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| Lot | Sym. | Lot Description | Est/Cat | Realized |
| 249° |  |
 AUSTRIA, 1850, 6kr Brown, Diagonal Half Used as 3kr (4 var). Top left half well-tied by "Diakovar" cds on 1852 folded letter to Esseg, bold backstamp, tiny tape stain in address, still Very Fine, a rare usage, with
1979 Friedl certificate (Image Magnifier) |
E. 3,000-4,000 | 5,750.00 |
| 250° | |
 AUSTRIA, 1851, (6kr) Yellow, Newspaper (P2). Full to huge margins, tied by neatly struck "WIEN/12.8.G" in frame on cover-size part-printed label to an editor in Neutitschein, with bold receiving cds at left.
The label was originally attached to a bundle of papers (a large portion of one page remains on back), stamp is additionally attached in the top margin by a blue thread, the other end fastened, on back, to a red wax seal, label with trivial soiling
and light stain at left, just clear of address area and far from stamp, Fine and very scarce (Michel on wrapper value DM 19,000) (Image Magnifier) |
E. 2,500-3,500 | 0.00 |
| 251° | |
 BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1869, 5c on 3p Bright Red (9, SG 29). Tied by blue "35" barred oval on United States 6c Purple on White Entire (U64) with Wells Fargo printed frank, to London England, blue "Wells,
Fargo & Co. Victoria May 7" oval ds and matching "For Great Britain/and Ireland" in two straightlines, mended corner nick at T.L., Fine appearance, a rare and possibly unique usage of the 6c Purple entire, which is scarce used in any manner (Image Magnifier) |
E. 2,000-2,500 | 2,200.00 |
| 252° |
 BRITISH GUIANA, 1856,
4c Black on Magenta (14, SG 24). Full to large margins, light Demerara July 1856 ds, vertical crease, Very Fine appearance, scarce, with B.P.A. certificate, SG £5,500 (Image Magnifier) |
7,500.00 | 2,800.00 | |
| 253° |  |
 CAMEROUN, 1915, 3sh on 3m Black Violet, Double Overprint (64b, SG 12b). Lightly hinged, fresh and Extremely Fine, scarce, only 19 were printed with the surcharge doubled (the twentieth stamp from the sheet
was printed surcharge doubled with the "s" inverted), with 1994 Holcombe certificate, SG £4,000 (Image
Magnifier) |
4,000.00 | 3,750.00 |
| 254° | |
 CANADA, 1851, 12p Black on Laid Paper (3, SG 4). Mostly large margins, close at R., horizontal creases, one ending in small tearVERY FINE APPEARANCE. ONE OF THE RAREST STAMPS OF CANADA AND AMONG THE WORLD'S RAREST CLASSIC IMPERFORATES. With 1995 V. G. Greene certificate. SG £60,000 (Image Magnifier) |
65,000.00 | 17,500.00 |
| 255° | |
 CANADA, 1857, 7-1/2p Green on Wove (9, SG 12). Large margins, tied by small square grid on 1858 cover to Scotland, with beautifully struck "Legislative Assembly Canada July 29, 1858" shield datestamp
with crown, in red, red Liverpool tombstone receiving ds, reverse with straightline "BY-CANADIAN/PACKET", and blue Forres cds, cover with some pinholes at edges, not affecting stamp or overall appearanceAN EXTREMELY FINE AND BEAUTIFUL PENCE ISSUE COVER. ONE OF THE FEW KNOWN BEARING THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY HANDSTAMP - POSSIBLY THE ONLY 7-1/2 PENCE USAGE AMONG THEM. Ex Dale-Lichtenstein, Nickle (Image Magnifier) |
E. 12,000-15,000 | 0.00 |
| 256° | |
 CANADA, 1859, 6p Brown Violet on Wove, Perf 11-3/4 (13, SG 27). Large part o.g., with 1994 P.F. certificate stating "reperforated at left" - an opinion to which we strongly object, considering the shape and
guage of the perforations all around and the width between the left and right sides - in our opinion, Very Fine, a rare stamp (Image Magnifier) |
5,750.00 | 2,000.00 |
| 257° | |
 CANADA, 1859, 6p Brown Violet on Wove, Perf 11-3/4 (13, SG 27). Near-perfect centering with full perfs and deep rich color, tied by numeral cancel, "Hamilton C.W. Au19, 1859" cds on immaculate cover to Buffalo,
corner card at lower left for the Great Western Railway of Canada, two-line "Canada Paid 10 Cts" hs in redA VERY RARE STAMP ON COVER, THIS BEING THE FINEST SINGLE USAGE OBSERVED BY US AMONG THE EIGHTEEN DIFFERENT EXAMPLES LOCATED IN MAJOR PENCE COLLECTIONS SOLD AT AUCTION. Ex Denton, Guilford (Image Magnifier) |
E. 6,000-8,000 | 6,250.00 |
| 258° |  |
 CANADA, 1897, $3.00-$5.00 Jubilee (63-65, SG 138-140). Blocks, each with purple Winnepeg datestamp, first with top right margin, last with right margin, Fine-Very Fine, each signed Bloch, the last with Friedl
certificate, SG £7,400 (Image Magnifier) |
7,900.00 | 3,500.00 |
| 259° |  |
 CANADA, 1928-29, 1c-$1.00 George V, Pictorials, Imperforate Vertically (162-177 var, SG 275 var - 285 var). Mint margin blocks, Very Fine-Extremely Fine, each signed in margin by Bloch, the four high values with 1980
Friedl certificate (Image Magnifier) |
E. 2,500-3,500 | 1,800.00 |