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Prince Edward Island, 1866 (Dec. 5), double-rate cover from Charlotte Town to Halifax, light blue folded letter, the 6d postage paid by two copies of #6, tied by two lightly struck barred oval cancels; round PEI origin and oval Halifax receiver (DE 7) on reverse; right-hand stamp with faulty bottom perforations, Very Fine, a rare double-rate franking, with only eight examples bearing 3d duos recorded. Estimate $250 - 350. Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
Suggested Bid $250-350
Opening US$ 180.00
Closed..Aug-13-2019, 15:52:20 EST
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Sale No: 727
Lot No: 602
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Prince Edward Island, 1866 (Dec. 25), a Christmas registered cover, sent Charlotte Town to Carleton-St. John, a very pretty light blue cover, franked by #6 and #7, both tied by multiple light strikes of a ten-barred oval cancel; Registry number "607" in pen at upper left; reverse busy with PEI P5 origin, Saint John DE 31 transit and Carleton-St-John JA 2 receiver, along with two faint strikes of London dealer Bernard Levatino's toothed handstamp in violet; "Ex Dale?" in pencil on reverse; light foxing cannot detract, Very Fine, a rare franking of the 9d Registration rate, which may be unique to New Brunswick, Ex-Dr. RVC Carr, Warren S. Wilkinson. Estimate $500 - 750. Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
Suggested Bid $500-750
Opening US$ 80.00
Closed..Aug-13-2019, 15:52:32 EST
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Sale No: 727
Lot No: 603
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Prince Edward Island, 1867 (Apr. 23), registered cover sent from Charlotte Town to Carleton-St. John, paid by solo use of #8, tied by barred oval cancel, with Registry "No 655" immediately below, reading up; nicely ranged PEI P5 origin, Saint John transit (AP 27) and Carleton-St-John receiver (AP 29) on reverse; cover slightly reduced at right, Very Fine, a rare franking, with only 15 solo usages of the 9d stamp recorded, Ex-Crosby, Dr. RVC Carr, Martyn Cusworth. Estimate $500 - 750. Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
Suggested Bid $500-750
Opening US$ 80.00
Closed..Aug-13-2019, 15:52:43 EST
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Sale No: 727
Lot No: 604
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Prince Edward Island, 1867 (May 18), folded letter from Havana to Summerside, via New York, a remarkable cover with routing inscription at upper left, company despatch datestamp of Scharfenberg, Tolme & Co./Havana, handstamped "6" rating and "N.Y. Steamship/MAY/23/10" handstamp; reverse with MY 28 (?) PEI arrival, Very Fine, a rare cover from Cuba, Ex-Alan Griffiths. Estimate $250 - 350. Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
Suggested Bid $250-350
Opening US$ 80.00
Sold...US$ 150.00
Closed..Aug-13-2019, 15:53:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 727
Lot No: 605
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Prince Edward Island, 1867 (Aug. 13 & Dec. 21), two covers from PEI to Canada, the Aug. 13 a front only of a wholesale price list, addressed to Quebec and franked by a #4 with compound perf 11½x12x11½x11¾ tied by socked-on-the-nose datestamp; the Dec. 21 a full cover, sent to Cobourg, C.W., franked by #4 (top perforations worn down) and #5 with barred oval cancels, the 1d tied by the cancel and by the PEI Type P5a datestamp, with Montreal and Cobourg datestamps on reverse, Very Fine, with 2010 Greene Foundation certificate for cover. Estimate $400 - 600. Suggested Bid $400-600 (Image)
Suggested Bid $400-600
Opening US$ 180.00
Closed..Aug-13-2019, 15:53:24 EST
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Sale No: 727
Lot No: 606
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Prince Edward Island, 1867 (Sept. 9), bisect on circular, sent Charlotte Town to Halifax, Wholesale Prices Current, with blue double-oval dated "Carvell Bros/Charlottetown, P.E.I." merchant's dater on face at left; 1d postage paid by diagonally bisected 2d (#5e), neatly cancelled by barred oval; stamp with portion missing at top, Very Fine, a very rare franking. Estimate $500 - 750. Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
Suggested Bid $500-750
Opening US$ 100.00
Sold...US$ 375.00
Closed..Aug-13-2019, 15:53:37 EST
Sold For 375
Sale No: 727
Lot No: 607
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Prince Edward Island, ca. 1868 (Jan. 10), unusual cover sent from Summerside to Massachusetts, short and long, franked by a Second Issue 6d (#7) tied by an amazingly face-free barred oval cancel; "Summerside/JAN/10/P.E. Island" dater on reverse (no year slug), along with a second, totally illegible dater; addressed to Needham Plains, Very Fine, a lovely cover from the last year of the 6d rate to the US, which ended Nov. 1, 1868, with a reduction to 4d, Ex-Martyn Cusworth. Estimate $350 - 500. Suggested Bid $350-500 (Image)
Suggested Bid $350-500
Opening US$ 100.00
Closed..Aug-13-2019, 15:53:52 EST
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Sale No: 727
Lot No: 608
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Prince Edward Island, 1868 (Apr. 9), cover from Charlotte Town to the other Georgetown (Massachusetts), a pretty cover franked by two richly colored compound-perforation 3d blues (perf 11 at foot, 11¾ other sides) tied by two barred oval cancels; at left a PEI origin dater offset (in reverse), this cover's right-reading dater on reverse, Very Fine, a very rare compound-perforation franking, Ex-James C. Lehr. Estimate $250 - 350. Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
Suggested Bid $250-350
Opening US$ 80.00
Sold...US$ 140.00
Closed..Aug-13-2019, 15:54:04 EST
Sold For 140
Sale No: 727
Lot No: 609
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Prince Edward Island, 1868 (July 28), registered double-rate cover from Charlotte Town to Moncton, bearing a single (perforations trimmed at top) plus a strip of three #6, all tied by "13" killers with Registration number "914" in pen at left; lovely, solid strike of PEI Type P6 origin at center left, Very Fine, a choice and rare franking, Ex-Sweet, Cornwallis, Martyn Cusworth, with 2004 Greene Foundation certificate. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500 (Image)
Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500
Opening US$ 80.00
Closed..Aug-13-2019, 15:54:18 EST
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Sale No: 727
Lot No: 610
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Prince Edward Island, 1868 (Aug. 8), fancy cover from Charlotte Town to Chilihauk, a prettily addressed cover, bearing a single #6 tied by barred oval cancel; "Haste" was requested at the end of the address, but apparently not paid for, as reverse shows PEI origin, Richibucto (AU 12), Saint John (AU 14) and Woodstock (AU 15) transits, Very Fine, a very attractive 3d rate cover. Estimate $150 - 200. Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)
Suggested Bid $150-200
Opening US$ 80.00
Closed..Aug-13-2019, 15:54:28 EST
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Sale No: 727
Lot No: 611
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Prince Edward Island, 1868 (Sept. 21), octuple-rate cover sent from Charlotte Town to Port Hill, an oversized (247 x 106 mm) blue envelope bearing a single #4 plus a vertical strip of three and vertical pair of #6, all tied by indistinct barred cancels with P5 datestamp below; a few unsurprising faults given the size of the cover, Very Fine, almost certainly a unique franking, Ex-Dr. RVC Carr, with 2010 Greene Foundation certificate. Estimate $1,500 - 2,000
It has also been suggested that this could be considered a quintuple-rate Registered item, as postmasters were notoriously lax in marking Registered items as such. Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000 (Image)
Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000
Opening US$ 80.00
Closed..Aug-13-2019, 15:54:42 EST
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Sale No: 727
Lot No: 612
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Prince Edward Island, 1868(? Sept. 29), bisect cover sent Charlotte Town to Summerside, yellow envelope bearing 4d black bisected diagonally (#9c, $2250 on cover), neatly cancelled by barred oval (P134); Summerside same-day receiver on reverse; back faulty (not affecting handstamp) and repaired tears to cover front, nearly Very Fine appearance, a rare franking, Ex-Dr. RVC Carr, Warren S. Wilkinson, with 2013 Greene Foundation certificate. Estimate $500 - 750. Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
Suggested Bid $500-750
Opening US$ 80.00
Sold...US$ 400.00
Closed..Aug-13-2019, 15:55:12 EST
Sold For 400
Sale No: 727
Lot No: 613
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Prince Edward Island, 1868 (? Nov. 13), New Rate cover sent Summerside to East Cambridge, with a lovely #9 franking, tied by barred oval cancel, with "Summerside/NOV/13/P.E. Island" origin at left; unfortunately the dater omits the year and there is no receiver on reverse, as the 4d rate came into effect on Nov. 1, 1868, Very Fine, a potential earliest known example of the reduced rate to the US. Estimate $200 - 300. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
Suggested Bid $200-300
Opening US$ 80.00
Closed..Aug-13-2019, 15:55:27 EST
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Sale No: 727
Lot No: 614
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Cat No: Collection
Prince Edward Island, 1869-70, a trio of covers from Summerside to Nova Scotia, two to Cape Breton, the last to Picton, each bearing a #6 tied by barred oval cancel with origin c.d.s. alongside; faulty adhesive on one Cape Breton cover, part of name excised on the other, still a Very Fine group. Estimate $200 - 300. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
Suggested Bid $200-300
Opening US$ 100.00
Closed..Aug-13-2019, 15:55:37 EST
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Sale No: 727
Lot No: 615
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Prince Edward Island, 1869 (Feb. 4), registered cover from Charlotte Town to Grand River Wharf 55, "55" corrected to "56"; franked by #5 and 7, a light eight-bar oval cancel tying both, with Type P6 datestamp at right; "Registered/No. 926" notation in pen at top center; adhesives pay the 2d inland single-letter rate plus 6d Registration fee; missing tip of backflap of no import, Very Fine, a rare and attractive franking, Ex-Dr. RVC Carr, with 1975 P.F. certificate. Estimate $300 - 400. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
Suggested Bid $300-400
Opening US$ 80.00
Closed..Aug-13-2019, 15:55:48 EST
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Sale No: 727
Lot No: 616
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Prince Edward Island, 1869 (Feb. 18), cover from Souris to Liverpool, franked by 9d red violet (#8i), cancelled by both fancy crossed-S manuscript and barred oval handstamp, with PEI origin datestamp on reverse; front additionally bears a red "Paid/Liverpool/Br. Packet/8 MR 69/4A" handstamp at lower left; file fold at far left; rough left-side opening shows only on reverse, not affecting markings, Very Fine, a rare franking with this stylish manuscript cancel, with 2010 Greene Foundation certificate. Estimate $600 - 800. Suggested Bid $600-800 (Image)
Suggested Bid $600-800
Opening US$ 150.00
Closed..Aug-13-2019, 15:56:05 EST
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Sale No: 727
Lot No: 617
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Prince Edward Island, 1869 (Apr. 13), a grand cover from Summerside to California, a cross-border "sea to shining sea" cover, franked by two copies of #5, each tied by barred oval cancels; Summerside origin and Charlotte Town transit (APR 15) on reverse; addressed to "Sanfrancisco" with the writer's "pleas forward" request running up the left-hand side, and another note, in another hand, reading "open on mistake" in pencil at lower right below the address; ever so slightly reduced at left, Very Fine, a pretty orange cover to the Golden State, a very rare franking of the 4d rate; pencil notation on reverse states "unique example of the 4c rate to Cal", "Kramer/Firby/F.M." noted on reverse, with 2003 Greene Foundation certificate. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
Illustrated on page 24 of Lehr, The Postage Stamps and Cancellations of Prince Edward Island. Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500 (Image)
Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500
Opening US$ 100.00
Sold...US$ 700.00
Closed..Aug-13-2019, 15:56:26 EST
Sold For 700
Sale No: 727
Lot No: 618
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Prince Edward Island, 1869 (late May), sensational thrice-forwarded cover from Charlotte Town to Paris, franked by eight examples of #6 (3 singles, a pair plus a strip of 3), each manuscript cancelled with an "X" and light strikes of barred oval handstamp cancels; London "PD" oval, Liverpool Br. Packet, and crayoned "1/2" markings in red, and June 16 Calais entry in black all on front; reverse a melée of addresses (one crossed out), transits and receivers, etc.; one stamp wrapped around right side of envelope, part of backflap missing from opening, Very Fine, if you like well-traveled covers, this one's for you, a remarkable and unique franking to France, with 2004 Greene Foundation certificate. Estimate $5,000 - 7,500
The 2s franking prepaid the double letter rate with 1s2d Sterling credit to Great Britain, which came into effect Jan. 1, 1861. Suggested Bid $5,000-7,500 (Image)
Suggested Bid $5,000-7,500
Opening US$ 500.00
Closed..Aug-13-2019, 15:56:41 EST
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Sale No: 727
Lot No: 619
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Prince Edward Island, 1869 (May 18), cover sent Charlotte Town to George Town, the deep blue envelope serving as a lovely background to the 2d rose compound perf 11 x 11½-12 (#5g), tied by barred circle with PEI despatch handstamp at left; George-Town same-day receiver on reverse; few small faults, but overall sound, Very Fine, a scarce stamp on cover. Estimate $150 - 200. Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)
Suggested Bid $150-200
Opening US$ 375.00
Closed..Aug-13-2019, 15:56:53 EST
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Sale No: 727
Lot No: 620
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Prince Edward Island, 1869 (July 12), cover sent Charlotte Town to London, a fresh-faced cover bearing #8 tied by barred oval; front showing large red "London/D/PAID/A/26 JY 69" datestamp, with origin dater on reverse along with partial arrival datestamp (part of backflap missing), Very Fine appearance, scarce, with 1962 R.P.S.L. certificate. Estimate $350 - 500. Suggested Bid $350-500 (Image)
