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Lot 588 |
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Canada, 3¢ Plate Essays (37E-Ab,c), 3 examples. Engraved in orange on India, and two lithographed in red orange and in dark gray both on glazed paper. Very Fine.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 589 |
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Canada, 3c Trial Color Die Proof (37TC2), dark blue on "grayish" India. Extremely Fine and perhaps unique. Nearly all of these India paper die proofs were cut to stamp size.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 590 |
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Canada, 3¢ Trial Color Plate Proof, Pale Lilac on wove paper (37TC3), vertical pair. Without gum as issued. Very Fine and extremely rare. Unlisted by Minuse & Pratt.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 591 |
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Canada, 3¢ orange red Plate Proof on India (37P3), large margins, faint tone spot upper left corner. Very Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 592 |
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Canada, 3¢ Plate Proofs on card (37P4), two different shades: orange red and brownish red. Very Fine.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 593 |
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Canada, 1870, 3¢ copper red, perf 12½ (39d var.), cancelled two-ring St. John "7", nicely centered. Fresh and nearly Very Fine.
Scott $900
Expertization: 1999 Canadian Philatelic Expertizing Services Certificate.
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Lot 594 |
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Canada, 1870, 3¢ copper red, perf 12½ (37d), couple nibbed perfs, tied on cover to Acadia Mines, N.S. by two of three strikes broken circle ""H. & P.R./N.S./East/MR 25/70"" (Halifax & Pictou Railway), no backstamp; Fine stamp on Very Fine cover, fewer than ten railroad covers recorded with the 3¢ perf. 12½.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 595 |
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Canada, 3¢ dark rose on thick blotting paper (Unitrade 37i), block of four. Well centered, neat target cancels and characteristic uncleared perf disks, bottom perfs partly clipped. Otherwise fresh and Very Fine. The only recorded block of four of this scarce paper variety.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 596 |
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Canada, 3¢ dull red, perf 11½ x 12 (Unitrade 37ii), block of four, tied by four clear strikes fancy radial cork cancel on cover from Toronto to Armadale, Ont. with Sewing Machine Dealer's corner card, postmarked Toronto duplex, Oct 30, 1875, at lower right with two faint additional strikes on the stamps, backstamped Unionville Nov 1, corner of block at upper right missing prior to use. Fresh and Very Fine. A very rare usage.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 597 |
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Canada, 3¢ dark rose on thick paper (Unitrade 37i), average centering tied by perfectly struck fancy cork cancel on orange cover postmarked Pembroke, U.C. broken circle, Jan 20, 1871, backstamped Toronto Jan 23. Small piece of flap missing. Fresh and Extremely Fine. A gorgeous cover.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 598 |
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Canada, 3¢ rose on thick "carton" paper (37 var.), nicely centered, bold segmented cork cancel. Fine and exceedingly rare. one of only two copies recorded, the other being in the post office archives in Ottawa.
Estimate 500 - 750
Expertization: 1996 Canadian Philatelic Expertizing Services Certificate.
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Lot 599 |
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Canada, 1888, 3¢ bright vermilion (41), pane of 100 from left half of a sheet of 200. Bright color and full, lightly disturbed o.g., minor telescoping and reinforcing and a couple of stamps with trivial, barely noticeable flaws. A Fine and exceedingly rare multiple. only two or three believed to exist.
Estimate 5,000 - 7,500
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Lot 600 |
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Canada, 3¢ bright vermilion (41 var.), with large pre-printing fold. O.g. Very Fine. A spectacular variety for the specialist.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 601 |
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Canada, 3¢ brownish vermilion, imperf on thinner paper (41 var.), horizontal pair with bottom sheet margin. Large margins. Without gum as issued. Very Fine. Unitrade 41iv.
Scott $500
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Lot 602 |
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Canada, 3¢ vermilion, "vampire bite" on neck (Unitrade 41vi), tied by Ingersoll, Ont. c.d.s., Jan 9, 1893, on cover to Barrie, backstamped Jan 11, printed corner card of a farm equipment manufacturer; minor foxing, Very Fine and rare on cover. Newly listed and a bit undervalued in Unitrade at C$300.
Estimate 300 - 400
Expertization: 1998 Canadian Philatelic Expertizing Services Certificate.
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Canada, 1888, 3¢ bright vermilion (41), tied on legal size cover by Toronto duplex, Aug 16, 1892, edge faults and vertical file fold but a very scarce usage.
Estimate 200 - 300
This example shows an unauthorized usage on first class mail, counter to post office regulations. Nonetheless, it is one of a very small number of precancelled 3¢ queens on cover.
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Lot 604 |
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Canada, Earliest Recorded Labrador Postmark, 1¢ 2¢ and 3¢ small queens tied by circular grids paying double rate on cover postmarked with rimless broken circle "BLANC-SABLON/NEWF'D. TY./JY 23/93", to Baddeck, N.S., backstamped Coastal T.P.O.N. July 27, St. John's Newf'd July 31, Halifax Aug 4, and Baddeck Aug 5; tear at left and 3¢ stamp damaged, otherwise Fine. Believed by owner to be a transit marking, but it is the earliest dated marking on the cover and the only one on the front.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 605 |
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Canada, 1888, 3¢ bright vermilion (41), tied on cover from Waterford, Ont. to Ann Arbor, Mich., postmarked faint Waterford broken circle, July 21, 1884, but the stamp was apparently uncancelled, upon forwarding the cover from Ann Arbor to Highland Sta. on July 22 the postal clerk, Harry Nichols, applied his distinctive "HN" canceller to the stamps and to the cover alongside the Ann Arbor c.d.s.; minor tear at upper left Very Fine and rare, only 14 covers have been recorded with this marking, only two of which are Canadian.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 606 |
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Canada, 1870, 3¢ copper red (37b), horizontal pair barely tied on cover from Vankleek Hill, Ont. to Red Wing, Minn. by a perfectly struck blue negative "VANKLEEEK HILL/U.C." crown seal, postmarked matching blue Vankleek Hill broken circle, May 23, 1870; a bit worn and soiled, especially on the reverse, but a gorgeous cancel and the only one known on cover.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
All post offices were supplied with brass seals for sealing mailbags and bundles with wax. Occasionally they were employed as cancelling devices but when so used were usually blurred and often unrecognizable. The Vankleek seal on this cover is truly exceptional.
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Lot 607 |
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Canada, 1888, 3¢ bright vermilion (41), tied on cover by beautifully struck Montreal "straight jack" flag cancel, April 16, 1896; small crease at upper right just affects stamp, otherwise Very Fine and very scarce, in use for 12 days, only about 50 covers known.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 608 |
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Canada, 1888, 3¢ bright vermilion (41), tied on cover by gorgeous strike Montreal flag cancel with "K" indicia below the union jack; reduced a bit at left, fresh and Very Fine, a rare cancel with only about 15 covers reported, only a few of which are small queens.
Estimate 400 - 500
Believed to be a Bickerdike die used on a trial basis from Sept. 3-9, 1896.
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Lot 609 |
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Canada, Intercolonial Railway Perfins, 3¢ and 5¢ small queens with "ICR" perfins on registered cover postmarked three strikes ARICHAT squared circle d.s, March 27, 1894, to Moncton, N.B., backstamped Toronto, Halifax Mail Car c.d.s. March 28 and Moncton March 29; light soiling and 5¢ rounded corner, Fine and exceedingly rare; also includes two used 3¢ vermilion (41) with "ICR" perfin, one with perf flaws.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 610 |
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Canada, 3¢ vermilion and 8¢ gray (41, 44), tied by Magog, Que. squared circles, March 10, 1896 on cover to Walkerville, Ont., damaged in transit, the right end of the cover was folded over (through the 8¢ stamp) tied with string and sealed on the reverse with the wax seal of the Grand Trunk Railway, London & Niagara Falls line, manuscript endorsement "Rec'd in bad order from Toronto P.O." also on reverse, backstamps of Toronto, Montreal, London & Niagara Falls/Ry.P.O., and finally Walkerville on March 15; Very Fine and highly unusual double rate cover plus 5¢ registration.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 611 |
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Canada, 1877, 10¢ dull rose lilac (40), tied by target cancels, along with a 3¢ bright vermilion #41 and a 5¢ gray #42, on a heavy wrapper approximately 4½ x 9½" that contained legal documents sent registered from Hamilton to the Prothonotary (Chief Clerk) of the Queen's Bench at Winnipeg, a 2¢ registered stamp #F1 is tied by a Hamilton c.d.s., June 22, 1886, multiple strikes "R" in oval on both sides and backstamped REGISTERED/WINNIPEG oval, June 26, with two large intact red wax seals and a blue notary public handstamp on reverse, the latter attesting that the package was "opened in the presence of" attorneys for both the plaintiff and the defendant on June 29th; the single 10¢ is a replacement, otherwise a Very Fine and remarkably well preserved cover showing payment of 16 times the single letter rate of 3¢.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Canada, 1888, 3¢ bright vermilion (41), strip of 3 tied by grid cancels, along with two 1¢ yellow #35 on a 4¼ x 2" 5th class mail tag from Pair, Ont. to Philadelphia, Pa. with manuscript inscription "5th class, No value"; Very Fine and very scarce.
Estimate 200 - 300
Fifth class mail was established for mailing open parcels on February 1, 1888 at the rate of 1¢ per ounce.
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Canada, 1888, 3¢ bright vermilion (41), tied by Montreal involute flag cancel, Nov 15, 1997, paying forwarding postage on an attractive illustrated Hotel cover originating in Italy with 25¢ blue Victor Emmanuel tied by Rome squared circle with an illegible date, cover readdressed in red ink to Boston, original Montreal Nov 13, final Boston backstamp Nov 16; Fine-Very Fine and most unusual.
Estimate 300 - 400
The sender had endorsed the cover "Please forward" and had the cover been redirected from within the post office, no additional postage would have been necessary. However, it was apparently delivered to the address shown and was readdressed by someone there. Hence the need for the Canadian 3¢ stamp to pay the normal letter rate to the U.S.
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Lot 614 |
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Canada, 1888, 3¢ bright vermilion (41), tied by segmented cork cancels, along with a 2¢ registration stamp #F1, on registered cover from Thamesville, Ont. to Winameg, Ohio, postmarked Thamesville c.d.s., April 30, 1888 and "R" in oval, backstamped London & Windsor Ry. P.O. and Windsor c.d.s.s, also on the 30th, and red straight line Detroit, Mich. May 1, ink stain at lower right, Very Fine and rare last day of rate cover.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
The "anomalous" 2¢ registration fee was in use for only two months, from March 1 to April 30, 1888. The rate was enacted in error. Few covers carried the rate and even fewer have survived.
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Lot 615 |
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Canada, 1888, 3¢ bright vermilion (41), two singles and 5¢ registration stamp #F2 tied by Queen St. East, Toronto duplexes, Sept 19, 1890, on registered cover to Portland, Me., damaged in transit, violet handstamp on reverse "RECEIVED AT /PORTLAND, MAINE/SEP 23 1890/IN GOOD CONDITION, REGISTERED", the word "Bad" has been written over "GOOD" in blue pencil and the clerk has initialed the stamp and sealed the envelope with three post office seals (#OX5), also backstamped Toronto Sept 19 and Montreal Sept 21; Very Fine and scarce.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Canada, 1888, 3¢ bright vermilion (41), tied by Toronto involute flag cancel, Aug 23, 1897, on multicolor all-over illustrated advertising cover for "Canada's Great Victorian-Era Exposition and Industrial Fair", mailed to Montreal and forwarded to Georgeville with backstamps of both cities and an additional Montreal c.d.s. on front upon forwarding, two violet manuscript endorsements "For'd by JJH"; small opening tear at upper left, flap tear and minor mounting stain on reverse, otherwise fresh and Very Fine, a spectacular cover.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 617 |
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Canada, 1888, 3¢ bright vermilion (41), 3¢ bright vermilion (41) on three covers advertising 1896 local fairs and carnivals: London, Ont. "Western Fair"; Truro, N.S. "Eastern Exhibition"; Halifax, N.S. "Summer Carnival"; all with 3¢ tied by squared circle postmark, the last with an opening tear at left, fresh and Very Fine, a lovely group.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 618 |
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Canada, To Sydney, N.S.W., 3¢ and pair of 6¢ tied by cork cancels on cover from Hillsburgh, Ont., Dec 6, 1887, manuscript endorsement "Via San Francisco", backstamped Windsor, Ont. Dec 8, San Francisco Dec 13, San Francisco/Stm. Ship Dec 15 (?), and Sydney Jan 11, 1895; perf toning and with opening tear at upper left, Fine and scarce, 15¢ pre-U.P.U. rate.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Canada, 1872, 2¢ green (36, 41, 42), 2¢ 3¢ and 5¢ small queens tied by Quebec c.d.s. May 7, 1894 on registered cover to Austria with oval Registered/London transit marking May 18 and Wr. Newstadt backstamp, May 21; Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 620 |
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Canada, To Colon, Colombia, 3¢ and pair of 1¢ tied by GASPE & CAMPBELLTON/EXPRESS c.d.s.s, Sept 17, 1894, manuscript endorsements "Via New York" and "GT/RR" (Grand Trunk Railroad), backstamped New York sept 20 and Colon Sept 27; 1¢ stamps damaged, otherwise Fine and scarce destination, 5¢ U.P.U. rate.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Canada, To London England, 3¢ vermilion, single and block of four, ½¢ black, block of 10, cancelled and tied on registered cover by multiple strikes "R" in oval on cover from Quebec, June 4, 1894, red REGISTERED/LONDON receiver June 15; minor edge tears, Fine and rare franking, triple U.P.U. rate plus 5¢ for registration.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Canada, To England, 2¢ 3¢ and 5¢ small queens tied by Quebec roller cancel on registered Cohchester, Essex, postmarked Quebec, Jan 9, 1896 with oval Reigstered/Liverpool transit marking Jan 18 and Colchester backstamp Jan 19; Fine-Very Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Canada, To Suva, Fiji, 3¢ vermilion, pair, and 5¢ blue maple leaf, tied by Victoria, B.C. squared circles, March 11, 1898, backstamped Suva March 29, Very Fine and rare destination, probably unique, double U.P.U. rate overpaid by 1¢.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 624 |
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Canada, To Italy from the Ontario House of Assembly, 1¢ yellow and stirp of three 3¢ dull red, tied by fancy segmented cork cancels on cover from Ottawa to Modena, blurred strike "HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY/ONTARIO/(Crown)/Feb 16/1877", bold red London PAID transit c.d.s., March 7, backstamped Modena March 9, initialed "THMPP", perhaps in a failed attempt to free-frank the letter, since the left-most stamp is actually over the Assembly c.d.s., minor opening tears at top, otherwise a Very Fine double 5¢ U.P.U. rate.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Canada, To Callao Peru, 1¢ and strip of seven 3¢ small queens tied by grid cancels on cover postmarked Cedarville, Ont., July 27, 1877, with red "NEW 12 YORK/AUG/15" transit c.d.s., backstamped blue Peru c.d.s. with date and city unreadable due to piece missing on back of cover, apparently a single 3¢ has fallen off at the left below the strip; this stamp would have made up the correct 25¢ rate to Peru, otherwise Fine and an exceedingly rare destination.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Canada, To Capetown, "Africa" (35 (2), 41), 1¢ yellow, pair and 3¢ vermilion, tied by Calgary squared circles, May 25 (?), 1894, on cover, forwarded to Bulawayo "c/o P.O. via Mafeking" and then in red "Try Salisbury", backstamped London June 13, Capetown July 5, Tuli, Mashonaland July 15, and Bulawayo July (?) 20; finally, undeliverable, the letter was returned to the Dead Letter Office at Cape Town on Jan 29, 1895 and the Canadian D.L.O. with three different backstamps on Mar 14, 16 and 18; various due marking include handstamped "9d" and "4d" and manuscript "T8d" (red) and "18" (blue); the 3¢ stamp is damaged but a fabulous cover franked with the 5¢ U.P.U. rate despite the fact that Cape Colony was not a member of the U.P.U.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Canada, 1888, 3¢ bright vermilion (41), 3¢ bright vermilion, pair and strip of three, tied by five strikes North Brookfield, N.S. broken circle, Oct 2, 1890 on cover, backstamped Annapolis, N.S. and Halifax, N.S. on Oct 10, Point, Natal on Nov 10; cover is addressed to "Port" Natal, a postal clerk somewhere along the way has written "Try Pt" for Point and the cover was finally delivered; small piece of right stamp in strip is missing, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
The 15c postage overpays by 3¢ the 12¢ rate which, until January of 1890, had been 15¢. It is the only recorded pre-U.P.U. cover to Natal.
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Lot 628 |
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Canada, 1851, 3d red, laid paper (1), four margins, light target cancel. Fine.
Scott $800
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Canada, 1851, 6d slate violet, laid paper (2), four margins single with part left sheet margin tied by light target cancel on folded letter from Montreal to New York, postmarked red Montreal broken circle, Sept 18, 1852 with red "PAID" and boxed "CANADA" in arc; light pre-use crease in stamp, cover is Very Fine.
Scott $2,900
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Lot 630 |
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Canada, 1851, 12d black, plate proof on India, vertical specimen overprint in carmine (Unitrade 3Pi), Very Fine. Unitrade C$1,750 ($1,310).
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Lot 631 |
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Canada, 1855, 6d slate gray (5), left sheet margin single. With large margins except cut just to frame line at top, neat target cancel. Fresh and almost Very Fine.
Scott $1,000
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Canada, 1855 6d Slate Gray (5), large margins to close at lower left, tied by diamond grid on small pink cover from Toronto to Penfield, N.Y., Oct 6, 1858 with red straight line "PAID", small opening tear at left.
Scott $1,500
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Lot 633 |
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Canada, Group of India Plate Proofs on card (Unitrade 7Pi, 18P), comprises the 10p with carmine SPECIMEN overprint., pair and two singles (pair removed from card); 12½¢ without overprint, 22 copies including multiples of five and six (2); mostly four margins. F.-V.F. Unitrade C$6,700 ($5,020).
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Lot 634 |
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Canada, 1858, ½d rose (11), nearly full o.g. Fine.
Scott $2,200
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Lot 635 |
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Canada, 1859, 3d red (12), nicely centered, light Kingston 4-ring "18" cancel. Very Fine. SG 26.
Scott $500
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Lot 636 |
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Canada, 1859, 3d red (12), lightly cancelled. Fresh and nearly Very Fine.
Scott $500
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Lot 637 |
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Canada, 1859, 6d gray violet (13a), deep color, light Montreal 4-ring "21" cancel. Fresh and Fine.
Scott $4,250
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