LARGE QV-QEII COLLECTION IN PRINTED ALBUMS - STRENGTH IN ALL PERIODS: Two cartons with 6 Stanley Gibbons albums (one empty), 4 holding predominately used 1990-2013 sets/ranges & minisheets and the last a 1859-1990 collection with an exceptional amount of early ranges/sets of mint but flawed (off-centre, gum issues, hinged, etc.) examples. Inc. Large & Small Queens to 15c, 1897 Jubilee range to $5 (front fine but thinned/toned gum/hinged), complete 1908 Quebec set, inter-war ranges to 20c or 50c, complete 1942 & 1946 sets to the $1 as well as p.dues inc. 1930 complete set, officials with 1950 "G" overprints complete to the $1, express delivery issues, and a set of 3 1875 Registration stamps to 8c. Highly catalogued collection with scarce issues. (v. many 100s) Cross Reference: POSTAGE DUE LABELS, EXPRESS MAIL (Image)

USEFUL QV-QEII COLLECTION FOCUSED ON EARLIER NEWFOUNDLAND ISSUES: Three binders with printed pages; 2 well-filled with 1991-2006 mint/used ranges, sets & minisheets inc. Chinese Lunar New Year issues, other binder with useful provincial QV-KGVI period mint/used ranges & singles (mint often with gum issues). Includes page of 1865 & 1867 British Columbia & Vancouver Is., page also of New Brunswick with 1860 used set to 17c (with 1c + 5c shades), some Nova Scotia to 1860 and a sizeable portion of Newfoundland inc. used 1857 1d (touched margins), 1862 Rose-lake mint & used (SG18 £240 total), a few airstamps inc. 1919 $1 optd. on 15c Scarlet with comma missing from "AIR POST," (SG143a £160) plus a number of ranges in both mint & used inc. 1890 Discovery Anniversary & 1897 Royal Portraits. Worthwhile collection. (Many 100s) Cross Reference: NEWFOUNDLAND, NEW BRUNSWICK, BRITISH COLUMBIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND, NOVA SCOTIA (Image)

EARLY TO MODERN, MINT & USED COLLECTIONS: Two binders (some remaindering), stock book & album pages with an an all reigns collection/accumulation. Includes useful large & small Queens, middle period dollar values, modern mint issues and some Newfoundland. (Few 100s) (Image)

LATE 19th & EARLY 20th C. MAIL: Collection of QV to early QEII cards & covers inc. good variety of used QV/KGV Postal Stationery, printed advertising envs., Regd. covers, Small Queen covers, C.P.R. illustrated postcards, etc. Postmark interest. (c.62 cards/covers) (Image)

QV-QEII COMMERCIAL MAIL COLLECTION: Interesting range of cards & covers inc. several attractive 1920s/30s illustrated advertising covers. Also some unusual P.O. applied cachets inc. "The person addressed is believed to be engaged in a business of a fraudulent character", "Stamp fallen off at Toronto, Ont." (clearly a regular occurrence!), etc. Also censor & military mail. (c.71) (Image)

OCEAN MAIL CLERKS: A set of stamps with barred numeral hs's of Mail Clerks used on the Cunard Steamships 'Asia' (A92, 2), 'Java' (A93, 1), 'Africa' (A95, 2), 'Europa' (A97, 5), 'Arabia' (A98, 2), and 'China (B61, 3). Mainly on Nova Scotia QV 12½c (9, SG17), but also 5c (2, SG12) & 8½c (1, SG14), and Newfoundland 6d orange (SG14, 2-margins - just) cancelled "A95" & New Brunswick 1c Locomotive (SG7?) cancelled "A97". Varying quality but an interesting seldom seen grouping. (15 stamps) (Image)

LARGE & SMALL 'QUEENS' USED RANGE: Mostly fine, but a few odd perf. faults (5c large queen with corner repair). SG nos. between 46 & 116. Total cat. c.£750. (27) (Image)

2c GRASS-GREEN BISECT ON 1887 POSTAL STATIONERY CARD: Used 1887 P. Stat. card (worn at upper right hand side away from stamp) lightly cancelled with 1888 6 ring 'target' cancel. Faint cds to lower left. RPSL cert. (2000). SG 78b £2500. Cross Reference: BISECTS, POSTAL STATIONERY, CANCELLATIONS (Image)

USED 1897 JUBILEE $5: Fine used example of the 1897 Jubilee $5 Olive-green (hinge remnants, SG140 £700) cancelled by barred parcel canceller. (Image)

USED 1897 JUBILEE $2: Fine used example of the 1897 Jubilee $2 Deep Violet (hinge remnants, SG137 £425) cancelled by cds. (Image)

KEVII/KGV MINT & USED ISSUES ON STOCK CARDS: Useful range of issues inc. KEVII 20c, 50c, coil stamps inc. SG 224a, 224b, 262, etc. Cat. £645 (27) (Image)

KGV BOOKLET PANES & COILS: 1912-35 range of mostly unmounted mint panes on Hagner sheets. Coil stamps inc. SG 216, 218e, 218a (all pairs) & SG 219 (coil join strip of 4); booklet panes inc. SG 197a & 201a, 275a, 276a, 247aa, 300c, 300a, 301a, 302a, 303a, 342a, & 319a. Total SG cat. £315+. A very fine lot. (12 panes + 4 coils) (Image)

KGVI COLLECTION: Mint stamps inc. booklet panes & coils issues comprising of 1937 definitives (excl. 3c carmine coils, 13c Harbour & 1$ Chateau) with 6c airmail in plate block of four; 1942 War Effort to $1 Destroyer; 1946 Peace to $1 inc. 8c brown in plate block of four; 1949 Parliament in plate block of four; 1949 and 1950 definitives. Also a range of First Day Covers inc. Peace issue set with Special Delivery & airmail stamp; Special Delivery issues; Flight covers inc. Montreal to Southampton First Flight & combination covers of Newfoundland & Canadian stamps; Royal Tour cancellation; $1 ferry in large block on piece, etc. (qty) (Image)

2002 CHINESE NEW YEAR 48c SPECTACULAR VARIETY: 48c marginal unmounted mint example with red, charcoal and tagging omitted resulting in the central die stamped horse, country name, value and inscription being omitted. Rare as only 25 examples recorded. SG 2116var, EC CA4232MCa and Unitrade 1933i. (Image)

RARE OVAL "SHIP-LETTER/[Crown]/ROCHESTER" ON DISINFECTED TRANSATLANTIC COVER EX RESTIGOUCH; 14 Oct. 1805 E (folds neatly and professionally backed with silk) from missionary "Edward Pidgeon" in "Restigouch" (modern Campbeltown in remote northern New Brunswick) to London, but clearly sent to New York and carried from there on the ship 'Orb' (Captain Ceet; the only Standgate Creek transatlantic arrival recorded in Lloyd's List - pcopy included - that fits the London 21 Jan. 1806 arrival cds) with a remarkably clear double-oval "SHIP-LETTER/[Crown]/ROCHESTER" (Rob. S2; few examples known, all 1803-12) nicely placed on the front. The letter has the distinctive light vinegar-staining of Standgate Creek back and front and to quote Robertson (p.E.255); "Almost without exception the Rochester ship-letters which have survived bear the unmistakable signs of disinfection at Standgate Creek... all types are of some rarity". Very few pre-1850 disinfected transatlantic covers from anywhere in North America have been recorded; presumably there was an outbreak of cholera or yellow fever on the 'Orb' in mid-Atlantic. Spectacular Item of undoubted Exhibition Quality. [Ex Alan Robertson himself; illustrated by him on p. E.256.]Cross Reference: SHIP LETTERS, KENT, TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, DISINFECTED MAIL (Image)

FINE MINT & USED COLLECTION: Album containing good range of early imperf. types inc. SG1 mint with RPSL (1968) Cert., 3c green (2 unused, 1 used) and 5c both shades unused. 1862-64 imperf. range mint or unused inc. 4d (2), 5d, 6d, 6½d, 8d & 1/-; dollar currency range begins with 1865 issues, both paper types represented, noting 13c orange mint & 5c brown (seal) used (SG £200), 10c black both mint & used, 1876 roulettes set used, 1887 set mint (SG £350) and used, 1897 Discovery sets both mint (less 5c) and used (SG £650), 1897-1918 sets mint & used with shades, 1911 Coronation sets mint (less 12c) & used (SG £650), 1919 Caribou sets mint & used with shades (SG £600+), various 1920s surcharges, 1923 pictorial complete set to 24c mint (SG £200) plus used to 15c, 1928 Publicity set to 30c mint (SG £150) plus Perkins Bacon printing mint & used sets (SG £320), 1931 Airs mint, 1931 re-engraved set mint (SG £250), 1932 sets both mint & used (SG £180), etc; 1933 Gilbert set mint (SG £120) and part set used to 32c, continuing through to 1947 KGVI last issues inc. Dues. Lot also inc. some 1932-38 imperf. pairs plus 1848 'Money Letter' Richibucto, N.B. to Fredericton. A fine collection. (Few 100s) (Image)

ACCUMULATION of stock cards, album leaves, packets and loose, commercial mail, airmail, FDCs (inc. 1939 Royal Visit with 2 cds types), 1898 Registered Letter to London with "REGISTERED/JY 98" hooded cds, PPCs, etc. Stamps from 1857-1940s, corner blocks etc., a good mix of mint and used. (c.380 stamps + c.30 covers) Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS, FIRST DAY COVERS, REGISTERED MAIL, PICTURE POSTCARDS (Image)

1/- ROSE-LAKE IMPERF. USED ON COVER: 31 July 1905 env. to Paris franked by this stamp (SG 23), tied with a clear strike of "ST JOHN'S N.F./[date]/NEWF'D" cds. RPSL cert. (2009). (Image)

1908 2c LAKE unmounted mint lower right corner block of four overprinted "SPECIMEN" diagonally in red with seriffed capitals and each stamp punched with a small hole. Fine. SG 94var. BPA Cert (2000). (Image)

1909 2c LAKE unmounted mint lower right corner block of four overprinted "SPECIMEN" diagonally in red san-serif capitals, each stamp with a small punched hole. Fine. BPA Cert. (2000). (Image)

AIRMAILS - 1929-42 AN INTERESTING GROUP OF COVERS: 14 June 1929 env. used at St John's commemorating the 1st transatlantic flight bearing a single 1920 3c on 35c with special slogan cancellation. 2 June 1931 1st flight from St John's to St Anthony with 1928-29 & 1931 15c. 18 Feb 1931 1st flight from Hampden to St Johns. 29 Jan 1931 1st flight from St Johns to Conche (pilot signed) bearing 4c and 1931 15c pair. 14 Feb. 1931 1st flight from St Anthony to St John's (pilot signed). July 1933 env. registered from and carried on the 1st flight from Wabush to Katsao via Labrador. 1 May 1942 Trans Canada Airlines 1st flight from St John's to Moncton N.B. and another from Gander to Moncton N.B.. All with cachets where relevant. (13 covers)Cross Reference: AIRMAILS (Image)

NOVA SCOTIA & PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Small range on stock cards. Nova Scotia (20) inc. used 6d green (no margins), several mint/used 1c, 2c, 5c & 8½c; and 1860-63 set of 6 on white paper with "SPECIMEN" opt. Prince Edward Island (18) inc. several 2d, 3d, 4d, 4½d & 9d and 1c, 3c, 6c & 12c; mostly mint. (38 items) Cross Reference: NOVA SCOTIA, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, SPECIMENS (Image)