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Sparks Auctions Sale: 47

Canada
First Day Covers
Sale No: 47
Lot No: 608
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: Collection

image Collection / Accumulation of Roughly 400 First Day Covers, 1964-1979, with a few covers beyond the stated range, consisting of three albums and loose material. We note roughly half of the first day covers are from 1964-1971, the majority having privately printed cachets including Rose Craft, Capital, and a few unidentified makers, with singles, sets, blocks and plate block frankings. The lot also includes roughly 30 worldwide first day covers, some commercial mail, and a Canada Post binder with a few mint hinged stamps including the 1966-1968 Postal Scrip set. Online photos show an overview of the lot. Overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 100

Opening C$ 60.00
Sold...C$ 60.00


Closed..Jun-02-2023, 10:03:21 EST
Sold For 60

Sale No: 47
Lot No: 609
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: Collection

image Group of Roughly 300 First Day Covers, 1949-1979, loose in a box, noting Unitrade #302 (x2, c.v. $90 each). We note most of the covers are private first days, with singles, sets, blocks and plate block frankings, with a few covers having cachets from makers Rose Craft and Jackson. A cursory check of postmarks indicated smaller towns including Fort McLeod, Alberta and Old Perlican, Newfoundland. The lot also includes a 5c Small Queen cover to England from 1886, with a Fort McLeod (DEC.21.1886) broken circle and Manchester (JAN.7.1887) on the reverse. We note a few small faults with corner wear and bends, still overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 150

Opening C$ 70.00
Sold...C$ 70.00


Closed..Jun-02-2023, 10:03:46 EST
Sold For 70

Sale No: 47
Lot No: 610
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: Collection

image Collection of Canada Official First Day Covers, 1974-1993, consisting of over 500 first day covers in a small box. We note the majority are single frankings, along with a few sets and high values. The lot also include a few earlier first day from the 1950s, with private cachets from makers Rose Craft and Regal, along with a few pieces of commercial mail. Clean and overall very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 100

Opening C$ 70.00
Sold...C$ 70.00


Closed..Jun-02-2023, 10:04:21 EST
Sold For 70

Sale No: 47
Lot No: 611
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: Collection

image Collection of Roughly 1,400 Canada First Day Covers, 1973-2006, in twenty two first day cover albums, organized by year (with many year sets), and loose covers, filling three large boxes. We note singles, pairs, sets, se-tenant, souvenir sheet, and high value frankings (including first day covers with multiple franking configurations per issue, in some cases). Better items include Unitrade #1250ii Regiment plate block (U.R., c.v. $125), along with the popular Art series with singles and plate blocks frankings, and a set of Millenium first day covers. The lot also includes a small amount of commercial covers. A very clean collection, overall very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 250

Opening C$ 300.00
Sold...C$ 300.00


Closed..Jun-02-2023, 10:05:25 EST
Sold For 300

Sale No: 47
Lot No: 612
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: Collection

image Group of 50 Schering First Day Covers, Some with French Language Enclosures, 1970-1984, the majority ranging from 1970 to 1972, with 13 being colourful Elliott-Marion envelopes, all having various enclosures including a few French language letters from Elliott-Marion (a pharmaceutical company in Montréal), beginning with "Cher Docteur" (the envelopes are addressed to a doctor), with the contents relating to the stamp issue, and in some cases, includes enclosures with advertising relating to the stamp issue in French. We note a few of the Elliot-Marion envelopes have English only enclosures. The remaining covers are #10 envelopes or larger, noting a few still have contents within. A very interesting group, with enclosures we have not seen before, and should be sought after for the French language content. Online scans show an overview, noting a few small faults with the larger covers. Overall a fine to very fine group. (Image)

Estimate $ 100

Opening C$ 80.00
Sold...C$ 80.00


Closed..Jun-02-2023, 10:05:57 EST
Sold For 80

Sale No: 47
Lot No: 613
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: Collection

image Collection of Roughly 500 Private Cachet First Day Covers, 1947-1973, in three thick binders containing roughly 130 two row clear Vario-style stock pages. The covers have primarily single stamp frankings, along with a few pairs, blocks and sets, noting a number of private cachet makers including: Regal, Cole, H & E, FT, JCR, Art Craft, and Rose Craft. The collection includes a few replacement covers, primarily on high denomination frankings, along with with a few pre-1947 covers, with a spot check indicating a few covers cataloguing between $10 to $40. The lot also includes a binder of roughly 35 Canadian Bank Note first day covers, along with roughly 100 miscellaneous covers, with 2 to 3 first day covers in a few cases per issue. Online photos show a sampling. A clean collection, with a few small faults in a few cases, still overall very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 250

Opening C$ 275.00
Sold...C$ 275.00


Closed..Jun-02-2023, 10:06:30 EST
Sold For 275

Sale No: 47
Lot No: 614
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: Collection

image Collection of Roughly 400 First Day Covers, 1953-1985, in 6 albums, with loose material, noting roughly 90 private cacheted first days by Rose Craft, ranging from the later 1960s to 1971. The collection includes singles, blocks and plate blocks, along with a few high value frankings. The early first days have faults including some tearing, a clean group otherwise. Overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 100

Opening C$ 90.00
Sold...C$ 90.00


Closed..Jun-02-2023, 10:06:54 EST
Sold For 90

Sale No: 47
Lot No: 615
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: Collection

image Collection / Accumulation of Roughly 700 First Day Covers, 1970-2013, includes 7 binders with roughly one hundred 2-row Vario-style stock pages, and loose material. The lot includes singles, sets, blocks, plate blocks, and high denomination frankings, with few replacement and Schering covers. We note Unitrade #1250ii Regiments (c.v. $125), with duplication up to 4 in some cases. The loose material primarily consists of mainly dealer stock of 1990s first days in bundles of 10 each per issue, along with roughly 30 covers from private cachet maker Rose Craft. A clean group, with only a few small faults on a few covers. Overall very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 150

Opening C$ 170.00
Sold...C$ 170.00


Closed..Jun-02-2023, 10:07:44 EST
Sold For 170

Sale No: 47
Lot No: 616
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: Collection

image Collection of Roughly 390 First Day Covers, 1958-1995, in five binders with roughly one hundred Vario-style 2-row stock pages. The collection includes roughly 90 private cachets from makers Rose Craft, Cole, H & E, and Capital, along with single, sets, souvenir sheet, and a few high value frankings. Online photos show a representation of the lot, noting a few small faults with a few of the early covers, including corner bends and some stains. Overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 150

Opening C$ 160.00
Sold...C$ 160.00


Closed..Jun-02-2023, 10:08:36 EST
Sold For 160

Sale No: 47
Lot No: 617
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: Collection

image Quality Collection of Roughly 1,000 Official First Day Covers, 1975-2017, housed in four albums, 2-row Vario-style stock pages and loose material. The collection begins with roughly 100 covers from the 1970s, primarily from the 1976 Montréal Olympics, collected for each of the five first day cancels that were available. The bulk of the collection is from the 1990s onward, noting singles, pairs, blocks and plate blocks, sets, souvenir sheets and high denomination frankings. We note a specialized collection of the Millenium series with two complete first day cover Millennium collection of 68 from Canada Post, along with loose material having sheetlets and single stamps in three different formats, along with a collection of 82 first day covers from the 1993-96 Land Vehicles series including maximum cards, and 30 private cachet first day covers from designer "RB". The collection includes Unitrade #2340 $3 Montéal Canadiens souvenir sheet (x3, c.v. $60 total), and a cover signed by Bobby Hull. Online photos show a representation, clean and very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 300

Opening C$ 375.00
Sold...C$ 375.00


Closed..Jun-02-2023, 10:09:44 EST
Sold For 375

Sale No: 47
Lot No: 618
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: E1

image 1898 10c Blue Green Special Delivery First Day Cover, tied by JUL.1.1898 5pm Montréal Bickerdike flag cancel (very uncommon on special delivery mail) on 1c blue Queen Victoria stationery envelope (Webb EN6) paying the 1c printed matter rate (unsealed as was required, with pencil notation "found opened no contents fw”) plus 10c special delivery fee, fresh and very fine. July 1, 1898 was the first day the Special Delivery was offered in 14 Canadian cities, including Montréal. The sender of this cover obviously recognized the importance of this occasion by preparing the two covers offered in this sale (see next lot for the other one). Prior to the discovery of the two covers offered in this sale, the earliest recorded use of this stamp was July 2, 1898. An exceptionally rare and important early first day cover, offered to the market for the first time 125 years after its date of issue. (Image)

Estimate $ 500

Opening C$ 1,600.00
Sold...C$ 2,300.00


Closed..Jun-02-2023, 10:11:09 EST
Sold For 2300
Sale No: 47
Lot No: 619
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: E1

image 1898 10c Blue Green Special Delivery First Day Cover, tied by JUL.1.1898 5pm Montréal Bickerdike flag cancel (very uncommon on special delivery mail) on 2c green Queen Victoria stationery envelope (Webb EN9) paying the 2c drop letter rate plus 10c special delivery fee, fresh and very fine. July 1, 1898 was the first day the Special Delivery was offered in 14 Canadian cities, including Montréal. The sender of this cover obviously recognized the importance of this occasion by preparing the two covers offered in this sale (see previous lot for the other one). Prior to the discovery of the two covers offered in this sale, the earliest recorded use of this stamp was July 2, 1898. An exceptionally rare and important early first day cover, offered to the market for the first time 125 years after its date of issue. (Image)

Estimate $ 500

Opening C$ 2,500.00
Sold...C$ 3,000.00


Closed..Jun-02-2023, 10:13:17 EST
Sold For 3000
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