801 2c lavender, an imperforate ungummed block of four. Fine. SG 166a. Cat £700. Unitrade 85a. 100 pairs can exist. PHOTO. £200
802 2c lavender,an imperforate vertical pair without gum. Fine. SG 166a. Cat £350. Unitrade 85a. Only 100 pairs can exist. PHOTO. £100
803 4d rose-red De La Rue essay on gummed surfaced paper (57 x 60mm). Fine. PHOTO. £300
804 1c Perkins Bacon die proof in blue-green on white wove card (69 x 92mm). Fine. PHOTO. £300
805 1903-12 1c (3), 2c (4, inc an imperforate pair), 5c (2), 7c (2), 10c (2), 20c (2) & 50c. All are heavily mounted with some thinning except for the 50c which is unmounted and fine. (16). PHOTO. £120
806 1903-12 2c carmine, a complete imperforate pane of 100 (10 x 10) on fully gummed paper as issued. The majority of the imprint at top has been removed but enough remains to show that the pane was from plate 13. The margin below position 100 is partially missing and the adhesive above is creased. The gum has some thinned areas probably due to the removal of the sheet from a ledger, however the lower four rows are fine. A spectacular piece. PHOTO. £500
807 1903-12 2c carmine, an imperforate upper right corner block of 15 (5 x 3) with part plate (13) number. Almost full gum Some thin spots particularly evident on two. PHOTO. £100
808 1903-12 7c straw, the scarce 1912 printing in the colour of the first Georgian 7c., a remarkable unmounted mint block of twenty being the top two rows of the sheet with full plate 2 imprint, well centred and fresh. Full patchy gum, thin spots on pos. 9-10/19-20. A very important item of this reign. PHOTO. £1200
809 1903-12 7c Straw marginal imprint block of 14 from the top right hand of the sheet. Some creasing (particularly in upper margin) and both margins are only partially gummed. Another important piece from the reign of King Edward VII. PHOTO. £600
810 1903-12 10c dull purple, a mint horizontal strip of three from the top of the sheet with "OTTAWA - No-2" imprint. Mounted on selvedge only. PHOTO. £120
811 1908 Quebec Tercentenary 1c blue-green, a mounted mint imperforate vertical pair. Fine. SG Cat £450. PHOTO. £120
812 1908 Quebec Tercentenary ½c to 20c mounted (½c to 10c heavily) mint. Also ½c imprint "OTTAWA - No-1" block of four and a upper left corner block of twenty five (5 x 5) with one being the major re-entry. (37). £100
813 1911-22 THE COMPLETE SET OF EIGHT STAMP SIZE DIE PROOFS:1911-22 1c, 2c, 3c & 5c stamp size die proofs in issued colours mounted on a single card (190 x 90mm) with a sunken compartment for each value, numbered "2" in m/s. 7c, 10c, 20c (small stain at right) and 50c proofs mounted on an identical card numbered "1". A rare set. PHOTO. £1400
814 1911-32 The mainly unmounted mint selection of multiples inc. 1911-22 1c (5) & 2c (3) booklet panes of six, 1912 Imperf. x 8 2c blocks of eight & six. 1927 Confederation 1c to 5c imprint strips, 1928-29 1c, 2c, 3c & 8c imprint strip of four, 12c block of four. 1930-31 1c orange, 1c green (2), 2c green, 2c red (5), 2c brown (2), 3c red, 4c (2), 5c, 8c blue, 8c orange and 20c blocks of four. 1932 Ottawa Conference 3c to 13c blocks of four. (220). £160
815 1911-32 The mounted mint (a few unmounted) selection with 1911-22 1c (23 inc a booklet pane of six), 2c (22, inc a booklet pane, a block of four with horizontal hairlines), 3c (2), 5c (3), 7c (3), 10c (2, inc the reddish purple shade) & 20c (2). 1922-31 1c, 2c (2), 3c (2), 4c (2), 5c (3), 7c (6, inc a block of four), 8c, 10c (both) & $1. . Also an unrelated group inc mint 1903-12 1c (3), 2c (3, inc one marginal imperf.), 5c (2) & 7c. 1908 Tercentenary ½c brown, re-entry and 1c block of four with hairlines variety. (90). £300
816 1911-22 The mounted mint (some heavily) selection inc. 1911-22 1c, 2c (5), 3c (2), 5c (3), 7c (2), 10c (2), 20c (2) & 50c (2). 1912-21 imperf x perf 8 1c (2), 2c (3) & 3c. 1915 War Tax 5c to 50c, 1916 (July) perf. 12 x 8 2c + 1c strip of four and imprint block of six. Some have faults. (61). £120
817 1911-22 3c brown, a mounted lower left corner block of fifty (10 x 5) with type B lathework at foot, some foxing. 3c brown marginal block of four with type C lathework and 3c deep brown block of six with type D inverted lathework. Fine. £60
818 1912-26 The mint selection inc. 1912 (Nov) -21 perf 12 x imperf 1c strip of three & single, 2c & 3c. imperf x perf 8 1c (2), 2c (2) & 3c. 1912 perf 8 x imperf 1c & 2c. 1915 War Tax 1c & 2c (2). 1916 (Jan) 2c Die I (3 shades), perf 12 x 8 2c (2), imperf x perf 8 2c, 1916 (Aug) 2c brown Die 1, imperf x perf 8 2c 1924 1c & 2c imperf x perf 8 blocks of four and 1924 perf 12 x imperf 2c. Mostly fine. (55). £150
819 1915 (12 Feb) Wat Tax 5c & 20c mounted mint blocks of four, 5c re-enforced. Also a single 5c. SG 225 & 226. PHOTO. £150
820 1915 1c green, a lower left corner mint block of eighteen (9 x 2) with type B lathework, 2c carmine upper right corner imprint "OTTAWA-NoA1" block of eight (4 x 2) and a mint block of four. Fine some are unmounted. SG. 228 & 229. £80
821 1916 (1 January) 2c + 1c rose-red and 2c + 1c bright carmine, mounted mint blocks of four, 2c + 1c scarlet upper left imprint "OTTAWA-No -A 6" mint block of eight (4 x 2) Mostly fine (16). £80
822 1916 (August) 2c + 1c brown Die I perf 12 x imperf and imperf x 12, unused (no gum) blocks of four. Fine. PHOTO. £200
823 1917 50th Anniversary 3c brown an imperforate ungummed vertical pair. Fine. PHOTO. £80
824 1922-31 A selection of blocks of four with 2c (3), 3c (3, inc one with type D lathework), 4c (7, inc two examples with type D lathework), 5c, 8c 10c blue (2), 10c brown (2) & $1. Also 2c imprint block of eight, 5c block of eight with type D lathework, 7c imprint block of eight, 10c blue pair and $1 singles x 2. Mostly fine. (108). £240
825 1922-27 Imperf x perf 8 1c Die I marginal block of ten with type B lathework,two blocks of four, horizontal and vertical pairs, Die II block of eight (2 x 4). 2c green marginal block of ten (5 X 4) from the 1st printing on thick soft paper, two blocks of four and a vertical pair. 3c Die I a marginal block of ten (5 x 2) from the 1st printing on thick wove paper. (76). PHOTO. £240
826 1923-24 Imperf. 1c & 2c corner blocks of four and 3c a block of four. Some toned areas on the 2c, others fine. £80
827 1924 Imperforate 1c chrome-yellow, a spectacular lower left corner block of sixty (10 x 6) with full gum Mounted on selvedge at foot only. SG 259. PHOTO. £400
828 1924 Imperf. 1c Chrome-yellow, a marginal block of eight (4 x 2) from the top of the sheet with full "T - 3-OTTAWA-A-179 901AF" imprint. Natural bends and some marginal gum skips. PHOTO. £180
829 1924 Imperf 2c deep green, a marginal block of twelve (6 x 2) from the top of the sheet with "T - 8-OTTAWA-No-A-188-910 - BF" imprint. Mounted on selvedge and one stamp with small soiled area on gum. PHOTO. £200
830 1923 Imperf. 3c carmine, an unmounted mint lower right corner block of 100 (10 x 10) with type D lathework, "T-7-OTTAWA-No - A 128 944 BH" imprint at foot and "R-GAUGE" at right. Minor gum bends as issued. PHOTO. £400
831 1927 Confederation 1c to 12c imperforate blocks of four. Very lightly mounted mint. Unitrade 141-145a. PHOTO. £300
832 1928-29 1c to $1 imperforate vertically mounted mint horizontal pairs, 12c with small thin, other fine. Unitrade 149d - 159b. (11 pairs). PHOTO. £700
833 1928-29 1c block of four, 10c imprint strip of three and 20c, 50c & $1 imprint blocks of six. Fine unmounted mint. PHOTO. £240
834 1928-29 12c Quebec Bridge imperforate vertical mint pair. £50
835 1928 Air 5c a horizontally imperf. vertical pair , and imprint block of eight, an imprint strip of three with swollen breast variety. 1932 Air 6c on 5c imprint block of eight and 1933 Ottawa Conference Air 6c on 5c corner block of four. Mostly fine. £70
836 1932-33 1c to 13c corner blocks of four, some gum toning on 4c, 8c & 13c. Also 1c to 3c horizontal coil strips of four. All are unmounted mint. (28). £80
837 1935 5c an imperforate between horizontal pair, 10c and 20c t0 $1 imperforate pairs. Fine unmounted mint. PHOTO. £260
838 1935 1c to $1 unmounted mint imprint blocks of six. PHOTO. £200
839 1939 Royal Visit 1c die proof in issued colours on India paper mounted on card (48 x 41 mm) numbered "XG - 685" with "CANADIAN BANK NOTE COMPANY" below. Fine. PHOTO. £200
840 1951 Fisherman $1 mint imprint block of four. Fine. £75
841 1951 Fisherman $1 mint imprint block of four. Some light foxing barely detracts. £60
842 1967 Centennial issue, a mint and used collection inc booklets, shades, coils pieces, packs and phosphor issues. (Some 100's). £80
843 1977-86 Definitive unmounted mint errors comprising 12c coil imperf. pair plus a pair with forged double perfs, 14c coil imperf pair & a strip of four, two imperf., 17c coil imperf pair plus a pair with forged double perfs. Unitrade $850. (6 items). £150
844 1982-84 Definitive unmounted mint errors comprising Maple Leaf "A" coil strip of three, two imperf. plus a pair with forged double perfs., 30c Maple Leaf pair with forged double perfs & 32c coil pair imperf plus a pair with forged double perfs. Unitrade $675. (5 items). £150
845 1985 Definitive unmounted mint errors comprising 34c coil imperf. strips of three & four plus a strip of three with two imperf.; also 37c strip of five, three imperf. SG. Unitrade $1250. (4 items). £240
846 1937-55 The mint (mounted) and used collection inc OHMS 4 hole perfin 1937 1c to $1 less 50c used, 1942 1c to $1 used. OHMS overprints inc 1949 1c to $1 mint, 1949-50 1c to 50c mint. "G" overprints inc 1950-52 1c to $1 mint. 1950-51 $1 mint. Also a small range on covers. (120+). £160
847 GROUP of KGVI (7) & QEII (c100) covers bearing stamps with official perforations or "G" overprints. Largely long-type O.H.M.S. envelopes. (107). £75
848 1942-43 5c blue punctured OHMS mint block of 100 with selvedge on three sides. 1942-43 1c green overprinted O.H.M.S. three blocks of thirty (10 x 3) and a block of eighteen. 1949 OHMS 1c green mint blocks of 100, 96, 42 & 20. 3c purple mint block of 60. 5c blue blocks of 100, 94, 91, 48, 30 x 2 and 24. Also 1942-48 13c green mint pane of fifty & 1935 p due 10c pane of 100. Plus Natal 1895 ½d on 6d mint block of 60 with selvedge on three sides. Mostly fine unmounted. £200
849 1950-51 10c brown-purple, an unmounted mint block of sixteen (2 x 8) from the left of the sheet with imprint, one with "G" omitted variety. Fine. SG 0191a. Unitrade 026a PHOTO. £300
850 1900 2c rose-carmine Die 1b booklet pane of six, minor natural bends, unmounted mint. Rare. SG 155ba. Unitrade 77b. PHOTO. £340
851 1903 2c PALE ROSE-CARMINE IMPERFORATE TETE-BECHE BOOKLET BLOCK OF TWELVE:2c pale rose-carmine, an imperforate horizontal marginal block of twelve spanning the sheet, comprising two booklet panes of six tete-beche in relation to each other, fresh without gum as is normal for this. Trace of bend in one margin just touching one stamp. A great Canadian rarity. There are no more than twelve similar blocks. Unitrade 90c. The Gawaine Ballie example realised $15,525. PHOTO. £4000
852 1903 2c rose-carmine booklet pane of six, some flat patches of gum, but appears to be unmounted. SG 176a. PHOTO. £300
853 1911-22 2c carmine booklet pane of six and 3c brown pane of four with two blank tabs. 1922-2 booklet panes of six comprising 1c green (2), 1c chrome-yellow and 2c green & panes of four with blank tabs comprising 1c chrome-yellow (3, inc two with ungummed tabs), 2c green and 3c carmine (2, inc one with ungummed tabs). Mostly fine, some unmounted. (12 panes). £140
854 1c, 2c & 5c TETE-BECHE IMPERFORATE BOOKLET PANES OF TWELVE WITH 41⁄2mm VERTICAL GUTTER :1928-29 1c, 2c & 5c horizontal imperforate blocks of twelve spanning the sheet comprising two blocks of six tete-beche in relation to each other. Fine lightly mounted mint with full gum. Unitrade 149ac, 150ac & 153ac. Very Rare. Also 1c (2), 2c and 5c booklet panes of six, lightly mounted mint. PHOTO. £1200
855 1930-53 The collection of booklet panes of six with 1930-31 1c (5), 2c green, 2c carmine (2), 2c brown (4). 1935 1c (2) and 2c.1937-38 1c (2), 2c (2), 1942-48 1c, 2c & 3c (2). 1950-51 4c (3). Also booklet panes of four with tabs comprising 1930-31 1c, 2c brown, 3c (4). 1935 1c & 3c (2). 1937 2c, 1942-43 3c (2), 1942 7c Air and 1942-42 3c. Mostly fine. £200
856 1932-33 The selection of booklet panes of six with 1c (3) and 2c (3, inc one with plate number, booklet panes of four with tabs comprising 1c (3, inc one with plate number), 2c (3) and 3c (5, inc one with plate number). Also corner blocks of four with plate numbers comprising 2c, 3c, 4c (2), 5c (2), 8c (2) and 13c (2). Mostly fine. £300
857 CARTON with the accumulation of 1922-55 water damaged booklets, the majority are complete and ungummed. The condition is generally poor but some may be salvaged for display purposes. (130+). £120
858 1903 1c EXPERIMENTAL COIL STRIP: 1903 c green, a vertical experimental coil strip of thirteen containing two coil joins, two stamps attached inverted in relation to the others. All with precancels. Faults but rare. PHOTO. £300
859 4c CARMINE A RARE EXPERIMENTAL COIL STRIP OF EIGHT:1903 2c carmine, a vertical paste up coil strip of eight with Ottawa parcel roller cancellations. Fine and rare. This strip of eight came from an original strip of 138 discovered in th UK which was divided into various size strips, the largest being eight. The above strip are numbers 103-110. Saskatoon Coin & stamp Centre Cert. (1981). PHOTO. £400
860 2c EXPERIMENTAL STRIP OF FOUR:1915 (May) 2c carmine, an unused vertical strip of four with central coil join handstamped on reverse with part "Postage Stamp Division/No 1/MAY 11" d.s. Rare. PHOTO. £300
861 1911-13 The mint selection of coil pieces inc 1912 1c perf 12 x imperf vertical strips of four x 2, 1918 1c vertical pair with additional large holes.perf. 12 x imperf 3c vertical strips of five and four. 1912 Imperf x perf 8 1c strip of four coil end and a similar 2c leader. 1c, 2c & 3c horizontal strips of four. Perf 8 x imperf 1c coil join pair and 2c vertical strip of five. Mostly fine (68) PHOTO. £140
862 1911-51 The group of mint coil pieces inc 1916 Imperf x 8 2c + 1c horizontal strip of four. 1930-31 Imperf x perf 8½ 1c orange, 2c green & 2c brown horizontal strips of seven. 2c carmine horizontal strip of six, 1c orange & 2c green pairs attached to oil ends. 1935 1c to 3c horizontal strips of four. 1950-51 imperf x perf 9½ 1c, 2c & 4c horizontal strips of six attached to coil ends and coil leaders. A fine lot. (100+). £100
863 1888 2c rose-carmine, two used examples, one thinned, one a little oxidised. 8c bright blue used. SG R4 & R8. (3).RPSL Certs. (3). £80
864 1898-1920 The mint selection with 10c green shades (3), 1922 20c corner block of four & single, 1927 20c marginal block of six.1930 20c corner block of four and 1935 20c block of four.(21). £100
865 1898-1940 the mint (some heavily mounted & gum thinned) and used selection with most issues represented, also registration stamps with 2c (42, inc one used with Small Queen 3c on env from St Joseph to St Beace, 5c (49, inc one used on env with 3c from St Justine Station to Coteau du Lac) and 8c (2, one unused & one with m/s cross). Very mixed condition (132). £120
866 ALBUM with the predominantly used collection inc 1864 Bill stamps, 1865 Bill stamps, 1868 $1 & $2. Law Stamps and KGV issues inc War Tax, Customs & Excise etc. (Few 100's). £100
867 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES:1930 5c to $20 in black with blue control numbers. Fine unmounted mint. Barefoot & Hall 30 - 41. (12). £70
868 ESSAYS: c1928 3c carmine Die 1 (3) and 1931 2c scarlet with essay precancel overprints believed to have been produced prior to the introduction of the Money Order Office number system. Some faults but believed to be scarce. (5). PHOTO PHOTO 2. PHOTO 3 £140
869 BRITISH COLOMBIA TYPE A:1903 2c with inverted "VICTORIA/B.C." pre-cancel, 1911-22 1c , 3c & 7c with "VICTORIA/B.C." pre-cancel. 1c, 2c, 3c & 4c with inverted "VICTORIA/B.C. " pre-cancel. 2c block of four with "VICTORIA/B.C." pre-cancel double inverted variety. Fine.(12). £100
870 FREDERICTON N.B. PRE-CANCEL:1922 2c green, a mint marginal block of fifty (10 x 5) being five rows of the sheet with straight edge at left and margin at right., overprinted "Fredericton/N.B." A few divided perforations. Unmounted. It is believed that this pre-cancel was not on sale at the Philatelic Agency in Ottawa. £120
871 1881-1902 The small group of covers inc 1899 env bearing 2c Map x 3 & 1c Maple leaf with "TRENT & CO HILL/M.C. c.d.s. on reverse. 1899 env. from Malton to Toronto with 2c Map x 3 & 1c Maple leaf with a fine "TORONTO-STMARYS&LONDON.RYPO" c.d.s. on reverse. 1902 env to Montreal with 2c Maple leaf tied by a very fine "TOR&MONT R.P.O./N07" c.d.s. 1899 env. to Toronto franked with 2c Map x 2 & 2c Maple leaf with a very fine "Ft ERIE & ST THOMAS RYPO" c.d.s. on reverse. 1889 & 1890 envs with "MAN & NW RWY/EAST/M.C." c.d.s. An interesting group. (9 covers + 7 adhesives). £120
872 ALBUM with the 1892-1964 collection of adhesives and pieces with the wide range of railway post office cancellation from over 220 different routes. Mostly fine part strikes but some complete c.d.s. are included. (550+). £140
873 RAILWAY POST OFFICES:1894-1950 The large collection of covers/cards (101) plus many pieces and adhesives off cover with the substantial number of RPO c.d.s. representing many of the available offices. The quality of strike is generally good to fine. (A few 100 items). £360
874 RAILWAY MAIL, ETC.: Two binders with collection of mainly railway-related material c1896-1985 well-illustrated with vintage PPCs, inc. used CPR pictorial stationery cards (2), good variety of RPO and other rail cancellations, modern stamps etc. Also a few early airmail covers inc. fine (1928) Yukon Airways FFC with YA 25c label. Inspection recommended. (86 items plus PPCS and stamps) £150
875 1851-1977 The selection of covers (15), fronts (2) and cards (6) inc 1851 (July) E from St Jean Baptist to Montreal with m/s "PAID 3". 1868 env. from Lanark to Ottawa re-addressed to Toronto with "FORWARDED" & "UNPAID 7" h.s 1890 env. to Bournemouth franked with Maple leaf 2c & 3c tied by fine "BRANDON" squared circle. 1897 env to Richmond bearing Jubilee 1c & 3c tied by a fine "HALIFAX" squared circle. 1908 PPC to Prestatyn with a fine "DUNCANS STATION" duplex cancellation. 1899 Winnipeg local env. with a fine "NOT CALLED FOR" h.s. 1977 env to UK with "RECEIVED AT TORONTO/IN DAMAGED CONDITION" h.s. (23 items). £120
876 CROSS BORDER MAIL:1857 (13 April) EL from Portland to Montreal with curved "U STATES" and "3" h.s. 1858 (25 June) env from Roxbury to Halifax with curved "U STATES/C", H.S. "10" (US postage) and h.s. "6" (Canada postage). 1861 Patriotic env (repaired at top) showing the 33 star arranged as a five pointed star flag used from South Waterlo to Bronte with m/s "Due 10" and "UNITED STATES/6D" h.s. 1855 (10 Aug) EL from Union to Canada with m/a "Paid 10", red "PAID" h.s. and oval framed red "UNITED/6D/STATES" h.s. (4 covers). £120
877 121⁄2c LETTER RATE Via ALLAN LINE TO UK:1867 (16 October) env from Ridgeville to Newcastle Upon Tyne bearing a single 121⁄2c bluish green tied by oval of bars cancellation. The env is a little soiled.but an early Dominion cover. PHOTO. £100
878 6c SINGLE LETTER RATE TO USA - UNUSUAL USE OF CURVED "CANADA" HANDSTAMP:1869 (16 March) printed "Stanstead, Shefford & Chambly Railway" env used from St John's to Westminster, Vermont bearing 3c brown-red cancelled with a single very fine strike of the framed curved "CANADA" h.s. Traces of light toning but a most attractive item. PHOTO. £200
879 121⁄2c RATE TO UK BY INMAN LINE:1868 (17 July) mourning env from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Lee, Kent bearing a single large Queen 121⁄2c blue with red "PAID/LIVERPOOL/BR PACKET" c.d.s. nearby. PHOTO. £140
880 5c INTERNAL REGISTRATION RATE COVER:1869 (12 January) env registered from Quebec to Dunham Flats bearing 3c red and 3c registered stamp both tied by "R" in oval frame. PHOTO. £120