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Sparks Auctions Sale - 55

Canada and Provinces Stamps & Postal History

Canada -- Stampless Postal History
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
1 cover   image1764 (March 10), La Rochelle, France, to Montreal, stampless folded letter, addressed to Monsieur de Bellot, likely Antoine-Joseph, privately carried from La Rochelle, the letter conveying greetings and continued confidence on behalf of M. and Mme de Ramezay, detailing the handling of letters of exchange drawn in Québec in late 1763 and payable at La Rochelle, including two bills dishonoured for non-payment with formal protests enclosed for reimbursement, reflecting the close family and financial ties linking the Bellot and de Ramezay households and illustrating the liquidation of French colonial commercial obligations in the immediate aftermath of the fall of New France, remarkably fresh, and an extremely early incoming letter to Canada, five years after the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, and only a year after the Treaty of Paris ceded New France to Great Britain. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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Estimate $ 2,500

Currently...C$1,900.00
Will close during Public Auction
2 cover   image1823 (November 13), Cornwall straight-line on stampless folded letter, struck on reverse as usual, with contents signed by George Jarvis, rated FREE and addressed to William Hands, the Postmaster of Sandwich, a much clearer example than usually seen, a choice example of this difficult strike. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Estimate $ 200

Currently...C$120.00
Will close during Public Auction
3 cover   image1838 (June 27), Cobourg to New Ground, Guernsey, British Channel, with extensive contents, partially prepaid, with multiple manuscript rate notations denoting prepayment to the United States, carriage via New York to the United Kingdom, thence from Weymouth to Guernsey, with 1sh11d due, postmarked with neatly-struck Cobourg double split-ring despatch (date in manuscript), Kingston (29 Jun) and New York (3 Jul) transit markings, reverse with bold framed LIVERPOOL / SHIP LETTER and London G.P.O. c.d.s. (30 Jul), fresh and very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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Estimate $ 200

Currently...C$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
4 cover   image1841 (April 7), Montreal to Madeira Island, stampless folded letter, rated 1/2 in manuscript, postmarked with crisp Montreal L.C. double-circle despatch strike, endorsed "p. Halifax Steamship to Liverpool", then via forwarding agents Symonds & Son of London, with red London c.d.s. backstamp (3 May), a delightfully fresh letter to this exotic destination, particularly desirable as such forwarded mail often has the forwarder's address crudely crossed-out, fresh and very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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Estimate $ 300

Currently...C$180.00
Will close during Public Auction
5 cover   image1849 (December 27), Toronto to Nevis, West Indies, stampless cover, rated 2/2 and struck with Toronto double split-ring despatch, reverse with Montreal (31 Dec) and London (22 Jan 1850) transit backstamps and a clear Nevis double split-ring arrival (28 Feb), opened on three sides and reverse reinforced with hinges, but a desirable and rare destination cover, illustrating a criss-cross transatlantic routing from Upper Canada to the Caribbean. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate $ 1,200

Currently...C$800.00
Will close during Public Auction
6 cover   image1852 (March 21), Montreal to Bombay, India, stampless cover to Henry Dyneley, 1st Light Cavalry, Bombay, endorsed "via Bombay & Marseilles", conveyed via Cox & Co in London, rated paid 1/2cy, 1/4cy, then 2/3 stg to India, reverse with framed Bellary transit and Bombay arrival backstamps, some edge staining and creasing as expected for such military correspondence, scarce;
Henry Ellenborough Dyneley (1829-1893) was a distinguished officer in the British Indian Army, serving with the Madras Cavalry, who rose to the rank of Lieutenant-General. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate $ 350

Currently...C$250.00
Will close during Public Auction
7 cover   image1854 (October 25), Lima, Peru, to Montreal, stampless cover to "Industry Village, District of Montreal", rated 1/3 in manuscript and handstamped "25", postmarked with blue Lima despatch c.d.s., endorsed "via Panama y de los Estados Unidos," carried by Pacific Steam Navigation Co. steamer to Panama, where struck with framed blue VAPOR handstamp, thence conveyed onward by U.S. Mail Steamship Co, struck with two-line STEAM / SHIP handstamp in black, reverse with Montreal double split-ring transit (28 Nov) and next-day Berthier en Haut receiver in blue, some edge creasing, but a rare Pence-era cover. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate $ 600

Currently...C$400.00
Will close during Public Auction
8 cover   image1857 (December 24), mourning cover from Toronto to Lower Allithwaite, Great Britain, postmarked with clear Toronto / Paid despatch c.d.s., to Westmoreland, "Old England,", endorsed and handstamped "Paid" and struck 6d in red, further struck with two-line "BY CANADIAN / PACKET", and "PKT LETTER / PAID / LIVERPOOL" tombstone (7 Jan), reverse with Kendal (7 Jan) and next-day Newton-in-Cartmel c.d.s. receiver in blue, quite fresh, fine- very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate $ 120

Currently...C$80.00
Will close during Public Auction
9 cover   image1858 (April 27), Port Sarnia to Hochentrins, Canton Graubünden, Switzerland, stampless cover, rated by manuscript “½ Cy" and 11d Stg,” struck with italic PAID handstamp, manuscript “franco,” and oval “PD,” carried via Hamilton in closed mail to Boston and thence by Cunard steamer Canada to Liverpool (16 May), onward via Calais, the reverse with transit markings of London, Hamilton, Paris, Schweiz Bahnpost, and Chur arrival markings, an early and scarce fully prepaid example of the 11d rate to Switzerland, provenance notation in pencil "R Lowe / 9-12 78 / lot 529" on reverse, a lovely showpiece. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate $ 800

Currently...C$500.00
Will close during Public Auction
10 cover   image1870 (May 17), Montevideo, Uruguay, to Montreal, stampless cover, rated "2" and "1/5" in red, the latter being crossed-out, postmarked with Montevideo despatch c.d.s., endorsed per "Douro via Southampton", carried initially via the Pacific Steam Navigaion Co. thence from South America to Southampton likely by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, returning across the Atlantic to Montreal, backstamped with c.d.s. receiver (28 Jun), a fresh and attractive cover, a rare origin for mail to Canada.

This cover is addressed to C.F. (Casimir-Fidèle) Papineau, son of Denis-Benjamin Papineau, and nephew of the famed Louis-Joseph Papineau. Casimir-Fidèle carried on various commercial acitivities in Peru, Argentina, and Uruguay. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate $ 800

Currently...C$500.00
Will close during Public Auction
11 cover   image1871 (January 19), Cardenas, Cuba, to Montreal, stampless folded letter, with commercial contents, with oval commercial handstamp of Rojas & Sauvalle, reverse with oval handstamp of Havana Forwarding Agents Niese, Fuentes, & Co, neatly-struck "N Y STEAMSHIP / 10" c.d.s. (28 Jan), reverse with Montreal split-ring receiver (30 Jan), a very fine and scarce example of incoming mail from Cuba.

Rojas & Sauvalle were commission merchants active in Cárdenas during the 1860s–1870s, operating within one of Cuba’s principal sugar-export ports, handling consignments, finance, and correspondence linking Cárdenas with North American and European markets. Niese, Fuentes & Co. operated a similar enterprise. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Estimate $ 300

Currently...C$200.00
Will close during Public Auction
Province of Canada -- Pence Issues Scott #1-13
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
12 O 1 image1851, 3d orange red Beaver, clear laid lines, ample to large margins, neatly-cancelled by black target, bright colour, a most attractive stamp, very fine; with 1984 Greene Foundation certificate. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Unitrade $ 1,600

Currently...C$300.00
Will close during Public Auction
13 O 2 image1851, 6d slate violet Consort, on thin laid paper, four large to very large margins, lightly-struck with neat target cancel, a lovely stamp, very fine. (Image 1)

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Unitrade $ 2,000

Currently...C$300.00
Will close during Public Auction
14 O 2 image1851, 6d slate violet Consort, without visible laid lines, used, with four large balanced margins, lightly-cancelled with '37' barred numeral, a lovely stamp, uncommonly found with such a cancellation, very fine; with 2025 Greene Foundation certificate. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Unitrade $ 2,000

Currently...C$300.00
Will close during Public Auction
15 O 2 image1851, 6d slate violet Consort, on laid paper, prominent laid lines, large margins at left and right, close but clear at top and foot, fresh colour, attractive and fine-very fine; with 1982 Greene Foundation certificate. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Unitrade $ 1,500

Currently...C$200.00
Will close during Public Auction
16 2TCi image1857, 6d red purple Consort, trial colour plate proof, on India paper, clear to very large margins, pleasing rich shade, very fine; with 2014 Greene Foundation certificate. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Unitrade $ 325

Currently...C$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
17   imageChalon, Alfred Edward, autograph letter signed, an undated letter from Chalon to Alan A. Watts, editor of the "Literary Souvenir", reading "My Dear Sir, I beg to acknowledge your obliging note and the souvenir. I now only want 1826 and 1829 to complete the set. I agree with you rejecting the colour of the book and it is already subdued. With best compliments to Mrs. Watts, I am, dear sir, Very truly yours, Alfd. Edwd. Chalon, Wednesday, Gr. Maborough St." Offered with a second unisigned letter written on Chalon's behalf, thanking the recipient for sending him "two proofs of the first place", this letter affixed to backing paper, a fine pair of letters from this famed portraitist.

Alfred Edward Chalon (1780–1860) was a Swiss-born British painter, celebrated as one of the leading society artists of early Victorian England and a favourite of Queen Victoria. His 1837–38 portrait of the young Queen Victoria, known as the “Chalon Head,” became one of the most influential royal likenesses of the 19th century and served as the model for numerous classic postage stamps throughout the British Empire, including Canada's 12d black. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Estimate $ 150

Currently...C$80.00
Will close during Public Auction
18 3var image1851, 6d and 12d black Queen Victoria, group of four fantasy sketches, in pencil or ink, each on thick paper, three being variations of the full design, one of the 6d and two of the 12d, plus one in colour of the 12d without central vignette of the Queen, all with notations claiming them to be the work of the original designer, with "Clinton Wright 1851" and variations of R.W.H.E. or Rawdon, Wright, Hatch, and Edson also noted, with further notations "Purchased from the collection of Mr. Maurice Burrus, Feb 1959, Shanahan Auctions, Dublin, Ireland" with purported signatures of the infamous Dr. Paul Singer and renowned collector Maurice Burrus, each very well-executed, and though clearly fabrications and of uncertain origin, a most attractive group and whimsical additions to a specialized collection.

Similiar fantasy sketches are also recorded of the 10d Cartier, including one prepared in the same style as the 6d offered here, as well as others in the design of the 1/2d, also without the Queen's portrait. One such Cartier sketch, offered for sale in 2015, was accomplanied by correspondence from 1974 between noted stamp dealer Kasimir Bileski, and the gentleman from whom he apparently purchased the sketch, a Captain C. W. Hollande of France. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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Unitrade $ 1,000

Currently...C$500.00
Will close during Public Auction
19 3Pi image1851, 12d black Victoria plate proof, on India paper, overprinted SPECIMEN vertically in carmine, four large margins all around, a lovely example of this ever-popular proof, very fine; with 1980 Greene Foundation certificate. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Unitrade $ 3,000

Currently...C$800.00
Will close during Public Auction
20 3Pi image1851, 12d black Victoria plate proof, on card-mounted India paper, overprinted SPECIMEN vertically in carmine, four large to very large margins all around, a lovely example of this ever-popular proof, extremely fine (Image 1)

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Unitrade $ 3,000

Currently...C$600.00
Will close during Public Auction

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