1802/1903 - CANADA Postal History and Adhesives of the 19th Century: Comprehensive collection of stamps (used and/or mint), covers and postal stationery well written up on pages in two volumes, starting with six handstruck covers (1802 letter with "Ship Letter Quebec" Crown oval h/s, 1849 letter with red 'Paid at Quebec' Crown h/s and others), followed by Colony of Canada issues including several good stamps like 1855 10d bright blue (RPS cert.), 10d blue with major re-entry (V. Graves Greene P.R.F. certificate), 1857 ½d deep rose on hard wove paper (Holcombe cert.), 6d grey-lilac (SG 19, Brandon cert.) all used, or two 'Beaver' covers (one domestic with a single, one to USA with a pair), the following perforated issues incl. 1859 6d violet (Scott 13, SG 27; V. Graves Greene P.R.F. cert.), various covers, shades, etc., and a specialized part Dominion of Canada including covers, postal stationery and stamps like 1868 3c horiz. pair on la (Image)

1908/1990's: Comprehensive collection of stamps, covers and postal stationery well written up on pages housed in 6 albums, starting with 1908 'Quebec Tercentenary' sets mint and used, 1911-22 definitives incl. coil stamps/pairs and booklet panes, covers and used postal stationery env's and cards, also the following issues mostly both mint and used (also with shades, perforations, few varieties, coil pairs and booklet panes, covers etc.), up to modern 1990's issues, plus Postage Dues and Officials. (K) (Image)

1865 Vancouver Island 5c. rose, Wmk Crown CC, imperf., cancelled with "35" numeral of Victoria in blue. An exceptional right hand marginal stamp - probably one of the finest in existence. With several signatures, and certificates by H.J. Bloch (Expert Comm., New York, 1980) and P. Holcombe (1994). Accompanied by a fine example of the 10c. blue, Wmk Crown CC, imperf., used with scarce numeral "36" of Nanaimo in black. (Image)

1865 10c. blue, horizontal pair, used and cancelled with blue 'Paid Vancouver' oval h/s and a short pen-stroke at left, four margins, fine. (Image)

1865 Vancouver Island 5c. rose and horizontal pair of 10c. blue, all perf. 14, on small cover to Cariboo, tied with fine strike of "DIETZ & NELSON'S EXPRESS B.C.&V." double-ring h/s in blue, alongside with "F.J. WEISSENBURGER" sender's h/s in red, large "BARNARD'S EXPRESS" (served the Cariboo region from 1861) double-ring h/s in red and blue "COLLECT" in oval. The 5c. with a wing margin at left (cut by scissors), the 10c. pair with a few shortend perfs at left, envelope shows a central vert. fold and few traces of ageing, but still A SCARCE AND ATTRACTIVE EXPRESS COVER, AND A SCARCE FRANKING. (Image)

1861/1865 Pair of Wells Fargo & Co. envelopes used from Victoria, British Columbia to San Francisco, with 1) US postal stationery envelope 3c. pink (1861 ff.) with printed "PAID/Wells Fargo & Co./Over our California and Coast Routes", cancelled with blue 'WELLS FARGO & Co./JUN.../VICTORIA" oval d/s, blue oval "POST OFFICE/VICTORIA" Crown h/s alongside (minor imperfections, back-flap missing), and 2) British Columbia 1865 3d. deep blue used on Wells Fargo & Co. "VICTORIA AND BRITISH COLUMBIA" envelope, cancelled with blue "WELLS FARGO & Co./.../VICTORIA" oval (wing-marginal 3d. with a missing bottom perf, but still a good/fine cover). (Image)

1860/1871: Specialized collection of 33 used stamps and three covers, with multiples, pieces, shades and varieties of 1860 2½d. (x11 incl. pair and strip of three with various types of postmarks, plus 1861 (Feb. 28) cover New Westminster-Victoria bearing "1" numeral h/s (earliest recorded date)), British Columbia 1865 3d. (x13 incl. two strips of three, singles with inverted/reversed Wmk, various postmarks etc., plus 1866 cover from New Westminster, B.C. to St. John, N.B. via San Francisco franked B.B. 3d. in combination with US 10c.), 1868 10c and $1 (Perf 12½) on piece, 2c strip of three (Perf 14) on cover, 5 copies of 5c (four on pieces incl. one with add. perf.) and singles of 25c and 50c. (M) (Image)

1840 (Dec. 7th), Folded letter with full contents and "PAID" handstamp, from Amherstburg U.C. carried by Cunard Line Steamer "Caledonia" from Boston (Jan. 2th) to London and passed Dover (Jan. 18th) and re-directed to Sandwich (Jan. 19th). In Dover the 1 Penny black (small margin at top otherwise good margins) was added to pay for the re-direction. The first Canadian stamp was issued 1851. This letter, bearing the 1840 "One Penny Black" -the worlds first postage stamp- is the EARLIEST LETTER FROM CANADA BEARING A POSTAGE STAMP, cert. British Philatelic Association (M) (Image)

1851 "Beaver" 3d. orange-vermilion horizontal pair on laid paper, used on folded entire from St. Catherines to New York, tied by black target h/s and red, framed, curved "CANADA" h/s, red curved "PAID" h/s, "ST. CATHERINES U.C./JUL 29/1851" c.d.s. and red "10" h/s alongside, backstamped "QUEENSTOWN U.C./JUL 30/1851" cds in black. Envelope with two vert. folds slightly affecting right hand stamp, otherwise a fine letter with a fine pair of the 3d. Beaver. (Image)

"RARE 1851 3d BEAVER COVER TO G.B. - UNDERPAID WITH "MORE to PAY"; Attractive 1 Sept. 1858 envelope to Hampshire (G.B.) but only franked for the inland Canadian rate with an 1851-57 imperf. 3d Beaver (good margins on 3 sides; into at right) tied by a light "43" in circles Simcoe Numeral with a fine matching c.d.s. on the front, endorsed "7d Cy" (the rate to G.B via British packet from Boston or New York was 10d Currency) which was then changed to a "6d" Sterling charge at arrival in Great Britain with a very fine "MORE to PAY" mark (of Liverpool?) alongside with a superb black tombstone-framed "PKT. LETTER/LIVERPOOL" d.s. (18 Sept.) on the side-flap. The very fine cover was carried by the Cunard line "Canada". BELIEVED TO BE ONE OF ONLY TWO UNDERPAID 1851 3d BEAVER COVERS TO GB. Very rare transatlantic mail and most unusual Exhibition Item. (M) (Image)

1851 "Prince Albert" 6d. slate-violet on folded cover to Kingston by Steam Boat, cancelled with black "X" in manuscript, red "KINGSTON U.C./OC 8/1851" c.d.s. and red "STEAM BOAT" straightliner alongside. A fresh and left-hand marginal stamp and a fine cover (with usual vert. fold through centre). (Noted on back: "Ex Pipkin".) (Image)

1851 Queen Victoria 12c black on laid paper, used and cancelled by superb strike of black numeral "37" in circles handstamp, fresh colour, even large margins around, very fine. A MOST ATTRACTIVE AND ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES OF THIS WORLD RARITY. Alex Rendon 1989 and Philatelic Foundation 1989 certificates.(Note: This "Chalon Head" design after a Queen's portrait by Alfred Edward Chalon (1780-1860) was used for printing this Twelve Penny Black in New York. There is not known details of the extraordinary example offered here. The collector bought it 1995 from a Wolff auction sale in Germany) (Image)

1851 Queen Victoria 12c. black on laid paper, imperf., used with part strike of black c.d.s., with complete to huge margins around, trace of a light horizontal crease, fine. AN ATTRACTIVE EXAMPLE OF THIS MAJOR RARITY. R.P.S. certificate (1984) (Image)

1856, 3p. red and 6p. grey each tied by clear "PAID" on cover front, "LOSKEY U.C. FEBR/9th 1856" cds. with ms. date and oneliner "REGISTERED" alongside (ms.941 reg.no.), addressed to New York with red "PAID" and ms. "15" for taxe, two times vertical fold and 3p. removed, repaired and replaced, few tiny spots, fine and scarce (T) (Image)

1855 10c. blue on small cover from Cobourg to Edinburg, Scotland, tied by black target h/s, "COBOURG U.C./JA 3/1857" c.d.s. and red tombstone "PKT.LETTER/PAID/LIVERPOOL/JA 18/57" alongside, red Kingston U.C. transit cds and red England arrival cds on reverse. Envelope with minor imperfections (tears at top right and through back-flap), but still a scarce and attractive cover bearing a fine stamp. Ex Dale-Lichtenstein coll. (Image)

1857 ½d. rose with four large margins, tied by "Hamilton C.W. JY 13 1858" circular datestamp on small folded letter paying the local drop rate (which was the intended use of this stamp), additional circular datestamp at right, extremely fine, an especially handsome use, ex Dr. Tang. (Image)

1858 cover from Point-Levi to Quebec across the St. Lawrence river by ferry, franked with vertical pair of 1857 ½d. deep rose (thick machine-made paper, imperf.) for the special 1d. ferriage rate, tied by fine strike of "POINT-LEVI LC/MY 1/1858" c.d.s., endorsed 'Privée' in m/s and addressed to Augustin Gauthier, Trésorier de la Cité de Quebec, backstamped 'Quebec May 1, 1858'. The folded cover with an usual central fold, the stamp pair fresh and fine with complete margins around. ONE OF THE FEW (probably 6) KNOWN FERRY COVERS, AND THE ONLY ONE FRANKED WITH A PAIR OF THE ½d. IMPERFORATED. Ex Nickle and Wilkinson collections. (Image)

1859 6 pence brownish-grey, perforated 12, mint with large part original gum, very fine and extremely fresh example of this MAJOR CANADA RARITY. Signed A. Brun, certificate Pascal Scheller. Unitrade 13 70.000 CAD (ca 47.000 EUR), SG 27. (Image)

1755, QUEBEC (NEW FRANCE FRENCH PERIOD) ONE OF THE EARLIEST RECORDED COVERS WITH A POSTAL MARKING AND PROBABLY UNIQUE WITH A MANUSCRIPT FORWARDER AGENT MARKING. Canada entire letter from New France (french colonial period) "Quebec 2 aout 1755" send to Montauban / France with 8 sols postage due and a light "LA ROCHELLE" postal marking (Lenain #7), on back manuscript forwarder "achemine par votre tres humble serviteur / J Malroux /le 16 7bre". The contents mentions the transatlantic shipping of the cover by a french navy ship "celle cy passe par une fregatte de roy". A 1749 Quebec cover to Montauban was sold in the Steinhart collection (lot1005) for 29.500 CHF (including fees) described as "one of the earliest covers in private hands from Canada to France with a postal marking", but what makes our 1755 cover even more exceptional is that it seems to be the only known with a forwarder agent marking (none in the Nickle or Steinhart collecti (Image)

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)