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Catalogue 327: Worldwide Postal History - The Enzo Carnio Collection (part I)
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  • Lot# : 5059 Canada

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    1852: 3d. red on ribbed soft wove paper, sheet margin at top, others margins close to touching, tied to 1858 cover with second 3d. red, this showing the major re-entry from position 34, plate A, chiefly ample to good margins, just touching at upper left, postmarked with Ingersoll c.d.s. (11 Mar), to St. Catharines, with next-day arrival backstamp, a scarce and desirable franking paying the double letter rate, a cover that has graced several exceptional collections.rnProvenance: Collection Daniel Cantor, Matthew Bennett Auctions, New York, September, 2011, lot 257; Collection Joseph Hackmey; Collection Warren Wilkinson; Collection Sol Kanee.rn 
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 5060 Canada

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    1857: 1/2d. rose horizontal pair, four margins, large on three sides, close but clear at foot, tied to part Globe newspaper (January 15, 1858) by faintly-struck black target cancels, addressed to Dundas, right stamp with trivial light crease mentioned for strict accuracy,  an exceptional and rare franking illustrating the transient newspaper rate, with only one such example recorded in the Smith Census.rnProvenance: Collection "K.L.", R.A. Siegel Auction Galleries, New York, April, 1996, lot 15; Collection Dale-Lichtenstein, Part 5, Harmers, New York, May, 1969, lot 519.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,200 CHF

    Lot# : 5061 Canada

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    1857: 1/2d. rose, fair to large margins, tied to cover by black segmented obliterator, endorsed "circular" at upper left, to the Master of Saint John`s Lodge of Freemasons in Cayuga, unsealed as appropriate, a fine example of this difficult rate.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 5062 Canada

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    1868: 3c. red, fresh and bright colour, tied to "Insolvent Act, 1869 / John L. Marsh, Official Assignee for York Co." cover by neatly-struck "11" two-ring numeral cancel, equally-crisp Fredericton double split-ring alongside (24 Nov), to Johnston, Queens County, with Gagetown arrival backstamp (26 Nov), reduced at left, otherwise fresh and attractive.rnProvenance: Collection Ron Brigham, Brigham Auctions, 22 February, 2014, lot 284, with his backstamp; Collection Jansen.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 5063 Canada

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    1868: 12½c. blue, tied to cover by black grid cancel, red Fonthill split-ring alongside (23 Sept), paying the Canadian packet rate to Newcastle, England, carried from Quebec to Liverpool via the Allan Line "Peruvian," with Port Robinson (23 Sept), St. Catharines (23 Sept), Welland Rail Road (23 Sept) (Ludlow RR-181), Hamilton (24 Sept) transit backstamps, slightly reduced at left, else a fine example of this rate.rnProvenance: Collection Ron Brigham, Brigham Auctions, 22 February, 2014, lot 498, with his backstamp; Collection Jansen.rn 
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 5064 Canada

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    1868: 15c. red lilac on thin paper, first printing, paying the ½oz. letter rate to England via New York, tied to cover to Stroud, Gloucestershire, by black grid cancel, postmarked Kingston (11 Apr), endorsed "per Cunard Steamer" at upper left, carried via the "Australasian" which reached Queenston on April 24, next-day Stroud c.d.s. arrival backstamp, small edge tears and faults, adhesive with some light toning, yet a rare and very early usage.rnProvenance: Collection Ron Brigham, Brigham Auctions, 22 February, 2014, lot 567, with his backstamp.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,100 CHF

    Lot# : 5065 Canada

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    1869: 1c. yellow orange, tied to unsealed cover to Newboro by "2" two-ring numeral cancel of Toronto, exceptional sewing machine illustrated advertisement for W.A. White & Co`s Salesrooms, with further illustration on reverse, docketed "Mar 12 1869" in manuscript,  fine and most attractive.rnProvenance: Collection Ron Brigham, Brigham Auctions, February 22, 2014, lot 143, with his backstamp.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 180 CHF

    Lot# : 5066 Canada

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    1868: 2c. green on watermarked Bothwell paper, showing a near-complete "C" of "CLUTHA", tied in manuscript to promissory note from Belleville, dated May 31, 1870, filing folds well clear of adhesive with some slight separation, a rare revenue usage, being the only such recorded usage of a watermarked 2c. Large Queen.rnProvenance: Collection Ron Brigham, Brigham Auctions, February 22, 2014, lot 189; Collection "Lindemann" (Private Treaty); Collection Jansen.rn 
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 440 CHF

    Lot# : 5067 Canada

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    1873: ½c. black, perforated 11½ x 12, block of four on thin paper, full never hinged original gum, crisp impression and fresh bright colour, a scarce and fine multiple.rnProvenance: Collection Ron Brigham, Brigham Auctions, 22 February, 2014, lot 43.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 280 CHF

    Lot# : 5068 Canada

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    1890: Ottawa printing Large Queen 15 c. slate-violet on thinnish paper, an unused block of six with sheet margin at left and part imprint, of fine fresh colour and full unmounted og. A delightful and very scarce multiple Gi = £ 450+.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 5069 Canada

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    1868/93: Large and Small Queens, small group of singles and multiples, Large Queens with 1c. - 15c. used singles, 6c. dark brown plate proof on card-mounted India paper, ½c. black and 15c. grey unused blocks of four, fresh colour, the lower stamps being never hinged, also 6c. and 10c. unused Small Queens with part original gum, the multiples ex Brigham, the used examples with small faults to be expected, else chiefly fine.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 340 CHF

    Lot# : 5070 Canada

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    1868: 1c. Large Queens, three single franking covers paying the circular rate, with 1c. red brown tied to October 1869 circular by mute maritime grid cancel to Maine, 1c. red brown on thin paper tied by July 1868 Leeming & Cowies Weekly Market Report, and 1c. deep orange tied to Masonic Circular by Dundas 15 May 1869 c.d.s., the Leeming circular extremely fragile due to separation at one side, else chiefly fresh and fine group showing an appealing range of printings, all ex Brigham, with his backstamp.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 5071 Canada

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    1868/72: Group of six Large Queen covers, with 1c. printed matter rate paid by ½c. black horizontal pair, each showing the "Spur on Scroll" variety on fancy cancel cover from L`Orignal, to Vankleek Hill, three 1c.+2c. franking domestic rate covers, including one to Sanford Fleming in Halifax while he was serving as Chief Engineer of the Intercolonial Railway, 5c. single franking registered cover from Dunnville to Oneida, and 6c. single franking cover cancelled in red from North Hatley to Sheffield, Connecticut, some tears/stains or other faults, but a useful group, all ex-Brigham, with his backstamp, some also ex "Lindemann" or Jansen.rn 
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold
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