Lot 5 Canada #2 1851 6d Slate Violet Consort Imperforate on Laid Paper, used with an ideal strike of a blue-green target cancel. A lovely stamp in all respects, with four large margins, extremely fine. Accompanied by a 2020 Greene Foundation certificate. Rsv. $1,500. Unitrade $2,000.
Auction #38
November 22-24, 2021
Lot 605, Falkland Islands 1933 five shilling orange yellow King Penguin, VF NH
Lot 605 Falkland Islands #74a 1933 5sh Orange Yellow King Penguin, mint never hinged, fresh and very fine. A rarely encountered shade of this popular stamp, catalogued as hinged only. The shade is much more orange in person than in our scan, in fact when compared with several yellow copies we have on hand, this one stands out. Scott CV U$3,250.
Lot 545, Newfoundland six and a half pence scarlet Heraldic, VF ng
Lot 545 Newfoundland #7 1857 6½d Scarlet Heraldic Imperforate, unused (no gum) with bright colour and four large to well clear margins, very fine. The stamp is accompanied by three certificates: 2012 Richard Gratton AIEP, 2012 Bernard and Pascal Behr and a 2013 Greene Foundation certificate. Rsv. $1,800. Unitrade CV$6,000.
Lot 621, Great Britain 1841 Two Penny Blue, VF with #3 Maltese Cross cancel in black
Lot 621 Great Britain #4 1841 2d Blue Queen Victoria Imperforate, used with a well centered and crisp strike of the #3 in Maltese Cross cancel in black. The stamp has a strong “Ivory Head” and four large margins, showing the next stamp at left, position OF, very fine. Scott CV U$725.
Lot 664, People’s Republic of China 1967 Thoughts of Mao Tse-tung, two mint strips of five
Lot 664, People’s Republic of China #943a, 948a 1967 Thoughts of Mao Tse-tung Strips of Five, all mint never hinged, 843a is very fine and fresh and 948a is a bit tarnished and has one fold between stamps. Scott CV U$4,200.
