1851/80: Small assembly of predominantly unused stamps, all singles, set-out on two stock pages, also includes some Brunswick and Nova Scotia, mixed condition, the odd better and one or two finer. (page)
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1857: 3 d. blue, unused example without gum, four good to large margins all around, fresh colour, horizontal crease crosses stamp at top, yet a scarce unused stamp of pleasing appearance. (page)
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1920s/30s: Small selection of King Geoge V, noting nicely centered 1927 Historical Issue, Arch Issue complete, hinged, the 50 c. Grand Pre being particularly well-centered, additional never hinged 10c olive block of four, offered alongside trio of 1930's-40's Newfoundland flight covers, highlighted
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1851/1980ca.: Huge accumulation of various collections concerning Canadian collecting areas such as stamps starting with good stamp collections - Canada Province, partly mounted on pages Newfoundland and Dominion with a quite a nice selection of fine early examples which includes a fine Jubilee set
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1860/2002: Collection in 2 stock books and two albums for souvenir sheets and booklets. Beginning with colony issues as Prince Edward Islands, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, in mostly fair condition, unused and used, followed by the Dominion of Canada, here particularly the modern issues from 1974 on
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1860: British Columbia & Vancouver Island 2½ d. reddish-rose, a horizontal pair, used on printed "PAID / DEITZ & NELSONS / BRITISH COLUMBIA & / VICTORIA / EXPRESS" envelope, in combination with "BARNARD'S / Cariboo Express. / PAID." imperforate black on orange Forwarding Agent's label, all tied to c
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1860: British Columbia & Vancouver Island 2½ d. deep reddish-rose, a used wing margin example on 1866 cover to Somerset County, Maine, tied by bold oval framed "NEW WESTMINSTER / POST OFFICE / BRITISH COLUMBIA" despatch in black with USA 1857 10 c. green applied for onward transmission tied by SAN F
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1860: British Columbia & Vancouver Island 2½ d. pale reddish-rose, a wing margin example on 1868 underpaaid cover to Fort Yale on the Fraser River, cancelled by "1" numeral obliterator of New Westminster with rare "DUE" handstamp at left in black. Manuscript notation "$5.91 for Due" (or possibly "$
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1860: British Columbia & Vancouver Island 2½ d. pale reddish-rose, a used example on 1863 cover to New Westminster cancelled by manuscript pen cross in blue and by fine strike of oval framed "POST OFFICE / NANAIMO / VANCOUVER ISLAND" in red. Notation at left "Rec'd Dec 22/63" in manuscript. Some min
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1860: British Columbia & Vancouver Island 2½ d. pale reddish-rose, a horizontal pair, slight wrinkles at top, used on printed "PAID / DEIETZ & NELSONS / BRITISH COLUMBIA & / VICTORIA / EXPRESS" envelope, somewhat truncated at left, in combination with "BARNARD'S / Cariboo Express." / PAID." imperfor
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1852: 3d. red on ribbed soft wove paper, sheet margin at top, others margins close to touching, tied to 1858 cover with second 3d. red, this showing the major re-entry from position 34, plate A, chiefly ample to good margins, just touching at upper left, postmarked with Ingersoll c.d.s. (11 Mar), to
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1857: 1/2d. rose horizontal pair, four margins, large on three sides, close but clear at foot, tied to part Globe newspaper (January 15, 1858) by faintly-struck black target cancels, addressed to Dundas, right stamp with trivial light crease mentioned for strict accuracy, an exceptional and rare fr
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1857: 1/2d. rose, fair to large margins, tied to cover by black segmented obliterator, endorsed "circular" at upper left, to the Master of Saint John`s Lodge of Freemasons in Cayuga, unsealed as appropriate, a fine example of this difficult rate. (page)
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1868: 3c. red, fresh and bright colour, tied to "Insolvent Act, 1869 / John L. Marsh, Official Assignee for York Co." cover by neatly-struck "11" two-ring numeral cancel, equally-crisp Fredericton double split-ring alongside (24 Nov), to Johnston, Queens County, with Gagetown arrival backstamp (26 N
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1868: 12½c. blue, tied to cover by black grid cancel, red Fonthill split-ring alongside (23 Sept), paying the Canadian packet rate to Newcastle, England, carried from Quebec to Liverpool via the Allan Line "Peruvian," with Port Robinson (23 Sept), St. Catharines (23 Sept), Welland Rail Road (23 Sept
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1868: 15c. red lilac on thin paper, first printing, paying the ½oz. letter rate to England via New York, tied to cover to Stroud, Gloucestershire, by black grid cancel, postmarked Kingston (11 Apr), endorsed "per Cunard Steamer" at upper left, carried via the "Australasian" which reached Queenston o
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1869: 1c. yellow orange, tied to unsealed cover to Newboro by "2" two-ring numeral cancel of Toronto, exceptional sewing machine illustrated advertisement for W.A. White & Co`s Salesrooms, with further illustration on reverse, docketed "Mar 12 1869" in manuscript, fine and most attractive.rnProvena
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1868: 2c. green on watermarked Bothwell paper, showing a near-complete "C" of "CLUTHA", tied in manuscript to promissory note from Belleville, dated May 31, 1870, filing folds well clear of adhesive with some slight separation, a rare revenue usage, being the only such recorded usage of a watermarke
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1873: ½c. black, perforated 11½ x 12, block of four on thin paper, full never hinged original gum, crisp impression and fresh bright colour, a scarce and fine multiple.rnProvenance: Collection Ron Brigham, Brigham Auctions, 22 February, 2014, lot 43. (page)
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1890: Ottawa printing Large Queen 15 c. slate-violet on thinnish paper, an unused block of six with sheet margin at left and part imprint, of fine fresh colour and full unmounted og. A delightful and very scarce multiple Gi = £ 450+. (page)
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1868/93: Large and Small Queens, small group of singles and multiples, Large Queens with 1c. - 15c. used singles, 6c. dark brown plate proof on card-mounted India paper, ½c. black and 15c. grey unused blocks of four, fresh colour, the lower stamps being never hinged, also 6c. and 10c. unused Small Q
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1868: 1c. Large Queens, three single franking covers paying the circular rate, with 1c. red brown tied to October 1869 circular by mute maritime grid cancel to Maine, 1c. red brown on thin paper tied by July 1868 Leeming & Cowies Weekly Market Report, and 1c. deep orange tied to Masonic Circular by
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1868/72: Group of six Large Queen covers, with 1c. printed matter rate paid by ½c. black horizontal pair, each showing the "Spur on Scroll" variety on fancy cancel cover from L`Orignal, to Vankleek Hill, three 1c.+2c. franking domestic rate covers, including one to Sanford Fleming in Halifax while h
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Colony of Canada 1851: 12 pence black, deep fresh colour and good even margins, used with central clear target on entire letter with frontside despatch mark "HAMILTON JY 19 1852" to New York, with adjacent red "CANADA PAID 20 Cts", the stamp with slightest traces of pressed creasing at top, otherwis
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1852/57: 3d. brown-red on wove paper, vertical pair with good to large margins including ca. 3/5 mm sheet margin at foot, tied by 7-ring target to folded cover from Montreal (19 Dec) to Kingston, with double split-ring arrival backstamp (21 Dec), a scarce and very fine franking. Certificate BPA (202
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1852/57: 6d. slate violet on handmade wove paper, four good to mostly very large margins, showing portion of adjoining stamp at top, bright shade, cancelled with clear strike four-ring numeral "2" of Belleville in blue, extremely fine and choice. Cert BPA (2020). (page)
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1852: 10d. blue on wove paper, ample to good margins all around, tied to small piece by light grid cancel, very fine. Cert. BPA (2020). (Image 1) (page)
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1852/57: 10d. blue on thin wove paper, good to large margins all around, tied to 1856 envelope from Hamilton to a Major with the 20th Regiment in Ayr, Scotland, re-directed to Dumbarton, front with red "PKT. LETTER PAID LIVERPOOL" and London transit mark, a fine usage to a military addressee. Cert B
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1852/57: ½ penny deep-rose on medium wove paper, large margins all around, showing partial "...Wright, Hatch & Edson New Y..." imprint at foot, fresh colour, tied to small piece by indistinct four-ring numeral; fine and scarce. Cert BPA (2020). (page)
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1851/57: Pence issue selection, all four-margin examples, with 1852 3d. brown red with blue target cancel, orange red in pleasing bright shade tied to small piece postmarked Toronto, striking horizontal pair with rich colour, scarce 1857 1/2d. rose horizontal strip of three tied by "21" four-ring nu
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New Brunswick 1851/60: 6d. olive-yellow, fresh colour and large margins, diagonal bisected and tied to 1857 cover from Hillsborough to Lower Coverdale by clear numeral grid "17", cover slightly cleaned and pressed, not affecting the stamp, a fine and scarce entire and rare New Brunswick numeral canc
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Nova Scotia 1851/60: 6d. deep green, lovely intense deep shade with good to large margins on all sides, lightly tied to embossed ladies cover to Maine by black grid and red "PAID 10", "ST. JOHN NEW BRUNSWICK JY 4 1859" c.d.s. at upper right, a very fine and most attractive single franking. Cert. Phi
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