Lot 1024 Canada Mint collection of 280 stamps on Lindner hingeless pages, 1852-1949, beginning with a 3d Beaver and 6d Consort proof, Large and Small Queens, apparently complete from 1897 onwards including Jubilees to the $5 (6c, 8c and $1 are NH), Leaf and Numerals, Québecs and King Edward VII, Admirals including coils, etc., mostly hinged original gum, with never hinged or without gum examples noted throughout, some faults, particularly among the earlier material, a high-cataloguing collection worthy of inspection, overall fine-very fine. See scans here. Estimate C$4,500, sold for C$3,600.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
Auction #52
January 30-February 2, 2025
Lot 670, Canada 1933 Nascopie multiple redirected cover, sold for C$497
Lot 670 Canada 1933 (September 17), S.S. Nascopie, multiple redirected cover, franked with 5c Postal Union Congress, tied by boxed violet “EASTERN ARCTIC / MAIL SERVICE / Hudsons Bay Co / S.S. “NASCOPIE”” datestamp, to Lake Harbour, Baffin Island, redirected multiple times including to Port Burwell, Dundas Harbour, Craig Harbour, Ponds Inlet, Pangnirtung, and eventually Toronto, with backstamps of all but the last, Port Burwell and Ponds Inlet/Baffin Island in violet, imprint of the Arctic Mission Church of England in Canada on back flap, some light edge creasing, else a fine and desirable Arctic cover. Estimate C$120, sold for C$425.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
Lot 937, Gold Coast 1870s to 1950s cancellation collection, sold for C$1,170
Lot 937 Gold Coast, 1870s to 1950s, extensive cancellation collection, with thousands of stamps, organized in a Plymouth album and five stockbooks, the album with several hundred carefully-selected examples displaying cancellation from ABOKOBI to XBORG, the stockbooks brimming with mostly Victorian to King George VI-era stamps, all chosen for postmark interest that complement the album contents, generally sound and fine-very fine, the result of extensive and diligent searching that would be a challenge to replicate; an exceptional project for continuation. See scans and comprehensive videos. (Video 1) (Video 2) (Video 3) (Video 4) (Video 5) (Video 6) Estimate C$1,200, sold for C$1,000.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
Lot 365, Canada 1876 twenty-five cent blue and one dollar blue Supreme Court revenues, F-VF o.g., sold for C$438
Lot 365 Canada #FSC3, FSC5 1876, Supreme Court, 25c and $1 blue Young Queen Victoria, with red control numbers, hinged original gum on thin paper, very fresh and fine-very fine. van Dam CV$500, sold for C$375.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
Lot 748, People’s Republic of China 1950 Shanghai “Flying Goose” meter cover to New York, sold for C$760
Lot 748 People’s Republic of China 1950 (June 6), Shanghai “Flying Goose” meter cover to New York, franked with “**31.00” red boxed meter with “Flying Goose” and red double-circle Shanghai dater, further cancelled with bilingual Shanghai c.d.s. (17 Jun), to New York, a scarce Revolutionary-period usage when postage stamps were not easily attainable, a fine example of this desirable meter. Estimate C$100, sold for C$650.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.