Canada & Provinces

**Province of Canada -- Pence Issues Scott #1-13**
LotNo.	Symbol	Cat No.	Lot Description
1	E/P	1TCv	3d Beaver Plate Proof in Black, with Horizontal SPECIMEN Overprint in Orange, an upper sheet margin block of four from positions 5-6 / 15-16, on India paper, with a strong relief break on all four stamps. Small scissor cut in top margin only, very fine and scarce as a multiple. Get Market Data for [Canada 1TCv] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Unitrade $ 1,200 SOLD for C$800.00 Will close during Public Auction
2		1	1851 3d Red Beaver Imperforate on Laid Paper, unused (with trace of original gum), with bright colour and sharp impression. The stamp possesses three large margins, and the bottom one just touches the outer frameline at right, fine-very fine. A very rare unused example of Canada’s first stamp, as one census of mint and unused Three Penny Beaver on laid paper. Three Penny Beavers puts the number at about 20. Although this might be a little bit low, many of these mint and unused stamps are cut into or have faults, and some are in institutional collections. It is likely that fewer than a handful of sound number ones are available to private collectors. A rare opportunity for the mint Canada collector. Accompanied by a 1959 Royal Philatelic Society certificate issued to W. E. Lea, Esq. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans) Get Market Data for [Canada Collection] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Unitrade $ 45,000 SOLD for C$13,500.00 Will close during Public Auction
3	O	1	1851 3d Red Beaver Imperforate on Laid Paper, used with crisp target cancel and bright colour, margins are large all around, with clear laid lines, very fine. Get Market Data for [Canada 1] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Unitrade $ 1,600 SOLD for C$1,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
4	E/P	2TCix	6d Consort Trial Colour Plate Proof in Black with Vertical SPECIMEN in Carmine, an upper marginal single on India paper, very fine. Get Market Data for [Canada 2TCix] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Unitrade $ 350 SOLD for C$110.00 Will close during Public Auction
5	E/P	2TCi	6d Consort Trial Colour Plate Proof in Red Purple, a right marginal block of four on card-mounted India paper, very fine. Ex Bishop collection. Get Market Data for [Canada 2TCi] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Unitrade $ 1,300 SOLD for C$575.00 Will close during Public Auction
6	E/P	2TCvii	6d Consort Trial Colour Plate Proof in Dark Grey with Vertical SPECIMEN Overprint in Carmine, a block of four on India paper, very fine. Get Market Data for [Canada 2TCvii] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Unitrade $ 1,200 SOLD for C$625.00 Will close during Public Auction
7	E/P	2TCvi	6d Consort Trial Colour Plate Proof in Grey with Vertical SPECIMEN in Green, printed on India paper, very fine. Get Market Data for [Canada 2TCvi] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Unitrade $ 375 SOLD for C$160.00 Will close during Public Auction
8	E/P	2TCxi	6d Consort Plate Proof in Grey Blue, with Vertical SPECIMEN Overprint in Carmine, printed on card-mounted India paper, a gorgeous block of four with large margins plus sheet margin at left, very fine plus. Get Market Data for [Canada 2TCxi] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Unitrade $ 1,400 SOLD for C$450.00 Will close during Public Auction
9	O	2	1851 6d Slate Violet Consort Imperforate on Laid Paper, a used horizontal pair with light, centrally struck target cancels. An exceptional quality pair, with its fresh, bright colour and large, even margins all around. Adding to these desirable attributes is the fact that the vertical laid lines are quite clear, and there is also a horizontal vergé line across both stamps. Extremely fine, and surely one of the finest pairs in existence, catalogue value is irrelevant. Accompanied by a 2008 Greene Foundation certificate. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans) Get Market Data for [Canada 2] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Unitrade $ 4,000 SOLD for C$3,600.00 Will close during Public Auction
10	O	2b	1851 6d Greyish Purple Consort Imperforate on Laid Paper, used with two target cancels, a lovely single with four large margins, very fine. Accompanied by a 1987 Greene Foundation certificate. Get Market Data for [Canada 2b] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Unitrade $ 2,500 SOLD for C$625.00 Will close during Public Auction
11	O	2b	1851 6d Brownish Purple Consort Imperforate on Laid Paper, used with target cancel, margins are large on three sides, clear at bottom, with clear laid lines, fine-very fine. Get Market Data for [Canada 2b] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Unitrade $ 1,875 SOLD for C$475.00 Will close during Public Auction
12	E/P	3TC	12 Queen Victoria "Scar" Die Proof in Violet Brown, on India paper with huge margins (30 x 29 mm), clearly showing a "scar" in CE of PENCE. An extremely rare proof, with only one or two known examples in any colour, this particular colour being elusive, extremely fine. Ex Sir Gawaine Baillie collection. Get Market Data for [Canada 3TC] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Unitrade $ 12,500 SOLD for C$9,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
13	E/P	3TCi	12d Victoria and 10c Consort Composite Die Proof in Brown Purple, measuring 71 x 49 mm, showing the "scar" variety on the "CE" of PENCE of the 12d. A very fine and extremely rare item, as we know of only 11 other composite die proofs, all in different colours. Certainly one of the greatest showpieces of this collection, and a great worldwide rarity. Ex Sir Gawaine Baillie collection (2006), where it had a crease at upper left, which has since been trimmed off. Get Market Data for [Canada 1] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Unitrade $ 40,000 SOLD for C$30,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
14	E/P	3Pi	12d Queen Victoria Plate Proof, with Vertical SPECIMEN Overprint in Carmine, on card-mounted India paper, with margins well clear to very large, very fine. Get Market Data for [Canada 3Pi] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Unitrade $ 2,500 SOLD for C$1,450.00 Will close during Public Auction
15	E/P	3Pii	12d Queen Victoria Plate Proof, with Diagonal SPECIMEN Overprint in Carmine, on India paper, with margins well clear to large, a lovely example of this very rare die proof, very fine. Certainly one of the rarest Canadian plate proofs. Accompanied by a 2006 Richard Gratton AIEP certificate. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans) Get Market Data for [Canada 3Pii] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Unitrade $ 6,000 SOLD for C$4,400.00 Will close during Public Auction
16		3	1851 12d Black Queen Victoria Imperforate on Laid Paper, a mint single with large sheet margin at right, possessing full original gum and never hinged, very fine. Definitely the star attraction of this collection, being one of only two examples of this stamp with original never hinged gum, the other being the "Black Empress" which sold for US$425,000 (plus buyer's premium) at Spink New York in 2011. The stamp offered here is the "sister" of the magnificent mint sheet margin example sold by Sparks Auctions in 2017 for C$327,000, as it was formerly located just below it on the sheet, and was for a long time the bottom stamp of a famous sheet margin vertical pair. Only 1,450 were sold, and of those the Siegel census records only 17 mint singles with original gum, plus 4 pairs. A first class world rarity, and if you are working on completing a mint never hinged collection of Canada, this is a unique opportunity to acquire what is one of Canada’s rarest mint never hinged stamps. Catalogue value is for original gum only, and does not factor a premium for never hinged which should rightly be accorded to this superlative stamp. Provenance: This is the bottom stamp of the Charles Lathrop Pack vertical pair sold as lot 26 on Dec. 6, 1944 by Harmer Rooke in New York; Robert Lyman, who apparently bought the pair at a Mar. 11, 1959 Robert Siegel sale in New York, and who then cut the pair into two singles; Andrew Holtz, who bought it from a client of the above ca. 1986, and whose name appears on one of the accompanying certificates; Arnold Nyman, who bought it from Holtz at a stamp show in Helsinki, Finland in 1987; Saskatoon Stamp Centre, who bought it at a David Feldman auction in 2008; Current owner, who bought it from above in same year. Accompanied by a 1986 Greene Foundation certificate issued to A. G. Holtz, as well as a fresh 2022 Greene Foundation certificate. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans) Get Market Data for [Canada 3] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Unitrade $ 320,000 SOLD for C$250,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
17		4a	1853 3d Brown Red Beaver Imperforate, mint with full original gum, lightly hinged. An outstandingly fresh stamp, with bright colour and crisp impression, not to mention its four large margins, extremely fine. A lovely example with tremendous eye appeal. Accompanied by a 1947 letter from Jim Sissons, unconditionally guaranteeing the stamp for its new owner, Mr. Isaac Pitblado, as well as a 1983 Greene Foundation certificate. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans) Get Market Data for [Canada 4a] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Unitrade $ 4,200 SOLD for C$4,800.00 Will close during Public Auction
18	O	4a	1852 3d Brown Red Beaver Imperforate, used with a 4-ring #19 cancel from London, deep rich colour and four large and even margins, extremely fine and fresh. Get Market Data for [Canada 4a] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Unitrade $ 350 SOLD for C$190.00 Will close during Public Auction
19		4d	1852 3d Orange Red Beaver Imperforate on Thin paper, mint with full original gum, lightly hinged. The stamp has four well clear to large margins and bright colour, and shows light natural wrinkling, caused by the gum crackling, typical of this thin paper, not mentioned in the certificate. Very fine. Ex "JAL" collection and accompanied by a 2009 Greene Foundation certificate. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans) Get Market Data for [Canada 4d] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Unitrade $ 4,000 SOLD for C$1,600.00 Will close during Public Auction
20	O	4ii	1852 3d Orange Red Beaver Imperforate, used with a centrally struck datestamp from London U.C, dated SEP.30.1856. Margins are mostly very large, showing part of the next stamp at left, very fine. Pence era stamps with dated town cancels are rare. Get Market Data for [Canada 4ii] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Unitrade $ 350 SOLD for C$450.00 Will close during Public Auction