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The "Dubois" Collection of Canada & BNA Postal History continued...

Nova Scotia continued...
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
21 cover   image1815 (November 29), St. John to Aberdeen, with DIGBY / DEC straight-line, folded letter datelined St. John, New Brunswick, various manuscript rate markings totaling 2/5 for the journey from Halifax to Aberdeen via Falmouth, struck with framed "ADD 1/2" for the Scottish Wheel Tax, struck at upper left with DIGBY handstamp with manuscript '9 DEC', manuscript 'After Closing' deleted presumably after payment of 1d late fee, Halifax fleuron in transit (3 Feb), manuscript docket noting receipt 27 March, the letter detailing the estate of the late Mr. Arthur Dingwall of St. John, his real and personal property, the validity of his Will and codicil, and the competing claims of creditors, file fold, else quite fresh and fine; an elusive marking. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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Estimate C$ 300

Currently...C$180.00
Will close during Public Auction
22 cover   image1821 (August 21), military letter from Halifax to Fredericton, addressed to a Sergeant, "Late of 107th Foot", endorsed "On H.M. Service", rated 11 in red manuscript and signed by the Deputy Adjutant General, struck with rimless HALIFAX N.S. / PAID datestamp, light trivial toning, else very fine.

The letter acknowledges the petition of a former sergeant in the King's New Brunswick Regiment (104th), the Deputy Adjutant General informing him that his memorial and original discharge papers had been transmitted to Head Quarters through Major General Smyth, with directions that Lieutenant General Sir James Kempt should, if he found sufficient grounds, recommend the memorialist's case to the favourable consideration of the Lords Commissioners of Chelsea Hospital, the document signed by H.B. Harris, Lt. Col., Deputy Adjutant General's Office, Halifax, 20 August 1821. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Estimate C$ 200

Currently...C$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
23 cover   image1825 (October 25), Post Office Pictou / Paid, folded letter to Halifax, folded letter, with contents including reference to charitable relief for the Mirimachi Fire, datelined Bailey's Brook, rated 7/Paid in manuscript and "Post Paid" at top, very fine strike of the POST OFFICE PICTOU / PAID handstamp, light filing folds, a choice example of this scarce marking.

The letter refers to charitable efforts made to aid "the sufferers of Mirimachie, in consequence of the late conflagration with which they were visited...", describing the "benevolent response" of the people of Halifax, listing aid collected including bushes of biscuits, together with clothing and other necessities. An exceptional contemporary witness to a devastating natural disaster. The Great Miramichi Fire, one of North America's largest wildfires, occurred on October 7, 1825. It began on October 6 and swept through northeastern New Brunswick, Canada, on the 7th, burning nearly 16,000 square kilometers, roughly one fifth of the province and destroying communities. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Estimate C$ 500

Currently...C$300.00
Will close during Public Auction
24 cover   image1826 (August 28), Post Office Annapolis, folded cover to Halifax, rated 9+1 / 10 in manuscript, denoting the postage plus local delivery, handstamped with POST OFFICE / ANNAPOLIS double-circle (Type 42), with date in manuscript, file fold, with some light separation at top, else a fine-very fine example of this difficult postmark; ex Dr. Sandy Clark. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 200

Currently...C$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
25 cover   image1832 (September 8), Post Office Sydney double-circle, on folded commercial letter datelined St. John's, to Monmouth, New Brunswick, manuscript rates '1N6' and '1N6' totalling '3N', struck with the double circle POST OFFICE / SYDNEY handstamp (Type 53) with manuscript date (8 Oct 1832) filled in, faint Halifax fleuron in transit, usual filing folds, else fine-very fine and scarce; ex Dr. Sandy Clark. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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Estimate C$ 350

Currently...C$200.00
Will close during Public Auction
26 cover   image1842 (June 24), Hillsburgh to Halifax, folded letter from Israel Rice, addressed to Charles Wallace, Provincial Treasurer in Halifax, datelined Hillsburgh June 24, 1842, with bold strike of the BRIDGETOWN N.S. Crown double circle handstamp (Jephcott 64, MacDonald 71), light file folds clear of marking, otherwise very fine and rare, with only a small number of other examples thought to exist, this cover having graced several prominent collections of the past; ex John H.M. Young (Sissons, 1964), J. Grant Glassco (Robson Lowe, November, 1969) and Dr. Sandy Clark (Eastern Auctions, March 2011).

The sender, Israel Rice (c. 1802–1866) was a United Empire Loyalist and a founder of the Bear River Baptist Church near Hillsburg (now Bear River), Digby County, Nova Scotia. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 1,500

Currently...C$900.00
Will close during Public Auction
27 cover   image1843 (January 6), "FREE" rated letter from Liverpool, Nova Scotia, to Halifax, with contents sent by Samuel Fairbanks to the Provincial Secretary's Office, concerning the impact of heavy snowfall on a road survey between Mills Village and La Have Bridge, endorsed "H.M.S." in manuscript, with small octagonal FREE handstamp (Type 273) at upper right, reverse with Liverpool (6 Jan) and Halifax (9 Jan) double split-ring backstamps, vertical filing folds, else fresh and very fine; a rare Free handstamp, with MacDonald recording only one further strike, ex "Halifax" (Christie's Robson Lowe, 1984) and Sandy Clark. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Estimate C$ 500

Currently...C$250.00
Will close during Public Auction
Pre-Confederation Ontario
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
28 cover   image1818 (August 6), "Overcharge" letter, Kingston to Montreal, with contents datelined August 6, rated "2N" in manuscript with "Overchange 1/-" notation alongside, reverse with faint Kingston two-line despatch strike, a most unusual entire, and a deliberate overcharge, the appropriate rate to Montreal being 9d, the additional likely pocketed by a post office official, typical filing folds, else very fine and most unusual; ex Lussey, with his handstamp, Sanderson.

Such overcharging was a common grievance of the time, centered on the arbitrary inflation of postal rates, with clerks frequently "rounding up" charges or misclassifying single-sheet letters as doubles to extract unauthorized fees. These surplus funds were widely believed to be pocketed by local postmasters rather than remitted to the General Post Office. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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Estimate C$ 250

Currently...C$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
29 cover   image1820 (March 28), Brockville straight-line on folded letter to Joel Stone, founder of Gananoque, with administrative & legal contents written by the High Sheriff of the Johnstown District, John Stuart, rated "4" in manuscript, with bold BROCKVILLE straight-line alongside, light filing folds, a very fine letter between two prominent figures in Upper Canada; ex Sanderson, J. Grant Glassco.

Joel Stone (1749–1833) was a Connecticut-born Loyalist. After losing his property and being imprisoned during the American Revolution, he fled to Upper Canada to start over, eventually founding the town of Gananoque on a strategic 700-acre land grant where the Gananoque River meets the St. Lawrence. Among other roles, he served as Colonel of the 2nd Leeds Militia, a role that became legendary during the War of 1812 when he unsuccessfully tried to defend his home and the local stores from an American raid led by Benjamin Forsyth.

John Stuart (1777–1835) was the influential High Sheriff of the Johnstown District based in Brockville, where he served as a key judicial official and a pillar of the region's Tory establishment. He was the son of the Reverend John Stuart, the pioneering Anglican missionary known as the "Spiritual Father of Upper Canada." (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Estimate C$ 250

Currently...C$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
30 cover   image1828 (October 5), Perth straight-line on folded letter to Hamnett Pinhey in March, from Henry LeLievre, written at Elm Grove, near the March/Richmond area of the Ottawa Valley, to Hamnett Pinhey at Horace Ville, March, rated 4½ in manuscript, sent care of Daniel McMartin, reverse with bold strike of Perth straight-line, typical file folds, yet a select example of this scarce marking, and a fascinating letter touching four locally prominent figures of the period, including the sender, who was implicated in the last fatal duel in Upper Canada.

In the enclosed letter, LeLievre writes of his tense departure from "Britannia", as his host did "nothing but curse and swear at me." This is a likely reference to the present-day neighbourhood in Ottawa that was, at the time, owned by Captain John LeBreton, the unpleasant departure supported by the Dictionary of Canadian Biography's reference to LeBreton as "in an almost constant state of grievance."

The letter's recipient, Hamnett Kirkes Pinhey (1784–1857), was a wealthy London merchant who retired to the Ottawa Valley in 1820. He was the ultimate "Gentleman Settler," bringing a massive library, fine silver, and a desire to recreate British aristocratic life in the wilderness. His colourful past included reputed service as spy for the British Crown, allegedly carrying secret dispatches to the King of Prussia during the Napoleonic Wars. His impressive estate named "Horaceville" is today the Pinhey's Point National Historic Site. The letter's apparent intermediary, Daniel McMartin, was a significant legal figure in Perth, whose home - McMartin House - is also a National Historic Site.

LeLievre's greatest notariety came from his involvement in the Last Fatal Duel in Upper Canada, where he served a "Second" for his friend Robert Lyon. After the two combatants, Lyon and John Wilson, both fired and missed their first shots, an outcome that legally and socially should have ended the dispute, LeLievre infamously intervened. Refusing to allow a reconciliation, he insisted the duel continue to a second round, which resulted in Lyon being shot through the heart. Facing public outrage and a charge of aiding and abetting murder, LeLievre fled to self-imposed exile in Australia. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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Estimate C$ 500

Currently...C$300.00
Will close during Public Auction
31 cover   image1828 (November 28) Brockville straight-line on folded letter to Grimsby, addressed to Abraham Nelles of the prominent Niagara-area family, rated 1/2 in red manuscript, struck on reverse with choice BROCKVILLE / NOV.28 straight-line, small faults at left, else fine-very fine; ex Sanderson. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Estimate C$ 120

Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
32 cover   image1829 (May 24), Brockville straight-line on folded letter from Elizabethtown, with contents signed by John Kilborn, addressed to Messrs. Millar Parlane & Co., Merchants, Montreal, struck with straight-line BROCKVILLE despatch, rated "10d" in manuscript, the contents a debt letter explaining the writer's inability to settle a balance owing, noting he is "making ashes" again and expects to pay in July or early August, a very fine letter from a prominent local merchant.

John Kilborn served as Justice of the Peace, and member of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada, and was leading figure in the commercial life of the Elizabethtown and Brockville district. He established a successful lumber business there to supply the construction of the Rideau Canal. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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Estimate C$ 150

Currently...C$80.00
Will close during Public Auction
33 cover   image1832 (October 15), missionary letter from St. Catharines to New York, addressed to Rev. Absalom Peters, Corresponding Secretary of the Home Missionary Society, rated "BP 6½" in red, faintly struck PAID alongside, crossed-out and re-rated "23" below, postmarked with clear St. Catharines double split-ring, 1829 Type with date in manuscript, with fine Lewiston exchange office transit datestamp below, fresh and very fine.

The address of the Home Missionary Society was 144 Nassau Street, noted at the lower left of this cover, at the same location as the American Tract Society, and later the Anti-Slavery Society. A hub for publishing and journalism in the nineteenth century, and home to dozens of printing houses, magazines, and bookstores, Nassau Street later become the epicenter of the U.S. stamp trade. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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Estimate C$ 180

Currently...C$90.00
Will close during Public Auction
34 cover   image1836, "Too Late" folded letter from St. Catharines to Sackets Harbour, with extensive religious contents, endorsed "single" and with multiple manuscript rate markings denoting the various charges between the Canadian and United States portions, handstamped PAID twice alongside, postmarked with crisp St. Catharines double split-ring, with date in manuscript, handstamped TOO LATE, indicating that the letter was held over after arriving after the bags to the United States were closed, filing folds, very fine strikes; ex Sanderson.

In the enclosed letter, St. Catharines businessman A. K. Boomer appeals to the American revivalist Rev. Jedediah Burchard to cross the border and revitalize the "cold, formal" religious landscape of Upper Canada, recounting a surreal dream in which his own "preaching candles" repeatedly go out, only to be relit and held by Burchard, a controversial and charismatic American Presbyterian evangelist of the "Second Great Awakening." (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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Estimate C$ 120

Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
35 cover   image1840 (February 20) folded letter from the Postmaster of Erieus, to Montreal, struck with small red "FREE" above Postmaster's manuscript "JWL / P.M." endorsement, select strike of ERIEUS U.C. double split-ring with date in manuscript, a charming and scarce Kent County cover. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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Estimate C$ 150

Currently...C$90.00
Will close during Public Auction
36 cover   image1840 (July 23), steamboat letter from Picton to Kingston, entire letter from the Reverend William Macaulay to his mother in Kingston, boldly endorsed "Pr. Str. Albion" at top, manuscript "4½" (pence) charge, struck with fair early example of the small red STEAM BOAT handstamp (Kingston type), introduced in 1839, particularly desirable on a cover denoting a clearly named vessel, very fine; ex Sanderson.

William Macaulay (1794–1874), born into a powerful Kingston Loyalist family and a member of the Family Compact that governed Upper Canada, was the primary architect of Picton's civic identity, famously surveying his inherited landholdings into a town plot which he named "Picton" in honour of a British general. The Albion was built at Brockville in 1840, and ran between Belleville and Kingston. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6)

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Estimate C$ 400

Currently...C$200.00
Will close during Public Auction
37 cover   image1841 (February 8), Matilda manuscript cancel on folded letter to Toronto, rated "Paid 11" at upper right, with manuscript "Matilda, 8th Feby 1841" postmark, with legal contents regarding a power of attorney, a bold example of this scarce cancellation, very fine; ex Sanderson.

The Matilda post office opened in 1828 but no handstamp is recorded before 1851. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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Estimate C$ 150

Currently...C$90.00
Will close during Public Auction
38 cover   image1843 (July 22), Money Letter from Amherstburg to Montreal, rated 8N4 in manuscript with bold PAID strike and "1/4 oz" endorsement, the contents note a £100 enclosure, reinforced by a manuscript "Money" notation and a crisp MONEY-LETTER handstamp alongside a choice Amherstburg UC double split-ring despatch, reverse with notation "Please let us know what time you shipd our goods as they have not yet arrived," an attractive cover illustrating an unusually high rate, very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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Estimate C$ 100

Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
39 cover   image1861 (August 7), St. Thomas to Niagara, with crown mailbag seal, buff cover, rated with red "Paid 5" handstamp on face, obliterated by multiple strikes of the "23" 4-ring target cancel on arrival, postmarked with St. Thomas double split-ring despatch, with crown intaglio "NIAGARA" mailbag seal at lower left and "Unpaid 7" handstamp, reverse with Clifton, London, and partial RPO transit backstamps, with clear Niagara (9 Aug) receiver, a very fine and desirable cover of exceptional visual appeal, the intaglio Niagara mailbag seal rarely found on cover; ex Sanderson. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 750

Currently...C$500.00
Will close during Public Auction
Pre-Confederation Quebec
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
40 cover   image1768 (January 20), folded letter from St. Paul's Bay to Quebec City, datelined "St. Pauls Bay Jan.ry 20th 1768," addressed to Jacob Row Esq. at Quebec, written by Jacob Belles concerning the seizure of land belonging to Jacques Perron at the request of Mr John Bernard, seeking the transfer of the seizure to the account of Moore and Finlay to recover a debt; a very fine example of early inland commercial correspondence from the Province of Quebec under British rule, written just five years after the Treaty of Paris of 1763 transferred New France to Great Britain.

The account of “Moore and Finlay” referenced in the letter is almost certainly that of Thomas Moore and James Finlay, one of the most prominent early British mercantile partnerships in post-Conquest Quebec, with extensive interests in the fur trade. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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Estimate C$ 500

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

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