A Traditional Philatelic Auction House — Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
June 16-17, 2009
British Columbia 1869 $1 deep green on 3d green Coat of Arms, perf 12½, lovely mint hinged example of this rare stamp with full original gum, well centered with perforations about as nice as one can hope for on the perf 12½ issue, very fine. A fantastic top quality example of this rare high value. Unitrade CV $2875
Canada modern errors include misperfs, tagging errors, colour shifts, gum printings and one of the rarest and most striking errors ever found:
Canada #693, 1976 8¢ Royal Military College double print pair, never hinged, very fine. Only 75 pairs were found. One of the most striking modern errors. Unitrade CV $5000.
Two Small Queens, both Very Fine, one mint in magenta and one used in dull rose lilac:
Canada #40a, 1880 10¢ magenta Small Queen, a fresh stamp with nice colour, never hinged, fine-very fine. A very scarce stamp with fresh full original gum and especially in this pristine condition. We cannot recall the last time a never hinged example of this stamp was offered. CV Unitrade $2875
Canada #40c, 1877 10¢ dull rose lilac Small Queen, perf 11½x 12, a lovely stamp with an ideal strike in blue of Baden, Ont FE.25.1877 cds cancel, a reasonably early date, very fine, CV Unitrade $300
Canada #5, 1855 6d slate gray Prince Consort on wove paper with original gum,
to quote the 2008 Sergio Sismondo certificate:
"The stamp submitted is genuine, unused, with original gum. It has large margins on three sides, unusually large at top and right, showing a tiny sliver of the adjacent stamp at right, but is cut into frameline on the left half of the lower margin. The stamp has impeccable freshness, and is free from hidden faults or repairs at the time of examination. Mint six pence stamps of 1852-1857 with fresh and original gum are very rare."
This stamp was Lot 24 in the 1965 Robson Lowe sale of the General Gill collection. The Gill collection was the finest and most complete for mint Canada Pence ever offered. Full original gum, lightly hinged. CV as fine $30,000 (as VF $70,000), Scott US$25,000, SG £21,000.
Canada pence issues are well represented, with a range of mint and used, and highlighted by a rare proof of the twelve penny.
Canada #3TC, 1851 12d Queen Victoria "scar" die proof, printed in deep indigo on thin bond paper, with four large margins, fresh and attractive, very fine. A lovely example of this rare proof. Unitrade C$ 8,000.