Sparks Auctions

Lot 3247, Canada 1894 STANSTEAD QUE squared circle cover, realized $1380

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Lot 3247, Canada 1894 STANSTEAD QUE squared circle cover, realized $1380Lot 3247 Canada 1894 STANSTEAD QUE. squared circle cover, a very fine free strike (plus a second one tying stamp) -/AP 9/94 on a 3c Small Queen cover to Belleville Ont. (AP 10 receiver on back). Very fine and apparently only five known covers. Ex. Siverts. RF 90. From The Ted Kerzner Squared Circle Cancellations of Canada. Estimate $1,200, sold for C$1,200 plus buyer’s premium.

Lot 3230, RICHMOND QUE. 1893 squared circle on postcard with indicia error, realized $719

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Lot 3230, RICHMOND QUE. 1893 squared circle on postcard with indicia error, realized $719Lot 3230 RICHMOND QUE. squared circle, a very fine strike -/DE 28/39 in bluish grey, with year indicia error of “39” for “93” on a post card to Montreal. Very fine and only three covers recorded. RF 70. From The Ted Kerzner Squared Circle Cancellations of Canada. Estimate $200, sold for C$625 plus buyer’s premium.

Lot 2854, postcards of Canadian War Memorial at Vimy Ridge, including 1940 visit by Hitler, realized $518

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Lot 2854, postcards of Canadian War Memorial at Vimy Ridge, including 1940 visit by Hitler, realized $518Lot 2854 France 1936 Canadian War Memorial at Vimy Ridge. Three postcards of Hitler visiting Vimy Memorial in 1940, as well as articles and a French press photo of Georges Vanier at Vimy Dec. 12 1944 checking for Canadian government if memorial had been destroyed as rumors suggested (it was intact). Two of the postcards are used with Luxembourg stamps, the third is unused. Scarce items, very fine. Estimate C$100, sold for C$450 plus buyer’s premium.