Lot 180 Canada #FSC30 1916 $1 Blue Queen Victoria Law Stamp with Red “In Prize” Overprint, mint hinged and well centered, with control number in the range of “In Prize” overprints recorded by Zaluski, very fine. van Dam C$950.
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Lot 152, Canada 1876 eight cent bright blue Registration, VF mint
Lot 152 Canada #F3a 1876 8c Bright Blue Registration, mint hinged, bright colour and superior centering to what is often encountered, a few blind perfs at top, fresh and very fine. Unitrade CV$1,000.
Lot 224, Canada four cent yellow ochre Admiral with precancel and lathework, VF NH
Lot 224 Canada #2-110-I var 4c Yellow Ochre Admiral with Precancel and Lathework, a mint never hinged single, with inverted Halifax Type 2 precancel, showing a “nailhead” impression at right, plus sheet margin at bottom showing a partial inverted Type D lathework. Very fine and quite rare in this fresh condition. Ex Andrew Elwood collection. Unitrade $900.
Lot 164, Canada 1879 yellow brown Officially Sealed in Fine mint block of eight
Lot 164 Canada #OX1 1879 Yellow Brown Officially Sealed Stamp in a Mint Plate Block of 8, with British American Bank Note Co Montréal imprint. We note hinges have been used for support in several places. Fine, and the first we have handled. An exhibit-worthy item. Ex Brigham. Rsv. $1,800. Estimate C$2,000.
Lot 366, Newfoundland 1919 Hawker Trans-Atlantic Flight Overprint on three cent Red Brown Caribou cover
Lot 366 Newfoundland #C1 1919 Hawker Trans-Atlantic Flight Overprint on 3c Red Brown Caribou, mailed from St John’s on APR.12.1919 (machine cancel) to The Daily Mail in London, England, with English seal on back (used to close open flap), cancelled London MAY.30.1919. The cover is franked with a well centered Newfoundland C1, tied by the St John’s machine cancel, with a “BY AEROPLANE” endorsement at top left. There is a vertical folding crease in the middle of the cover, still fine to very fine. Rsv. $14,000.
This flight made a controlled crash landing in the ocean, after about 13 hours of flight, which likely explains why the back flap became unattached. An exceedingly rare cover, as only 200 stamps were overprinted, 18 of those destroyed as they were defective and with only 95 used stamps believed to exist, with far fewer remaining on their original covers.
Accompanied by a 2023 Greene Foundation certificate. Unitrade CV$30,000.
