New Purchases

One of the recently purchased lots we have been working on has many dozens of attractive plate number blocks and blocks of four of early British Commonwealth from Queen Victoria issues through the early issues of Vicky's great-great granddaughter Betty. There is lots of new material for customers to enjoy - and some of it not very expensive and found in our red boxes (for example inter-panneau blocks of inexpensive War Tax or Red Cross blocks).

Today Brian has put away into our red boxes over 1000 new items. Although we don't publicize the additions to our red box stock (and with about 200 red boxes, some receive new additions only occasionally) we really do keep adding to this inventory almost daily.



Some very nice Canada has been added. Among the still affordable items are two used back of the book items. Early use of the Registered stamps of Canada are very seldom found with clear dated cancels. We offer an example with fine only centering dated Feb. 25, 1876 (the stamp was issued on Nov.15, 1875) for $20. A block of stamps which I like is this one of J6. It has very fine centering and neat "socked-on-the-nose" cds cancels from Rock Island dated 1933. Our price $30. An interesting mint item is shown below. It is a three cent brown Admiral fresh, never hinged booklet pane (#108a) with a current Unitrade cv of $240 but it has been guillotined by the printer on a bias producing a rather odd looking pane. Our price $150.