Lot 283 Canada #107 1922 2c green Admiral Strip of Four. Wet printing left marginal strip. Top half of pyramid lines in left margin opposite bottom. Also phantom pyramid lines in left margin opposite top two stamps. The pyramid lines are 6.5 mm to the left of the stamp designs which means it must come from one of plates 175, 176, 180, 181. Stamp 2 has a scratch to the left of the 2 in the right numeral tablet. Unused (no gum) and scarce. Estimate $100, sold for $230 plus buyer’s premium.
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Lot 220 — Canada seven cent olive yellow Numeral, sold for $1208
Lot 220 Canada #81 1902 7c olive yellow Numeral, mint never hinged, fresh and very fine. Accompanied by 2005 Richard Gratton AIEP and 2010 Greene Foundation certificate. Unitrade CV$750, sold for $1050 plus buyer’s premium.
Lot 166 — Group of Canada Jubilees with socked-on-nose town cancels, sold for $230
Lot 166 Canada #51-54 1897 1c to 5c, and 50c Jubilee Used Group. A select group of socked on the nose cds town cancels on one 1c, one 2c, two each of the 3c, 5c and 50c. All except one are dated June to August 1897 and we note St Henri de Montréal, Harriston, Moose Jaw, Brantford and a Nanaimo Type II squared circle. A nice group. Est. $75, sold for $200 plus buyer’s premium.
Lot 1120 — USA 1898 Trans-Mississippi set, unused no gum, sold for $1265
Lot 1120 United States #33 1898 1c to $2 Trans-Mississippi Issue, the set of 9, typically fine centering though 5c is a jumbo for this issue. All unused, no gum, 2c and 4c with thins and $2 with light sulphurization. The Scott Specialized prices the $1 without gum at half and the $2 a little below half of catalogue. The set with o.g. has a CV of $4,185. Sold for $1100 plus buyer’s premium.
Lot 717 — Great Britain 1d rose-red Victoria used specialty collection, sold for $834
Lot 717 Great Britain #33 1858-1979 1d rose-red Victoria with letters in 4 corners. Filling three large binders, and being a lifetime of searching for varieties, etc. Includes multiples, covers, etc. Almost certainly well over 2,000 stamps, some mixed condition, but many fine. Estimate $200, sold for $725 plus premium.