1851 1d red brown Queen Victoria Imperforate, a lovely and fresh used horizontal strip of three, with oval grid cancels, rich colour and very fine. Accompanied by a 1976 Philatelic Foundation certificate. (Image)

Unitrade $ 2,100

Group of Used Imperforate Pence Issues, with a #1 (red cancel, tight to large margins), #2 (light oval grid, four margins) and #3 (two copies, both with oval grid cancels, one has four large margins, the other four average margins). Also includes an 1855 folded letter from River Dennis to the Honourable William Henry in Antigonish, franked with a fine bright blue 3d. Cover has faults and is accompanied by a 1988 APS certificate. A nice group. (Image)

Scott $ 1,700

1860 Registered Cover, mailed Yarmouth on MAR.7.1860 (backstamp) to St John New Brunswick (receiver on front) through Digby (MAR.9 transit on back). Franked with a NS #2 and #5, paying the registration rate, both cancelled by an oval grid. The stamps both have four margins, both show part of adjoining stamp, and the 6d is cut into on one side. A scarce small cover, used at the end of the Pence period, and still enclosing a letter partly noting that there is £10 enclosed. Backflap tears, still very fine. Accompanied by a 2017 Greene Foundation certificate. (Image)

Est $ 1,500

1851 6d yellow green Heraldic Imperforate, unused (no gum) with three large margins, close on one side, fine-very fine. Accompanied by a 2007 Greene Foundation certificate stating "diagonal corner crease under PENCE", which is light. (Image)

Unitrade $ 5,250

1851 6d yellow green Heraldic Imperforate, used with ideal and crisp oval grid cancel. Four margins, with tiny thin next to N of NOVA, virtually confined to the margin, and a tiny closed tear near the S of SIX, else very fine. (Image)

Unitrade $ 1,200

1851 1sh cold violet Heraldic Imperforate, used with light oval grid cancel and four large and well balanced margins. A remarkably lovely stamp, with fresh colour and extremely fine. Ex. Dale-Lichtenstein sale, where it sold for $2,400 at a time where its catalogue value was $750. Accompanied by a 2004 Greene Foundation certificate. One of the nicest example we have handled and ideal for the discerning collector. (Image)

Unitrade $ 8,000

1860 1c to 12½c (no 2c) Queen Victoria Die Proof Set, all in black, on India paper, the 5c and 10c values are mounted on card, very fine and very scarce. Ex. Sir Gawaine Baillie. (Image)

Est $ 2,500

1860 5c dark blue Queen Victoria, mint with full original gum, hinged and fine. A scarce mint stamp often missing in collections. (Image)

Unitrade $ 250

12½c black Queen Victoria on Large Piece, appears to have been mailed from Halifax Nova Scotia to Halifax, Yorkshire, England, properly tied by an oval grid to large part cover front. Bit of staining, else scarce franking. (Image)

Est $ 100

12½c black Queen Victoria on 1865 Cover to Ireland, mailed Weymouth NS on DEC.4.1865 (part backstamp) through Halifax DEC.7 (oval backstamp) and arrived in Dublin on DEC.15 (backstamp). Very slightly reduced at right, small backflap tears and stamp has been removed and replaced in a "very slightly different location" as per accompanying 2018 Greene Foundation certificate. (Image)

Unitrade $ 500

1851 Set of Four Imperforate Heraldic Reprints, each unused (no gum) with the 1d in brown, 3d in blue, 6d in dark green and 1sh in violet black. A very fine set. (Image)

Unitrade $ 500

1851 Part Set of Three Imperforate Heraldic Reprints, each unused (no gum), with 3d in orange, 6d and 1sh in black. Very fine (Image)

Unitrade $ 400

Group of Mint Perforated Queen Victoria Issues, with #8 (NH), 8a (adhesions on gum), 9 (NH), 11 (four singles, with shades and papers, two are NH, two are hinged), 11 (NH block of four with toning on gum), 12 (two NH singles, one with part imprint) and 13 (two slightly different singles, both NH and both with gum toning). An overall fine to very fine group. (Image)

Scott $ 405

Collection of Halifax Postal History, all displayed in an album, with covers, stationery and postcards from the 1870s to the 1970s, starting with duplex cancels, then through a range of different machines and other postmarks, with corner cards, first flights, sepia postcards of Halifax scenes, etc. Overall fine or better with about 80 items in all. (Image)

Est $ 50

Box Full of Nova Scotia Postmarks, on hundreds of cut squares (without stamp), plus a few covers, arranged alphabetically by town and appears to be all from 1953 to 1955. A great lot for the NS town cancel enthusiast. (Image)

Est $ 100