Month: May 2010

Auction #6 Followup Information

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Thank you for your interest in Sparks Auction #6. There were nearly 400 internet bidders, and with thirty more on the floor we are busily dealing with the followup to the sale.

We were pleased with the results for many of the items in this sale. On Tuesday of next week, sparks-auctions.com will begin to feature a good realization each day with further information.

We are currently preparing invoices and sending them by e-mail. Once this is done, we will begin the process of sorting and organizing material for shipping. Because of the upcoming holiday weekend in Canada, shipping will start on Weds., May 26th, and local Ottawa customers can pick up their material beginning at that time.

-Sparks Auctions
Ottawa, Canada

Sparks Auctions Sale #6 Begins Today

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Our Auction #6 begins today at 1:00pm EDT with 810 lots of Canada and B.N.A. Tomorrow we will call British Commonwealth, Worldwide, and Postal History; Wednesday is taken up with Lots and Collections.
If you are interested in bidding but haven’t begun the process, there is still lots of time to register with StampAuctionNetwork.com and place bids through their site, or join in the live bidding. You may also view the PDF catalogue pages you can find by following the link at the right. Print out a bidsheet, and fax it to us (or e-mail your bids to info@sparks-auctions.com). More detailed information on the bidding process can be read at our bidding page, also linked here.
Opening bids are constantly updated at Stamp Auction Network. Click the Openings button on the page for our auction. Please note that openings do not represent the eventual "selling price," but rather one increment over the second highest bid, and where there is a $2 opening (the standard starting amount) this indicates only that there is at most one bid on a lot.
All bidders are encouraged to check our Catalogue Corrections & Updates page for changes and clarifications of lot descriptions.
Good Luck in the auction!
-Sparks Auctions
Ottawa, Canada

Lot 1315, Canada #77 on SS St. Olaf Shipwreck Cover

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An interesting disaster item, potentially the centrepiece of a medal-winning exhibit.

S.S. St. Olaf November 21, 1900 Shipwreck cover, owned by A. Fraser of Quebec, the St. Olaf was wrecked in a snow storm on Great Boule Island, the largest of the islands off Sept Isles, Quebec in the St. Lawrence River. All 26 passengers and crew perished in the disaster. This is only the second reported piece of mail from this wreck. A very scarce and key disaster mail item. Estimate $500

Lot 1195 Germany #C43

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Germany #C43 1933 1m carmine Graf Zeppelin flight to Century Progress International Exhibition Airmail, mint never hinged, fine-very fine. Scott CV is $2,500 for never hinged (Michel #496). Michel CV €3,400

More nice German airmails are listed in lots 1183-1189 and 1190-1202.

Lot 1237 Iceland #62a

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Iceland #62a 1902-1903 1g overprint on 20a greenish blue Numeral, perf 14×13½, from the third printing, very well centered, original gum, hinge remnant, very fine. Accompanied by 1993 Debo certificate (Facit #47c). A lovely example of this world-class rarity. Scott CV $10,000

See also lots 1235 and 1236.

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