Large Stock of Iceland-Canada "Gimli" Christmas Imperforate Stamp Sheets, produced in 1918 by an immigrated Icelandic poet, painter, essayist, etc. Thorstein Th. Thorsteinsson, who lived in Gimli, Manitoba (where the consignor's parents also lived). Each sheet contains 18 stamps with Canadian (English) Christmas messages and another 18 stamps with Icelandic Christmas messages, for a total of 36 stamps. This lot contains fully gummed, imperforate sheets in the following colours and approximate quantities: blue (x14), green (x65), lilac brown (x104) and red (x roughly 450). Also includes one gummed and perforated sheet in green. Some sheets are partially stuck together and some have edge creases or folds, still the vast majority are fine to very fine. Listed in Lafrenière as No. cc4100, identified as "very uncommon" and valued at $80. per sheet. Accompanied by an article (in Icelandic, with translation) on the subject, originally published in "Grusk". (Image)

Estimate $ 200

Collection of Christmas Seals, Sheets and Covers, 1927 to 2021, with thousands of mostly mint stamps (singles, booklets, blocks, sheets) plus used on covers on album pages and black Vario sheets in three binders. The breadth and depth of coverage in this collection is above average, including some early precursors to the regular issues that began in 1927 in both English and French. The collection is complete in the period for singles and has an abundance of extra material including booklets (complete or panes only for 1938, 1939 and 1940) and progressive proofs (1941, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1963, 1979, 1990 and others), gift tags, and local and regional letters from the Tuberculosis societies, with which the seals arrived. The material is fine to very fine and has the makings of a future exhibit. There is duplication of many sheets, singles and multiples. This very clean, well-organized collection also includes two excellent references: The National Christmas Seals of Canada 1927-2008 (Beattie, Chung and Vogel) and Green's Catalog of Canadian Local and Provincial Tuberculosis Seals (Christmas Seal and Charity Stamp Society, Revised 2007). Our photos capture only a small portion of the collection, which would benefit from in-person viewing to appreciate the full contents. (Image)

Estimate $ 300