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LotNo.

Symbol

Cat No.

Lot Description

1041

519-530

Dealer stock of the 1970 5c and 6c Christmas issues, comprising many hundreds of stamps in singles, identical pairs, strips, centre blocks, plate blocks and full sheets, including numerous listed varieties in both regular and tagged formats, a rich and abundant holding ideal for the variety specialist or the dealer seeking well-organised stock, overall very fine.

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Estimate C$ 150

SOLD for C$160.00
Will close during Public Auction

1042

552/1763

Mint and used collection on Scott album pages, 1971–1998, presented in a large two-post album, with mint stamps mounted in black mounts on Scott pages and used stamps (1978–1998) on various album pages with some gaps, includes singles, blocks of four, souvenir sheets, and booklets, many used stamps with dated cancels or from first day covers, total face value of mint stamps is $512, a clean and appealing collection, overall very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 300

SOLD for C$110.00
Will close during Public Auction

1043

Collection of mint Canada in two red Lighthouse hingeless albums, embossed with "Canada" and housed with matching slipcases, with pages for 1972–1984 and 1991–2008, about 90% complete for the period and appears to be never hinged throughout, fresh and overall fine to very fine, with a face value of $626 in denominations 17c and over. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 350

SOLD for C$375.00
Will close during Public Auction

1044

Group of Elizabethan coil and other errors, freaks and oddities, 1980 to 1990, displayed on two black Vario stock pages, including imperforate coils in strips with regular, double or triple perforations, identified by the owner and offered as-is (as some are known to be forged), with varieties on the 12c, 14c, 17c Parliament, "A" stamp, 30c, 32c Leaf, 34c and 36c Parliament Hill, and 39c, 40c, 42c and 43c Flag issues, the 39c examples noted as obvious forgeries; also includes shade varieties and partially missing colours on the $1 Fundy and $2 Kluane, and a striking “Fish Eye in Water” donut variety on the $5 La Mauricie stamp; a fun and unusual group ideal for the collector of oddities, most never hinged and overall very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 400

SOLD for C$275.00
Will close during Public Auction

1045

/CVR

Group of Muskoka-related stamps, postcards and covers, offering the potential foundation for an exhibit on the region, including six panes of the 1987 Canadian Steamships issue featuring the Segwun, which operated on Muskoka waterways in the 1880s, along with first day covers of the issue, commercial mail, postcards and ephemera, with over $60 in face value in stamps alone, overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (All Scans)

Estimate C$ 100

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1046

/CVR

Interesting group of Bileski material featuring the 1971 Manitoba Centennial and 1970 Expo issues, housed in a Bileski album, comprising a range of regular and tagged varieties, the Manitoba issue includes first day covers signed by then-Premier (later Governor General) Ed Schreyer, and twelve covers signed by stamp designer Kenneth Campbell Lochhead, accompanied by his descriptive notes, the Expo 1970 issues are represented in multiple formats including regular and tagged singles, identical pairs and strips of three, 23 used blocks with Winnipeg cancels, a used matched plate block set, a complete set of all four imprint positions on FDCs, and both regular and tagged Expo ’70 Japan blocks, each signed by Kasimir Bileski, clean and overall very fine. (Sc. #505, 508–511) (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (All Scans)

Estimate C$ 100

SOLD for C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction

1047

/CVR

Group of Canada Post Annual and Thematic Collections, 1974–2003, including eight Annual Collections beginning with the scarce 1974 issue (c.v. $250) and continuing through to the Millennium Collection, Thematic Collections comprise over 25 different with some duplication, including the Jacques Cartier Canada–France commemorative document and nine packs of Canadian and French stamps (c.v. $142 total), as well as Lunar New Year collections for 1998–2003, rounded out by two hardbound presentation books of Canadian stamps from 1965 and 1967, a clean group overall, fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 250

SOLD for C$90.00
Will close during Public Auction

1048

Eclectic holding of modern Canadian philatelic material, comprising a few dozen items, including two sets of #2045–2048 Write Me, Ring Me stamps with matching phone cards and sealed #2045 (c.v. $200 per set + $80); two copies of #1972 NHL Stars self-adhesive booklets of 6 (c.v. $90 each); PNC1 1993 Stanley Cup cover with $1 coin (c.v. $60); special event covers including Maple Leafs, Lunenburg, and 150th Victoria; a variety of infrequently-seen FDC cachets and commemorative airmail covers (1996–2002); and even coil stamp backings featuring the Kryptonian language from the 2013 Superman issue (#2678), clean and very fine overall; online photos show a representative sampling. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (All Scans)

Estimate C$ 250

SOLD for C$200.00
Will close during Public Auction

1049

Group of eight better Canada Post themed collector sets, including the scarce 2009 Montreal Canadiens 100th Anniversary collector set; two 2013 Gates of Chinatown sets, each containing the imperforate and numbered souvenir sheet #2642ii (c.v. $180 each); two Titanic collector sets; 2013 and 2014 NHL collector albums; and the 2014 Empress of Ireland collector set, some outer packaging with wear but all contents are like-new, original retail over $850, a desirable group for the modern Canada collector or topical enthusiast. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

Estimate C$ 300

SOLD for C$325.00
Will close during Public Auction

1050A

Significant accumulation of several hundred booklets, King George V to late 1980s, with the majority falling between the 1940s and 1980s (BK39 to BK94); includes heavy duplication of key items such as BK79 (x32), BK81 (x58), and Parliament series, with a broad range of owner-identified varieties including tagging errors, colour shifts, cover paper types, and design differences; substantial catalogue value and a face value exceeding $600; overall fine to very fine, ideal for specialist study or dealer stock. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 400

SOLD for C$300.00
Will close during Public Auction

Canada Plate Block Collections

LotNo.

Symbol

Cat No.

Lot Description

1050B

Useful grouping of 164 blocks of mint, mostly never hinged Canadian stamps, #141/411, comprising 48 blocks and 116 plate blocks, predominantly fine to very fine with NH gum, save for about a dozen blocks—three are hinged, a few are hinged in the selvedge only, and several others show minor gum glazing (counted as hinged); modest duplication throughout, with several higher-value blocks noted including #203ii (c.v. $200), #261 (c.v. $300), #272 (c.v. $180), and #273 (c.v. $375), a conservative catalogue value calculation, fine to very fine overall. (Video 1) (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (All Scans)

Unitrade C$ 7,151

SOLD for C$900.00
Will close during Public Auction

1051

325/405, O33/O49

Two-volume plate block collection of QEII definitives, 1953–1963, never hinged and neatly displayed in two stockbooks, largely in matched sets of four blocks; better items noted include Sc. #326 plate 6, #338 plate 9, #340p with two sets of blank corner blocks, and #401pii with a full set of four blank corner blocks; includes owner's detailed inventory (see images online); overall fresh and mostly very fine, a clean and well-organised collection. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (All Scans)

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Unitrade C$ 3,376

SOLD for C$375.00
Will close during Public Auction

1052

334

Group of forty-six 50c Textiles plate blocks, 1953, neatly arranged on a black stock page, comprising 15 from plate 1 and 31 from plate 2, all never hinged and very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Unitrade C$ 2,300

SOLD for C$120.00
Will close during Public Auction

1053

Dealer’s stock of mint plate blocks, 1940s–1980s, comprising several hundred plate blocks, including a few matched sets, mostly never hinged and organised by Unitrade number in approximately 200 glassines, includes about 50 government overprinted Official plate blocks such as a matched set of O38 (n.h., plate 2), as well as a number of Postage Due issues, the balance consisting of regular plate blocks ranging from Unitrade #500 to 996 with owner’s stated face value exceeding $400, a useful group, overall fine to very fine; online photos show a representative sampling.

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Estimate C$ 250

SOLD for C$225.00
Will close during Public Auction

1054

Dealer stock of approximately 300 matched sets of plate blocks, 1970s–1980s, each housed in a glassine, includes runs of plate numbers for definitive issues and some sets showing variations in paper, tagging, gum, and fluorescence, all identified by the owner, face value exceeds $850 counting denominations from 10c to $2, clean and very fine; online photos provide an overview.

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Face $ 850

SOLD for C$425.00
Will close during Public Auction

Canada Back of the Book Collections

LotNo.

Symbol

Cat No.

Lot Description

1055

BK39a/74a

Group of over 50 complete booklets, 1947–1973, identified and catalogued by the owner, housed in glassines, includes 13 English and one French example of BK39 (c.v. $44 and $48 respectively), unchecked by us for cover types, rate cards, paper varieties, or tagging, a useful foundation for a Canadian booklet collection, a few with minor scuffs on covers, overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Scott $ 967

SOLD for C$80.00
Will close during Public Auction

1056

C1-C9, CE1-CE4

Mint and used collection of airmail stamps, neatly displayed in black mounts on quadrille pages, including both mint and used singles of each issue, mint never hinged blocks of four of C1–C5, and matched sets of plate blocks for C6–C9 and CE1–CE4; also includes a hinged horizontal imperforate pair of C1a; overall fine-very fine or better, a clean and well-organised collection. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 300

SOLD for C$225.00
Will close during Public Auction

1057

Valuable dealer stock of mint Back of the Book Canada, 1897 to 2003, comprising hundreds of stamps in a stockbook and a sheet file folder, with singles, blocks, plate blocks and larger multiples of Air Mail, Special Delivery, and OHMS and G overprints, most never hinged and ideal for the dealer or collector seeking to fill gaps or upgrade, includes a block of 15 of the 1c green George VI Postes-Postage with narrow spacing OHMS overprints, and numerous owner-identified varieties including some from Bileski offerings, worth in-person viewing though the majority is visible in online photos; also includes a small group of overprinted items and Admiral coils identified as forgeries, overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 400

SOLD for C$400.00
Will close during Public Auction

1058

FPS1/FPS57

Group of 93 mint Canada postal note/scrip stamps, including a full set of the Third Issue hinged on a Canada Post souvenir card, a nearly complete second set of the Third Issue (missing only the 4c and 5c) with a mix of hinged and never hinged examples and some duplication, six different stamps from the Second Issue, and a selection of singles and blocks from the First Issue (all never hinged, most with very fine centring); includes an unlisted variety: 60c with large jumbo design (22.5x18.5mm); overall fine to very fine.

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Unitrade C$ 1,260

SOLD for C$80.00
Will close during Public Auction

1059

/CVR

Stockbook of precancels, mint and used with covers, 1890s–1980s, comprising hundreds of mostly single stamps from Victoria to Elizabeth II, including bar types, town types, and Money Order Office numeral types in a wide range of styles, with significant duplication among both regular and inverted varieties, includes seven commercially used covers with corner cards or advertising, notably a 2c Edward (Toronto Style 3) on a booklet from the Law Society of Upper Canada, with additional scattered used Victorian issues, a clean and overall fine or better accumulation, well worth review for varieties. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (Scan 11) (Scan 12) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 150

SOLD for C$110.00
Will close during Public Auction