A Traditional Philatelic Auction House — Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
May 29-30, 2018
Session Three (Worldwide) begins at approximately 9:45am EDT.
Lot 912 Italy #14 (Sassone) 1945 1.25l green Destroyed Monuments Special Delivery Overprinted C.L.N. / Ponte Chiasso in Red, by the Committee of National Liberation, mint never hinged and quite rare, with only 50 copies reported to have been issued. Accompanied by a 2016 Sergio Sismondo certificate. Sassone CV €18,750.
Session Two (Commonwealth) begins today promptly at 9:00am EDT.
Lot 837 Hong Kong #154S/166S 1938 1c to $10 Set with Curved SPECIMEN Perforation, all fresh and never hinged, and includes all 13 values of 1938 but no later issues. As regular stamps this represents 70% of their value. Very fine. S.G. CV £2,750.
Sale 27 begins today at 9:00am EDT with Session One, Canada & BNA, taking place all day with a lunch break from approximately 12:30-1:00pm. Here’s one of the very first lots.
Lot 3 Canada #1iii 1851 3d red Beaver Imperforate, on Laid Paper, with Major Re-Entry, used with light target cancel and clear laid lines, four margins, showing part of the next stamp at top but close at left, fine-very fine. This scarce stamp is from position A-47 and clearly shows doubling in several areas. Accompanied by a 1964 B.P.A. certificate. Unitrade CV$2,250.
Lot 333 Canada #MR6 1916 2c + 1c carmine Admiral War Tax Coil, Perforated 8 Vertically, Die I, a mint never hinged pair, with fresh, bright colour and extremely fine. Unitrade CV$1,200.
Lot 1424 Great Britain 1846 Cover to New Brunswick, franked with six copies of #4, being a single, a pair and a strip of three (Scott Specialized CV for stamps alone in these configurations is $600, and much more on cover). Mailed from Port Arlington (lovely blue c.d.s. dated MAY.12.1846 on front) to “St John’s” (with receiver dated JU?) and two transit datestamps MY 13 and MY 14. There is also a black straightline “MORE TO PAY” on front, beside a fancy “2” due marking. A very clean and attractive cover. Estimate C$150.