Lot 136 Canada 1890s 5c grey, mint with sheet selvedge at top showing partial plate imprint. Perfectly centered among four large and even margins, with full original gum, never hinged. Truly a remarkable stamp and extremely fine. Accompanied by a 2014 Greene Foundation certificate.
Unitrade CV$900, sold for $1450 plus buyer’s premium.
five cent grey
Lot 452, 1891 25c registered SQ cover to New South Wales, sold for $3910
Lot 452 1891 25c non-UPU registered letter rate cover to New South Wales, franked with 3c vermilion (two pairs and two singles) plus two 5c gray, all tied by grid cancels, overpaying the 15c non-UPU letter rate for service via Southampton, England, plus 10c registration fee. Mailed from Toronto (AUG.23.1891) to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Oct. 9 receiver) via Windsor (Aug. 24), Chicago (Aug. 25), New York (Aug. 27) and London (Sep. 4) and endorsed “via Brindisi”. Fine-very fine and believed to be a unique rate and routing. (Unitrade 41, 42)
Letters to New South Wales were normally sent at the 12c non-UPU rate using the trans-Pacific route via San Francisco. This cover was sent to New South Wales using the more expensive 15c rate using the slower trans-Atlantic route via Southampton and Brindisi route, and is believed to be the only such recorded cover. In addition, it is also believed to be the only cover to an Australian State at the 10c registration fee.
Estimate $2,500, sold for $3,400 plus buyer’s premium.
Lot 129 — Canada 1890s five cent grey Small Queen imperf block of six, mint
Lot 129 Canada 1890s 5c grey Small Queen, imperforate, mint upper left marginal block of six, with full shiny yellowish gum, two left pairs are never hinged. The top margin shows a complete “FIVE CENTS” counter (in thick, serifed shaded letters). There is a light vertical crease affecting two right hand stamps plus a small thin in margin below letter “E” of CENTS of counter and a few creases in left margin, one just touching one stamp, very fine. A lovely showpiece. (Unitrade 42a)
Provenance: Bill Simpson (1996), Ted Nixon (2012).
Unitrade CV$5,400
Lot 136 — Canada 1890 five cent grey Small Queen, mint
Lot 136 Canada 1890s 5c grey, mint with sheet selvedge at top showing partial plate imprint. Perfectly centered among four large and even margins, with full original gum, never hinged. Truly a remarkable stamp and extremely fine. Accompanied by a 2014 Greene Foundation certificate.
Unitrade CV$900
Lot 201 — Canada 1891 five cent grey Small Queen, MNH, sold for $345
Lot 201 Canada #42 1891 5c grey Small Queen, mint with full original gum, never hinged, with fresh colour, fine. Accompanied by a 2005 Richard Gratton AIEP certificate. Unitrade CV$160, sold for $300 plus buyer’s premium.