Lot 39 Canada #10 1857 6d reddish purple Consort Imperforate on Very Thick Fibrous Soft Paper, used with 4-ring #19 (London) cancel. Three large margins, clear at top and showing a few letters of the printer’s imprint at bottom right, very fine. Accompanied by a 1959 B.P. A. and a 2011 Greene Foundation certificate. A lovely stamp with rich colour and crisp impression. Ex. Cantor collection. Unitrade CV $9,000.
six pence reddish purple
Lot 28, Canada 1857 six pence reddish purple Consort, Fine NG, sold for $20,700
Lot 28 Canada #10 1857 6d reddish purple Consort Imperforate, on Thick Soft Paper, unused (no gum) with mostly clear margins and a sharp impression on fresh paper, fine. Accompanied by a 1970 Philatelic Foundation certificate and a 2016 Greene Foundation certificate, both stating “tiny thin at top right corner.” A true rarity with fewer than twenty or so unused examples recorded. Unitrade $18,000, sold for C$18,000 plus buyer’s premium.
Lot 83 — Canada 1857 six pence reddish purple Consort imperf, unused
Lot 83 Canada #10 1857 6d reddish purple Consort Imperforate on Very Thick Soft Paper, unused (no gum), with margins just touching to clear all around. There is a crease in lower right corner, visible from the back only, fine. A true Canadian rarity, missing from most advanced mint collections and accompanied by a 2015 Greene Foundation certificate. Unitrade CV$18,000.
Lot 54 — Canada 1857 six pence reddish purple Consort, used
Lot 54 Canada #10 1857 6d reddish purple Consort on Very Thick Paper, used with centrally struck 4-ring #21 (Montreal) cancel. Four large margins, close at bottom and light stain in top right margin mentioned for the record and not mentioned in the certificates. Very fine and accompanied by a 2002 Behr certificate and a 2003 Fédération Québecoise de Philatélie certificate. Unitrade CV$9,000.
Canada #10 1857 6d reddish purple Consort on thick, fibrous paper
Coming in Auction #12:
Canada #10 1857 6d reddish purple Consort on Thick, Fibrous Paper, used with 4-ring numeral cancel and four nice margins. Scarce this nice, very fine. Unitrade CV$8,000.