Lot No. 490
| Auction No. | 34 |
| Category |
World Collections, Accumulations and Selections |
| Est. | $400 |
| Status | SOLD $1000 |
Canada - Provinces Collection in illustrated Minkus album with page showing Minkus & Scott Cat. numbers alongside each other. Better Newfoundland with 1857 1d 4 margins fine MLH, 1860/63 3d triangular on thin paper, 4d, 6d (2), 8d, 1/- (2) all MLH, 1865/70 10¢ black & 12¢ in 2 papers & 13¢ blue, all part o.g. before later 1896 MLH with evidence of sweating. Continues with 1897 400th Anniv set MLH with hinge remnants (Cat. £325), 1897 to 5¢ MLH (Cat. £150), 1915 300th Anniv to 15¢ (Cat. £475) MLH, engraved 6¢ to 10¢ MLH (Cat. £250), 1911 Coronation (excl 8¢), 1919 Caribou, 1920 surcharges, 1923 Pictorials & 1928/31 defins (DLR & Perkins Bacon sets) plus 1932/38 Pictorials to 48¢, 1933 10¢ & 30¢ Airs & Gilbert set of 14. Later complete (mainly MLH ) incl 1939 PD's while a second collection contains MLH/used with about 50% of those present in main collection incl PD's used (Cat. £180) & a few New Brunswick incl 1860/63 set of 6 MLH. Also Nova Scotia 1860/66 set of 6 MLH, PEI 2d, 3d, 1¢, 3¢, 6¢ & 12¢ & British Columbia 25¢ (SG 31 used, Cat. £200). Noted a few extras of Nova Scotia, plus 1851 3d blue on bluish paper with close margins used (Cat. £17). Apart from odd variable gum, this collection which will impress. Total cat. £3,500+ (c440)