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Lot 1787 |
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British Columbia & Vancouver Island 1865, 5¢ rose, perf 14 (5), tied on small cover to Victoria by nice strike blue double oval "New West Minster/British Columbia/Post Office", G.P.O. (Victoria) receiver on reverse, Sept 13, 1867; rough opening leaves small nick at top, part of back missing, otherwise Fine.
Scott $650
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Lot 1788 |
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New Brunswick "St. John, N*B*, Dec.r 20.99", beautiful strike straight line postmark on reverse of folded wrapper to Frederickton, handstamped "Paid" with manuscript "N7" (7p currency) rate, fresh and Very Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 1789 |
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New Brunswick "Favor's Express, Boston", beautiful strike red double line double circle on reverse of 1851 folded letter from St. John to New York, "Boston 5 cts, 7 Jul" c.d.s. and handstamped "Steam", letter headed St. John, July 4, Extremely Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 1790 |
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New Brunswick "St. John. N.B., Ship Letter", nice strike straight line and handstamped "10" on 1853 folded letter from St. John to Miramichi, N.B., postmarked rimless St. John c.d.s., Apr 14, on reverse, Very Fine.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 1791 |
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New Brunswick "U.S. Express Mail, St. John, May 21", black c.d.s. and handstamped "10" on 1857 folded letter from St. John to Boston, manuscript "p stmr 'Adelaid'", Very Fine.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 1792 |
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New Brunswick "Colonial Express Mail, St. John, N.B., Aug 31", black c.d.s. and handstamped "10" on 1857 folded letter from St. John to Wilmington, Del. in "Mail Str. 'Admiral'", backstamped Wilmington, Sept 2, Very Fine.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 1793 |
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New Brunswick 1851, 3d red (1), large margins to barely touching at one point, tied by grid cancel on 1857 folded wrapper from Chatham to St. Johns, Newfoundland "Via Halifax", faint red Douglastown Way Office c.d.s., Feb 27 and manuscript "4", postmarks on reverse inc. faint blue Chatham, Feb 27, Douglastown Way Office in black, partial Halifax oval and St.Johns receiver, Mar 30; Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
Stamp paid the 3d; 4d collected from addressee.
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Lot 1794 |
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New Brunswick 1863, 2¢ orange (7, 9), tied by oval grids 1865 folded letter form Chatham to St. Johns, Newfoundland, manuscript "4" in red crayon, postmarked Chatham, Dec 7, Douglastown Way Office, Dec 7 and St. Johns, Dec 25 on revers; file fold through one 2¢ Very Fine.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
SCARCE 14¢ RATE TO NEWFOUNDLAND.
Provenance: Clifford-Jones
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Lot 1795 |
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New Brunswick 1860, 5¢ blue green (8a), two singles tied by large red "PAID ALL" handstamp on blue cover to Boston, Mass.; Fine and rare.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 1796 |
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New Brunswick 1860, 10¢ vermilion (9), tied by large red "PAID ALL" handstamp on yellow cover to New York N.Y.; opening tear at upper left, otherwise Very Fine and striking.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 1797 |
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New Brunswick 1860, 10¢ vermilion (9), two singles, tied by oval grids on 1866 cover from New Castle to New York N.Y., postmarked New Castle, Apr 9 and St. John, Apr 10, both on reverse, a Very Fine double rate cover.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 1798 |
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Newfoundland Airmail, 1919, 3¢ "Martinsyde" manuscript overprint (C1 var.), "Aerial Atlantic Mail, J.A.R." handwritten overprint applied by Postmaster General J. Alex Robinson on a 3¢ Caribou (117), tied by St. John's machine cancel, April 19, 1919, on cover with G.P.O. corner card to the Postmaster General of England, manuscript "per Aeroplane 'Raymor'", backstamped London, Jan. 7, 1920; light foxing and trivial paper clip rust at upper left, Very Fine with historical content (see below).
Estimate 40,000 - 50,000
ONE OF ONLY ABOUT 16 MARTINSYDE COVERS RECORDED AND ONE OF THE MOST HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT AIRMAIL COVERS IN EXISTENCE.
Expertization: 1991 E. Diena Certificate.
Included is a typed letter signed from P.M.G. Robinson to his counterpart in London. It reads,
"The aeroplane 'Raymor' is about to leave for England, and the Sopwith Aeroplane has not left yet. The latter carries a mail with the stamps surcharged 'First Trans-Atlantic Air' Flight. There is a possibility of the Martinsyde Aeroplane outstripping her. I take the opportunity, therefore, of sending this aeroplane mail in the hope and expectation that it may be a pioneer, if not the pioneer, of rapid mail connection between the Motherland and her oldest Colony."
The Martinsyde 'Raymor', leaving later on the same day as the Sopwith 'Atlantic', which carried covers franked with Scott #C1, crashed on take off. The mail was salvaged and placed aboard a steamer in July. However, it did not reach the London post office until January 7 of the following year. The letter is docketed on the inside by British P.M.G. A.H. Illingworth, "Posted 19 April 1919, Received 7 Jan 1920, A.H.I."
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Lot 1799 |
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Newfoundland Airmail, 1927, 60¢ De Pinedo Flight (C4), tied by St. John's machine cancel, May 20, on cover with St. John's G.P.O. corner card, Trepassey transit c.d.s., May 21, Rome receiver, June 22, on reverse; addresses crossed out and readdressed to "John J. Jackman, G.P.O., St. John's" but with no indication that it was ever carried that way through the mails; light soiling and end wrinkles, Fine.
Scott $12,500
ONLY 225 COVERS WERE CARRIED BEARING THE OVERPRINTED STAMP.
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Lot 1800 |
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Newfoundland Airmail, 1933, $4.50 on 75¢ Balbo Flight (C18), tied by neat St. John's c.d.s., July 26, on flown cover to Rome with greenish blue flight cachet, backstamped Shoal Harbour, Newfoundland transit July 27, and Rome, Aug 12 and 13, Very Fine.
Scott $825
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Lot 1801 |
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Nova Scotia "Port Hood./N.S./(Crown)", clear double circle handstamp on folded letter to Halifax datelined Cheticamp Sept 10, 1842, manuscript "Free" frank, neat Halifax receiver, Sept 18, on reverse, fresh and Very Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 1802 |
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Nova Scotia 1853, 1d red brown (1), parts of margin on all sides, tied by oval grid on small printed circular from Halifax to Shelburne, both c.d.s.s on reverse, May 1859, Very Fine.
Scott $1,750
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Lot 1803 |
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Nova Scotia 1853, 1d red brown (1), vertical strip of three with four margins, two tiny corner creases, oval grid cancels on cover from Londonderry to Halifax, both postmarks on reverse, Sept 1859, Fine.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
Provenance: Pilkington
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Lot 1804 |
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Nova Scotia 1851, 3d bright blue, bisected, used with two normal 3d (2a, 2), tied by oval grids on large part folded letter sheet from Amherst to England, Amherst c.d.s. on reverse, Feb 26, 1856, along with blue Liverpool c.d.s., March 11, red "Paid" c.d.s. of the same date on front; light file fold affects one 3d, otherwise Fine.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
SCARCE 7½D RATE ON COVER FROM THE RATCHFORD CORRESPONDENCE.
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Lot 1805 |
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Nova Scotia 1851, 6d yellow green (4), large margins to just clear, tied by neat oval grid cancel on small cover with manuscript postmark "Cape North, C.B., 24th July 1860", on cover to North Oxford, Mass. with bold red "PAID/10" in circle, Baddeck (July 28) and Amherst (Aug 4) c.d.s.s on reverse; part of flap missing, Fine-Very Fine.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 1806 |
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Nova Scotia 1851, 6d yellow green, bisected (4a), bottom half tied by oval grid on 1858 folded letter from Tatamagouche to Pictou with April 20 c.d.s. of both towns on reverse, light file crease through stamp, otherwise Very Fine.
Scott $3,500
Expertization: 1990 A.P.S. Certificate.
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Lot 1807 |
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Nova Scotia 1857, 6d dark green (5), four margins, tied by oval grid and paying double rate on folded wrapper from Halifax to Bathurst, N.B., April 14-18, 1859; vertical file crease, not affecting stamp, ends in tear at top, Fine.
Scott $2,000
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Lot 1808 |
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Nova Scotia 1860-63, 1¢ black (8a), five singles with slight perf faults, lightly tied by oval grids on 1861 internal cover from Halifax to Middle Musquodoboit; reduced somewhat at left, Fine.
Estimate 250 - 300
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Lot 1809 |
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Nova Scotia 1860-63, 1¢ black, 2¢ lilac (pair) (8a, 9), both on white paper, lightly tied by oval grids on 1867 internal cover to Moose River, faint "Moose River-West Side, N.S." receiver at left, Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1810 |
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Nova Scotia 1860-63, 2¢ lilac, bisected (9b, 9), bisect and two singles on white paper tied by oval grids and paying the 5¢ rate on cover from Halifax to Quebec, Oct 3-7, 1865; edge faults and internal tear, otherwise Fine and rare.
Scott $2,500
Expertization: 1957 B.P.A. Certificate.
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Lot 1811 |
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Nova Scotia 1860-63, 5¢ blue (10), two singles tied by oval grids on small mourning envelope to Lynn, Mass. with light with light strike red "Paid/10" in circle, Windsor, N.S. postmark on reverse; minor perforation faults due to placement of stamps at extreme edge of cover, otherwise Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1812 |
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Nova Scotia 1860-63, 8½¢ green on yellowish (11), tied by Halifax "H" in oval grid on 1861 folded wrapper to New York, N.Y., handstamped "10" due, stamp also tied by "5/Boston Br. Pkt./Apr 23" transit c.d.s., Very Fine.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
Expertization: 1981 V Greene Certificate.
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Lot 1813 |
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Nova Scotia 1860-63, 12½¢ black (13a), tied by oval grid on small cover to England, postmarked on reverse Windsor, C.B., Dec 29 and Dec 31, 1861 and "H". (Halifax) transit oval Jan 7, 1862, docketed on face "received January 8, 1862", Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate 400 - 500
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