Lot 301 Canada #144a 1927 5c Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Imperforate, mint never hinged upper marginal plate block of twelve, with full Plate 2 inscription in upper margin. Extremely fine and rare. Unitrade CV$2,304, sold for $1700 plus buyer’s premium.
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Lot 252, Canada 1927 3c brown carmine Parliament, set of three matching XF NH blocks of eight in different perforations, sold for $6,210
Lot 252 Canada #143a, 143b, 143c 1927 3c brown carmine Parliament Buildings, Imperforate, Perforated Horizontally and Perforated Vertically, set of three matching mint never hinged upper left plate blocks of eight, each with printer’s imprint in top selvedge, from Plate A-3. A lovely and very rare large set of multiples, as the Unitrade catalogue footnote states that regular VF NH plate blocks are rare, and that part-perforate plate blocks are very rare, with only 5-10 of any value known. Unitrade also adds that Jephcott and Gates have reported only 250 pairs of each perforation variety. Fresh and extremely fine. Unitrade CV C$4,608, sold for $5,400 plus buyer’s premium.
Lot 1, Canada 1851 used three penny red Beaver on laid paper, imperf
Sale #20 gets started today with stamps from Canada and British North America.
Lot 1 Canada #1 1851 3d red Beaver on Laid Paper, Imperforate, used with ideal centrally struck target cancel in black and four enormous margins, showing parts of five adjoining stamps. This stamp previously sold for US$1,955 at a 2011 Matthew Bennett auction (Daniel Cantor Sale). Insignificant tear in bottom margin, still an extremely fine and fresh stamp and worthy of the finest collections. Accompanied by a 2013 Greene Foundation certificate. Unitrade CV C$1,600.
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 8 — Canada 1851 three penny Beaver imperforate on laid paper, sold for $24,150
We begin our highlights from Auction #18 with one of the cover items. We were not surprised to see this rare stamp do well.
Lot 8 Canada #1iii 1851 3d red Beaver Imperforate on Laid Paper, with Major Re-Entry from Pane A, position 47. Unused (no gum), with four large, fairly even margins and a very clear re-entry. This is an exceptionally rare stamp. There are approximately 20 unused Canada number ones compared with at least four times as many unused twelve penny blacks. Only two of these have a major re-entry and A47 is the ultimate re-entry. The stamp has tiny stains at upper left and a trifle bit of soiling at upper right plus a vertical crease at far left in the margin only. A major rarity of Canadian philately, with only two known examples and accompanied by a 2014 Greene Foundation certificate. Catalogue value is for a regular stamp without the re-entry only, and used examples are catalogued at close to double the value of regular, non-re entered stamps. Unitrade for regular is $50,000. Sold for $21,000 plus buyer’s premium.