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Lot Description

1141

Group of six Yukon Territorial Court documents, 1902-1957, with fees paid by stamps from the 1902 issue, including a 1957 document with fee paid by an overprinted (in silver) 1902 issue (YL13), where the solicitor for the plaintiff was Erik Neilson, the late Deputy Prime Minister of Canada and Member of Parliament for Yukon, and brother of the late comedy actor Leslie Neilson, all documents clean, very fine, and exhibit ready; all depicted in the online photos. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (All Scans)

Estimate C$ 250

Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction

1142

Group of 34 Revenue documents from Saskatchewan, Newfoundland, Alberta, Québec and British Columbia, 1908-1977, with Mortgages, Summons, Transfers, Law and Power authority documents included, with highlights including a Saskatchewan document with three different issues paying the required fees, and a Newfoundland Assignment document with a strip of three 25c blue NFR19, each piece in the collection has a story to tell, generally fine-very fine, and all depicted online.

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Estimate C$ 500

Currently...C$130.00
Will close during Public Auction

1143

Group of six British Columbia, Nova Scotia and Ontario Law documents, 1890-1970, with two Writs of Summons with Halifax Law Library stamps, one being NSH7a, the rose carmine $1 overprint, a 1916 Ontario Supreme Court judgement for costs with the fee paid by a $1 red OL57, and three documents referring to mortgage or demand judgements, with the latest being a 1979 Chattel mortgage with the fee paid by a $10 light red Eleventh Series stamp, overall clean and very fine, with all shown online. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

Estimate C$ 250

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction

1144

Group of four Supreme Court of Court of the Exchequer documents, 1892-1955, with federal Supreme Court stamps paying the required fees; the 1892 Halifax document is franked with FSC5 (c.v. $85 used), the two 1955 Exchequer Court documents are franked with two FCS18 (one of these is the complete case file, ideal for exhibition, shown in the online photos) and the 1953 document is franked with a 10c blue FSC21, an overall fine-very fine and desirable group, with Supreme Court documents being quite rare. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (All Scans)

Estimate C$ 400

Currently...C$90.00
Will close during Public Auction

1145

/E-P

Tobacco Stamps, 1935-68, Series "C" Exhibit, including 61 pages of stamps and proofs, from the exhibit formed by Earle L. Covert. A fascinating and still understudied area of philately, the contents include examples of all the items issued in the period and many varieties, according to the Catalogue of Federal Tobacco Stamps of Canada, by Christopher D. Ryan. Our photos show all of the pages, which is ready to be updated and expanded with new information. A rare opportunity. See our Image Gallery of additional photos.

Estimate C$ 5,000

Currently...C$475.00
Will close during Public Auction

1146

Tobacco Stamps, 1935-68, Series "C" & Wings Cigarette stamp cancels study, including 187 Hagner pages of stamps in two very thick binders organized by number, from the lifelong collection of Dr. Earle L. Covert. A fascinating and still understudied area of philately, the contents include examples of the many different Cigarette stamps issued in the period and their many varieties, according to the Catalogue of Federal Tobacco Stamps of Canada, by Christopher D. Ryan. Our photos show all of the pages, which are ready for additional study and future exhibit. Also included is a third binder with 46 manila stock sheets of additional items to supplement the original study, along with Dr. Covert's notes about overprint measurements - essential reading. A rare opportunity. See our Image Gallery for photos of the 187 pages.

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Estimate C$ 4,000

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction

1147

Balance of collection of mostly used Federal and Provincial Revenues, 1880s-1960s, consisting of hundreds of stamps in black mounts on van Dam album pages in three binders, plus about thirty 102 cards, including First and Second Bill issues, Weights & Measures, Electricity and Gas Inspection, Supreme Court, War Tax, Excise, Unemployment Insurance and Postal Scrip stamps, the provinces with mostly law stamps, noting also an Alberta Prosperity stamp (easy to miss due to its tiny size) along with Newfoundland Inland Revenue and Customs stamps, as well as a selection of Bell Telephone franks, overall fine-very fine and best viewed in person to appreciate this opportunity to start or continue a Revenue collection. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (Scan 11) (Scan 12) (Scan 13) (Scan 14) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 400

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction

1148

Accumulation of mint and used Federal and Provincial Revenues, 1880s-1960s, with thousands of stamps in dealer stock cards, in a stock book and on loose stock pages, in glassines and envelopes, including Weights & Measures, Electricity and Gas, Law stamps (federal Supreme Court and provincial from Ontario, Alberta and Québec) along with War Tax, Excise (2- and 3-Leaf issues), Customs, Postal Scrip, Luxury Tax, Gasoline Tax, Unemployment Insurance (including some "Fisherman" specimens), Cigarette and Tobacco Tax Paid, Telegraph, and more, overall fine or better, and an ideal beginning to a new collection, or to expand an existing one. Offered with two brand new van Dam revenue albums, with only a few stamps included, ready to be filled with the contents of this lot; online photos provide an overview of roughly 3/4 of the contents. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 1,000

Currently...C$120.00
Will close during Public Auction

Canada Forgeries and Counterfeits

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Lot Description

1149

FORGERY

Group of 14 New Brunswick forgeries, including Pence and Cents issues and the elusive unauthorized 5c Connell stamp, a good lot for further study and reference.

Estimate C$ 100

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction

Austria

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Lot Description

1150

1896, 2gld grey green, group of 12 stamps, never hinged, including a strip of three, two horizontal pairs and one vertical pair and 3 single stamps, a few gum bends noted for strict accuracy, ideal for the specialist or for dealer stock, fine or better.

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Scott $ 570

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction

1151

Austria Postmarks

Austria mostly 1900’s cancellation selection, of a few hundred stamps selected for clear strikes and socked-on-the-nose cancellations, mounted on album pages or organized on black Vario pages, sorted into three main groupings: postmarks of Vienna, including railways, Vienna districts, and cancellations on German stamps during the Anschluss period; Croatian cancellations; and Slovenian cancellations, offered with some miscellaneous items which include F.P.A. cancels, some Donau Steamship labels, two 1908 Sc. #127 10Kr Franz Josef ‘Nachdruck’ facsimiles, a dubious NH margin block of four of Sc. #113 5H issue, and a privately perforate Sc. #P15, an interesting group for the specialized collector of Austria, mostly fine-very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 200

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction

Belgium

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Lot Description

1152

Belgium

Belgium, 1980s to 1940s Revenue stamp & Exposition labels collection, on transparent sheets in two large albums, beginning with approximately 60 cinderellas on stock pages, most from a variety of expositions in Brussels or Charleroi, including early examples from 1897 and 1910, followed by an extensive grouping of several hundred revenue stamps from a range of government agencies, mostly late 1800s to 1940s, some duplication, mostly clean and fine-very fine. (Video 1) (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 100

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction

Bermuda

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Lot Description

1153

Bermuda, 1879/1970, compelling assortment of interesting mint & used, an eclectic group, noting a UK 1D Plate 210 Issue on piece cancelled Ireland Island, SG used #6 with inverted watermark (cat £300), mint LH & used examples of Sc. #24,Mint LH SC #55-69, SG# 123/124 perforated ‘SPECIMEN’ (Cat £140), mint LH and used Sc. #134 £1 Silver Wedding, & NH Inscription pair, mint NH & used Sc. #143-162, mint NH 175-191, mint NH 238-254 singles and corner blocks of 4, mint NH 255-271, etc., a great opportunity to add a range of more unusual material to a collection of Bermuda or the British Caribbean, fine-very fine. (Video 1)

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Estimate C$ 400

Currently...C$250.00
Will close during Public Auction

Brazil

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Lot Description

1154

1147

1969, dealer stock of 75cts Christmas souvenir sheets, with twenty-eight examples, never hinged and very fine.

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Scott $ 840

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction

British Commonwealth -- Collections & Accumulations

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1155

1935/1980s, mint and used collections of British Commonwealth Omnibus issues, consisting of thousands of mostly mint stamps in three stock books, two binders and a folder of material in glassines, pages protectors, etc., including George V's 1935 Silver Jubilee, George VI's Coronation and Silver Wedding, Elizabeth II's Coronation and various wedding commemorations and anniversaries, the Elizabethan issues also including the Queen Mother's birthday, Red Cross, World Cup, Churchill, UNESCO, etc., some toning to some pages, with little impact on the stamps, ideal for the collector looking to fill out an existing collection or for dealer inventory, overall clean and fine-very fine; online photos show roughly half of the contents. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (Scan 11) (Scan 12) (Scan 13) (Scan 14) (Scan 15) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 1,500

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction

1156

Mint and used Commonwealth collection in two springback albums, 1850s-1960s, with several hundreds of stamps, mostly used Victoria to early QEII typically part-sets of lower-value denominations, the odd mint hinged example included, some faults, close inspection warranted, with potential for postmark interest, overall fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (Scan 11) (Scan 12) (Scan 13) (Scan 14) (Scan 15) (Scan 16) (Scan 17) (Scan 18) (Scan 19) (Scan 20) (Scan 21) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 250

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction

1157

Large accumulation of mint and used Commonwealth and Great Britain, 1880s-1980s, numbering at least a thousand, mostly mint hinged and some never hinged in clear mounts in a Scott Specialty album, well-populated with about 30 countries represented (Barbados, Bahamas, Falklands, Christmas Islands, etc.), a Lindner album with much never hinged (including Channel Islands, some GB phosphor tags, etc.), two stock books and a binder of early G.B, many full sets with some duplication, overall fine-very fine, well worth examining to appreciate the full value. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (Scan 11) (Scan 12) (Scan 13) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 400

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction

1158

Collection of mostly mint George VI British Commonwealth issues, starting with the 1937 George VI coronation issue period, a quality collection of several dozens of sets from more than 40 countries, mostly mint, and neatly organized in three stock books, with centering notably better than usually found, and predominantly lightly hinged, with never hinged examples found throughout. We note the following better items and sets: Aden (Sc. #16-27a, c.v. $65); Antigua #84-95 NH (c.v. $105); Bahamas #100-113 (c.v. $127), #116-129 (c.v. $63); Bahrain #38-51 (c.v. $88), 20-37 (c.v. $573), 60-61A (c.v. $79), 78-80 (c.v. $104); Barbados #216-227 (c.v. $96); Bermuda #123-128 (c.v. $500); British Guiana #230-241 x2 (c.v. $166); Virgin Islands #76-87 (c.v. $140); Burma #18A-33 (c.v. $145); #O15-O27 (c.v. $224), #O43-O55 (c.v. $200); Falkland Islands #93-96 (c.v. $290 not counting NH factor); Gibraltar #107-118 (c.v. $106); India #162-166 (c.v. $160); New Hebrides #50-61 NH (c.v. $300); Northern Rhodesia #26-45 NH (c.v. $275); Seychelles #125-148 (c.v. $367); Australia #218-221 mint hinged (c.v. $253), as well as Newfoundland, Hong Kong, Burma and India likely being of interest. Significant value here, overall fresh and fine-very fine throughout; online photos show a representative sampling of this lot. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 1,000

Currently...C$175.00
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1159

1949, 75th Anniversary of the Universal Postal Union, complete omnibus series, neatly-mounted on quadrille pages, with 310 stamps from Aden through Zanzibar, chiefly well-centered and fresh throughout with neatly-struck cancellations, an attractive and fine-very fine holding of these popular issues. (Video 1)

Stanley Gibbons 750

Currently...C$250.00
Will close during Public Auction

Cape of Good Hope

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1160

Cape Triangles, 1853-64 used selection, with 34 examples on two black stock pages, including twenty four stamps identified as being Sc. #4 or 13, one 13a, as well as #2 (2), #3 (2), #5 (2, one on piece), and #6 (3), mostly three-margin examples, a high-cataloguing group of these popular classics, some small flaws to be expected, generally fine-very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 500

Currently...C$300.00
Will close during Public Auction