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Lot 683 - 10c Black Washington Imperforate on 1849 Cross-Border Folded Letter mailed from New York on JUN.9.1849 (red c.d.s. free strike) and franked with a 10c black Washington imperforate (4 margins, with tiny edge creases and tears) paying the cross-border (US portion) rate to Amherstberg Canada West (JUN.15 receiver) through Queenston exchange (JUN.12, even though endorsed "via Detroit"), Hamilton (JUN12), London (JUN.14) and Raleigh (JUN.15). Manuscript rated "11½ cy" Canadian postage due, and....Scott U$ 1,350 Currently C$ 10

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Garden City Philatelic Auctions Sale - 11

Public Auction No. 11 (Postal History) - November 28, 2026

Welcome to Garden City Philatelic Auctions’ newest Postal History Sale!

Apart from our usual offering of Canadian and Worldwide postal history, this sale will feature:

The next installment of the Rob Leigh early Canadian postal history collection
Pre-World World War II Canadian Military mail
World War I and II Canadian Military mail
Selection of Boer War postal history
World War II Hong Kong and Japanese Prisoner of War mail
Selection of 2-Ring numeral cancels on Large Queens from the Wayne Smith collection
Crash covers from Canada, United States and Great Britain
Collection of mail sent to, through or from British Columbia and Japan 1897-1939
Useful selection of postal history from British Columbia, Labrador, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia
Collection of Switzerland Semi-Official Airmail Vignettes on cover 1913 to 1925
Collection of worldwide Zeppelin flown covers and cards
Early Falkland Islands postal history
And much more!

All lots will be sold on Saturday November 28, 2026, with the sale starting at 08:00 AM Pacific time (11:00 AM Eastern time). Each lot is unreserved and starts at only C$10.

Our auctions are conducted in Canadian dollars, with a competitive 17% buyers’ fee. Registered users can place bids in advance of the sale by email, telephone or entering them directly in StampAuctionNetwork (recommended). Bidding can also be done live online via the SAN “AutoHammer” during the sale day, or using an agent. Don’t forget to hit “Request approval to bid” on this page (upper left) if you are new to us. More information about the sale can be found on our website www.gcpauctions.com, including how to bid, how to pay, and more.

We hope everyone is doing well and happy bidding!

The Garden City Philatelic Auctions team

Sale Session Information:

Session 1: (Lots 1 - 780) Saturday, November 28, 2026 at 8:00 AM PST (11:00 AM EST)

For more information please contact us at:

Garden City Philatelic Auctions
P.O. Box 5096, Station 9
Victoria, BC V8R 6N3
Phone: (250)380-5423

To request more information by email: info@gcpauctions.com

Visit our Home Page at: Garden City Philatelic Auctions

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