So many excellent stamps were offered at auction this past year, it made our job of selecting the best difficult, but as interesting as ever. Here, in our view, are some of the best Canadian stamps that were offered in 2010.

Classics:

H. R Harmer	Harmer’s Intl.
Scott 1 Jun 4, 2010 $42,000	Scott 9 Apr 13, 2010 $7,251

Large Queens:

Eastern	Matthew Bennett
Scott 26 Jan 23, 2010 $6,250	Scott 31 Sept 24, 2010 $9,785

Sparks

Scott 33 May 17,2010 $18,000

Small Queens:

Maresch	Firby
Scott 35 Oct 20, 2010 $450	Scott 41 May 26, 2010 $240

Vance	Maresch
Scott 43 Dec 1, 2010 $1,465	Scott 47 Feb 17, 2010 $2,200

Jubilees:

Spink Shreves

Scott 56 Jul 21,2010 $884

Vance	Eastern
Scott 75 Mar 17, 2010 $253	Scott 77 Jun 5, 2010 $325

Edward VII:

Spink Shreves	Siegel
Scott 90 Jul 21, 2010 $312	Scott 92 Apr 28, 2010 $1,730

Maresch

Scott 95i Feb 17,2010 $6,500

Quebec Tercentenary:

Matthew Bennett

Scott 98 Sept 24,2010 $566

Spink Shreves

Scott 106 Jul 21,2010 $416

Modern:

Eastern

Scott 135 Jan 21,2010 $160

Vance

Scott 747b Jan 27,2010 $745

Back of the Book:

Eastern

Scott E2ii Jan 23,2010 $2,100

Eastern

Scott F1b Feb 27,2010 $2,600

Eastern

Scott F3 Jan 23,2010 $7,500

Eastern

Scott OX2 Nov 6,2010 $4,750

What amazing quality! We can only imagine what the new owners must feel as they carefully inspect their stamps from time to time. They may have paid a lot for these stamps, but their turn will come in future years to profit from their acquisitions. In the meantime, both they and the rest of us can have the pleasure of admiring these stamps knowing they are as good as they get.