Lot 166 Canada #65 1897 $5 Olive Green Jubilee, used with a neat Toronto datestamp JAN.11.1898, with fresh, vibrant colour, fine-very fine. A lovely stamp. Unitrade CV$1,200.
Lot 6, Canada six pence Consort trial colour plate proof sheet of 100
Lot 6 Canada #2TCi 6d Consort Trial Colour Plate Proof in Red Purple, a full sheet of 100 on India paper, showing the dramatic “burr on forehead” in position 43 (only listed in Unitrade as being on #13, but is now known on other Consort printings). A wonderful and rare sheet, proving the position of the variety, with the normal minor paper wrinkling often found on this fragile paper, still very fine and desirable. Rsv. $11,000. Unitrade CV$32,500.
Lot 494, Newfoundland five cent Harp Seal perforated trade sample proof
Lot 494 Newfoundland #25TSP 5c Harp Seal Perforated Trade Sample Proof in Yellow Green, printed on blue, chemically treated gummed paper, very fine. Estimate C$250.
Lot 487, Newfoundland 1c, 5c and 12c values ca. 1868, se-tenant strip of three
Lot 487 Newfoundland #24P, 25P, 28P Ca. 1868 1c, 5c and 12c values in a Se-Tenant Strip of Three, from the Top Row of the Trade Sample Sheet, in brownish red, showing part of the marginal design at top and produced by the American Bank Note Company on horizontal wove paper, very fine. Estimate $750.
Lot 559, Newfoundland 1922 15c Vickers-Vimy essays in blocks of four
Lot 559 Newfoundland 1922 15c Vickers-Vimy Essays in Blocks of Four, three different with brown and black imperforate, brown and black perforated, and brown and blue perforated, each in an ungummed block of four, fine-very fine. Listed by Walsh as TE1, TE2, TE3 and priced at $2,240, noting that “it is believed that a sheet of 100 was made for each of the above essays.” Rarely seen in blocks. Estimate $400.