Sale #163 - Day 2

1860-76 incoming envelopes (4) to Canada from England. 1860 6d on cover cancelled Torquay that went on the Cunard 'American,' forwarded and 'PAID 5' h/stamps. 1866 London to Ottawa with 6d, 1874 Scarborough to Montreal with 3d & 1d, sent on the Allan Line 'Sarmatian' & 1876 Torquay to London, Ontario, with three 1d stamps.

1862-63 covers (2) and an outer wrapper with three distinct shades of the 5c, 1862 St Remi (AP 14) to Montreal, 1862 Peterboro (MY 31) to Cobokonk with '30' in concentric circles cancel (cover stain at lower right) and 1863 outer wrapper, Niagara (AP 17) to Toronto with '23' in four ring concentric circle cancel.

1864 cover to London with a 12½c tied by a Hamilton JY 26 duplex canceller. Paid London 10 AU arrival cancel is on the cover front. This letter would have been on the Allan line 'Damascus' that sailed from Quebec arriving Liverpool 10 August. (1)

1869 covers (3) each with a Large Queen's 3c incl. mourning cover, Orangeville to Lacolle, Halifax to Kentville & London to Wardsville. All the covers have faults (opening tears, creasing).

1870-90 Small Queens Ottawa & Montreal Printing, good to FU range 1c (40), 2c (4), 3c (7), 5c (4), 6c (4), 10c (6), good variety of shades & cancels, from SG.72/89, Cat. £500+. (65)

1870's-1900 study of Queen Victoria 1c & 2c postal cards & reply paid cards, both unused & U. Noted - flag cancels, private advertising cards, uprated & taxed cards, 'Too Late' h/stamp etc, plus an 1883 2c card to Uruguay. Many written up on album pages. A comprehensive study. (80+ cards).

1873-1929 Montreal printing Small Queen, unused & M selection with 1c (4) - one unused, 2c (6) incl. one marginal, 3c (9) incl. pair & 5c (2). All of good colour, small faults. (21)

1873-94 small written up collection and study of cork cancellations on the 3c Small Queens. Guelph, Fordwich, Hastings, Butternut Ridge, Amherstberg, Almonte, Campbellford, Bowmanville, Thorold, Westport and Blyth re some of the noted cork cancels. (15 covers).

1874 registered cover to Toronto with Small Queen's 2c, 3c & 6c (has a re-entry in the 'P' of 'Postage'), each cancelled by Lindsay, Ontario, cork cancels.

1875-93 group of six 5c Small Queen's covers, one to England with 5c (6) paying a rate of over 2½oz, two single frankings, two with a pair of 5c, and cover with 5c (2), 3c & 2c. All going to the UK, condition mixed.

1875-97 covers (8) with Small Queen's 1c, five with single stamps paying the 1c printed paper rate, three with 1c (3), one cover from St. Catherines has 'Not Called For' & 'Returned To' instructional marks. Also a page of Small Queens Heads, with fancy cancels. (8)

1877-90 Small Queen's 2c & 3c on 1877 cover, Orilla (DE 15) to Scotland, 1881 2c, 3c & 5c cover, Port Hope (SP 20) to Ireland, cork cancels, and 1890 registered Woodstock (DE 18) to Fredericton with 3c & 5c registered. All have minor cover faults through opening.