Lot 55 Canada #37d 1870 3c Copper Red Small Queen, Perforated 12½, used with light oval grid cancel, a wonderfully well centered and very fine stamp. Unitrade CV$2,000, sold for C$2,800.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
Sale 48 is complete. Prices Realized can be checked on our Stamp Auction Network listing or downloaded from our site. Invoices for the sale were sent on November 8 by e-mail, please contact us if you were expecting an invoice and did not receive one.
Local customers please note that we will be coordinating appointments for those who wish to pick up their lots. If you want to have your lots shipped to you, please contact us.
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The material in this sale is the property of an impressive 143 different consignors, and the result is this wide range of material, with quality Canada and provinces, British Commonwealth and worldwide singles, sets and collections, including part one of the W.J. McGill collection of Scandinavia, a good offering of early Great Britain, and much more.
Be sure to have a close look at our over 450 exciting lots of postal history offerings, including part two of the extensive David Hobden and Michael Rixon pre-Confederation Upper Canada postal history collection and part two of the Gordon Richardson early Manitoba postal history collection, as well as the Ted Nixon collection of Canadian fancy cancellations of the Small Queen issue, and an excellent offering of R.P.O. postal history from the Peter McCarthy collection. You will also find a large selection of other useful postal history from Canada and a wide variety of worldwide countries including those in Scandinavia. Also of note in this sale is a 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 about 10,000 high quality pictures, 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 an industry-low 17%, and that all transactions are in Canadian dollars – a bonus for US customers and those using other currencies.
Lot 241 Canada #158 1929 50c Dark Blue Bluenose, a mint never hinged upper margin block of four, showing part of the plate imprint in margin. A lovely block which is quite fresh, all four stamps are wonderfully centered, extremely fine in all respects. Unitrade CV$2,800, sold for C$2,808 including 17% buyer’s premium.
Sale 47 is complete and Prices Realized can be checked on our Stamp Auction Network listing or downloaded from our site. Invoices for the sale were sent on June 6 by e-mail, please contact us if you were expecting an invoice and did not receive one.
Local customers please note that we will be coordinating appointments for those who wish to pick up their lots. If you want to have your lots shipped to you, please contact us.
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Lot 619 Canada #E1 1898 10c Blue Green Special Delivery First Day Cover, tied by JUL.1.1898 5pm Montréal Bickerdike flag cancel (very uncommon on special delivery mail) on 2c green Queen Victoria stationery envelope (Webb EN9) paying the 2c drop letter rate plus 10c special delivery fee, fresh and very fine. July 1, 1898 was the first day the Special Delivery was offered in fourteen Canadian cities, including Montréal. The sender of this cover obviously recognized the importance of this occasion by preparing the two covers offered in this sale (see lot 618 for the other one). Prior to the discovery of the two covers offered in this sale, the earliest recorded use of this stamp was July 2, 1898. An exceptionally rare and important early first day cover, offered to the market for the first time 125 years after its date of issue. Estimate C$500
Welcome to our General Sale #47, our fourth auction of 2023, with one more to look forward to in the Fall.
Here at Sparks Auctions consignments come in almost daily. We recommend that you contact us early if you have material to sell, so that it can be included in our next available, well-publicized sale. Our April 4-6 sale #46 resulted in 382 different buyers from all over the world.
This sale has our usual wide range of material, with quality Canada and provinces, British Commonwealth and worldwide singles, sets and collections, including a lovely and fresh British Commonwealth collection which has not seen the light of day since it was safely put away at the beginning of World War II.
Don’t forget to have a close look at our over 400 lots of postal history offerings, including part one of the extensive David Hobden and Michael Rixon pre-Confederation Upper Canada postal history collection and part one of the Gordon Richardson early Manitoba postal history collection. We also offer many airmail, first flight and airship covers, plus useful postal history from a wide variety of worldwide countries.
We are proud to continue our long-standing tradition of showing photos or scans of every single lot, so you know what you are buying, should you not be able to do pre-sale viewing in person. Our sales average 10,000 to 12,000 high quality pictures, which can all be seen in full colour on Stamp Auction Network.
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 an industry-low 17%, and that all transactions are in Canadian dollars.
Lot 308 Canada #83 1898 10c Brown Violet Queen Victoria Numeral, mint never hinged, with full immaculate gum and super freshness, a very nicely centered and extremely fine stamp. A gorgeous and superior example of this tough stamp. Accompanied by a 2014 Greene Foundation certificate. Unitrade CV$2,250, sold for C$2,500 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
After three great days, and despite an ice storm that threatened to cut off our power, Sale 46 is complete and Prices Realized can be checked on our Stamp Auction Network listing or downloaded from our site. Invoices for the sale were sent on April 10 by e-mail, please contact us if you were expecting an invoice and did not receive one. Lots that did not sell during the sale are Still Available and listed at this page.
Local customers please note that we will be coordinating appointments for those who wish to pick up their lots. If you want to have your lots shipped to you, please contact us.
Our Mailing List is the best way to find out the schedule of future auctions, updates, and other information about Sparks Auctions.
