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Auction: 177 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 449

Stamp Collections & Balances
Canada 1851-1953 valuable mint and used collection,
in three stockbooks, with many difficult items, with highlights including 1851 Issues, used, with 3d (good margins but with tear at bottom), 1857 four 3d in varying shades, two with nicely-struck four-ring numeral cancels, 1/2d rose with mostly large margins, 1859 1c rose with eight examples, several with readable numeral cancels, one appearing unused, 5c vermilion, ten used examples, one with imprint, and most others with four-ring numeral cancels, 10c red lilac used, 12&1/2c with dated cancel, two used 17c blue, Large Queens mostly used, but note 1/2c and 1c examples which appear unused, worthwhile study group for shades and papers, noting 1c yellow (4), 2c (6), 3c (26), many 3c examples faulty but selected for two-ring numeral strikes, 5c (1), 6c (6), 12&1/2c (3), 15c (7), useful run of mostly used Small Queens to the 50c, though note a few mint no gum, with numeral, squared circle, and fancy cancel and other postmark interest including Assiniboia and RPO cancels, as well as shade interest, strong mint thereafter, with Diamond Jubilee mint to the 50c, Maple Leaf complete mint, Numerals complete mint, 2c Maps mint and used, 2c on 3c Maple Leaf and Numerals including mint blocks of four, King Edward VII complete mint, Quebec Tercentenary complete mint, including 1/2c re-entry in block of four and 1c block of four showing hairlines, useful run of mostly used Admirals, including multiples, ideal for printing and shade study, one basic set of mint, with more unusual items including three 1931 perf 12x8 3c carmine mint plate blocks of eight, 1913 perf 8 horizontal coils with 1c pair and 2c single mint, good run of perf 8 vertical singles and pairs, perf 12 horizontal set of mint singles, 1928 Confederation, 1927 Historical, 1928-9 Scroll Issue, and 1931 Arch complete mint, Arch Issue coils with three line strips showing the “Cockeyed King” varieties, 1932 Medallion set, 1935 Pictorial set, 1938 Pictorial set, 1942-3 War Issue set, and 1946 Peace Issue sets mint, complemented by a good run of George V and George VI coil singles, pairs, and strips, good back-of-the-book, mostly mint, with C1-9, CE1-4, E1-9, Postage Dues mint to 1965 missing only a few for completion, better War Tax including MR2B, MR2C, MR2D, and MR2Di mint, range of used Registered Letter stamps with a variety of shades and cancellations, 8c dull blue mint (gum adhesions and toned perfs), OX1 on piece, OX4 mint, good quality OHMS and G official overprints, etc, the mint appears mostly hinged, though a few n.h. examples were noted, some faults to be expected particularly in the Pence through Large Queens, the odd fault noted thereafter, many of the faulty earlier issues were kept by the collector for their postmark interest, centering among nineteenth and early twentieth century chiefly fine, with many very fine centered items from late George V onwards, a high-cataloguing collection well worth close examination.

Sold for
$2,800

Starting price
$2400