Lot 274 Newfoundland #7 1857 6½d scarlet vermilion Heraldic Imperforate, mint with full original gum, very lightly hinged. Four comfortable margins, bright colour and overall fresh, extremely fine and scarce. There is a light pencil Alfred Diena expert signature on back, plus another next to it, also in light pencil. A lovely stamp, accompanied by a 1986 Greene Foundation certificate. Unitrade CV$12,000.
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Lot 923, Newfoundland 1937 twenty-five cent Sealing Fleet imperf pair, F-VF NG, realized $374
Lot 923 Newfoundland #242a 1937 25c slate Sealing Fleet, imperforate vertical pair with sheet margin at bottom, unused (no gum), fine-very fine. From the Wolfe Collection. Unitrade CV$300, sold for C$325 plus buyer’s premium.
Lot 371, Newfoundland 1896 one cent brown Prince of Wales, XF NH, realized $575
Lot 371 Newfoundland #43 1896 1c brown Prince of Wales, mint never hinged, fresh and extremely fine. Accompanied by a 2010 Richard Gratton AIEP certificate. Unitrade CV$600, sold for C$500 plus buyer’s premium.
Lot 381, Newfoundland 1933 $4.50 on 75c bistre Balbo surcharge, inverted watermark, VF NH, realized $2070
Lot 381 Newfoundland C18var 1933 $4.50 on 75c bistre Gen. Balbo Flight surcharge with inverted watermark, mint never hinged, well centered and very fine. Accompanied by a 2014 Greene Foundation certificate. Unlisted in Unitrade, catalogue value given is for Stanley Gibbons #235w for hinged, described as “Wmk top of shield to left”. An elusive stamp, missing from most collections. SG £2,000, sold for C$1,800 plus buyer’s premium.
Lot 369, Newfoundland 1870 three cent vermilion Victoria plate proof, lower right block of 15
Lot 369 Newfoundland #33P 1870 3c vermilion Queen Victoria Plate Proof, on card-mounted India paper, in a lower right plate block of 15 stamps, with printer’s imprint in bottom and right margins. Catalogue value is for 15 single stamps only. Rare and very fine. Unitrade CV$1,200.