Lot 19 Canada #26a 1875 5c olive green Large Queen, Perforated 12.1, used with face free target cancel, fine. A fresh example of this rare perforation variety, accompanied by a 1996 APS certificate identifying it as #26ii (the old UCS number for this perf variety). Ex. John Hillson. Unitrade CV$750, sold for C$675.00 plus 15% buyer’s premium.
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Lot 512, Great Britain 1864 cover London to Mauritius via Marseilles, VF, sold for C$776
Lot 512 1864 Cover to Mauritius, mailed London on FEB.25.1864 to Mauritius via Marseilles, addressed to the Governor, with MAR.29 receiver on back. Franked with a 9d bistre plate 2 (watermark emblems, SG 86, £1,200 on cover) plus a One Penny rose red, with a “4½d” red accountancy handstamp. Very fine. Ex. John Hillson. Estimate $250, sold for C$675.00 plus 15% buyer’s premium.
Lot 265, Canada 1874 ten cent pale milky rose lilac Small Queen, VF used, sold for C$1,150
Lot 265 Canada #40e 1874 10c pale milky rose lilac Small Queen, Perforated 11½ x 12, used with light grid cancel, well centered, fresh and very fine. Particularly nice for this scarce first printing of the 10c value, which is almost invariably found in rather unattractive condition. Ex. John Hillson. Unitrade CV$900, sold for C$1,000.00 plus 15% buyer’s premium.
Lot 601, Canada 1885 Morgan Cover with Louis Riel content, sold for C$1,092
Lot 601 1885 Morgan Cover with content related to Louis Riel, mailed to Morgan from Regina ASSA on MAY.7.1885. Cover (quite damaged) was mailed approximately six months prior to his death by hanging (16 November 1885), and approximately one week before he surrendered to Federal authorities and placed into custody. Also included is an original photo of Louis Riel (“carte de visite” by Davis and Sons Montreal, damaged at bottom), a short letter to Morgan explaining what was going on at the time, and a cut out newspaper article dated MAY.5.1885 from Regina reporting on the uprising at Battleford, Sask. Great Canadian ephemera for the serious collector. An identical photo (but in much better condition) was recently sold by a British Columbia auction house for C$600 (but without the provenance documents this lot includes). Estimate $100, sold for C$950.00 plus 15% buyer’s premium.
Lot 1949, Great Britain 1919 retouched Seahorses, VF NH, sold for C$862
Lot 1949 Great Britain #179-181 1919 2sh6d, 5sh and 10sh King George V Retouched Seahorses, each mint never hinged and with sheet margin at left, from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Printing (each measures just under 23mm high), very fine and fresh. Scott CV U$1,050, sold for C$750.00 plus 15% buyer’s premium.