SMALL TYPOGRAPHED DIE ESSAY, the UNFINISHED DESIGN (without the scrolls added to the outer frameline) on THIN SURFACED CREAM-COLOURED CARD (24x30mm) and the design and outer border portion is printed in BRIGHT ROSE PINK, scarce and very fine. Ex - Menich, Brigham. (Image)

Est. C$1,500

LARGE TYPOGRAPHED PROGRESSIVE DIE ESSAY, the UNFINISHED DESIGN (without the scrolls added to the outer frameline) on THIN SURFACED CREAM-COLOURED CARD (55x64mm) printed in DEEP GREEN (without the square uncoloured 'stamp-like border usually surrounding the stamp), a VERY RARE ESSAY, choice and very fine. Ex - Brigham. (Image)

Est. C$3,500

British American Bank Note Co. COMPOUND MASTER DIE ESSAY, with se-tenant CENTRAL PORTRAIT OVALS of PRINCE ALBERT & QUEEN VICTORIA printed on glazed wove paper (55x32mm), mounted on thin 'backed' manila card (55x33mm), with printed (reversed) die number 'AS' overtop Prince Albert and manuscript notation '2A' between ovals, some 'uncleared' guidelines and small paper fault top right, a wonderful and RARE PROOF with tremendous eye-appeal. Ex - Brigham. (Image)

Est. C$10,000

British American Bank Note Co. COMPOUND MASTER DIE ESSAY, with se-tenant CENTRAL PORTRAIT OVALS of PRINCE ALBERT & QUEEN VICTORIA printed on white wove paper (56x28mm), mounted on thin 'backed' manila card (85x31mm), with manuscript notation 'No 2a' between ovals, some 'uncleared' guidelines between designs, a unique and astonishing DISPLAY PIECE. Ex - Brigham. (Image)

Est. C$10,000

British American Bank Note Co. MASTER DIE ESSAY, with PORTRAITS of QUEEN VICTORIA and PRINCE ALBERT in CENTRAL OVAL with clear oval surround and decorative outer oval and border and printed on India paper, Victoria with two open circles at top and blank banner at bottom (21x32mm) and Prince Albert with four open circles at corners (21x25mm), mounted on thin 'backed' manila card (51x34mm), in the form of a 'COMPOUND' proof, quite lovely and a true 'Gold Medal' worthy display item. Ex - Brigham. (Image)

Est. C$10,000

British American Bank Note Co upper left corner margin vertical pair from the TRADE SAMPLE SHEET in DARK BROWNISH RED, showing the $1 Widow Weeds Bill Stamp at top and the 2¢ Large Queen at bottom, the usual crease at bottom and tape on back (most of these were folded for storage at some point) and barest hint of the usual 'droplet' stain in left margin, still a wonderful SHOWPIECE. Ex - Brigham. (Image)

Est. C$7,500

15: 5¢ Beaver tied by Montreal 6 JU '68 Berri duplex to REGISTERED cover to Beauharnois, with same day receiver on back, slight cover bends, otherwise fine, and this 'use-up' usage of the earlier Provincial 5¢ stamp to pay the entire 3¢ postage plus 2¢ registration rates during the Large Queen 'Dominion of Canada' period is EXTREMELY RARE, this being one of TWO SUCH FRANKINGS KNOWN Ex - Brigham. (Image)

Est. C$1,500

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Est. C$4,000

No lot.

Est. C$0

21P: ½¢ PLATE PROOF on card in BLACK showing the 'SPUR' and 'LINE ABOVE 'P' of POSTAGE' VARIETIES, a very fine and rare DOUBLE VARIETY PLATE PROOF. Ex - Jansen, Brigham. (Image)

Est. C$1,000

21ac: ½¢ grey black, perforated 11½ x 12, horizontal BLOCK OF TEN on THIN PAPER, full original gum (some disturbance and hinge marks), light gum bend along bottom stamps - negligible for such a fine and impressive MINT MULTIPLE. Ex - Brigham. (Image)

CV. C$1,800

21i: ½¢ black in fresh BLOCK OF FOUR on THICKER PAPER, full original gum, lower right stamp never hinged, others lightly hinged, very fine. Ex - Brigham. (Image)

CV. C$2,250

21i: ½¢ black, perf 12 BLOCK OF FOUR on THICKER PAPER, full streaky original gum (usually associated with the 11½ x 12 perforation), lightly hinged but with a few light age spots, mostly on reverse, otherwise fine and attractive. Ex - Brigham. (Image)

CV. C$1,200

21: ½¢ black, fine single franking paying the ½¢ PER EACH HOUSEHOLDER RATE and tied by cork to folded four page ILLUSTRATED ADVERTISING card dated 1881 published by the Golden Fleece New Clothing House in Ingersoll, Ontario, small surface scuffs and blue ink stain at left, otherwise fine and a very RARE DISPLAY PIECE, the only one we can recall seeing. Ex - Jansen, Brigham. (Image)

Est. C$2,500

21(4): ½¢ black STRIP OF FOUR tied by Hamilton 3 SP 1868 duplexes to a choice TWO CENT SOLDIER'S LETTER RATE cover addressed to a private in the 3rd Battl'n, 60 Rifles at Madras, INDIA, with red London 16 SP transit on front and 20 OC receiver on back, re-directed to Bangalore and received next day. In November, the soldier was declared DEAD in the largest and most cold and indifferent manuscript notation we have ever encountered, the cover then being backstamped at Bangalore and its Dead Letter Office on November 11, and returned to sender. The addressee was the third brother in the Hilder family, who saw service in several conflicts during his military career in the mid-1860s, and was, in fact, still alive at the time the cover was returned, so the family found the cover amusing and retained it. There are some minor stamp faults as the strip was applied partially over the edge, but this is certainly one of the finest and most compelling of the many SOLDIER'S LETTERS we have seen, and is a MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY ITEM for either the Military or Large Queen collector, with 2002 Greene Foundation certificate. Ex - Brigham. (Image)

Est. C$50,000

21(6): ½¢ horizontal PAIR and STRIP OF FOUR, tied to each other and thick envelope from Maria 26 SE '76 to New Richmond, with original heavy contents (Promissory note for $40 dated 'Septr 25th 1876') enclosed but protruding slightly as the enclosure has been unfolded, some cover/stamp faults, a scarce domestic franking and most attractive . Ex - Brigham. (Image)

Est. C$2,000

22TC: 1¢ 'stamp-size' TRIAL COLOUR PROOF on India paper in RED BROWN, black ink spot bottom left, otherwise fine and RARE. Ex - Brigham. (Image)

Est. C$750

22TC: 1¢ 'stamp-size' TRIAL COLOUR PROOF on thin wove paper in DARK BROWN, margin just touches design at bottom, still fine. Ex - Brigham. (Image)

Est. C$750

22TC: 1¢ 'stamp-size' TRIAL COLOUR PROOF on thin wove paper in CHOCOLATE BROWN, fine and RARE. Ex - Brigham. (Image)

Est. C$1,000

22P: 1¢ PLATE PROOF on card in BROWN RED, very fine. Ex - Brigham. (Image)

Est. C$400

22P: 1¢ PLATE PROOF on card in DEEP BROWN RED, very fine. Ex - Jansen, Brigham. (Image)

Est. C$400

22: 1¢ red brown on stout wove paper, well-centered with full original gum, hinge remnant, very fine. Ex - Jansen, Brigham. (Image)

CV. C$2,000

22: 1¢ red brown on stout wove paper, somewhat disturbed original gum, hinge remnant, a few dullish perforations, still fine. Ex - Jansen, Brigham. (Image)

CV. C$800

22i: 1¢ red brown on SOFT WHITE PAPER, some badly disturbed original gum (catalogued as unused), hinge remnant, a few perforation and other small faults, otherwise fine and RARE. Ex - Brigham. (Image)

CV. C$1,250

22: 1¢ red brown, crisply printed BLOCK OF FOUR exceptionally well-centered with full original gum, bit of heavy hinging/supports and vertical separation at top pair, a most attractive and VERY FINE MULTIPLE, with 2000 Greene Foundation certificate. Ex - Dale-Lichtenstein, Brigham. (Image)

CV. C$8,000