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  • Lot# : 7064 Canada

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    Colony of Canada 1851: 12 pence black, deep fresh colour and good even margins, used with central clear target on entire letter with frontside despatch mark "HAMILTON JY 19 1852" to New York, with adjacent red "CANADA PAID 20 Cts", the stamp with slightest traces of pressed creasing at top, otherwise extremely fine, the cover remarkably fresh, described in the sale of the Weill Brothers' stock as ".. the finest recorded example of the 12 pence on cover." One of the major rarities of British North American Philately. Cert. BPA (2020)rnNote: Charles Firby and George Arfken, writing in BNA Topics ("The Twelve-Penny Black Covers", 2009, Vol. 66, No. 4) note eight genuine examples of the 12d. on cover; one is in the collection of H.M. King Charles III, and two others - an 1853 cover to New York, and a domestic usage within Canada (ex Brouse) - have not been recorded since 1911 and 1925 respectively. The example offered here is the earliest recorded usage of the 12d. black on cover to the United States, and if the Brouse cover is omitted, given its disputed 1852 usage, may be the earliest recorded example of any 12d. usage on cover.rnReference: Illustrated in Winthrop S. Boggs "The Postage Stamps and Postal History of Canada", p. 137rnProvenance: Alfred F. Lichtenstein, Dr. G. M. Geldert (H R Harmer 1968), Weill Brothers (Christie's 1989), "Foxbridge"rnrn 
    Starting bid : 50,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 145,000 CHF

    Lot# : 7065 Canada

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    1852/57: 3d. brown-red on wove paper, vertical pair with good to large margins including ca. 3/5 mm sheet margin at foot, tied by 7-ring target to folded cover from Montreal (19 Dec) to Kingston, with double split-ring arrival backstamp (21 Dec), a scarce and very fine franking. Certificate BPA (2020) (SG 8).
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 7066 Canada

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    1852/57: 6d. slate violet on handmade wove paper, four good to mostly very large margins, showing portion of adjoining stamp at top, bright shade, cancelled with clear strike four-ring numeral "2" of Belleville in blue, extremely fine and choice. Cert BPA (2020).
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 950 CHF

    Lot# : 7067 Canada

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    1852: 10d. blue on wove paper, ample to good margins all around, tied to small piece by light grid cancel, very fine. Cert. BPA (2020).
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 7068 Canada

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    1852/57: 10d. blue on thin wove paper, good to large margins all around, tied to 1856 envelope from Hamilton to a Major with the 20th Regiment in Ayr, Scotland, re-directed to Dumbarton, front with red "PKT. LETTER PAID LIVERPOOL" and London transit mark, a fine usage to a military addressee. Cert BPA (2020).
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 7069 Canada

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    1852/57: ½ penny deep-rose on medium wove paper, large margins all around, showing partial  "...Wright, Hatch & Edson New Y..." imprint at foot, fresh colour, tied to small piece by indistinct four-ring numeral; fine and scarce. Cert BPA (2020).
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 7070 Canada

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    1851/57: Pence issue selection, all four-margin examples, with 1852 3d. brown red with blue target cancel, orange red in pleasing bright shade tied to small piece postmarked Toronto, striking horizontal pair with rich colour, scarce 1857 1/2d. rose horizontal strip of three tied by "21" four-ring numeral cancels of Montreal, three further 3d. examples on cover, including 3d. red on laid paper on 1851 (27 Nov) mourning cover from Hamilton, cancelled in blue, 3d. sheet margin single on 1852 mourning cover from Three Rivers, and 3d. upper sheet margin single on 1854 cover from Prescott to Morrisburg, the singles quite fresh, the strip showing some overall uniform paper toning, covers with scattered soiling spots and example on 1852 cover oxidised, else a chiefly fine group of these desirable issues.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF
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