Lot 5243
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Canada, High Quality Officials Balance, selection of about 120 stamps including blocks and plate blocks, assembled by a self-described fly-speck collector and "centering nut-case"; highlights include O6a (plate block), O9 (2, one NH), O10 (3 NH), O11 (4, two NH), O25 (3 singles (one NH) & a block of 4) and O27 (2 singles (one NH) & a NH block of four) EO1-2 (2 plate blocks each, LH in selvage only); also includes several minor overprint and plate varieties as well as an O9 with a fake overprint; all original gum (about two-thirds NH) and selected, Extremely Fine or better. Scott value, with no premium for plate blocks or varieties, is about $3,000.
Estimate $750 - 1,000
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| Realized $625 |
