Lot 146 Canada #155b 1928 10c Mount Hurd, Imperforate Vertically, a mint never hinged upper right plate block of four, very fine and fresh. Catalogue value is for normal block, and does not include a premium for the plate inscription. Very fine. Unitrade CV$750, sold for C$475 plus buyer’s premium.
Auction #25
September 26-27, 2017
Lot 229, Canada 1908 Bell Telephone Company complete booklet, sold for $3335
Lot 229 Canada #TBT31, TBT34 1908 The Bell Telephone Company Booklet, containing 7 complete panes plus 34 stamps of the 5c green (TBT31) as well as 5 complete panes plus 28 stamps of the 25c purple brown (TBT34). The 5c values include 29 watermarked stamps and the 25c values include 12 watermarked stamps (both not counted in catalogue value, but van Dam suggests a premium of 50%). The booklet covers have light creasing, soiling and a few small pencil notations, still a very rare booklet and stamps are very fine, never hinged. van Dam CV$12,620, sold for C$2,900 plus buyer’s premium.
Lot 326, Great Britain 1841 two pence blue used strip of three, watermark small crown, sold for $196
Lot 326 Great Britain #4 1841 2d blue Queen Victoria on bluish Paper, Imperforate, Watermark Small Crown, lovely used strip of three, with light 1844 type grid cancels, with large margins along the whole length of the top and bottom, plus showing a large part of both adjoining stamps at right and left. The owner has identified it as plate 3 (unverified by us) and with the “square footed J” variety. Deep, rich colour and extremely fine. S.G. #14, £255. Scott CV U$275, sold for C$170.00 plus buyer’s premium.
Lot 386, Russia 1857 10k brown and blue Coat of Arms on folded letter, Samara to Saratov, sold for $978
Lot 386 Russia #1 1857 10k brown and blue Coat of Arms on Folded Letter, mailed in 1858 from Samara to Saratov (boxed receiver on back dated 12 February 1858), with two page letter inside written in cursive. The stamp has three large margins and the bottom is clear of the outer frameline. It is tied to the cover by a large double ring c.d.s. as well as a fairly light pen cancel. Opening tear on back has been neatly mended with stamp hinges, still very fine and a great example of Russia’s first stamp on cover. Scott CV$3,000, sold for C$850 plus buyer’s premium.
Lot 155, Canada 1983 “Stick ‘N Tic” test proofs and inverted die cut label, sold for $431
Lot 155 Canada #1-ST, 2-ST Lot of Three Scarce Stick ‘N Tic Items, with two different “Test Proofs”, the 1983 which Bileski describes as “one of 13 unused that exist in the world”, the 1984 is described as having had 24 pairs printed and “only 4 pairs were left undivided as enclosed.” Also an item which Bileski describes as “the supreme rarity” which is the 1984 label with inverted die cut, described as “inverted error, and only 8 examples exist.” Very fine lot, accompanied by a “Bileski Bi-Weekly Offer” which lists all of his Stick ‘N Tic items for sale. His retail for these three items was $400. Estimate $150, sold for C$375 plus buyer’s premium.