Lot 41 — Canada 1859 twelve and a half cent yellow green Victoria, mint with major re-entry

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151252aLot 41 Canada #18iv 1859 12½c yellow green Queen Victoria with Major Re-Entry, mint, with full original gum and sheet margin (showing small part of imprint). Position 94. Gum is disturbed from storage, else a scarce mint stamp which is mathematically centered and extremely fine. Accompanied by a 2014 Greene Foundation certificate. Unitrade CV$7,500

Lots 710 and 711 — USA 1847 ten cent used Washington

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Lot 710Lot 710 USA #2 1847 10c black George Washington, four full margins (bottom margin has small nick at right but clear of the frameline), used with blue grid cancel, very fine. Scott CV$1,150

Lot 711Lot 711 USA #2 1847 10c black George Washington, four margin example, with three full margins and clear of frameline at bottom, used with red grid cancel, fine-very fine. Scott CV$1,150

Lot 2 — Canada 1851 three penny beavers on cover, one with re-entry

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Lot 2Lot 2 Canada #1, 1iii 1851 3d red Beaver with Re-Entry on Folded Letter, mailed at Toronto on JUN.11.1852 and addressed to Kennedy in New York. The cover is franked with a regular #1 (filing crease but 4 margins) and a #1 with re-entry (position A47 – this stamp was removed for inspection and replaced and has 4 margins, close at top), each tied by its own target cancel. File fold, else very fine. Accompanied by a 2012 Richard Gratton AIEP certificate. Unitrade $3,700

Lot 1333 — Canada 1877 three cent Small Queen illustrated advertising cover

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Lot 1333Lot 1333 Canada #37 1877 Toronto 3c Small Queen Illustrated Advertising Cover mailed NOV.26.1877 (duplex) and addressed to Gravenhurst (receiver on back). The illustration is of four children working in a print shop, setting type, etc. for the L. C. Thomas & Son Book and Job Printing, Brooklin, Ontario. Opening tears on back, else a very fine and early illustrated cover. Estimate $100