The Hillside Collection of Canada Admirals — Lots 252-423

The Hillside Collection was formed by a gentleman living in a smaller city far from any of the major stamp centers.

As he accumulated more and more Admirals, he purchased a copy of Marler’s essential work as well as other literature and started to look for the unusual and esoteric.

From the Hillside Collection -- Lot 253 1911 1c dark green Admiral Plate Strip of Five. A lower Plate 97 strip, with major re-entry on second stamp (Marler 97LR92); extra short vertical line in left numeral tablet beside the vertical line on first stamp. Mint never hinged. Est. $200
From the Hillside Collection — Lot 253 1911 1c dark green Admiral Plate Strip of Five. A lower Plate 97 strip, with major re-entry on second stamp (Marler 97LR92); extra short vertical line in left numeral tablet beside the vertical line on first stamp. Mint never hinged. Est. $200

Over the course of a lifetime and some sixty years of collecting Admirals, he had a number of opportunities to add some rarities within a relatively limited budget. The collection was carefully organized in four large stockbooks.

Sparks arranged to have Leo Beaudet, a longtime member of the BNAPS Admiral Study Group, examine the collection. The report which Leo prepared has formed the basis for many of our descriptions. And, based on the number of high resolution scans we made for Leo’s reference, the readers of the The Admiral’s Log can look forward to some future commentary based on this collection.

The collection includes lathework, re-entries, plate strips, printing varieties, shades, multiples, postal history, as well as wholesale quantities. It should offer something to those beginning to collect this fascinating fi eld and to advanced collectors of the issue. Pencilled notations in selvedge refers to date of purchase at Post Office.

We are pleased to offer this collection.

 

Canada #387a Seaway Inverts — Lots 540 and 541

We have offered Canada’s most famous error stamp in the past, both as a single and in a block of four. This auction offers three of them, with certificates.

Lot 540
Lot 540 Canada #387a 1959 5c St. Lawrence Seaway with Inverted Center, with full never hinged original gum, no fingerprints or gum bends as usually seen on these rare error stamps but has a small natural paper inclusion, fine-very fine. Accompanied by 2000 Greene Foundation Certificate.
Canada Seaway invert pair
Lot 541 Canada #387a 1959 5c St Lawrence Seaway Inverted Center Vertical Pair, with sheet margin at left. Mint never hinged, very fine and a rare multiple. Accompanied by a 2012 Greene Foundation certificate “genuine in all respects.”