Lot 143 Canada #85 1898 2c Map Stamp on piece dated second day of use, along with a 5c Leaf and an 8c Numeral, each tied by a Peterboro cds dated DEC.8.1898. This likely paid the pre-Imperial Penny Post 15c UPU rate, or a double UPU plus registration. Interesting and very fine. Estimate $100, sold for $95 plus buyer’s premium.
Queen Victoria Leaf
Lot 208 — Canada Ten Cent Leaf brown violet
Lot 208 Canada #73 1897 10c brown violet Queen Victoria Leaf, mint never hinged, fresh and very fine. Unitrade CV$ 2,250.
Lot 143, Used Canada #73, Realized $276
This very fine used stamp with a dated cancel attracted some very strong bids. When it opened at a hammer price of twice catalogue, neither the telephone, nor the internet, nor the floor challenged the top bid in the book, and it sold at $240.
Canada #73 1897 10¢ brown violet Leaf, with 3-ring Toronto cds dated Oct 1, 1900, very fine. Unitrade CV$120, realized $276 including premium.
Lot 142, Canada #73ii Plate No. 1 strip of three
Canada #73ii, 1897 10¢ brown violet Leaf, plate No. 1 strip of 3, hinged, and with some separation between second and third stamp and selvedge. The strip is very fine overall. A rare plate strip. Unitrade CV $2250
Sold for $264 — Lot 1172, Canada #67
1897 1¢ blue green Leaf A lovely mint stamp possessing all attributes a collector would want, starting with exceptional centering within oversized margins, deep rich colour as fresh as the day it was printed and full unblemished never hinged gum. An extremely fine stamp worthy of the finest collection.
This stamp catalogues C$180 in Unitrade, and US$70 in Scott. A very desirable stamp, as the realization demonstrates.