A Traditional Philatelic Auction House — Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Sale 49 begins today with Canada and British North America stamps, followed by Worldwide & Commonwealth.
Lot 16 Canada #16 1859 10c Black Brown Consort, Perforated 11¾, used with Toronto square grid cancel, showing part of the stamp below, fine. Accompanied by a 1994 Greene Foundation certificate. Unitrade CV$3,500.
Lot 17 Canada #5b 1855 6d Greenish Grey Consort Imperforate, used, with large margin at top, huge on three other sides, showing outer frameline of next stamp at left and a large part of the next stamp at bottom, extremely fine. Accompanied by a 2018 Greene Foundation certificate. Unitrade CV$1,600.
Lot 471 Canada #13a 1859 6d Grey Violet Consort, Perforated 11¾, unused (no gum), a lovely example of this scarcer shade with full and intact perforations, fresh and fine-very fine. The rarity of mint or unused perforated 6d in the grey violet share cannot be understated. They are significantly rarer than the “regular” brown violet shade despite having the same catalogue value. The 6d in grey violet is typically part of the last half dozen stamps remaining on serious want lists. This specific example is one of the finest available to collectors. It might be a long time before a comparable example comes to the market.
Accompanied by a 1988 Greene Foundation certificate.
Unitrade CV$25,000
Lot 8 Canada #2TCxi 6d Consort Plate Proof in Grey Blue, with Vertical SPECIMEN Overprint in Carmine, printed on card-mounted India paper, a gorgeous block of four with large margins plus sheet margin at left, very fine plus. Unitrade CV$1,400.
Lot 184 Canada #13 1859 6d Brown Violet Consort, Perforated 11¾, used with light grid cancel, with bright colour and crisp impression, a fine and attractive example of this tough stamp. Accompanied by a 1996 Greene Foundation certificate. Unitrade CV$5,000, sold for C$4,000.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
