2645
Lot 79 Canada #46 1893 20c vermilion Widow Weeds, mint with full original gum, never hinged. A very fine and fresh stamp. Accompanied by a 2011 Greene Foundation certificate. Unitrade CV C$2,600, sold for $2,300 plus buyer’s premium.