1854 NEW BRUNSWICK: Bisected 3d. dull red in combination with 6d. yellow for 7½d. rate on mourning cover 1855 from St. John to Ware, England, tied by two strikes of grill oval in black, also partially by red arrival c.d.s. and red "PKT.LETTER/PAID/LIVERPOOL/17 JU/55" tombstone, red "ST. JOHN N.-B. PAID/JU 4/1855" c.d.s. alongside, green Ware 'June 18, 1855' arrival c.d.s. on reverse. The bisected 3d. with narrow to touched framelines, the 6d. fine, envelope fine except a small missing part of back-flap (removed seal). AN ATTRACTIVE COVER BEARING A SCARCE FRANKING. R.P.S.L. certificate (1952). (Image)

1851, 3 pence blue very fine with full to wide margins all around tied by oval mute grill on envelope in excellent condition sent to Halifax with clear "TRURO SE 2 1851" departure backstamp and Halifax oval arrival of the same day. Certificate Sergio Sismondo: "This extraordinary cover was posted on the second day of use of postage stamps in Nova Scotia, and is the EARLIEST KNOWN COVER OF NOVA SCOTIA BEARING ANY POSTAGE STAMP." Furthermore it is the earliest known use of a postage stamp in all BNA provinces with the exception of the Colony of Canada (New Brunswick ERD 20 Sept. 1851, Newfoundland 1857, British Columbia 1860, Prince Edward Island 1861). THIS UNIQUE MUSEUM PIECE DOCUMENTS A KEY MOMENT IN THE POSTAL HISTORY OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. For comparaison a similar item in US or Great Britain philately would be worth more than 150.000 USD. Certificate Sergio Sismondo and Vincent Greene Foundation (Image)

1851, 6p Olive Yellow. Large margins all around, fresh original gum, incredibly vivid color on nicely blued paper.EXTREMELY FINE GEM. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE NEW BRUNSWICK 6-PENCE OLIVE YELLOW WITH LARGE MARGINS ALL AROUND. SG 4, Scott 2, Unitrade 15.000 CADSigned Herbert Bloch, certificate David Brandon (extension for further certificate granted) A review of the famous BNA sales of the past reveals the extreme rarity of mint o.g stamps in sound original gum condition. IN THE OLIVE-YELLOW SHADE WE ONLY RECORD THE FOLLOWING THREE SINGLES: 1) our example ex. Mirabaud 1909 and King Carol of Romania which we consider THE FINEST KNOWN 2) "Malibu" collection 2006 lot 194 and "Fordwater" 2013. 3) Caspary lot 284.During our research we noted three supplementary sound mint o.g stamps but of the shades Orange-Yellow (SG 2b, Scott 2a) our Yellow (SG 3) these are: 1) orange-yellow (Scott 2a) ex Dale-Lichtenstein lot 316, ex (Image)

1851 6 pence olive-yellow, extremely fine example with wide margins all around showing parts of left sheet margin and and a neighbour at top, tied by clear oval grid on cover sent to New York with "ST JOHN NEW BRUNSWICK AP 27 1854" departure backstamp. The cover shows the very prestigious provenance handstamp "GILBERT & KÖHLER PARIS" (who held auctions in France between 1904-1912). Extremely fine and ONE OF THE OLDEST TRACEABLE AUCTION PROVENANCES FOR AN NEW BRUNSWICK ITEM. Certificate Vincent Greene Foundation. (Image)

1854 NEW BRUNSWICK: Bisected 6d. yellow on blue paper used on cover from Sackville, N.B. to Amherst, Nova Scotia, tied with fine strike of "24" grill numeral, on reverse with "SACKVILLE N.B./DE 15/1859" despatch c.d.s. and 'Dec 16' arrival c.d.s. A fresh and fine bisected 6d. on a fine cover. P.F. certificate (1956). (Image)

1851/1863: Fine and impressive collection of 14 used stamps and 6 covers, with eight singles and two covers of 1851-60 square issue including two singles of the 1s. (five certificates by P. Holcombe or R.P.S. incl. both 1s.), various colour shades, and special cancellations like red 'Colonial Express St. John' cds, followed by stamps and covers of 1960-63 issue (one P.F. cert. for 10c vermilion tied by red "PAID ALL" s/l to cover). (M) (Image)