1852/57: Prince Albert 6 d. greenish grey on thin handmade wove paper, a fine used example with large margins all round, with complete target cancellation in black. Scarce. Signed A. Diena Gi = £ 1'200. (Image 1) (Image)

1857 (Aug 1): ½ d. deep rose on medium thick paper, a fine used example with huge margins all round, lightly cancelled in black. A scarce stamp so fine Gi = £ 600. (Image 1) (Image)

1882: Montreal ½ c. black in a fine unused block of four with superb og., 1875/92 Registration 2 c. orange and 5 c. blue-green in vertical pairs with fine large part og., Newfoundland 1882 2 c. yellow-green, a fine og. example with marginal imprint at base, 1887 3 c. deep brown in a fine strip of three with large part og. and 'S.S.Caribou' 2 c. scarlet in a block of six. A most attractive group Gi = £ 700+. (Image 1) (Image)

1851/c.: Collection on Schaubek leaves with 1851 Beaver 3 d. imperf used, 1857 1½ rose imperf. optd. SPECIMEN, and a black Proof of 1½ d imperforate and optd. SPECIMEN, 1859 Beavers 5 c. red used (7, two with inscription and one on 1864 cover from St. Catherine's), 10 c. used (2), 12½ c. green used (4, including one on cover), 17 c. blue in a used pair, Large Queens 1 c. - 15 c. used, good range of Small Queens incl. block of ten 3 c. used, block of eight 5 c. used; 1897 Jubilee with 6 c. and 20 c. unused, $ 2 used etc. an attractive lot.

1921 (Feb 26/March 10): Covers (2) each with 1919 Caribou frankings at 3 c. rate, earlier cover with typed 'per Airship' and handstamped 'AIR POST St. Anthony', the second cover handstamped AIR POST FOGO with Fogo backstamp; also a typed 1919 letter addressed to Joseph L. Kennedy in Quincy, Mass stating "Just got notice that the Handley Page machine will take mail to New York...".

"Columbia Flight" 1930: Cover to Dublin endorsed 'Air Mail Columbia' franked at 40 c.ent rate with scarce 1919 Caribou 36 c. sage-green, 1928 4 c. rose-purple and 10 c. violet all tied by 'St. John's Nfld.' slogan cancellation, backstamped at Harbour Grace (Oct 9) and heavily cancelled alongside in Dubli (Oct 13) which has caused a split in the cover. Scarce, circa 180 covers carried. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1927 (May 18): "Air Mail / DE PINEDO / 1927" overprint in red on 60 c. black, a fine unused example of this iconic stamp, position 18 on the sheet of 50 subjects, fresh and very fine, superb large part og. A great rarity of British Commonwealth philately with just 66 unused examples possible. Signed A. Diena, Kessler, Sanabria. Cert. Bolaffi (2014), E. Diena (2016) Scott C4 = $ 45'000/Gi = £ 42'000. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)