Sparks Auctions

Lots 136 & 140 — Queen Victoria Jubilees

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Our second feature for Victoria Day shows two nice Jubilee stamps, which honoured Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee of sixty years on the throne.

Lot 136Lot 136 Canada #62 1897 $2 dark purple Jubilee, mint never hinged, very fine. Unitrade CV$6,000.

Lot 140Lot 140 Canada #65 1897 $5 olive green Jubilee, mint never hinged with lightly disturbed gum (likely from storage), else very fine. Accompanied by a 2015 Greene Foundation certificate. Unitrade CV$6,000.

Lot 16 — Canada 1857 half pence rose Queen Victoria, VF MNH

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Today is the Victoria Day holiday in Canada, the traditional beginning of summer. So it is fitting that we feature Canada #8, the second Canadian stamp featuring the Queen’s portrait. (The first is of course the twelve penny black, Canada’s most expensive stamp.)

Lot 16Lot 16 Canada #8 1857 ½d rose Queen Victoria, mint, with full never hinged original gum, with four margins, very fine. A few tiny toning spots on back do not detract from this rare stamp. Accompanied by a 2008 Richard Gratton AIEP certificate. Unitrade CV$2,800.

Lot 463 — British Columbia 1869 three pence lilac rose Heraldic with ten cent surcharge, MNH

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Lot 463Lot 463 British Columbia #15 1869 10c on 3d lilac rose Heraldic Surcharge, Perforated 12½, mint, with full original hinged gum (tiny bit disturbed). Very nicely centered for issue, fine-very fine (catalogue value is for fine only). Accompanied by a 2013 Greene Foundation certificate. Unitrade CV$2,400.

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