Lot 1089 1868 Vancouver Island cover from Victoria to Caribou, BC, with large oval Victoria PAID cancel in blue, tying and canceling two Victoria Island 10c (apparently with inverted watermark) and one 5c stamps, paying the internal 25c rate, with New Westminster FEB.20.1868 c.d.s. transit on back. Cover has light stains and tears on back, still overall fine and scarce. Ex Gerald Wellburn, and still on one of his hand-made album pages. Catalogue value given is for the three used stamps only, in fine condition, if Wellburn’s information on the inverted watermark is correct. Unitrade CV$2,000, sold for C$2,600.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
british columbia & vancouver island
Lot 268, Vancouver Island 1865 ten cent blue Victoria, Fine mint
Lot 268 1865 Vancouver Island #6 10c Blue Queen Victoria, Perforated 14, mint with original lightly hinged gum, fine. Unitrade CV$1,250.
Lot 421, British Columbia & Vancouver Island 1860 2½d dull rose Queen Victoria imperf VF mint pair
Lot 421 British Columbia & Vancouver Island #1 1860 2½d Dull Rose Queen Victoria Imperforate, a mint horizontal pair with sheet margin at left showing imprint. This stunning pair still retains its full original thin white, dull gum, is lightly hinged and has four large to clear margins, very fine. An extremely rare stamp in this format and quality, with an accordingly huge catalogue value and very reasonable reserve price. Accompanied by a 2020 Greene Foundation certificate. Rsv. $36,000. Unitrade CV$120,000.
Lot 528, BC & Vancouver Island 1860 two and a half pence dull rose, sheet margin mint block of six, sold for $2645
Lot 528 British Columbia & Vancouver Island #2 1860 2½d dull rose Queen Victoria, Perforated 14, a mint upper right sheet margin block of six, with full original gum and five never hinged stamps. Selvedge at top reads “ENCE HALF PENNY” in two lines. The block was once folded horizontally, affecting the three bottom stamps, still a lovely and fresh appearing block, unpriced in Unitrade for never hinged stamps and ex. Jack Wallace and the Mayfair find. Unitrade CV$6,000, sold for C$2,300 plus buyer’s premium.
Lot 527, British Columbia two and a half pence dull rose, F-VF NG
Lot 527 British Columbia #1 1860 2½d dull rose Queen Victoria Imperforate, Unwatermarked, unused (no gum) with clear to large margins, exceptionally fresh and fine-very fine. Accompanied by a 1973 Philatelic Foundation (New York) certificate. A very nice example of this world rarity. Unitrade CV$18,000.
