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Lots 920 & 921 — Great Britain 1884 one pound brown violet QV, used

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Three sessions today, beginning with British Commonwealth at 10:00am.

Lot 920Lot 920 Great Britain #110 1884 £1 brown violet Queen Victoria, Watermark Three Imperial Crowns, used with oval registration cancels. Deep colour and very fine. Catalogue value includes a premium of 25% for having “margins clear of design on all four sides”. SG #185, £2,800. Scott CV$3,750.

Lot 921Lot 921 Great Britain #110 1884 £1 brown violet Queen Victoria, Watermark Imperial Crown, used with octagonal London c.d.s. dated APR.22.1886. Position JB. Small filled-in thin, else fine-very fine. Scott CV$3,000.

Lot 1223 — Canada 1896 three cent Small Queen cover to Wisconsin

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Lot 1223Lot 1223 Canada #41 1896 Lovely Piano Illustrated Advertising Small Queen Cover, showing a bright red and blue logo for J.L. Orme & Son Ottawa with illustration of a grand piano. The cover was mailed at Ottawa with a 3c Small Queen tied by a perfect strike of an Imperial machine cancel dated MAY.27.1896 to Wisconsin (receiver on back). The back is fully advertised and illustrates an “Orme Lute-Banjo” (“a most charming instrument, especially adapted for ladies use”). A very desirable cover, extremely fine. Estimate $350.

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