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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Cat No: Collection
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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Cat No: Collection
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)
Opening CHF 300.00
Sold...CHF 1,100.00
Closed..Jan-27-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 1100
Newfoundland
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1541
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1896: Atlantic Cod 2 c green perf. 12 in a block of 20 (4x5) in unused condition, some perforation irregularities and seperation, an atract unit Gi = £ 2'400. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
Opening CHF 250.00
Sold...CHF 250.00
Closed..Jan-27-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 250
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1542
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1927 (May 20): Airmail envelope from St. John's New Foundland to Naples bearing 60 c. black, well centered and overprinted "AIR MAIL DE PINEDO 1927" in red, tied by meter obliterator of St. John's, Trepassey (May 21) departure cds alongside, reverse with "ROMA CENTRO 22.VI.1927 LE PIU BELLE TERME DEL MONDO SALSOMAGGIORE PERIODO DI CURA MARZO-NOVEMBRE" advertising slogan datestamp and '59' Napoli distribution handstamp. Tear in the cover at lower left well away from stamp and postmarks, nevertheless a fine and desirable example of this rare Airmail item. Signed E. Diena, cert. Bolaffi (2004) Sc = $ 25'000. rnNote: One of about 225 covers with an overprinted Newfoundland 60 c. stamp flown on the transatlantic flight attempted by Marquis Francesco de Pinedo between Trepassey, Newfoundland, and Rome, Italy, via the Azores. De Pinedo left Newfoundland on May 23, 1927, but a shortage of fuel caused his plane to land in the ocean, 200 miles from the Azores. The plane was towed to the islands by a schooner, and Pinedo reached Rome about three weeks later. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image 4)(Image)
Opening CHF 7,000.00
Sold...CHF 7,400.00
Closed..Jan-27-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 7400
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1543
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Cat No: Collection
1865/1941: Fine selection of 17 issues, primarily as die or plate proofs, primarily in multiples, incl. 1865 2 c. green Cod as single ABN trade sample proof and as single colour trial proof in violet, two single examples, 10 c. Prince Consort black and 24 c. QV blue, both in blocks of four on thin paper, 12 c. QV red-brown and 13 c. Schooner as a colour trial in violet, both in blocks of four on cardboard, the 13 c. stamp also as single plate proof in the issued orange-yellow colour, 2 c. Cod green in a block of four on pelure paper, 1887 2 c. orange-vermillion in a block of eight with margin imprint BABN, the same stamp in an imperf. horizontal marginal strip of four with the margin imprinted BABN, 1932-38 Atlantic Cod 1 c. grey in a die proof block of four on wmkd paper, and as colour or plate proof blocks of four for the issues in 1932 and 1941, 1932 Atlantic Cod 1 c. green in blocks of four with varieties; imperf. horizontally between and shifted horizontal perf, also 1937 Additional Coronation Issue, the compl. set of eleven in single plate proofs on cardboard, the 3 c. value in two shades. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image)
Opening CHF 1,800.00
Sold...CHF 1,800.00
Closed..Jan-27-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 1800
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1544
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1865/1949: Atlantic cod 2 c. bluish green rouletted single stamp and a block of four as well as two prrof bloks of four by the American Bank note Company resp. by Waterlow and Sons, in addition five FDC's and commericial envelopes. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image)
Opening CHF 360.00
Sold...CHF 550.00
Closed..Jan-27-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 550
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1545
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1921/42: Lot nine airmail covers, incl. 35c "AIR MAIL N.S. Halifax 1921"with period after 1921 (Scott C3b), tied by "St. Johns Nfld/Nov 24,1921" and backstamped "Halifax, N.S./Feb 4 1922", further first flight cover 'AIR POST St. Anthony' tied by "St. Johns Nfld/Feb 26,1921" as well as seven later First Flight-usages (1939/42).rn (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image 4)(Image)
Opening CHF 260.00
Sold...CHF 280.00
Closed..Jan-27-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 280
Nova Scotia
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 5434
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1851/60: 3 d. deep blue on bluish, a fine and fresh example with good to enormous margins, boldly tied by 'Bars in Oval' obliterator to cover to Annapolis Royal. Reverse with "YARMOUTH N.S. MY 24 1852" despatch cds in red as well as arrival cds in black of the next day. A fine item, opinion Holcombe (1996). (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image)
Opening CHF 200.00
Sold...CHF 300.00
Closed..Jan-25-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 5435
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1851/60: 3 d. bright blue on bluish, a fine and fresh example with good to large margins, lightly tied by 'Bars in Oval' obliterator to envelope from North-Sydney to Antigonish, "Ship Letter" handstamp alongside. Reverse with "NORTH-SYDNEY OB MY 29 1857" despatch cds as well as arrival cds in black (June 2, 1857). Vertical fold, nevertheless a fine Shipmail item within Nova Scotia. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
Opening CHF 150.00
Sold...CHF 1,200.00
Closed..Jan-25-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 1200
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 5436
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1851/60: 6 d. yellow-green, the lower half of a bisected adhesive, a fine and fresh example with good to large margins in rich colour, boldly tied by 'Bars in Oval' obliterator in black to 1860 envelope from Digby to Bridgetown. Reverse with DIGBY despatch (July 26, 1860) cds as well as arrival cds, both in black. Cover with wear and tear, somewhat defective at the reverse, nevertheless a very scarce usage. Signed Roumet; cert. Bloch/Friedl (1978). Gi = £ 3'250. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image)
