1860s-1950 collection on leaves with Large Queens 1c red-brown used, 1c orange-yellow unused (toned perf) & used x2, 5c olive used x2, 6c brown used x4, 12½c blue used x3, 15c grey *, 15c dull-purple *, 20c orange used x2 and 50c blue * & used, Small Queens 3c orange with partial Double Perforations *, 5c olive & 6c brown both unused and 8c purple * plus 10c magenta single & 10c lilac-pink strip of 3 used, 1897 Jubilee to $1 * plus $2 used (parcel cancel), then reasonably complete and predominantly mint from 1897 Maple Leaves (6c 8c & 10c used), 1898 QV Numerals  (6c & 8c used), Quebec Tercentenary set, 1915 'WAR/TAX' overprints 50c * (aged gum), KGV Coil Stamps Perf 12xImperf 2c red & 2c green and 1926 Surcharges (both), 1928-29 set with 50c 'Bluenose' & $1 Parliament, 1930-31 set, 1932 set plus coils, 1935 Jubilee & Pictorials, 1937 KGVI Pictorials, 1942 Admiral Pictorials, 1947 Peace & 1949-50 Wilding Pictorials sets, etc, also Registration Stamps 2c 5c & 8c *, Special Delivery 10c green & 20c orange *, a few Postage Dues & Revenues, generally fine to very fine, Cat £12,000+.  (300+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,500

Massive accumulation in thirteen archive boxes of mint, used, FDCs, commercial covers, stationery, commemorative covers and cancels, booklets, revenues, postage dues, remnants from Canada, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia etc, noted are two 50c 'Bluenose' used along with plenty of pickings in various grades, plus plenty to plough through for postmarks and fine used examples with postage scattered throughout. Weighs 136kg.  (10,000s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1939 Definitives Imprint/Plate Number blocks with Prominent Cracks through the Imprints comprising 1c green Plate No 20 (extensive crack),  4c carmine Plate No 31 (extensive crack) & Plate No 32 (early state), and 1949 3c purple Plate No 4 (large crack), all unmounted.    (16)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$120

PROVINCES: Selection on leaves including British Columbia 1865 Crown 3d blue unused and 1868-71 New Currency Surcharges 'TWO CENTS' on 2d brown * & '5 CENTS 5' on 3d pale red used, New Brunswick 1851 Crown 3d dull red imperf (close margins; repaired tear; Cat £400 not included below), 1860-63 New Currency set with extra shades noted 1c * x3, 10c * & 12c used, plus 2c imperforate plate proof pair in green, Nova Scotia 1851 Crown 3d blue & 1/- purple used (both 3 margins with faults/repairs; Cat £4000+ not included below), 1860-63 New Currency range noted 12½c black block of 4 *, plus imperforate plate proofs x16 in various colours including two 8½c pairs and a 12½c single overprinted 'SPECIMEN', etc, and Prince Edward Island 1862-69 4d black & 6d green, 1870 4½d (3d stg) brown and 1872 New Currency 1c 2c (thin) 3c 4c 6c & 12c all unused/*, some with hinge remainders otherwise generally fine to very fine, Cat £1750+ (not including proofs or faulty items noted above).  (58) (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

COLONY OF CANADA: 1851-57 Imperfs ½d rose x3 (one with very fine Numeral '27'; another just clipped at upper-left), 3d red x5 (two with design just touched; another cut-into), 6d grey, 7½d green x2 (one with a tiny closed tear in the right margin only not intruding into the design; the other just clipped at lower-left) & 10d blue (just cut-into at lower-left), 1859-64 New Currency Perf 12 1c rose x2, 2c rose x2, 5c red x3, 10c purple, 10c brown, 12½c green x3 & 17c blue, condition a little variable with a few minor thins or perf faults but generally fine and the imperfs with full margins except as noted, Cat £14,500+ minimum.  (24) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

NEWFOUNDLAND: 1850s-1940s predominantly mint collection on leaves from 1857-64 Imperfs 1c brown x2 (one unused), 3c green x2 & 5c brown, then 1865-79 range including 1c purple x3 (one Rouletted), 2c green Perf 12 & Rouletted, 5c blue Rouletted (minor aging), 13c orange & 24c blue unused/* plus 5c Seal & 10c Prince used and 1880-82 set (3c & 5c used), 1887-96 simplified set (ex 12c), 1897 Anniversary & Royal Family sets, 1910 Pictorials plus 1911 Recess Printings, 1911 Coronation, 1919 Caribou, 1920 Surcharges, 1923 Pictorials, 1928 Publicity, 1933 Airs, 1933 Gilbert, also 1937 Coronation & 1941 Pictorials sets mounted, etc, some with hinge remainders otherwise generally fine to very fine except as noted, Cat £5700+.  (220+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,200

NEWFOUNDLAND: 1919 Newfoundland Contingent (Caribou) 1c to 36c SG 130-141 plus shades of the 2c 3c & 4c, and 1928-29 Publicity Issue 1c to 30c SG 164-178, lightly to very lightly mounted, Cat £415,  (30)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

NOVA SCOTIA: 1851-60 3d blue SG 2-4 group, one in a distinctive steel-blue shade, all with full margins & one a very large stamp, each signed "Giulio Bolaffi", Cat £720 minimum. Two with photocopies of  Giulio Bolaffi Certificates (1968 & 1976) as SG 2 & 3. (4) 

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

NOVA SCOTIA: 1851-60 6c yellow-green SG 5, margins close to good, light bars cancel, Cat £750.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1906 (July 3) registered cover to Massachusetts with ½d Post Office x3 & Thick 'POSTAGE' 9d rosy lake tied by largely legible 'PT DARWIN/S-A' squared-circle, reverse with transits of Sydney (JY21/06) & San Franisco (AUG/14/1906), terrific 'REGISTERED/AUG 20 1906/NEWTON STATION/NEWTON CENTER, MASS' datestamp on the face, forwarded to "New Hampshire with 'WILTON NH/AUSG/21/1906/REC'D' arrival backstamp, light vertical fold at left. The 9d is very scarce on cover, & is unpriced thus in the ACSC. 

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1881 (July) cover-size piece being the entire address label for a packet endorsed "parcel only/from/A Johns/ Palmerston" at upper-left, to England with Perkins Bacon Perf 11½-12½ 1/- red-brown tied by one of two light strikes of the 'PORT DARWIN/JY--/81/NT' cds, sans serif curved 'REGISTERED/No ("175")' handstamp, oval 'REGISTERED/25--81/LONDON' arrival datestamp in red on the face, minor blemishes & soiling. The rate was 8d for a packet weighing between 6 & 8oz, sent via the Long Sea Route or via San Francisco, plus 4d registration fee. A remarkable and early item from the Territory. Ex Don Pearce.  

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

1873 cover to Lancashire "Via Brindisi" with De La Rue Perf 10 single & pair tied by three good to very fine strikes of the rare 'NORTHERN TERY/AP17/73/S.A' cds, 'SHIP- LETTER/PAID/JY28/73/LONDON' cds in red on the face & Manhester arrival backstamp of the same day, faults on the reverse & minor soiling. BPA Certificate (2023). One of the very best early covers from the Northern Territory. Sold at our auction of 15.5.2004 for $5600. [Darwin's literate population at this time was probably fewer than 100. Even 40 years later, the total white popluation was only 1100. Heaton Mersey was an industrial town that developed into an affluent suburb of Manchaster]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$6,000

1911 usage of Queensland PPC with message headed "Near Port Darwin/Feb 16th", to NSW with Queensland 1d tied by 'PT DARWIN/FE16/11/SA' squared-circle. Scarce shipboard posting.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

REGISTRATION LABELS: Handy collection mostly different including from many smaller settlements, red/white 'CHARLOTTE WATERS/S AUS' & 'ALICE SPRINGS/S AUS', red & black/white 'DALY WATERS', then mostly blue/white 'R.6' patterns including many wrongly inscribed 'SOUTH AUSTRALIA' or similar, 'TEA TREE WELL' (error for Ti Tree Well), 'PARAP/NT' with 'PARAP' cds, a few military, etc, generally fine to very fine. A scarce lot. Ex Don Pearce.   (100+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$250