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Lot	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description	CV or Estimate
1521			1898 2c Black, lavender and carmine Imperial Penny Postage, fresh single with nice colors on white paper tied by "Vancouver/B.C./JA 4 99" c.d.s. to allover back map illustrated advertising cover showing the routes to the Klondike and advertising supplies and miner's outfits for those going to the gold rush in Alaska and the Canadian Yukon, backstamped Toronto, posted just four days after the 2c domestic rate went into affect on January 1, 1899, very fine and a wonderful gold rush advertising cover at the height of the rush (Unitrade #85). (imagea) (Image)	Est. $400-500 SOLD for $290.00 Will close during Public Auction
1522	p		1898 2c Black, blue and carmine Imperial Penny Postage, single along with 1c Green (Unitrade #75) tied to page of a Post Office bulk mail receipt book for the payment of 3c postage for the mailing of three pounds of newspapers, each tied by "Brantford/Ont./JA 27 99" c.d.s., on the reverse of this page is a similar receipt with a horizontal strip of four and four singles of the 5c Dark blue on bluish "Maple Leaf" to pay 40c for 40 pounds of newspapers, all cancelled by the same town's c.d.s. of February 22, 1899, very fine; payment books from which this page was taken were only used by companies that had newspapers to mail, on each mailing they applied stamps at the rate of 1c per pound and the stamps were cancelled at the post office where the papers were mailed, the book being retained by the sender as receipt of payment, since very few mailers used these books and most were destroyed, few have come into the hands of collectors; the page offered here is the finer of only two known examples with 2c Map franking; a most unusual and rare posting for the specialist; illustrated on page 12 of Winmill; ex-Bain (Unitrade #86). (Image)	Est. $500-750 SOLD for $1,500.00 Will close during Public Auction
1523			1898 2c Black, deep blue and carmine Imperial Penny Postage, horizontal bisect used as 1c on a 1c Green postal entire (Unitrade #U9) to make the 2c letter rate, tied by "Upper Steiwiake/N.S./FE 18 99" c.d.s., minor edge tear to cover at top, very fine; while not officially recognized, with the reduction of the letter rate from 3c to 2c several Nova Scotia post offices resorted to this provisional measure (Unitrade 86b var.). (Image)	Est. $200-300 SOLD for $525.00 Will close during Public Auction
1524			1898 2c Black, blue and carmine Imperial Penny Postage, diagonal bisect used as 1c to pay the unsealed printer matter rate, tied by "Montreal/FE 25 1899" flag machine cancel, very fine and attractive; bisects from Montreal are rare, this being one of only two recorded examples (Unitrade 86 var.). (Image)	Est. $300-400 SOLD for $725.00 Will close during Public Auction
1525			1898 2c Black, blue and carmine Imperial Penny Postage, well centered single an attractive cover, affixed slightly over the edge but perforations largely intact, tied by beautiful strike of "Shannonville/Ont./AP 20 99" type 1 squared circle cancel, backstamped Toronto, an extremely fine postmark on a very fine cover; the type 1 squared circle pmks. were only used in a very few towns, this being a scarcer town (rated scarcity B by Winmill), but of much greater significance is the magnificent quality of the strike of which Winmill states "Probably the finest existing Map squared circle cover (in terms of strike)"; a lovely cover and rare thus; illustrated on page 26 of Winmill (Unitrade #86). (Image)	Est. $200-300 SOLD for $170.00 Will close during Public Auction
1526			1898 2c Black, deep blue and carmine Imperial Penny Postage, attractive single with deep colors tied to front and back illustrated return envelope of The S.B. Chandler, Son & Company by unusually clear strike of "Montreal/May 25 1899" flag cancel, illustrations in pink on a light blue envelope include a wheelchair on the front and a large Bausch & Lomb microscope on the reverse, backstamped Toronto, tiny piece of backflap missing barely affecting the illustration, very fine; a lovely flag cancel on a handsome illustrated cover; illustrated on page 76 in Winmill (Unitrade #86b). (Image)	Est. $200-300 SOLD for $150.00 Will close during Public Auction
1527			1898 2c Black, deep blue and carmine Imperial Penny Postage, interesting usage of attractive single on 1c Green postal card (Unitrade #UX17), card originally posted to Newfoundland with "Toronto/Jun 21 1899" flag cancel, "Returned for /Postage" handstamp applied since the rate was 2c, a 2c Map stamp was then applied and tied by "Toronto, Canada/S. Depot/JU 22 99" duplex making it now 1c overpaid, backstamped St. Johns, very fine and choice, a marvelous and perhaps unique underpaid/overpaid usage involving the Map stamp (Unitrade #86b). (Image)	Est. $200-300 SOLD for $450.00 Will close during Public Auction
1528			1898 2c Black, blue and carmine Imperial Penny Postage, lovely single with clear blue oceans tied to illustrated cover for Canada's Great Industrial Fair of 1898 in Toronto, merchants corner card for the St. Lawrence Foundry Co. of Toronto, stamp tied by "Queen St. East/Toronto/SP 12 99" type 2 squared circle pmk., posted within the city with 2c being the domestic letter rate for local usages as well as throughout Canada, portion of back flap missing, very fine and attractive (Unitrade #86). (Image)	Est. $200-300 SOLD for $150.00 Will close during Public Auction
1529			1898 2c Black, blue and carmine Imperial Penny Postage, legal-size registered cover to Huntington, Quebec with three vertical pairs and a vertical strip of three (three stamps show the single line re-touch of the lower cable from the bottom row of plate 5), plus a 1c Green, all tied by "R" in oval registry handstamp with "Montreal, Canada/OC 30/99" c.d.s. at bottom left, marked "Too Late" by two handstamps as the cover was not posted in time for the departure of the mail, backstamped Huntington the next day, this large franking pays the seven times domestic rate of 14c plus 5c registry fee, edge wear to the cover with light mending of the corners, one stamp of the strip is damaged plus some staining, still a fine and very rare usage with this being the only cover with the largest number of nine 2c Map stamps on one cover (Unitrade #86). (Image)	Est. $750-1,000 SOLD for $650.00 Will close during Public Auction
1530			1898 2c Black, lavender and carmine Imperial Penny Postage, handsome cover with attractive and well centered single showing a uniform "muddy water" effect that neatly complements the buff color of the envelope, tied by a special purple "Royal Review/Exhibition Park Camp/Oct 11, 1901/Toronto/Army Post Office" five-line pmk., at left is a clear strike in blue of "Assistant Postmaster/Toronto Ont./Oct 23 1901, extremely fine and pretty cover; this postmark was officially used for only one day on the occasion of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York's review of the troops who had returned from the Boer War; very rare and seldom encountered (Unitrade #85). (Image)	Est. $400-500 SOLD for $350.00 Will close during Public Auction

CANADA TWO CENT MAP STAMP BALANCES

Lot	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description	CV or Estimate
1534	O		1898 2c Imperial Penny Postage specialized collection balance consisting of the stamp portion the International Gold Medal collection of Fred Fawn, includes 100 singles and multiples up to blocks as large as ten, we note thirteen mint and used blocks and a vertical strip of six, mint blocks show marginal markings including two bottom corner blocks of ten showing the full bottom two rows of plate 3, and imperforate block of four, six used blocks, up to a block of nine (3x3), showing different cancels, numerous singles identified by position with re-entries, retouches and other plate varieties of both the black engraved and red typographed plates, also a study of the thick paper varieties, numerous cancels include various types of pre-cancels, a rare selection of nine perforated initials of the Sun Life Assurance Co. and W.J. Gage Co. numerous cancels are represented with various types of c.d.s., squared circles, roller cancels and more, a few faults will be found in some of the blocks, mostly o.g., or used, some n.h. are present within blocks, overall fine-very fine; all have been carefully selected by the collector over many years to show the various aspects of this three-colored issue that was almost unprecedented at the time; careful examination will prove worthwhile as a wealth of material is present for the specialist (Unitrade #85, 85xx, 86, 86a, 86b, 86xx).	Est. $1,500-2,000 SOLD for $5,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
1535			1898 2c Imperial Penny Postage fascinating postal history collection, the cover balance of the International Gold Medal collection of Fred Fawn, the collection consists of 51 covers and two fronts documenting the many different usages of this popular stamp that commemorates the great British postal reform that made international postage within the Empire affordable, the collection divides into four sections showing domestic usages, mail to the United States which had special preferred rates similar to domestic rates, foreign mail to countries within the British Empire and mail to other non-British foreign countries, present are a number of different usages such as multiple rates, registered and special delivery, emphasis was placed on the different rates and the changes that took place with the domestic and Empire rate reforms, there is also a nice range of postal markings including the different types of place-of-origin markings including squared circles, plus directional and rate markings, covers to countries in the Empire include England, Scotland, India and Jamaica, numerous covers to the United States with different rates and usages, other countries include covers to Belgium and France including registered covers, condition varies but most are attractive for exhibition and many are fine-very fine; this collection represents a wonderful opportunity to acquire a broad selection of the different usages of this issue, each cover was selected for the way it illustrated a particular usage of this stamp and a several were used as illustrations by R.B. Winmill in his handbook about the postal history of this issue, examination essential to appreciate the many desirable items present (Unitrade #85, 86, 86b).	Est. $2,000-3,000 SOLD for $3,250.00 Will close during Public Auction

CANADA SMALL QUEENS CANCELLATION STUDY

Lot	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description	CV or Estimate
1536	Op	37, 41	Canada 1870-88 3c Small Queen cancellation collection, a marvelous selection of this popular value with over 450 stamps and two covers showing all manner of cancels that exist on this stamp in the more than 20 years that this stamp was in use (includes a year-date collection complete from 1870 to 1898), a wide range of printings are represented and includes numerous better early printings with two ring numeral cancels that were used in the early period, there are hundreds of beautiful geometric and fancy cancels such as crown circles (one on cover), leaves, letters, pumpkin head, numerous stars and actually a great variety of cancels too large to detail here, all are very neatly mounted on pages, many with additional tracings to illustrate the cancel, overall the stamps have been selected to show large portions of the cancels with a few on multiples or piece, fine-very fine and one of the nicer cancellation collections of this area that we have had the privilege to offer.	Est. $750-1,000 SOLD for $2,700.00 Will close during Public Auction

CANADA

Lot	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description	CV or Estimate
1537	u	55	#55, 1897 6c Jubilee, a striking mint single, featuring margins of enormous size for any Jubilee stamp, let alone this difficult Six Cent value, and quite remarkably, it is extraordinarily well centered within these impressive borders, rich luxuriant color and a well incised impression, o.g., n.h., extremely fine; a large-margined gem; 2007 PF certificate (XF 90 - undergraded in our opinion - certainly at least a "Jumbo" designation should have been included) (Unitrade C$900.00). (Image)	$500.00 SOLD for $1,600.00 Will close during Public Auction
1538		61	#61, 1897 $1.00 Jubilee, pristine bottom sheet-margin single of this popular dollar value, well centered amid large margins, rich luxuriant color and a sharp detailed impression, flawless o.g., never hinged, very fine and exceedingly choice; 1998 RPS certificate (Unitrade C$3,600.00). (Image)	$2,150.00 SOLD for $1,450.00 Will close during Public Auction
1539	O	63	#63, 1897 $3.00 Jubilee, lovely used example, being well centered amid large margins, sumptuously rich color, unobtrusive light violet c.d.s. cancel at left, very fine and attractive (Unitrade C$1,500.00). (Image)	$950.00 SOLD for $475.00 Will close during Public Auction
1540	O	64	#64, 1897 $4.00 Jubilee, a wonderfully choice used single of this scarce high dollar value, exceedingly well centered within especially wide margins, vibrant rich color and a detailed impression, light red violet c.d.s. cancels that leave the Queen's portraits virtually cancel free, extremely fine; a highly desirable stamp in this gem used quality (Unitrade C$1500.00). (Image)	$950.00 SOLD for $650.00 Will close during Public Auction