1852/57, 6d, brownish-grey, on handcrafted white thin wove paper, fine to large margins, imperf, used, very scarce, fresh and desirable, cert. RPSL, XF! Schätzpreis 1.800€. (Image)

Estimate € 1800

1857, 7 1/2 d, yellow green, hand made wove paper, without gum, magnificently repaired - margins added, very representative and a desirable spacefiller of this great rarity, F! Schätzpreis 18.000€. (Image)

Estimate € 18000

1858, SP 6, rather small envelope from Toronto to London, endorsed BY CUNARD STEAMER at upper left, the 10 d, Cunard packet rate paid by 1852-57 7 1/2 d/deep yellow-green with three large margins, just touched at bottom, and 1852-57 3 d, brown-red BEAVER with four margins, each tied by individual barred diamond cancels, with Toronto/6,9 cds in black and London arrival mark in red/20,9 on face, the latter supplementarily tieing the 3 d, a delightful cover bearing bearing a UNIQUE franking for this rate, both values being imperforate, ex J, Rose and Wilkinson, cert BPA, SUP! Schätzpreis 20.000€. (Image)

Estimate € 20000

1851, 6 d, Prince Albert, imperforate plate proof in reddish lilac on India paper/produced c,1854-58 after the addition of marginal inscriptions to the sheet, block of 30/10 x 3 being three complete rows from a sheet with full Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson, New-York, imprint at each side, minor creasing and small scissor cut at foot, still a wonderful and highly attractive positional piece, Unitrade 2TC, XF-SUP! Schätzpreis 7.000€. (Image)

Estimate € 7000

1852-57, 10 d, bright blue Cartier on machine-made medium wove paper, good to big margins/except close at lower left corner, magnificent LPOG, slight crease at left, still fine appearance with lovely colour and impression, superior for this classic rarity, cert BPA, cat £ 16,000, XF-SUP! Schätzpreis 19.200€. (Image)

Estimate € 19200

1852-57, 10 c., Jacques Cartier, Trade Sample Sheet Proof in dull purple, large to huge margins, wove paper, no wmk, NG, two small ink manuscript marks at top left, a scarce and very fresh item, VF-XF! Schätzpreis 900€. (Image)

Estimate € 900

1852-7, 10 c., Jacques Cartier, Trade Sample Sheet Proof in pale yellow, top left corner piece with large to huge margins, wove paper, no wmk, NG, small thins are of no relevance, a scarce and fresh item, VF! Schätzpreis 900€. (Image)

Estimate € 900

1898, OHMS parcel piece/FROM THE/GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT, OTTAWA, CANADA, franked at 81c by 1868-90/Large Queen/15 c/slate-purple horizontal pair, 1870-90/1 c/bright yellow and 1893/Widows Weeds/50 c/blue, tied by several strikes of the fancy Crown in Circle cancel and three strikes of the OTTAWA ONT roller cancel, to Vienna, Austria, the piece reconstructed for presentation purposes/label and stamped piece joined, but very obviously forming a coherent whole with typical minor blemishes associated with the rigours of parcel post, an outstanding showpiece item of great rarity and interest, /N,B, the address panel is endorsed with the signature of G,M, Dawson, one of Canadas pre-eminent scientists, and director of the Geological Survey of Canada from 1895 until his death in 1901, the label is addressed to J, Dörfler, the famous Austrian botanist and plant collector and dealer, XF-SUP! Schätzpreis 3.000€. (Image)

Estimate € 3000