Lot 448, 1892 ten cent UPU registered SQ cover to Newfoundland, sold for $1380

Lot 448Lot 448 1892 10c UPU registered cover to Newfoundland, franked with 2c green, 3c vermilion (sulphurated) and 5c green RLS, all tied by fancy cork cancels, paying the 5c UPU letter rate plus 5c registration fee. Mailed from Commanda, Ont. (AUG.25.1892 broken circle) to Heart’s Content, Newfoundland (Sep. 6 receiver broken circle) via Toronto, Halifax and St. John’s. Overall toning, small tears and scissor cut next to the 2c (not affecting stamp), fine. This is the latest of the two recorded covers to Newfoundland bearing a 5c RLS. (Unitrade 36i, 41, F2)

Provenance: Harry Lussey (1999).

Illustrated in: Canada’s Small Queen Era 1870-1897 by George Arfken, p.281.
Estimate $600, sold for $1,200 plus buyer’s premium.

Lot 471 — Nova Scotia 1851 three pence blue and bisect on lettersheet

Lot 471Lot 471 Nova Scotia #2, 2a 1851 3d blue Heraldic Diagonal Bisect on Part Lettersheet. Mailed Amherst on FEB.26.1856 and addressed to Liverpool England (arrived MAR.11.1856) via Halifax. This large part lettersheet is franked with two singles of #2 and a diagonal bisect of another #2 paying the 7½d rate to England. Stamps are tied to each other and to cover by two oval grid cancels. Couple of light vertical file folds, one of which affects the rightmost stamp. Still a rare franking and desirable cover from the Ratchford correspondence. Accompanied by a 1991 Peter Holcombe certificate. Unitrade CV$5,000.