Lot 1265, Bermuda 1882 cover Hamilton to Flatts with one pence pale rose, on page with additional material

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lot-1265Lot 1265 Bermuda 1882 cover, Hamilton to Flatts, mailed at Hamilton (blue OCT.28.1882 #1 duplex), franked with a 1d pale rose QV (small fault) and addressed to Villa Monticello in Flatts Bermuda, with black duplex #13 receiver (catalogue # K3a) on back. Intra-Island mail is very rare from this period, and this is a very nice example, with two fairly clear postmarks. The owner (Geoff Newman) paid $1,700 for this cover in 2009. The cover is presented on a well written-up page which also includes two different stamps with a #13 duplex (catalogue #K1) as well as another with a nice #15 (catalogue #K3a). The cover is accompanied by a 1980 B.P.A. certificate. Estimate C$1,000.

Lot 298, Canada 1916 2c + 1c brown Admiral War Tax Die I VF mint strip of three

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lot-298Lot 298 Canada #MR4a 1916 2c + 1c brown Admiral War Tax, Die I, mint plate strip of three with left stamp never hinged and two others hinged. Partial plate inscription at bottom reads “937A.” Overall very fine, with left stamp being extremely fine never hinged (and catalogues $3,000 by itself). Accompanied by a 2015 Greene Foundation certificate. A rare plate multiple, especially this nice. Unitrade CV C$5,000.

Lot 681, 1910 Rhodesia double heads with roulette perforations from clandestine printing

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Lot 681Lot 681 Rhodesia #104/118 1910 Queen Mary and King George V Double Heads, clandestine printing, roulette perforations group, with six different: 2½d, 3d, 3sh, 5sh, 10sh and £1. Three values with sheet selvedge at right nicely showing the rouletting. Seldom seen and not listed in Scott or SG. All mint hinged, some disturbed gum, else fresh and fine to very fine. Estimate C$1,000.

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