Lot 603 Great Britain #3 1841 1d red brown Queen Victoria Imperforate, Plate XI, mint with full original gum, hinged. A fresh stamp, with four margins and a light corner crease and a tiny scissor cut at upper right, very fine. Stanley Gibbons Specialized catalogue number AS74 (cat £6,000). A lovely example of the 1d red, printed from the 1d black plate. Accompanied by a 2015 Royal Philatelic Society certificate. SG CV £6,000.
Month: September 2016
Lot 180, Canada 1897 ten cent brown violet Leaf issue, XF NH
Lot 180 Canada #73 1897 10c brown violet Queen Victoria Leaf, mint never hinged, nicely centered, fresh and extremely fine. A very nice stamp and tough to find thus. Unitrade CV$2,400.
Lot 924, Canada 1898 Leaf issue Registered cover to Barbados
Lot 924 Canada #67, 68, 70 1898 Registered QV Leaf Cover to Barbados, franked with fresh copies of 1c, 2c purple (pair) and 5c, all tied by Berlin Ont c.d.s. and addressed to Bridgetown Barbados. Back has a number of cancels, including Berlin, Toronto, NY oval registration, and Barbados receiver. There is a vertical crease resulting in a tear (on back only) and opening tears (on back only) still a striking cover with very fine appearance. Estimate C$300.
Lot 722, France 1936 fifty franc Monoplane Over Paris airmail, VF NH
Lot 722 France #C15 1936 50fr Monoplane Over Paris, fresh, well centered, never hinged and very fine. Scott US$1,700.
Lot 214, Canada 1908 two cent Quebec Tercentenary, XF NH
Lot 214 Canada #98 1908 2c carmine Québec Tercentenary, mint never hinged, with extra large balanced margins, quite fresh and extremely fine. Accompanied by a 2016 Greene Foundation certificate. A truly beautiful stamp, certainly the nicest we have seen, and worthy of the finest collections. Unitrade CV$210.