NEW BRUNSWICK STEAMSHIP PROOFS - 12½¢ Steamship, a lovely lot of four trade sample proofs on wove paper in different colours -- grey, light purple, deep magenta and pink, a rarely seen group, VF (Scott #10) (Image)

Cat. Value 800 $

NEW BRUNSWICK STEAMSHIP PROOFS - 12½¢ Steamship, a lovely lot of three trade sample proofs on wove paper in different colours -- very pale grey, red lilac and grey violet, each with minor thin as often seen on these, rarely seen, VF (Scott #10) (Image)

Cat. Value 600 $

NOVA SCOTIA STAMPLESS TO THE U.K. - Folded letter datelined Sept. 1, 1840 mailed from Halifax to London, rated 1/- with light Halifax postmark in black on front, and red London Sept. 15 receiver on reverse, a scarcer early date, F-VF (Image)

Estimate 125 $

NEW BRUNSWICK STAMPLESS COVER - Folded lettersheet mailed May 12, 1846 from St. George, New Brunswick to Edinburgh, Scotland, rated "1/2" and showing clear St. George NB dispatch in blue, Saint John May 13 rimless transit backstamps, May 30 arrival postmark. British 1p red brown [OH] affixed and pen cancelled, likely paying a local delivery fee. Without doubt this is one of the very earliest New Brunswick covers bearing a postage stamp, F-VF (Image)

Estimate 1000 $

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND PROOFS - 6p Queen Victoria, the collection of reprint die proofs in eight different colours, a beautiful lot, VF+ (Image)

Cat. Value 240 $

NOVA SCOTIA COVER WITH 'UNCLAIMED' MARKING - 10¢ Queen Victoria tied by grid cancel to Feb. 11, 1867 cover from Halifax to New York, BOSTON BR. PKT. transit, backstamped with straight-line UNCLAIMED marking and Brooklyn April 4 postmark, F-VF (Scott #12) (Image)

Estimate 175 $

PROVINCES USED COLLECTION - A used collection on album pages some stamps with flaws but much is F-VF, we note Nova Scotia #2 and 4, PEI #7-8, Newfoundland #18, 20, 24, 27, 33,37-40, 59, 61-71, 78-86, 101, 120-121, 123-126, 131-143, 183-199, 218-219, 224, 226-252, C6-C7, etc., (Image)

Estimate 500 $

PROVINCES MINT COLLECTION - An extensive lot in a black paged stockbook, starts with Nova Scotia #8-13 unused plus three proofs, New Brunswick #6-11, PEI #5-6 and 9-16, Newfoundland #20, 24, 28, 30-32, 32A, 46-52, 59, 61-74, 78-85, 93, 95, 111-114, 115-126, 138, 198, 233-243, C2a,etc., plus other odds and ends, mixed condition but much is F-VF, a useful lot C6-C7, C13-C14, J1-J7, (Image)

Estimate 600 $

NEW BRUNSWICK STAMPLESS - Folded stampless letter from St. John May, 21, 1845 with clear backstamp postmark, blue St. Andrews transit (22nd) crossing the border at Robbinston, Maine and sent to Boston, rated 18¾ in black, VF (Image)

Estimate 125 $

NEW BRUNSWICK STAMPLESS COVER - Folded stampless letter from St. John Mar. 3, 1846 with large black postmark, faint blue St. Andrews transit (4th) crossing the border at Robbinston, Maine with red postmark on front and sent to Boston, rated 12½ in black, VF (Image)

Estimate 100 $

NOVA SCOTIA PENCE COVER - Orange cover franked with a 3 pence blue in an unusual deep shade on blued paper, tied by oval bars cancel, sent Mar. 13, 1858 from Wilmot to Halifax, stamp is fresh with clear to huge margins, cover wrinkling but a nice item, Fine, ex Sandy Clarke (Scott #2var)

Estimate 175 $

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND FORGERY - 4¢ Green (Scott #14) lower half sheet of 50 of the seldom seen lithographed 'BIRMINGHAM' FORGERY, some usual flaws and selvedge missing, quite likely the largest remaining multiple, F-VF Gratton catalogue value is $5,000.00 F (Image)

Estimate 750 $