1851 3d red Beaver Imperforate, on Laid Paper, used with bold centrally struck target cancel, very clear laid lines, with very large and even margins all around, very fine. Accompanied by a 2001 Greene Foundation certificate. Unitrade CV C$1,600.
three penny Beaver
Lot 9, Canada 1852 three penny beaver, XF NG
Lot 9 Canada #4 1852 3d red Beaver Imperforate, unused (no gum), with bright colour and four large margins. Extremely fine. Accompanied by 1986 VG Greene certificate. Unitrade CV$2,000.
Lot 604, Canada 1858 three penny beaver pair on cover, Quebec City to Cincinnati
Lot 604 Canada #4 1858 3d Beaver Pair on Cover to USA, mailed from the “Russell’s Hotel” in Québec city on JUL.10.1858 (double broken circle tying stamps) and franked with a horizontal pair of imperforate 3d Beavers (faults) and addressed to Cincinnati, Ohio, with clear Montreal JUL.10 transit on back. Small edge faults caused by oversize contents, still attractive and fine. Estimate C$200.
Lot 1, Canada 1851 three penny beaver, used VF, sold for $1553
Lot 1 Canada #1 1851 3d red Beaver on Laid Paper, Imperforate, used with ideal centrally struck target cancel in black and four enormous margins, showing parts of five adjoining stamps. This stamp previously sold for US$1,955 at a 2011 Matthew Bennett auction (Daniel Cantor Sale). Insignificant tear in bottom margin, still an extremely fine and fresh stamp and worthy of the finest collections. Accompanied by a 2013 Greene Foundation certificate. Unitrade CV $1,600, sold for $1,350 plus buyer’s premium.
Lot 8 — Canada 1851 three penny Beaver imperforate on laid paper, sold for $24,150
We begin our highlights from Auction #18 with one of the cover items. We were not surprised to see this rare stamp do well.
Lot 8 Canada #1iii 1851 3d red Beaver Imperforate on Laid Paper, with Major Re-Entry from Pane A, position 47. Unused (no gum), with four large, fairly even margins and a very clear re-entry. This is an exceptionally rare stamp. There are approximately 20 unused Canada number ones compared with at least four times as many unused twelve penny blacks. Only two of these have a major re-entry and A47 is the ultimate re-entry. The stamp has tiny stains at upper left and a trifle bit of soiling at upper right plus a vertical crease at far left in the margin only. A major rarity of Canadian philately, with only two known examples and accompanied by a 2014 Greene Foundation certificate. Catalogue value is for a regular stamp without the re-entry only, and used examples are catalogued at close to double the value of regular, non-re entered stamps. Unitrade for regular is $50,000. Sold for $21,000 plus buyer’s premium.