Lot 677 Newfoundland #C12 1932 $1.50 on $1.00 blue Dornier DO-X Flight Surcharge, mint never hinged, perfectly centered, quite fresh and extremely fine. Accompanied by a 2015 Philatelic Foundation certificate grading it as “XF-S 95 XQ”. A wonderful stamp in every respect. Unitrade CV C$800.
Auction #26
January 30-31, 2018
Lot 746, Sierra Leone 1933 Wilberforce set with curved SPECIMEN perfin, VF NH
Lot 746 Sierra Leone SG#153s-165s 1933 ½d to £1 Wilberforce set with curved SPECIMEN perfin, mint never hinged, very fresh and very fine set. S.G. £850.
Lots 47 & 50, Canada 1957 half pence rose Victoria, mint VF single and used horizontal pair
Lot 47 Canada #8 1857 ½d rose Queen Victoria Imperforate, unused (no gum), with four large and mostly even margins, fresh and very fine. The stamp is from plate position 60, and shows a minor re-entry above the letters “AL” of HALF. Accompanied by a 2014 Greene Foundation certificate. An appealing stamp. Unitrade CV C$1,400.
Lot 50 Canada #8 1857 ½d deep rose Queen Victoria Imperforate, used horizontal pair, with an ideal and centrally struck strike of a 4-ring #19 (London) obliterator, with four large margins, touching part of the outer frameline at bottom right. A fresh pair, with deep, bright colour and very fine. Unitrade CV C$2,000.
Lot 717, Bechuanaland Protectorate 1900 six pence on three pence violet and yellow, used
Lot 717 Bechuanaland Protectorate #170 1900 6d on 3d violet and yellow Mafeking Siege Surcharge, used on piece, postmarked Mafeking C.G.H. dated APR.2.1900, very fine. Scott CV U$425.
Lot 588, PEI 1862 five pence Victoria, VF mint block of four imperf horizontally
Lot 588 Prince Edward Island #5d 1862 2d rose Queen Victoria, Perforated 11.8 Vertically, Imperforate Horizontally, an upper right sheet margin corner block of four, with full hand-applied original gum, hinged at upper top of sheet margin only (thus catalogued as never hinged for the two pairs), fresh, very fine and rare. From the Louis Sidney Crosby Collection of Prince Edward Island. Unitrade CV$1,000.