Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale

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Session Two (lots 209-359): Wednesday, October 28, 2020, at 1:30pm continued...

Canadian Post Office Cancellations

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

343°

5¢ Red Brown (1), ample margins to just in, strong reddish color and worn-plate impression, clear strike of black Canadian 7-ring target cancellation, tiny tear at bottom right, Fine appearance, ex Ring, Stollnitz and Saadi, with 1996 P.F. certificate, Scott assigns a $3,000.00 Canadian cancel premium (Image)

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E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction

344°

10¢ Black, Double Transfer Type D (2-D), Position 41R, three huge margins including part of adjoining stamp at right, full margin at top, sharp proof-like impression, well-struck black Canadian 7-ring target cancellation, double transfer at bottom clearly visible, Extremely Fine, a beautiful and exceedingly rare example of the 10¢ 1847 Issue cancelled by the Canadian target, believed to be unique in conjunction with a major double transfer, ex Rohloff and Wall, with 1980 P.F. certificate, Scott value $5,150.00 (Image)

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E. $ 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction

345°

5¢ Dark Brown (1a), ample margins all around, rich color, early impression, blue manuscript cancel, also with red Canadian "butterfly" grid cancel, Very Fine example of this rare cancel, ex Garrett ("Elite") and Saadi, with 1989 P.F. and 1990 P.S.E. certificates, the former declining opinion as to the cancel's Canadian origin, they had no such hesitation when expertizing the following lot in 1996, Scott assigns a $3,000.00 Canadian cancel premium (Image)

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E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $4,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

346°

10¢ Black (2), Position 16L, large margins to full, bright shade, clear strike of red brown Canadian "butterfly" grid cancel, Extremely Fine, a phenomenal stamp with an extremely rare cancel, ex Emerson, Stollnitz and Saadi, with 1996 P.F. certificate, Scott assigns a $3,000.00 Canadian cancel premium (Image)

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E. $ 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $13,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

347°

5¢ Red Brown (1), three large margins, just in at bottom, stitch watermark, bright shade and worn-plate impression, perfect strike of Nova Scotia 13-bar oval grid cancel, second strike at right, Very Fine, a phenomenal cancel on the 1847 Issue and possibly unique, ex Rust, Stollnitz and Saadi, with 1996 P.F. certificate, Scott assigns a $3,000.00 premium for a Canadian cancel, which is more commonly seen (Image)

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E. $ 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,300.00
Will close during Public Auction

348°

10¢ Black (2), horizontal pair, large margins to clear except just in at top left, bright shade, light strikes of reddish-brown New Brunswick oval grid cancel, part of a "PAID" cancel at bottom left, left stamp slight creases, Fine-Very Fine appearance, a remarkable pair which is probably unique with this cancel, ex Garrett ("Elite") and Saadi, with 1984 and 1990 P.F. certificates, the latter stating "no opinion as to whether these stamps served postal duty after demonetization when cancelled"--demonetized use of 1847 Issue from Canada is well-established, so who knows what they were thinking when they wrote this opinion--Scott value $8,300.00 as a pair with Canadian cancels (Image)

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E. $ 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $1,000.00
Will close during Public Auction