Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1547
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1950/2000: Miscellanieous lot including fine mint Canada collection (1950/2000) with sheets and booklets, a special mounted up topic collection 'Lighthouses of the World', further collection United Nations offices in New York, Geneva and Vienna as well as many modern worldwide isssues with miniature sheets up to PRC Ephemera as entrance or railway tickets. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image 4)(Image 5)(Image 6)(Image 7)(Image 8)(Image)
Opening CHF 300.00
Sold...CHF 580.00
Closed..Jan-27-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 580
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 5428
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Colony of Canda 1851 (May 28): Entire letter from Bytown to L'Original bearing 1851 Beaver 3 d. orange-vermilion on laid paper, a fresh adhesive with good to large margins and fresh colour, tied by clear seven ring target obliterator with "BYTOWN U.C. MAY 28 1851" datestamp in black alongside. Lightest vertical fold, not distracting at all from the beauty of this very early cover, cert. BPA (1974).rnProvenance: E. C. Fox collection.rnNote: The Province of Canada began issuing stamps on April 23, 1851, designed by Sir Sandford Fleming and processed together with the 6 d. & 12 d. adhesives by the firm of Rawdon, Wright, Hatch and Edson of New York. In April 1851, the rate for inland letters to Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Cape Breton and Prince Edward Island was 3 d. per ½ oz. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image 4)(Image)
Opening CHF 500.00
Sold...CHF 3,800.00
Closed..Jan-25-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 3800
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 5429
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1851 (May 15): Entire letter from Montreal to New York (Kennedy correspondence) bearing 1851 Prince Albert 6 d. slate violet on laid paper, a fresh and fine adhesive with good to huge margins including part of the lower neighbouring stamp, tied by seven ring target obliterator. "MONTREAL L.C. SP 24 1851" datestamp, straight line PAID and matching framed CANADA in arc exchange office handstamp, all in red alongside. Two vertical filing folds at left of stamp, a most attractive cover.rnProvenance: Carrington collection. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
Opening CHF 750.00
Sold...CHF 1,300.00
Closed..Jan-25-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 1300
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 5430
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1858 (Jan 22): Envelope from Montreal to St. Thomas bearing 1855/57 Beaver 3 d. brown-red on handmade wove paper, a fresh adhesive with good to enormous margins and fresh colour including parts of the upper neighbouring stamp, tied by '21' ring target obliterator of Montreal with despatch cds in black alongside. Reverse with arrival cds (Jan. 25). An appealing cover, opinion Holcombe (1991). (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image)
Opening CHF 200.00
Sold...CHF 240.00
Closed..Jan-25-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 240
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 5431
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1852 (Sep. 19): Envelope from Toronto to Boston bearing 1855/57 Beaver 3 d. brown-red on handmade wove paper in a vertical pair, a multiple with good margins all round and fresh colour, tied by seven ring target obliterator with despatch "TORONTO CANADA PAID SP 19 1852" cds, straight line PAID and matching framed CANADA in arc exchange office handstamp, all in red alongside. Reverse with arrival cds (Jan. 25). A clean and fine cover, cert. V. G. Greene (1987). (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image)
Opening CHF 750.00
Sold...CHF 2,400.00
Closed..Jan-25-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 2400
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 5432
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1875 (Dec. 24): Envelope from Sydney, Nova Scotia to Wellington Somerset bearing 1875 5 c. olive-green perf. 11½ : 12, a fresh adhesive tied by cork obliterator in blue with despatch "SYDNEY N.S. DE 24 75" cds in blue and "PAID LIVERPOOL BR. PACKET 7 JA 76" in red alongside. Reverse with Halifax transit and Wellington arrival cds (Jan. 8). A clean and fine cover, cert. Holcombe (1992). (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image)
Opening CHF 150.00
Sold...CHF 220.00
Closed..Jan-25-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 220
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 6355
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Upper Columbia Navigation & Tramway Co 1899: Cover bearing perf. 12 "U.C.Co. / 5 c." red and 1899 2 c. on 3 c. rose-carmine tied to local cover by "Golden / B.C." datestamps (22 August 1899) in black. The stamp, imperforate at left and at top, is from position 1 on the sheetlet of 10 subjects (5 x 2). Very rare, only 1,000 printed, just a handful of covers are known: the addressee, Bert Lowe, was an old-time gold prospector and bridge tender at Spillimachine, a town on the river between the lake and Golden. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image)
Opening CHF 250.00
Sold...CHF 1,200.00
Closed..Jan-27-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 1200
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 6356
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Upper Columbia Navigation & Tramway Co 1891/97: The collection with 21 July 1897 piece bearing imperf. undenominated "U/C" (-) stamp in red alongside Small Queen 5 c. and Jubilee 1 c. orange tied by 'Golden' cds; a similar piece but franked by Small Queen 3 c. orange and USA 2 c. carmine with imperf. undenominated "U/C" (-) stamp in red tied by "5" handstamp, 19 August 1897 piece with perf. 12 "U.C.Co. / 5 c." red and Jubilee 3 c. rose tied by "Golden" cds; together with an unused pair and two single examples used in "Beaver" (20 Feb 1899). A scarce group. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
