marasco

Lot 251 Extensive and Specialized Precancel Collection, neatly displayed in black mounts in two deluxe Deveney Stamps precancel albums, which closely follow the Marasco and Taylor Precancel Catalogue. Volume 1 is for forerunners, bars and perfins, and volume 2 is for towns and cities. This is the most extensive collection we have offered to date, by far. It is loaded with stamps cataloguing $100 to $500, in fact far too many to list. One way to gauge the extensiveness of the collection is to say that we counted 2,395 different stamps in the towns and cities section alone, plus another 220 different forerunners and bar types for a total of 2,615 stamps. These numbers do not include the numerous added extras, usually in the form of pairs and blocks of four, but sometimes extra copies, or slight variations on the precancel. We noted that many stamps have never hinged gum, including the sought after Admirals, which adds to the desirability of this awesome collection. This collection was formed over a lifetime, and contains quantities of items that are difficult to locate. We have scanned only a small portion of the pages in our Stamp Auction Network listing and in our Image Gallery, and can easily offer video viewing on request. Ex Andrew Ellwood collection. Estimate C$15,000, sold for C$27,000.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.