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November 13Th, 14Th & 15Th, 2012 Sale #11 Lot 452 Lot 351 Lot 605 Lot 22 Lot 601 A traditional fl oor auction featuring live internet bidding November 13th, 14th & 15th, 2012 Sale #11 www.sparks-auctions.com 1 3 13 15 18 6 19 21 24 31 68 40 40 44 46 50 86 180 190 122 286 332 Canada Index on Page 3 Tuesday, November 13th 1:00p.m. SPARKS AUCTIONS Canada SALE 11 GENERAL INDEX Page British Commonwealth About Bidding on the Internet 152 Index on Page 61 Bidsheet (insert) 153-154 Wednesday, November 14th 1:00p.m. Catalogue valuations 151 Contact Us 2 Editorial 2 Shipping Information 150 Symbols & Abbreviations 2 Terms & Conditions 150 Viewing Schedule 2 Worldwide Index on Page 83 Wednesday, November 14th Worldwide Worldwide British Commonwealth WeWe featurefeature LIVELIVE INTERNETINTERNET BIDDINGBIDDING approx. 2:30p.m www.sparks-auctions.com Our website has the entire printed catalogue, hundreds of ad- Postal History ditional scans, up-to-date corrections, etc. Check back daily Index on Page 97 for featured lots. Wednesday, November 14th approx. 3:30p.m HistoryPostal Follow the bidding before and during the auction at stampauctionnetwork.com Literature Index on Page 113 Wednesday, November 14th approx. 5:30p.m Literature Lots & Collections Index on Page 121 Thursday, November 15th approx. 2:00p.m. 3 & Collections Lots THIS SALE HOW TO CONTACT US: The fi rst day of this auction is held one week after our American 62 Sparks Street, Ottawa, ON , K1P 5A8, CANADA friends decide on the next President. Unlike politics, which can be divisive, philately brings people together. Our readers will have a Offi ce Hours: Monday through Friday week to recover. And what better way than enjoying this auction 10:00a.m. to 5:00p.m. Eastern Time catalogue. Tel: 613-567-3336 We start with a wonderful selection of the scarce pence issues. Fax: 613-567-2972 Seldom indeed have there been four of the perforated six penny of- Email: [email protected] fered in one auction. Complementing the classic issues of Canada are some of the great mint stamps of the provinces: the imperfo- rate ten cent of Vancouver Island and the fi rst issue of Nova Scotia www.sparks-auctions.com are two of the highlights. The whole of the Victorian era is strong and one cannot fail to be impressed with the lovely mint Large Queens as well as some very rare stamps. The three Kings period offers gems such as a set of the Quebec Is- SYMBOLS and ABBREVIATIONS sue large Die Proofs and then into the Admirals beginning with the Madukhar Belkhode International Gold Medal Collection. Rarities ** Never Hinged with original gum (NH also used) abound through the period and then throughout the Elizabethan * Hinged with original gum period with the greatest rarity being the inverted $2 Normal School (*) Unused without gum as issued or having gum fully removed. which is quite a bit scarcer than the inverted Seaway. o.g.riginal Gum (p.o.g.= part original gum) Used (includes full range of postally used, cancel-to-order, precancels) Our back of the book offerings are strong highlighted by possibly XF Extremely Fine applies to stamps with exceptional quality the fi nest of the inverted $3 Third Bill issue and the tremendous and margins well in excess of what would typically be found. This offering of Consular Fee stamps with an uncatalogued variety, rare term is used rarely and is not applied for modern stamps. The term imprint blocks, and even full sheets. “Superb” is occasionally used as an adjective in the text of a descrip- tion. Day two of the auction has four sessions. Dominating the Com- VF A stamp in superior condition which is well-centered and monwealth is the Geoff Leech offering of New Zealand. Many of without fault. these lots are opportunities to obtain quite rare but not necessarily FVF Applied to stamps that are somewhat less well-centered expensive varieties which were acquired over a lifetime by a very than very fi ne, while taking into account what may considered as keen student of New Zealand. Worldwide offers a broad selec- typical margins of classic material. The term has also been applied tion from such diverse places as China, Estonia, France, Germany, to multiples with individual stamps with range of grade or for larger Greenland, and Thailand. lots/collections. F(ine) Stamps having perforations that do not cut into the design Postal History has a handful of lovely covers with rare and expen- and without damaging faults. Items described as such may have sive stamps. Of greater interest to many will be the groupings, slight detracting features such as short perforation tips or natural in- clusion. Many better classic material naturally falls into this category in which there are treasures to be acquired. Literature — which and may be expected to command prices similar to those ascribed by merits a separate section — is bulky (seven full bookcases) but also catalogue values. contains many scarce and sought after reference works. VG Very Good Equivalent to “average”. Typically with poor cen- tering, heavy cancellation or faults such as minor thins, light creases, Our third day offers the strongest group of lots and collections etc. ever. One lot is Malta essentially complete which might have been Faulty Applied to an item with tears, heavy crease(s), unsightly offered as several dozen lots; another lot of France which has a postmarks, serious thins or surface scuffs. short and modest description but an astounding catalogue value of Cover, which here embraces stampless folded letters (SFL), €$55,000; Norway has many strong lots; and of course Canada is mailed envelopes, fi rst day covers (FDC’s) etc. very well represented. Viewers should plan on spending more time FDC First Day Cover than usual to appreciate the depth and quality of the lots. E/P Essay, Proof, Die Proof UL “Upper Left” and used in conjunction with corner of sheet, One result of the riches on offer in this sale is the large number of block or individual stamp. The abbreviations UR LR and LL are used wonderful lots we just could not feature on the covers of the cata- similarly. logue. It is a good problem to have. And another good problem is cds “Circular date stamp” postmark the lots already on hand for a winter sale fairly early in 2013. We l.h. lightly hinged v.l.h. very lightly hinged welcome consignments at any time. h.r. hinge remnant perf. “Perforation” tooth descriptor in the context of “short perfs” or perforation measurement in the context of “perf 12.0 x 11.5” Est.ur estimate of the fi nal hammer price if there is average competition for the lot. VIEWING SCHEDUELE PR. Prices Realized Saturday November 3rd ................10:00a.m. - 5:00p.m. Saturday November 10th ............. 10:00a.m. - 5:00p.m. Monday November 12th ...............10:00a.m. - 5:00p.m. Tuesday November 13th ...............9:30a.m. - 12:00p.m. Wednesday November 14th .........9:30a.m. - 12:00p.m. Thursday November 15th .............9:30a.m. - 12:00p.m. 4 SESSION ONE CANADA and B.N.A. TUESDAY NOVEMBER 13th, 2012 1:00p.m. Lots #1-637 Index Lots 1851-1859 Pence Issues 1-31 1859-1864 Cents Issues 32-35 1868-1876 Large Queens 36-62 1870-1893 Small Queens 63-86 1897 Jubilees 87-101 1897-1902 Victoria Issues 102-125 1903-1908 Edward and Quebec 126-145 1912-1925 Admirals including War Tax 146-266 incl. Belkhode Admiral Collection 146-238 1927-1935 King George V 267-306 1937-1952 King George VI 307-314 1953- Queen Elizabeth II 315-368 Back of Book including Revenues 369-457 incl. Consular Fee Stamps 413-449 Precancels 458-522 British Columbia 601-603 New Brunswick 604 Nova Scotia 605-607 Prince Edward Island 608 Newfoundland 609-637 5 Province of Canada Pence Issues (Scott #1-13) 1 2 7 1 #1 1851 3d red Beaver on Laid Paper, used, with light target cancel, and very fi ne. .......................................................................Unitrade $1,600 2 #1 1851 3d red Beaver four large margins, close at bot- tom right, used with centrally struck target cancel, very fi ne. .......................................................................Unitrade $1,600 6 #2 1851 6d slate violet Consort Used Vertical Pair. Fresh deep colour, on vertically laid paper. Large margins all around, just touching at top right. Each stamp is cancelled by light central target cancel. Very fi ne to extra fi ne pairs of this with both stamps being very fi ne are very scarce. Accompanied by 2011 Richard Gratton certifi cate. ....................................................................... Unitrade $5,000 7 #4 1852 3d red brown Beaver, used with target cancel, four full margins, very fi ne. ...........................................................................Unitrade $300 3 * #2 1851 6d slate violet Consort on laid paper. Mint, with 8 #4 1852 3d red Beaver, used with manuscript cancel, four part original gum and with three large margins plus one cut full margins, close at bottom left, bottom two corners have into at top. There is a tiny pinhole in the left margin and a tiny light crease, otherwise very fi ne. tear in the right margin mentioned for the record, else a nice ...........................................................................Unitrade $300 example of this desirable and very rare stamp. The number of surviving examples with original gum numbers in the low single digits. Accompanied by 2008 Greene Foundation cer- tifi cate. ...........................................................................Scott $40,000 9 10 11 9 #4c 1852 3d red Beaver on Ribbed, Soft Wove Paper, used with light target cancel and four large margins. There is a small tear in right margin, else very fi ne. Ex. Dale-Lichten- stein and accompanied by 2012 Greene Foundation certifi - 4 5 8 cate.
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