The Auction comprises:

• Autographs of American Politicians, Sportsmen and other Famous People from the Collection of Frank M. Rudon
• United States - Classic stamps, proofs, modern imperforated varieties and color errors;
• Nice selection of Great Britain and British Commonwealth, with:
  
  • Valuable stamps, Proofs and Errors of Canada,
  • Beautiful Collection of Malaysia and States, including strong Japanese Occupation items,
  • Comprehensive Collection of Ireland,
  • Valuable items of North Borneo and Labuan, Rhodesia, St. Helena, Saint Lucia, and Sarawak;
• Perfect items from Albania, including a nice range of Double-Headed Eagle overprints;
• First Class rarities of Austria, including a group of modern imperforate varieties;
• Strong German area material, including Offices, Colonies, and Occupation items of World War I and II;
• Excellent Italy and Colonies, including numerous perforation errors and varieties with Roman Legionary from Libya, the error of color in never hinged block of four;
• Clean lots of valuable Japan, including early singles and blocks in mint never hinged condition;
• Fabulous Classic Romania, starting with Moldavia-Walachia items and strong proofs from the end of 19th and beginning of 20th Centuries;
• TRADITIONALLY COMPREHENSIVE RUSSIAN MATERIAL:
  • Imperial Postage Stamps and Postal History includes early stationery items, beautiful Classic sets in singles and blocks, valuable proofs, and various postal history material;
  • Soviet Union Section starts with early postal stationery items, imperforated blocks of Esperanto from 1927 and 20th Anniversary of the Red Army from 1938, numerous proofs and varieties from 1930-60's, imperforated errors from 1970-90's;
  • Lot #1127 representing Moscow Philatelic Exhibition, the only known Specimen of the first Soviet Union "Kartonka" souvenir sheet;
  • Russian Semi-Postal and Air Post Sections are including nice lots of Philately for Children and For the Labor, iconic Airplane "Fokker 111" 5r green with wide "5" variety in mint never hinged condition, Chelyuskin Voyage complete set of postcards and other rarities;
  • nice selection of Non-Postal stamps, beautiful lots of Offices in China and Turkish Empire, rare multiples of Wrangel's Army issues;
• Great range of single lots from Armenia, the Baltic States, and Tannu Tuva with rarities and positional pieces;
• Classic Ukraine, representing a strong range of various Trident Overprints, notable items from Dr. Seichter, Dr. Zelonka, and other World-class Collections, there are a few lots of Ukrainian DP Person Camps also;
• Worldwide lots from Afghanistan, China and People's Republic of China, Crete, France and Territories, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iran, Korea and North Korea, Liberia, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, Vatican City, Vietnam, Yugoslavia, and many more;
• Several Worldwide Collections and Thematic issues, including North Pole Exploration, Air Post items, Chess, as well as Album of the Fournier Forgeries.

Auction will be held within three sections with live Internet bidding via StampAuctionNetwork.

• Leo Malz final offerings
• William S. Langs stock and private holdings
• Brian S. McGrath holdings
• The Bradstreet collection of the world
• The Estate of Alan Fink, proprietor of Philatex
• The "Magnum" holding of FDC's
• The "Professor's" quality used worldwide collection
• The Bill Hamilton collection of US
• and more ...

• The United States Issues section is highlighted by a Fancy Cancel section of primarily Waterbury CT covers from the William H. Gross Collection (over 150 lots), plus other owners. 
• An excellent British section, especially in British Africa. 
• The Foreign Section includes important stamps from the Ionian Islands (Italian Occupation) and Saudi Arabia.
• The Collections and Various section of British & Foreign is one of the finest we have had in years, one lot comprising 78 packed albums.

The Comox Valley collection was formed over a period of 40 years, to very high standards. Its owner purchased each stamp or set individually and carefully from reputable dealers and auction houses, and the result is immediately evident. The owner’s priority when purchasing was first to obtain sound stamps; if a never hinged copy could not be located only a lightly hinged one would do. For the used material, clear and light cancels were his preference. Although the collector did not purchase many printing or plate varieties, the collection contains many shade, paper and perforation varieties.

The collection is now being offered in a two day completely unreserved sale: Day One will feature Canada and BNA, followed by the United States; Day Two will feature an alphabetical offering of wide-ranging British Commonwealth countries, followed by strong worldwide.

The Canada collection is quite extensive, and includes strong Provinces, with many desirable, often certified stamps. The United States collection is also fairly complete and includes many rarities, with over 400 certificates of authenticity, many of which are graded.

The British Commonwealth and worldwide collections are also extensive to about 1970 (for many countries) and are made up of mostly fresh mint stamps, with a dusting of used here and there. Some of the better singles and sets are being offered separately, and we have tried not to break up any sets. This part of the collection is strongest in British Commonwealth countries, with a high degree of completion, all collected with the same high standard.

The vast majority of this impressive collection has been scanned online, and can be seen here on StampAuctionNetwork.com, where you can participate in advance or live bidding. We gladly welcome requests for more scans. All of our sales are conducted in Canadian dollars, with an industry-low buyer’s premium of 17%.

Sparks Auctions is doing its utmost to keep its staff and customers safe during the worldwide pandemic, and we have posted our COVID-19 protocols in our offices and online. Sale 36 will be conducted without a public floor, and bidding is available in a variety of ways including in advance by several methods and live via the Internet or telephone.

We are planning to have in-person viewing between March 27 and April 17. Please contact us early to make your appointment.

We hope you enjoy this sale and find many items that make you happy.

Stéphane Cloutier
Auction Manager, Sparks Auctions

Here are some highlights of our April 24th auction:

• Nice selection of pre-stamp covers
• Blue Scinde Dawk pair and others
• 80 lots of Essays & Proofs
• 1891 Hand-painted essay of QV
• Essays of Edward VIII
• Nice selection of Lithographs and covers
• Scarce Officials
• Only known example of 2a Foriegn bill ovpt SERVICE POSTAGE
• Strong section of Early India Cancellations
• Large selection of India used Abroad