2014 Rarities of the World continued...

**Worldwide Stamps: Ceylon thru Turkey continued...**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
1293°		NEW BRUNSWICK, 1860, 5c Connell (5; SG 13). Large part original gum, rich color, some blunt or irregular perfs as is almost always the case on this stamp A FINE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 5-CENT CONNELL STAMP. PERHAPS 50-60 EXIST. Connell, a provincial postmaster, had his own portrait engraved on the 5c stamp instead of Queen Victoria. Once this was discovered the entire printing of the Connell stamp was seized and destroyed. Some escaped destruction and today are very rare and much sought-after stamps. The 5c Connell stamp is usually found with poor centering. The perforations are nearly always damaged from scissor-separation or are roughly pulled apart, the result of poor perforating. They also usually have creases, thins, and/or lack gum. The example offered here, being essentially sound and with large part original gum, is in far better condition than most of the other existing examples. Signed Bloch. SG £8,500. Unitrade C$18,000.00 (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 12,500.00 SOLD for $6,250.00 Will close during Public Auction
1294		NEW BRUNSWICK, 1863, 2c Orange, Vertical Pair, Imperforate Between (7a; SG 9a). Bottom left corner block of sixteen with imprints in the right selvage and bottom imperforate margin, without gum as are all known examples of this error, brilliant color, creasing in the selvage only VERY FINE. A SHOWPIECE IMPRINT BLOCK. ONLY ONE SHEET CONTAINING 50 PAIRS IS KNOWN. Catalogue values are as eight pairs. SG £3,800, Unitrade C$7,600.00 (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 6,000.00 SOLD for $2,500.00 Will close during Public Auction
1295		NEWFOUNDLAND, 1930, 50c on 36c Olive Green, Columbia Air Post (C5; SG 191). Position 3 in the setting, tied by "St. John's East Newf'd Sp 27 30" circular datestamp on cover to Montreal, stamp is unusually well centered and with deep intense color VERY FINE AND CHOICE. A RARE COVER WITH THE 1930 COLUMBIA AIR POST STAMP. The Newfoundland government overprinted 300 copies of the 36c "Caribou" issue for use on this flight. Only 100 were actually used: 65 from St. John's and 35 from Harbour Grace. Five unused blocks of four are known. After flying 2,650 miles, the plane was forced down at Tresco Island, off the coast of England. The "Columbia" was able to finish the flight, landing at Croydon Airport on October 13. This cover is unusual for two reasons. It is the only recorded example with the St. John's East postmark, and the only recorded used on a domestic (though overfranked) letter. Scott Stamp & Coin handstamp and with 2013 Sismondo certificate. Unitrade C$17,500.00 (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 14,000.00 SOLD for $5,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
1296		NOVA SCOTIA, 1851, 3p Dark Blue (3; SG 2). Block of four with full original gum, large margins all around, deeply rich color and a well incised impression, vertical crease between stamps, two light vertical creases in left pair, tiny thin speck in top left stamp, faint surface mark on bottom left stamp, Very Fine and handsome appearance, a rare original-gum block, the first we have offered since keeping computerized records, catalogue values are as four singles, SG £5,200, Unitrade C$17,600.00 (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 5,200.00 SOLD for $2,700.00 Will close during Public Auction
1297°		NOVA SCOTIA, 1851, 6p Yellow Green (4; SG5). Large margins, deep rich color, light strike of oval grid cancel leaves entire design fully visible, Extremely Fine, a beautiful stamp, with 2000 and 2007 P.F. certificates, SG £550, Unitrade C$1,000.00 (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 675.00 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
1298		TURKEY, 1930 5l on 15k Green & Yellow Air Post Postal Tax (RAC23; Michel 21). Trivial h.r., unusually well-centered (most examples are centered to the top), rich colors, Very Fine and choice, one of the key rarities to completing a collection of Turkey, signed Champion and Sanabria, Michel €4,500 (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 2,000.00 SOLD for $1,700.00 Will close during Public Auction

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