20c Foreign Registration Uprated Stationery Cover to Germany, franked by 5c pale blue and 12c pale red brown on 3c stationery envelope, tied by circular grid cancels from St. John’s (MAR.10.1891 c.d.s.) to triple weight registered (15c rate + 5c registration) cover to Leipzig, Germany through London. Vertical light folds, still an appealing cover. (Image)

Est $ 300

½c Deep Orange Red Pairs Uprating a 3c Stationery Cover, stamps tied by circular grids to 3c EN1 envelope from St. John’s (APR.12.1893) paying 5c Canadian letter rate to Halifax (APR.6 receiver). A small part of back flap missing, still very fine. (Image)

Est $ 150

Group of Five Uprated 3c Stationery Envelopes, with 1903 uprated by 3c, written "Registered" but mailed to Germany regular because 4c short; 1902 uprated by 2c to Hungary; 1908 uprated by 5c St John's to Germany (either paying the 8c double rate, or over paying the 5c rate by using a stamp that was the same colour as the printed stamp); 1912 uprated by 10c mailed registered from St John's to Boston; and 1915 uprated by 4c mailed registered Island Cove to New York City. An overall very fine group. (Image)

Est $ 500

1895 Uprated 3c Stationery Envelope Registered to England, then Germany, mailed registered from St John's (OCT.10.1895 squared circle precursor) to Farnham, England (OCT.29) through "Glasgow & Carlisle / Sorting Tender" c.d.s. then re-addressed to Berlin, Germany by affixing a 2½d Queen Victoria, tied by Farnham squared circle, with German receiver and London registration transit. The envelope is uprated with a ½c and a 24c stamp plus a stationery cut-out, for a total of 29½c. Insignificant small stains on back, still very fine and colourful. (Image)

Est $ 150

1899 Uprated Registered 5c Stationery Envelope to Germany, mailed from St John's (SEP.1.1899 oval registration datestamp) to Altendorf, Germany (SEP.13 receiver) through Glasgow (SEP.10 oval registration datestamp) and endorsed "Per S.S. Assyrian". The 5c cover is uprated with 3 different shades of the 3c slate Queen Victoria plus two different ½c stamps totaling 15c (10c plus 5c registration). A pretty cover, with hand-drawn REGISTERED number box, etc., with some toning on the stamps, else very fine. (Image)

Est $ 200

1903 3c Uprated Stationery Cover Registered to Trinidad, British West Indies, uprated by a 2c orange KEVII and mailed registered from Bonavista on JAN.10.1903 (broken circle free strike) to Port of Spain, Trinidad with no receivers, but went through Halifax (JAN.23) and New York (JAN.27) where it received a registration label. Tears and overall aging, still a very rare destination from Newfoundland. (Image)

Est $ 150

Group of Three Different Rates 1895 Uprated Stationery Envelopes, first is a 3c EN2 uprated with a 2c red orange Cod to Switzerland (Zurich receiver and Glasgow packet letter transit), second is a 3c EN2 uprated 2c red orange Cod and 1c Prince of Wales registered Brigus to St John's, with railway T.P.O. and St John's squared circle precursor backstamps, third is a 5c EN3 uprated by a pair of 1c Prince of Wales and a 3c Queen Victoria from St John's to Leipzig Germany (receiver on back plus two different oval London datestamps on front). An attractive and very fine trio. (Image)

Est $ 300

Group of Four Stationery Covers Mailed Overseas, an EN2 3c cover mailed Placentia (OCT.9.1902) to St Pierre & Miquelon (with TPO on back, probably mailed at a friendly rate and took 20 days to get there); two EN3 5c covers mailed 1909 (St John's duplex) to Austria and 1902 (Trinity broken circle) to Germany (both with receivers, one to Germany also has a Glasgow transit); and an EN4 5c registered 1896 cover to Germany (with London hooded registration datestamp and German receiver on back). A very fine and interesting group. (Image)

Est $ 350

Group of Four Uprated 5c Stationery Envelopes to Foreign Destinations, 1900 registered to Halifax, uprated by 4c to pay the double weight registered rate, with book seller advertising on back; 1898 registered to Lincoln England, uprated by a total of 5c; 1898 registered to Leipzig Germany, uprated by 5c; and 1901 registered to Cleveland Ohio, uprated by 10c paying the double weight rate. A good variety of different stamps and postmarks, overall very fine. (Image)

Est $ 200

1895 Uprated 5c Stationery Envelope Registered to England, then Germany, mailed registered from St John's (OCT.10.1895 squared circle precursor) to Farnham, England (OCT.29) through "Glasgow & Carlisle / Sorting Tender" c.d.s. then re-addressed to Berlin, Germany by affixing a 2½d Queen Victoria, tied by Farnham squared circle, with German receiver and London registration transit. The envelope is uprated with a ½c, 1c, 5c, plus a stationery cut-out, for a total of 13½c. Open on three sides for display, very fine and colourful, ex. Baron. (Image)

Est $ 150

10c Black Schooner Uprating a Double Weight Registered Stationery Cover to Switzerland, tied by circular grids to 5c stationery envelope (N. Ohman stamp dealer handstamp on back) from St. John’s (scarce oval registration marking dated OCT.21.1893) through London. Berne receiver backstamp (NOV.2). Very fine. (Image)

Est $ 350

1873 1c Post Card Hand Drawn Copy, drawn in a greenish ink on a thick card, with notation on back reading "Copy of the design of the Newfoundland Post card (without the groundwork) by W. G. McMillan, London" and gives his address at "104 Jermyn St. London S.W.". Unfortunately the item is undated, but we assume it must date from late in the nineteenth century. Very fine, and a very interesting collateral item for the Newfoundland collector. (Image)

Est $ 200

1875 and 1876 Inland Use 1c Post Cards, first mailed St John's (faint red DEC.29.1875 despatch) to Harbour Grace (DEC.30 receiver on front) with distinctive cork cancel. Second (with fancy Commercial Bank of Newfoundland printed back) mailed St John's (DEC.27.1876 red broken circle) to Harbour Grace (part receiver) with TOO LATE handstamp which would have been used within a half hour before the mail's closing time. Small stains on both cards, still scarce early uses. (Image)

Webb $ 650

1874 and 1879 Inland Use 1c Post Cards, first mailed to and from St John's (faint red paid despatch) datelined on back "July 31 / 74" requesting the addressee to show up for a cricket game on the "Quidi Vidi Ground", with distinctive cork cancel. Second mailed from Brigus (OCT.21.1879) to Harbour Grace (part receiver on front), with a message relating to a visit from the Bishop. A very fine pair of pre-1880 use P1 cards. (Image)

Webb $ 650

Three P1 1c Stationery Cards, 1883 to 1930, first mailed St John's to Harbour Grace JUN.15.1883 with two postmarks applied on the Coastal North Mail Boat; second mailed Humbermouth (JUL.5.1911) to Massachusetts, uprated with a 2c stamp when a 1c would have been sufficient (card is datelined at Bay of Islands); third mailed from St John's (MAY.16.1930 slogan machine) to Charlotte, North Carolina, uprated with a 1c stamp. This card was mailed from stamp dealer Frank F. Wills noting that "this card is for your collection - a real old timer!". Very fine trio. (Image)

Est $ 150

1873 1c Post Card Plate Proof in Red Brown, printed on card, rarely offered and very fine. (Image)

Webb $ 500

1873 1c Post Card Plate Proof in Orange, printed on card, rarely offered and very fine. (Image)

Webb $ 500

Two Early Uses of the 1879 2c UPU Stationery Card, first mailed from St John's on JUL.24.1879 (broken circle) to Battersea, London, England, with a very nice fancy leaf cork cancel, with note on back amusingly reading "No time to write, accept congratulations". The earliest recorded date for this card is only one day before this one, on JUL.23.1879. Second card was mailed from St John's on APR.19.1897 (c.d.s.) to Leipzig, Germany (receiver on front) with a short note reading "Cohs will follow shortly". Both cards are fresh with bright colours and very fine. (Image)

Webb $ 600

Collection of Eight Interesting P3 Stationery Cards, 1883 to 1903, starts off with an 1883 uprated pre-printed card to New Brunswick; an 1896 card from Musgrave Harbour to St John's with Halls Bay R.T.P.O. No.1 on back (owner notes No. 1 was not listed at the time); an uprated 1898 card to London England (vertical crease), an 1898 uprated (with two ½c black Newfoundland Dog issues) card from Griguet (north of St Anthony) to Toronto Ontario; an uprated 1903 card to Mulhouse Germany, redirected to Wimereux, Pas de Calais in France; a 1903 card mailed to St John's with a very rare Traytown B Bay duplex (used for only a few months, this is the latest recorded date); a 1903 card mailed to Nova Scotia at the 1c rate (underpaid), with Main River crown intaglio mail bag seal postmark (datelined on back "Stephenville Crossing"); and an uprated 1903 card to Antigua, British West Indies (datelined St Jacques / Fortune Bay") with serious crease and staining. An overall fine or better group. (Image)

Est $ 250

July 13, 1892 2c UPU Stationery Card to Switzerland with Historical Content, mailed from St John's on JUL.13.1892 and addressed to Switzerland, re-directed twice within. The front shows several Swiss postmarks as well as a red Liverpool SHIP datestamp. The message was written days after the great fire of St John's which occurred on July 8th, and reads "The telegram will have told you of our terrible calamity. Two-thirds of the town were destroyed and five-sixths of the value. The fine buildings are gone - the slums are left. Father and I have nothing but a silver cigar case to remind us of our home. He has £160 in insurance on all his possessions - they were worth at least £500. I have £60 on insurance on at least £200 worth of things. I am well housed in the country with friends. Father is staying with the pilots who have secured a large part of one of the few remaining houses. Father.". A few light creases, still interesting. (Image)

Est $ 150

Collection of Six 2c Vermilion Stationery UPU Cards to Foreign Destinations, all mailed between 1883 and 1904 to France (x2), Montréal, Switzerland, Michigan United States and London England. A very nice group which shows a good variety of despatch, transit and arrival postmarks. A few have small or insignificant faults, still an overall very fine group. (Image)

Est $ 250

1904 2c UPU Stationery Card Mailed from Ramah, Labrador to London, England, then Germany, datelined "Rama" April 3, 1904 and addressed to London (AUG.12 c.d.s) through St John's (AUG.3 c.d.s.) then redirected to Germany (Strehlen AUG.14 receiver). There are also two interesting datestamps on front: "Labrador T.P.O. Newf'd" (JUL.28) and "U.S. Government / Despatch Agency / London / AUG.12" double oval in purple. Ramah, in northern Labrador was a Moravian mission established in 1871 and abandoned in 1908 due to supply ships having great difficulty with the ice in Ramah Bay. Probably the reason why there was a delay between when this card was written and when it entered the mails. Back has a lengthy neatly-written message in German. Very fine and rare. (Image)

Est $ 150

1889 Rare 2c on 1c Surcharged Stationery Post Card, mailed on MAY.15.1889 by Mr. Ohman to Levi and Salaman, in Bermingham England, asking them to send him "one doz. 9 carats sets rings". Postmarked "Late Office St John's / Newf'd" broken circle, which was used between 1886 and 1889, and there is a receiving datestamp from the addressees dated MAY.23. Mr Ohman's Jewelery Store was the designated "Late Office" in 1889 for mailing letters up to 15 minutes before ship departures. Only 700 P3 cards were revalued on May 14th, 1889 due to a shortage of the P4 2c UPU cards. Webb explains that "examples used May-July 1889 are valued at a minimum of $800". Two punch holes at top, still very fine and an extremely rare genuine use of this card. (Image)

Webb $ 800

1899 P6 UPU Reply Portion of Stationery Card from Northern Labrador to Germany, mailed from Hopedale (datelined Hoffenthal in German) Labrador, with Labrador T.P.O. AUG.5.1899 broken circle and addressed to someone at the Moravian School for Boys in Neuwied, Germany (SEP.1 receiver) through St John's (AUG.15 c.d.s. on back). Hopedale was home for Moravian missionaries from Germany and the Hopedale Mission is still standing today, is a National Historic Site, and is thought to be the oldest wooden-frame building in Canada standing east of Quebec. The message side has a lengthy message in German (would be interesting to read). Staining, still quite rare. Webb lists reply portions of P6 mailed at $500. (Image)

Est $ 150

Two P6 2c UPU Stationery Cards, first mailed from St John's OCT.29.1894 to England, actually written aboard the "S.S. Virginia Lake on the North East Coast of Newfoundland" (datelined), fine. Second card was mailed from St John's DEC.18.1895 to Germany, with Herrnhut receiver on front, and still has its reply portion still attached. Stained but scarce. (Image)

Est $ 150