Sale #21 Catalogues now in the mail

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A21CompleteWe have received the print catalogues for our May 25th-26th sale and they are being mailed to all customers today, with the exception of local addresses. We hope to see Ottawa-area customers at ORAPEX 2016 this Saturday and Sunday at the RA Centre. You can pick up your catalogue from Ian Kimmerly or Hank Narbonne. Please leave your name so we don’t send you a second copy next week!

Lot 623, Canada 1899 Patriotic postcard, St. Catharines to Hamilton

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Lot 623Lot 623 Canada #75 1899 Patriotic Private Post Card, mailed from St. Catharines, Ontario (c.d.s. dated AUG.8.1899) to Hamilton, Ontario (Bickerdike machine dater hub receiver dated AUG.24.1899). The card has a colourful depiction of “Rule Britannia, Rule the Waves, etc. with a woman warrior holding a British shield, a lion and a ship. Franked with a 1c Queen Victoria Numeral. A lovely card, very fine. Estimate $150.

Lots 258 & 260, Canada 1929 50c Bluenose and $1 Parliament XF NH in horizontal imperf pairs

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Lot 258Lot 258 Canada #158b 1929 50c dark blue Bluenose Horizontal Pair, Imperforate Vertically, mint never hinged, quite fresh and extremely fine. Unitrade CV$1,500.

Lot 260Lot 260 Canada #159b 1929 $1 olive green Parliament Horizontal Pair, Imperforate Vertically, mint never hinged, quite fresh and extremely fine. Unitrade CV$1,350.

Lot 450, New South Wales 1851 one pence carmine Laureate Pair forgery

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Lot 450Lot 450 Australia—New South Wales #10F 1851 1p carmine Laureate Pair Jeffryes’ Forgery, mint no gum, scarce hand engraved forgery by the infamous forger (member of the “London Gang” also spelt Jeffreys) with a watermark of double lined “1”. Very few forgers had the skill to hand engrave forgeries and even fewer sourced their own watermarked paper. Note the margin lines that when trimmed down gives the impression of adjoining stamps. He was sentenced to 6 months hard labour for his nefarious activities. A nice item for the specialist, superb. Estimate C$200.