The Hillside Collection of Canada Admirals — Lots 252-423

The Hillside Collection was formed by a gentleman living in a smaller city far from any of the major stamp centers.

As he accumulated more and more Admirals, he purchased a copy of Marler’s essential work as well as other literature and started to look for the unusual and esoteric.

From the Hillside Collection -- Lot 253 1911 1c dark green Admiral Plate Strip of Five. A lower Plate 97 strip, with major re-entry on second stamp (Marler 97LR92); extra short vertical line in left numeral tablet beside the vertical line on first stamp. Mint never hinged. Est. $200
From the Hillside Collection — Lot 253 1911 1c dark green Admiral Plate Strip of Five. A lower Plate 97 strip, with major re-entry on second stamp (Marler 97LR92); extra short vertical line in left numeral tablet beside the vertical line on first stamp. Mint never hinged. Est. $200

Over the course of a lifetime and some sixty years of collecting Admirals, he had a number of opportunities to add some rarities within a relatively limited budget. The collection was carefully organized in four large stockbooks.

Sparks arranged to have Leo Beaudet, a longtime member of the BNAPS Admiral Study Group, examine the collection. The report which Leo prepared has formed the basis for many of our descriptions. And, based on the number of high resolution scans we made for Leo’s reference, the readers of the The Admiral’s Log can look forward to some future commentary based on this collection.

The collection includes lathework, re-entries, plate strips, printing varieties, shades, multiples, postal history, as well as wholesale quantities. It should offer something to those beginning to collect this fascinating fi eld and to advanced collectors of the issue. Pencilled notations in selvedge refers to date of purchase at Post Office.

We are pleased to offer this collection.

 

Auction #13, August 20th-22nd, 2013

We are proud to announce our Public Auction #13, to be held August 20-22nd 2013 at our premises at 62 Sparks Street, Ottawa, Canada.

The sale can be seen now on Stamp Auction Network.

The impact of substantial lifetime collections on this auction sale has been profound.

Two collections were consigned after the premature passing of their owners. One, from western Canada, came in more than 100 cartons, and a second includes the Hamlet collection. Three other consignments highlight an area of special collecting interest and honour their consignors with a named collection. The Hillside collection of Canadian Admirals, the Moseley collection of Great Britain Penny Reds, and the Hamlet collection of British Commonwealth all offer an opportunity to buy scarce items, many not seen in the philatelic marketplace for decades. And the same opportunity to acquire scarce stamps is found throughout the sale.

We start a Canada section with consistent strength from the pence to the modern era. Quality stamps used and mint with covers, multiples, proofs, errors and other varieties are found in every period.

Lot 1118 USA 5¢ black Columbus
Lot 1118 USA 5¢ black Columbus

The 338 lots of British Commonwealth as well as the Worldwide, which has strong USA from several consignors, should prove tempting. Our Postal History features many mini-collections and interesting postmark lots. The literature section has many diverse and scarce books.

Although 488 Lots and Collections have some of the inevitable remainder lots, in this auction we offer a high percentage of very nice quality collections. Please be careful that shipping is allowed on the item you are bidding on if you are not in the Ottawa area.

Print catalogues will be shipped next week to subscribers. PDF files are already here on our site, along with bidding instructions, featured items, and corrections.