½c Large Queen Plate Proof in Black, on card-mounted India paper, showing the "spur" in scroll at left of "H" variety and a nice guideline along the whole design at bottom. Four large balanced margins, very fine. A lovely Large Queen proof. (Image)

Unitrade $ 750

1868 ½c Black Large Queen on Watermarked Bothwell Paper, used with part 2-ring numeral cancel, showing full letters "MI" of the watermark. The stamp has two shorter perfs and a small thin, still with remarkable centering and one of the finest of the very few known examples. A major rarity of Canadian philately.

Ex Gerald Firth and "Jura" collections.
Accompanied by a 1987 Greene Foundation certificate. (Image)

Unitrade $ 15,000

1868 1c Brown Red Large Queen, unused (no gum) with fresh colour and nice centering, one shorter perf at top, still a very fine stamp. (Image)

Unitrade $ 1,000

5c Large Queen Trial Colour Plate Proof in Light Peacock Blue, on card-mounted India paper, with large generous margins, there is a shallow thin on the card backing, else very fine appearance and scarce. (Image)

Unitrade $ 750

5c Large Queen Perforated Plate Proof in Olive Green, printed on thick gummed card (0.0080 thick), perforated 12 x 11, fresh and very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 500

6c Large Queen Plate Proof in Brown, on card-mounted India paper, from plate 1, very fine and scarce. (Image)

Unitrade $ 750

1868 6c Brown Large Queen on Soft, White Blotting Paper, used with an ideal light barred cancel, fresh colour and almost perfect centering. The stamp has a light crease on its upper right corner perf, which does not detract from the lovely appearance of this scarce stamp. Very fine and one of the nicest examples we've seen, an undervalued stamp.

Ex "Jura" collection.
Accompanied by a 1998 Greene Foundation certificate. (Image)

Unitrade $ 1,250

12½c Large Queen Plate Proof in Dark Blue, on card-mounted India paper with four large margins, there is a very light stain on the Queen's neck which does not detract, very fine. (Image)

Unitrade $ 750

15c Large Queen Plate Proofs in Two Shades, both on card-mounted India paper, with a dark purple single (extremely fine) and a dark brown purple single (very fine). Two lovely and scarce plate proofs, in different shades.

Ex "Michael Roberts" collection. (Image)

Unitrade $ 2,000

1868 15c Grayish Purple Large Queen with "Pawnbroker" Variety, a right sheet margin block of six (plate positions 8-10 / 18-20), showing the "Pawnbroker variety on the upper right stamp. The stamps have original hinged gum, with a vertical separation between positions 19 and 20, fine.

Accompanied by a 1978 Greene Foundation certificate. (Image)

Unitrade $ 1,600

1868 15c Brown Purple Large Queen Imperforate, a mint horizontal pair with full original gum and small gum imperfections (thus catalogued as hinged), deep fresh colour and very fine. Only 400 of these stamps were printed. (Image)

Unitrade $ 1,600

1868 15c Purple Large Queen, mint with full original gum, never hinged, with nice centering and fresh colour, very fine. (Image)

Unitrade $ 500

1868 15c Deep Blue Large Queen, a mint right sheet margin strip of three with full original gum, left stamp lightly hinged, other two hinged with remnants. A fresh strip with rich colour, showing large part of the plate inscription in margin at right, fine-very fine overall. A scarce multiple of this sought-after shade.

Accompanied by a 2005 Greene Foundation certificate. (Image)

Unitrade $ 5,250

1868 15c Grey Violet Large Queen Pair, Each Stamp with a Different Plate Flaw, a mint horizontal pair from plate positions 9-10 (with sheet margins at top and right), with full original gum, hinged. The left stamp shows plate scratches at top left, and the right stamp shows a "Pawnbroker" plate variety at lower right. There is also a diagonal scratch between both stamps, at mid level. A lovely and fresh pair, with deep rich colour, well centered and very fine. A lovely item for the Large Queen specialist, as the combination of both popular plate flaws, freshness and ideal sheet margins proving the positions make this very desirable. (Image)

Estimate $ 2,000

1868 3c Bright Red Large Queen on Laid Paper, used with moderate target cancel, a beautiful and well centered stamp showing clear laid lines and bright colour, very fine plus and certainly one of the finest we have handled.

Accompanied by a 2007 Greene Foundation certificate. (Image)

Unitrade $ 3,000