Lot 423 Canada #FSC31 1915, King George V, Supreme Court, 25c blue with red IN PRIZE overprint, red control number, unused without gum, though produced in greater number than the Victorian equivalents, a stamp that remains quite scarce, this being of superior centring to many, fine to very fine. van Dam C$1,250.
Lot 611, 1854 French Levant, Bulgaria, Crimean War cover from Varna Bulgaria to France
Lot 611 French Levant, Bulgaria, Crimean War, 1854 (July 25), cover from General Couston in Camp near Varna, Bulgaria, to his wife in France, franked with 1853 10c yellow-bistre horizontal pair with marginal “filet d’encadrement”, large margins but selvedge folded over edge of envelope, tied by black “AOB” dotted lozenge and struck with circular “ARMÉE D’ORIENT / BAU SEDre” c.d.s, reverse with Nimes arrival backstamp (5 Aug), some docketing over address, but a rare Crimean War cover, signed Todd; ex Francois X. Piat Dewavrin Grand Prix Collection of The British Army and the Crimean War. (Yvert 13) Estimate C$750.
Lot 346, 1925/1937 Ontario Gasoline Tax, red overprint on $1.50 red Luxury Tax
Lot 346 Ontario #OGT19 1925/1937, Ontario Gasoline Tax, red overprint on $1.50 red Luxury Tax, hinged, very scarce, fine to very fine. van Dam C$1,600.
Lots 444 & 451, Canada 1915-23 George V War Tax, 3 cent green and 8 cent brown, with red X precancel
Lot 444 Canada #FWT9a 1915-1923, George V War Tax, 3c green with red “X” precancel, used, fresh colour, very fine. van Dam C$675.
Lot 451 Canada #FWT12e 1915-1923, George V War Tax, 8c brown with inverted red “X” precancel, used, very fine. van Dam C$ 450 .
Lot 351, Ontario 1936/1940 $1 on two cent carmine, F-VF hinged
Lot 351 Ontario #OST39 1936/1940, Ontario Luxury Tax, $1 on 2c carmine, overprinted in black, hinged, quite scarce, fine to very fine. van Dam C$1,400.