A Traditional Philatelic Auction House — Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Auction Sessions times can be seen at this page. We start off today with Canada and British North America. Tomorrow is Commonwealth, Worldwide, Postal History and Literature. Thursday will see the Lots & Collections.
Here is a gem that will be called in the first minutes of today’s sale:
Lot 18 Canada #5d Used 1855 5d grey violet Consort on thick hard paper. Light target cancel and four margins. A very fine stamp. Accompanied by 2012 Greene Foundation certificate. Unitrade CV$4,000
Lot 1106 Canada #9a 1859 7½d deep green on Cover to UK. Stamp is tied to Lady’s Cover by ring numeral cancel from Montreal (AUG 19, 1859) to Birkhenham, England (AUG 30, 1859 receiver). The stamp (catalogues $5,000 alone) has four jumbo margins, shows part of stamp above and was used in the decimal currency period. Very fine and accompanied by 1953 Royal Philatelic Society London certificate. Unitrade CV$6,000.
Lot 5 Canada 2TCii 1851 6d Consort trial colour plate proof in orange yellow on India paper with sheet margin at left showing majority of imprint, attractive and fresh, very fine. Unitrade $400, hammer $375.
Lot 14 Canada #5 1855 6d slate grey Consort, used with light 4-ring numeral cancel and deep colour and four large margins. Very fine. Accompanied by 2012 Greene Foundation certificate. Unitrade CV$2,000.
Canada #2 1851 6d slate violet Consort on laid paper, with strong laid lines, used with full to large margins all around and lovely bright colour. This lovely stamp is cancelled by a centrally struck target in bright orange-red ink and overall extremely fine. Coloured cancels on pence issues are scarce to rare depending on the colour. Red cancels are usually oxidized or show traces of black. This specific stamp is cancelled in bright orange-red ink which is almost never seen and which creates a visually stunning stamp. Unitrade CV$2500, realized $3680.