1865 5c Sperati forgery glass support cliché in light carmine, prepared for producing the imperforate stamp, one of a dozen recorded. (Image)

1865 5c Sperati forgery glass support cliché in negative with black surround, with some production numberings at top and base; extremely rare in negative. (Image)

1865 5c, cliché in black on grey celluloid film; extremely rare with only a very few examples in the B.P.A. and the “Ultimate” collection. (Image)

1846 (20 July) Folded entire to New York, bearing two clear strikes of the PAID AT QUEBEC crowned circle in red, with Quebec cds alongside, fine. (Image)

1851 6d slate-violet, on laid paper, used with crisp clear central target cancel, showing good to large margins, very fine and scarce; cert. Brandon (2016) (S.G. £1'300). (Image)

1858-59 3d red, on machine-made paper, perforated 11 3/4, used with part target cancel, showing good centring, excellent colour, very fine (S.G. £375). (Image)

1859 Jacques Cartier 17c Sperati forgeries, group of eight glass clichés, most with reversed image, in a splendid range of colours, such as black, vermilion, grey, and a radiant light blue, also one attractive negative cliché, some with Sperati’s typical manufacture notations, also one negative on glass of circular mute 12-bar cds and circular numeral 9. A unique assembly of a hitherto unrecorded Sperati production, which now has the status of being Sperati’s final stamp reproduction. (Image)

1897 Jubilee $1 lake, used with Montreal cds, showing good colour and perforation, fine (S.G. £550). (Image)

1903 KEVII 1c-50c complete mint set, very fine with fresh colour, the 50c is superb; cert. Behr (2016) (S.G. £1'100). (Image)

1911 Admiral issue, Eckerlin plate "essay" in 3 complete sheets in red, blue and green, very rare as such and missing even from the Brigham collection as nearly all have been cut into smaller multiples.

1914, Wreckage of SS Empress of Ireland, ambulance wreck cover OHMS from Ottawa to Grimsby bearing at front 'Recovered by divers from wreck of S.S. Empress of Ireland', accompanied by a 1907 travelled ppc showing the ship under full steam. (Image)

1945, SS SCYTHIA, wreck covers (2) from Canada to Great Britain, legal size cover from Montreal to Newcastle bearing straightline 'DAMAGED BY FIRE&WATER' and manuscript marking 'Delivered at Newcastle 20th June 1945' + another cover from Langley Prar. to Scotland bearing 2-line 'damaged by immersion in sea water'

1857-1930, mint and used collection of Newfoundland with SG n° 11, 13, 28, 29 mint, as well as 17 mint stamps of Prince Edward, fine. (Image)

1860-1905, Assembly of over 60 postal stationery envelopes, letter cards, cards & wrappers of Canada & Newfoundland, all (except 4 used) unused, practically all different, noted Canada envelopes first issue 5c & 10c, fine to mostly very fine group.

1851, 3d dark bright red on bluish paper, horizontal pair, large margins to very slightly touched at lower right, file crease affecting right stamp otherwise very fine, tied by mute grill cancels on folded cover (Asa Coy Sept 24 1851) with matching "FREDERICTON SEP 24 1851" cds on reverse, send to Hartford, CT (USA) with Woodstock N.B transit backstamp (25.9.1851). The second earliest recorded cover with stamps of New Brunswick (the earliest being Sept 20.1851) and the earliest known sent to the USA; cert. Vincent Greene (1988); ex Argenti, "Foxbridge" and Saint. (Image)

THE ONLY KNOWN NEW BRUNSWICK COVER USED AT NEW YORK 1856 Envelope franked New Brunswick 3d pair dull red (folded between) posted at N.Y. bearing 'NEW-YORK / SEP /4' cds and oval UNITED STATES exchange handstamp addressed to Sussex, N.B., alongside with struck through straightline 'Held For Postage' and endorsed ms '10', at back departure New York, transit and arrivals markings St. John, Upper Sussex and Sussex Vale datestamps, an eye-catching and unique exhibition piece Expertise: Cert. BPA (1993) and BPA (2009). (Image)

1859 Envelope to England with 1851-60 3s dull red bisect and 6d olive-yellow (both good even margins), tied by oval grill cancels, with Liverpool arrival cds adjacent, cover tear repairs and backflap with portion added, attractive; cert. Eichele (2002) (SG £3'000). (Image)

1851 Royal Crown and Flowers 6d yellow on blued paper with fine to large, used with bold "23" in oval grid, a fine and fresh example; cert. Peter Holcombe (1993) (S.G. £900). (Image)

1857 2d, 6 1/2d, 8d and 1s, eighteen items, comprising for the 1/2d value, one cliché on celluloid in light brown with production notes and date of Dec 1929, for the 2d one cliché in light vermilion and with reversed image and one cliché on glass with a part imprint of a stamp from Mexico, for the 8d, four glass clichés incl. one black negative, and a celluloid cliché and an attractive proof on paper with impression in black and vermilion, for the 1s, five attractive glass support clichés in varying colours, one in black negative, one in grey-black (dated “6/29”), and one in deep dark red, also two beautiful celluloid clichés in black and deep red; A spectacular and unique group of production elements for Sperati’s preferred photolithographic production method of this classic stamp. (Image)

1857-64 Perkins Bacon 3d yellowish green, on machine-made paper, used, showing three good to large margins, very fine and scarce; cert. Brandon (2012) (S.G. £425). (Image)

1857 4d, 8d, 1s sixteen items, comprising for the 4d value, two glass support clichés, one with reversed image and one with integrated postmark in a striking red-brown shade, for the 8d value four glass support clichés, with two in negative and painted black around design, also three trial impressions on paper, for the 1s value one negative glass support cliché with dating May 1929 and comprehensive production notes around design, two fine glass clichés in vermilion. Finally three papers with cds trials dated “7/43” and “12/44”. A spectacular and unique group of production elements for Sperati’s preferred photolithographic production method. This lot comes with Sperati's cardboard box for photographic paper of the Societe Lumiere. (Image)

1857 8d Sperati forgery, glass support cliché in black and with reverse image. (Image)

1857 8d, cliché on celluloid film in black with design reversed, marked “EN” at bottom. (Image)

1857 8d Sperati forgery glass support cliché in vermilion, with reversed image, marked “148” at base; the vermilion shade that Sperati so often used for his proofs was a good match for the scarlet-vermilion of the original stamp. (Image)

1860 medium, hand-made paper 1s green in mint block of four in a triangular shape, good margins all round, a superb and scarce multiple; ex John Chaplin. (Image)