1851, 3d Black, Plate Proof on Card. Horizontal pair, margins all around, Very Fine, ex Dale-Lichtenstein, Pilkington, Koh, with 1986 B.P.A. certificate.
Scott No. 2TC4 var.; Estimate $4,000 - 6,000.

THE ONLY RECORDED MULTIPLE IN PRIVATE HANDS, A GREAT RARITY.

The Tapling collection contains a block of four. Singles are exceptionally rare. Est. $4,000-6,000 (Image)

Est. $4,000-6,000

1851, 6d Black, Plate Proof on Card. Bottom left corner margin block of 25; hint of toning mostly in margin, some light creasing mostly in margin, some trivial hinge thinning, Very Fine, ex-Hicks, Mayer. SG No. 5.
Scott No. 4TC4; Estimate $6,000 - 8,000.

A REMARKABLE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER PLATE PROOF BLOCK OF 25. Est. $6,000-8,000 (Image)

Est. $6,000-8,000

1851, 6d Black, Plate Proof on Card, Overprinted "SPECIMEN.". Block of nine with diagonal "Specimen." overprint, rows 3/5, margins all around, Very Fine and choice, ex-Koh. SG No. 5 var.
Scott No. 4TC4S; Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.

A RARE 1851 6D BLACK PLATE PROOF "SPECIMEN" BLOCK OF NINE.

There are only one other block of four and a block of 16 known with the "Specimen." overprint. Est. $3,000-4,000 (Image)

Est. $3,000-4,000

1851, 1s Black, Plate Proof on Card, Overprinted "Specimen". Vertical pair with partial overprint, margins all around; some trivial light toning, still Very Fine, ex-Argenti, Koh. SG No. 7 var.
Scott No. 7TC4S; Estimate $750 - 1,000.

THE ONLY RECORDED 1851 1S BLACK PLATE PROOF ON CARD "SPECIMEN" PAIR, ONLY TWO OTHER SINGLES SHOWING THE OVERPRINT ARE RECORDED. Est. $750-1,000 (Image)

Est. $750-1,000

1851, 1d to 1s Reprints on Thin Hard White Paper. Matching bottom left corner margin blocks of four, exceedingly fresh, without gum as issued, Extremely Fine, a beautiful set of reprint blocks.
Scott No. 1R/7R; Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.

Reprints were made in 1890 on the authority of Mr. Haggart, Postmaster General of Canada and the plate subsequently destroyed. Probably five sheets were pulled (Lichtenstein in 1938 mentioned six sheets of the 1d, the sheet consisted of 120 stamps only compared to 160 in the other values). Most of these reprints were passed to Hon. W.S. Fielding when Minister of Finance (Premier of Nova Scotia 1884 to 1896). Senator Calder and Lichtenstein purchased the reprints from his estate in 1929. One set in sheets was given to the Royal Philatelic Society, London on April 7th 1938 when Lichtenstein gave a display on Nova Scotia. After keeping examples for their collections the balance was sold to R. Roberts of London who split them. Est. $1,500-2,000 (Image)

Est. $1,500-2,000