A Traditional Philatelic Auction House — Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
A beautiful stamp to start off our featured items:
Lot 787 Burma #18 1937 25R blue and ocher KGVI, fresh and immaculate stamp, deep colour, well-centered, never hinged, very fine. The CV is for hinged; the set has an 80% plus premium for NH, so pro rata CV is over $1,260. Scott CV$700, sold for $950 plus premium.
The fortunate thing about the auction experience is that under-evaluated items will find the appropriate price level because of competition. That was the case for this lot of the former Soviet republic of Tannu Tuva, which passed our lotters’ scrutiny with a lower estimate than the value ultimately assigned by spirited bidders.
Lot 1253 Tannu Tuva #45/C9 Group of 85 Mint and Used Stamps Including 20 Imperforates, includes mint #45-52 perforated and imperforates (CV $50 and $100), 54-60 (CV $45), 61-70 (CV $50 – #63 with small stain spot, #69 crease at top), C1-C9 (CV $55) and the following imperforate issues (some of these with light creases #57, 71, 73 (corner tear), 75, 80a, 82a, 83, 84a, 85, 87, 89 and 92. Also includes 31 different used stamps. All mint stamps appear to be never hinged, a few small faults. Overall fine-very fine. Estimate $100, SOLD for $3,000 plus premium.
With the Labour Day long weekend past, we are still in the process of invoicing and shipping. Most local bidders have picked up their lots.
Much of the remaining material is organized, but some invoices still await exact shipping charges. We have sent almost all invoices, but please let us know if you were successful in the auction and have not heard from us.
Consignors will receive their post-auction notifications shortly.
We are continuing to organize material and prepare for shipping from our sale last week. Invoices are being sent as well.
Local bidders may pick up their lots beginning on Wednesday (August 28th).
Prices Realized for the sale can be seen at this link. Next week we will begin featuring some of the better and more interesting realizations from the sale.
Today begins the bulkiest but potentially most interesting part of the sale. We will see some great prices in the first few minutes, where we feature complete Canada collections that could well have been broken down into individual lots. Lot 1605 is a quite complete, clean, collection of Canadian revenues that will sell for more than $2000. A Winnipeg squared circle collection follows two lots later:
Lot 1607 Canada Winnipeg Squared Circle Collection, 1893 to 1905 of over 2,450 items. Everything is mounted according to hammer, time mark, date, month, and year. Includes approximately 660 hammer I stamps and covers, approximately 440 from hammer II and over 1,350 from Hammer III. As well, there are 2 from Hammer IV: one on a 1c Edward postal card (1904) and also on a 2c Edward stamp (1905). Of the above total, 280 plus are on Jubilees, incl. one 50c stamp. Collection has over 200 covers or postal stationery cards. Balance are on stamps or cut squares. An impressive collection, years in the making, housed in 3 large Scott binders. Est. $2,000, opening at $2100 (as of 7am August 22nd).