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Sale 3043: British Commonwealth Stamps and Covers - Thursday, June 23, 2021 9 a.m. Eastern
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Lot# : 4001 Great Britain
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Great Britain Box of Stampless Covers Fronts somewhat sorted by cancels and markings including approx 535 early to mid-19th century stampless fronts with assorted types an colors of crowned or badge "Free" postmarks, 33 with assorted 1d and 2d post markings (e.g. "To Pay 1d Only", "To Pay 2d Only", "Penny Post", etc.), 43 with assortment of straight-line town/ numeral postmarks, 50 with only manuscript markings, 15 with misc postmarks incl "Late Mail", boxed "No. 2", "Cornhill 1d Paid (folded letter), etc., also includes 21 18th/19th century covers and folded letters with misc manuscript and postal cancels incl a 1790 D'Angleterre straight-line on cover to France; 45 perfed "Penny Red" covers with assorted cancels incl some Irish, 4 1816/42 folded letters from Glasgow incl two to USA, very mixed condition, cancels range from poorly to well struck, VG-FineStart Price : 100.00 USDCurrent Opening : 150.00 USDHammer price : 325.00 USDLot# : 4002 Great Britain
Treasury Competition Essays, Charles Whiting, Red and Black "Post Office Permit" postage stamp essay on thin ungummed white paper, margins just in to clear as usual for the early essays rather than the later wide-margined reprints, some shallow thinning, still Fine and rareStart Price : 200.00 USDCurrent Opening : 200.00 USDHammer price : 200.00 USDLot# : 4003 Great Britain
Treasury Competition Essays, Charles Whiting, Blue and Red "Post/ 1 Penny/ Office" postage stamp essay on thin ungummed white paper, margins clear to just in as usual unlike the later wide-margined reprints, h.r., horiz crease, Fine appearance, a rare essayStart Price : 100.00 USDHammer price : 100.00 USDLot# : 4004 Great Britain
Lot# : 4005 Great Britain
1, 1840 1d Black, plate 6, D-C, intense shade, tried on folded letter sheet addressed to London by experimental black Maltese Cross, an adjacent "T.P./ Croydon H St" handstamp, back side with nice strike of SP 23 1840 Chief Office date stamp, stamp 3 margins (just in at left), letter sheet (no side flaps) with some aging along a central vertical fold, Fine early use of the experimental cancelStart Price : 375.00 USDHammer price : unsoldLot# : 4006 Great Britain
1b, 1840 1d Grey-black (worn plate), Plate 1a, J-F, three ample to full margins, just clear at bottom, regummed, small corner crease lower left, little bit of toning, Fine appearance; 2020 BPA certificate (Scott $16,000 for o.g., SG 3, £16,500 for o.g.)Start Price : 1,000.00 USDHammer price : unsoldLot# : 4007 Great Britain
Lot# : 4008 Great Britain
1922 Express Cover Front to Berkshire with Great Western Railway Label, tied by framed "G.W.R. May 9 1922 Paddington G.W.1" date stamp, postage paid by 2d, 6d George V tied by London cds, red "Post Office Express" etiquette, some pencil notations upper right and some light wrinkling affecting the stamps and label, still a Fine and desirable express use with the GWR label tiedStart Price : 75.00 USDCurrent Opening : 200.00 USDHammer price : 75.00 USDLot# : 4009 Great Britain
1927 Cover to "Her Majesty the Queen," addressed to "Her Majesty The Queen, Buckingham Palace, London, SW1," postmarked Portland Harbour, Dorset November 9, 1927, set without postage and incorrectly taxed double the 1½d local rate ("3d to pay" charge mark crossed out), cover torn in half vertically and taped back together, still Fine and interestingStart Price : 40.00 USDHammer price : unsoldLot# : 4010 Great Britain
Lot# : 4011 Great Britain
British Airmail Express Covers Collection, 1893/1981, Victorian (3), Edward VII (2 incl one piece), George V (3), George VI (6), 1950s/60s QE II (5 incl one piece) with the balance of 24 1970/81 covers being addressed to American auction agent Lou Robbins from British stamp dealers (one 1968 airletter signed by Robson Lowe), variety of frankings, cancels, express markings and labels, a George VI period OHMS cover (damaged on opening) with a G.W.R. label, earliest an 1893 postal card to Belgium with a 2½d "PAX" perfin paying the express postage, also a few incoming express covers to England and some early express covers of other countries incl Belgium, Italy and Poland, usual mixed condition, VG-Fine, an interesting assortmentStart Price : 200.00 USDCurrent Opening : 200.00 USDHammer price : 200.00 USDLot# : 4012 Great Britain
Lot# : 4013 Great Britain - Channel Islands - Jersey
Lot# : 4014 Antigua
Lot# : 4015 Ascension
Lot# : 4016 Australian States - South Australia
Lot# : 4017 Bangkok (British P.O. in Siam)
Lot# : 4018 Barbados
Lot# : 4019 British Central Africa
Lot# : 4020 British East Africa
Lot# : 4021 British Guiana
Unfortunately this lot was withdrawn from this auction.Lot# : 4022 British Columbia and Vancouver Island
3-4 var, 1865 5c-10c Vancouver Island, Sperati forgeries, includes trial exposures of both the 5c and 10c, finished gummed mint forgeries of each value, and four used forgeries (three 5c, one 10c), as well as five BPA card proofs of the stamps and cancellations used by Sperati, it can be seen from the trial exposures that Sperati used perforated models and touched up the framelines to create his imperforates, Very Fine and attractive, all except the card proofs ex-WalskeStart Price : 1,000.00 USDHammer price : 1,000.00 USDLot# : 4023 New Brunswick
Lot# : 4024 New Brunswick
Lot# : 4025 New Brunswick
Lot# : 4026 New Brunswick
Lot# : 4027 New Brunswick
Lot# : 4028 Newfoundland
Lot# : 4029 Newfoundland
Lot# : 4030 Newfoundland
Lot# : 4031 Newfoundland
Lot# : 4032 Newfoundland
Newfoundland Commems and Definitives few 100 mostly o.g. singles with some minor duplication neatly arranged and sorted by Scott number in ten stock sheets, starting from #15A unused and running through the 1930s issues, note assorted 1861/62 to 1sh, 1865/94 with some shades. Guy issue with few multiples, shades, and high values, 1911 Royal Family complete, 1919 Trail of the Caribou complete, #128 (thinned), assortment of the Publicity issues, 1933 Gilbert complete less the 5c, etc., usual mixed condition, VG-VF, well worth a close lookStart Price : 1,000.00 USDCurrent Opening : 1,000.00 USDHammer price : 1,000.00 USDLot# : 4033 Newfoundland
Lot# : 4034 Newfoundland
Lot# : 4035 Newfoundland
Lot# : 4036 Nova Scotia
Three Stampless Covers 1854/57, includes February 8, 1854 official cover from Halifax with "On Post Office Business Free" handstamp (backstamped Truro), March 1854 folded letter (Masonic contents) with arced "Ship" over "6," and May 30, 1857 cover to Halifax with black "3" handstamp, minor faults but still a Fine and attractive groupStart Price : 75.00 USDCurrent Opening : 85.00 USDHammer price : 110.00 USDLot# : 4037 Nova Scotia
Lot# : 4038 Nova Scotia
Lot# : 4039 Canada
Lot# : 4040 Canada
Lot# : 4041 Canada
3 var, 1851 12p Black, Sperati forgery, the unique example made by Sperati as a custom, special order in 1953, made from a genuine 12d "Specimen" overprinted stamp by removing the overprint, also includes a pair of genuine 12p Specimen plate proofs (3pi, 2017 Green Foundation certificate), as well as a clipping from a philatelic journal showing a 3p Beaver cover, ex-Sperati archives, that was apparently used as a model to make the forged cancel, Very Fine, an incredible rarity and one of the most desirable of all philatelic forgeries in our opinionrnNo Canadian stamps were known at the time Sperati I was published, although this item is discussed in Sperati II. After removing the "Specimen" overprint, Sperati manipulated the paper so that the stamp had the correct vertical laid lines of the original. The cancel is also forged. This is the only known example and the only example of Sperati using this technique.Start Price : 2,500.00 USDCurrent Opening : 3,000.00 USDHammer price : 5,500.00 USDLot# : 4042 Canada
Lot# : 4043 Canada
Lot# : 4044 Canada
19 var, 1859 17 Blue, Sperati forgery, working proof on white paper showing perforations and Sperati's notes in margins, also a trial exposure, both items originate from the collection of Sperati's daughter and Carl Walske, Very Fine, an exceptional pair of itemsStart Price : 500.00 USDCurrent Opening : 575.00 USDHammer price : 2,200.00 USDLot# : 4045 Canada
Lot# : 4046 Canada
Lot# : 4047 Canada
Lot# : 4048 Canada
35c, 1870 1c Yellow, Diagonal half used as ½c, bottom right half on locally-used printed wrapper from a Montreal Insurance company, tied by indistinct cancel, stamp creased before use, a wonderful new discovery which has not appeared on the market to the best of our knowledge, very few 1c bisects are recorded with some sources reporting six, although significantly fewer than that have appeared at auction in recent years, in any case one of the rarities of classic Canada and a remarkable opportunity for the advanced collector, 2021 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $4,500)Start Price : 1,000.00 USDCurrent Opening : 1,000.00 USDHammer price : 1,200.00 USDLot# : 4049 Canada
Lot# : 4050 Canada
Lot# : 4051 Canada
Lot# : 4052 Canada
Lot# : 4053 Canada
Lot# : 4054 Canada
Lot# : 4055 Canada
104c/136, 1911/24 1c/20c Admirals Premium Assortment, includes 104c bottom margin strip of three with plate #16, 105 mint block, 105 top margin plate #A197 strip of three NH, 106 bottom margin plate #57 strip of four, 107e top plate #A209 strip of three (stamps NH), 109d top plate #A122 block of eight, 111 singles (2), 112, 112a, 114 top plate #A7 block of six (5 stamps NH, ex-Baillie), 115i, top margin plate #A-3 strip of three (stamps NH), 119 bottom margin Type D lathework single, 119c XF, 129 pair NH, 136 top margin block with partial plate number, F-VF (Unitrade C$3,250+)Start Price : 350.00 USDCurrent Opening : 350.00 USDHammer price : 400.00 USDLot# : 4056 Canada
Lot# : 4057 Canada
136, 1924 1c Orange yellow, horizontal strip of three tied on cover to USA by "Kingston Jan 18 26" cds cancels, 1925 Canadian Philatelic Exhibition label on back side, stamps large balanced margins, envelope some postal wear and clipped corner lower left, Fine useStart Price : 50.00 USDHammer price : unsoldLot# : 4058 Canada
Lot# : 4059 Canada
Lot# : 4060 Canada
Lot# : 4061 Canada
178/229, 1930/351c-3c George V Coils and Booklet Panes Selection, includes 179 line pair, 179 strip of four, 181 strip of four, 182 pair, 183 line strip of four, 217b, 218a, 228 strip of four with 2nd stamp narrow "1" variety (crease), 229 strip of four with 3rd stamp damaged "2" variety, etc. plus 218 "Mole on Forehead" variety (Unitrade 218i, C$120), NH, F-VF with many Very Fine (Scott $900+)Start Price : 200.00 USDCurrent Opening : 200.00 USDHammer price : unsoldLot# : 4062 Canada
Lot# : 4063 Canada
Lot# : 4064 Canada
Lot# : 4065 Canada
Lot# : 4066 Canada
Lot# : 4067 Canada
Lot# : 4068 Canada
Lot# : 4069 Canada
Lot# : 4070 Canada
Lot# : 4071 Canada
Lot# : 4072 Canada
Lot# : 4073 Canada
Lot# : 4074 Canada
Lot# : 4075 Canada
Lot# : 4076 Canada Lots and Collections
1857/1908 Issues Premium Selection, includes 2TC in red lilac, 4d used (3½ margins), 8 mint, 22 mint (couple creases), 22 on Bothwell paper unused, 22b unused, 25b unused (light perf toning), 35a mint block (one stamp NH), 70 mint block (redistributed o.g., UL stamp tiny surface scrape), 71 NH (short perf), 76 NH (mottled o.g.), 76a mint, 80 mint block (surface scrape bottom left), 96-103 mint (10c without gum), generally F-VF or better centering; Unitrade $15,500+Start Price : 1,250.00 USDCurrent Opening : 1,200.00 USDHammer price : 1,200.00 USDLot# : 4077 Canada Lots and Collections
1859/1903 Issues Selection, mostly mint and includes (mint unless otherwise noted) 15 unused, 15 o.g. (2 incl one with "captured imprint" in margin), 36, 43 unused, 45a, 46-47, 69P plate proof on india mounted on card, 74-84 used, 90A block (bottom pair NH), 91, some minor faults, generally F-VF (Scott $4,000+)Start Price : 450.00 USDHammer price : unsoldLot# : 4078 Canada Lots and Collections
90A/349, 1903/52 Plate and Imprint Blocks Collection scores arranged on double-sided black Vario sheets, with a good variety of material and only a very little duplication, plenty of better material throughout, including 96-97 plate blocks of four, 146-148 plate blocks, assorted Arch and Medallion, 224-25 plate blocks of six, good selection of War Issue plate blocks with some matched sets, 245, 261, 268/273, 302, and much more, a few of the early items are hinged (some in margin only), great majority NH, also includes a few regular blocks here and there, some varieties, etc. generally fresh and F-VFStart Price : 600.00 USDHammer price : unsoldLot# : 4079 Canada Lots and Collections
Canada 1911/46 Issues Better Sets and Singles Group. includes 104 block NH, 105 UR corner margin block of six NH (2 stamps straight-edge), 107 block (2 stamps NH), 109a NH, 122 bottom margin single with "lathework", 140 LR corner margin block NH (three stamps with straight-edge), 145 block NH, 149-59, 155 block with plate no (bottom stamps NH), 155 top plate no block of six with margin hinge reinforcement (stamps NH), 159, 160 paste-up pair, 160-61 pairs, 176-77, 178-83 pairs, 195-201, 199 block of four with plate No 1, 205 pair NH, 217-27, 228 strip of four NH, 241-45, 245 plate block (stamps NH), 246 LL plate no 1-3 block, 249-62, 273 plate block NH,CL11 pane of ten with 4 tete-beche pairs (minor faults), E8 NH, O10 plate block (stamps NH), plus 726 block with one stamp kiss double print of "Canada", a few minor faults but generally fresh and F-VF or betterStart Price : 800.00 USDCurrent Opening : 800.00 USDHammer price : 800.00 USDLot# : 4080 Canada Lots and Collections
1928/51 Issues Premium Assortment, includes 135, 149-155 blocks of four, 157 block of four, 175, 204, 227, 233 "crease on collar" variety (l.h.), 241-45, 244 block of four, 249-62 (2), 261-62, 268-73 (3), 272-73, 302 (3), NH, fresh and F-VF with many VF or better (Scott $3,025+)Start Price : 500.00 USDHammer price : unsoldLot# : 4081 Canada Lots and Collections
Canada Premium Assortment, classic period through the 1930s and incl 4a unused (VF but for small thins), 8TC in deep rose, 15 unused, 35 block VF o.g., 92 greenish bistre shade (2), 95 in the purple and deep purple shades, 102 VF NH but spot of gum disturbance, assorted George V period booklet panes (some used), 200 plate no block NH (brownish gum), 201 NH (Sismondo graded 98 cert), 213 sheet of 50 NH, 272 plate block NH, E8 plate block, booklets BK29c, BK33a, etc., generally F-VF; Unitrade C$8,250+Start Price : 750.00 USDCurrent Opening : 750.00 USDHammer price : 850.00 USDLot# : 4082 Canada Lots and Collections
Collection of Air Mail / Aviation Stamps, on album pages, best items are a C1 top margin block of four with plate no, C1a imperf pair without gum, C2 NH XF, C2 block of four (2 stamps NH), Unitrade C3ii with shifted/ slanted surcharge mint (3), C7 UL plate block mint, etc., generally F-VFStart Price : 150.00 USDCurrent Opening : 150.00 USDHammer price : 190.00 USDLot# : 4083 Canada Lots and Collections
Special Delivery Issues Collection, 1938/46, singles and plate blocks on mounts on pages and incl airmail special delivery issues, includes CE1 matched set plate blocks NH, CE2 plate blocks NH (3 diff positions), CE3 matched set plate blocks (NH except LR hr in margin), CE4 matched set plate blocks NH, E7 matched set plate blocks (all but UL NH), E8 LL plate block, E9 imprint block of six and LL plate block NH, E10 matched set plate blocks, E11 matched set plate blocks NH (UL tiny spot dist gum in margin), generally fresh and F-VF; Scott $1,200+Start Price : 200.00 USDHammer price : unsoldLot# : 4084 Canada Lots and Collections
Canada Booklets Assortment. nine complete booklets comprised of Unitrade BK3c, BK3e, BK5f, BK6c, BK20b, BK11, BK12, BK13a, BK16a, most of the covers will have folds or creases to varying degrees and most of the stamps in the earlier booklets will have varying degrees on gum disturbance from adhering to the interleaving, an overall Fine group of pre-1940s booklets (Unitrade C$3,900)Start Price : 300.00 USDCurrent Opening : 300.00 USDHammer price : 350.00 USDLot# : 4085 Canada Lots and Collections
Canada Booklets Group. 17 complete bookltes with Unitrade (English covers) BK3c (6), BK3e (8), BK5f (3), one booklet with a missing staple and most of the stamps have the interleaving affixed to some degree though it appears easy to separate leaving panes with some glazing or light disturbances, one booklet pane with a few damaged stamps from being stuck down, VG-VF (Unitrade C$3,950)Start Price : 75.00 USDHammer price : 75.00 USDLot# : 4086 Canada Lots and Collections
Lot# : 4087 Canada Lots and Collections
Provinces Assortment, includes (mint unless otherwise noted) New Brunswick 6 used (2), 6a used, 9 used, 10, Newfoundland 88 NH, 96, 97, 159 NH. C8. C15 NH, C16, C17 NH, Nova Scotia 2 used (tiny thin), 11 unshaded "E" variety, 11 block of four plus reprints of 1851/57 1d, 3d and 6d, Prince Edward Isl 9a block of four plus 6d reprint die proofs in four different colors, a few minor faults with most F-VF or betterStart Price : 200.00 USDCurrent Opening : 220.00 USDHammer price : 230.00 USDLot# : 4088 Canada
Lot# : 4089 Canada - Revenues
Canada Series of 1897 Tobacco Proofs on Card, 29 items total, mostly in strips or blocks for a total of approximately 95 stamps, wide variety of denominations and sizes, some of the larger proofs folded in half, Very Fine, a wonderful assortment of these attractive designsStart Price : 200.00 USDCurrent Opening : 200.00 USDHammer price : 200.00 USDLot# : 4090 Canada - Revenues
Revenues Premium Assortment, includes (Van Dam nos, mint unless otherwise noted) FEG1-11 blocks NH, FSC5 used (pen cancel only), FSC16 punch cancel, FWM7 (pen cancel only), FWT18b strip of four NH, FX2 UL corner margin block of eight NH with bit of lathework in margin, FX9 block NH, British Colombia BCL40b NH, BCL46-50 NH, (25c perfs all around), Saskatchewan SL68-78 NH, generally fresh and F-VF (Van Dam C$1,250+)Start Price : 180.00 USDHammer price : unsoldLot# : 4091 Cayman Islands
Lot# : 4092 Cayman Islands
Lot# : 4093 Cayman Islands
Lot# : 4094 Ceylon
Lot# : 4095 Ceylon
Lot# : 4096 Ceylon
Lot# : 4097 Cook Islands
Lot# : 4098 Gambia
Lot# : 4099 Gilbert and Ellice Islands
"Hulls Island/ 1.9.39/ JWJ" manuscript cancels tying ½d, 1d, 1½d George VI (Scott 40-42) on an envelope addressed to Hawaii, tape stain at left edge and some light perf tip toning but a rare cover; the initials are that of J.W. Jones, overseer for Burns, Philp, cancelling his own mailStart Price : 200.00 USDCurrent Opening : 200.00 USDHammer price : 200.00 USDLot# : 4100 Gilbert and Ellice Islands
14-22, 24-25, MR1, 1921 ½d/5sh George V, tied on registered cover addressed to "Fanning Island/ N.P.O." by Gilbert & Ellice Islands/ Colony/ Fanning Isl FE 26 21 double circle cancel with accompanying Tarawa registry handstamp, backstamped Tarawa double circle FE 26 21, a few stamps light wrinkling from use, Fine and attractive (Scott $198 as used stamps)Start Price : 75.00 USDCurrent Opening : 130.00 USDHammer price : 140.00 USD
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