Canadian Stamp Auctions

Special Commentary - 15 May, 2008

Harmer’s Auction of Canadian Stamps
On May 22, 2008

We have just become aware of an extraordinarily auction of Canadian stamps offered by Harmers on May 22, 2008 that they have titled “The ‘Mount Royal’ Collection”. The auction is being held at their auction facilities in Bethel, CT., USA. The material is quite exceptional and covers a broad spectrum of stamps from classics to modern. We find the stamps to be on a scale with the Canadian stamps found in the Dr. Choi-Lok Tang and Sir Gawaine Baillie collections that appeared at auction in the U.S. back in 2006. Here are a number of the more interesting examples from the sale: Lot 2020 Unitrade 3Pi Catalogue $10,000 Lot 2034 Scott 5d Catalogue $3,000 Lot 2045 Scott 9 Catalogue $8,500 Lot 2055 Scott 19b Catalogue $4,750 Lot 2064 Scott 29d Catalogue $1,250 Lot 2072 Scott 36 Catalogue $75 Lot 2077 Scott 43 Catalogue $200 Lot 2080 Scott 44 Catalogue $220 Lot 2090 Scott 47 Catalogue $475 Lot 2158 Unitrade 77e Catalogue $20,000 We plan to do a full report on the sale once the prices realized are in.