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Stamps & Postal History of Canada continued...

Pre-Stamp & Stampless Postal History continued...
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
519 cover   image1848 (October 13), cross-border money letter to D.S. Kennedy in New York, with commercial/banking contents from John Dougall, rated '9' and '37½' in red manuscript, postmarked with Montreal double split-ring, handstamped with crisp MONEY LETTER straight-line in red, with endorsement in manuscript "money letter paid to New York" at top, light filing folds, else very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Estimate C$ 200

Currently...C$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
520 cover   image1849 (April 5), double-rate transatlantic cover from London, England, to Quebec, carried by Cunard Europa via Halifax, postmarked London (5 Apr) and Liverpool (6 Apr), carried on Europa’s sixth voyage, departing Liverpool 7 Apr and arriving Halifax 17 Apr, the letter sent in closed-bag mail from Liverpool to Quebec via Halifax, initially rated 1/-, subsequently re-rated 2/- and 2/4d sterling collect, and finally 2/7½d currency collect for the double rate; uncommonly fresh, an especially interesting late example of the Halifax routing, this being the last voyage on the Liverpool-Halifax-New York run on which the normal Canadian mails were carried in closed bags via Halifax; ex Steinhart, mounted on his album page. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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Estimate C$ 300

Currently...C$200.00
Will close during Public Auction
521 cover   image1870 (March 7), incoming folded letter from Havana, Cuba, to Montreal via forwarding agent, struck on reverse with blue oval MULLER Y CA. / HABANA forwarding agent’s cachet, the front with circular N.Y. STEAMSHIP marking, forwarded onward to Montreal with crisp split-ring arrival backstamp (15 Apr); very fine, an uncommon origin for mail to Canada. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Estimate C$ 300

Currently...C$200.00
Will close during Public Auction
522 cover   image1870 (May 26), Montevideo, Uruguay, to Montreal, stampless cover, rated "2" and "1/5" in red, postmarked with Montevideo despatch c.d.s., endorsed per "Pacific Str Araucania", carried initially via the Pacific Steam Navigation Co. thence from South America to Southampton likely by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, postmarked in London (27 Jun), returning across the Atlantic to Montreal, backstamped with c.d.s. receiver (11 Jul), light wrinkles, else a fresh and attractive cover, a rare origin for mail to Canada.

This cover is addressed to C.F. (Casimir-Fidèle) Papineau, son of Denis-Benjamin Papineau, and nephew of the famed Louis-Joseph Papineau. Casimir-Fidèle carried on various commercial activities in Peru, Argentina, and Uruguay. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 800

Currently...C$500.00
Will close during Public Auction
Pence Issues
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
523 1TCvi image1864, 3d orange-yellow Beaver trial colour plate proof on India paper, four clear to ample margins, detailed impression and vibrant colour, very fine. (Image 1)

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Unitrade C$ 350

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
524 O 1 image1851, 3d red Beaver, clear laid lines, with four ample margins, neat central black target cancel, good colour and very fine. (Image 1)

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Unitrade C$ 1,600

Currently...C$160.00
Will close during Public Auction
525 O 1 image1851, 3d orange red Beaver on laid paper, with prominent laid lines, unusually large balanced margins all around, struck with smudged black target cancel, pale colour, light vertical crease, but of very fine appearance, an attractive example. (Image 1)

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Unitrade C$ 1,600

Currently...C$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
526 2TCx image1857, 6d black Consort trial colour plate proof with vertical orange “SPECIMEN” overprint, on India paper, without gum as issued, four mostly ample to large margins, rich colour, very fine. (Image 1)

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Unitrade C$ 300

Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
527 2TCx image1852, 6d black Consort trial colour plate proof with vertical orange “SPECIMEN.” overprint, also showing part of the “N” from the preceding adjacent overprint, on India paper with one large and three ample margins, very fine. (Image 1)

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Unitrade C$ 300

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
528 O 2 image1851, 6d slate violet Consort on laid paper, with clear laid lines, three large margins, close but clear at foot, lightly-struck target cancel, an attractive example, fine-very fine. (Image 1)

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Unitrade C$ 1,500

Currently...C$170.00
Will close during Public Auction
529 cover 2 image1851, 6d slate violet Consort on laid paper, three ample to large margins, touched at left, tied to 1852 folded letter to D.S. Kennedy in New York, postmarked St. Catharines (3 Jul), with CANADA / PAID 10 Cts handstamp in red, reverse with Queenston transit mark, adhesive crossed by filing fold, else fine; with 1997 APEX certificate. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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Unitrade C$ 3,000

Currently...C$300.00
Will close during Public Auction
530 O 4 image1852, 3d red Beaver on medium wove paper, large margins all around, crisp centrally-struck Hamilton '16' barred numeral, vivid colour, pencil notations on reverse, very fine. (Image 1)

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Unitrade C$ 300

Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
531 O 4 image1852, 3d red Beaver on medium wove paper, large to very large margins on three sides, including partial sheet margin at foot, clear at top, lightly-struck with target cancel, fresh colour, very fine and attractive; with 1991 APEX certificate. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Unitrade C$ 300

Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
532 cover 4 image1855 (April 2), 3d red Beaver pair on folded cover from London to New York, franked at the ½oz single-letter rate to the United States, mostly good to large margins and showing part of the upper sheet margin, tied by target cancellations and London despatch c.d.s., vertical filing fold well clear of stamps, small tear to back from removal of wax seal, otherwise fresh and fine, a scarce and particularly attractive cover, rarely seen with the adhesives tied by a town cancel. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Unitrade C$ 750

Currently...C$500.00
Will close during Public Auction
533 cover   image1858 (October 14), 3d red Beaver on folded bill of exchange from Kingston to Port Hope, the adhesive with three clear to large margins, just into design at top, tied by a clogged four-ring numeral cancellation, with Kingston split-ring despatch on front (15 Oct), addressed to the manager of the Commercial Bank of Canada at Port Hope, with next-day c.d.s. arrival backstamp, fine-very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Estimate C$ 100

Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
534 O 4a image1853, 3d brown red Beaver on wove paper, ample to large margins on all sides, neatly-struck cancellation, deep colour, very fine. (Image 1)

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Unitrade C$ 350

Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
535 O 4c image1853, 3d red Beaver on soft ribbed paper, used with centrally-struck numeral cancel, four large even margins, prominent ribbing, pleasing shade, a very fine example of this scarce paper type, extremely difficult to acquire in this superior quality. (Image 1)

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Unitrade C$ 800

Currently...C$120.00
Will close during Public Auction
536 O 4d image1852, 3d deep red Beaver on wove paper, four large margins all around, neatly-struck black target cancel, good colour, very fine. (Image 1)

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Unitrade C$ 350

Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
537 O 4d image1854, 3d orange red Beaver on thin hard wove paper, vertical strip of four, postmarked with concentric ring cancels, margins large to barely touching frameline at lower right, a scarce and desirable multiple, fine.

Winthrop Boggs, in his "Postage Stamps and Postal History of Canada" highlights the rarity of such items, when he notes that strips of four on thin paper should command as much as sixty times singles on wove paper. (Image 1)

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Estimate C$ 1,000

Currently...C$600.00
Will close during Public Auction
538 O 5 image1855, 6d slate grey Consort, on wove paper, ample to large margins on all sides, neatly-cancelled by crisp black grid, good colour, very fine. (Image 1)

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Unitrade C$ 1,600

Currently...C$200.00
Will close during Public Auction

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