Lot 634 Group of Roughly 225 India Covers and Cards, 1890s-1950s, in one cover album along with loose material. The lot consists of a wide range of material starting with roughly 70 first day covers, ranging from 1948 to 1953, mostly addressed, with singles, sets, and partial set frankings (including Gandhi 1½a, 3½a, 12a partial set franking (x7)), noting Bombay and Calcutta G.P.O., and New Delhi postmarks. The lot continues with primarily commercial mail, with roughly 40 postal stationery items, ranging from the 1890 (with the addresses crossed out) with mostly single ¼a Indore frankings on the back. The balance of the lot generally ranges from the 1920s to the 1950s with postal stationery (used and unused), first flights, book post, and more, paying airmail, registered, express and domestic rates, Online photos show an overview. We note a few faults with some of the material including tears, soiling, etc, along with a few larger sized envelopes. An interesting mix, overall fine to better. Estimate C$200, sold for C$3,800.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
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Lot 390, Canada 1887 fifteen cent Large Queen with “Balloon Flaw” on cover to Australia, sold for C$3,744
Lot 390 Canada #30vi 1887 Cover to Australia Franked with 15c Large Queen “Balloon Flaw”, mailed from Brantford on APR.28.1887 to Sydney, Australia (MAY.31 receiver), through Windsor (APR.28) and San Francisco (MAY.6), then re-directed (resulting in a “More to Pay” handstamp) to Melbourne (receiver’s date is unclear). The cover is franked with a very fine 15c bluish Grey Large Queen, with a clear “Balloon flaw” constant plate variety. As far as we know, this might be a unique usage for this stamp variety on cover, and a very fine one at that. Accompanied by a 2023 Greene Foundation certificate. Rsv. $3,200. Estimate C$3,500, sold for C$3,200.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
Lot 916, Extensive dealer stock of Mint and Used Newfoundland, sold for C$4,212
Lot 916 Extensive Dealer Stock of Mint and Used Newfoundland, all neatly displayed in a thick stockbook, with about 38 pages of material, incl. good Pence (27 stamps, with a few mis-identified forgeries), followed by First Cents and so on to the end, noting booklet panes, imperforate pairs, revenues, back of the book, shades, perforations, varieties, a few multiples (pairs, blocks), etc. Appears to be quite nice quality throughout, and evidently owned by a meticulous dealer. Ready to bring to your favourite stamp show or club, or to have stock ready for online sales. Huge catalogue value, with duplication of up to dozens of some, see our photos for an overview. Estimate C$1,250, sold for C$3,600.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
Lot 251, Extensive and Specialized Canada Precancel Collection in two deluxe albums, sold for C$31,590
Lot 251 Extensive and Specialized Precancel Collection, neatly displayed in black mounts in two deluxe Deveney Stamps precancel albums, which closely follow the Marasco and Taylor Precancel Catalogue. Volume 1 is for forerunners, bars and perfins, and volume 2 is for towns and cities. This is the most extensive collection we have offered to date, by far. It is loaded with stamps cataloguing $100 to $500, in fact far too many to list. One way to gauge the extensiveness of the collection is to say that we counted 2,395 different stamps in the towns and cities section alone, plus another 220 different forerunners and bar types for a total of 2,615 stamps. These numbers do not include the numerous added extras, usually in the form of pairs and blocks of four, but sometimes extra copies, or slight variations on the precancel. We noted that many stamps have never hinged gum, including the sought after Admirals, which adds to the desirability of this awesome collection. This collection was formed over a lifetime, and contains quantities of items that are difficult to locate. We have scanned only a small portion of the pages in our Stamp Auction Network listing and in our Image Gallery, and can easily offer video viewing on request. Ex Andrew Ellwood collection. Estimate C$15,000, sold for C$27,000.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
Lot 709, Group of Worldwide Covers/Cards from an old-time estate, sold for C$1,755
Lot 709 Group of Worldwide Covers/Cards from an Old Time Estate, mostly dating in the 1900s to 1940s era, we counted roughly 230 covers and cards, many addressed to the consignor in Montréal. This is a great source for the online reseller or dealer, as we noted many better countries (incl. some from China) also better frankings, postmarks, rates, first day covers, registered, censored, and more. See our online pictures for an idea. Estimate C$400, sold for C$1,500.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.