Lot 170 Canada #111 1914 5c dark blue Admiral, lower margin block of 8 with plate #A8 inscription and with unusual additional thick horizontal line at lower right, nice fresh colour, mint with 6 stamps never hinged, fine. A nice plate item. Est $500, SOLD for $700.
Admiral
Lot 157 — Canada 1911 Two cent pink Admiral bottom margin strip of four showing inscription, realized $1495
Lot 157 Canada #106b 1911 2c pink Admiral, strip of four from bottom margin showing plate 1 inscription (Type A1) with handstruck PO83, fresh, well centered, right stamp is never hinged and others hinged, very fine. Accompanied by 1999 Greene Foundation certificate. Unitrade CV$1,200, SOLD for $1,300 plus buyer’s premium.
Lot 226 — Canada 1926 Two cent on Three cent carmine Admiral, triple surcharge error, realized $920
Lot 226 Canada #140b 1926 2c on 3c carmine Admiral, showing triple surcharge error, mint never hinged with precise centering and lovely fresh colour, extremely fine. Ex-Dennis Dunn and accompanied by 1996 Greene Foundation certificate. We doubt that a finer example of this error exists. The catalogue value of this error is not aligned with other Admiral issues as the NH premium is only 50% yet there are only a few NH examples of this error recorded. Unitrade CV$450, SOLD for $800 plus buyer’s premium.
Lots & Collections Today
The first two afternoons of Auction #11 saw some terrific realizations. Noteworthy were the Canada Admirals and Consular Stamps, and the used New Zealand. Unaudited realizations can be seen on Stamp Auction Network.
Today we offer Collections, Large Lots & Remainders. We have begun a trend towards single lots of nice collections that could certainly have been divided into separate offerings with some exceptional individual stamps. Examples are Malta, France and Norway. Canada and Newfoundland also have intact collections, as does United States. Lots 1761 to 1806 showcase African and Latin American single country new issues from the 1970s to 2005. We have found that these collections do surprisingly well on their own, so check the Opening Bids on Stamp Auction Network before placing your bid.
Session 6 begins at 1:00pm. An error on the section page of our printed catalogue had the sale beginning at 2:00pm following Literature (which was called yesterday afternoon), but this information has been corrected in all other channels.
Sessions 2-5 Today
Session #1 of Canada had some excellent realizations, particularly in the Admirals and the Consular Fee stamps. The unaudited results can be seen on Stamp Auction Network.
Today we have Commonwealth, Worldwide, Postal History and Literature. There has been much interest in the GB Leech New Zealand Collection and we are hoping to see some live bidding from New Zealand. The time difference between Ottawa and New Zealand is 18 hours, so our sale beginning at 1:00pm here will be at 7am Thursday in New Zealand. Australians will have to get up two hours earlier in time for 5am! You can check the current Ottawa time up to the minute at The World Clock.