Lot 1057 Italy #31 1863-77 40c Carmine King Victor Emmanuel II, mint with full original hinged gum. This rare mint stamp shows two pre-printing natural paper folds, still with very fine appearance. Scott CV U$6,500.
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Lot 339, Canada 1925 one dollar brown orange Admiral dry printing, XF NH
Lot 339 Canada #120iv 1925 $1 Brown Orange Admiral, Dry Printing, mint never hinged, with four huge and even margins, plus the freshness of a new stamp, extremely fine. An outstanding stamp. Accompanied by a 2017 Richard Gratton AIEP certificate. Rsv. $450. Unitrade CV $750.
Lot 874, Falkland Islands 1894 two and a half pence deep blue Queen Victoria, F-VF mint block of four
Lot 874 Falkland Islands #14 1894 2½d Deep Blue Queen Victoria, Watermark Crown CA, a mint block of four, with full original gum, top stamps hinged, bottom stamps very lightly hinged. A fresh block with a distinctive and sought-after shade, fine-very fine. SG 29, £1,100 (Prussian blue). A rare multiple. Scott CV U$1,100.
Lot 279, Canada 1908 fifty cent purple King Edward VII, VF NH
Lot 279 Canada #95 1908 50c Purple King Edward VII, mint never hinged, with fresh colour and large margins, very fine. Unitrade CV $5,250.
Lot 775, Newfoundland 1860 one shilling orange Heraldic, VF used with lozenge cancel
Lot 775 Newfoundland #15 1860 1sh Orange Heraldic Imperforate, used with an almost socked on the nose strike of a St Pierre & Miquelon dotted (49 dots) lozenge cancel. A stunning stamp with its four huge margins, showing part of the left stamp, with only a light corner crease (not mentioned in cert.), else extremely fine. During this period, Newfoundland fishermen were allowed, by agreement, to drop off their mail in St Pierre, which explains this rare (only a very few recorded in the Pence era) cancel. Accompanied by a 2009 Sismondo certificate. Catalogue value is for a regular used stamp. Rsv. $11,000. Unitrade CV $15,000.
