Lot 369 Newfoundland #33P 1870 3c vermilion Queen Victoria Plate Proof, on card-mounted India paper, in a lower right plate block of 15 stamps, with printer’s imprint in bottom and right margins. Catalogue value is for 15 single stamps only. Rare and very fine. Unitrade CV$1,200.
Lot 3329, Canada 1898 cover with Forest, Ontario squared circle, RF 100
Lot 3329 1898 Cover FOREST ONT. a very fine strike AP 9/98 ties a 3c Leaf to a yellow Rennie cover to Toronto (AP 11 receiver on back). Small piece of backflap missing and a few small stains, still a lovely example of the only recorded cover for this hammer. Ex. Siverts. RF 100. From the The Ted Kerzner Squared Circle Cancellations of Canada. Estimate $1,500.
Lot 65, Canada 1888 Bank Note Company Queen Victoria sample card
Lot 65 1888 Canada Bank note Company Limited Full Business Card, in black and pale blue on unwatermarked paper, measuring 190 x 90mm. It depicts a mourning Queen Victoria and a woman posing as an artist’s model, as well as other lavish ornaments, as a sample of their printing capabilities. Very fine and fresh except for a small stain at bottom right below the woman. A similar, but 4 years later piece was sold as Lot 2 in the Daniel Cantor Small Queen sale. Estimate $400.
Lot 3552, Canada 1897 one cent postcard with WATERDOWN ONT. squared circle
Lot 3552 Postcard with 1897 WATERDOWN ONT. squared circle, a very fine strike AP 2/97 on a 1c post card to Goderich (AP 3 squared circle receiver on front). Two file holes, one affecting top of dispatch strike, still the only known strike on cover and the unrecorded new latest known date for this hammer. RF 160 From the The Ted Kerzner Squared Circle Cancellations of Canada. Estimate $800.
Lot 344, Nova Scotia 1867 two cent lilac bisect on cover from Halifax to New Annan, NS
Lot 344 Nova Scotia #9, 9b Two cent lilac Queen Victoria bisect on 1867 Cover, mailed Halifax (MAR.8.1867 dispatch on back) to New Annan, through Tatamagouche (MAR.9.1867 transit on back) and franked with a single 2c plus a pair with its right stamp bisected (all well tied by neat oval grids), paying the 5c domestic rate. A very rare franking on a lovely cover (few back tears do not detract). Ex. Nicholas Argenti and accompanied by a 1967 Royal Philatelic Society certificate. Unitrade CV$4,000.