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A very fine unmounted mint example with full original gum. Choice quality.

A very scarce stamp in such fine condition.

Canada Unitrade Catalogue No: 78 with catalogue value of C$360 for VF NH (Very Fine Never Hinged).

This very attractive series of definitive stamps feature a contemporary portrait of Queen Victoria and maple leafs in each of the corners.

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A very fine unmounted mint positional block with full original gum.

Very attractive and scarce.

Canada Unitrade catalogue value: C$900.

The designs of the pictorial Canada stamps first issued in 1942 represented Canada's contributions to the Allied war effort during World War II. This $1 stamp features HMS Cossack, Destroyer.

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A brilliant quality mint block of six with original gum. Three of the stamps are unmounted mint. There is a slight separation in margin (sensibly reinforced), which is inconsequential, and a couple of minor wrinkles as typically seen.

An attractive and very scarce block also benefiting from centring much above average for this issue.

This very attractive series of definitive stamps feature a contemporary portrait of Queen Victoria and maple leafs in each of the corners.

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A fine unmounted mint example with full original gum and with above average centring for this issue.

A scarce stamp in such fine condition.

Canada Unitrade Catalogue No: 78 with catalogue value of C$360 for VF NH (Very Fine Never Hinged).

This very attractive series of definitive stamps feature a contemporary portrait of Queen Victoria and maple leafs in each of the corners

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Fine quality, unmounted mint with full original gum. The right stamp has a tiny wrinkle mentioned purely for accuracy and not detracting from what is a key rarity.

The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is £700.

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A stunning quality mint pair with large margins and original gum. Most particularly benefiting from brilliant colour. Minor ink marks on reverse of right hand stamp do not affect lovely appearance.

The first stamp issues of Newfoundland, after becoming self-governing in 1855, are considered classics of the British Empire with the Royal Crown and Heraldic flowers of Great Britain paying homage to the British Crown.

Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £800+.

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A fine mint set with part to large part original gum. Odd small faults as often seen (9c bend, 15c tiny thin and wrinkle), but, overall, an attractive set with fresh colours.

The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is £475.

A most appealing stamp issue from Newfoundland, the Province of Canada. The highest value denomination in the set being reserved to pay homage to the current reign at the time, King George V. Beautiful classic designs as follows:

1c green - King James I

2c rose carmine - Arms of Colonisation Co

3c olive - John Guy

4c violet - Endeavour (Immigration Ship), 1610

5c bright blue - Cupids

6c claret - Sir Francis Bacon

8c bistre brown - View of Mosquito

9c olive green - Logging Camp, Red Indian Lake

10c purple slate - Paper Mills, Grand Falls

12c purple red brown - King Edward VII

15c black - King George V

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A fine unmounted mint block with full original gum. The only very minor defect is the upper pair shows a small area of faintly yellowish gum, barely worth a mention as otherwise very fine and fresh.

Very scarce with the imperforate between the stamps in a block of four and rarely found so fine.

The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is £550+.

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A fine and fresh complete mint sheet with original gum (hinged in margins, stamps mostly unmounted).

Now a scarce philatelic item in this form and most attractive.

Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £700+.

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A fine unmounted mint block with full original gum and above average centring. A most attractive piece for this issue.

The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is £320+.

This very attractive series of definitive stamps feature a contemporary portrait of Queen Victoria and maple leafs in each of the corners.

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A fine and fresh mint pair with original gum.

A very attractive and rare example of the "Small Queen' stamp issue with quality engraving, printed on unwatermarked wove paper.

A very rare stamp as only 400 pairs existed in both shades.

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A very fine unmounted mint example with full original gum.

A rare imperforate error.

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A fine and fresh unmounted mint imperforate pair with full original gum.

Only 50 pairs originally existed and very scarce unmounted mint.

The designs of the pictorial Canada stamps first issued in 1942 represented Canada's contributions to the Allied war effort during World War II. This 6c Airmail stamp features Air Training Camp.

Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £1,000+.

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One of the 1c blocks is cancelled-to-order, and two of the 2c sepia blocks with original gum, otherwise all others are remarkably in unmounted mint condition with full original gum. The vast majority are condition grade "very fine to superb", and only the odd trivial blemish seen (bends, minor marks).

An amazing collection which would be almost impossible to assemble today, arranged on 4 stock cards.

The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is over £1,000++ as singles.

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A brilliant quality unmounted mint block with full original gum.

Scarce and attractive in this format, particularly in such pristine condition.

On March 1, 1939, supplies of the 20c denomination special delivery stamps of 1938 were overprinted and revalued, due to the greater need for 10c denomination special delivery stamps. As such, the 20c stamps are much scarcer than the 10c denomination.

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A brilliant quality mint complete sheet with original gum ( all stamps are unmounted mint, except R2/1 with small adhesion). Unobtrusive vertical folds in side margins and between second and third columns, as usually seen with such sheets. A lovely item, with exceptional colour and impression.

Very scarce with watermark, which appears on only 2% of stamps from this issue according to Col. Robert H. Pratt, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the pre-eminent Newfoundland stamp and postal history collector, researcher, and author..

The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is £1,000++.

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A fine mint vertical pair imperforate between with original gum.

A rare imperforate variety.

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Lovely quality, unmounted mint with full original gum, (hinge mark in top margin only). One stamp with natural inclusion but a very scarce block, particularly in this positional form.

Only 300 sheets were overprinted.

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A fine quality block of four, unmounted mint with full original gum. Hinged in top margin, and lower left stamp with unobtrusive surface adhesion.

A scarce positional piece and rarely seen so fine.

The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is £240+.

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Attractive and fresh block of 9, unmounted mint with full original gum. Trivial perforation toning (not affecting variety) and not detracting from overall fine quality.

Scarce in this se-tenant form.

Accompanied with a clear King George VI Expertising certificate of authenticity (2006).

The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is £321+.

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Very fine quality set, unmounted mint with full original gum.

An attractive and scarce set of stamps in this form.

The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is £258+.

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Pristine unmounted mint with full original gum.

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A brilliant quality unmounted mint key positional block with full original gum.

A rare and desirable positional multiple, with circa 230 examples of the error reported.

Pierron catalogue number: CA352MCa, Canada Unitrade No: 1969a.

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Pristine quality unmounted mint with full original gum, offered with the normal stamp for comparison.

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Wonderfully fresh and well-centred, unmounted mint with full original gum, (hinged in margin only).

These higher denomination pictorial stamps were issued as part of an ongoing series, highlighting the Natural Resources of Canada. This pictorial issue features Fishing Resources as a symbolic representation of the importance of fishing to Canada's economy.

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