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Lot 547, Canada two-ring #4 Halifax postmarks on cover and stamps, sold for $316

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Lot 547, Canada two-ring #4 Halifax postmark on cover, lot sold for $316Lot 547 Canada 2-Ring #4 Postmarks, Halifax on cover and stamps, an unsealed cover (with very fine S. Howard & Son, Halifax embossing on backflap) is franked with a 1c yellow orange Large Queen, just tied by a fine strike of the 2-ring 4/ Addressed to Annapolis Town, with “circular” written in red and accompanied by a 2000 letter from Parks Canada explaining who the addressee was, and dating the cover between 1868-1872. Also a 2c green LQ, two 3c LQs (both faulty) and a 1c orange Small Queen, each with fine strikes. Estimate $100, sold for C$275 plus buyer’s premium.
Lot 547, Canada two-ring #4 Halifax postmarks on stamps, lot sold for $316

Small Queens Plate Proofs

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Plate proofs for many of the Small Queens values saw strong prices in the Cantor Sale. The following are all on card-mounted India paper:

SQPPBlocks600Lot 25 One cent orange, Estimate $3000, sold for $3800 plus 15% buyer’s premium.
Lot 57 Two cent yellow green, Estimate $3000, sold for $4000 plus premium.
Lot 85 Three cent rose, Estimate $3000, sold for $4400 plus premium.

SQPPSingles600Lot 194 Ten cent dull rose, Unitrade CV$600, sold for $475 plus premium.
Lot 249 Twenty cent vermilion, Unitrade CV$600, sold for $800 plus premium.
Lot 250 Fifty cent deep blue, Unitrade CV$600, sold for $800 plus premium.

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