A Traditional Philatelic Auction House — Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Our first featured item from Sale #14 is from Canada classics, a section where we saw many nice realizations.
Lot 161 Canada #36i 1889 2c green Small Queen, mint never hinged, from the second Ottawa printing. A fresh example, with large margins, especially at both sides and extremely fine. Accompanied by a 2013 Richard Gratton certificate. Unitrade CV$ 300, sold for $475 plus buyer’s premium.
We thank you for your bids in our Sale #14, April 8-10th, which concluded yesterday evening. There were more than 300 successful bidders. We are checking the sale results for accuracy, and then we will be readying invoices, organizing material, and preparing shipping estimates.
While we are working, our telephone line is going to voicemail, and we will only be able to respond to e-mails intermittently.
If you would like to know if you were the successful bidder on a lot, you should check the Prices Realized on Stamp Auction Network by going to our sale and clicking “Realizations.”
We will send you your invoice as soon as it has been checked and organized. Pickup for local bidders begins during office hours on Wednesday, April 16th, 10:00am-5pm. Please send us an e-mail or call with a message that you are coming to pick up, so we can have your material ready.
We will e-mail you your invoice with shipping charges as soon as it has been checked and organized. If we have your payment information on file and have your permission to charge you, we will do so and send your material as soon as we can. If you aren’t sure if we have current payment information, you can call our voicemail with the credit card details, or send it to us in multiple e-mails for security.
We thank all customers for their bids! Next week we will provide some commentary on our site about the auction and noting nice realizations.
With three sessions today, we begin at 10:00am EDT. Worldwide stamps and Postal History follow British Commonwealth, which sees this classic in the first few lots.
Lot 704 Great Britain #1 1840 1d intense black Queen Victoria with black Maltese Cross Cancel. SG values the black Maltese Cross on this stamp at £525. Extremely fine and fresh, from position GF. Scott CV$300.
As we have done for several auctions now, we group some of the more distinctive postal history items along with the stamps of their time. The following lovely mourning cover is offered early in the Canada section, which takes place this afternoon.
Lot 43 Canada #7 1855 10d blue Cartier on Mourning Cover, mailed at Québec in May, 1857 and addressed to Dundee, North Britain. Red tombstone Packet Letter receiver dated MAY.17.1857 on front, partially over stamp. Stamp, which has four large margins, is tied to cover by a light 4-ring #37. Light overall wear, and missing its backflap, else a very nice cover. Accompanied by a 2013 Greene Foundation certificate stating “stamp may have been removed and replaced.” Unitrade CV$3,000
Lot 34 Canada #5 1855 6d slate grey Consort, used with 4 ring numeral cancel. Four large margins, including small portion of stamp above, and sheet margin at right, with part of imprint at top right showing the word “…York”. A very nice stamp. Unitrade CV$ 2,000