Lot 168 Canada 1890s 6c red brown Small Queen, mint, very well centered among large margins, full original gum, never hinged, fresh with deep colour and very fine. Accompanied by a 2009 Richard Gratton AIEP certificate. (Unitrade 43)
Unitrade CV$1,200, sold for $1,200 plus buyer’s premium.
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Lot 448, 1892 ten cent UPU registered SQ cover to Newfoundland, sold for $1380
Lot 448 1892 10c UPU registered cover to Newfoundland, franked with 2c green, 3c vermilion (sulphurated) and 5c green RLS, all tied by fancy cork cancels, paying the 5c UPU letter rate plus 5c registration fee. Mailed from Commanda, Ont. (AUG.25.1892 broken circle) to Heart’s Content, Newfoundland (Sep. 6 receiver broken circle) via Toronto, Halifax and St. John’s. Overall toning, small tears and scissor cut next to the 2c (not affecting stamp), fine. This is the latest of the two recorded covers to Newfoundland bearing a 5c RLS. (Unitrade 36i, 41, F2)
Provenance: Harry Lussey (1999).
Illustrated in: Canada’s Small Queen Era 1870-1897 by George Arfken, p.281.
Estimate $600, sold for $1,200 plus buyer’s premium.
Lot 8, Small Queens SPECIMEN overprints set of ten, sold for $1668
Lot 8 ½c to 50c set of ten Small Queens SPECIMEN Overprints, eight values complete to the 10c, each overprinted with a diagonal 2.5x15mm serifed “SPECIMEN” in purple, reading up, of unknown origin. With original gum, hinged, 20c with a thin and a few other values with small flaws, overall fine.
Provenance: Harvey Poole (2014), excluding 1c value
Estimate $500, sold for $1,450 plus buyer’s premium.
Lot 23, 1882 half cent black SQ on whitish paper, mint horizontal pair, sold for $1668
Lot 23 Canada 1882 ½c black Small Queen on whitish paper, mint horizontal pair, imperforate between. An exceptionally very well centered pair, with large even margins all round, full original gum, hinged. Our research indicates that this is the best centered pair in existence. Accompanied by a 1986 Greene Foundation certificate. Extremely fine. (Unitrade 34b)
Unitrade CV$1,500, sold for $1450 plus buyer’s premium.
Small Queens Plate Proofs
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:
Lot 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.
Lot 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.