360 / Mai 2015 London

6 d. slate-violet, vertical pair with good colour and perforation, tied to lettersheet with adjacent "HAMILTON AP 19 1859" to New York; red "CANADA PAID 10 Cts.", corrected by hand into "20 cts." for the double rate; some slight staining; a very rare entire with the largest known multiple of perforated 6 d. on cover Provenance: John F. Seybold, Syracuse (1910) Louise Boyd Dale and Alfred F. Lichtenstein (1968-70) E. Carey Fox (1968) Sam Nickle (1993) Warren Wilkinson (2007) Joseph Hackmey (2011)

1859: Beaver 5 c. pale red and 12½ c. pale yellow-green used on 1864 envelope from Quebec to London carried by Cunard Steamer 'China', tied by '37' numeral obliterators of Quebec in black with Quebec/LC cds at left (Feb 20), the adhesives also tied by 'London / Paid' arrival cds (March 8) in red. Part flap missing but a charming and scarce example of the 17½ cent Cunard rate. Signed A. Bolaffi, R. Mondolfo. Provenance: Corinphila sale 145 (April 2006), lot 1771.

1851/1859: The Postal History collection (33 covers/entires), with 1851 3 d. Beaver covers (2), 1851 6 d. slate used on entire to New York, 1852/57 issue with ½ d. used on Printed Circulars (3), 3 d. Beaver single franking covers (9), 3 d. covers bearing pairs or two examples (4), Prince Consort 6 d. grey single frankings on covers (6), 7½ d. yellow green on 1859 cover to Liverpool, Cartier 10 d. blue usages on covers (2) to England, one with 'Legislative Assembly' cachet in red; 1858/59 perforated ½ d. single franking covers (2), 3 d. red on single franking covers (4). Condition variable but an extraordinary lot of enormous catalogue value.