Lot 514 Canada #33 1868 3c Bright Red Large Queen on Laid Paper, used with moderate target cancel, a beautiful and well centered stamp showing clear laid lines and bright colour, very fine plus and certainly one of the finest we have handled. Accompanied by a 2007 Greene Foundation certificate. Unitrade CV$3,000, sold for C$5,200.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
Auction #45
The Athena Collection, January 21 & February 11, 2023
Lot 446, Canada 1851 twelve pence black Queen Victoria on laid paper, VF used
The second part of The Athena Collection, Sale 45B, begins this morning.
Lot 446 Canada #3 1851 12d Black Queen Victoria Imperforate on Laid Paper, used with (slightly lightened) centrally struck target cancel, with four margins including including part of the next stamp at top and a large sheet margin at right. In fact, the Siegel census does not list another used stamp with a wide sheet margin. This lovely stamp shows strong laid lines, not only on the back but also on the front, very fine. It is estimated that only about one third of the used examples of this stamp are sound.
Ex Fred Jarrett collection.
Accompanied by a 1959 Philatelic Foundation certificate and a 2006 Greene Foundation certificate, which is pink solely as a result of the lightened cancel.
Unitrade CV$160,000.
Lot 501, Canada 1868 half cent black Large Queen on watermarked Bothwell Paper, used with 2-ring numeral cancel
Lot 501 Canada #21b 1868 ½c Black Large Queen on Watermarked Bothwell Paper, used with part 2-ring numeral cancel, showing full letters “MI” of the watermark. The stamp has two shorter perfs and a small thin, still with remarkable centering and one of the finest of the very few known examples. A major rarity of Canadian philately.
Ex Gerald Firth and “Jura” collections.
Accompanied by a 1987 Greene Foundation certificate.
Unitrade CV$15,000.
Lot 627, Canada eight cent orange Queen Victoria Numeral imperf block of four on vertical wove paper, XF unused
Lot 627 Canada #82ii 1898 8c Orange Queen Victoria Numeral Imperforate, on vertical wove paper, an unused (as issued) left marginal block of four, extremely fine and scarce, with only 296 pairs issued. Unitrade CV$1,800.
Lot 597, Canada 1897 ten cent brown violet Queen Victoria Leaf block of four, XF NH
Lot 597 Canada #73 1897 10c Brown Violet Queen Victoria Leaf, a mint never hinged lower marginal block of four, with each stamp having a large margins all around and with rich colour, extremely fine. Certainly one of the finest blocks of this issue known. Unitrade CV$9,600.