1860 2½p Bright Orange Rose, No Watermark, Imperforate Mint single of this difficult classic stamp, unusually surrounded by large margins, true bright colour associated with this particular imperforate, couple tiny ink spots on face, otherwise sound with large part dull, white original gum. An exceedingly scarce stamp with OG, VF OG (Unitrade $60,000) (Image)

Estimate 10000 $

Vancouver Island 1865 5c Rose, Watermark Crown CC, Imperforate A rare mint single, just into frame at foot, otherwise clear to large marins with portion of sheet margin at right, brilliant fresh colour and displaying the characteristic full, dull streaky original gum associated with the early De La Rue printings, barely perceptible hinging; small "J.SCHL" (Julius Schlesinger) backstamp. A lovely mint example of this British North America rarity, Fine VLH; 1998 & 2020 Greene Foundation certificates (Image)

Cat. Value 50000 $

Vancouver Island 1865 10c Blue, Watermark Crown CC, Imperforate An attractive, fresh unused single, well clear at left to very large margins on other sides showing portion of adjacent stamp at foot, from the top row of the sheet as top frame of the watermark is clearly visible, VF (Image)

Cat. Value 3000 $

1865-1867 3p Bright Blue, Perf 14 A choice mint block of six, exceptionally fresh and possessing full, dull streaky original gum, NEVER HINGED. A rare block to find in an excellent state of preservation, Fine+ NH (Unitrade cat. as hinged) (Image)

Cat. Value 1200 $

10c on 3p Lilac Rose, Perf 14 A brilliant mint single with intact perforations and remarkably full, dull streaky original gum; pencil signed by experts Bolaffi, Enzo Diena and A. Diena. A very nice stamp, Fine+ LH (Image)

Cat. Value 3600 $

1871 50c on 3p Violet, Perf 14 Mint single with typical centering for the issue, original gum is slightly toned but the stamp's colour is deep and fresh, Fine OG (Image)

Cat. Value 1800 $

$1 on 3p Green, Perf 14 An exceptionally choice mint single with bright colour, intact perforations well clear of the design on three sides, pristine fresh paper. This beautiful stamp displays remarkable attributes, as fresh as the day it was printed, VF LH (Image)

Cat. Value 3000 $

1869 5c on 3p Bright Red, Perf 12½ An attractive mint example of this challenging stamp, a few irregular perfs as often seen on the 1869 Issue, nevertheless unusually well centered and displaying superb colour and full clean white original gum, better than most we have seen, Fine LH (Image)

Cat. Value 4000 $

1869 10c on 3p Lilac Rose, Perf 12½ An unusually well centered mint single, a few uncleared perf discs typical of the 1869 Perf 12½ issue, large part OG lightly sweated; two guarantee backstamps, Fine and attractive (Image)

Cat. Value 2400 $

1869 25c on 3p Orange, Perf 12½ A premium mint single with superb deep colour, intact perforations and very well centered for this issue, large part OG, VF; 2015 Greene Foundation cert. (Image)

Cat. Value 1500 $

1869 25c on 3p Orange, Perf 12½ A nice mint single with superior centering, characteristic uncleared perf discs at top and large part OG, VF (Image)

Cat. Value 1500 $

1869 50c on 3p Violet, Perf 12½ A post office fresh mint single, quite well centered, a few uncleared perf discs characteristics of this notoriously difficult issue, exceptionally bright colour on fresh paper, F-VF LH; a beautiful stamp. 1999 Greene Foundation cert. (Image)

Cat. Value 2400 $

1869 50c on 3p Violet, Perf 12½ An appealing used single with an unusually clear, centrally struck grid '10' cancel of William's Creek (in the Interior of British Columbia mainland), Fine; 1980 RPSL cert. (Image)

Cat. Value 1000 $

1869 $1 on 3p Green, Perf 12½ An unused single with decent centering for the issue, a few uncleared perf discs and hint of soiling, Fine (Image)

Cat. Value 1800 $

1869 $1 on 3p Green, Perf 12½ A scarce used single with intact perforations and showing portion of a grid '35' cancel (Victoria) in black, Fine (Image)

Cat. Value 2200 $

Confederation Era: 1873 (circa.) Wells, Fargo & Co. "Victoria, Vancouver Island" printed frank in black on white envelope in unusually clean, fresh condition, franked with an early Montreal printing 3c bright orange perf 12 tied by unusually clear Wells, Fargo & Co. JUN 25 Victoria oval datestamp in violet, addressed to San Francisco with no backstamp as customary for mail to the US. A beautiful express company cover, seldom seen in such nice quality, VF (Unitrade 37)

Provenance: Frank Laycock, June 1980; Lot 282
George Hicks, November 1967; Lot 39 (Image)

Estimate 500 $

Confederation Era: Undated (circa. 1875) Wells, Fargo & Co. "Victoria, Vancouver Island" printed frank in black on white envelope, remarkably fresh condition mailed to San Francisco with a well centered 3c orange red, Montreal printing perf 11½x12, tied by Wells, Fargo & Co Victoria (undated) cancel in blue (R. Lowe HS-34 footnote; late usage) paying the newly reduced 3c letter rate (effective Feb. 1, 1875) to the US, VF (Unitrade 37iii) (Image)

Estimate 350 $

1860-1871 Mint / Used Selection Lot of 25 mint, unused and used stamps on a stockpage, also a 5c on 3p bright red, perf 14 on 1871 cover. Noted better such as 10c blue unused single and used pair; 1869 Perf 12½ 5c used (1979 RPSL cert.), 10c mint, unused and used, 50c used, $1 part OG, etc. Mixed condition including fine examples (Image)

Estimate 1500 $

Small Mint / Used Selection Includes #2 mint with toned gum and used with neat grid "1" (New Westminster) cancel; the key 1865 5c rose imperforate (#3) with faded colour but sound with adequate to large margins and grid "35" cancel in blue; clear 1939 RPSL cert., #5 unused with rich colour, #5-6 used with small perf flaws, #7 part OG, #9 OG and #11 unused. (Image)

Estimate 1000 $