561 71⁄2d green with part diamond of bars cancellation, outer frameline just touched at lower left. A fine adhesive.. PHOTO. £440
562 10d bright blue with "13" in concentric circles cancellation of Galt. Fine. PHOTO. £340
563 10d dull blue on almost pelure paper with seven circle target cancellation, just cut along outer frame line at foot. Fine. PHOTO. £300
564 10d dull blue, clear to wide margins, trace of tiny thin on one corner. A good example. PHOTO. £260
565 10d blue, a smudgily cancelled example with clear to large margins. Fine. PHOTO. £300
566 10d blue, a wide margined example clearly showing major re-entry, central closed tears. SG 15a. Cat £2,250. PHOTO. £200
567 10d Prussian blue shade, lightly cancelled, wide margins. Fine. PHOTO. £400
568 10d blue on thin wove stitch watermark paper, position 1 with strong re-entry. Fine used. A rare adhesive. Unitrade 7vi. PHOTO. £700
569 1⁄2d deep rose, a mounted mint single with part disturbed gum, close to wide margins, minute mark on neck. Scarce. SG 17 Cat £800. PHOTO. £160
570 1⁄2d deep rose, a four margined vertical pair, wide margins (roughly cut at lower right) with very fine "37" in four concentric circles cancellation of Quebec. A scarce multiple. PHOTO. £240
571 1⁄2d deep rose, a clear to wide margined example with "14" in four concentric circles cancellation of Goderich, also a slightly deeper shade (horizontal crease with part "21" in four concentric circles cancellation of Montreal. Four margins. (2). PHOTO. £120
572 1⁄2d deep rose, a fine good to wide margined example with central smudges cancellation. Also a closely cut example, poor numeral cancellation. (2). PHOTO. £100
573 1⁄2d deep rose, a wide margined example with central oval of bars cancelation. Fine. PHOTO. £100
574 1⁄2d deep rose with "18" in four concentric bars cancellation of Kingston. Fine. PHOTO. £100
575 3d red, a horizontal pair, close to large (shows framline of adjoining stamp at right) cancelled with "21" in four concentric circles of Montreal. Fine. PHOTO. £200
576 3d red, two good used shades. £100
577 3d red, good to wide margins, corner bend. PHOTO. £80
578 3d red with numeral cancellation.good to wide margins. Fine. PHOTO. £100
579 3d red a good to very large margined example with "2" in four concentric circles cancellation of Belleville. Fine. PHOTO. £120
580 3d red, a very fine crisp impression with target cancellation. PHOTO. £150
581 3d red with an almost complete strike of the boxed "LATE/FEE." h.s., three good margins, tiny nick at lower left and horizontal crease at top. A very scarce cancellation on this issue. PHOTO. £120
582 3d red brown, a fine four margined example of this clean shade. PHOTO. £120
583 3d red brown with central "31" in four concentric rings of Picton cancellation. Very fine. PHOTO. £120
584 3d deep red, three fine used shades. PHOTO. £200
585 3d deep red, two used examples, one with tiny thin, one fine. £100
586 3d deep red, a fine lightly cancelled example. PHOTO. £100
587 3d deep red with "13" in four concentric circles of Galt cancellation. Close to wide margins. fine. PHOTO. £80
588 3d deep brown with relief flaw, lightly cancelled and fine. PHOTO. £120
589 3d orange red with lightly struck blue target cancellation. Fine. Ex Dale. PHOTO. £100
590 3d orange-red with cork cancellation, good to large margins. Fine. PHOTO. £100
591 3d orange-red with major re-entry of position 53. Fine with neat target cancellation SG 18b Cat from £1,300. PHOTO. £180
592 10d blue on stout hard wove paper. Fine used. SG 20. Cat £2,000. PHOTO. £500
593 3d red with central seven ring target cancellation. Fine. PHOTO. £120
594 3d red with "16" in bars cancellation of Hamilton, corner crease. Philatelic Foundation photocopy cert (1975). PHOTO. £140
595 1⁄2d deep rose and 3d red. Fine used. PHOTO. £200
596 3d red, two examples cancelled by "27" in four concentric circles cancellations of Ottawa. Fine. SG 26. Cat £600. PHOTO. £160
597 3d red, a neatly cancelled example. SG 26. Cat £300. PHOTO. £80
598 5c brown-red, a horizontal pair on thin paper overprinted "SPECIMEN" horizontally in black. repaired tear on one. Unitrade 15TCiv. £70
599 5c pale orange, an enlarged design die proof on card probably used for advertising purposes. £60
600 17c pale blue on ungummed India paper. A fine horizontal pair. Unitrade 19TC. PHOTO. £140
601 17c blue on ungummed India paper, a marginal block of twelve (4 x 3) from the left of the sheet overprinted "SPECIMEN" vertically in carmine. A fine multiple Unitrade 19Pi. PHOTO. £400
602 1c pale rose perf 113/4 x 113/4 a mounted mint vertical strip of four with almost full gum, very slight natural bend on two. A rare multiple. SG 29. Cat £1,100. PHOTO. £240
603 1c pale rose perf. 113/4 x 13/4 and a deeper shade perf 12 x 11 . Fresh mounted mint with much original gum. PHOTO. £120
604 5c deep red perf 113/4 x 113/4 Fresh mounted mint. Also perf 12 x 113/4 5c orange, two unused examples, one (foxed) with flaw above "O" of "POSTAGE". (3). PHOTO. £130
605 5c pale orange-red, a mint vertical pair centred a little to right, almost full gum A scarce multiple. Ex General Robert Gill Collection (Lot 84). PHOTO. £200
606 5c red, ten used examples, inc one with minor re-entry, one one piece and one with red target cancellation. Fair only. £60
607 5c red, mounted mint with part gum. PHOTO. £80
608 5c red, unused clearly showing rock in waterfall variety. Unitrade 15vii. PHOTO. £120
609 5c bright orange-red major re-entry. Fine used. SG 32a PHOTO. £150
610 5c bright orange red, used clearly showing major re-entry. A few pulled perforations at foot. SG 32a. PHOTO. £140
611 5c red, used examples of the log in waterfall, rock in waterfall and low moon varieties. Some perfs. a little short, but generally fine. (3). PHOTO. £160
612 10c purple perf. 12 x 113/4 . Mounted mint with part gum. PHOTO. £180
613 10c Brownish Purple perf 12 x 113/4 pos 3 string of pearls variety, mounted mint with much gum. Scarce Unitrade 17iv. PHOTO. £400
614 10c brownish-purple perf 12 x 113/4 mounted mint. Gum uneven and toned. PHOTO. £200
615 10c brown, perf 113/4 x 113/4, a well centred heavily mounted mint example with much gum. PHOTO. £160
616 10c brown perf 113/4 x 113/4 neatly cancelled to show the major re-entry at lower left. Unitrade 17iii. 10c bright reddish-purple perf 12 x113/4 with part imprint and white spot on tip of chin variety. Sound examples. £100
617 10c dull violet perf. 12 x 113/4 a mounted mint example with part gum. PHOTO. £140
618 10c reddish purple perf. 113/4 x 12. Fresh mounted mint. PHOTO. £160
619 10c reddish purple perf 12, pos 61 double epaulette variety, unused without gum, centred to right, small "12" written on reverse in red crayon. Unitrade 17v. PHOTO. £120
620 121⁄2c blue green, a well centred mounted mint example with part toned gum, a few perfs foxed at top. Also perf. 123/4 x 123/4 121⁄2c pale yellow-green, mounted mint with a little gum, damaged perforations at left. PHOTO. £200
621 121⁄2c deep yellow green perf 113/4 x 11 3/4, mounted mint with large part toned gum.Ex H.G. Fletcher PHOTO. £160
622 17c deep blue perf 12 x 113/4 , a well centred mounted mint example with much gum. Fine. PHOTO. £240
623 17c deep blue, position 7 burr over shoulder variety. Fine used SG 42 var. Unitrade 19iii. PHOTO. £200
624 17c slate-blue perf 113/4 x 12 mounted mint with part gum. A few perfs a little pulled. PHOTO. £180
625 17c indigo perf 12 x 113/4 A fine mounted mint example with almost full gum. PHOTO. £300
626 PLATE PROOFS:2c rose, two shades of imperforate plate proofs on thin ungummed India paper. Fine. £60
627 PLATE PROOF: 2c green, an imperforate block of four [pos. 77-78/87-88] plate proofs on India paper mounted on card, pos 77 with slashed cheek variety. Fine and scarce. Unitrade 20TCii var. PHOTO. £300
628 PLATE PROOF: 2c green on India paper mounted on card. Fine. Unitrade 20Tcii. £60
629 2c rose-red mounted mint, centred to left. Fine. PHOTO. £180
630 2c claret rose perf 12, centred a little to top. Fine Ex General R Gill collection. (Lot 121). PHOTO. £180
631 2c rose perf 12 x 113/4 fresh mounted mint. PHOTO. £160
632 2c rose with part red seven ring target cancellation and another (light bend) with blue c.d.s.A scarce pair. PHOTO. £100
633 2c bright rose, an unused (as is normal) imperforate horizontal pair. Fine. Ex Reford. SG 45a. Unitrade 20b. 100 stamps are believed to exist. PHOTO. £400
634 1790 "QUEBEC/V" TWO RING BISHOP MARK:1790 (3 March)EL from Quebec to St Charles, River Chambley with boxed "PAID" and a mostly fine 2-ring "QUEBEC/V" Bishop mark with separate "3/MR" in centre. £120
635 A "WAY" LETTER AND QUEBEC SHIP LETTER:1803 (23 Oct.) from St Jean Des Craillons to Quebec with m/s "9", h.s. "WAY" and "THREE RIVERS" d.s. 1807 EL from Quebec to Greenock with a readable strike of the oval "Ship Letter/Crown/QUEBEC"h.s. (2 covers). £120
636 EARLY MAIL TO UK: 1840 (16 June) EL from Quebec to Gloucester with m/s "8" and boxed "GREENOCK/SHIP LETTER" d.s. 1851 (11 Dec) EL (fragile) from Nova Scotia to London with m/s "1/-" and a handstruck "2" denoting the colonies share of postage. The cover was probably carried on the British Packet Cunarder "Asia". (2 covers). PHOTO. £120
637 MISCELLANY: 1842-47 small selection of covers (7) inc 1844 E from Kingston to Bedford with redirected to various towns with m/s "Forwarded" and "Advertised & not called for/not Known/Newboro 1 Augt 44". 1843, 1844 (2) & 1845 EL's from Montreal to North Shields with h.s. "PAID". Some interesting contents. £80
638 THE SCARCE "CANADA/& ART 12" HANDSTAMP USED ON MAIL SENT UNDER THE 1843 ANGLO FRENCH CONVENTION:1882 (25 Sept) EL from Quebec "P Royal Mail Steamer" to La Rochelle with m/s "17" (being 12 decimes British postage + 5 decimes French internal postage) and a good strike of the boxed red "CANADA/& ART 12" h.s. PHOTO. £120
639 A CROSS BORDER COVER PAID TO THE LINES WITH QUEBEC CROWNED CIRCLE:1850 (20 January) EL from the Bank of Montreal, Quebec to New York with m/s "Paid No. 15 to the lines", rated "5/9" in red deleted in blue and "60c" alongside, crown circle "PAID/AT/QUEBEC" and "QUEBEC/U.C." c.d.s. both also cancelled in blue. PHOTO. £120
640 3d SINGLE MONEY LETTER RATE COVER TO COBOURG: 1851 (24 October) EL(fragile with faults) from London to Cobourg bearing a four margined laid paper 3d orange-vermilion tied by a smudgy seven ring target cancellation, m/s "Money" and two strikes (readable) of red "MONEY LETTER" h.s. with a fine "LONDON/U.C. c.d.s. The contents between husband and wife discuss money worries and Beaver hats for the children etc. SG 1a. PHOTO. £400