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Garden City Philatelic Auctions Sale: 7

Canada Back of the Book
Federal Revenues
Sale No: 7
Lot No: 190
Symbol: **

image Collection of Mint Never Hinged Federal Inspection Stamps, with 28 different stamps, including Gas Inspection, Electricity and Gas Inspection and Weights and Measures issues, the latter being complete set of FWM60-71. Overall fresh and fine to very fine. (Image)

van Dam $ 383

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Sale No: 7
Lot No: 191
Symbol: E/P
Cat No: FB18P-36P

image Group of 1c to $3 Second Bill Issue Trial Colour Plate Proofs, with 45 proofs in all, including a few duplicates and a few in the colour of issue. Most are on card-mounted India paper, some are without card. A great lot for dealers and collectors alike. (Image)

Estimate $ 350

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Sale No: 7
Lot No: 192
Symbol: E/P
Cat No: FB18P/36P

image Group of 1865 Second Bill Issue Plate Proofs in Colour of Issue, with 16 different values, including the $1, $2 and $3 values, each on card-mounted India paper. The $1 value has green ink lines from the production process, very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 150

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Sale No: 7
Lot No: 193
Symbol: O
Cat No: FCF4

image $2 Consular Fee Stamp on a Passport Renewal Page, a page from a passport which is marked as renewed until FEB.2.1972 (original expiry date on back was FEB.2.1967), is franked with a very fine $2 Consular Fee stamp well tied by a two ring "Canadian Embassy - Ambassade du Canada / Rio de Janeiro", signed by the issuing officer. Back shows an oval "The Department of / External Affairs" datestamp dated on the day of issue FEB.2.1962, very fine and scarce. (Image)

Estimate $ 100

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Sale No: 7
Lot No: 194
Symbol: **
Cat No: FE4S/FE15S

image Group of Electric Light Inspection Stamps with Various Specimen Overprints, with 9 mint never hinged stamps with control numbers, including FE4 and FE5 (both in pairs with "Cancelled" overprint across each pair) as well as 5 various Electric Light Effigy issues, each with a signature handstamp, also for the purpose of rendering them specimens. A fresh and fine or better group. (Image)

Estimate $ 300

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Sale No: 7
Lot No: 195
Symbol: O
Cat No: FG1/FEG11

image Collection of Used Federal Inspection Stamps, with 49 different stamps, including FG1/31, FE1/17 and FEG1/11. Also includes (but not counted) FG12 and FG14, each without gum but with a "CANCELLED" overprint. Overall fine or better. (Image)

van Dam $ 522

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Sale No: 7
Lot No: 196
Symbol: **
Cat No: FG18S/FG22S

image 1897 25c, 50c and $1 Queen Victoria Gas Inspection Stamps Overprinted "SPECIMEN", all three are mint never hinged and fresh, fine to very fine. (Image)

van Dam $ 450

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Sale No: 7
Lot No: 197
Symbol: O
Cat No: FLS2a

image Queen Victoria Blue Lock Label Booklet Pane of 2, Engraved, used for "Removing Spirits", with the two outer labels once cut out and properly used, re-attached by hinge, fine and scarce. (Image)

van Dam $ 300

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Sale No: 7
Lot No: 198
Symbol:
Cat No: FPC1

image Box with Two Unopened Packs of Playing Cards, a black box "Calypso Playing Cards" containing two unopened packs (with Collie dog picture), each wrapped in glassine, which are sealed with a "1 Pack" violet Perforated 11 x imperforate Playing Card Excise stamp. Very fine and described by van Dam as "Unopened decks with stamps are scarce to rare". (Image)

Estimate $ 60

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Sale No: 7
Lot No: 199
Symbol: **
Cat No: FSC2/26

image Group of Mint Never Hinged Federal Law Stamps, all different, with FSC #s 2, 18, 21, 21a, 22, 24, 25a and 26, all fresh and generally very fine. (Image)

van Dam $ 729

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Sale No: 7
Lot No: 200
Symbol: **
Cat No: FU1/86

image Collection of Mint Never Hinged Unemployment Insurance issues, with 43 different stamps, some with CANCELLED, some with SPECIMEN (and punch hole) and some without, quite fresh and generally very fine. (Image)

van Dam $ 919

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Sale No: 7
Lot No: 201
Symbol: E/P
Cat No: FWM

image 1c Queen Victoria Weights and Measures Essay in Brown, a proof on India paper of an unadopted design (and value) with "CANADA - F - 65" imprint in top margin. Light wrinkles and tiny edge tears often seen on this fragile paper, else very fine and scarce. (Image)

van Dam $ 950

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Sale No: 7
Lot No: 202
Symbol: O
Cat No: FWM1/71

image Collection of Used Weights and Measures Issues, with 48 different stamps covering all issues, with a variety of postmarks, overall fine to very fine. (Image)

van Dam $ 1,438

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Sale No: 7
Lot No: 203
Symbol: **
Cat No: FWS15

image 1940-41 25c Carmine War Savings Booklet Pane, mint never hinged, with each stamp well centered, very fine and fresh. (Image)

van Dam $ 300

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Sale No: 7
Lot No: 204
Symbol: **
Cat No: FX52/102

image Part Set of the 1934-48 Three Leaf Excise Tax Issue, with #s FX52-87, 89-91, 93-99, 101-102, missing only 3 stamps to be complete for regular, coil and imperforate issues. All mint never hinged (except the imperforates that were issued without gum), fresh and fine to very fine. A rarely offered group. (Image)

van Dam $ 2,430

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Sale No: 7
Lot No: 205
Symbol: **
Cat No: FX103/237

image Part Set of the 1934-48 Three Leaf Excise Tax Surcharge Issues, with #s FX103-114, 115-123, 125-127, 130-132, 134-135, 137, as well as an inverted surcharge 119a. All mint never hinged (except the imperforates that were issued without gum), fresh and fine to very fine. A rarely offered group in this condition. (Image)

van Dam $ 1,160

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Officials
Sale No: 7
Lot No: 189
Symbol: **
Cat No: O9-259

image 1942 14c Green Ram Tank with 4-Hole O.H.M.S. Perfin, a full pane of 50, with sheet margins all around, bottom right showing complete plate 1 inscription, fresh and very fine. Catalogue value includes the Unitrade suggested +50% for the plate block feature. (Image)

Unitrade $ 1,500

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Provincial Revenues
Sale No: 7
Lot No: 206
Symbol: **
Cat No: BCL23/63

image Group of 9 Different British Columbia Law Stamp Sheets, with BCL #s 23 (with three van Dam-listed plate scratches BCL23d), 38, 51, 52, 55, 57 (position 16 has the "flaw above C of COLUMBIA" variety BCL57a), 58 (position 3 has the "horizontal bar joining 2 and 0 at right" variety, BCL58a), 60 and 63 (cataloguing $6,250 by itself), each in a mint never hinged sheet of 25, all but two with plate number in top selvedge. A very fine group. (Image)

van Dam $ 13,382

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Sale No: 7
Lot No: 207
Symbol: **
Cat No: BCL63

image 1981 $1 Blue Law Stamp from the 13th Series, a complete pane of 25, with sheet number in top margin, mint never hinged and very fine. (Image)

van Dam $ 6,250

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Sale No: 7
Lot No: 208
Symbol: O
Cat No: BCL

image Large Hoard of Used British Columbia Law Stamps, accompanying inventory would indicate a total of 19,800 stamps, mostly in small bundles with some in glassines. Appears to range between the 5th Series and the 9th Series (plus at least one bundle of 10c Centennial stamps), and we note many horizontal pairs plus many with nice dated cancels (circular and oval). Quantities range from 100 to 6,100 of each issue, overall very fine. Huge catalogue value here, and a wonderful opportunity for postmarks and plating. (Image)

Estimate $ 500

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Sale No: 7
Lot No: 209
Symbol: E/P
Cat No: OL16P-30P

image 1864 5c to $5 Ontario Law Stamp Set of "F.F." Plate Proofs in Colour of Issue, each on card-mounted India paper, printed in green with "F.F." overprint in yellow, very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 150

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Sale No: 7
Lot No: 210
Symbol: **
Cat No: OL46/59, 70

image Short Set of the 1870-1911 Ontario Law Stamp Issue, all mint never hinged, each with the "C" handstamp on reverse, missing only the 30c green value and the high value. Some of the stamps have natural gum bends, else overall fine, and includes a very fine NH #OB70 without "C" on back. (Image)

van Dam $ 223

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Sale No: 7
Lot No: 211
Symbol: **
Cat No: QL61/72

image Part Set of the 1912 Québec Law Stamp Issue, Perforated 11, all mint never hinged, with #s QL61, 62, 64, 67-72, very fine. (Image)

van Dam $ 793

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Sale No: 7
Lot No: 212
Symbol: **
Cat No: QL73/99

image Part Sets of the 1923 Québec Law Stamp Overprinted Issues, Perforated 11, all mint never hinged, with #s QL73-81, 83, 84, 86, 90, 93-95, 98 and 99. Includes an extra copy of the QL81, very fine. (Image)

van Dam $ 688

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Sale No: 7
Lot No: 213
Symbol: **
Cat No: QL110/120

image Part Set of the Coat of Arms Québec Law Stamp Issues, all mint never hinged, with #s QL110-114, 116-120, very fine. (Image)

van Dam $ 431

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Provincial Wildlife Conservation Stamps
Sale No: 7
Lot No: 214
Symbol: **

image Complete Set of Provincial Wildlife Conservation Stamps, 1992-2008, (missing only Québec) for a total of 174 different stamps, each in a mint never hinged single (no booklets). All neatly displayed on 12 black stock sheets, also includes all 4 of the issued gutter pairs, each in gutter blocks of 8. Last but not least is a pane of 12 from the Rossignol Cultural Centre in Liverpool NS (the first we have seen of this), not listed in van Dam but listed in the latest version of the Lafrenière catalogue. A very fine collection, rarely offered, all pages scanned online. (Image)

van Dam $ 3,789

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Sale No: 7
Lot No: 215
Symbol: Cvr

image Collection of 60 Different Provincial Wildlife Conservation Stamp Artist Signed First Day Covers, appears to cover every province except Québec, from 1994 to 2004. Each cover is also franked with a Canadian postage stamp and cancelled by a pictorial first day cancel, and each cover is signed by the Conservation stamp's artist, with the cover's number, out of the total signed which ranges between 40 and 75 only. A rare and very fine offering. (Image)

Estimate $ 200

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Sale No: 7
Lot No: 216
Symbol: **
Cat No: AWF1/YW4

image Collection of 60 Different Provincial Wildlife Conservation Sheets of 8, 1994 to 2000, all mint never hinged and fresh, missing only a few to be complete, very fine. (Image)

van Dam $ 7,050

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Semi-Official Airmails
Sale No: 7
Lot No: 177
Symbol: **
Cat No: CLCA10

image 1929 3 peso Violet Colombia SCADTA Consular Overprint, a mint never hinged block of four from the lower left corner of the sheet. The block has a few small toning spots (mostly on back) and slightly disturbed gum from storage, else very fine and quite scarce. Accompanied by a 2014 Greene Foundation certificate. (Image)

Unitrade $ 7,200

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Special Delivery - Scott #E1-E11
Sale No: 7
Lot No: 178
Symbol: **
Cat No: E3b

image 1927 20c Orange Special Delivery, Imperforate Vertically, a mint never hinged horizontal pair which is imperforate vertically, very fine, with bright colour and impeccable gum. (Image)

Unitrade $ 500

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Sale No: 7
Lot No: 179
Symbol: E/P
Cat No: E6DP

image 20c Special Delivery Trial Colour Large Die Proof, a hardened die proof in bright carmine (94 x 88 mm) die-sunk on card (230 x 150 mm) with "X-G-586 / Canadian Bank Note Co. Ltd" inscription below the stamp image and pencilled "wrong colour" in pencil at lower right of card (plus small pencilled "O-835" on back), very fine and rare. (Image)

Estimate $ 800

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Sale No: 7
Lot No: 180
Symbol: E/P
Cat No: E6DP

image 20c Special Delivery Large Die Proof, a final state die proof in dark carmine (94 x 88 mm) die-sunk on card (127 x 134 mm) without inscription, with foldover flap pasted on back, revealing a hand-written note reading "Die Proof of the 20c Special Delivery stamp of the new 1925 regular issue by the Canadian Bank Note Co. approved by the Hon. Arthur Sauvé Postmaster General / P.T. Coolican / Act'g DPMG" with a boxed "ASSISTANT / DEPUTY / POSTMASTER GENERAL / APR 27 1935" handstamp. Very fine and rare. (Image)

Estimate $ 800

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Sale No: 7
Lot No: 181
Symbol: E/P
Cat No: E6DP

image 20c Special Delivery Die Proof, a die proof in dark carmine (stamp size) on white wove paper, extracted from the ABNC ledger book and mounted on a black card, without imprint but with hand written "XG586" in margin and red "1935" handstamped in margin. Very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 350

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Sale No: 7
Lot No: 182
Symbol: E/P
Cat No: E6DP

image 20c Special Delivery Large Die Proof, an unhardened die proof in bright carmine (85 x 70 mm) with no accent over second E of EXPRESS, without imprint but with "XG586" in pencil, very fine and rare. (Image)

Estimate $ 800

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Sale No: 7
Lot No: 183
Symbol: E/P
Cat No: E6P

image 20c Special Delivery Plate Proof in Dark Carmine, a lower sheet margin block of four, printed on card-mounted India paper, very fine. A total of 198 proof stamps (two sheets minus one pair) were sold at the 1990 ABN Archives sale. Very fine and desirable in sheet margin block format. (Image)

Unitrade $ 1,400

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Sale No: 7
Lot No: 184
Symbol: E/P
Cat No: E6P

image 20c Special Delivery Plate Proof in Dark Carmine, on card-mounted India paper, very fine. Scarce, as only 198 proof stamps (two sheets minus one pair) were sold at the 1990 ABN Archives sale. Unitrade only values plate proof pairs ($700). (Image)

Estimate $ 100

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Sale No: 7
Lot No: 185
Symbol: (*)
Cat No: E6S

image 1935 20c Dark Carmine Special Delivery with SPECIMEN Overprint, unused (no gum) and well centered, a rare stamp. Accompanied by a 1977 B.P.A. certificate. (Image)

Estimate $ 200

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Sale No: 7
Lot No: 186
Symbol: **
Cat No: E6

image 1935 20c Dark Carmine Special Delivery Group of Three Different Plate Blocks of 10, all three are mint never hinged, includes an upper block from the right pane (with "period after T of NOTE" constant plate variety), an upper block from the left pane, and a lower block from the left pane. Overall very fine. (Image)

Unitrade $ 1,204

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Sale No: 7
Lot No: 187
Symbol: **
Cat No: E6a

image 1935 20c Dark Carmine Special Delivery Imperforate, a mint never hinged vertical pair, with large and even margins, very fine. A scarce imperforate, with only 75 pairs known. (Image)

Unitrade $ 1,400

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Sale No: 7
Lot No: 188
Symbol: O/**
Cat No: E6, E6i, etc.

image Remainder Lot of the 1935 Special Delivery Stamp Collection, includes E6i (used, apparently with "dot in right 2" variety), a lower left plate block of 4 (NH), an upper plate block of 6 (lightly hinged, from the left pane), an upper left plate block of 8 (NH, from the left pane) a mint hinged block of 4 with a variety in the left 0 of the LR stamp (crease), a mint hinged pair with "line through Y and D" constant plate variety on the left stamp, a lightly hinged horizontal pair, as well as two stock certificates and a Yugoslavian 10 dinara banknote, all featuring the Allegory of Progress design. A total of 26 mint stamps, overall fine-very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 100

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Tobacco Stamps
Sale No: 7
Lot No: 217
Symbol: E/P

image Group of Tobacco, Cigarette and Cigar Stamp Plate Proofs, with 22 in all (19 different), 4 issues are present in 3 different colours (black, green and blue) and a few others in two different colours. All are on card-mounted India paper, overall very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 100

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