Lot 323 Canada #114b 1924 7c Red Brown Admiral, Wet Printing, mint never hinged, well centered and fresh, extremely fine. Accompanied by a 2021 Greene Foundation certificate. Unitrade CV$135, sold for C$150.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
Auction #42
May 9-12, 2022
Lot 1020, People’s Republic of China group of two better sets, sold for C$585
Lot 1020 People’s Republic of China #612-14, 1095-98 Group of Two Better Sets, with Scott 612-14 and 1095-98, all mint never hinged and very fine. Scott CV$362, sold for C$500.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
Lot 809, Newfoundland 1919 Trail of the Caribou group, VF NH, sold for C$3,978
Lot 809 Newfoundland #116/126 1919 Trail of the Caribou Group, all mint never hinged, with #s 116, 116b, 117 (x2), 118 (x4), 118b (three shades), 120 (x2), 122 (two sets of two shades), 123 (x2), 124 (with Greene Foundation certificate), 125 and 126 (x3). Catalogued as all very fine. Unitrade CV$1,347, sold for C$3,400.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
Lot 938, Falkland Islands Dependencies 1946 King George VI thick Map set in sheets of 60, sold for C$1,111
Lot 938 Falkland Islands Dependencies #1L1-1L8 1946 ½d to 1sh King George VI Thick Map Set, with each value in a mint never hinged complete sheet of 60 (all from plate 1A). The 3d sheet shows the “missing I” (£200), “teardrop” (£110) and “extra island” (£225) varieties, as well as a remnant of a “extra dot by oval”. Also, several stamps on each sheet have the “broken arc” variety, the 4d sheet has a perforation variety at lower left caused by a fold-over before perforation. A very fine set of sheets, catalogue value is for all normal single stamps only. Scott CV$1,020, sold for C$950.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
Lot 1096, 1828 folded letter with STANSTEAD straightline postmark, Waterloo to Hatley L.C., sold for C$1,111
Lot 1096 1828 Folded Letter with STANSTEAD Straightline Postmark, mailed on Dec.25.1828 to the Postmaster of Hatley L.C. The inside is a long three page letter datelined Waterloo Dec.17.1828, and because the post office in Waterloo only opened in 1836, the letter had to be mailed at Stanstead (on Christmas Day), about 50km away. A very fine and clean folded letter with a very fine strike of this rare straightline postmark, with only three or four known. Estimate $300, sold for C$950.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.