1861 2p Rose on Yellowish Soft Paper, Die II, Perf 9 The rare DIE II, an attractive used single with light, centrally struck grid cancellation, this die occurs only once in the sheet of 60 (Position 15), tiny tear at right is barely discernible, quite well centered and displaying bright colour, F-VF (SG 2a £1,000) (Image)

Estimate 500 $

1861 6p Yellow Green on Yellowish Soft Paper, Perf 9 A bright mint single with excellent colour and unusually intact perforations for this issue, tiny translucent spot, otherwise in sound condition, quite lightly hinged, Fine OG (Image)

Cat. Value 2500 $

1862 (December 19) Folded lettersheet from Charlottetown to Boston, franked with 6p yellow green perf 9 tied by oval grid, usual irregular perfs and couple small cover tears, partial Prince Edward Island DE 19 1862 dispatch on reverse. A very scarce rate cover in above average condition - Lehr reported only 15 similar frankings to the USA, Fine (Unitrade 3; cat. $4,000) (Image)

Estimate 750 $

1870 2c Rose on Coarse Bluish Paper, Perf 11½-12 Lower left margin block imperforate horizontally between stamps, trivial natural gum skip on left pair, an elusive and appealing perforation variety, VF NH (Image)

Cat. Value 1400 $

1869-1870 4p Queen Victoria Trial colour plate proof pair in light blue on white wove paper - shows clearly printed 3p stamps on reverse in a darker shade of blue, most unusual, VF (Image)

Estimate 250 $

1869 4p Black on Soft Yellowish Paper, Perf 11½-12 A mint horizontal strip of three imperforate vertically between all stamps, F-VF NH, scarce (Image)

Cat. Value 1950 $

1872 (circa.) 3c Queen Victoria Widow British American Bank Note engraved plate essay in green on gummed thick paper, perf 13, VF and attractive (Image)

Estimate 250 $

1872 6c Black, Perf 12 A mint pair imperforate vertically between stamps, completely devoid of the usual flaws encountered on this elusive variety, F-VF NH (Image)

Cat. Value 480 $

1873 (June 18) Cover from Charlottetown to Georgetown franked with a rare diagonal bisect of the 6c black paying the 3c letter rate, tied by segmented cork, neat Charlottetown JU 18 73 split ring dispatch at right, light next-day receiver backstamp; slightly reduced at right and some foxing spots, still quite nice for this - fewer than a dozen exist, Fine; 1976 BPA cert. (Unitrade 15b cat. $3,000) (Image)

Estimate 1000 $

Pence & Cents Mint / NH Stamps and Reprint Proofs Displayed on five pages with 37 mostly NH stamps, many are well centered, also includes many plate flaws, six mint NH blocks noting two shades of the 2p with the "TWC" variety in blocks of six. 1893 "Tilleard" reprint set of proofs in black on thick paper, lower imprint blocks of 8 (2p & 12c) or of 10 (4p & 3c) and 1962 Harmer reprint 6p die proofs in ten different colours. (Image)

Estimate 750 $

1861-1872 Pence & Cents Specialized Assortment On stockpages and loose leaf, noting better such as 1861 6p yellow green, perf 9 sound used, various mint & used singles along a few multiples including scarce 6p blue green mint block, 4p mint sheet of 30, 4½p block with lower pair NH; imperforate pairs on ungummed wove paper - 1p, 2p, 3p, 4p (pair and block), 1c (3 pairs), 6c; a few covers in usual mixed condition including 2p perf 9 single franking, 2p perf 11½-12 pair to New Brunswick, 4p bisect on toned faulty cover, etc. Mostly sound throughout, Fine to Very Fine (Image)

Estimate 1000 $

1862-1872 Selected Mint NH A remarkable assembly of 19 stamps (13 different), hand-picked for centering and freshness including a few shades / printings. Noted 1p yellow orange, 6p blue green, 9p violet and red violet shades, 4½p brown, 2c ultramarine, 3c rose, etc. A lovely group for the discriminating collector, VF NH (Image)

Cat. Value 2165 $