Lot 374 New Brunswick #9TCi 1860 10c Queen Victoria Small Die Proof in black, on India paper, with four large margins, quite fresh and rare. Minuse & Pratt #9TC1. Undervalued in Unitrade in our opinion due to its rarity and the fact that it is almost never offered for sale. Accompanied by a 2016 Greene Foundation certificate. Unitrade CV$1,000, sold for $900 plus buyer’s premium.
Auction #21
May 25-26, 2016
Lot 759, Canada 1909 official souvenir card from Militia Niagara Camp, sold for $316.25
Lot 759 Canada 1909 Official Souvenir Card, from Canada Militia Niagara Camp, signed by Major George Ross, the Military Chief Post Office Superintendent and postmarked JUN.16.1909 PM, which is the proof date according to Bailey & Toop. Has some vertical creases and corner crease, but a very scarce item. Estimate $100, sold for $275 plus buyer’s premium.
Lot 253, Canada 1927 5c D’Arcy McGee, imperf XF NH block of 20, sold for $3,450
Another of the part-perforate blocks from the 1927 Confederation series:
Lot 253 Canada #146b 1927 5c violet D’Arcy McGee, Imperforate Vertically, mint never hinged upper sheet margin Plate A2 block of 20. The selvedge at top shows a full printer’s imprint plus a cutting arrow at right. A lovely and very rare large multiple, as the Unitrade catalogue footnote states that regular VF NH plate blocks are rare, and that part-perforate plate blocks are very rare, with only 5-10 of any value known. Unitrade also adds that Jephcott and Gates have reported only 250 pairs only of each perforation variety. Fresh and extremely fine. Unitrade CV$3,840, sold for $3,000 plus buyer’s premium.
Lot 720, Canada Military Mail collection, sold for $833.75
Military Mail seems to always draw strong interest, and this attractive collection garnered several bids:
Lot 720 Canada Collection of Military Mail, WWI and On, in four volumes. Includes militia camps, WWI F.P.O.s, M.P.O.’s, censor mail, WWII F.P.O.s, orderly room handstamps, W-force in Newfoundland, etc. mostly to the end of WWII, but some later. Mostly fine or better. Estimate $400, sold for $725 plus buyer’s premium.