Lot 741 Canada #4 3d Red Beaver Imperforate on 1857 Illustrated Advertising Cover, mailed from Hamilton on JUN.5.1857 (“changeling” datestamp at left) to Norwichville C.W., with Norwichville and Paris backstamps, both dated JUN.6. The cover has a lavishly illustrated embossed corner card advertising for the Newbury & Birely company of Hamilton in blue-black, and is franked with an extremely fine example of the 3d red Beaver with four large and balanced margins, neatly tied by a crisp 4-ring #16 obliterator which has an RF 7 on Pence issues (only used in the Pence era), and an early example, as the first 4-ring numeral known is dated from March 1857. A lovely cover in all respects, which possesses many desirable attributes, extremely fine and easily worth more than our starting price. Ex Guilford (1994), Carrington (2002) and Cantor (2011). Rsv. $4,500. Estimate C$5,000.
Guilford
Lot 1317 — Philatelic Literature group of “Name Sale” catalogues, realized $345
Auction #11 featured the widest selection of philatelic literature we have ever offered. We made the decision to separate many titles into individual lots, so that collectors would have a chance to buy select works rather than having to take home a large carton.
This lot, however, was an example of what we sometimes see when many desirable titles are grouped. It was a great chance to efficiently build or improve a library of “name sales,” and saw a strong price as a a result.
Group of BNA Important Name and Other Sale Catalogues with The John Foxbridge Collection of BNA and Imperforate Pence Issues net price catalogue by Irwin Weinberg Rarities in 1987; The Guilford Collection of Pence Issues by Robert A. Seigel Auction Galleries Inc in 1994; British America Postage Stamps & Postal History by Sotheby Parke Bernet Auction Co. Inc. in 1980; Rare Postage Stamps of British North America by Robson Lowe in 1983 with PR.; Canadian Pence Issues on Cover by H.R. Harmer of London and New York in 1976; Fine Stamps net price list from W. E. Lea (Philatelists) Ltd.; Postage Stamps and Postal History of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia — the Grand Prix Collection offered on Behalf of Mr. Koh Seow Chuan by Spink America in 1999 with PR; BNA Essays and Proofs by Robson Lowe in 1963; The Barclay Collection; The Provenance Collection of British North America by Harmers in 1983; The Nicholas Argenti New Brunswick and Nova Scotia; William Hinde, Gelder, etc. Very fine group. Estimate $75, SOLD for $300 plus premium.