Canada - Vorphilatelie - 1755, QUEBEC (NEW FRANCE FRENCH PERIOD) ONE OF THE EARLIEST RECORDED COVERS WITH A POSTAL MARKING AND PROBABLY UNIQUE WITH A MANUSCRIPT FORWARDER AGENT MARKING. Canada entire letter from New France (french colonial period) "Quebec 2 aout 1755" send to Montauban / France with 8 sols postage due and a light "LA ROCHELLE" postal marking (Lenain #7), on back manuscript forwarder "achemine par votre tres humble serviteur...
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Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG Worldwide Rarities Auction
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Lot #775 - Canada britisch-columbia und vancouverinsel
Canada - Britisch-Columbia und Vancouverinsel - 1865 Vancouver Island 5c. rose, Wmk Crown CC, imperf., cancelled with "35" numeral of Victoria in blue. An exceptional right hand marginal stamp - probably one of the finest in existence. With several signatures, and certificates by H.J. Bloch (Expert Comm., New York, 1980) and P. Holcombe (1994). Accompanied by a fine example of the 10c. blue, Wmk Crown CC, imperf., used with scarce numeral "36...
Lot #776 - Canada britisch-columbia und vancouverinsel
Canada - Britisch-Columbia und Vancouverinsel - 1865 10c. blue, horizontal pair, used and cancelled with blue 'Paid Vancouver' oval h/s and a short pen-stroke at left, four margins, fine. Catalog Price 500,00
Lot #777 - Canada britisch-columbia und vancouverinsel
Canada - Britisch-Columbia und Vancouverinsel - 1865 Vancouver Island 5c. rose and horizontal pair of 10c. blue, all perf. 14, on small cover to Cariboo, tied with fine strike of "DIETZ & NELSON'S EXPRESS B.C.&V." double-ring h/s in blue, alongside with "F.J. WEISSENBURGER" sender's h/s in red, large "BARNARD'S EXPRESS" (served the Cariboo region from 1861) double-ring h/s in red and blue "COLLECT" in oval. The 5c. with a wing margin...
Lot #778 - Canada britisch-columbia und vancouverinsel
Canada - Britisch-Columbia und Vancouverinsel - 1861/1865 Pair of Wells Fargo & Co. envelopes used from Victoria, British Columbia to San Francisco, with 1) US postal stationery envelope 3c. pink (1861 ff.) with printed "PAID/Wells Fargo & Co./Over our California and Coast Routes", cancelled with blue 'WELLS FARGO & Co./JUN.../VICTORIA" oval d/s, blue oval "POST OFFICE/VICTORIA" Crown h/s alongside (minor imperfections, back-flap...
Lot #779 - Canada britisch-columbia und vancouverinsel
Canada - Britisch-Columbia und Vancouverinsel - 1860/1871: Specialized collection of 33 used stamps and three covers, with multiples, pieces, shades and varieties of 1860 2½d. (x11 incl. pair and strip of three with various types of postmarks, plus 1861 (Feb. 28) cover New Westminster-Victoria bearing "1" numeral h/s (earliest recorded date)), British Columbia 1865 3d. (x13 incl. two strips of three, singles with inverted/reversed Wmk,...
Lot #780 - Canada Colony of Canada
Canada - Colony of Canada - 1840 (Dec. 7th), Folded letter with full contents and "PAID" handstamp, from Amherstburg U.C. carried by Cunard Line Steamer "Caledonia" from Boston (Jan. 2th) to London and passed Dover (Jan. 18th) and re-directed to Sandwich (Jan. 19th). In Dover the 1 Penny black (small margin at top otherwise good margins) was added to pay for the re-direction. The first Canadian stamp was issued 1851. This letter, bearing the...
Lot #781 - Canada Colony of Canada
Canada - Colony of Canada - 1851 "Beaver" 3d. orange-vermilion horizontal pair on laid paper, used on folded entire from St. Catherines to New York, tied by black target h/s and red, framed, curved "CANADA" h/s, red curved "PAID" h/s, "ST. CATHERINES U.C./JUL 29/1851" c.d.s. and red "10" h/s alongside, backstamped "QUEENSTOWN U.C./JUL 30/1851" cds in black. Envelope with two vert. folds slightly affecting right hand stamp, otherwise a fine...
Lot #782 - Canada Colony of Canada
Canada - Colony of Canada - "RARE 1851 3d BEAVER COVER TO G.B. - UNDERPAID WITH "MORE to PAY"; Attractive 1 Sept. 1858 envelope to Hampshire (G.B.) but only franked for the inland Canadian rate with an 1851-57 imperf. 3d Beaver (good margins on 3 sides; into at right) tied by a light "43" in circles Simcoe Numeral with a fine matching c.d.s. on the front, endorsed "7d Cy" (the rate to G.B via British packet from Boston or New York was 10d...
Lot #783 - Canada Colony of Canada
Canada - Colony of Canada - 1851 "Prince Albert" 6d. slate-violet on folded cover to Kingston by Steam Boat, cancelled with black "X" in manuscript, red "KINGSTON U.C./OC 8/1851" c.d.s. and red "STEAM BOAT" straightliner alongside. A fresh and left-hand marginal stamp and a fine cover (with usual vert. fold through centre). (Noted on back: "Ex Pipkin".) Catalog Price 500,00
Lot #784 - Canada Colony of Canada
Canada - Colony of Canada - 1851 Queen Victoria 12c black on laid paper, used and cancelled by superb strike of black numeral "37" in circles handstamp, fresh colour, even large margins around, very fine. A MOST ATTRACTIVE AND ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES OF THIS WORLD RARITY. Alex Rendon 1989 and Philatelic Foundation 1989 certificates.(Note: This "Chalon Head" design after a Queen's portrait by Alfred Edward Chalon (1780-1860) was used for...
Lot #785 - Canada Colony of Canada
Canada - Colony of Canada - 1851 Queen Victoria 12c. black on laid paper, imperf., used with part strike of black c.d.s., with complete to huge margins around, trace of a light horizontal crease, fine. AN ATTRACTIVE EXAMPLE OF THIS MAJOR RARITY. R.P.S. certificate (1984) Catalog Price 15000,00
Lot #786 - Canada Colony of Canada
Canada - Colony of Canada - 1856, 3p. red and 6p. grey each tied by clear "PAID" on cover front, "LOSKEY U.C. FEBR/9th 1856" cds. with ms. date and oneliner "REGISTERED" alongside (ms.941 reg.no.), addressed to New York with red "PAID" and ms. "15" for taxe, two times vertical fold and 3p. removed, repaired and replaced, few tiny spots, fine and scarce (T) Catalog Price 3000,00
Lot #787 - Canada Colony of Canada
Canada - Colony of Canada - 1855 10c. blue on small cover from Cobourg to Edinburg, Scotland, tied by black target h/s, "COBOURG U.C./JA 3/1857" c.d.s. and red tombstone "PKT.LETTER/PAID/LIVERPOOL/JA 18/57" alongside, red Kingston U.C. transit cds and red England arrival cds on reverse. Envelope with minor imperfections (tears at top right and through back-flap), but still a scarce and attractive cover bearing a fine stamp. Ex Dale-...
Lot #788 - Canada Colony of Canada
Canada - Colony of Canada - 1857 ½d. rose with four large margins, tied by "Hamilton C.W. JY 13 1858" circular datestamp on small folded letter paying the local drop rate (which was the intended use of this stamp), additional circular datestamp at right, extremely fine, an especially handsome use, ex Dr. Tang. Catalog Price 800,00
Lot #789 - Canada Colony of Canada
Canada - Colony of Canada - 1858 cover from Point-Levi to Quebec across the St. Lawrence river by ferry, franked with vertical pair of 1857 ½d. deep rose (thick machine-made paper, imperf.) for the special 1d. ferriage rate, tied by fine strike of "POINT-LEVI LC/MY 1/1858" c.d.s., endorsed 'Privée' in m/s and addressed to Augustin Gauthier, Trésorier de la Cité de Quebec, backstamped 'Quebec May 1, 1858'. The folded cover with an usual...
Lot #790 - Canada
Canada - 1802/1903 - CANADA Postal History and Adhesives of the 19th Century: Comprehensive collection of stamps (used and/or mint), covers and postal stationery well written up on pages in two volumes, starting with six handstruck covers (1802 letter with "Ship Letter Quebec" Crown oval h/s, 1849 letter with red 'Paid at Quebec' Crown h/s and others), followed by Colony of Canada issues including several good stamps like 1855 10d bright blue...
Lot #791 - Canada
Canada - 1908/1990's: Comprehensive collection of stamps, covers and postal stationery well written up on pages housed in 6 albums, starting with 1908 'Quebec Tercentenary' sets mint and used, 1911-22 definitives incl. coil stamps/pairs and booklet panes, covers and used postal stationery env's and cards, also the following issues mostly both mint and used (also with shades, perforations, few varieties, coil pairs and booklet panes, covers...
Lot #792 - Canada Canada - Colony of Canada
Canada - Colony of Canada - 1859 6 pence brownish-grey, perforated 12, mint with large part original gum, very fine and extremely fresh example of this MAJOR CANADA RARITY. Signed A. Brun, certificate Pascal Scheller. Unitrade 13 70.000 CAD (ca 47.000 EUR), SG 27. Catalog Price 11000,00
Lot #793 - Canada neubraunschweig
Neubraunschweig - 1854 NEW BRUNSWICK: Bisected 3d. dull red in combination with 6d. yellow for 7½d. rate on mourning cover 1855 from St. John to Ware, England, tied by two strikes of grill oval in black, also partially by red arrival c.d.s. and red "PKT.LETTER/PAID/LIVERPOOL/17 JU/55" tombstone, red "ST. JOHN N.-B. PAID/JU 4/1855" c.d.s. alongside, green Ware 'June 18, 1855' arrival c.d.s. on reverse. The bisected 3d. with narrow to touched...
Lot #794 - Canada neubraunschweig
Neubraunschweig - 1851, 3 pence blue very fine with full to wide margins all around tied by oval mute grill on envelope in excellent condition sent to Halifax with clear "TRURO SE 2 1851" departure backstamp and Halifax oval arrival of the same day. Certificate Sergio Sismondo: "This extraordinary cover was posted on the second day of use of postage stamps in Nova Scotia, and is the EARLIEST KNOWN COVER OF NOVA SCOTIA BEARING ANY POSTAGE...
Lot #795 - Canada neubraunschweig
Neubraunschweig - 1851, 6p Olive Yellow. Large margins all around, fresh original gum, incredibly vivid color on nicely blued paper.EXTREMELY FINE GEM. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE NEW BRUNSWICK 6-PENCE OLIVE YELLOW WITH LARGE MARGINS ALL AROUND. SG 4, Scott 2, Unitrade 15.000 CADSigned Herbert Bloch, certificate David Brandon (extension for further certificate granted) A review of the famous BNA sales of the past reveals...
Lot #796 - Canada neubraunschweig
Neubraunschweig - 1851 6 pence olive-yellow, extremely fine example with wide margins all around showing parts of left sheet margin and and a neighbour at top, tied by clear oval grid on cover sent to New York with "ST JOHN NEW BRUNSWICK AP 27 1854" departure backstamp. The cover shows the very prestigious provenance handstamp "GILBERT & KÖHLER PARIS" (who held auctions in France between 1904-1912). Extremely fine and ONE OF THE OLDEST...
Lot #797 - Canada neubraunschweig
Neubraunschweig - 1854 NEW BRUNSWICK: Bisected 6d. yellow on blue paper used on cover from Sackville, N.B. to Amherst, Nova Scotia, tied with fine strike of "24" grill numeral, on reverse with "SACKVILLE N.B./DE 15/1859" despatch c.d.s. and 'Dec 16' arrival c.d.s. A fresh and fine bisected 6d. on a fine cover. P.F. certificate (1956). Catalog Price 1000,00
Lot #798 - Canada neubraunschweig
Neubraunschweig - 1851/1863: Fine and impressive collection of 14 used stamps and 6 covers, with eight singles and two covers of 1851-60 square issue including two singles of the 1s. (five certificates by P. Holcombe or R.P.S. incl. both 1s.), various colour shades, and special cancellations like red 'Colonial Express St. John' cds, followed by stamps and covers of 1960-63 issue (one P.F. cert. for 10c vermilion tied by red "PAID ALL" s/l to...
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