Sparks Auctions

Six cent red brown Small Queen block, sold for $9775

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We begin our auction highlights with this stunning block of the six cent red brown Small Queen.

Canada #43 block of thirtyLot 80 Canada #43 1890 6¢ red brown Small Queen block of thirty. A gorgeous and fresh, mint never hinged block (five by six) from centre of left sheet, showing full imprint in left selvedge. We note a particularly strong re-entry in position 24. Very fine as a block and with very light gum disturbance on seven stamps and small reinforcement between two stamps, all mentioned for the record. Worthy of the finest collection. Catalogued as twenty-three never hinged and seven hinged. Unitrade CV$22,800, Realized $8500

Auction #9 Followup

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All three days of auction sessions went smoothly and we would like to thank more than 300 bidders from all over the world for their participation.

We are busy organizing an incredible volume of material, and ask for your patience as we contact all successful bidders with their invoices, and send consignor realizations. We will begin shipping material for which we have received payment within the next week. Local pickup of auction winnings will take place beginning Saturday, March 3rd.

Prices Realized are posted on Stamp Auction Network. Auction watchers will find our featured items (better and interesting realizations) next week in this space.

Thank you again for your bids!

Auction #9 Begins Today

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There is still time to place your bids. The sale commences today with Canada & B.N.A, and continues on Wednesday the 22nd and Thursday the 23rd. Bids can be placed via e-mail, telephone, fax and in person. For internet and live bidding, go to Stamp Auction Network. Opening (starting) bids can be seen there as well.

There are different times than usual for some of the sessions. Today we will start at 1:00pm EST, but the sections on Wednesday and Thursday will begin at 10:00am EST to give us time to get through the great number of lots included. Detailed information on the sessions, as well as corrections and addenda, featured stamps, and complete bidding information is all here on our website. Contact us if you have any questions that aren’t answered here.

We look forward to your participation!

Stamps and Not Quite Stamps

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Any perusal of our catalogue shows we sell a lot more than stamps. Most of the non-stamps, however, are at least related to postal matters. We have cinderellas, locals, pre-production archival items, prints of Post Offices, a sterling silver stamp box (Lot 1614), and twenty literature lots highlighted by a wonderfully fresh complete set of the New Zealand “Handbooks” (Lot 1602). And there is the Viner Collection of militaria already featured.

One section we do not usually pay enough attention to is postcards. This auction has some very nice thematic postcard collections. We feature one at random, Lot 1624.

Yukon Postcard

Lot 1624 CVR Collection of seventy 1909 Alaskan and Yukon Pacific Exposition Post Cards. Mostly all different and all unused. A wide variety of printers and illustrations. Small trivial faults on a few, else very fine. Est. $150.

A Surprise Among the Everyday

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One consignor brought in an old-time collection which was not very exciting. During the lotting process, however, we looked carefully at every page and buried within something quite exciting showed up. Purchased from long-time Canadian stamp dealer Kasimir Bileski of Winnipeg, these items became lots 572 and 582. The existence of these two groups of proofs boosted the original valuation of the collection by a factor of about four.

Newfoundland Airmail Proofs

Lot 582 Newfoundland #C6P-C8P E/P 1931 Airmail Pictorial issue plate proofs, set of three printed in black on thick unwatermarked ungummed paper, very fine. Est $500

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