Bradbury Wilkinson 6d Engraved Plate Essay of a Viking's Head, in green, on vertical wove paper with light vertical ribbing, very fine. Minuse & Pratt #E-Ca. (Image)

Estimate $ 400

1851 3d Orange Red Beaver Imperforate on Laid Paper, used with target cancel in blue, margins are large to huge all around, strong laid lines and very fine. A lovely example of Canada's first stamp with scarce coloured cancel. (Image)

Unitrade $ 1,600

6d Consort Trial Colour Plate Proof in Orange Yellow, an upper right corner block of four, printed on India paper, showing parts of plate imprints at top left and lower right, Very fine. A rare plate proof, with only 100 thought to exist.

Ex Arnold Nyman collection. (Image)

Unitrade $ 1,800

6d Consort Trial Colour Plate Proof in Black with Vertical SPECIMEN Overprint in Carmine, a lower sheet margin single on India paper, very fine. (Image)

Unitrade $ 350

6d Consort Trial Colour Plate Proof in Dark Grey with Vertical SPECIMEN Overprint in Carmine, a single on India paper, with large even margins, very fine. (Image)

Unitrade $ 300

6d Consort Trial Colour Plate Proof in Grey with Vertical SPECIMEN Overprint in Orange, a block of four on card-mounted India paper, very fine. A rarely offered multiple. (Image)

Unitrade $ 1,200

6d Consort Trial Colour Plate Proof in Slate Purple with Vertical SPECIMEN Overprint in Orange, an upper marginal block of four on India paper, very fine.

Ex Bishop collection. (Image)

Unitrade $ 1,200

6d Consort Trial Colour Plate Proof in Grey Blue with Vertical SPECIMEN Overprint in Carmine, a left sheet margin horizontal pair on India paper, very fine. A lovely and rarely offered multiple of this scarcer proof. (Image)

Unitrade $ 700

1851 6d Slate Violet Consort Imperforate on Laid Paper, a used horizontal pair with target cancels, margins are large at both ends, top and bottom are well clear to just touching outer frameline at lower left. There is a small scissor cut between the stamps, which does not detract, fine-very fine.

Ex Carl Mangold collection.
Accompanied by 1959 R.P.S.L. and 1997 Greene Foundation certificates. (Image)

Unitrade $ 3,000

1851 6d Slate Violet Consort Imperforate on Laid Paper, a used single with target cancel, margins are large to huge at left (showing part of adjoining stamp), strong laid lines and very fine.

Signed Georg Buhler and accompanied by a 1975 British Philatelic Association certificate. (Image)

Unitrade $ 2,000

1851 6d Brown Purple Consort Imperforate on Laid Paper, a used single with centrally struck target cancel, margins are large all around, strong laid lines and very fine.

Ex "G. Marnier" collection. Accompanied by a 1979 Greene Foundation certificate. (Image)

Unitrade $ 2,500

12d Queen Victoria "Scar" Plate Proof in Brown, printed on India paper, from the composite die proof. A lovely shade, showing very clearly the "scar" in "CE" of PENCE variety, margins are huge to well clear on two sides, fine-very fine. A rare item. (Image)

Unitrade $ 11,000

12d Queen Victoria Plate Proof in Black with Vertical SPECIMEN Overprint in Carmine, on card-mounted India paper, with four large to well clear margins, very fine. (Image)

Unitrade $ 2,500

12d Queen Victoria Plate Proof in Black with Vertical SPECIMEN Overprint in Carmine, a horizontal pair on India paper, from positions 89-90, with four large to well clear margins, very fine. A rare multiple of this popular plate proof. (Image)

Unitrade $ 5,000

12d Queen Victoria Plate Proof in Black with Vertical SPECIMEN Overprint in Carmine, with Major Re-Entry, a single on card-mounted India paper, showing a spectacular re-entry in doubling of most of the framelines in all four corners (Trimble re-entry #7). Large and even margins all around, very fine and quite desirable. (Image)

Unitrade $ 2,500

12d Queen Victoria Plate Proof in Black with Diagonal SPECIMEN Overprint in Carmine, a single on India paper, with clear margins all around, very fine. A scarce proof. (Image)

Unitrade $ 6,000

12d Queen Victoria Plate Proof in Black, with vertical SPECIMEN Overprint in Green, printed on India paper, well centered within four large margins, very fine. A rare proof, especially in this lovely quality, as many have small margins and/or faults.

Ex Payne and "Lindemann" collections.
Accompanied by (photocopy of) a 1988 Greene Foundation certificate. (Image)

Unitrade $ 7,500

1851 12d Black Queen Victoria Imperforate on Laid Paper, used with (slightly lightened) centrally struck target cancel, with four margins including including part of the next stamp at top and a large sheet margin at right. In fact, the Siegel census does not list another used stamp with a wide sheet margin. This lovely stamp shows strong laid lines, not only on the back but also on the front, very fine. It is estimated that only about one third of the used examples of this stamp are sound.

Ex Fred Jarrett collection.
Accompanied by a 1959 Philatelic Foundation certificate and a 2006 Greene Foundation certificate, which is pink solely as a result of the lightened cancel. (Image)

Unitrade $ 160,000

1852 3d Red Beaver Imperforate, used with a target cancel and wide to well clear margins, bright colour and very fine. (Image)

Unitrade $ 300

1852 3d Orange Red Beaver Imperforate on Thin Paper, an unused (no gum) horizontal pair, margins are well clear to large, very fine. An exceptionally rare unused multiple.

Accompanied by a 1992 Greene Foundation certificate. (Image)

Unitrade $ 4,000

1852 3d Deep Red Beaver Imperforate, used with a centrally struck datestamp from Québec, dated JUL.2.1858. Margins are well clear all around and the colour is deep and rich, very fine. Dated town cancels on Pence era stamps are quite scarce. (Image)

Unitrade $ 350

1852 3d Scarlet Vermilion Beaver Imperforate on Thin Paper, with Pre-Printing Crease, used with a centrally struck target cancel. The stamp has a dramatic diagonal pre-printing paper crease, plus bright and fresh colour and four huge margins, very fine and attractive. (Image)

Estimate $ 350

1852 3d Red Beaver Imperforate with Major Re-Entry, mint with full original crackled gum, lightly hinged. The stamp has three large margins, just clear at bottom right, with major re-entry from position 61, pane B. There is overall light natural wrinkling caused by the gum, still fine-very fine (catalogue value is for fine only, higher quality not valued).

Accompanied by a 1971 Royal Philatelic Society certificate. (Image)

Unitrade $ 5,000

1855 6d Slate Grey Consort Imperforate, a used horizontal pair with two target cancels; deep rich colour and crisp impression, margins are large all around, very fine. An attractive and desirable pair.

Accompanied by a 2003 Philatelic Foundation certificate. (Image)

Unitrade $ 3,200

1855 6d Greenish Grey Consort Imperforate, used with a light cancel, margins are large on all sides, very fine and fresh.

Accompanied by a 2008 Greene Foundation certificate. (Image)

Unitrade $ 1,600