A Traditional Philatelic Auction House — Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Sale 51 begins today at 10am Eastern Daylight Time with Canada & British North America.
Lot 80 Canada #77a 1899, 2c carmine Numeral, Die II, never hinged, beautiful deep colour, superbly-centered, very fine; with 2023 Richard Gratton AIEP certificate. Unitrade CV$360.
Lot 14 Canada #9 1857, 7½d green Victoria, imperforate, on hand made wove paper, four large to extremely large margins all around, cancelled with neatly-stuck “16” barred numeral of Hamilton, an exceptional and extremely fine example of this scarce classic stamp; with 1989 Royal Philatelic Society London and 2023 Greene Foundation certificates. Unitrade CV$5,000.
Lot 411 Great Britain #4c 1849, 2d violet blue, plate 4, lettered RK, on thicker lavender-tinted paper, four large even margins, cancelled by neatly-struck “20” London numeral cancel, beautiful rich colour, reverse showing ivory head impression, a superb example of this challenging shade, very fine; with 1989 Royal Philatelic Society London certificate. (S.G. 15aa) Scott CV$1,800.
Lot 416 Great Britain #6 1848, 10d red brown Embossed, large to very large margins all around, showing portion of adjoining stamp at right and top, clean partial numeral cancel, fresh colour and strong embossing, a most attractive stamp, very fine. (S.G. 57) Scott CV$1,500.
Lot 93 Canada #89 1903, 1c green Edward VII, never hinged, exceptionally well centered amidst large margins, sheet selvedge at top, a lovely stamp in all respects, extremely fine; with 2023 Richard Gratton AIEP certificate. Unitrade CV$280.
