1851 3d blue Heraldic, unused (no gum), with margins touching on one side to showing next stamp on another, with bright fresh colour, fine. Accompanied by a 1999 Greene Foundation certificate. (Image)

Unitrade $ 800

1858 Folded Letter from Halifax to Sydney NS mailed on DEC.24 and received on DEC.29 (both backstamps) and franked with an imperforate 3d blue (3 margins plus one just touching) tied by an oval grid cancel. Vertical file folds, else very fine. Accompanied by a 1980 Enzo Diena certificate (and signed by him on front). (Image)

Unitrade $ 400

1851 3d dark blue Heraldic, unused (no gum), with four margins, slightly sulphuretted and with a few tiny edge faults, else fine-very fine. (Image)

Unitrade $ 1,650

1857 6d dark green Heraldic Imperforate, used with light oval grid cancel, with four large and even margins and bright fresh colour, extremely fine. Accompanied by a 2012 Greene Foundation certificate. A rare stamp in such nice quality. Rsv. (Image)

Unitrade $ 3,000

1857 6d dark green Heraldic Imperforate, used, and tied to piece by a NS oval grid cancel and a St-John / NB double broken circle dated SEP.1.1859. The stamp has three large margins and just touching in one corner, a very fine item. Accompanied by a 1991 Peter Holcombe certificate. Rsv. (Image)

Est $ 1,000

Stock Page of Forgeries, with 5 different Cents issues which were cleverly created using Bartlett letterhead images, printed on gummed stamp paper and perforated. Also a group of 10 stamps created by Senf, each with a curved SPECIMEN overprint in red, which were later sold by Fournier, and lastly we note two Spiro forgeries, one of the 1d imperforate and one of the 1c perforated (these two with "postmarks"). A nice group. (Image)

Est $ 100

Collection of Early NS Postal History, 1809 to 1860s, mainly from the 1840s, with 15 stampless folded letters and 11 covers for a total of 36 items. Includes trans-Atlantic, handstamps, datestamps, rates etc. Generally fine or better lot. (Image)

Est $ 100

Group of Over 90 NS Small Queen Covers from the 1870s, mostly all addressed to the same family in Halifax, from a number of mostly NS towns (many Bridgewater). Note many corks, town cancels, duplex, oval grids, all 3c rates (a few different frankings) and all small sized covers. Overall fine or better with a few opening faults as expected. (Image)

Est $ 150

Collection of Nova Scotia 5c Frankings, with 7 covers or folded letters, 6 of which were used after Confederation. We note 5 single frankings and two double frankings, a nice JUL.23.1867 Halifax embossed advertising cover for a dealer of crockery and glasswares, a 5c franking from Halifax to Cape Breton mailed in June 1868 with handstamp "5" indicating more to pay, One of the three remaining 5c single frankings is addressed to Toronto then redirected. A double franked cover mailed from Lawrence Town (FEB.24.1868) to Bridgetown, and finally an 1865 folded cover franked with a pair of 5c to Newfoundland (St John's JAN.25.1865 receiver). Mixed condition, still overall fine and an interesting group showing examples of acceptance of NS stamps after Confederation. All are scanned online. (Image)

Est $ 250

1861 Nova Scotia to Newfoundland rate Cover, mailed at the scarce 13½c rate (1c and 12½c, both tied by oval grids) from Wallace NS on JAN.22.1861, went through Halifax on JAN.23, and arrived Harbour Grace on JAN.2? (difficult to read, on front). Interestingly there is a postmark on back dated JUN.2? (6 months later, or month error) which we cannot read the provenance. Opening faults, faults on the stamps, still a rare and short lived rate, and the first we have handled. (Image)

Est $ 350

Group of Five NS Cents Issue Covers, with a #10 sized 1865 cover from Halifax to Liverpool (NS) franked with a 5c plus a 10c, both tied by Halifax "H" grid obliterators, an 1867 cover franked with a 10c from Halifax (duplex) to Middletown, Connecticut, an 1867 cover franked with a 2c mailed from Halifax (duplex) to Little River, another 2c franked cover mailed from Bridgewater to Bridgetown and finally a 10c franked cover mailed from Halifax to St John's Newfoundland. Fine to very fine group, and the large cover has faults. (Image)

Est $ 300

Two 5c NS Covers to Prince Edward Island, both franked with a single 5c tied by oval grid cancels, mailed 1862 to Georgetown and 1867 to Cathness Cove. Faults, still good destinations and not often seen. (Image)

Est $ 150

3d blue Heraldic Used on Cover in Decimal Period, mailed Truro, NS in April 1860 to Halifax, arrived there on APR.17.1860 (backstamp), franked with a 3d blue Heraldic imperforate (with large to just touching margins), well tied by an oval grid cancel. An interesting franking used after Decimalization and before the issuance of the first Decimal issues. Very fine and ex. Sandy Clark collection. Rsv. (Image)

Est $ 200

Two 3d Franked Letters Mailed out of Province, with a 3d dark blue (3 margins) on an 1858 folded letter mailed to Charlottetown, PEI (Bridgetown and Halifax datestamps on back), and a 3d blue on 1854 folded cover to New Brunswick (Dorchester and Bend of Petticodiac datestamps on back). Both have faults to varying degrees, still fine overall. (Image)

Unitrade $ 900