432450 | British Commonwealth ➝ Canada ➝ Crown Colony of Canada
Opening: 400 €
1851, Beaver 3 pence red-brown, Plate Proof on India paper, vertical strip of five from the upper right sheet corner with complete marginal inscription, unused without gum, bottom stamp with tear and small thinning in the top margin only, fine and scarce
Opening: 500 €
1852/57,Beaver 3 pence brown-red, rich colour and wide margins all around, unused o.g., extremely fine
Opening: 800 €
Prince Consort 6 pence slate-violet, good to mostly very wide margins all round, tied by target cancel to lettersheet with adjacent red "MONTREAL MR 18 1853" to New York with curved red "CANADA"; the stamp lifted for inspection, two file folds away from adhesive. Rare. Signed Herman Toaspern and Georg Bühler
Provenance: Grant G. Simmons (1971)
3 Items
Opening: 30.000 €
Prince Albert 6 pence greenish grey, block of four with wide margins all around, nice fresh colour, unused with original gum, some gum creasing with tiny tear at bottom right stamp and separation cut between stamps at right, otherwise very fine and extremely fresh condition; a major rarity of Canada and British North Aamerican philately, illustrated in colour in Robson Lowe Volume V. Certificate BPA
Provenance: General Gill (1965)
E. Carey Fox (1968)
2 Items
Opening: 20.000 €
Victoria 12 pence black, large to enormous margins all around with small lower sheet margin, cancelled by target in black, leaving the face free; some tiny holes at top right due to small thinning, but almost invisible and not disturbing the overall impression; a marvellous copy of this rarity, certificate BPA (1971)
Provenance: Grant G. Simmons (1971)
2 Items
Opening: 40.000 €
Victoria 12 pence black, good to large even margins all around and very fine fresh colour, tied by clear target to lettersheet (address cut out and new paper filled in) with adjacent red dispatch mark "MONTREAL AP 14 1853", curved "CANADA" and "PAID"; one of the finest examples of this rarity, of which only about 12 entires are known, certificates BPA (1950 and 1969) and W. Jakubek (1973)
Opening: 250 €
1857, machine-made paper: 1/2 pence deep rose, wonderful fresh colour and large even margins, unused o.g., extremely fine and choice example.
Provenance: Dale-Lichtenstein (1969)
2 Items
Opening: 2.000 €
1/2 pence deep rose, block of nine, marginal from base of sheet with full imprint, unused with not original gum, some creasing partly repaired, but still attractive and very rare
Provenance: Dale-Liechtenstein (1969)
4 Items
Opening: 2.000 €
1/2 pence deep rose, horizontal strip of five and single stamp, touched in places, but mostly good margins, tied by numeral "41" of SANDWICH to piece, some light creasing; the stamps have been removed from piece for inspection; a fine and rare strip, certificate BPA
2 Items
Opening: 800 €
Cartier 10 pence bright blue, horizontal strip of three, good to wide margins all around and nice colour, tied by Hamilton date stamp and red "PKT. LETTER PAID LIVERPOOL OC 2 58" to large piece; the strip had been lifted, interior repair to central stamp, still fine and attractive; a rarity !
2 Items
Opening: 3.000 €
1859, perforated issue 5 cents deep red, imperforate block of four from the left sheet margin with large part of imprint "American Bank Note Co."; unused with part o.g., the left pair large repair at back and tiny thin in margin at right, nevertheless a rare block, certificate BPA
Provenance: Dale-Liechtenstein (1969)
Opening: 100 €
10 pence brownish purple, tied by cds. "TORONTO DE 10 61" to small mourning cover to New York, fine
Opening: 200 €
1864, 2 pence,Plate Proof in rose on India Paper, block of four
432550 | British Commonwealth ➝ Canada ➝ New Brunswick
2 Items
Opening: 1.500 €
1851, 3 pence dull red, diagonally bisected with 6 pence olive-yellow, margins somewhat touched, tied by grid to letter sheet from "ST. JOHN NEW BRUNSWICK MY 30 1859" to Hull, showing on reverse arrival mark of 13.6., fine and scarce, certificate BPA
2 Items
Opening: 3.000 €
6 pence olive-yellow, full to wide margins all around, in combination franking with Nova Scotia 1859/60, 3 pence blue in horizontal pair, tied by grid cancel to "Money letter" (3 side flaps missing) with red "Registered No. ..." from "ST. JOHN NEW BRUNSWICK AP 30 1856" to Halifax Arrival mark of May 3rd; some faint cover creases, one vertically through the center of the pair; the lower right corner of the front has been added and one 3 pence with small repair, nevertheless a very attractive and extremely rare mixed franking, certificate Wolfgang Jakubek (1973) and BPA
Provenance: Seyboldt, Syracuse (1910)
2 Items
Opening: 1.000 €
1 shilling reddish mauve, fine deep colour and clear to wide margins, lightly cancelled, very fine, certificate BPA
Opening: 150 €
1860/63, Connell 5 pence, Plate Proof in brown, imperforate block of four from the top sheet margin, ungummed
432650 | British Commonwealth ➝ Canada ➝ Newfoundland
2 Items
Opening: 2.000 €
1857/64, 4 pence scarlet-vermilion with full to wide margins and 3 d. yellowish green with margin repaired at top, tied by light grid to rebacked cover from "ST. JOHNS DC 8 1858" to Baltimore with "NEW-YORK SHIP 5 cts. DEC 31" on front; despite faults a very rare and attractive cover. certificate BPA
Opening: 300 €
6 1/2 pence scarlet-vermilion, good fresh colour and good margins, regummed, otherwise fine, certificate BPA
2 Items
Opening: 400 €
6 1/2 pence scarlet-vermilion, large margins all around and lightly cancelled, small thinning on reversed filled, but very attractive, a rare stamp, certificate BPA (1970)
3 Items
Opening: 5.000 €
1860, 1 shilling orange-vermilion bisected, left half with full to wide marigins, tied by 2 strikes of grid cancel to piece with adjacent red date stamp "ST. JOHN'S SP 10 1861" and London date stamp of September 30. The stamp has been lifted for inspection and replaced; very fine and extremely rare, only one other bisect of this stamp (on cover) is known, certificates BPA (1969) and W. Jakubek
Provenance: Dale-Lichtenstein (1969)
Opening: 200 €
1862/64, 6 pence rose-lake, horizontal pair with enormous margins all around from the lower right sheet corner, neatly used, a marvellous example.
Opening: 200 €
1921, Halifax-Botwood Air Mail 35 cents in block of four with two stamps wide and two narrow setting, one with and one without stop, unused o.g., a scarce block in fine condition
Opening: 100 €
35 cents tied by machine cancel "ST. JOHN'S NOV 26 1921" to cover to London with transit mark of Halifax, fine
2 Items
Opening: 2.500 €
1927, De Pinedo Air Mail stamp 60 cents black, used, very well centered, very fine and fresh, a scarce stamp; signed Alberto Diena with certificate