Announcing Sale 50

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Lot 2 Canada #3TC 12d Queen Victoria “Scar” Die Proof in Orange, on India paper with huge margins (29 x 29 mm), clearly showing a “scar” in CE of PENCE. An extremely rare proof, with only a handful known in any colour, this one is accompanied by a 2023 Greene Foundation certificate describing it as having a “natural diagonal paper crease, tiny pinhole at crown and thin in top margin.” Unitrade CV$12,500.

Welcome to our General Public Sale #50, the second of three scheduled for 2024. This sale offers our usual wide range of material, with quality Canada and provinces, British Commonwealth and worldwide singles, sets and collections. These include part three of the W.J. McGill collection of Scandinavia, a good offering of Canadian Federal and Provincial Revenues, several remarkable Wildlife Habitat Conservation lots and much more. Also of note is the second part of the Andrew Ellwood precancel collection.

Be sure to have a close look at our over 120 lots of postal history and postcards, and part four of the Gordon Richardson early Manitoba postal history collection, as well as a fine selection of useful postal history from Canada and worldwide countries including those in Scandinavia. Also of note in this sale is another great offering of philatelic literature.

We are proud to continue our long-standing tradition of showing online photos or scans of every single lot, so you know what you are buying, especially if you are not able to do pre-sale viewing in person. This sale is accompanied by thousands of high-quality pictures, far more than we can show in the print catalogue, which can all be seen in full colour on StampAuctionNetwork.com.

As usual, this sale will be conducted live on StampAuctionNetwork.com, also with a live floor, via telephone and other traditional bidding methods. A reminder that our buyer’s fee is still at 17%, and that all transactions are in Canadian dollars—a bonus for US customers and those using other currencies.

Enjoy the sale!

The Sparks Auctions Team

Lot 1116, Collection of Mint and Used India, 1865-1962, sold for C$2,223

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Lot 1116, Collection of Mint and Used India, 1865-1962, sold for C$2,223Lot 1116 Collection of Mint and Used India, 1865-1962, with roughly 625 stamps, with mint and or used singles, sets, and partial sets, neatly organized on 35 quadrille pages. The collection begins with 37 different used issues up to 1892, with a mixture of mint and used singles and sets post-1892. Just a few of the better stamps include #s 50-52 (m.h., $170 total), 60-75 (used, $214 total), 106-116, 118-123 (m.h., $251 total), 150-167 (m.h. $406 total), 203-206 Mahatma Gandhi set (m.h., $557 total), 207-222 (m.h., $348 total), along with singles, sets, and partial sets, including officials, cataloguing $20 to $80 and up. Vibrant colours throughout, that collectors or dealers will appreciate, with the majority of stamps being lightly hinged, along with a few having hinge remnants. The used material appear to be postally used, with the possibility of a few telegraph postmarks. A nice collection, with online photos showing a sampling. Estimate CV$400, sold for C$1,900.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.

Lot 803, Desirable Collection of Used Canada Socked-On-The-Nose Postmarks, 1859-2010, sold for C$3,978

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Lot 803, Desirable Collection of Used Canada Socked-On-The-Nose Postmarks, 1859-2010, sold for C$3,978Lot 803 Desirable Collection of Used Canada, Collected For Socked-On-The-Nose Postmarks, 1859-2010, with a few thousand stamps, on roughly 100 Minkus and homemade album pages, housed in two binders. The collection begins with #s 14, 15 (x2), 17, 17b, 18-20, all having target cancels, with the introduction of town postmarks (c.d.s., with a few broken circles, and squared circles), starting with Large Queens 21 (x2), 22-24, 25 (x2), 26, 27 (x2), 28-29, 30 (x2), and 33 Small Queens, including 10c (x3), 20c, 50c (x2). The collection continues with 21 Jubilees issues noting Scott #s 55 ($175), 57 (x2, $240 total), 58-60 ($570 total), 64 ($1,000), 65 ($1,000), along with sets of Leafs, Numerals, Edwards, Québecs, Admirals, up to the Peace issues, along with selections of perforated and overprinted Officials, and other back of the book issues. The owner continued with modern issues, and some souvenir sheets, up to 2010, with an attempt to reconstruct souvenir sheets and booklet panes, with a spot check noting many in-period postmarks. Owner’s 2022 Unitrade catalogue value totals $10,631 (up to 1951 only). A desirable collection, which would take many years to duplicate. Online photos show a sampling. We note a few small faults with a few of the early issues, with postmarks ranging from faint to clear. Overall fine to very fine. Estimate C$1,500, sold for C$3,400.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.

Lot 1216, Trinidad & Tobago large collection of mint and used, 1851-2019, sold for C$3,042

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Lot 1216, Trinidad & Tobago large collection of mint and used, 1851-2019, sold for C$3,042Lot 1216 Large Collection / Accumulation of Mint and Used Trinidad and Tobago, 1851-2019, with a few thousand stamps, the majority in hingeless mounts, in roughly 125 album pages housed in two albums. The collection begins with roughly 225 primarily used Trinidad noting mostly perforated Britannia’s from ½p to £1 (revenue postmarks on the higher denominations), along with roughly 20 mint hinged Tobago 1882-1896 issues, and back of the book material noting postage dues and war tax. The collection continues with mint and or used singles, sets, and partial sets of Trinidad and Tobago, ranging from 1913 to the 1950s, with primarily mint never hinged stamps onwards. A cursory check noted #s 10 (m.h., $85), 30 (x2, m.h., $80 total), along with sets and partial sets cataloguing from $20 to $60 and up. We estimate 95% completeness in period, for basic issues. Post-1960, with the collector adding, souvenir sheets, sheetlets, in hingeless mounts and selections of modern used hinged onto album pages. Duplication up to five in some cases, with online photos showing a sampling. A few small faults with a few of the early stamps, overall fine to very fine. Estimate C$350, sold for C$2,600.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.

Lot 428, Canada old-time collection of Railway Post Office Cancels in three binders, sold for C$5,148

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Lot 428, Canada old-time collection of Railway Post Office Cancels in three binders, sold for C$5,148Lot 428 Old Time Collection of Railway Post Office Cancels in Three Thick and Stuffed Binders, each loaded with postmarks on stamps, stamps on piece, covers and cards from all provinces East to West, including Newfoundland. The collection is neatly annotated (by typewriter) by Ludlow numbers, rarity factors, etc. We estimate thousands of stamps and hundreds of covers / cards, and the quality of the postmarks ranges from identifiable to pristine. There are a great many scarce postmarks throughout, including squared circles, duplex, large double circles, etc., as well as several registered covers (these mostly shown from their backs to show the transit postmarks). By far the best collection of its kind we have seen or offered in quite a while, and well worth a detailed close look despite our many online pictures. Estimate C$1,500, sold for C$4,400.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.

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