Lot 8 Canada #3Piii 12d Queen Victoria Plate Proof in Black, with Vertical SPECIMEN Overprint in Green, on card-mounted India paper, very fine. A very scarce plate proof which is accompanied by a 2021 Greene Foundation certificate. Unitrade CV$6,500, sold for $2,700 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
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Lot 96, Canada 1868 fifteen cent bluish grey Large Queen, VF mint, sold for C$380
Lot 96 Canada #30 1868 15c Bluish Grey Large Queen, mint with original hinged gum, well centered with fresh colour, very fine. Accompanied by a 2021 Greene Foundation certificate erroneously identifying the shade as “grey”. Unitrade CV$240, sold for C$325.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
Sale 42 has finished
Auction #42 is over. Prices Realized can be seen on our Stamp Auction Network listing or downloaded from our site. Invoices for the sale were sent out to successful bidders on May 17 by e-mail or Canada Post.
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Lot 1448, China 1942 Cover to Japanese Prisoner of War in Hong Kong
Sale 42 continues today with Worldwide Postal History.
Lot 1448 China 1942 Cover to Japanese Prisoner of War in Hong Kong, despatched from Shanghai, 29 Sept? 1942. Franked with two vertical pairs of China 1940 8c olive green Sun Yat-sen, Dah Teng printing, type III, secret mark, p14, Dah in button, no wmk (Scott 383, SG 492), mailed to Leon Weill, Camp “S” (Shamshuipo Camp). Japanese Ken’etsuzumi (censored) handstamp in carmine with small Hasegawa seal. Indistinguishable pencil marks at left. Circled “48” in pencil possibly prisoner or barrack number. Hong Kong occupation arrival c.d.s. on reverse “17-10-22” (17th year of Hirohito, October 22, 1942), believed applied at Kowloon postal station. Some minor creases plus a light stain on front, otherwise very fine and scarce, a new find therefore first time on the market. Estimate C$300.
Leon Weill, a French national, was born in Hong Kong. Prior to the war he worked as a stock broker. He served in the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Force and was thus sent as a POW to Shamshuipo Camp (French nationals were not otherwise interred). He died in the camp, 27 April 1944.
Lot 1175, Canada 1896 Piano illustrated advertising cover with three cent Small Queen, Ottawa to Wisconsin
The second day of Sale 42 continues this afternoon with Canada & B.N.A. Postal History.
Lot 1175 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. Ex Ted Kerzner. Estimate C$150.