1859 1c rose Queen Victoria, mint with full original gum, lightly hinged. A fresh stamp which is well centered and very fine. Accompanied by a 2018 Greene Foundation certificate. A lovely stamp in all respects. Rsv. (Image)

Unitrade $ 1,500

1859 1c rose Queen Victoria, unused (no gum), fresh and fine. Accompanied by a 2018 Richard Gratton AIEP certificate. Rsv. (Image)

Unitrade $ 300

1859 1c rose Queen Victoria on Very Thick Paper, a mint strip of three, with full original gum, right stamp is never hinged, fine. Accompanied by a 2015 Greene Foundation certificate. A scarce mint paper variety, even more so in a multiple and catalogue value does not count a premium for the rare never hinged stamp. Ex. Dale-Lichtenstein. Rsv. (Image)

Unitrade $ 6,750

1859 1c rose Queen Victoria Plate Proof, on India paper in a left marginal block of four, quite fresh and very fine. (Image)

Unitrade $ 1,000

1859 1c Queen Victoria Plate Proof in Deep Rose, in a full sheet of 100, on card-mounted India paper, with full sheet margins all around showing 8 printer's inscriptions. The sheet also shows major re-entries in positions 28 and 58. There is a small stain on the card at top (away from the sheet) which in no way detracts from this stunningly beautiful sheet. A must have for the serious collector. Rsv. (Image)

Unitrade $ 25,000

1859 1c to 17c Cents Set of Plate Proofs, all in blocks of four, on card-mounted India paper. Includes the 1c (deep rose), 5c (vermilion), 10c (brownish purple), 12½c (blue green) and 17c (pale blue) in colour of issue, plus the 2c in claret. A very fine and seldom offered group. Rsv. (Image)

Unitrade $ 7,100

1859 5c vermilion Beaver, unused (no gum), very nicely centered, with bright colour and only a tiny stain above the beaver's tail, very fine and fresh. Accompanied by a 2013 Greene Foundation certificate. (Image)

Unitrade $ 800

Group of Interesting 5c Beaver Stamps, first is unused (with faults), an imprint copy with a clogged-up 4-ring #4, a nice strike of Québec #37 in grid (closed tear), a single which appears to have an extra vertical row of perforations (probably post-contemporary), a very thick paper, five attractive stamps having red, green or blue cancels, a #16 on grid cancel from Hamilton, a used pale vermilion shade caused by under-inking (heavily inked at right), a very fine bright vermilion shade with a re-entry in right frameline (on medium wove paper) plus one other. Overall fine, with 14 stamps in all. (Image)

Est $ 100

Group of 5c red Beaver Constant Plate Varieties, with 7 used stamps, all described as per its variety name and plate position, as well as with a blow-up of the variety. "Sun Flaw" (pos. 6 with 4-ring #27 cancel), "Low Moon" (pos. 34), "guide dot in left frame" (pos. 92), "Sunbeam" (ex. Lindemann), "Bubble Flaw" (Calder's PF 124), "Railway Track" (with partial 4-ring #49 in blue, ex. Lindemann) and "Low Moon" (ex. Lindemann). A useful group. (Image)

Est $ 200

1859 5c red Beaver with Major Re-Entry, from plate position 28, used with blurry target cancel, still clearly showing most of the re-entry. Some perforation holes were "cleaned" in the top left corner area, else fine. (Image)

Unitrade $ 500

1859 5c orange red Beaver with Major Re-Entry, from plate position 28, used with light grid cancel, leaving the re-entry quite clearly visible. Tiny surface scuff at top right, still an attractive example of this scarce stamp, very good. (Image)

Unitrade $ 250

1859 10c black brown Consort, Perforated 11¾, used with crisp and well centered strike of the 4-ring #27 (Ottawa). A very well centered stamp, with three large margins and only a few perf holes touching the outer frameline at right (scarce thus). Minor thin to left of Consort's head, else a very fine appearing stamp. (Image)

Unitrade $ 8,500

1859 10c Consort Plate Proof in Black Brown with SPECIMEN Vertical Overprint in Carmine, a block of four, on India paper, very fine. Rsv. (Image)

Unitrade $ 1,800

1859 10c red lilac Consort, unused (no gum), fresh and very well centered for issue, extremely fine. Accompanied by a 2018 Greene Foundation certificate. A lovely stamp in all respects. Rsv. (Image)

Unitrade $ 1,600

1859 10c brown Consort, unused (traces of gum, with hinge remnant which could easily be removed) and very well centered among four even margins. Described by owner as printing order 15A, very fine. Accompanied by a photocopy of a 1953 B.P.A. certificate. (Image)

Unitrade $ 1,600

1859 10c brown Consort on Very Thick Paper, mint with full original gum and hinge remnants. A very fine centered stamp with clipped perfs at right, still a very rare paper variety in mint condition. Accompanied by a 2000 David Brandon certificate. Catalogued in Unitrade as fine only. Rsv. (Image)

Unitrade $ 7,200

1859 12½c yellow green Queen Victoria, a lovely used block of eight, tied to piece by several strikes of the Brantford CW duplex dated AUG.21.1867. The stamps are clearly from positions 1-4, 11-14 as evidenced by the printer's imprint in top margin and unique centering. Because of its large size, this block was instrumental in helping determine the single-plate theory for this value. Once belonging to Brig. Studd, it was studied by himself as well as Jarrett, Senator Calder, Lee-Jones and others, as evidenced by the accompanying article by Peter J. Hurst published in the October 4, 1952 Weekly Philatelic Gossip magazine. We know only of one or more blocks of four and a strip of four, leaving this as likely the largest known multiple. A few insignificant faults, still a must have for the Cents or classics collector. Rsv. (Image)

Est $ 3,500

1859 12½c blue green Queen Victoria, mint with full original gum, lightly hinged. A fresh stamp, with perforations clear of outer framelines on three sides, fine. (Image)

Unitrade $ 1,500

1859 12½c dark blue green Queen Victoria, Perforated 11¾, Unused (no gum), fresh and very fine. Accompanied by a 2018 Greene Foundation certificate. Rsv. (Image)

Unitrade $ 1,500

1859 12½c yellow green Queen Victoria with Major Re-Entry, mint with large part original gum. This major re-entry, most notable in the E of PENCE is from plate position 94 and the stamp has a sheet selvedge at bottom (scarce thus for this issue, but even more so with small part printer's imprint at left) corroborating this. Very nice centering, with a shorter perf at right, with fresh colour and a scarce stamp in this very fine condition. Accompanied by a 2014 Greene Foundation certificate stating "gum somewhat disturbed". This stamp is widely recognized as being the finest mint example of the major re-entry. Rsv. (Image)

Unitrade $ 7,500

1859 12½c Queen Victoria Plate Proof in Yellow Green, on card-mounted India paper, with part plate imprint in bottom margin, very fine. (Image)

Unitrade $ 350

1859 17c blue Cartier, mint with full original gum, hinged. A very nice stamp which is rarely offered with full original gum, very fine. Accompanied by a 2018 Greene Foundation certificate. Rsv. (Image)

Unitrade $ 4,500

1859 17c slate blue Cartier, unused (no gum), fresh and centered to bottom, fine. (Image)

Unitrade $ 900

1859 2c claret rose Queen Victoria, mint, with partially re-distributed gum. Fresh colour, with a handstamp on back, fine. (Image)

Unitrade $ 300