Print catalogues for Sale #19, The Daniel Cantor Collection of Canada Small Queens, were sent out this week. Because of the specialized nature of this single-owner sale and the size of the catalogue (264 pages), we are only sending to the portion of our mailing list who have identified themselves as Small Queens collectors and interested parties. The catalogues are being sent by Express Post, so no stamps will be used. If you feel you are on the recipient list and have not already checked with us, please send us an e-mail or call to confirm.
Announcements
Announcements
The Daniel Cantor Collection of Canada Small Queens
Sparks Auctions is proud to present the Daniel Cantor Collection of Canada Small Queens, to be sold at our Auction Room on Tuesday, November 24th, 2015, beginning at 10:00am EST.
The Queen Victoria “Small Queen” definitives of 1870-1897 are one of the most avidly collected issues of Canadian philately. Featuring many different printings, perforation, colours, paper and plate varieties, and offering myriad postal rates and other fascinating postal history to collect, the Small Queens only continue to grow in interest and desirability.
Auction #18 is Complete
We would like to thank all of our bidders in another successful auction.
Today and Monday will be taken up with organizing lots and preparing invoices. You should receive your e-mail invoice by early next week. Prices Realized can be seen on Stamp Auction Network or here on our site.
Our office will be closed until Wednesday, October 7th. After that, we will be open for pickup beginning on Thursday, October 8th by appointment. Please contact us by e-mail or telephone to make arrangements. Our building is locked on weekends, so we need to know you are coming if you wish to pick up outside the work week.
Welcome to Auction #18
Sparks Auctions is proud to present Public Auction #18, held at Suite 203, 1550 Carling Avenue, on September 29th-October 1st, 2015. It is certainly our biggest and most exciting auction so far, with a great number of high quality stamps, many rarely seen or offered varieties and much more. Our customers will know that we do not over-use the adjective extremely fine, and this auction is no exception to that, but we can safely say that we have never used it on so many deserving stamps.
Of note in this auction is our extensive Canada offering, with just under 900 lots. Many not often seen varieties abound, from the Pence issues to modern. Those collecting as many Unitrade sub-numbers as possible will have many to chose from. One large consignment of note has not been on the market since the early 1980s, and was assembled in the 1960s and 1970s. It contains major rarities, such as a mint Canada #1 with major re-entry and a mint Newfoundland #C12a plus many other high quality stamps and covers not often seen or offered.
Our Canadian postal history section is probably the most extensive we have offered yet, with over 400 desireable lots, from single items to a lot of over ten thousand covers, with something for just about everyone, from specialist collectors to postal history dealers.
Our always popular lots and collections section contains 635 lots from well over 100 different countries, in the form of dealer stocks, collectors’ accumulations and collections. We note extensive Great Britain, United States, Germany to name just a few, plus the lifetime collection of Father Beaulac in its own section.
Please make sure to view our auctions online, as this provides you with a great many extra scans, which do not fit in our printed catalogues. Our scans are renowned for their size and clarity, as we want you to be able to see exactly what you are bidding on. Stampauctionnetwork.com is the place to go for easy viewing of our catalogue as well as live bidding during the sale. Beginning the week of August, 31st, featured items, updates, corrections and additional scans can be found here on our site.
Enjoy the sale!
Stéphane Cloutier
Sparks Auctions
Auction #18, Sale Date Sept. 29-Oct. 1, 2015
We are in the process of catalogue production for Sale #18, which will be held on September 29th, 30th and October 1st, 2015 at our auction room.
We expect online posting to Stamp Auction Network by the last week in August, and at the same time the PDF catalogues will appear here on our site. Print catalogues should be mailed in the first week of September.
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.
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