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1140

Impressive horde of early-20th Century to modern-day Canadian tobacco tax stamps and related items, including about 200 colourful match covers in great condition for their age, with pre-printed excise tax paid stamp, and featuring many long-defunct restaurants and other businesses in and around the Bay of Quinte area, Toronto and elsewhere (difficult to confirm age, but rooms at the Quinte Hotel were "$1 and up"); a like-new catalogue featuring tobacco containers from Canada, the US and the world; several dozen cigarette packs displaying modern tobacco revenue stamps; hundreds of tear strips of various colours from cigarette packs, indicating federal and provincial origin; more than a dozen cigar and cigarette containers with stamps, including two older metallic containers; several hundred tobacco excise stamps showing provincial origin, stamp type, number of pieces of tobacco and different lettering identifier combinations, displayed in Vario pages and much loose. This accumulation would be very difficult to gather today. Given the fragile nature of some of the material, it is still fine to very fine. Ex Covert. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (Scan 11) (Scan 12) (Scan 13) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 750

SOLD for C$600.00
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1141

Series "C" Tobacco Stamps, 1935-68, with cancels on cigar, manufactured, plug, and short strip stamps, plus new style short strips. These stamps are on 99 pages of mostly black stock sheets, with very little duplication, formed over decades by Earle L. Covert. A fascinating and still understudied area of philately, the contents include examples of most of the items issued in the period and many varieties, according to the Catalogue of Federal Tobacco Stamps of Canada, by Christopher D. Ryan. Our image gallery photos show all of the pages, ready to be updated and expanded with new information. Also includes some related literature. A rare opportunity. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 3,500

SOLD for C$1,300.00
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Argentina

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1142

CVR

Collection of an estimated 150 Argentine 'muestra' (specimen) postal cards, 1898, in two antique 'valores postales argentinos' books (both Vol. II) by C. Carles. One book is in fair condition, the other is in poor condition though the covers affixed inside on pages with descriptions are in good to very good condition for their age. Accompanying is a copy of Republica Argentina 'postal and telegraph codes' volume 1, 2 and 3 by Carles (1898). An unusual grouping rarely received. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 300

SOLD for C$375.00
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Australia

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1143

Australia never hinged postage lot, sorted by denomination and ranging from 20c to $10, with a strong showing in higher values including $1 (×966), $1.05 (×135), $1.10 (×131), $1.20 (×304), $2 (×42), and $10 (×6), comprising singles, multiples, and souvenir sheets, a substantial group ideal for the postage user or dealer. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

Face A$ 5,678

SOLD for C$1,250.00
Will close during Public Auction

1144

Australia dealer stock and collection, a medium box housing a three-volume mint and used collection on computer-generated pages from 1913–2008, with strength in modern mint Australia and considerable face value, accompanied by a partially filled stockbook of used Australian States and a dealer’s stock organised in 102 cards including Australian and New Zealand dependencies, with no apparent high cataloguing items but substantial quantity, overall fine-very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 300

SOLD for C$225.00
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1145

Australia, 1920s/1950s, re-entries and varieties collection,mostly mint and identified with accompanying research notes, with several examples of the 1929 1½d Centenary of Western Australia major re-entry in "T" of "AUSTRALIA" (S.G. 116a) in blocks of four, as well two plate blocks of eight with full John Ash imprint (adhered to card), 1931 Kingsford-Smith re-entry in "FO and LD" in plate block of eight, horizontal pair, and an uncommon used single, 1954 Royal Visit corner block of eight with vertical lines doubled in ROYAL VISIT and denomination 1957 3½d Christmas in two blocks of four and a pair, showing the re-entry in "ISTMAS" and "TRALI", other re-entries of varying degrees on King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II definitive issues, often in positional multiples, the odd cover and a small group of South Australia accompany, the occasional small flaw, but mostly fresh and fine-very fine, ideal for the specialist; ex Trimble. (Video 1) (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 250

SOLD for C$150.00
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1146

Australia and Area mint never hinged new issues, 2000–2010, housed in a 3-ring binder with 22 double-sided stock pages, comprising Australia along with some Christmas Island, Australian Antarctic Territory, and Cocos Islands, includes souvenir sheets, booklets, complete sets and se-tenant strips, all different and with strong topical interest, high aggregate face value with a predominance of $1-and-up denominations, a useful group for collectors seeking to fill gaps with modern issues. (Video 1) (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 300

SOLD for C$375.00
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Austria

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1147

Advanced collection of mint and used, 1850s to 1970s, comprising many hundreds of stamps housed in a Lighthouse hingeless album and two stockbooks, the album quite complete for the period with back-of-the-book issues including Officials, Postage Due and Air Post, most early stamps appear to be reprints though still attractive and worthy of study, the two stockbooks contain owner-identified singles, tabs and blocks mostly from the 1960s and 1970s, a slight tobacco smell noted for accuracy, a collection clearly assembled over many years and overall fine or better. (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$325.00
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1148

Dealer stock of mint stamps and sets, 1920 to 1950s, comprising more than 120 singles and complete sets housed on six Hagner pages in dealer stock cards, including Semi-postal and Air Post issues, mostly never hinged or lightly hinged, clean and attractive material throughout, overall fine or better. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 150

SOLD for C$70.00
Will close during Public Auction

Belgium

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1149

1849/1970s, extensive mint & used collection of Belgium, in three binders, neatly-hinged on pages and identified per Michel, predominantly used for the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, beginning with the 1849 "Epaulettes" issues, including shades of the 20c, single 40c carmine rose (small imperfections), good range of the later 1851/61 imperforates, collected with an eye to shade variations, as were the later perforated issues, Coat of Arms, etc, note a few difficult mint examples including an original gum 1915 5fr deep blue (Sc. #121, $275) and a fresh lightly hinged 4fr Antwerp Exhibition single from the souvenir sheet (Sc. #221a, $100), the 1929 Arms and later 1930s/40s King Leopold III definitives include several dozen mint examples with attached advertising labels, noting also tete-beche pairs, much mint from the 1950s to 1970s, with singles and sets as well as souvenir sheets, the third album with semi-postals and Air Post, including many souvenir sheets, with complete sets including the 1910 St. Martin of Tours (used), 1911 Charleroi overprints (mixed mint/unused), 1928 Orval Abbey (mint), and much more, the third album with back of the book including Officials, the popular Railway stamps, military stamps, parcel post, postage duties, newspaper stamps, as well as issues of Eupen & Melmedy and the Belgian Congo, some manila pages of collector's duplicates included, faults to be expected among the classic and semi-classic issues in particular, but a useful collection, with much being fine. (Video 1) (Video 2) (Video 3)

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Estimate C$ 600

SOLD for C$475.00
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1150

1849/1960s, Belgium accumulation of collector's duplicates, mostly used and sorted in two well-filled volumes and an envelope, beginning with over seventy examples of the "Epaulettes" issue, various printings, largest focused on the definitive issues, with some commemoratives, pairs with advertising labels, etc, the second volumes with an extensive stock of Railway stamps, the envelope with similar unsorted, as well as some blocks, souvenir sheets and sheetlets, noting also Belgian Congo, Eupen & Malmedy, etc, condition varies dramatically, with faults to be expected, the patient collector may find potential for postmark interest, mostly fine. (Video 1) (Video 2) (Video 3)

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Estimate C$ 200

SOLD for C$100.00
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1151

B156/B263

Group of stamps and souvenir sheets, 1935 to 1939, on a double-sided black stock sheet including Scott B156–162 (hinged, c.v. $178), B169 (creases and a thin, c.v. as nh $600), B178 (never hinged with clipped corner, c.v. $275), B179 (nh, c.v. $175), and B256–263 (hinged, c.v. $65), overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 200

SOLD for C$100.00
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Bermuda

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1152

1/731, MR1

Used collection, 1865–1996, mounted on Steiner pages, fairly complete to the early QEII period with only a dozen or so stamps missing, includes Sc. #1–6, 15, 55/69 (missing #59), 143–162, 175–191, and others, QEII issues are nearly complete to 1970 then become sparse through to 1996, with album pages included up to 2001, a clean and well-organised collection ideal for continuation, overall fine or better. (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$190.00
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Brazil

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1153

68-78

Study lot of 75 used stamps of the Emperor Dom Pedro issue of 1878–1879, arranged in dealer stock cards on two Hagner pages, including singles and pairs with dated postmarks, fancy cancels and some with marginal imprints, ideal for the specialist of this issue or the postmark collector, with high catalogue value especially among the higher denominations, some faults expected due to the fragile paper of the period, still overall fine or better. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 200

SOLD for C$100.00
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British Antarctic Territory

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1154

1-373, C1

Mint collection, 1963–2006, neatly displayed in mounts on stockbook pages, appears complete for the period with early issues including Sc. #24 lightly hinged, then never hinged from 1973 onward, includes souvenir sheets, a fresh and well-presented collection ready for continuation, overall very fine. (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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Estimate C$ 150

SOLD for C$400.00
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British Commonwealth -- Collections & Accumulations

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1155

Great Britain & British Commonwealth, 1840s to 1950s, re-entries & varieties mint & used collection, on Vario pages, most with notations as to the re-entry, beginning with roughly 100 Great Britain Line Engraved examples, 1d reds and 2d blues, perforated and imperforate, with re-entries, dropped transfers, misplaced entries, etc, the balance being from around the Commonwealth, including a 4d Cape Triangle, early Ceylon, New Guinea with 1937 5d King George VI with major doubling in "POSTAGE", this in two blocks of four and two panes of 30 (both panes with flaws), Rhodesia ½d, 1d, 2½d, and 8d "Double Heads", the last with a dropped entry, St. Helena including 1856/68 examples, including 1856 6d blue with major re-entry (thinned, with BPA certificate), 6d 1935 Silver Jubilee with re-entry at lower left, Dominica with re-entries and double frame on 6d King George VI Pictorial, Kenya Uganda & Tanzania 1960 1sh Official vertical pair with major re-entry (S.G. O19a), and various other major and minor re-entries on mostly King George VI and QEII Pictorials of Gibraltar, Northern Rhodesia, Virgin Islands, and more, the occasional flaw, an overall fine-very fine collection, collected by an expert in the field over many years, often accompanied by notations, photo enlargements, etc, viewing recommended to best appreciate this impressive holding; ex Trimble. (Video 1) (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 300

SOLD for C$650.00
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1156

Collection of select British Commonwealth, 1860s–early 1970s, mostly used and housed in a neatly organised home-made album of approximately 200 quadrille pages with stamps in black mounts, featuring material from North and South Rhodesia, SW Africa, Swaziland, North Borneo, Gambia, Zanzibar, Kenya, Tanganyika and Malaysia (no Canada or Great Britain), with notable strength in Hong Kong, India, and the Feudatory States, the majority of stamps ranging from the late 1800s to early QEII era; while no individual stamps appear to catalogue over $100, many pages are well-filled with strong partial or complete sets, attractive postmarks, and appealing range, with some faults as expected but largely fine to very fine throughout; online photos show a sampling. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 300

SOLD for C$400.00
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1157

British Commonwealth Islands, mint and used stamp collection/accumulation, comprising material from Ascension, Tristan da Cunha, St. Helena, and the Falkland Islands, neatly arranged on black Hagner pages and housed in a large three-ring album; the collector's habit of acquiring multiple copies is evident, with numerous duplicates interspersed with better singles and sets, offering potential for discoveries by those willing to examine watermark, perforation, and overprint varieties; notable strength in St. Helena Victorian issues, with mixed condition throughout and some optimistic catalogue attributions; includes mint lightly hinged Sc. #40/46, 52/55, 75/77, 95/98, 118/127, 131, and many never hinged sets into the 200s, with Tristan da Cunha featuring mint LH Sc. #1/12, Ascension with used #19, mint and used #23/32, and mint and used #47/40 and #53; ideal for the specialist or dealer willing to sort and identify, with clear potential for finds; overall fine or better, video overview available. (Video 1) (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 600

SOLD for C$600.00
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1158

Collection of mostly mint British Commonwealth, 1868–2006, housed in one large Lighthouse stockbook, featuring Malta (1868–1971), Cyprus (1880–1964), Aden (1937–1964), Kathiri/Seiyun (1942–1966), Hadhramaut (1942–1966), Sarawak (1899–1964), North Borneo (1886–1961), Brunei (1907–1965), and Malaya/Johore (1891–1965); material is neatly arranged and chronologically displayed, with strength in early Cyprus and Malta including Sc. #14 (VFH, c.v. $125), Brunei #43–58 MH (c.v. $243), and North Borneo #B14–24 in blocks of four with top selvedge (c.v. $440); also includes nearly complete Isle of Man (1974–1994), Alderney (1983–2006, appears complete), Jersey, and Tristan da Cunha #14–27 MH set; Channel Islands material appears NH with minimal duplication, eight online photos show a representative sampling, overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 400

SOLD for C$850.00
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1159

1880s–1960s mint and used Commonwealth collection, mounted on over 125 quadrille pages and stock sheets, representing dozens of countries from Aden to New Zealand; a former dealer stock with catalogue value exceeding $100 each in Australia, Barbados, Cape of Good Hope, Cyprus, Gold Coast, Niue, and Pitcairn Islands; some faults noted on earlier material, but overall clean and fine to 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$180.00
Will close during Public Auction