Lot 375 Saskatchewan #SL30 1907, $5 black Saskatchewan Law Stamp with large zeros, from the Second Printing, hinge remnants, fresh colour, a difficult stamp, scarce and fine to very fine. van Dam C$ 650
Auction #54
Fall 2025 General Sale, October 29-31, 2025
Lot 367, 1919 ten dollar blue Québec Prohibition, F-VF NH
Lot 367 Quebec #QP10 1919, $10 blue violet Québec Prohibition, perforated 12, never hinged, pleasing bright shade, a challenging revenue, fine to very fine. van Dam C$3,000
Lot 423, Canada 1915 King George V Supreme Court twenty-five cent blue with red IN PRIZE overprint, F-VF unused
Lot 423 Canada #FSC31 1915, King George V, Supreme Court, 25c blue with red IN PRIZE overprint, red control number, unused without gum, though produced in greater number than the Victorian equivalents, a stamp that remains quite scarce, this being of superior centring to many, fine to very fine. van Dam C$1,250.
Lot 611, 1854 French Levant, Bulgaria, Crimean War cover from Varna Bulgaria to France
Lot 611 French Levant, Bulgaria, Crimean War, 1854 (July 25), cover from General Couston in Camp near Varna, Bulgaria, to his wife in France, franked with 1853 10c yellow-bistre horizontal pair with marginal “filet d’encadrement”, large margins but selvedge folded over edge of envelope, tied by black “AOB” dotted lozenge and struck with circular “ARMÉE D’ORIENT / BAU SEDre” c.d.s, reverse with Nimes arrival backstamp (5 Aug), some docketing over address, but a rare Crimean War cover, signed Todd; ex Francois X. Piat Dewavrin Grand Prix Collection of The British Army and the Crimean War. (Yvert 13) Estimate C$750.
Lot 346, 1925/1937 Ontario Gasoline Tax, red overprint on $1.50 red Luxury Tax
Lot 346 Ontario #OGT19 1925/1937, Ontario Gasoline Tax, red overprint on $1.50 red Luxury Tax, hinged, very scarce, fine to very fine. van Dam C$1,600.