Mint Never Hinged Federal Revenues on Stock Sheets, with 36 different Postal Note and Scrip stamps all three issues (almost complete), cat $365. Also includes a group of various "large size" revenues with Weights and Measures (11 diff. $77), Electricity and Gas (9 diff. $53) and Supreme Court (5 diff. $152). A nice fresh group. (Image)

van Dam $ 647

Small Group of Mint Revenues, with #s FWT9 (lightly hinged), FX123 (hinged pair), FG19 (never hinged), QP2 (a lovely never hinged block of four, with a natural gum skip, very fine) and QP3 (a lower sheet margin block of four, never hinged but with a bit of sulphuretting, especially at right). (Image)

van Dam $ 430

Group of Canada Customs Duty Stamps on Cover, with two issues of a USA "Hoofs and Horns" mailed from Arizona to Alberta, very fine and fresh, each having a 1c Customs stamp and a 1/4c Excise stamp. Also four large covers from the Rosicrucian Digest in California to Saskatchewan (all 2c printed matter rates), each with a 2c Customs stamp, a 1/4c and a ½c Excise stamp. A very fine group of difficult to acquire material, especially this nice. (Image)

Est $ 100

1864 8c blue Queen Victoria First Bill Issue, a complete sheet of 100, with EIGHT CENTS counter in margin at top right, and includes the "feather in bun" variety in position 29. Unused (no gum), with vertical creases up the first and second columns (not breaking the paper fibers and could be pressed-out for display). Also some separation, mostly at left, still a scarce complete sheet. Rsv. (Image)

van Dam $ 2,000

1868 2c brown Third Bill Issue, a mint block of eight, showing the Widow Weeds portrait of Queen Victoria. a scarce multiple, well centered with middle two stamps on top row hinged, rest are never hinged. A few trivial natural gum bends still a lovely and rare multiple of the 2c brown. (Image)

van Dam $ 1,045

1918 Dominion of Canada Thrift Card with Stamps, the card has seven 25c War Savings stamps, and space for 16 total. The promise was that if you filled the card with $4 worth of stamps, you had a remittance of $5 on January 1, 1924. The stamps alone catalogue $490 in van Dam and he notes that documents are very scarce. Aging and creases (stamps are fine), still an uncommon item. (Image)

Est $ 100

1919 $5 green War Savings Stamp on Certificate, the very fine appearing stamp (fault at bottom left) is tied to a folded "Dominion of Canada War-Savings Certificate" by a Trochu Alberta c.d.s. dated DEC.4.1919. The document, once owned by Frederick A. Hess has space for 10 stamps and shows a lavishly illustrated beaver in wreath with slogan "Work, Save, Fight for Canada". One of the three double-sided pages is detached and all pages have small faults, and all have a heart-shaped tear. There is a small newspaper ad pinned to the detached page, which appears to be an old ad from Bileski offering $50 for undamaged copies of this stamp way back when. A rare document. (Image)

Est $ 500

Group of 1940-41 War Savings Stamps, a 25c blue pane of 8 with white gum ($300, not counting premium for 4 NH stamps), two 25c blue singles with yellow gum, two documents with 25c carmine issues, plus a selection of 12 carmine singles and three carmine pairs, including four FWS6 (Spitfire). Mix of unused, mint and mint never hinged. (Image)

van Dam $ 663

English War Savings Stationery Form with Stamps, containing 15x 25c red stamps plus a 25c blue (FWS5) in an unusual combination. Complete document, but unfilled by owner still scarce. (Image)

Est $ 100

French War Savings Stationery Form with Stamps, containing 12x 25c stamps (some glued-on with residue) from FWS6 to FWS14. This is a folding pre-addressed form envelope, meant to be filled with stamps and mailed-in to the War Savings Department in Ottawa. It was obtained from the "Julius Kayser & Co. Limited" in Sherbrooke Qué. The form is filled with useful information, rate tables, etc. A rare French document and the first we have handled. (Image)

Est $ 100

1943 War Savings Record Ledger Purchase Form, bearing 16x 25c War Savings stamps (variety of issues), used in Penoka, Alberta. (Image)

van Dam $ 212

1920 2c brown Admiral War Tax, an unused (no gum) lower left corner block of four, with full Type B lathework at left. Very fine and scarce. Rsv. (Image)

Est $ 150

Collection of Mint Never Hinged Excise Tax Stamps, with 33 different stamps, plus another four duplicates. All but one stamp (FX87) are mint never hinged. A scarcely offered group, especially never hinged. (Image)

van Dam $ 790

1915 7c brown Admiral Excise Tax, a used left marginal block of four, with strong inverted Type B lathework in the left selvedge, rare and very fine. Rsv. (Image)

Est $ 250

1915 70c olive green Admiral Excise Tax, a used left marginal single, with strong lathework in the left selvedge, rare and fine. Rsv. (Image)

Est $ 250

1915 90c brown Admiral Excise Tax, a used left marginal single, with strong Type C lathework in the left selvedge, rare and fine. Unlisted in Zaluski. Rsv. (Image)

Est $ 150

1915 $2 green Admiral Excise Tax, a used upper right corner block of 12, with strong Type B Lathework along the left selvedge. Light crease on three stamps does not detract from this rare lathework piece, very fine. Rsv. (Image)

Est $ 300

1916-23 1/5c on 7c brown Admiral Excise Tax Surcharge, a mint never hinged left marginal block of four, with full Type B (inverted) lathework, very fine. Rsv. (Image)

Est $ 250

Collection of 65 Different Bell Telephone Company Franks, from 1911 to 1959. All are ungummed except for two which are cancelled. Overall fine lot. (Image)

van Dam $ 668

1900 Canadian Pacific Railways Booklet, contains seven mint never hinged panes of 4, plus inter-leaving, but has one stamp missing on the first pane. A very clean booklet, with a few accounting pen numbers on both covers plus a little soiling on back, still rarely seen and very fine. Catalogue value is for six booklet panes plus three singles. Rsv. (Image)

van Dam $ 1,170

1913 Canadian Pacific Railways Booklet, containing five complete panes of 4 stamps, all printed on the much rarer thin paper, fresh and very fine. Catalogue value is for panes only. A very rare booklet. Rsv. (Image)

van Dam $ 12,000

Collection of Revenues and Cinderellas, with 35 pages filled with mostly revenues but also some interesting labels. Noted 21 Saskatchewan law stamps on certificates, Saskatchewan Power Commission revenues (owner paid $130 for these in 2007), over 20 attractive long strip cigarette revenues and many more standard cigarette issues, a 1981 sheet of red deer convention labels commemorating Louis Riel and much more. See our many scans online for an idea. A nice lot with unusual items. (Image)

Est $ 150