An item fittingly featured on the front cover of our catalogue:
Lot 796 Newfoundland #15 1860 1sh orange Heraldic, used, with grid cancel and four large margins (close at bottom right). Very fine and accompanied by 2009 Richard Gratton AIEP certificate. Unitrade CV$15,000.
Auction #12
April 3-4, 2013
Lot 400 — Canada #1815var imperf between (discovery pair)
Lot 400 Canada #1815var Zoom1999 46c Christmas imperforate between with Feb.21.2013 VG Greene Certificate: “Scott No. 1815 variety, mint, OG, NH pair imperforate between stamps, genuine in all respects.” This is the discovery example of this major error which will undoubtedly be listed in future catalogues. A second example also has a VG Greene certificate meaning that somewhere there might be eight more to eventually surface. Fresh, never hinged, and extremely fine. Est. $2,500
Lot 1021 — USA #85 used with D grill, Scott CV$1100
Lot 1021 USA# 85 Used 1867 3c rose Washington with “D” Grill, used with neat fancy rosette cork cancel and part (New York?) cancel. Very fine. Scott CV$1,100.
Lot 743 — New Brunswick #3 on folded letter
In this sale, we have diverged from philatelic tradition somewhat to present some of the nice covers and usages together with the individual stamps instead of in the separate Postal History section. Here is an example:
Lot 743 New Brunswick #3 1855 1sh deep red violet on Folded Letter, addressed to Yarmouth, NS. Stamp has bright colour and is tied by two oval grid cancels to folded letter with additional “6” rate handstamp. Back has three broken circles: St John New Brunswick MAY.3.1855 (dispatch), Digby NS MAY.4.1855 (transit) and Yarmouth NS MAY.5.1855 (receiver). The unique example of the two ounce (quadruple weight) registered rate to Nova Scotia. Cover is repaired and has a vertical file fold. Ex. Jephcott, Greene, Brassler, Neville Jones, Hackmey and illustrated in Jephcott, Greene & Young (p. 282) and Capex 1951 catalogue (p.156). Very fine and accompanied by 1987 Greene Foundation certificate. Unitrade CV$10,000
Lot 32 — Canada used three penny beaver on wove paper with imprint
In a strong section of Canada Three Penny Beavers, we show off a relatively inexpensive but extremely fine stamp.
Lot 32 Canada #4var 1855 3d red Beaver on Wove Paper with Imprint, used with perfect strike of the Ottawa 4-ring #27 cancel. This stamp has an almost full imprint in its bottom sheet margin, missing only 3 letters to read “Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson, New York”. A stunning stamp, which should be presented upside down, to better highlight both the cancel and the imprint. Extremely fine. Unitrade CV$300.00