Lot 27 Canada #15 1859 5c vermilion Beaver, a huge margined jumbo copy with grid cancel. Very fine plus. Unitrade CV$50, sold for $55 plus buyer’s premium.
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Lot 902 — USA 1871 ninety cent carmine Perry, used, sold for $748
Lot 902 USA #144 1871 90c carmine Perry, with H Grill, used with segmented cork cancellation. Accompanied by a 2014 Sergio Sismondo certificate stating in part “only part of an impressed grill is showing, namely 9 x 6 points, for reasons which are not clear.” Scott CV$2500, sold for $650 plus buyer’s premium.
Lot 117 — Canada 1893 fifty cent deep blue, used, sold for $150
Lot 117 Canada #47 1893 50c deep blue Widow Weeds, used with light c.d.s. cancel and very fine plus. A choice stamp. Unitrade CV$100, sold for $130 plus buyer’s premium.
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Lot 771 — Western Australia 1905 four pence pale chestnut swan, used, sold for $345
Lot 771 Western Australia #93b 1905 4d pale chestnut Swan, Perforated 11, Watermark Crown and Double Lined A, used, with partial broken circle datestamps (dated SEP.3.1909). A scarce perforation variety and scarcer in this shade than in yellow brown. Very fine. (SG 154a, £400). From the Kookaburra Collection of Australia & States. Scott CV$290, sold for $300 plus buyer’s premium.