Lot 584 British East Africa #78-81 1896-1903 4a to 7½a Queen Victoria and British Lions, four values of the set each with part PROTECTORATE inscription in margin and with neatly struck Mombasa cds cancels, very fine. Scott CV$58, sold for $70 plus buyer’s premium.
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Lot 1305 — Canada 1896 commercial cover with three cent Small Queen, sold for $518
Lot 1305 1896 Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co Steamship Carolina Cover, franked with 3c Small Queen, tied by blue Richelieu & Ontario Nav Co AUG.29.1898 Steamer Carolina postmark. Addressed to Brantford Ontario. Includes personal contents, datelined Tadoussac. An issue of the BNAPS “Nautical Times” newsletter notes that an example of this marking has NOT been reported on cover. Back flap removed, a trivial fault considering the significance of this Steamer mark on cover. Scarce. Estimate $250, sold for $450 plus buyer’s premium.
Lot 92 — Canada 1890 three cent vermilion Small Queen, VF MNH, sold for $345
Lot 92 Canada #41 1890 3c vermilion Small Queen, mint never hinged, very fine. Accompanied by a 2014 Richard Gratton certificate. Unitrade CV$240, sold for $300 plus buyer’s premium.
Lot 174 — Canada “Clipper No. 2” die proof, sold for $518
Lot 174 Canada #DP121 BABNCo. Die No. 121 “CLIPPER NO. 2”, 65x109mm. From a consignment of 35 such die proofs. A former employee of British American Bank Note Company was tasked with identifying a number of Die Proofs which were appropriate to being enlarged and framed to serve as decorations in the offices of the firm. The Die Proofs were cut out of the Archival Log Book of BABNCo. and the manuscript notations refer to the percent of enlargement. Estimate $200, sold for $450 plus buyer’s premium.
Lot 1060 — Iraq 1932 one dinar claret King Faisal I overprint high value, sold for $110
Lot 1060 Iraq #Q71 1932 1d claret King Faisal I Overprinted “On State Service” Official, used high value of set, with partial cds, very fine. Scott CV$100, sold for $95 plus buyer’s premium.