Once again, it is our pleasure to review the auctions that took place over the past year and select a group of outstanding stamps to offer our viewers as some of the best that appeared at auction in 2011. It would be wonderful to own even one of them and we envy the new owners.

Classics

Matthew Bennett	Matthew Bennett
Scott 1 Sept 24, 2011 $13,878	Scott 2 Sept 24, 2011 $3,341

Spink Shreves	Matthew Bennett
Scott 3 Jan 27, 2011 $422,280	Scott 4i Sept 24, 2011 $2,262

Matthew Bennett	Maresch
Scott 8iii Sept 24, 2011 $4,369	Scott 9 Jun 17, 2011 $4,500

Eastern	Maresch
Scott 15ix Oct 22, 2011 $2,500	Scott 20a Jun 17, 2011 $675

David Feldman

Scott 4 & 9a Mar 4, 2011 $160,000

Large Queens

Vance	Sparks
Scott 21 May 4, 2011 $238	Scott 29b Jun 21, 2011 $1,450

Eastern

Scott 31 Oct 22, 2011 $6,000

Small Queens

Eastern

Scott 41 Oct 22, 2011 $850

Maple Leafs

Maresch	Eastern
Scott 70ei Oct 26, 2011 $4,250	Scott 72 Oct 22, 2011 $850

Numerals

Vance

Scott 82a Mar 16, 2011 $2,250

Edward VII

Maresch

Scott 89i Oct 26, 2011 $325

Quebec Tercentenary

Eastern	Eastern
Scott 96 Oct 21, 2011 $160	Scott 97 Oct 21, 2011 $260

Vance	Lex De Ment
Scott 99 May 4, 2011 $575	Scott 103 Aug 29, 2011 $575

Admirals

Maresch	Eastern
Scott 107 Jun 17, 2011 $375	Scott 108 May 28, 2011 $375

Modern

Vance

Scott 2220 Oct 13, 2011 $1,090

Back of the Book

Eastern	Maresch
Scott F1b May 28, 2011 $2,000	Scott F2b Oct 26, 2011 $1,350

Longley	Maresch
Scott F3 May 27, 2011 $2,000	Scott F3iii Oct 26, 2011 $5,250

Conclusion:

We hope you have enjoyed looking at these beauties as much as we have. The only sad news in all of this must be the fate of the previous owners who must miss their treasures. This is the hard part of our hobby. You try so hard to obtain the best and the scarcest at auction and once you win them you are allowed to have that wonderful feeling of possession. You store them away in a safe place and dream about them and have a chance to admire them from time to time. But then when you sell them, they are gone forever. We hope that looking at images in this review will provide some consolation to all the former owners.