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Lot 372, Canada 1928 $1 red on white Moose Jaw Flying Club mint vertical pane of five

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From The Red Baron Collection, coming on February 26.
Lot 372 Canada #CLP7 1928 ($1) Red on White Moose Jaw Flying Club, a complete vertical pane of five mint stamps, top and two bottom stamps are very lightly hinged (almost imperceptible), leaving stamps 2 and 3 never hinged. Quite fresh and extremely rare, with only two known to have survived. The owner, who had a strict “never hinged criteria” looked far and wide for a never hinged example and was told by several specialists that such a “unicorn” did not exist and that this was probably the “best one out there.” A great opportunity for the advanced Semi-Official collector, or seeker of the very rare. Unitrade CV$18,000.

Lot 403, Canada 1926 15d Patricia Airways “Style One” with type B 5c overprint pair, malformed “o” of “Lookout”

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From The Red Baron Collection, coming on February 26.
Lot 403, Canada 1926 15d Patricia Airways Lot 403 Canada #CL15c, 15d 1926 Patricia Airways “Style One” with Type B 5c Overprint Descending in Red, with Malformed “o” of Lookout Variety, a mint never hinged horizontal pair from bottom of sheet, with the left stamp (pos. 7) showing the variety. An ideal piece, showing plate 1 inscription in margin, fresh, very fine and quite scarce. Unitrade CV$2,625.