Lot 77 Canada #47 1893 50c deep blue Widow Weeds, mint with full original gum, lightly hinged. A lovely single, with deep colour and almost perfect centering, very fine and fresh. Unitrade CV C$600, sold for $575 plus buyer’s premium.
Queen Victoria Jubilee
Lot 83, Canada 1897 50c deep ultramarine Jubilee, XF NH, sold for $1,380
Lot 83 Canada #60i 1897 50c deep ultramarine Jubilee, mint never hinged and perfectly centered, with rich colour, extremely fine. Accompanied by a 2010 Richard Gratton AIEP certificate. A very nice stamp for the discriminating collector. Unitrade CV$1,800, sold for $1,200 plus buyer’s premium.
Lot 77, Canada 1893 fifty cent deep blue Widow Weeds, VF lightly hinged
Lot 77 Canada #47 1893 50c deep blue Widow Weeds, mint with full original gum, lightly hinged. A lovely single, with deep colour and almost perfect centering, very fine and fresh. Unitrade CV C$600.
Lot 79, Canada 1893 twenty cent vermilion Widow Weeds, MNH, sold for $2645
Lot 79 Canada #46 1893 20c vermilion Widow Weeds, mint with full original gum, never hinged. A very fine and fresh stamp. Accompanied by a 2011 Greene Foundation certificate. Unitrade CV C$2,600, sold for $2,300 plus buyer’s premium.
Lot 107, Canada 1897 three dollar yellow bistre Jubilee, XF MNH, sold for $11,500
We begin our featured items with this extremely fine three dollar Jubilee. This is close to a record price, and the highest realization we’ve seen in a decade.
Lot 107 Canada #63 1897 $3 yellow bistre Jubilee, mint never hinged, with sheet selvedge at left. Perfectly centered among four even margins, fresh and extremely fine. Accompanied by a 2014 Greene Foundation certificate. Unitrade footnote states “No. 61 to 65 ($1 to $5) in XF NH condition command very large premiums – copies of 63 to 65 ($3 to $5) were selling for up to $14,000 at auction over the past couple of years”. We believe this remarkable stamp should easily fit that description and valuation. Unitrade CV C$6,000, sold for $10,000 plus buyer’s premium.