Lot 266 Canada #40i 1879 10c light rose lilac Small Queen, used with nice Hamilton broken circle dated JAN.30.1879, very fine. Ex. John Hillson. Unitrade CV$100, sold for C$200.00 plus 15% buyer’s premium.
Auction #30
May 22-25, 2019
Lot 1496, Canada 1925 ten cent bistre brown Admiral, XF NH, sold for C$460
Lot 1496 Canada #118 1925 10c bistre brown Admiral, mint never hinged, with large even margins, extremely fine and fresh. A truly remarkable stamp, accompanied by a 2009 Philatelic Foundation certificate grading it as “XF-S 95 XQ”. Ex. Ames collection. Rsv. Unitrade CV$180, sold for C$400.00 plus 15% buyer’s premium.
Lot 497, Great Britain 1841 one penny red brown Victoria on cover Dundee to Stirling, sold for C$431
Lot 497 Great Britain 1841 1d red brown Queen Victoria Imperforate on Entire, from position LL, Plate 21, clearly showing the “L over K” variety, on entire mailed from Dundee to Stirling (MAY.29/30.1842), cancelled with a distinctive Dundee Maltese Cross cancel. Ex. John Hillson. Estimate $150, sold for C$375.00 plus 15% buyer’s premium.
Lot 76, Canada 1872 one cent orange Small Queen advertising cover, St. John to Gagetown New Brunswick, sold for C$287
Lot 76 Canada #35a 1872 1c orange on Advertising Cover with Interesting Contents, mailed from H.L. Spencer / Medical Warehouse in St John NB to Gagetown NB at the 1c circular rate (cover is unsealed). Inside the cover are five items, with a two page printed letter dated August 1872, an ad for Colgate soap, a colour card advertising Colgate & Company’s Fine Toilet Soaps, a small yellow illustrated card (for taking notes) from the Novelty Plaster Works and lastly an H.L. Spencer self addressed return envelope (unused). An interesting, and very fine lot, Ex. John Hillson. Estimate $100, sold for C$250.00 plus 15% buyer’s premium.
Lot 326, Canada 1885 registered cross border cover, Ottawa to Old Orchard Maine, very fine, sold for C$718
Lot 326 Canada #F1 1885 Registered Cross Border Cover, mailed at Ottawa on SEP.16.1885 to Old Orchard, Maine, crossed-out and re-directed to Ottawa (endorsed “Ottawa / Can”) via RPO (East / SEP.26) and Buffalo (SEP.26 transit) and arrived Ottawa again on SEP.27. The cover is franked with a 2c RLS plus two 3c, a 1c and a 2c Small Queens (tied by three Ottawa Crown cancels and several REGISTERED straight lines) paying a total of 11c (5c registration plus double the 3c rate). Very fine and a scarce franking. Ex. S.J. Menich, Ex. John Hillson. Estimate $250, sold for C$625.00 plus 15% buyer’s premium.