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Sparks Auctions Today in our Fall 2025 General Sale, we offer Worldwide Stamps & Postal History.
Lot 585 Falkland Islands #65-76 1933 Centenary ½d to £1, set of twelve, hinged, the lower values with hinge remnants, the key 5sh through £1 King George V extremely lightly hinged, bright and fresh colours throughout, well-centered, very fine and choice, one of the iconic sets of the British Empire. (S.G. 127/138, £4,250) Scott CV U$4,800
Part Two of The “Simone” Collection of Canada Revenues goes on sale today in our Fall 2025 General auction.
Lot 414 Canada #FSC19 1935, George V Supreme Court, $30 on $1 slate with horizontal bar overprint and blue control number, a fresh and bright used example of this key revenue, of which just over 1,000 examples were surcharged, very fine and rare. van Dam C$2,000
Lot 416 Canada #FSC20a 1935, George V Supreme Court, $30 on $1 blue with vertical bar overprint and blue control number, a nicely-centred used example of bright colour, quite challenging given the relatively limited number that were surcharged, particularly difficult in this quality, very fine. van Dam C$1,100
Our Fall 2025 General Sale begins today with Canada Stamps & Postal History.
Lot 5 Canada #8 1858 (March 1), ½d deep rose horizontal strip of six on folded cover from Newboro to Ottawa, paying the 3d single letter rate, the strip with margins close to large except just touched at left of stamp 1 and slightly in on stamp 4, tied by three crisp target cancels with Newboro despatch c.d.s. at lower left and backstamped with City of Ottawa / U.C. arrival c.d.s. (3 Mar), a couple of unobtrusive filing folds affecting stamps 1 and 5, yet an important and extremely rare showpiece of exceptional visual appeal, one of only twelve covers recorded with this franking, of which just two bear intact strips of six; ex Nickle (Firby Auctions, 29 Oct 1988, lot 388), de Volpi, and Jarrett.
Illustrated in Canada’s Pence Era: The Pence Stamps and the Canadian Mail 1851–1859 by Arken, Leggett, Firby and Steinhart. Estimate C$5,000
Lot 256 Newfoundland #15 1860, 1sh orange Heraldic, used, with lightly-struck grid cancel, large balanced margins all around, minor thin and trivially oxidized at top, an attractive and very fine appearing example of this key value, of far superior colour than often encountered, and rarely seen with such large margins; with 2001 Greene Foundation certificate. Unitrade CV$15,000.
Lot 274 Newfoundland #C5 1930, 50c on 36c olive green Columbia Flight, from Position 1 of the setting of four, full never hinged original gum, rich deep shade, a lovely and fine-very fine example of this airmail rarity; with 2001 Philatelic Foundation and 2004 B.P.A. certificates.
A LOVELY EXAMPLE OF THIS IMPORTANT NEWFOUNDLAND AIRMAIL RARITY.
Only 300 examples of the 35¢ Caribou stamp were overprinted to commemorate the transatlantic flight of the Miss Columbia, a Bellanca monoplane piloted by Captain J. Erroll Boyd and Lieutenant Harry P. Connor, who departed Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, with the aim of completing a non-stop transatlantic flight from Newfoundland to England. At the urging of the postmaster, a bag of mail was carried aboard the flight; 48 stamps were reserved for covers posted at Harbour Grace, with a further eight stamps (two blocks of four) given to the pilots. The remaining stamps were placed on sale at the St. John’s post office on 25 September 1930. Of the original 300 examples, approximately 100 are believed to have been used on cover, and many of those remaining of the balance lack the freshness of the example offered here. Unitrade C$ 16,500
