Outaouais Collection of Classic Canada

Welcome to Sparks Sale #25

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We are thrilled to announce our Public Auction #25, to take place on September 26th-27th, 2017 at our premises in Ottawa.

The highly anticipated offering of gems from the Outaouais Collection of Canada is of course the showpiece section of the sale, featuring a very fine mint #1 (three penny beaver), #2 (six pence Consort), and an exceptional mint #3 (twelve penny black Queen Victoria, the classic rarity). Sparks Auctions is honoured to have the privilege of offering these three stamps.

There is much else to highlight, including a rare block of eight of the 12d with vertical specimen overprint, a pair of 12d with diagonal specimen overprint as well as mint #4, #5 and many others. The strong Canada section continues through to a choice of modern errors and varieties. Canadian Revenue collectors will enjoy our several lots of rare Canadian Pacific Railways Telegraph and Bell Telephone Company booklets.

Our worldwide section is highlighted by a lovely mint collection of Great Britain, with many outstanding items, many British Commonwealth never hinged SPECIMEN perforated sets, and more. The popular worldwide lots and collections section is, as usual, chock full of single country collections, a lovely collection of used British Commonwealth, part one of an extensive worldwide collection formed by Dr. Dubé, plus several more worldwide collections, including the O’Meara old time collection in Scott Specialty albums.

There are just under 400 lots of Postal History, with several lots of quality dealer stock, some early US covers plus many Canadian postmark lots including:

  • a collection of New Brunswick town cancels
  • the Jim Miller collection of Orb cancellations
  • the Murray Marchant collection of 2-ring numeral cancellations
  • many lots of fancy cancellations.

Sale 25 is now live on Stamp Auction Network. Printed catalogues are in production and will be going out in the first week of September. PDF versions of the catalogue can be downloaded here on our site.

We will publish corrections, highlights of featured items, and more here on our site in the coming weeks.

We look forward to your participation in yet another great sale!

Sale #25 will take place on September 26th & 27th

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We are in the process of catalogue preparation for Sale #25, which will be held on September 26th and 27th, 2017 at our offices in Ottawa, Canada. Mark the dates on your calendar for this important auction!

Lot 3 Canada #3 1851 12d black Queen Victoria Imperforate on Laid Paper Deep colour and a clear distinct impression, four large margins, full original gum lightly hinged, easily visible laid lines, fresh in all respects and a full sheet margin at right. From The Outaouais Collection. Unitrade CV C$300,000.

The highlight by far of Sale #25 is a selection of gems from the Outaouais Collection—very fine mint #1, #2, and an exceptional mint #3. We have other choice early and classic stamps, and the Canada continues through to modern errors, with CPR Telegraph and Bell booklets offered in the revenues. A lovely mint collection of Great Britain can be seen in the Worldwide & Commonwealth section, and several worldwide collections as well. Postal History includes New Brunswick town cancels, as well as Orb, 2-ring and Fancy cancellations.

We expect online posting to Stamp Auction Network by the end of next week, with the PDF catalogues appearing on sparks-auctions.com at the same time. Print catalogues should be mailed in the first week of September to regular subscribers. We will send a detailed auction announcement at the time, so watch for it in your e-mail.

The auction will feature a huge Canada & BNA section of 850 lots, and thorough offerings of British Commonwealth, Worldwide and Postal History. Yet again, our shelves are loaded with large lots, collections and accumulations.

We wish you a safe and happy remainder of your summer!

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