Lot 498 USA #630 1926, 2c carmine rose “White Plains”, sheet of 25, never hinged, though catalogued at the lowest value due to some gum skips and carmine offsets from being laid upon another sheet, typical gum bends, else fresh and fine to very fine. Scott CV U$275, sold for C$225.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
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Lot 140, Canada 1924 one cent yellow to three cent carmine yellow Admiral imperf singles, VF NH, sold for C$263
Lot 140 Canada #136-138 1924, 1c yellow to 3c carmine Admiral imperforate singles, set of three, each with large to very large margins all around, never hinged, very fine. Unitrade CV$250, sold for C$225.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
Lot 1089, 1960s/1980s British Commonwealth collection, sold for C$263
Lot 1089 1960s/1980s, British Commonwealth collections of hundreds of mint stamps and souvenir sheets, in black mounts on home-made pages, the largest group is of the Cocos and Keeling Islands, with substantial completion into the 1990s, also with a binder of stock sheets with some singles and sets of other British Commonwealth countries, including New Zealand, Falkland islands, Fiji, Grenada, Hong Kong, South Georgia, Tristan de Cunha and Ross Dependencies, a good lot for the collector or the reseller, clean, well organized and very fine. (More Scans). Scott CV U$150, sold for C$225.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
Lot 1135, Germany (Berlin) advanced used collection, sold for C$263
Lot 1135 Germany (Berlin) 1948/1969, advanced used collection, in like-new Lighthouse hingeless album with slipcase, only missing a few stamps after 1950, including noteworthy sets like U.P.U. Scott #s 9N35-41(c.v. $211), 9N61-3 (c.v.$127), Bells (c.v. $198) and more, very fine. (More Scans.) Scott CV U$150, sold for C$225.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
Lot 509, USA 1844 Stampless Folded Letter missent from Ogdensburg NY to Kingston Ontario, sold for C$263
Lot 509 USA 1844 (February 21), Ogdensburg New York, Missent to Canada, stampless folded letter, with contents, struck with clear red Ogdensburg c.d.s., to Kingston, New York, noted in manuscript “Missent to Canada / intended for Kingston NY / not / Kingston Canada 23 Feb”, with next-day Kingston UC double split-ring in red below, filing folds, but a charming cover. Estimate C$100, sold for C$225.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.