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Sparks Auctions Sale: 37

Miscellaneous
Cinderellas, Revenues and Forgeries

image Sale No: 37
Lot No:463
Symbol:O
Cat No:Collection

Box of Worldwide Revenue Stamps and Revenues on Documents, includes two stockbooks with hundreds of revenues, cinderellas, stamps from non-stamp issuing countries, cigar bands, etc. Also includes over one hundred documents with revenue stamps attached, mostly from Hungary (also saw some Greece) and mostly from the 1850s to 1890s. Overall fine or better, pictures show a small overview. (Image)

Est $ 250



Opening C$ 140.00
Sold...C$ 140.00


Closed..Jun-22-2021, 15:10:53 EST
Sold For 140

image Sale No: 37
Lot No:464
Symbol:O/*/*
Cat No:Collection

Worldwide Interesting Lot of Cinderellas, Seals, Revenues, Exhibition Stamps and Much More, all neatly displayed in a 32 page stockbook, with among others coins, an Expo 1967 passport (filled with various handstamps), a Canadian WWII War Effort blotter, many stamp exhibition issues, stamp varieties including perforation varieties, imperforates, a well done "Seaway Invert" forgery, a 1953 Lundy set, some Canadian Caricature precancel blocks, a reperforated US #404 (with 2018 PSE cert), a few Canadian and US covers, a Belgian Congo mint #11 (cat. $1,350) with a pulled perf, some Christmas seals, some test stamp strips, various cinderellas, baseball card, bank notes, Herm Island stamps and much, much more. All pages scanned online for your viewing pleasure. (Image)

Est $ 300



Opening C$ 325.00
Sold...C$ 325.00


Closed..Jun-22-2021, 15:12:54 EST
Sold For 325

Miscellaneous
Collectibles and Memorabilia

image Sale No: 37
Lot No:1448
Symbol:
Cat No:Miscellaneous

Three-Volume Bileski Canada Album, Literature, Supplies and Vintage Board Game, plus other interesting items, including a hard cover book commemorating the opening of Canada's National Postal Museum. Of note is one "General Record of Registered Letters" from late 1800's from Nova Scotia (in poor condition). Older catalogues and references (Lowe, Bileski, Walsh, Reiche, etc.) includes a handbook on NATO stamps and postmarks and a 1920 first edition of William Smith's "The History of the Post Office in British North America 1639-1870." The board game "Post Office Game" was released by the Hasbro company in 1968 (product #2720) and promised "Fun and Action for the Whole Family"; this one seems to be complete and is in good condition, with some typical corner wear on the box. This varied lot also includes two empty stockbooks, a hand-held UV lamp, a colour filter, a position finder, a few new issue lobby posters and a Signoscope T2 (missing power supply). See photos for a good look at all the items included. (Image)

Est $ 100



Opening C$ 275.00
Sold...C$ 275.00


Closed..Jun-24-2021, 16:49:31 EST
Sold For 275

image Sale No: 37
Lot No:1449
Symbol:
Cat No:Miscellaneous

Carton of Various Old Collectible Non-Philatelic Magazines, includes "The War" (appears to be a complete run from No.1-85, 1939 to 1941, ranging from crumbling apart to very fine), "The Sphere - Canadian Number" (June 24, 1939 special issue on the Royal Tour in Canada and USA, fully illustrated), "The Illustrated London News" (May 15, 1937 special Coronation Ceremony Number) as well as about 25 magazines from 1906 to 1930s (about half are from 1906) with titles such as Canadian Geographical Journal, Cosmopolitan, The Munsey, The Strand Magazine, Metropolitan Magazine, McClure's magazine, and more. Condition varies from pages only to missing spines, to missing outer covers, to fine, but a great source for collectors of old automobile or other advertising, fashion, interesting articles, and more. (Image)

Est $ 50



Opening C$ 70.00
Sold...C$ 70.00


Closed..Jun-24-2021, 16:49:46 EST
Sold For 70

image Sale No: 37
Lot No:1450
Symbol:
Cat No:Miscellaneous

Group of 20 Decorative Wooden and Metal Boxes, that have held stamps or postal history through the years. Each one has its own character and would enhance any stamp den or office desk. A delightful group perfect for the reseller or collector of boxes, some showing wear or slight oxidation. A few have remnants of cigarette revenue stamps. See the photo online for the brilliant colours and designs. (Image)

Est $ 50



Opening C$ 60.00
Sold...C$ 60.00


Closed..Jun-24-2021, 16:50:06 EST
Sold For 60


Collecting Supplies

image Sale No: 37
Lot No:1451
Symbol:
Cat No:Miscellaneous

Lot of Philatelic Supplies, consisting of one 16 ring Kabe album with matching slipcase and hingeless pages for Germany (2010-2011), one Alderney Lighthouse two post album with matching slipcase and pages with black mounts (1983-2003), one 16 ring Kabe album with matching slipcase and hingeless pages for Germany (2003-2006), two 16 ring Kabe albums with hingeless pages for Germany (1980-1984 and 2007-2009). Clean and useful lot. (Image)

Est $ 100



Opening C$ 50.00
Sold...C$ 50.00


Closed..Jun-24-2021, 16:50:36 EST
Sold For 50

image Sale No: 37
Lot No:1452
Symbol:
Cat No:Miscellaneous

Box of Philatelic Supplies, consisting of six unused albums with one Stanley Gibbons "Great Britain Special Stamps" and five others filled with quadrille pages. Also includes one Lighthouse guillotine, several different perforation gauges, a position finder and 18 packages of various black mounts (some opened, but mostly full). Very clean and useful lot. (Image)

Est $ 100



Opening C$ 100.00
Sold...C$ 100.00


Closed..Jun-24-2021, 16:51:00 EST
Sold For 100

image Sale No: 37
Lot No:1453
Symbol:
Cat No:Miscellaneous

Two Banker's Boxes Full of Collecting / Dealing Supplies, includes 8 Stanley Gibbons full size spring back binders, 2 SG Simplex spring back binders, 2 Rapkin and 1 KaBe spring back binders, also a spring back 2 pocket post card album with pages and a multi-ring post card album with pages. Also noted a revenue album binder, 7 mint block booklets, a stamp collector's inventory record, 8 mint sheet files in an assortment of sizes and finally 24 Unitrade type 7" x 9" 3-ring dealer binders for 102 cards or other small 3-hole pages. All gently used. (Image)

Est $ 100



Opening C$ 60.00
Sold...C$ 60.00


Closed..Jun-24-2021, 16:51:15 EST
Sold For 60

image Sale No: 37
Lot No:1454
Symbol:
Cat No:Miscellaneous

Large Carton of Useful Philatelic Supplies, consisting of 100 black Vario stock pages (one pocket) lightly used, over 20 packs of Hawid mount strips (mostly black) in various sizes, well over 250 cover sleeves (#10), four stockbooks (16 black pages), Raytech U.V. lamp (electric dual wave), Safe perfotronic (electric perforation reader), glassines and more. Clean lot. (Image)

Est $ 150



Opening C$ 275.00
Sold...C$ 275.00


Closed..Jun-24-2021, 16:51:50 EST
Sold For 275

image Sale No: 37
Lot No:1455
Symbol:
Cat No:Miscellaneous

Like New Lindner Hingeless Album for Canadian Provinces, an 18-ring blue leatherette binder with slip case, containing what appears to be all the pages required to collect Newfoundland, BC, PEI, NS and NB. Very fine. (Image)

Est $ 50



Opening C$ 100.00
Sold...C$ 100.00


Closed..Jun-24-2021, 16:52:11 EST
Sold For 100

image Sale No: 37
Lot No:1456
Symbol:
Cat No:Miscellaneous

Lot of Philatelic Supplies, consisting of about fifty packs of Hawid and Uni-Safe black mounting strips in various sizes (some packs are sealed), 6 gently used stockbooks, various sizes of glassines, packs of Stanley Gibbons album pages between 1979 to 1990 including some for Machins, cover storage pages, stock pages, stamp colour key, perforation gauges, and more. Clean lot. (Image)

Est $ 100



Opening C$ 160.00
Sold...C$ 160.00


Closed..Jun-24-2021, 16:53:18 EST
Sold For 160

image Sale No: 37
Lot No:1457
Symbol:
Cat No:Miscellaneous

Group of 11 Empty 3 Ring Uni-Safe Binders with Slipcase, gently used, and offered in a variety of colors. Also included are three Canadian philatelic catalogues. Useful lot. (Image)

Est $ 75



Opening C$ 170.00
Sold...C$ 170.00


Closed..Jun-24-2021, 16:54:21 EST
Sold For 170

Miscellaneous
Picture Postcards

image Sale No: 37
Lot No:830
Symbol:PC
Cat No:Collection

Collection of 64 Different Missions of the North Picture Postcards, all unused and depicting life scenes of the Inuit people in the Canadian north. Note igloos, women with their children, hunting scenes, canoeing, wildlife scenes, dog sleds, etc. These were prepared by the Oblate Missionary Fathers in Paris during their time up north, probably in the 1920s. Each card is sleeved and has a small pencil $25 price on back. All are very fine, with only a few having small faults. A very nice collection. (Image)

Est $ 250



Opening C$ 850.00
Sold...C$ 850.00


Closed..Jun-23-2021, 14:06:56 EST
Sold For 850

image Sale No: 37
Lot No:831
Symbol:PC
Cat No:Canada

Collection of 38 Better Picture Post Cards, 1900s to 1930s, includes real photo cards, pre World War I military, Saskatchewan town scenes, Halloween, Chipman NB. Curran ON, baseball, hockey, and football teams, including the 1908 Hamilton Tigers football team, the 1930 Bearcats from Nova Scotia and the 1926-27 Québec Champions hockey teams. Some have minor edge faults, still overall very fine and desirable. All scanned online. (Image)

Est $ 250



Opening C$ 675.00
Sold...C$ 675.00


Closed..Jun-23-2021, 14:07:46 EST
Sold For 675

image Sale No: 37
Lot No:832
Symbol:PC
Cat No:Canada

Group of 45 King Edward to Admiral Franked Picture Postcards, All Mailed to Europe Between 1904 and 1921, with frankings on front or back, mailed to France, England, Netherlands and Belgium. 15 cards have undivided backs and all but two show Canadian pictures, from Nova Scotia to Victoria. Postmarks also have interest, having noted some Western RPO, etc. Quality is overall very fine, with some light creases or feathered edges, etc. A great early lot of Canadian picture postcards. (Image)

Est $ 350



Opening C$ 225.00
Sold...C$ 225.00


Closed..Jun-23-2021, 14:08:16 EST
Sold For 225

image Sale No: 37
Lot No:833
Symbol:PC
Cat No:Canada

Group of Over 65 Unmailed Early Picture Postcards, most have nothing written, some have a message but were never mailed. We note a good array of subjects and towns pictured, with many Western Canadian, noting a RPPC from Bowness Park Calgary, a RPPC printed and sold by the Jasper Drug Store, a panoramic triptic postcard depicting Montréal, a RPPC from Shelburne NS, and many more showing buildings, trains and railways, and other subjects from across the country. We note the odd small fault such as light crease or feathered edge, still an above-average lot. (Image)

Est $ 300



Opening C$ 60.00
Sold...C$ 60.00


Closed..Jun-23-2021, 14:08:45 EST
Sold For 60

image Sale No: 37
Lot No:834
Symbol:PC
Cat No:Christmas

Collection of 232 Early Christmas-Themed Picture Postcards, 1900s to 1910s, owner states that 95 are John Winsch designed cards. Mostly from the United States but do note some cards mailed in Canada, and many never used. Cards depict robins, Holly, winter scenes, Christmas flowers, etc. We saw no Santa Claus cards except for one more modern large card which also doubles as a 33½ RPM record. Some edge faults as expected, sill overall very fine and seldom seen. We photographed 50 random pages online. (Image)

Est $ 250



Opening C$ 100.00
Sold...C$ 100.00


Closed..Jun-23-2021, 14:09:34 EST
Sold For 100

image Sale No: 37
Lot No:835
Symbol:PC
Cat No:Manitoba

Group of 20 Small Town Manitoba Picture Postcards, many real photo from the turn of the century, with towns including Gretna, Cypress River, Gilbert Plains, Miami, Fairbrook, Manitou, Ninette, Morden, Arden, Birtle, Benito, Carman and Morris. All are scanned online, a very fine and scarce group. (Image)

Est $ 100



Opening C$ 120.00
Sold...C$ 120.00


Closed..Jun-23-2021, 14:10:03 EST
Sold For 120

image Sale No: 37
Lot No:836
Symbol:PC
Cat No:Montréal

Collection of 73 Montréal Winter Scenes on Picture Postcards from the Early 1900s, appear to be mostly 1900s and 1910s cards, with the majority in black and white. Noted after fire cards including a real photo, ice jams, skiing, Montréal Winter Carnival, Dominion Square, Mount Royal, tobogganing and much more. A few have edge faults, still an overall very fine and desirable lot. All scanned online. (Image)

Est $ 200



Opening C$ 225.00
Sold...C$ 225.00


Closed..Jun-23-2021, 14:11:14 EST
Sold For 225

image Sale No: 37
Lot No:837
Symbol:PC
Cat No:Montréal

Group of 20 Queen Victoria Franked Picture Postcards, All Mailed to France Between 1900 and 1903, all cards have undivided backs, and the picture sides all depict a Montréal scene. 15 of the cards are from the same series and were mailed on AUG.8.1901 (Montréal Bickerdike flag machine). All are franked 2c and are very fine, except for one that is franked 1c (with Private Post Card crossed out and "Imprimé") which is either trimmed down or was printed in a smaller size. A great early lot of Canadian picture postcards. (Image)

Est $ 250



Opening C$ 70.00
Sold...C$ 70.00


Closed..Jun-23-2021, 14:11:36 EST
Sold For 70

image Sale No: 37
Lot No:838
Symbol:PC
Cat No:Province of Québec

Collection of 24 Black and White Picture Postcards from Havre St. Pierre, Québec, all unused except 2 which both have 1930s postmarks. Appear to be all real photo post cards. We note one card with minor fault at top, otherwise all very fine and different. All scanned online. (Image)

Est $ 200



Opening C$ 60.00
Sold...C$ 60.00


Closed..Jun-23-2021, 14:12:02 EST
Sold For 60

image Sale No: 37
Lot No:839
Symbol:PC
Cat No:Collection

Dealer Stock of Over 2,700 Thematic Picture Post Cards, all in 4 white post card boxes, and all sorted by theme. We note art, automobiles, aviation, ships, beautiful ladies, circus, Disney, children, humour, military, Easter, patriotic, fish, bridges, sports and lots more. Owner's inventory by topic is included, with quantities, a very fine lot. (Image)

Est $ 200



Opening C$ 425.00
Sold...C$ 425.00


Closed..Jun-23-2021, 14:12:27 EST
Sold For 425

image Sale No: 37
Lot No:840
Symbol:PC
Cat No:United States

Dealer Stock of United States Mostly Linen Picture Post Cards in 2 Post Card Boxes, 1900s-On, with about 1,600 cards in all, sorted by State, with higher numbers of cards from Florida (x59), Illinois (x70), Maine (x59), Massachusetts (x233), New Hampshire (x129), New York (x166), North Carolina (x93), Virginia (x126) and Washington (x87). Other States all have fewer than 50, with many fewer than 10. A very clean lot, which is overall very fine and comes with owner's inventory. (Image)

Est $ 150



Opening C$ 110.00
Sold...C$ 110.00


Closed..Jun-23-2021, 14:12:47 EST
Sold For 110

image Sale No: 37
Lot No:841
Symbol:PC
Cat No:Collection

Group of About 290 Picture Post Cards, 1900s to 1980s, in two post card albums plus a number of loose. Includes cards from Brockville, Ontario, beautiful ladies, real photo cards, town scenes as well as Valentines, Easter, Thanks Giving, Christmas, new Year and Birthday post cards. Mostly British and American cards. Some with corner or other small faults, still overall very fine. See photos for an idea. (Image)

Est $ 250



Opening C$ 70.00
Sold...C$ 70.00


Closed..Jun-23-2021, 14:13:15 EST
Sold For 70
image Sale No: 37
Lot No:842
Symbol:PC
Cat No:Collection

Worldwide Large Dealer Stock of Over 26,500 Picture Postcards, from the early 1900s to modern, all in 36 plastic see-through storage boxes. We noted postcards from USA, Canada, France, Greece and Italy, as well as Christmas, birthday, beautiful ladies and much, much more. Well worth our estimate, and probably a great deal more and we strongly urge viewing of this lot to better appreciate. Overall condition is very fine, and a great opportunity for the online reseller. (Image)

Est $ 1,000



Opening C$ 850.00
Sold...C$ 850.00


Closed..Jun-23-2021, 14:15:01 EST
Sold For 850


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