Lot 23 — Canada three penny beaver on registered letter, sold for $230

Lot 23Lot 23 Canada #4 1857 3d red Beaver on Registered Folded Letter, a four-margin copy with 4-ring #18 tied to cover with another (faulty) copy, mailed OCT.21.1857 registered to New York. There was likely another 3d Beaver on this cover which has been cut out. This trio of Beavers would have paid the 6d rate across the border, plus a 3d registration fee. Est. $100, SOLD for $200 plus premium.

Lot 709 — British Columbia mail carriers on annotated pages, sold for $1265

Lot 709Lot 709 British Columbia #2/7 Collection of British Columbia Mail Carriers, neatly displayed on 10 pages with nice write-ups, illustrations of postmarks, etc. With a #5 (with Victoria Post Office Official Seal oval in blue-green), a Barnard’s Cariboo Express PAID label in black on deep red paper, a #7 (New Westminster Post Office oval in black), a #7 on large piece of Wells Fargo cover, tied by S. J. Bamber Express NOV.16. large double circle cancel in blue, plus additional Wells Fargo & Co. Victoria oval cancel in blue. Also a pristine “Paid Barnard’s British Columbia Express” “ribbon” corner card sealed but unused cover with Star of David on back flap. Lastly, a page with a “Paid Dietz & Nelsons British Columbia & Victoria Express” “ribbon” corner card unused cover and a #2 with “Dietz & Nelson’s B.C. & V. Express” cancel in blue-green. Lot includes other BC postal history articles, etc. plus an original 1888 “Map of British Columbia, N.W. Territories, Manitoba”. Est. $500, SOLD for $1,100 plus premium.