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Sale 339
The Daniel Cantor Collection
The Province of Canada, 1851-1868:
The Pence & Cents Era
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Lot 149 |
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Canada, 1857, Queen Victoria, ½d rose (Unitrade 8), full to oversized large margins including partial sheet margin at left, bold Sandwich U.C. "41" four-ring numeral cancel, wonderfully fresh and Extremely Fine. Scott 8 $700+. Unitrade C$900+ ($680),
A STUNNING GEM THAT HAS GRACED MANY FAMOUS COLLECTIONS.
Expertization: 1974 BPA Certificate.
Provenance: Reford, Bertram, Fox, Tomasin, Lubke
According to the Unitrade Catalogue, this scarce cancel is "generally struck faintly".
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Lot 150 |
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Canada, 1857, Queen Victoria, ½d deep lilac rose (Unitrade 8i), fresh and bright with large to oversize margins showing bit of adjacent stamps at top and bottom; strong color and bold partial split ring cancel, Mar 20, 1858, an Extremely Fine gem. Scott 8 var. Unitrade C$1,000 ($750),
Provenance: Kanee
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Lot 151 |
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Canada, 1857, Queen Victoria, ½d rose (Unitrade 8), bottom sheet margin single canceled solely by circled "3D" rate handstamp, fresh and Very Fine. Scott 8 $700+. Unitrade C$900+ ($680),
Expertization: 1981 Greene Foundation Certificate.
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Lot 152 |
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Canada, 1857, Queen Victoria, ½d rose (Unitrade 8), bright and fresh with full to mostly large margins including likely part sheet margin at left, partial Quebec "37" four-ring numeral cancel, Very Fine. Scott 8 $700. Unitrade C$900 ($680),
Expertization: 2002 Greene Foundation Certificate.
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Lot 153 |
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Canada, 1857, Queen Victoria, ½d rose (Unitrade 8), large balanced margins with light Peterboro C.W. "30" four-ring numeral cancel, Very Fine. Scott 8 $700. Unitrade C$900 ($680)
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Lot 154 |
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Canada, 1857, Queen Victoria, ½d rose (Unitrade 8), canceled bold fancy intaglio "1857" in circle of Streetsville U.C., large balanced margins, fresh and Very Fine. Scott 8 $700+. Unitrade C$900+ ($680),
AN EXTRAORDINARY EARLY AND RARE FANCY CANCEL.
This cancelling device was likely produced to commemorate the twentieth year of the reign of Queen Victoria.
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Lot 155 |
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Canada, 1857, Queen Victoria, ½d rose (Unitrade 8), clear to large margins, partial Hamilton "16" grid and blue pen stroke, Very Fine. Scott 8 $700. Unitrade C$900 ($680),
Expertization: 2002 Greene Foundation Certificate.
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Lot 156 |
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Canada, 1857, Queen Victoria, ½d rose (Unitrade 8), bright and fresh with large margins except cut just to outer frame line at bottom; socked-on-the-nose neat Drumbo split ring datestamp Fe 7, 1859, F.-V.F. and exceptionally handsome. Scott 8 $700. Unitrade C$900 ($680)
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Lot 157 |
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Canada, 1857, Queen Victoria, ½d lilac rose (Unitrade 8i), clear Bytown split ring cancel, four margins, F.-V.F. Scott 8 var. Unitrade C$1,000 ($750)
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Lot 158 |
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Canada, 1857, Queen Victoria, ½d rose (Unitrade 8), horizontal pair, ample to mostly large margins with strong color and neatly struck target cancels, each stamp with a small thin; fresh, Extremely Fine appearance. Scott 8 $1,400 as singles. Unitrade C$1,800 as singles ($1,350)
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Canada, 1857, Queen Victoria, ½d rose, numeral cancels (Unitrade 8), four different clear strikes: #12 (small tear), 27 (rebacked), 31 (small thin) and 32 (rebacked, frame lines drawn in); an attractive group. Scott 8 $2,800.
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