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.
Auction #51
October 17-19, 2024
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.
Lot 471, Orange River Colony half pence on three pence ultramarine Halve Penny overprint sheet of 240, sold for C$292
Lot 471 Orange River Colony #77/78 1896, ½d on 3d ultramarine, “Halve Penny” overprint, complete sheet of 240 in four panes of sixty, never hinged, note “No Stop” variety, some creasing and small nicks in margins, horizontal fold through gutter and between multiple rows, the odd trivial perf separation, else a fine and uncommon sheet. Stanley Gibbons GB£262, sold for C$250.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
Lot 664, India 1856 two anna orange, four anna grey black, and eight anna mauve on cover Madras to London, sold for C$292
Lot 664 India 1856, 2a orange, 4a grey black, and 8a mauve, Arbuthnot & Co forwarding agents, adhesives tied by “MADRAS / INDIA PAID / 1865 / MR 1” & “C/1” duplex (Cooper Type 17), further cancelled with “ARBUTHNOT & CO” boxed forwarding agent marking, “LONDON / PAID / BH / MR 29 /65” arrival c.d.s. in red, vertical filing fold not affecting stamps, a fine cover with an uncommon cancellation, which Cooper notes are “very scarce.” Estimate C$100, sold for C$250.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.