Lot 25 Canada #4iii 1852, 3d deep red Beaver on ribbed, hard wove paper, four balanced margins, neatly-cancelled by “19” four-ring numeral of London, Ontario, rich colour, a most attractive example of this scarcer paper, very fine. Unitrade C$850, sold for C$700.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
Auction #52
January 30-February 2, 2025
Lot 160, Canada 1897 six cent brown Queen Victoria Maple Leaf, VF NH, sold for C$877
Lot 160 Canada #71 1897, 6c brown Maple Leaf, never hinged, rich colour, well-centered and very fine. Unitrade C$750, sold for C$750.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
Lot 118, Canada 1888-1897 five cent grey Small Queen, VF NH, sold for C$877
Lot 118 Canada #42 1888-1897, 5c grey Small Queen, never hinged original gum, fresh and very fine; with 2024 Greene Foundation certificate. Unitrade C$900, sold for C$750.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
Lot 223, Canada 1918 one cent dark green Admiral experimental coil paste-up pair, VF NH, sold for C$936
Lot 223 Canada #131vi 1918, 1c dark green Admiral experimental coil pair, with “OTTAWA” of imprint below paste-up, never hinged, a scarce strip, with only 50-80 examples believed extant from this experiment of July, 1918, very fine; with 2015 Greene Foundation certificate. Unitrade C$675, sold for C$800.00 17% buyer’s premium.
Lot 417, Manitoba 1881 fifty cent red and black Provisional Law Stamp, VF used, sold for C$1,170
Lot 417 Manitoba #ML34 1881, Manitoba Provisional Law Stamp, 50c red and black, imperforate with manuscript L.S. in indelible pencil, on white paper, used and initialed E.M., this being the example pictured in the van Dam catalogue, very fine and rare; with 2008 van Dam certificate. van Dam C$1,250, sold for C$1,000.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
