Lot 177 Canada #9 1857 7½d Green Queen Victoria Imperforate, used with a light grid cancel, this stamp possesses four huge margins, showing part of next stamp at bottom. A fresh stamp with great colour and superb eye appeal, extremely fine. Accompanied by a 2021 Greene Foundation certificate. Rsv. $3,600. Unitrade CV$5,000.
Lot 82, Canada 1899 twelve cent cross border Registered AR cover Montréal to New Orleans
Lot 82 Canada 1899 12c Cross Border Registered AR Rate Cover, mailed from Montréal to New Orleans on AUG.9 (squared circle precursor free strike) to New Orleans (AUG.13 receiver on front) through New York (faint AUG.10 transit on back), franked with a 2c purple QV Numeral and pair 5c QV Numerals (stamps have faults), paying 2c postage, 5c registration and 5c AR fee. Overall aging, edge and backflap tears, still a very rare cover and early use of the AR service in Canada, with only a handful recorded in the Victorian era (mostly Small Queen covers). Estimate C$1,000.
Lot 11, Canada three cent Queen Victoria Leaf trial colour proof in slate
Lot 11 Canada #69TCP 3c Queen Victoria Leaf Trial Colour Proof in Slate Green, stamp sized on thick card, very fine and rare. Estimate C$500.
Lot 46, Canada 1902 seven cent olive yellow Queen Victoria Numeral, XF NH
Lot 46 Canada #81 1902 7c Olive Yellow Queen Victoria Numeral, mint never hinged, fresh with large balanced margins, extremely fine. Accompanied by a 2007 Greene Foundation certificate and a 2019 PSE certificate grading it as “XF-Sup 95J”. Unitrade CV$900.
Lot 670, Canada 1927 25c blue Yukon Airways & Exploration Co. Ltd., imperf vertically, VF NH
Lot 670 Canada #CL42e 1927 25c Blue Yukon Airways & Exploration Co. Ltd. Imperforate Vertically, mint never hinged, rare, fresh and very fine, for the advanced collector. Unitrade CV$10,500.