Lot 454 Canada #F1i 1880s 2c orange red Registration Stamp, a mint plate block of 20, with full original gum, hinge re-inforced in many places, leaving four stamps never hinged. The margin at right shows a complete printer’s imprint and there are two partial ones at top and bottom, plus a counter “2” in top margin. This lovely block possesses a particularly bright colour and most stamps are very fine centered. From the Azilda Collection. Estimate $750, sold for C$1,000.00 plus 15% buyer’s premium.
Auction #29
January 23-24, 2019
Lot 1191, LONDON squared “fancy geometric” postmark collection, sold for C$1,150
Lot 1191 LONDON Square “Fancy Geometric” Postmark Collection, Barette Types IIA, IIB and IIC, with 156 covers, cards and a stamps in all, mostly sorted by owner by time code and Type and includes good destinations, usages, frankings and more. A great lot for the specialist. Estimate $300, sold for C$1,000.00 plus 15% buyer’s premium.
Lot 158, Canada 1893 twenty cent vermilion Widow Weeds, VF NH, sold for C$1,725
Lot 158 Canada #46 1893 20c vermilion Widow Weeds, mint never hinged, with sheet margin at left, bright colour and fresh, very fine. Accompanied by a 2015 Greene Foundation certificate. A lovely stamp. Unitrade CV$2,400, sold for C$1,500.00 plus 15% buyer’s premium.
Lot 1466, British Commonwealth collection in two volumes, sold for C$5,520
Lot 1466 Lovely Old Time British Commonwealth Collection in Two Volume New Imperial Albums, with a mix of mint and used from early classics to about 1936. Most of the countries appear to be present, except for missing Canada and GB. An above average collection with too many better items to list, but we note Antigua to the 3sh (mint), Australia #11 (used), Burma #O14 (used, $240), Cape of Good Hope with 9 triangles plus two fakes, good early Ceylon, Gibraltar #74 (mint $110), useful Hong Kong with 90 stamps, Mauritius #17 (used), lots of India and States, Australia and States including a New South Wales #B1 (used), South Australia #53e (mint, $190) and much more. Many stamps or sets cataloguing up to $100, and many more up to $50, we noted a good quantity of better postmarks throughout. The quality is average to better than usual, and we invite you to view our many representative scans online, or better yet view it in person to better appreciate the value. Estimate $1,500, sold for C$4,800.00 plus 15% buyer’s premium.
Lot 467, Canada 1876 five cent green Registration imperf block of four, mint XF, sold for C$3,105
Lot 467 Canada #F2c 1876 5c green Registration Stamp Imperforate, a mint upper left corner block of four, top stamps hinged, bottom pair hinged, showing full “FIVE” shaded counter plus part of the printer’s imprint at right, quite fresh and extremely fine. Accompanied by a 2018 Greene Foundation certificate. Catalogue value is for two pairs only. From the Azilda Collection. Unitrade CV$4,500, sold for C$2,700.00 plus 15% buyer’s premium.
