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Sparks Auctions Sale - 14

Canada

Province of Canada -- Pence Issues Scott #1-13
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
1 ng 1 image1851 3d red Beaver, unused, with strong laid lines. Large margin at right, three others are close or just cut into design. Lightly oxidized and soiled, with broken diagonal crease at lower left and light vertical creases, else a scarce unused stamp missing from most collections. Fine and accompanied by a 2013 Greene Foundation certificate. (Scan a) Unitrade $ 25,000

SOLD for C$2,400.00
Will close during Public Auction
2 O 1 image1851 3d red Beaver on Laid Paper, used with target cancel, four margins and very fine. (Scan a) Unitrade $ 1,600

SOLD for C$500.00
Will close during Public Auction
3 O 1 image1851 3d red Beaver on Laid Paper, used, with centrally struck target cancel. Three large margins plus one that touches frameline at bottom right. Large repaired tear, else fine appearance. (Scan a) Est. $ 100

SOLD for C$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
4 O 1 image1851 3d red Beaver on Laid Paper, used with centrally struck target cancel, four margins and very fine. (Scan a) Unitrade $ 1,600

SOLD for C$300.00
Will close during Public Auction
5 O 2 image 1851 6d slate violet Consort, used pair with smudged cancels, left stamp is fine with left and bottom margins clear, close at top, right stamp close along frameline at right, cut into design at top, very good-fine. (Scan a) Unitrade $ 1,750

SOLD for C$375.00
Will close during Public Auction
6 O 2 image1851 6d slate violet Consort on Laid Paper, used with light target cancels plus trace of a red cancel at bottom left. Three large margins plus one clear at bottom, very fine. (Scan a) Unitrade $ 2,500

SOLD for C$550.00
Will close during Public Auction
7 O 2 image1851 6d slate violet Consort on Laid Paper, used with moderate target cancel. Four margins, with tiny thin in bottom margin, else very fine. (Scan a) Unitrade $ 2,500

SOLD for C$400.00
Will close during Public Auction
8 CVR 2 image1851 6d slate violet Consort on Folded Letter, with two copies, paying the double weight rate to the US border. Posted at St. Catharines U.C. on OCT.16.1852 and later re-rated 20 cents from the border to New York City. The right stamp has a vertical file crease and a tiny corner crease in bottom right corner margin, and the right stamp has a horizontal crease in the left sheet margin, else both stamps have 4 margins. A nice, clean cover which is accompanied by a 2013 Greene Foundation certificate. (Scan a) Est. $ 2,000

SOLD for C$900.00
Will close during Public Auction
9 CVR 2 image1853 6d slate violet Consort on Folded Letter, mailed Montreal APR.10.1853 and addressed to New York. Red CANADA in arc, red PAID and red "10" rate handstamp on front. Stamp has 3 large margins plus one that is cut into outer frameline at top and has a vertical crease, with target cancel. A repair to the cover almost certainly necessitated removal of the stamp. Vertical file folds as usual. (Scan a) Unitrade $ 2,500

SOLD for C$400.00
Will close during Public Auction
10 E/P 2TCx image1852-1857 6d black Vertical Trial Colour Proof Pair, with orange vertical SPECIMEN, bottom proof has light hinge remnant at edge, fine-very fine. (Scan a) Unitrade $ 600

SOLD for C$210.00
Will close during Public Auction
11 E/P 2TCx image1851 6d black Consort Trial Colour Proof, with vertical SPECIMEN overprint in orange. Cut into at right and thin, else fine. (Scan a) Unitrade $ 300

SOLD for C$95.00
Will close during Public Auction
12 E/P 2TCxi image1851 6d grey blue Consort Trial Colour Proof, with vertical SPECIMEN overprint in carmine. Very fine appearance but thinned. (Scan a) Unitrade $ 325

SOLD for C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
13 E/P 3Pi image1851 12d black Queen Victoria Plate Proof, with vertical SPECIMEN in carmine. Faults, including repairs, etc, still a presentable example. (Scan a) Unitrade $ 2,500

SOLD for C$325.00
Will close during Public Auction
14 E/P 3Pi image1851 12d black brown Queen Victoria Plate Proof, on card with vertical SPECIMEN overprint in carmine. Very fine. (Scan a) Unitrade $ 2,500

SOLD for C$1,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
15 O 4 image1852 3d red Beaver, used with centrally struck 4-ring numeral, three large to clear margins, close to frameline at top left corner, else fine-very fine. (Scan a) Unitrade $ 225

SOLD for C$65.00
Will close during Public Auction
16 O 4 image1852 3d red Beaver, used with neat target cancel. There is a short transfer variety at right, and scarce thus. Four large margins, very fine. Accompanied by a 2002 Greene Foundation certificate. (Scan a) Est. $ 400

SOLD for C$220.00
Will close during Public Auction
17 O 4 image1852 3d red Beaver on Medium Wove Paper, used with light cancel and four large margins. Very fine. (Scan a) Unitrade $ 300

SOLD for C$160.00
Will close during Public Auction
18 CVR 4 image1852 3d red Beaver Horizontal Pair on Cover, mailed Montreal JUL.5.185? and addressed to Louis-Joseph Papineau at Saratoga Springs, New York (no receiver). The stamp pair is tied to cover by two 4-ring #21 cancels, and are from positions 99 and 100, with small part of imprint in bottom margin "Raw...". Intact red wax seal on back and many small pencil notations from previous owners. Very fine and accompanied by a 2004 Greene Foundation certificate. (Scan a) Est. $ 2,000

SOLD for C$425.00
Will close during Public Auction
19 CVR 4 image1858 3d red Beaver on Cover, a three margin example, tied to cover likely from Toronto to Hamilton, Ontario with MAY.29.1858 double broken circle receiver on back. A few hinge remnants on back, else fine. (Scan a) Unitrade $ 300

SOLD for C$65.00
Will close during Public Auction
20 O 4a image1853 3d brown red Beaver, Machine Made Wove Paper, with three huge margins (bottom clear of outer frameline) showing next stamp at left, numeral 16 in grid postmark (Hamilton), very fine. (Scan a) Unitrade $ 350

SOLD for C$130.00
Will close during Public Auction
21 O 4a image1853 3d brown red Beaver, used with target cancel and four margins. Tiny stain in upper left margin, else very fine. (Scan a) Unitrade $ 350

SOLD for C$75.00
Will close during Public Auction
22 O 4c image1852 3d red Beaver on Ribbed, Soft Wove Paper, used with very light target cancel. Four large, even margins, and showing part of the imprint at top "Rawdo...". Very fine and accompanied by a 1974 BPA certificate. (Scan a) Unitrade $ 750

SOLD for C$325.00
Will close during Public Auction
23 O 4c image1854 3d red Beaver on Ribbed Paper, used with light cancel. Margins are large to clear, pinhole and shallow thin, else fine. (Scan a) Unitrade $ 400

SOLD for C$65.00
Will close during Public Auction
24 O 4d image1852 3d orange red Beaver Block of Four on Thin Paper, used, with target cancels. Cut into at top, just at frameline at right, with full margins at bottom and left. The two right stamps have a vertical crease, and light stains on back affecting three stamps, else a fine block. Ex. Huff, and accompanied by a 2013 Richard Gratton AIEP certificate. (Scan a) Est. $ 1,000

SOLD for C$950.00
Will close during Public Auction
25 O 4d image1852 3d orange red Beaver on Thin Paper, used with pen cancel. Four margins, very fine. (Scan a) Unitrade $ 300

SOLD for C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
26 O 4d image 1852 3d orange red Beaver on Thin Paper, with three prominent pre-printing creases, faulty at upper left corner else fine-very fine. (Scan a) Unitrade $ 225

SOLD for C$40.00
Will close during Public Auction
27 O 4i image1852 3d deep red Beaver, used with crisp and almost complete 4-ring #27 (Ottawa) cancel. Four large margins, very fine. (Scan a) Unitrade $ 350

SOLD for C$140.00
Will close during Public Auction
28 O 4i image1853 3d deep red Beaver, used with centrally struck 4-ring #31 (Picton) cancel and fine. (Scan a) Est. $ 150

SOLD for C$130.00
Will close during Public Auction
29 CVR 4i image1857 3d deep red Beaver on Folded Letter, mailed Clearville U.C. on AUG.4.1857 and addressed to Chatham C.W. (receiver on back AUG.5.1857). Stamp has 3 large margins plus one just touching frameline at top, and is tied to folded letter by a target cancel. Pressed-out vertical file fold (away from stamp) and very fine. (Scan a) Unitrade $ 300

SOLD for C$210.00
Will close during Public Auction
30 O 4iii image1852 3d red Beaver on Ribbed, Hard Wove Paper, used, with neat target cancel. Four margins, including three large, slightly oxidized colour and very fine. (Scan a) Unitrade $ 850

SOLD for C$110.00
Will close during Public Auction
31 O 4v image1852 3d deep red Beaver on Thick, Hard Paper, used with part target cancels. Four large margins, plus good portion of next stamp at bottom. Very fine. (Scan a) Unitrade $ 600

SOLD for C$325.00
Will close during Public Auction
32 O 4x image1852 3d brown red Beaver with Stitch Watermark, used with bold, centrally struck 4-ring #21 (Montreal) cancel. The stitch watermark is vertical. From position 30 of Pane B (in pencil on back), and thus with sheet margin at right showing large part of imprint "...on, Wright, Hatch, & Edson. Ne...". Margin is cut into slightly at upper left, else a very nice example with many attributes. Accompanied by a 1996 Saskatoon Stamp Centre certificate. (Scan a) Unitrade $ 1,000

SOLD for C$425.00
Will close during Public Auction
33 ng 5 image1855 6d slate grey Consort, unused (regummed), with faults, else fine and a rare unused stamp. Accompanied by a Greene Foundation certificate. (Scan a) Unitrade $ 15,000

SOLD for C$1,250.00
Will close during Public Auction
34 O 5 image1855 6d slate grey Consort, used with 4 ring numeral cancel. Four large margins, including small portion of stamp above, and sheet margin at right, with part of imprint at top right showing the word "...York". A very nice stamp. (Scan a) Unitrade $ 2,000

SOLD for C$1,150.00
Will close during Public Auction
35 O 5 image1855 6d slate grey Consort, used with target cancel. Four large margins, including a sheet margin at right. Tiny thin at outer edge of sheet margin, else very fine. Accompanied by a 2013 Richard Gratton AIEP certificate. (Scan a) Unitrade $ 2,000

SOLD for C$450.00
Will close during Public Auction
36 O 5 image1855 6d slate grey Consort, used with indistinct 4-ring numeral cancel. Margins are clear to cut into on 2 ½ sides, crease at bottom right. Very good. (Scan a) Unitrade $ 500

SOLD for C$120.00
Will close during Public Auction
37 O 5 image1855 6d slate grey Consort, used, with target cancel and four large margins. Very fine. (Scan a) Unitrade $ 2,000

SOLD for C$525.00
Will close during Public Auction
38 O 5 image1855 6d slate grey Consort, used, with part light target cancel. Three margins plus cut into frameline at top. Fine. (Scan a) Unitrade $ 1,000

SOLD for C$300.00
Will close during Public Auction
39 O 5a image1855 6d brownish grey Consort, used with target cancel. Four large margins and showing portion of stamp at top, and a deep coloured example of this better shade. Very fine and accompanied by a 2013 Greene Foundation certificate. (Scan a) Unitrade $ 3,000

SOLD for C$1,050.00
Will close during Public Auction
40 O 5b image1855 6d greenish grey Consort, used with smudged target cancel, four large margins and nice colour. Tiny scissor cut in bottom right margin, away from design mentioned for the record. Very fine. (Scan a) Unitrade $ 2,000

SOLD for C$425.00
Will close during Public Auction
41 O 5b image1855 6d greenish grey Consort, used with light "dollar sign" manuscript cancel in red, plus light target cancel. Four margins, with deep colour but slight aging. Very fine. (Scan a) Unitrade $ 2,000

SOLD for C$350.00
Will close during Public Auction
41A O 5var image1855 6d slate grey Consort, an interesting variety because during the printing process an uneven application of printing ink resulted in a "short transfer" at left. Stamp has four full to large margins with a stain at lower left and a trivial tiny thin, neither mentioned in accompanying 2014 Richard Gratton AIEP certificate. (Scan a) Unitrade $ 2,000

SOLD for C$300.00
Will close during Public Auction
42 O 7 image1855 10d blue Cartier on Thin, Crisp Transparent Paper, used with large part Toronto double broken circle dated SEP.14.1857, scarce thus. Four large to clear margins, fine-very fine. (Scan a) Unitrade $ 1,875

SOLD for C$1,050.00
Will close during Public Auction
43 CVR 7 image1855 10d blue Consort on Mourning Cover, mailed at Québec in May, 1857 and addressed to Dundee, North Britain. Red tombstone Packet Letter receiver dated MAY.17.1857 on front, partially over stamp. Stamp, which has four large margins, is tied to cover by a light 4-ring #37. Light overall wear, and missing its backflap, else a very nice cover. Accompanied by a 2013 Greene Foundation certificate stating "stamp may have been removed and replaced". (Scan a) Unitrade $ 3,000

SOLD for C$850.00
Will close during Public Auction
44 O 7a image1855 10d blue Cartier, used with moderate grid cancel. Margins are clear to cut close at right. Tiny corner fault at top right, else fine. (Scan a) Unitrade $ 1,500

SOLD for C$250.00
Will close during Public Auction
45 E/P 7P image1854 10d blue Cartier Plate Proof, with small faults at top right and thin, else very fine. (Scan a) Unitrade $ 300

SOLD for C$75.00
Will close during Public Auction
45A nh 8 image1857 ½d rose Queen Victoria, fresh with deep colour and accompanied by a 2014 Greene Foundation certificate "No. 8, mint, O.G., N.H. genuine in all respects." A lovely stamp with full original gum which is never hinged. Unitrade price is for hinged so a never hinged example should be worth at least twice. (Scan a) Unitrade $ 2,800

SOLD for C$3,600.00
Will close during Public Auction
46 ng 8 image1857 ½d rose Queen Victoria, unused (no gum) with four margins, including large one at right. Two faint diagonal creases (visible in fluid) and a tiny thin in right margin (not affecting design), else very fine. (Scan a) Unitrade $ 1,400

SOLD for C$220.00
Will close during Public Auction
47 O 8 image 1857 ½d rose Queen Victoria, used with 4-ring #37 (Quebec), four large margins, small thin spot at top and light soiling, else very fine (Scan a) Unitrade $ 1,000

SOLD for C$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
48 O 8 image1857 ½d rose Queen Victoria, used with light Toronto grid cancel. Three full margins plus one cutting into outer frameline at top. Fine. (Scan a) Unitrade $ 500

SOLD for C$95.00
Will close during Public Auction

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