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British Commonwealth continued...

Canadian Provinces continued...
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
6721   imagePrince Edward Island, 1858 (Sept. 16), mixed-issue cover from Connecticut to PEI, sent from Stonington to Charlotte Town and franked by 1851 1¢ imperforate plus three 1857 perforated 3¢ stamps, all cancelled by barred circles, the 1¢ tied by its cancel and by the red horseshoe "U States/C" handstamp; St. John transit and PEI arrival markings on reverse; 1¢ Franklin showing portions of stamps top and left, close at bottom, in at right; one 3¢ Washington with vibrant color, the other two from a clearly very worn plate; cover opened out for exhibition, Very Fine, a rare mixed-issue franking. (Image)


CLOSED
Closing..May-03, 09:00 PM
6722   imagePrince Edward Island, 1858 (Oct. 7) & 1860 (Dec. 5), pair of covers from Appledore to New London, each with London and Liverpool datestamps, the first with large "9" Currency Due handstamp (P106), the second with rare "1s/6 cy" rate handstamp (P105), double the 9d Currency rate; transits and receivers on reverse; covers soiled, Fine to Very Fine. (Image) (Image2)

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SOLD for $70.00
Closing..May-03, 09:00 PM
6723   imagePrince Edward Island, 1858 (Dec. 10), 1857 Issue cover from Boston to Charlottetown, franked by 1¢ Franklin (top clipped) plus strip of three 3¢ Washingtons, all perforated and all tied by barred-circle "PAID" cancels, the Franklin additionally tied by red "Boston Ms/10 cts" dater; red "U STATES/C" horseshoe lower right; St. John and PEI daters reverse; tear to envelope at upper right is of no consequence as it misses the stamps, Very Fine, a pretty cover, a scarce Treaty Mail franking carried by coastal steamer. (Image)


CLOSED
Closing..May-03, 09:00 PM
6724   imagePrince Edward Island, 1859 (Sept. 17), registered cover to London from Charlotte Town, a great example of 19th-century idiot-proofing, with four "Registered" markings on the face: the first from the origin post office in manuscript, reading "Registered 332"; a second "Reg 6, 4/10" in red crayon; a red oval London "Registered/3 OC 59" handstamp, plus another red crown-over-arced-"Registered" handstamp at lower right; faint "Charlotte Town/SE 17/1859/PAID/P.E.I." datestamp (P24) on front, with PEI P5 datestamp in black and "London E.C./OC 3/59" red arrival on reverse; top part of backflap cut away; light toning to top of cover, nearly Very Fine, a rare example of a Registered cover—only a few are recorded, Ex-Alan Griffiths. (Image)


CLOSED
Closing..May-03, 09:00 PM
6725   imagePrince Edward Island, 1859 (Nov. 9), cover to "Charletown" [Charlotte Town] from Auckland, a remarkable cover, rated "5" and "6" in manuscript, the front bearing both dated "Paid/Auckland.New.Zealand" origin and red London transit (FE 9/60—a three-month journey!); PEI arrival (FE 28) on reverse; cover shows wear expected of a round-the-world journey, but this only adds to its charm, nearly Very Fine, a rare destination from New Zealand, Ex-Allan Steinhart. (Image)


SOLD for $200.00
Closing..May-03, 09:00 PM
6726   imagePrince Edward Island, 1861 (Jan. 17), cover sent from Coromandel to PEI, with manuscript dateline and endorsement on backflap, a striking cover with "5" and "6" ratings in magenta, with total rating of "11" added, along with a red "1d" handstamp; faint "Paid/Auckland.New.Zealand" dater (JA 26) on face, with PEI receiver (MY 5) on back; addressed simply to "Brackley Point Road/Prince Edward Island/British North America"—and delivered (try that today), nearly Very Fine, extremely rare, being one of four pre-stamp covers from New Zealand to PEI, Ex-Alan Griffiths. (Image)


SOLD for $180.00
Closing..May-03, 09:00 PM
6727   imagePrince Edward Island, 1861 (Feb. 16), postage due cover, sent Charlotte Town to St. Johns, folded letter franked by a pretty example of #2 (with trimmed perforations at right), tied by nice strike of ten-bar oval cancel, "4d" notation in blue crayon indicating Sterling to be collected upon arrival; PEI origin dater (Type P5a) and St. Johns arrival on reverse, Very Fine, an early and very rare perforation 9 usage, Ex-Martyn Cusworth, with 1984 Greene Foundation certificate. (Image)


Scott $1,100

SOLD for $425.00
Closing..May-03, 09:00 PM
6728   imagePrince Edward Island, 1861 (June 1), pretty cover sent from Charlotte Town to Tennessee, light orange envelope franked by a First Issue green 6d (#3) tied by barred oval; origin dater on reverse; adhesive with minor faults, the envelope slightly reduced at left, Very Fine, a rare on-cover usage of this stamp, and a great US Civil War tie-in as the cover was sent exactly one week before Tennessee's secession from the Union, with 2013 Greene Foundation certificate. (Image)


Scott $3,000

CLOSED
Closing..May-03, 09:00 PM
6729   imagePrince Edward Island, 1861 (Dec. 29), folded letter cover sheet, sent Charlotte Town to Moncton, blue sheet franked by #2, lightly tied by barred oval cancel; PEI Type P5 despatch and Jan. 6 arrival handstamps on reverse, Very Fine, these blues will make you smile, a rare solo use on cover, Ex-John Seybold, with his handstamp on reverse. (Image)


Scott $1,100

CLOSED
Closing..May-03, 09:00 PM
6730   imagePrince Edward Island, 1864 (June 3), colorful cover sent Charlotte Town to Waverly Goldfield, light orange cover bearing #1 and #4, each cancelled (the #4 tied) by barred circles; reverse with PEI origin, Tatamagouche (JU 4), Truro (JU 6) and Halifax (JU 7) transits; 2d stamp with a couple short perforations at bottom, Very Fine, a rare mixed-issue franking. (Image)


Scott $400+

SOLD for $180.00
Closing..May-03, 09:00 PM
6731   imagePrince Edward Island, 1865 (July 12), postage due cover from Charlotte Town to George Town, a cheery orange cover, with enclosure datelined Vernon River, July 11, regarding repossession of a mare, sent unpaid to George Town; cover front bears fine strike of the rare cursive "4" Due handstamp; split-circle JY 12 origin (P5) and JY 14 receiver (P47) on reverse; cover faults (most on back) from prior mountings, still nearly Very Fine, and one of only four examples recorded of this Due handstamp, Ex-Martyn Cusworth, Warren S. Wilkinson. (Image) (Image2)

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SOLD for $120.00
Closing..May-03, 09:00 PM
6732   imagePrince Edward Island, 1866 (Dec. 5), double-rate cover from Charlotte Town to Halifax, light blue folded letter, the 6d postage paid by two copies of #6, tied by two lightly struck barred oval cancels; round PEI origin and oval Halifax receiver (DE 7) on reverse; right-hand stamp with faulty bottom perforations, Very Fine, a rare double-rate franking, with only eight examples bearing 3d duos recorded. (Image)


Scott $45 ++

SOLD for $80.00
Closing..May-03, 09:00 PM
6733   imagePrince Edward Island, ca. 1868 (Jan. 10), unusual cover sent from Summerside to Massachusetts, short and long, franked by a Second Issue 6d (#7) tied by an amazingly face-free barred oval cancel; "Summerside/JAN/10/P.E. Island" dater on reverse (no year slug), along with a second, totally illegible dater; addressed to Needham Plains, Very Fine, a lovely cover from the last year of the 6d rate to the US, which ended Nov. 1, 1868, with a reduction to 4d, Ex-Martyn Cusworth. (Image)


Scott $475

SOLD for $160.00
Closing..May-03, 09:00 PM
6734   imagePrince Edward Island, 1868 (Sept. 21), octuple-rate cover sent from Charlotte Town to Port Hill, an oversized (247 x 106 mm) blue envelope bearing a single #4 plus a vertical strip of three and vertical pair of #6, all tied by indistinct barred cancels with P5 datestamp below; a few unsurprising faults given the size of the cover, Very Fine, almost certainly a unique franking, Ex-Dr. RVC Carr, with 2010 Greene Foundation certificate,

It has also been suggested that this could be considered a quintuple-rate Registered item, as postmasters were notoriously lax in marking Registered items as such.
(Image)


CLOSED
Closing..May-03, 09:00 PM
6735   imagePrince Edward Island, 1869 (Feb. 18), cover from Souris to Liverpool, franked by 9d red violet (#8i), cancelled by both fancy crossed-S manuscript and barred oval handstamp, with PEI origin datestamp on reverse; front additionally bears a red "Paid/Liverpool/Br. Packet/8 MR 69/4A" handstamp at lower left; file fold at far left; rough left-side opening shows only on reverse, not affecting markings, Very Fine, a rare franking with this stylish manuscript cancel, with 2010 Greene Foundation certificate. (Image)


Scott $600+

SOLD for $475.00
Closing..May-03, 09:00 PM
6736   imagePrince Edward Island, 1869 (Dec. 10), octuple-rate cover sent Charlotte Town to Wakefield, England, an absolutely massive envelope (355 x 101 mm), carried on the Inman Line vessel City of Antwerp (departed New York on Dec. 14); franked by a strip of four, a pair and two singles of the 9d perf 11½-12 reddish lilac (#8), totaling 72d Currency or 4s Sterling; stamps clearly cancelled by barred ovals with despatch datestamp at right and red "Paid/Liverpool/Br. Packet" handstamp at center; arrival datestamp (Dec. 27) on reverse; file folds and other minor wear mentioned solely for accuracy, Very Fine, a remarkable survivor, with 2010 Greene Foundation certificate,

The unique US Packet four-ounce octuple-rate franking, and the largest Pence issue cover recorded.
(Image)


CLOSED
Closing..May-03, 09:00 PM
6737   imagePrince Edward Island, 1870 (May 27), advertising cover from Corry, PA, to Middleton Lot 27, crisp orange cover with corner card for Andrews & Ford, General Agents for The Climax Mower, their Cleveland, OH, address crossed out and "Corry Pa" added in pen; franked by two 1869 3¢ Pictorials, each tied by "Bearded Man" fancy cancel (similar to Skinner-Eno #PH-F 87); small diameter (1 inch) PEI "JU 2" receiver on reverse; cover slightly roughly opened at right, but not affecting stamps, markings or address, Very Fine, a great item, a very rare and most unusual fancy cancel, these considered the finest known on cover. (Image)


CLOSED
Closing..May-03, 09:00 PM
6738   imagePrince Edward Island, 1871 (Mar. 4), sole cover known sent from Charlotte Town to England via New York, with 6d postage paid by a partially separated pair of #6 tied by broken-barred oval obliterator (P144) with two strikes (one additionally tying) of the Charlotte-Town datestamp (Type P80); light Paid Liverpool Br. Packet handstamp in red at lower left, with March 20 arrival handstamp on reverse; adhesives pay the single-letter rate to Britain via the US; envelope front with horizontal tear through the stamps, repaired, nonetheless Very Fine, as the only recorded example of this rate, equivalent to 4d Stg., Ex-Martyn Cusworth, Alan Griffiths, with 2004 Greene Foundation certificate. (Image)


CLOSED
Closing..May-03, 09:00 PM
6739   imagePrince Edward Island, 1871 (Oct.), double-rate cover sent Charlotte Town to Cobourg, postage paid by horizontal pair of 3d blues (#6) tied by Star duplex (date illegible); Montreal Oct. 7 transit on reverse; part of backflap missing, tear to top center of cover front repaired from within by hinge, Fine to Very Fine, a rare double-rate franking, with only eight examples bearing 3d pairs recorded, Ex-Dr. RVC Carr, Warren S. Wilkinson. (Image)


CLOSED
Closing..May-03, 09:00 PM
6740   imagePrince Edward Island, 1871 (Oct. 23), registered cover from Charlotte Town to Rollo Bay, addressed to "Grand River Wharf/Lot 55", a cover from Samuel C. Owen, whose dated handstamp appears on backflap; postage and fees paid by two vertical pairs of #6 lightly cancelled; accompanying certificate states that neither pair is tied but "were genuinely used on cover"—though it appears to us that the left pair is lightly tied at bottom of right-hand stamp; "Registered/77" in manuscript upper left (partly covered by stamp), Charlotte-Town despatch handstamp at lower right; bottom edge wear, small damage to back flap and mounting residue on reverse, still nearly Very Fine, and a very rare franking, with 2000 Greene Foundation certificate. (Image)


CLOSED
Closing..May-03, 09:00 PM

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