Sale No: 49
Lot No:905
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Stockbook with Useful Mint and Used Back of the Book, noting several Officials (4 and 5 hole perfins, G and O.H.M.S. overprints) with mint and used, blocks of four, plate blocks, etc., followed by pages of mint and used Special Delivery, Airmail, Officially Sealed, Registration, Postage Dues, etc. There are many NH throughout, with many high catalogue items, and the group is overall fine to very fine, with a high catalogue value. All pages scanned online. (Image)
Estimate $ 400
Opening C$ 400.00
Sold...C$ 400.00
Closed..Mar-02-2024, 11:29:16 EST
Sold For 400
Sale No: 49
Lot No:906
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Cat No:Collections
Mint and Used Back of the Book Collection in a Lighthouse Album, starts with a mint, then a used collection of Postage Dues (over 80% complete, with extras, including blocks of four), followed by a mint, then a used Registration stamp collection (with shades for both, including two mint 8c stamps). Then there is a complete mint, and close to complete used collection of Special Delivery (with three extra mint E1 stamps with shades), mint OX1, OC3, OX4, followed by 16 first flight or airmail covers from the 1930s. The War Tax stamps are present also in mint (12 different stamps) and used (29 stamps plus a cover), the O.H.M.S. and G overprinted Officials are complete in mint and only missing a few less expensive G overprints in used (also includes extras such as blocks and plate blocks) and the O.H.M.S. perfins are present with 32 used stamps (plus some private perfins). There is also a valuable Semi-Official Airmail section consisting of 21 singles, a pair and two blocks of four of various issues, plus 3 covers. Last but not least are two pages of British Columbia courier stamps (x18 diff.) and 13 pages of stationery cut squares. Nice overall quality, the mint have not all been checked but we did see some NH. Online photos only show a small portion of the collection. (Image)