Lot 310 Mexico #5 1856 8r Red Lilac Hidalgo, ample to large margins all around, rich delicate shade, neatly-cancelled by oval Veracruz datestamp FEB.28.1857, an exceptional classic stamp, extremely fine, signed Alberto Diena. Rsv. $150. Estimate C$200.
Auction #50
June 7-8, 2024
Lot 368, Newfoundland 1927 De Pinedo Flight overprint in red cover on sixty cent black King Henry VII
Lot 368 Canada #C4 1927 De Pinedo Flight Overprint in Red on 60c Black King Henry VII, with tied postmark St. John’s MAY.21.1927 and St. John’s receiver MAY.25.1927. Accompanied by a 2015 Greene Foundation certificate and a 1976 Diena certificate, both noting that the cover was not carried on the De Pinedo flight (those covers bore a May.20.1927 postmark), but was delivered locally instead. Only 300 stamps were overprinted for the flight. Fine. Rsv. $14,000. Unitrade CV$25,000.