AUCTION #49
The following lots are still available and may be purchased from us until 5:00pm EDT on Friday, April 5, 2024.
• Prices are in CDN$. 17% buyer’s premium will be added, as well as shipping charges, tax and credit card convenience fees where applicable.
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Lot | Country & Cat# | Symbol | Description | CDN$ |
50 | Canada #39 | */** | 1880s 6c Yellow Brown Small Queen, Perforated 12, a mint block of four from the “three dot state,” with full original gum, bottom stamps are never hinged, top have a hinge remnant. A lovely and fresh block, very fine and scarce. Accompanied by a 2023 Greene Foundation certificate. Rsv. $2,900. Unitrade $6,400 | $2,900 |
51 | Canada #40 | */** | 1888 10c Dull Rose Small Queen, Perforated 12, a mint plate block of eight, with large part original gum, centre block and lower right stamp are never hinged. The block shows an almost complete plate inscription at top right, fine. A very rare plate inscription block, c.v. is for eight singles only. Accompanied by a 1988 Greene Foundation certificate. Rsv. $5,000. Unitrade $7,750 | $5,000 |
71 | Canada #61 | ** | 1897 $1 Lake Jubilee, mint never hinged, with deep fresh colour and perfect gum, a lovely and very fine stamp. Accompanied by a 2023 Greene Foundation certificate. Rsv. $2,800. Unitrade $3,000 | $2,800 |
72 | Canada #63 | ** | 1897 $3 Yellow Bistre Jubilee, mint never hinged, with deep rich colour, very fine. Accompanied by a 2023 Greene Foundation certificate. Rsv. $2,200. Unitrade $8,000 | $2,200 |
73 | Canada #64 | ** | 1897 $4 Purple Jubilee, mint never hinged, fresh and very fine. Accompanied by a 2023 Greene Foundation certificate. Rsv. $3,000. Unitrade $8,000 | $3,000 |
74 | Canada #65 | ** | 1897 $5 Olive Green Jubilee, mint never hinged, with fresh colour and pristine gum, a fine-very fine stamp. Accompanied by a 2023 Greene Foundation certificate. Rsv. $2,000. Unitrade $5,500 | $2,000 |
77 | Canada #66a-73i | ** | 1897-1898 ½c to 10c Queen Victoria Leaf Set, Imperforate, a select set in horizontal pairs, all mint never hinged and fresh, with large margins and bright colours, three values have sheet margins, overall very fine to extremely fine. Includes #s 66a, 67a, 68a, 69a, 70a, 71a, 72i and 73i, and each pair is accompanied by a 2012 Greene Foundation certificate. If you have been waiting to obtain a nice, fresh set, this is the one. Rsv. $9,500. Unitrade $20,625 | $9,500 |
121 | Canada #113b | ** | 1912 7c Straw Admiral, a mint never hinged block of four, with perfect gum and fresh colour, a lovely and very fine block. Accompanied by a 2023 Greene Foundation certificate. Rsv. $2,500. Unitrade $5,600 | $2,500 |
126 | Canada #116 | ** | 1912 10c Plum Admiral, a mint never hinged (hinged in selvedge only) plate 2 strip of four, showing part of a printing order at left, very fine. Accompanied by a 2023 Greene Foundation certificate. Rsv. $1,800. Unitrade $4,800 | $1,800 |
184 | Canada #741a | ** | 1977 10c Hunters Following Star Imperforate Between, a mint never hinged horizontal strip of five, with the second and third stamps imperforate between, very fine. Ex Sir Gawaine Baillie and still on his page. Rsv. $800. Unitrade $1,500 | $800 |
186 | Canada #908ai | ** | 1981 (30c) Red Maple Leaf Imperforate, a mint never hinged strip of four, with the wide spacing variety in the centre, very fine and scarce. Catalogue value is for a normal imperforate strip only. Rsv. $650. Unitrade $1,000 | $650 |
189 | Canada #1181v | ** | 1989 $1 Runnymede Library Part Imperforate, a mint never hinged upper left corner block of ten, with both lower stamps imperforate. Very fine and rare. Ex Sir Gawaine Baillie and still on his page. Rsv. $1,800. Unitrade $4,000 | $1,800 |
195 | Canada #BK1 | ** | 1900 2c Carmine Queen Victoria Numeral Complete Booklet, a gorgeous booklet containing two panes of six very fine centered stamps, with original inter-leaving. The cover has bright, fresh colour and the staple is tight. An extremely fine and seldom encountered complete booklet, the finest we have handled. Accompanied by a 2023 Greene Foundation certificate. Rsv. $3,400. Unitrade $6,750 | $3,400 |
258 | Vancouver Island #6i | */** | 1865 10c Blue Queen Victoria, Perforated 14, with Inverted Watermark, a strikingly fresh sheet margin block of twelve, with full original hand-applied gum, eight stamps are never hinged and four are very lightly hinged. The block shows a nearly complete “COLONIES” watermark in the margin, and the stamps all clearly show an inverted watermark. An impressive and very fine block, worthy of the finest collection. Catalogue value does not include a premium for the never hinged stamps. Accompanied by a 2021 Greene Foundation certificate. Rsv. $15,000. Unitrade $24,000 | $15,000 |
263 | Newfoundland #241a | ** | 1933 4c Carmine Eton College Imperforate, a complete sheet of 100, with a few wrinkles, else very fine and unique as far as we know. Ex Colonial and Foreign Stamp Co. (1978), Sir Gawaine Baillie (2006). Rsv. $2,500. Unitrade $6,500 | $2,500 |
284 | Newfoundland #117a | (*) | 1901 15c Orange Mouchon, Imperforate, an unused (no gum) inter-panneau pane of 50, with “millésime” 1 in the margin between the two panes of 25. There is a light bend across the pane, else a very fine and rare large multiple, as these are usually seen in pairs or small blocks. Catalogue value is for 50 singles with no gum, and the Yvert catalogue value for 50 singles with gum would be 21,250. Rsv. $1,600. Scott CV U$6,250 | $1,600 |