Lot 824 — India #4 group of five covers with One anna red, sold for $3220

Lot 824Lot 824 India #4 1854 1a red Used on Five Letters. With one envelope bearing a pair, one complete folded letter and three partial folded letters, one with a strip of three. The folded letters have complete backstamps. All are internal within India from different correspondences (Scott Classic $130 plus). Est. $500, sold for $2,800 plus buyer’s premium.

Lot 914 — USA #2 1847 Ten cent black Washington used with red grid cancel, sold for $776

We were right to feature this item as Stamp Of The Day on Stamp Auction Network. It brought the most bids of any item in the auction.
Lot 914Lot 914 O USA #2 1847 10c black Washington, lovely four margin example with nice colour and sharp impression, used with red grid cancellation, very fine. Accompanied by 2002 Philatelic Foundation certificate. Scott CV $1000, sold for $675 plus buyer’s premium.

Lot 161 — Canada two cent green Small Queen, 2nd Ottawa printing, sold for $546

Our first featured item from Sale #14 is from Canada classics, a section where we saw many nice realizations.

Lot 161

Lot 161 Canada #36i 1889 2c green Small Queen, mint never hinged, from the second Ottawa printing. A fresh example, with large margins, especially at both sides and extremely fine. Accompanied by a 2013 Richard Gratton certificate. Unitrade CV$ 300, sold for $475 plus buyer’s premium.

Note for Bidders — Auction #14

We thank you for your bids in our Sale #14, April 8-10th, which concluded yesterday evening. There were more than 300 successful bidders. We are checking the sale results for accuracy, and then we will be readying invoices, organizing material, and preparing shipping estimates.

While we are working, our telephone line is going to voicemail, and we will only be able to respond to e-mails intermittently.

If you would like to know if you were the successful bidder on a lot, you should check the Prices Realized on Stamp Auction Network by going to our sale and clicking “Realizations.”

Local Ottawa CUSTOMERS

We will send you your invoice as soon as it has been checked and organized. Pickup for local bidders begins during office hours on Wednesday, April 16th, 10:00am-5pm. Please send us an e-mail or call with a message that you are coming to pick up, so we can have your material ready.

OUT-OF-TOWN CUSTOMERS

We will e-mail you your invoice with shipping charges as soon as it has been checked and organized. If we have your payment information on file and have your permission to charge you, we will do so and send your material as soon as we can. If you aren’t sure if we have current payment information, you can call our voicemail with the credit card details, or send it to us in multiple e-mails for security.

We thank all customers for their bids! Next week we will provide some commentary on our site about the auction and noting nice realizations.

Lot 704 — Great Britain penny black with black Maltese Cross

With three sessions today, we begin at 10:00am EDT. Worldwide stamps and Postal History follow British Commonwealth, which sees this classic in the first few lots.

Lot 704Lot 704 Great Britain #1 1840 1d intense black Queen Victoria with black Maltese Cross Cancel. SG values the black Maltese Cross on this stamp at £525. Extremely fine and fresh, from position GF. Scott CV$300.