1942 7c Air Mail Imperforate, a mint never hinged left sheet margin horizontal pair, extremely fine. Only 50 pairs have been recorded, accompanied by a 2018 Richard Gratton AIEP certificate. Rsv. (Image)

Unitrade $ 1,200

1943 17c Air Mail Special Delivery Large Die Proof, sunk-in on card measuring 230 x 155 mm, with "X-G-793" and CBN Co. inscription below the stamp image. There is light overall toning around the sunk-in area away from the stamp impression. Few of these exist. Rsv. (Image)

Est $ 1,500

1946 17c Air Mail Special Delivery Large Die Proof, sunk-in on card measuring 230 x 154 mm, with "X-G-817" and CBN Co. inscription below the stamp image. A rare die proof, with the incorrect accent on the second E of EXPRES. Rsv. (Image)

Est $ 1,500

Collection of Mint and Used Air Mail Issues, all neatly displayed on pages, with complete collection of mint singles, plus extras such as used singles and blocks, mint blocks and plate blocks, etc. A nice and clean collection, conservatively catalogued by owner using 2017 Unitrade as all fine centered only. (Image)

Unitrade $ 896

Lot of Mint Blocks and Plate Blocks, apparently all never hinged and includes #s C2 (block of 4, 6, 13), C3 (2 blocks of four and plate 2 block of four), C4 (block of four, 6, 8), C5 (six blocks of four), C6 (eight plate blocks of 4 and a blank corner block of 4), C7 (five plate blocks of 4), C8 (eight plate blocks of 4, four plate blocks of 6), C9 (nine plate blocks of four), CE1 (four plate blocks of 4 and a block of 4), CE2 (four plate blocks of 4), CE3 (four plate blocks of 4) and CE4 (four plate blocks of 4). Overall fine-very fine or better and groups are usually matched sets. all scanned online. Rsv. (Image)

Unitrade $ 6,285

Mint and Used Collection in a Robert Lee Precancel Album, with many hundreds of stamps, starting with 18 Small Queens (to the 50c), 75 Leafs and Numerals (to high values), then various bar types and then town types. We noted many better items throughout, including U47 ($100), Brantford 1-89I ($150), 1-89ID ($250), 1-106I ($15), etc, with warning strips, varieties, errors, many Admiral blocks of four, etc. Catalogue value should easily be in excess of $1,200. (Image)

Est $ 150

Accumulation / Collection of Private Perfins, on 7 stock pages, appears to be mostly from the 1950s to the 1970s (a few earlier going back to Admirals), with singles, blocks, many Centennials, with some duplication and overall fine to very fine. All pages scanned online. (Image)

Est $ 150

Collection of Private Perfins, all neatly mounted on 23 pages, with a total of 754 stamps (389x pre-Elizabeth II and 365x Elizabeth II), with duplication, but still a large number of different perfins and stamps. Also includes 7 perfins used on the perfin user's envelopes. A nice lot for the specialist with a few faults here and there. (Image)

Est $ 100

Lovely Lot of Société St-Jean Baptiste Labels, a group of 22 blocks, strips, sheet inscription blocks, etc, all mint never hinged, very fine and with bright colours. One of the sheet margins is signed by J. Ernest Laforce, President. There were 69 different designs issued according to Lafrenière (2d edition), and this lot has about 21 different stamps (either by design or shade), which makes for a great start towards completion of the set. All are scanned online. Rsv. (Image)

Est $ 200

Mint Sheet Folder Full of Christmas Seal Sheets, 1934 to 1971, with a little duplication, still a wide variety of material, with owners calculation of the catalogue value, which is for the Christmas Seals only and does not include some Tuberculosis stamps. (Image)

Unitrade $ 1,462

Small Booklet Collection, with about 50 booklets, mostly all different, from BK3c to BK271. BK12 contains only one pane and is very faulty, rest are overall fine to very fine.

Unitrade $ 604

Collection of Centennial and Caricature Issue Booklets, with 88 complete booklets in all, identified by owner as all different (using older numbers?), all displayed open in a Bileski album and very fine.

Est $ 150

2½ Pounds Malt Syrup Excise Stamp Large Die Proof, sunk-in on card measuring 230 x 155 mm, with die number above the image. Very fine and comes with a copy of a 1934 letter from the Toronto Produce Limited explaining that effective July 1st 1934 all beverage malt extract will have to be sold with a revenue stamp showing the exact amount of tax paid, etc. (Image)

Est $ 100

Collection of Federal Unemployment Insurance Books with Stamps, with 22 books ranging from 1941 to 1970, most have stamps inside (these alone catalogue $1,750). Also includes three stock pages full of used Québec unemployment insurance stamps. A seldom offered lot. Rsv. (Image)

van Dam $ 1,750

Advanced Collection of Inspection Revenue Stamps, starts off with 14 inspection certificates franked with Weights and Measures, Electric Light and Electricity and Gas stamps (1880s to 1930s, plus a few more without stamps). The collection continues with 48 pages or stock pages with hundreds of mostly used stamps, many with high catalogue values. Noted duplication, but also some multiples and some mint. Some faults as expected, still a high catalogue value and seldom offered with so many scarce or rare documents. Scans online give a small idea. (Image)

Est $ 350

Large Collection of Mint and Used Federal and Provincial Revenues, left intact as received in 3 stockbooks. The collection has many better items such as First and Second Bill issues, Inland Revenue War Tax overprint, Saskatchewan law stamps (Biliski offerings), 25c Alberta Government Telephone Frank, early Newfoundland Inland Revenue, etc. Catalogue value does not include 75 tobacco stamps in the collection. Some faults to be expected but overall fine or better. See our scans or inspect in person to better appreciate the value. (Image)

van Dam $ 9,300

Mint and Used Collection of Federal and Provincial Revenue Stamps, in two van Dam specialty albums, with a good variety of different material, mix of mint and used, including documents such as War Savings booklets, cheques, and other revenue documents plus several used multiples or blocks. A nice and clean collection, which was catalogued by the owner with an older edition of the van Dam catalogue. Scans online give a small idea. (Image)

van Dam $ 5,760

1864 7c blue Queen Victoria First Bill Issue, a lower right corner block of 25 and a lower left corner block of 21 (missing the lower left corner block of four). There is separation in places, some of which is hinge reinforced, and the blocks are accompanied by a detailed study of 14 different constant plate varieties they contain. Overall fine, catalogued as all hinged only but several are never hinged. (Image)

van Dam $ 690

1865 Second Bill Issue Set of Plate Proofs, with 16 different values, each in attractive horizontal pairs, in colour of issue on card-mounted India paper. The $3 value is cut close at top, else all fresh and very fine. (Image)

Est $ 250

1868 $1 Third Bill Issue, a mint never hinged block of four, with central image centered to the left, with rich colour. There is a small bit of gum disturbance on one stamp, else overall fine. (Image)

van Dam $ 240

Group of Three Complete Sheets, with a never hinged sheet of 100 each of FCD6 and 7 (1c green and 2c orange Custom Duty stamp), the 1c sheet is separated in two, still overall fine. Also two unused (no gum) sheets of the black 1/8 lb Tobacco stamps, each with B.A.B.N Montreal plate inscription at bottom (these with some separation and some selvedge tears). (Image)

Est $ 100

1888 light blue Queen Victoria Petroleum Label and Lock Label, both uncancelled and very fine. (Image)

van Dam $ 550

Three Interesting Revenue Stamps, with #s FSC2 (mint never hinged single with full plate inscription in selvedge at left), OL50 (mint never hinged with gum bends and plate inscription in selvedge at top), ad QA11 (used with pen cancel). (Image)

van Dam $ 590

1916 $1 Queen Victoria Supreme Court Overprinted "IN PRIZE" in serifed red letters. The control number is within the range of the known genuine IN PRIZE overprints. Mint hinged and centered to lower left, still scarce and probably missing from most collections. (Image)

van Dam $ 950

Lot of Mint Never Hinged Three Leafs Excise Tax Stamps, with 18 different denominations, from 1c to $100. Also included is a lot of 9 different 1913 bilingual Quebec Stock Transfer Tax Stamps with denominations from 2c to $30 (complete set, except for $2 red brown). The catalogue value is $1,502 including the never hinged premium. Useful fresh lot, overall fine to very fine. (Image)

van Dam $ 1,502