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Sparks International Sale: 58 Stamps & Postal History of British North America New Brunswick Sale No: 58 Lot No: 744 Symbol: Cvr 1804 (July 25), St. John N*B* straight-line on transatlantic letter to London, rated 1N10 in manuscript, struck on reverse with choice St. John N*B* / July. 25. 1804 datestamp in black, c.d.s. receiver (16 Sep) above, some internal repairs, but a choice strike of this difficult marking. (Image1) Estimate C$ 250 Opening C$ 180.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 745 Symbol: Cvr 1824 (December 11), St. Andrews manuscript cancel, on stampless folded letter from Boston, Massachusetts, to St. John, postmarked with choice Boston despatch c.d.s. (Dec 11), rated 7d (currency), handstamped PAID in red, "St Andrews / 20th Decr 1824" manuscript transit at upper left, no backstamps, a remarkably fresh entire of superior quality; ex Saint. (Image1) Estimate C$ 200 Opening C$ 100.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 746 Symbol: Cvr 1842 (October 29), Hillsborough manuscript cancellation folded letter, stampless folded letter endorsed "Paid 11 / Hillsboro. NB" at upper right, to Fredericton, struck SUSSEXVALE NB PAID, reverse with red Frederickton c.d.s. receiver (Nov), horizontal fold and piece missing from reverse, else scarce and fine. (Image1) Estimate C$ 150 Opening C$ 80.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 747 Symbol: Cvr Cat No: Collection 1846 (May 7), Way Office Dumfries stampless folded letter to Massachusetts, commercial folded letter rated “7” in manuscript, with two-line manuscript “Dumfries N.B. / Way Office May 7/46” at upper left and neatly struck Woodstock double split-ring of the same day, the 7d rate paying transit to the United States border; vertical filing fold, otherwise very fine, a scarce and attractive Way Office usage. (Image1) Estimate C$ 100 Opening C$ 60.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 748 Symbol: Cvr Cat No: Collection 1848/1860s, group of five stampless and Way Office covers, comprising an 1848 transatlantic cover from Woodstock to Ayr, Scotland, carried via the Cunard America; 1858 cover from St. John to Black River with manuscript “McNaughton’s Way Office” and W.O. Kouchibouguac backstamp, faulty; 1856 registered cover to Halifax with Way Office Black River backstamp; 1861 cover from Sussex Vale to Colwell’s Way Office, with edge tears; and an undated cover postmarked W.O. Cambridge to Golding’s Way Office, Wickham, later affixed with 3c Small Queen that does not originate; condition varies considerably, but a useful specialist group. (Image1) Estimate C$ 150 Opening C$ 90.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 749 Symbol: Cvr 1864/1866, group of four New Brunswick Cents issue covers, three involving Way Offices, comprising an 1865 cover from Way Office Cambridge to the Assistant Surgeon of the 9th Regiment at Davenport, Iowa, franked with two 5c singles, a scarce Civil War-era military correspondence usage; 1864 10c single-franking cover to the U.S. Marine Hospital at Chelsea, Massachusetts, with indistinct Way Office backstamp; 1866 5c single-franking cover from St. John to Miramichi via Newcastle and Chatham; and 1866 5c single-franking cover from Way Office Turtle Creek to Hopewell Corner Way Office; condition somewhat mixed with the usual faults in places, but chiefly fine. (Image1) Estimate C$ 300 Opening C$ 150.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 750 Symbol: Cvr Cat No: 12 1863 (April 14), 12½c indigo single-franking cover from Dorchester to Newark, carried at the 12½c packet rate via Halifax and Cunard liner Canada, adhesive tied by oval grid cancellation and affixed partly over a faint red script NEW BRUNSWICK PAID marking, the reverse with fair Dorchester double split-ring despatch and Newark c.d.s. receiver (27 Apr), routed via Halifax and likely carried by the Cunard Canada, light edge creases, otherwise fine and scarce. (Unitrade 12). (Image1) Estimate C$ 250 Opening C$ 120.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 751 Symbol: Cvr 1863 (December 9), St. John to Miramichi, Cudlip & Snider bi-weekly circular, franked with 1c red lilac Locomotive, tied by double split-ring datestamp, some separation along the internal folds, otherwise fine-very fine. (Image1) Estimate C$ 150 Opening C$ 80.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 752 Symbol: Cvr Cat No: Collection 1866 (April 10), underpaid cover from St. John to Woodstock, franked with two 5c green Queen Victoria stamps paying 10c of the required 15c rate, struck at right with the scarce “INSUFFICIENTLY PREPAID-7 CENTS” handstamp, the reverse with clear St. John and Woodstock (20 Apr) backstamps, some soiling, creasing and edge wear, fine. (Image1) Estimate C$ 150 Opening C$ 80.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 753 Symbol: Cvr 1869 (circa), 1c Large Queen advertising cover from St. John to Butternut Ridge, New Brunswick, H.L. Spencer advertising envelope franked with a 1c Large Queen, tied by a superbly struck two-ring “7” numeral cancellation of St. John, addressed to Butternut Ridge Way Office, without backstamps; lovely and very fine. (Image1) Estimate C$ 200 Opening C$ 120.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 754 Symbol: Cvr 1869 (December 21), Way Office Hopewell Corner to Roxburgh-Albert Way Office, New Brunswick, franked with 2c and 3c Large Queens, tied by oval grid cancellations, with W.O. HOPEWELL CORNER despatch alongside dated 21 Dec in manuscript, the reverse with W.O. SALMON RIVER A.C. double split-ring transit (22 Dec); opening tears to flap, otherwise fine, a scarce cover sent between two Way Offices. (Image1) Estimate C$ 250 Opening C$ 150.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 755 Symbol: Cvr 1870 (August 15), registered letter wrapper-receipt from Way Office Upper St. Bazil, New Brunswick, to Presque Isle, Maine, partly printed green form sent via the exchange office at Grand Falls, postmarked W.O. UPPER ST. BAZIL N.B. double split-ring and backstamped Grand Falls the same day, the inside with Presque Isle c.d.s. (19 Aug) struck in the allotted space by the postmaster and signed as proof of delivery; minor splits along the folds reinforced with hinges, otherwise very fine, scarce; ex Horace Harrison. Registered letter wrapper-receipts saw fairly extensive use during the Provincial period; many postmasters, particularly in the Maritimes, however, continued the practice after Confederation despite their use being formally prohibited in 1875. (Image1) Estimate C$ 200 Opening C$ 120.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 756 Symbol: Cvr 1872 (December 21), Large and Small Queen mixed-franking cover from Campbell Settlement, New Brunswick, to Sussex Vale, franked with a 2c green Large Queen and 1c red orange Small Queen, each neatly tied by light grid cancellation, with arrival backstamp on reverse; the 2c with a trivial rounded corner and the 1c somewhat oxidized, otherwise fine to very fine; with 2003 Greene Foundation certificate. (Image1) Estimate C$ 150 Opening C$ 60.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 757 Symbol: Cvr Cat No: Collection 1874 (September 17), registered advertising cover from St. John to Woodstock, General Agency Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co. illustrated advertising cover, franked with 2c and 3c Small Queens, tied by REGISTERED / SAINT JOHN datestamp, to Woodstock, with next-day split-ring arrival backstamp, some discolouration mostly confined to back, else fine-very fine and scarce. (Image1) Estimate C$ 150 Opening C$ 50.00 Please Login Newfoundland Sale No: 58 Lot No: 785 Symbol: Cvr 1860 (August 29), folded letter from St. John’s to Kennington, England, forwarded through London, datelined St. John’s and sent under cover to forwarding agents Brooking & Co., London, where affixed with perforated 1d red and tied by London duplex (17 Sep), likely carried by the Galway Line steamer Parana, which departed St. John’s on 1 Sep and arrived at Galway on 7 Sep; some creasing, otherwise fine, a scarce example of Newfoundland-origin mail franked with British postage; ex Steinhart, mounted on his original album page. The "Parana" made only three contract voyages for the short-lived Galway Line before the company's financial troubles and lost contracts forced them to suspend operations. (Image1) Estimate C$ 300 Opening C$ 200.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 786 Symbol: ** Cat No: 11A 1860, 3d green Heraldic pair, with never hinged original gum, large even margins all around, fresh colour, a lovely pair, very fine. (Image1) Unitrade C$ 720 Opening C$ 130.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 787 Symbol: ** Cat No: 22 1861, 8d rose Heraldic, never hinged, large balanced margins, a lovely stamp, very fine. (Image1) Unitrade C$ 240 Opening C$ 50.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 788 Symbol: Cat No: 33P 1870, 3c vermilion Queen Victoria plate proofs, in colour of issue, a single on India paper, and block of four on card-mounted India, the single just touched at lower right, fine, the block with ample to large margins all around, very fine. (Image1) Unitrade C$ 450 Opening C$ 50.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 789 Symbol: 1870s/1890s, group of four covers and fronts with 3c or 6c “Widow Weeds” frankings, comprising c.1870s 3c rouletted on cover to Burgos, toned; 1875 6c dull rose on transatlantic cover to London, England; an 1880s 3c blue front from St. John’s to Twillingate; and 1895 6c carmine lake on cover from St. John’s to Boston, Massachusetts, this particularly fresh and very fine; else mixed condition with some toning, wrinkles and other faults, and chiefly fine. (Image1) Estimate C$ 200 Opening C$ 100.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 790 Symbol: Cat No: 35 1870, 6c dull rose Queen Victoria, trio of multiples, comprising a hinged lower left corner block of four showing partial plate inscription, gum bend along lower two stamps; never hinged lower right corner strip of four with full "American Bank Note Company, New York" inscription; and never hinged block of nine; the catalogue value reflecting no premium for inscriptions, a fine group of multiples nicely-illustrating subtle shade differences. (Image1) Unitrade C$ 450 Opening C$ 80.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 791 Symbol: Cat No: 35P/TC/ii/iv 1870, 6c Queen Victoria, group of four plate proofs, on India paper, comprising the carmine rose near-colour of issue, as well as trial colours in deep orange, green, and brown, each with large to very large margins and fresh bright colour, the odd extremely trivial India imperfection common to this fragile paper, very fine. (Image1) Unitrade C$ 390 Opening C$ 80.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 792 Symbol: Cat No: 35Pi 1870, 6c bright rose Queen Victoria plate proof, strip of four on card-mounted India paper, large to very large margins, from the upper right corner of the sheet, showing the full "American Bank Note Company New York" inscription at right, the catalogue value not reflecting a premium for the imprint, attractive and very fine. (Image1) Unitrade C$ 280 Opening C$ 80.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 793 Symbol: Cat No: 35Pi 1870, 6c bright rose Queen Victoria plate proof, block of four on card-mounted India paper, with large margins all around including partial sheet margin at right, pleasing fresh colour, very fine. (Image1) Unitrade C$ 280 Opening C$ 50.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 794 Symbol: **/* Cat No: 36 1894, 6c carmine lake Queen Victoria, lower right corner block of ten, with full "American Bank Note Company, New York" imprint in lower selvedge, full original gum, with seven stamps never hinged, a well-centred positional block of fresh colour, the catalogue value reflecting no premium for the inscription, scarce and fine-very fine. (Image1) Unitrade C$ 952 Opening C$ 150.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 795 Symbol: **/* Cat No: 36 1894, 6c carmine lake Queen Victoria, block of four, large part original gum, a few small hinge remnants, lovely rich colour and well-centred, very fine. (Image1) Unitrade C$ 280 Opening C$ 40.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 796 Symbol: Cvr 1898 (September 20), ½c olive Royal Family issue irregular block of six on Hechler cover, the block tied by St. John's c.d.s. cancellations, reverse with Halifax receiver (27 Sep), fresh and very fine. (Image1) Estimate C$ 100 Opening C$ 50.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 797 Symbol: **/* Cat No: 61-74 1897, Discovery of Newfoundland issue, comprising a hinged set, mostly very fine, together with 12 blocks of four, the 6c, 8c, one 24c, 35c and 60c blocks never hinged, the latter particularly choice, overall fine to very fine. (Image1) Unitrade C$ 2,243 Opening C$ 150.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 798 Symbol: * Cat No: 87-103 John Guy Issues, 1910/1911, complete mint sets of the lithographed and engraved issues, all hinged and including the 6c “reversed Z” variety, accompanied by a group of seven 1c stamps, one used, with two showing the “NFW” perf 12 x 11 variety including an example in a block of four, catalogued according to condition and fine to very fine throughout. (Image1) Unitrade C$ 1,200 Opening C$ 120.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 799 Symbol: ** Cat No: 101a 1911, 10c violet black Guy Issue, imperforate pair, never hinged, horizontal pair with large to very large margins, including sheet margin at left, the right-most stamp quite strongly inked, deep colour, fresh and very fine. (Image1) Unitrade C$ 600 Opening C$ 90.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 800 Symbol: Cat No: 104P-114P 1911, 1c to 15c Royal Family plate proofs in black on card, the complete set, each with large balanced margins, elusive and very fine. (Image1) Unitrade C$ 1,500 Opening C$ 200.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 801 Symbol: * Cat No: 127, 127iv 1920, 2c black surcharge on 30c slate Discovery of Newfoundland, complete sheet of 25, with disturbed original gum and showing the “O of TWO over S of CENTS” varieties at positions 2, 7, 12 and 16, an attractive and desirable sheet, very fine. (Image1) Unitrade C$ 228 Opening C$ 50.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 802 Symbol: * Cat No: 127i 1920, 2c on 30c slate Provisional Surcharge, in red, hinged, fresh colour and detailed impression, scarce, with only one setting of 25 having been printed, particularly elusive and absent from many advanced collections, fine-very fine. (Image1) Unitrade C$ 1,875 Opening C$ 475.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 803 Symbol: Cvr 1921 (March 28), Botwood to Fogo Island first flight cover, franked with a 3c Trail of the Caribou tied by a St. John's machine cancel of March 9, with the usual purple AIR POST FOGO straightline handstamp; the flight doubled as a seal-spotting and mail excursion, with the mail carried by rail from St. John's to Botwood and flown to the island for an ice landing, the flying party returning to Botwood the same day, typical light soiling, fine. (AAMC NFF-6) (Image1) Estimate C$ 50 Opening C$ 50.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 804 Symbol: Cvr 1927 (May 21), de Pinedo flight cover from Trepassey, Newfoundland, to London, England, franked with a well-centred 60c black King Henry VII tied by Roma Corrispondenze Ordinarie (22 Jun) c.d.s., with split-ring Trepassy (21 May) strike alongside and second Rome c.d.s. receiver on reverse, endorsed “Air Mail / Pinedo 1927” and addressed to the High Commissioner, with return address on reverse reading “Please return to / Conductor A. J. Fandy (?) / Trepassy Railway / Newfoundland,” light edge faults and aging, but remarkably well preserved considering its journey, a rare supplementary mail cover (AAMC FF-28c), signed Alberto Diena; with 2008 Raybaudi certificate. Marchese Francesco de Pinedo reached Trepassey, Newfoundland, on May 20, 1927, during his round-the-world flight aboard the Santa Maria II. On May 23, he departed in an attempt to reach Rome via the Azores. (Image1) Estimate C$ 5,000 Opening C$ 4,400.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 805 Symbol: ** Cat No: 160, 160iii 1929, 3c on 6c grey-black with red “THREE CENTS” surcharge, complete sheet of 25, showing the three “C of CENTS under T of THREE” varieties at positions 1, 16 and 23, never hinged, an attractive sheet, very fine. (Image1) Unitrade C$ 463 Opening C$ 60.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 806 Symbol: ** Cat No: 160i 1929, 3c on 6c Humber River trial surcharge in black, Type I with 5 mm between “THREE” and the bar, never hinged, with fresh colour and a minute tone spot at upper right, fine to very fine and scarce; with 1958 Philatelic Foundation certificate. (Image1) Unitrade C$ 3,500 Opening C$ 350.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 807 Symbol: Cat No: 190TCDP 1932, 5c Caribou, trial colour die proof in black, 57 x 83mm, with full die sinkage, on white wove unwatermarked paper, approximately 74 x 114mm, the completed die with reversed "1023" imprint at upper right, and guideline at right of design, a lovely proof, extremely fine. (Image1) Estimate C$ 500 Opening C$ 250.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 808 Symbol: Cat No: 192TCDP 1932, 6c Princess Elizabeth, trial colour die proof in black, 53 x 72mm, on watermarked paper, with engraver's guideline at right, hinged, faint reversed 981 at upper right, light black ink smudge at top, a lovely and scarce proof, very fine. (Image1) Estimate C$ 350 Opening C$ 180.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 809 Symbol: Cat No: 193TCDP 1932, 10c Salmon Leaping, trial colour die proof in black, 81 x 58mm, on thick wove unwatermarked paper, approximately 98 x 72mm, showing full die sinkage, with engraver's guideline at centre above design, and 972 in reverse at upper left, very fine. (Image1) Estimate C$ 500 Opening C$ 250.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 810 Symbol: Cat No: 195TCDP 1932, 15c Harp Seal, trial colour die proof in black, 81 x 58mm, on thick wove unwatermarked paper, approximately 112 x 76mm, showing full die sinkage, with engraver's guideline at centre above design, and 958 in reverse at upper left, very fine. (Image1) Estimate C$ 500 Opening C$ 250.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 811 Symbol: Cat No: 196TCDP 1932, 20c Cape Race, trial colour die proof in black, 83 x 56mm, on thick wove unwatermarked paper, approximately 113 x 73mm, showing full die sinkage, with engraver's guideline at centre above design, and 956 in reverse at upper left, very fine. (Image1) Estimate C$ 500 Opening C$ 250.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 812 Symbol: Cat No: 197TCDP 1932, 25c Sealing Fleet, trial colour die proof in black, 83 x 56mm, on unwatermarked paper, showing complete die sinkage, without die number, but showing engraver's guideline above design and reversed 962 at upper left, attractive and very fine. (Image1) Estimate C$ 500 Opening C$ 250.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 813 Symbol: Cat No: 198TCDP 1932, 30c Fishing Fleet, trial colour die proof in black, on unwatermarked paper, 83 x 61mm, showing complete die sinkage, without die number, but showing engraver's guideline above design and reversed 963 at upper left, a lovely proof, particularly desirable in black, very fine. (Image1) Estimate C$ 500 Opening C$ 250.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 814 Symbol: Cat No: 209TCDP 1932, 8c Corner Brook Paper Mill, trial colour die proof in black, 56 x 48mm, on watermarked paper, with engraver's guideline at centre, small hinge remnant, lovely impression, very fine and scarce. (Image1) Estimate C$ 350 Opening C$ 180.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 815 Symbol: Cat No: 210TCDP 1932, 24c Loading Ore, trial colour die proof in black, on watermarked paper, 79 x 61mm, showing die sinkage at right and top, with engraver's guideline at centre above design, and 1028 in reverse at upper left, very fine. (Image1) Estimate C$ 350 Opening C$ 200.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 816 Symbol: **/* Cat No: 212-225 1933, Sir Humphrey Gilbert issue group of singles & blocks, comprising a complete set of 14 singles together with blocks of four, in a mixture of hinged and never hinged, with occasional light gum wrinkles as usual for the issue, overall very fine. (Image1) Unitrade C$ 1,882 Opening C$ 150.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 817 Symbol: ** Cat No: 218a 1933, 8c brownish red Sir Humphrey Gilbert colour error, never hinged, accompanied by a single of the regular orange-red issue for comparison, Unitrade noting that only 200 examples of the error are believed to exist, a difficult stamp in this quality, fine to very fine. (Image1) Unitrade C$ 849 Opening C$ 150.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 818 Symbol: Cat No: 256var 1941, 2c Princess Elizabeth, right-margin imperforate pair, ungummed, on thicker paper, pleasing deep blue shade, very fine. (NSSC #242g). (Image1) Estimate C$ 120 Opening C$ 60.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 819 Symbol: ** Cat No: 249d 1943, 48c red brown Leaving for the Fleet block of ten with inverted watermark, perf 12½, never hinged and very fine; with 2022 Richard Gratton AIEP certificate. (Image1) Walsh C$ 800 Opening C$ 250.00 Please Login Sale No: 58 Lot No: 820 Symbol: * Cat No: C2 1919, $1 on 15c scarlet, Alcock and Brown flight, mint hinged, fresh colour and remarkable centring, very fine. (Image1) Unitrade C$ 300 Opening C$ 50.00 Please Login

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