1857 6½d SCARLET-VERMILION IMPERF. with large to very large margins, unused and hinged. Rare. SG £4500 (Image)

1860 VALUES GROUP - 1d Brown-Purple (unused) & 8d Scarlet-Vermilion mint and 1860 3d mint (3 - inc. a pair) & 5d mint. All fine with good to large margins. SG £1030 (6) (Image)

1862-64 MINT FOUR-MARGINED GROUP with 1d Chocolate-Brown, 2d Rose-Lilac, 6d Rose-Lake block of four, 6½d Rose-Lake, 8d Rose-Lake & 1/- Rose-Lake (2 - one marginal). Fine. SG £1170 (11) (Image)

INCOMING PRINTED MATTER FROM BRAZIL; May 1862 printed prices EL datelined at Pernambuco and endorsed 'Circular Only' to Harbour Grace with Philadelphia d.s. and "SHIP" h.s. on front but without any rate marks. Highly unusual destination/origin. Cross Reference: BRAZIL, PRINTED MATTER BY POST (Image)

MAIL TO EUROPE 1893-99: a group of cards & covers to various European countries with a range of rates on written-up pages inc. 1896 to Germany "per Book Post" ms on a 3c postal stationery env. nicely tied and with a v. fine St. John's duplex adjacent, an 1897 Single Letter Rate with a 5c stamp to Denmark and similar 1895 to Germany, plus others for Newspaper rate, Printed Matter rate, and Postcard rate to Bohemia, Montenegro, Holland, and France. All in fine condition with mainly fine postmarks. (9) Cross Reference: POSTAL STATIONERY (Image)

DOMESTIC COLONIAL MAIL 1895 & 1897: 4 neat covers consisting of an 1897 single drop rate env. with a 1c on 3c Provisional stamp tied by a Bonavista cds and similar postmarked from Channel, an 1895 double rated 6c env. from Port de Garve to St. John's with Bay Roberts & an indistinct Railway TPO on reverse, and an 1897 single Registered rate (6c) env. from Freshwater to St. John's with Carbonear and mainly fine Railway TPO on reverse. Some edge tears & stains but mainly fine. All on written-up pages. Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL (Image)

1896/98 REISSUES mint group with ½c, 1c (3 inc. both colours), 2c, 3c (2 - both colours) and 1897 1c-60c complete set mint. Majority fine. SG £930 (21) (Image)

MAIL TO U.S.A. 1896-1899: 2 very neat uprated 5c postal stationery envs. rated Single Registered Letter 10c from St. John's - 1896 to Boston and 1898 to Syracuse with clear cds, plus a plain 1899 env. rated 1c for Printed Matter Rate with a faint St. John's cds. All on written-up pages. Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, POSTAL STATIONERY (Image)

RPO POSTMARK COLLECTION: 1898-1960 range of 15 covers mounted on display pages (with full descriptions of routes & rates) with mainly fine strikes inc. a 1919 env. to the USA franked with a 'NOTRE DAME BAY TPO' (RF500* rating), a 1919 env. to the USA with a 'NEWF'D RAILWAY - P.O.' (RF500*), a 1905 env. to the USA with a variety of backstamps inc. 'PLACENTIA BAY T.P.O.' and 'N'F'L'D RAILWAY T.P.O.' as well as St. John's & Brooklyn transit/receiver marks, and others such as 'N.N.&W. RAILWAY T.P.O.', 'LEW & SHOE COVE / T.P.O.', 'LABRADOR / T.P.O.', etc. A fine & varied lot. (Image)

1943 7c AIRMAIL - stamp-sized proof in ultramarine (SG 291/CW A1) affixed to card (77 x 64mm) with pencil notes; 'Feb 1943 - #16479' at top and (Die number) 'XG3892' at side. Rare. Cross Reference: PROOFS & ESSAYS, AIRMAILS (Image)