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1876 18c LQ / SQ Mixed Franking Sextuple Rate Cover, mailed from Georgina CW on JUL.31.1876 to Toronto (faint same day receiver on back) and franked with a 15c Large Queen perforated 11½ x 12 and a 3c Small Queen, paying six times the domestic rate, very fine and a rare combination / usage with largely unsealed backflap. (Image)
15c Large Queen on Cover to England, mailed at Lévis on AUG 21.1868 to Liverpool, England (AUG.31 receiver on back), through Québec (AUG.21). The cover is franked with a 15c red lilac Large Queen (clipped perfs at bottom), just tied by a target cancel. Cover has a small tear upper right and tears on back flap, else very fine appearing and a scarce rate / franking. (Image)
1868 15c Large Queen on Cover to England, mailed from Hamilton (MAY.18.1868 Berri duplex) to Surrey, England, endorsed through New York with JUN.1 London transit. The cover is franked with a 15c red lilac Large Queen (significantly misperforated), paying the Cunard Line rate to England, very fine. (Image)
1891 25c LQ / SQ Franking on Parcel Wrapper, mailed from Québec on JUN.2.1891 to St Joseph de Beauce, franked with a 15c Large Queen and a 10c Small Queen combination, making 25c. No back, as this would have been used as a parcel wrapper, very fine. (Image)
1887 30c Large Queen Cover to New Zealand, mailed from the "World Publishing Co'y" in Guelph (MAR.30.1887) to Auckland, New Zealand (APR.30 squared circle receiver) through Windsor ON (MAR.31) and San Francisco (APR.6 and APR.8 transits on back). The cover is endorsed "via San Francisco" and has some red accountancy markings, and is franked with a pair of bluish grey 15c Large Queens tied by fancy corks. Bit reduced at right and a few stains, still a fine and interesting cover. (Image)
1889 15c Large Queen Overpaid Cover to New Zealand, mailed from Guelph on FEB.27.1889 to Auckland, New Zealand (MAR.30 receiver) through Windsor Ont (FEB.28) and San Francisco (MAR.7). This cover with World Publishing Company corner card is franked with a 15c blue grey Large Queen, overpaying, as the rate had been recently (JAN.1.1889) reduced to 12c. Small opening fault, still scarce and fine. (Image)
1885 15c Blue Grey Large Queen on Cover, mailed from St John NB (OCT.20.1883 duplex) to Noel NS with Maitland NS OCT.22 transit. Reduced by a third at left, with wrinkles on the stamp, still a nice example of what appears to be a quintuple rate cover. (Image)
1868 3c Large Queen on Laid Paper on Advertising Cover, from the Gore District Fire Insurance Co., mailed from Galt (OCT.14.1868 duplex) to Derenham, with Ingersoll (OCT.14) and Tilsonburg (OCT.15) transits on back. The stamp is a fine centered single on laid paper (tiny tear and corner crease), which was removed to confirm and placed back. A very fine and attractive cover, with accompanying 1991 Greene Foundation certificate. (Image)
1895 ½c Small Queen on Drop Letter, mailed to and from St John NB on FEB.6.1895 (duplex ties stamp), cover was never sealed, so mailed at the circular rate, tear at top, else very fine. Ex. S.J. Menich (2000) (Image)
Group of Four ½c Small Queen Single Franking Dated Covers, each is unsealed and addressed to Marshall in Liverpool NS, with receiver backstamps in 1891 and 1892. Two stamps are cancelled by cork grids, two others are cancelled with different segmented corks, very fine. (Image)
1892 ½c Small Queen on Unsealed Cover, mailed from St John NB (with lovely strike of their parcel cancel) to Marshall in Liverpool NS, with SEP.3.1892 receiver on back. Very fine. (Image)
Superior Group of Six ½c Small Queen Single Franked Unsealed Covers, all unsealed and all have the desirable feature of being fully dated on front. 1887 Halifax to Fredericton, 1883 (July and October) Halifax to Moncton, 1893 (July and December) to "City" and a wrapper mailed from the "Philatelic Messenger" with Oak Hill NB corner card to the United States, with the stamp cancelled in 1897 at Moores Mills NB (comes with a photocopy of a January 1898 Philatelic Messenger this would have originally contained. A mostly very fine group, with a few small faults. (Image)
Group of Eleven Various ½c Small Queen Franked Covers, with single frankings (6 unsealed covers or wrappers, some with corner cards, etc.), pairs (a Moncton drop letter, a "Printer's Copy" unsealed cover from Montréal to Toronto and an advertising cover to Michigan from Port Hope squared circle). Also two covers franked with 4 stamps (one is a strip of 4 and one has two pairs) paying the 2c drop letter rate. Overall fine to very fine group, all scanned online. (Image)
Lovely Group of Six Covers Franked with Multiple ½c Small Queens, three are franked with six stamps paying the 3c rate (1895 Montréal to California with corner card, 1895 Ottawa squared circles to Belleville and 1888 Halifax to Wolfville NS (reduced at right). Also three franked with 10 stamps paying the 5c UPU overseas rate, in this case to Skyve Denmark (1896 Toronto squared circles), 1895 Bathurst Street/Toronto duplexes through London, and 1897 Toronto duplexes through London. A very fine group, unchecked for varieties, shades or re-entries. (Image)
1895 Plate Strip of Six ½c Small Queens on Cover, mailed from Sherbrooke Qué. on NOV.30.1895 to New Haven, Conn. with partial receiver on back, franked with a very fine bottom imprint strip of six, paying the 3c cross border rate to the United States. Light crease at left away from stamps, else very fine and attractive. (Image)
1897 ½c Small Queen Cover to Hawaii, mailed Ottawa (squared circles dated FEB.27.1897) to Honolulu, Hawaii, with MAR.16 receiver, through Windsor (FEB.28) and San Francisco (MAR.5). The corner card Land Survey cover is franked with a block of 8 plus a pair (faults), making 5c. Toning to various degrees, still an interesting and otherwise very fine cover. (Image)
Lovely Group of 12 Stationery Items Uprated by ½c Small Queens, all but one are domestic rates (one cover is cross border), and includes 3x 2c letter cards and 9 covers (1c and 2c), all uprated by pairs or blocks, and we note a good selection of postmarks including several squared circles, flags, a Hamilton Orb with better "12" time mark, an RPO, etc. One lovely corner card cover is uprated with a plate pair also showing an inverted plate 1 with Paris squared circle, etc. A very fine group, all scanned online. (Image)
Two Different 1c Stationery Cross Border Covers Uprated by ½c Small Queens, covers show two distinct shades of the 1c Queen Victoria and are uprated by upper plate strips of four, both showing the complete imprint, one also showing a reversed plate number 2. Both have American receivers, one is slightly trimmed at top which does not detract in the least, very fine. Would look very nice displayed and written-up on the same page. (Image)
Group of 6 Covers Franked with ½c Small Queens Paying all Different Rates, first is a small wrapper with a single, addressed to Brooklyn NY, stamp tied by Halifax oval parcel cancel. Also two covers to the United States franked with 2x ½c stamps (one is a wrapper to New York and the other is an unsealed cover from Hechler in Halifax). Then we have two covers with 6x ½c paying the 3c rate to Maryland and Manitoba, and finally a registered cover franked with 16 stamps (on both sides) paying the 8c rate from St Catharines to Flemington NJ. We note a variety of postmarks. A very fine and useful group. (Image)
Est $ 200
Opening C$ 170.00
Sold...C$ 170.00
Closed..Feb-17-2021, 12:17:58 EST
Sold For 170
Sale No: 35
Lot No: 740
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 34 (10)
Collection of ½c Small Queen Rates, Frankings, Usages, etc. all written-up on 6 exhibit pages, and comprising of 10 covers, one large piece, one used lower plate block of 12, 5 used blocks of four, one used block of six and two used singles. The covers include a single franking to Liverpool, a block of six to New York, domestic block of six, domestic strip of six, domestic six singles, a combination 2c SQ and pair of ½c, some examples of ½c used to uprate stationery covers (including one to Belgium and a card to Switzerland). Overall nice quality material, and we note good postmark interest as well, including squared circles. All pages scanned online. (Image)
