Lot 9 Canada #8var 1857 ½d Rose Queen Victoria with Re-Entry from Position 84, mint with full original gum and four large margins, the stamp shows a re-entry in the letters “CAN”, from position 84 of the sheet of 120 (Trimble re-entry #8), very fine. Catalogue value given is for a regular stamp only. Accompanied by a 2019 Greene Foundation certificate. Rsv. $1,800. Unitrade CV$2,800, sold for C$2,600.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
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Lot 286, Newfoundland 1896 three cent umber brown Queen Victoria, XF NH, sold for C$1,228
Lot 286 Newfoundland #52 1896 3c Umber Brown Queen Victoria, mint with full original gum, never hinged, quite fresh and extremely fine. A remarkably lovely stamp, certainly among the best examples out there. Unitrade CV$540, sold for C$1,050.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
Lot 917, 1867 British Columbia cover, Victoria to Nova Scotia via Panama
Lot 917 1867 Victoria BC to Nova Scotia Via Panama and the United States, franked with a perforated 5c rose British Columbia issue (Scott #5) paying the Colonial domestic rate, tied by an oblong oval “Post Office / Victoria Vancouver Island / Paid” in blue. The cover was forwarded to San Francisco (arrived there SEP.30) and franked with a 5c Jefferson and 10c Washington, both tied by cogwheel cancels, the rate necessary for the rest of the voyage, which consisted in travelling south in a closed packet by steamer to Panama, where it would have crossed by rail to the Atlantic side, took another steamer to New York, and then on to its destination. The back shows three datestamps: Amherst NS (OCT.23.1867), Pugwash (OCT.24) and finally Wallace receiver (OCT.24). According to Robson Lowe, the entire trip was of 6,455 miles (sea distance). Small faults to two of the stamps, still a very fine and rare cover, the only one we have seen with this exact franking to the Maritimes. A similar cover to Nova Scotia (with same US franking but with a 2½d imperforate) recently sold for US$35,000. From a recent find by a descendant of the addressee, therefore on the market for the first time ever. Estimate C$2,500.
Lot 395, Canada 1897 five cent Victoria Gas Inspection stamp with red control number, used
Lot 395 Canada #FG17 1897 5c Queen Victoria Gas Inspection Stamp with Red Control Number, used with a light blue cancel, couple of perforation problems, still a rare and not often seen stamp, fine. van Dam CV$4,000.
Lot 39, Canada 1865 ten cent red lilac Consort cover Hyde Park Corner to Victoria BC, sold for C$2,106
Lot 39 Canada #17 10c Red Lilac Consort on 1865 Cover to Victoria BC, an attractive stamp, just tied to cover mailed from Hyde Park Corner U.C. with free strike of broken circle in red ink, with manuscript date OCT.28.1865, paying the 10c rate to pre-Confederation Victoria, Vancouver Island with London U.C. transit cancel and pencil docketing “Received Dec 13th”, cover professionally restored at left edge and very clean and attractive. Among the prettiest of the fifteen recorded 10c. rate covers to Vancouver Island. Provenance: Daniel Cantor and illustrated at page 118 of Canada’s Decimal Era 1859-1868 by George B. Arfken and Arthur W. Leggett. The cover was routed through London, Windsor-Detroit exchange and by closed bag across the continent to San Francisco and north to Victoria, for a total transit time of 46 days. From The Outaouais Collection. Estimate $400, sold for C$1,800.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.