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Sparks Auctions Sale - 53

Canada & Provinces

Province of Canada -- Pence Issues Scott #1-13
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
1 O 1 image1851, 3d red Beaver on laid paper, four large to very large margins all around, neatly-cancelled at right by black target, good colour and impression, attractive and very fine; with 2024 Greene Foundation certificate. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Unitrade C$ 1,600

SOLD for C$550.00
Will close during Public Auction
2 O 1 image1851, 3d red Beaver on laid paper, four mostly ample to large margins all around, just touching outer frameline at upper right, evident laid lines, neatly-cancelled by crisp black target cancel, remarkably bright and fresh colour, attractive and fine-very fine.

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Unitrade C$ 1,200

SOLD for C$400.00
Will close during Public Auction
3 E/P 2TC image1857, 6d red lilac Consort, trial colour plate proof block of sixteen, on card-mounted India paper, lower left corner block, showing full "Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson, New York" imprint at left, large to very large margins all around, a lovely and scarce positional block, very fine; with 1999 Greene Foundation certificate. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Unitrade C$ 4,800

SOLD for C$800.00
Will close during Public Auction
4 E/P 2TCi image1857, 6d red purple Consort, trial colour plate proof, on India paper, large to very large margins, pleasing deep shade, very fine.

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Unitrade C$ 325

SOLD for C$425.00
Will close during Public Auction
5 E/P 2TCi image1857, 6d red purple Consort, trial colour plate proof pair, on India paper, large margins on all sides, pleasing deep colour, pencil notations on reverse indicating plate position (28-29), very fine.

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Unitrade C$ 650

SOLD for C$200.00
Will close during Public Auction
6 E/P 2TCii image1864, 6c orange yellow Consort, trial colour plate proof, on India paper, mostly ample to large margins, close but clear at foot, lovely colour, fine-very fine.

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Unitrade C$ 450

SOLD for C$110.00
Will close during Public Auction
7 E/P 2TCvii image1851, 6d dark grey Consort trial colour plate proof, block of four, on India paper, overprinted SPECIMEN vertically in carmine, large margins all around, including portion of right sheet margin, two horizontal guidelines, very fine.

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Unitrade C$ 1,200

SOLD for C$300.00
Will close during Public Auction
8 E/P 2TCix image1851, 6d black Consort, trial colour plate proof, block of six, on card-mounted India paper, overprinted SPECIMEN vertically in carmine, large margin at left, close to touching elsewhere, a difficult proof, not often found in blocks larger than four, fine.

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Unitrade C$ 2,100

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
9 O 2 image1851, 6d slate violet Consort, on laid paper, without visible laid lines, margins mostly ample to large, close but clear in places, cancelled with black target, fine; with 2024 Greene Foundation certificate. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Unitrade C$ 1,000

SOLD for C$400.00
Will close during Public Auction
10 O 2 image1851, 6d slate violet Consort on laid paper, four ample to large margins all around, cancelled with black target, vibrant colour and detailed impression, a lovely stamp, very fine; with 1998 Philatelic Foundation and 2004 A.P.S. certificates. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

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Unitrade C$ 2,000

SOLD for C$550.00
Will close during Public Auction
11 E/P 3Pi image1851, 12d black Victoria plate proof, on India paper, overprinted SPECIMEN vertically in carmine, four large margins all around, a lovely example of this ever-popular proof, very fine; with 1999 Greene Foundation certificate. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Unitrade C$ 2,500

SOLD for C$1,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
12 O 4 image1852-7, 3d red Beaver on wove paper, horizontal pair, good to large margins all around, postmarked with two clean strikes of seven-ring target in blue, scarce as such, fresh colour, a particularly desirable multiple with this coloured cancellation, very fine.

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Unitrade C$ 600

SOLD for C$350.00
Will close during Public Auction
13 og 4a image1853, 3d brown red Beaver, vertical strip of four, large part original gum, large margins at top and foot, close to cut into at left and right, a striking multiple of good colour, some bends and broken crease through third stamp which has slightly separated, but an otherwise fine appearance strip, with original gum multiples of any kind of this issue being extremely scarce; with 2012 Greene Foundation certificate. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Unitrade C$ 10,400

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
14 O 5d image1857, 5d grey violet on thick hard wove paper, four large to very large margins all around, cancelled by neatly-struck four-ring "21" cancel of Montreal, repaired tear across stamp from middle of left side to "G" of "Postage", yet a very fine appearing example of this scarce paper type; with 2024 Greene Foundation certificate. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Unitrade C$ 4,000

SOLD for C$350.00
Will close during Public Auction
15 E/P 7TCiii image1864, 10d orange yellow Cartier, trial colour plate proof, on India paper, four large margins, fresh colour, trivial spot at left margin, otherwise very fine.

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Unitrade C$ 450

SOLD for C$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
16 E/P 7 image1851, 10d blue Jacques Cartier, fantasy sketch in pencil, on thick paper, approximately 130mm x 1170mm, purportedly the work of the original designer, with "Clinton Wright 1854" and "R W H & E New York" written in pencil below design, noted at upper right "Purchased from the collection of Mr. Maurice Burrus, Feb 1959, Shanahan Auctions, Dublin, Ireland" and apparently signed by the infamous Dr. Paul Singer, with "Maurice Burrus" written below, incredibly well-executed, and though a fabrication of uncertain origin, a whimsical addition to a specialized collection.

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Estimate C$ 250

SOLD for C$1,200.00
Will close during Public Auction
17 E/P 8Pi image1857-64, ½d rose Victoria plate proof, vertical block of six, on India paper, vertical SPECIMEN overprint in greenish black, large margins on three sides, close but clear at foot, hinge mark at upper left, pencil notations on reverse of each proof, a fine-very fine an uncommon multiple.

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Unitrade C$ 1,800

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
18 E/P 8Pi image1854-67, ½d rose Victoria, trial colour plate proof pair, on card-mounted India paper, overprinted SPECIMEN vertically in greenish-black, four ample to large margins, showing beginnings of "Rawdon..." imprint at left, fine-very fine.

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Unitrade C$ 600

SOLD for C$160.00
Will close during Public Auction
19 O 9 image1857, 7½d green Victoria on wove paper, large margins on three sides, close but clear at top, lightened pen cancel and regummed to appear as an unused example, but attractive and of good colour, fine-very fine appearance, a difficult stamp; with 2001 A.P.S. certificate. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Unitrade C$ 2,000

SOLD for C$1,050.00
Will close during Public Auction
20 O 9 image1857, 7½d green Victoria on wove paper, margins mostly clear to ample at left, into outer frameline at top, cancelled by light four-ring numeral, deep colour, a sound and fine example of this challenging stamp; with 2001 Greene Foundation certificate. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Unitrade C$ 2,000

SOLD for C$425.00
Will close during Public Auction

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