Auction #2

June 6-7, 2008

Sold for $7590 — Lot 1450, Canada Pre-cancel Collection

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Collection of precancels from Jubilees to 1940s housed in binder beginning with the bar-types and followed by town-name types. Noted several items cataloguing between $25 and $150 including some that are not listed in the catalogue. Total catalogue value for this collection is in excess of $17,200+ with several blocks and other items not counted. A better than average collection, overall F-VF and includes several items missing in most collections. Inspect.

The lotter’s expression "Inspect" is commonly used in bulky or multiple items. While it does indicate that we have not enumerated every stamp in the lot, it is also a suggestion that careful inspection will probably yield pleasant surprises. That was surely the case for this lot. Large collections like this will usually realize at best 10% or so of the catalogue value. This one sold for $7590, certainly to a buyer who gave it a closer "inspection" than we were able to give!

Happy Canada Day from Ottawa!

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These two superb high values — Lots 1291 (Canada #159) & 1301 (Canada #177) — sold for $748 & $431 respectively. The first is the view you would still see if you walk twenty paces from our front door. Today you will have to also imagine a giant concert stage and tens of thousands of people enthusiastically celebrating Canada’s national holiday!

1929 $1 olive green Parliament, immaculate single with deep rich colour and precise centering, extremely fine and
never hinged. Accompanied by 2002 Greene Foundation certificate.

1930 $1 dark olive green Mount Edith Cavell, immaculate single, fresh and perfectly centered within oversized margins,
extremely fine and never hinged. Accompanied by 2003 Greene Foundation certificate.

Sold for $10,350 — Lot 1502, Halifax NS Postal History collection

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This might be our favourite story from Auction #2:
Collection of early Halifax, N.S. postal history, neatly written-up on album pages. Contains 27 items from the stampless era ranging from 1784 to 1864 with the majority dated before 1840s. Collection includes better postmarks such as cover described as earliest recorded postmark from Halifax, early straightlines, double-oval HALIFAX SHIP LETTER, a rectangular boxed SHIP LETTER / HALIFAX NS, Halifax "Fleurons", early cds and more. Good range of rates and handstamps on material to, through and from Halifax. A lovely and irreplaceable lot, fine-very fine. Estimated by us at $1500.

This lot was pursued by multiple telephone bidders when the bidding opened at $2400. Bidding progressed until we were finally able to sell the lot for a final price of $10,350 with premium.

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