1p, 6p & 1sh Queen Victoria and Heraldic Three different plate proof singles printed in black on thin white card, first two with margin at left, 1sh has faint toning mostly visible on back, VF (Image)

Cat. Value 1800 $

1890 1p, 3p, 6p & 1sh Pence Issues The official reprint set of four in blocks of six, printed on the distinctive thin hard wove paper and ungummed. Large multiples are rarely seen, VF (Image)

Cat. Value 3000 $

1857 (May 20) Folded cover from Parrsborough to Liverpool, England, bearing a clear to large margined 6p yellow green and a selected quality diagonally bisected 3p dark blue used to make up the 7½ pence rate to United Kingdom; light filing fold touching 6p, as do nearly all covers originating from the well-known Ratchford correspondence. Both stamps clearly tied by oval mute grid cancels; Parrsborough, Windsor and Halifax MY 20 transit backstamps, on obverse "tombstone" Liverpool Paid MY 31 1857 receiver in red. Unlisted in the Arfken & Firby census but it would be listed as the fourth earliest example of this franking to England, very scarce and most attractive, VF; clear 2013 Greene Foundation cert. (Unitrade 3a, 4; cat. $6,000) ex. R.V.C Carr (October 1988; Lot 701), J.J. Macdonald (October 2013; Lot 758) (Image)

Estimate 2500 $

1851 6p Yellow Green on Blue Wove Paper, Imperforate A scarce used example with full to mostly large margins, brilliant colour and light unobtrusive oval mute grid cancel. Much nicer than normally encountered, VF; pencil signed on reverse by experts Alberto Diena and Giulio Bolaffi, latter with his 1972 certificate; ex. Frederick Mayer (Image)

Cat. Value 1200 $

1864 (October 22) Blue folded cover from Cape Breton to Halifax, franked with 5 cent dark blue, clearly tied by "5c" within oval grid (Macdonald Type IVb) as customary from the Baddeck postmaster; couple aged file folds and minor soiling not affecting stamp or cancels. Baddeck dispatch and oval (Halifax) OC 25 arrival backstamps. A very scarce cover as J.J. Macdonald reported only five examples, this being the latest known date of usage, F-VF; 1980 RPSL cert. (Unitrade 10) ex. Stanley Cohen (October 1986; Lot 655), Sandy Clark (March 2011; Lot 131) (Image)

Estimate 400 $

1860 10c Queen Victoria Engraved Trial Colour Die Proof in black on india paper 28 x 34mm, brilliant and fresh, remarkably choice and rarely seen as such, XF (Minuse & Pratt 12TC1a) (Image)

Estimate 500 $

1866 (December 5) Cover endorsed "Per Steamer from New York" mailed from Windsor to San Francisco, California, bearing 5c blue and 10c vermilion tied by a smudged oval grid; some minor peripheral faults to cover, a very scarce 15 cent rate to California - only a few exist (mostly from the same correspondence and faulty). One of the nicer known examples of this rate, Fine (Unitrade 10, 12) ex. John Siverts (May 1989; Lot 224) (Image)

Estimate 750 $

1861 (October 22) Blue folded cover franked with a diagonally bisected 10c vermilion with large margins on the perforated sides, tied by light oval grid cancel paying the 5c rate from Sydney to Arichat, clear OC 22 double arch dispatch and mostly clear OC 24 receiver on back. Light central file fold away from the franking; a neat cover mailed within the island of Cape Breton, F-VF; 2010 Greene Foundation cert. (Unitrade 12b) (Image)

Cat. Value 1500 $

1860 12½c Queen Victoria Die proof in black, colour of issue, on india paper 41 x 40mm; couple light natural india creases likely natural, VF and scarce (Minuse & Pratt 13P2a) (Image)

Estimate 500 $

Remarkable Forgery Collection with In-Depth Study and Write-Up The Carl Walske collection - well-known student and author on worldwide forgeries; about 150 Pence issues on pages and stockpages, from crude and bogus coloured forgeries to very deceiving engraved forgeries. We note fourteen Panelli / Oneglia well-executed engraved forgeries, ten dangerous forgeries attributed to what Nicholas Argenti named "Forger A", a myriad of Spiro and other more crude forgeries; plus over 80 Cents issues majority from either Fournier or Spiro. Usual mixed condition but well-above average; a superior collection of its kind that has certainly took a lifetime to assemble. A wonderful opportunity for the student to acquire an important reference collection of Nova Scotia forgeries. (Image)

Estimate 5000 $