Lot 654 Group of Roughly 625 Norway Covers and Cards, 1880s-1970s, loose in a box, with the possibility of material on either side of the given range. The lot contains a wide variety of material, noting mostly commercial mail including postal stationery, military mail (with mostly German and a few British censor tapes and markings), advertising mail (many are illustrated), parcel receipts, postage due, airmail (including a few first flights), first day covers, and more, paying registration, express, airmail, domestic and international rates (noting Iceland, Sweden, Great Britain destinations), with a variety of town postmarks and postmark types, directional markings, etc. A nice lot for the postal history collector, as the owner collected interesting and unusual material. Online photos show an overview. We note a few small faults with a few of the covers including corner bends and a few tears. Overall fine to very fine. Estimate C$500, sold for C$1,400.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
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Lot 1160, Large Accumulation of Used Norway, 1863-1950s, sold for C$4,914
Lot 1160 Large Accumulation of Used Norway, 1863-1950s, with several thousands of stamps, housed in roughly 45 Vario-style stock pages (many double sided), and roughly 100 glassines. The lot begins with an accumulation of 1863-1868 Coat of Arms issues with Scott #s 6 (x8 at $250 each), 7 (x11 at $300 each), 8 (x55 at $14 each), 9 (x24 at $60 each), 10 (x18 at $125 each) 11 (x21 at $55 each), 12 (x26 at $55 each), 13 (x13 at $160 each) and continues with 1872-1875 Post Horn issues with #s 16 (x24 at $40 each), 17 (x20 at $85 each), 18 (x42 at $12 each), 19 (x33 at $72 each), 20 (x28 at $72 each), 21 (x22 at $72 each). The balance of the lot contains a fairly unorganized accumulation of post-1875 issues, including officials, postage dues, and more. A cursory check indicated a variety of postmark types including a few numerals, bridge types, and c.d.s. town postmarks. An ideal lot for the collector or dealer as there should be finds including various printings, shades, or other varieties. We note a few faults with some of the early stamps, still a potentially high cataloguing lot, with online photos showing a sampling and overview. Estimate C$500, sold for C$4,200.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
Lot 568, Group of forty-eight WWII Canadian Airmail covers with O.A.T. handstamps, 1942-45, sold for C$643
Lot 568 Group of 48 WWII Canadian Airmail Covers with O.A.T. Handstamps, 1942-1945, loose in a box, with various boxed and oval O.A.T. handstamps, paying primarily 30c and 40c rates (note a few 10c rates with solo frankings), primarily to Switzerland, Sweden, and France, along with Norway and Iceland. The covers are franked with 1938 Pictorial and War issues, noting blackout and machine cancel types, along with a variety of censor tapes and handstamps. We note some duplication of rates and destinations, online photos show an overview. Overall fine to very fine. Estimate C$150, sold for C$550.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
Lot 1512, Group of 56 First Flight and Air Mail covers and cards from European Countries, sold for C$1,170
Lot 1512 Group of 56 First Flight and Air Mail Covers and Cards, 1920s-1930s, from European Countries: Latvia (x2), Hungary (x4), Poland (x6), Ethiopia (x1), Romania (x2), Greece (x4), Iceland (x1), Norway (x3), Sweden (x1), Denmark (x1), Yugoslavia (x1), Austria (x6), Estonia (x1), Persia (x2), Palestine (x1), Saar (x7), Egypt (x3), Belgium (x4), Portugal (x3), French Morocco (x3). Many of these were in Mr. Pont’s exhibit and feature interesting frankings, rates, destinations (many to India, etc), cachets, and more. Some were affected by humid storage, still overall fine to very fine. Viewing highly recommended to better appreciate the scarce material in this lot, many scans available online. From the The Leon Victor Pont Collection of Early India, New Zealand and Worldwide Pioneer Flight Covers. Estimate $500, sold for C$1,000.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
Welcome to Auction #12
Session One (Canada, Lots 1-653) and Two (B.N.A., Lots 701-869) offer great depth combined with many top-quality lots.
In the pence issues the laid paper lots have exceptional singles, multiples and covers, while the wove papers add cancels, varieties and rarities (stitch watermark; two of the very scarce six penny reddish purple on thick fibrous paper; three of the six penny perforated). The 1859s continue on with three of the ten cent black brown and a block of twelve of the 17 cent Cartier. The Large Queens offer a mint watermarked two cent, a Goatee variety, the rare mint 15 cent on thick paper (30c) and 15 cent with script watermark as well as a fine one cent and a very fine three cent on laid paper.
Every series goes on to offer quality and rarity as well as nice stamps for the general collector. Among the numerous special items is the discovery example of a previously unrecorded #1815 variety.
Our section of semi-official airmail is especially strong with nearly 100 lots highlighted by the London to London stamp #CLP6. In two sections within Canada we have grouped an extensive collection of mint sheets. The B.N.A. is especially strong in British Columbia with #3 and many of the elusive numeral cancels. A wonderful New Brunswick shilling on cover, and an equally wonderful watermarked Nova Scotia shilling are highlights from these colonies. Another shilling, from Newfoundland, is just one of the highlights of Newfoundland.
The Postal History section has gotten stronger with each auction and the trend continues in this sale, with a great many lots not having been on the philatelic market for decades, and sometimes being offered for the first time.
Lots and Collections have many strong and worthwhile offerings. Of note is ten very nice lots of Norway which are among the 29 Scandinavian lots. Germany, with 30 lots, has much to offer the collector of post-WWII never hinged, and the 44 Canada & B.N.A. as usual constitute a diverse group.
In a change from previous sales, we have lotted the type of single-franking covers (often with expensive stamps) within the stamps section rather than postal history, reasoning that these appeal to both stamp collectors and postal historians.
Live bidding is now active on Stampauctionnetwork.com. PDF Catalogues and Image Gallery will be available here on Sparks-auctions.com later this week.