Lot 281 Canada #F2i 1876 5c Green Registration, mint with full original gum, never hinged. A very fine stamp. Unitrade CV$600, sold for C$400.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
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Lot 175, Canada 1876 five cent green Registered, VF NH, sold for C$1,404
Lot 175 Canada #F2i 1876 5c Green Registration, mint with full original gum, never hinged. A fresh stamp with bright colour and precise impression, very fine. Accompanied by a 2020 Greene Foundation certificate. Unitrade CV$600, sold for C$1,200.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
Lot 467, Canada 1876 five cent green Registration imperf block of four, mint XF, sold for C$3,105
Lot 467 Canada #F2c 1876 5c green Registration Stamp Imperforate, a mint upper left corner block of four, top stamps hinged, bottom pair hinged, showing full “FIVE” shaded counter plus part of the printer’s imprint at right, quite fresh and extremely fine. Accompanied by a 2018 Greene Foundation certificate. Catalogue value is for two pairs only. From the Azilda Collection. Unitrade CV$4,500, sold for C$2,700.00 plus 15% buyer’s premium.
Lot 448, 1892 ten cent UPU registered SQ cover to Newfoundland, sold for $1380
Lot 448 1892 10c UPU registered cover to Newfoundland, franked with 2c green, 3c vermilion (sulphurated) and 5c green RLS, all tied by fancy cork cancels, paying the 5c UPU letter rate plus 5c registration fee. Mailed from Commanda, Ont. (AUG.25.1892 broken circle) to Heart’s Content, Newfoundland (Sep. 6 receiver broken circle) via Toronto, Halifax and St. John’s. Overall toning, small tears and scissor cut next to the 2c (not affecting stamp), fine. This is the latest of the two recorded covers to Newfoundland bearing a 5c RLS. (Unitrade 36i, 41, F2)
Provenance: Harry Lussey (1999).
Illustrated in: Canada’s Small Queen Era 1870-1897 by George Arfken, p.281.
Estimate $600, sold for $1,200 plus buyer’s premium.