Sale 71: The Sescal Sale

Lot 2450    

Canada, 1852, Beaver, 3d red, bottom margin single, large margins, canceled by target handstamp on cover to Quebec, with matching "3" rate handstamp and red "Montreal, L.C., Fe 23, 1853" origin cds, receiving backstamp; stamp with small scissor cut at upper right slightly affecting design, Extremely Fine appearance. SG No. 5.
Scott No. 4    Estimate $100 - 150.

Realized: $160

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Lot 2451    

Canada, 1852, Beaver, 3d scarlet vermilion, thin paper, target cancels, clear to large margins, strong bright color, Very Fine. Scott No. 4 var.
Unitrade No. 4xi    C$700 ($520).

Realized: $150

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Lot 2452 o   

Canada, 1852, Beaver, 3d orange red, thin paper, target cancels, ample to large margins, strong bright color, Very Fine, ex-Bishop. SG No. 8 var.
Scott No. 4d    $225.

Realized: $90

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Lot 2453    

Canada, 1855, Jacques Cartier, 10d blue, four full to large margins, rich color, tied by grid cancel on blue 1858 folded letter to Shrewsbury, England,matching "Toronto C.W. Jan 11" cds, carried by Cunard Line Niagara from Boston Jan. 13th to Liverpool arriving Jan. 25th, red "Pkt Letter, Paid, Liverpool, JA 25 1858" tombstone postmark, blue "Shrewsbury, 26 JA 1858" arrival backstamp, Very Fine, ex-Caspary.
Scott No. 7    $3,250.

The 10d cy. rate for a letter by Cunard Packet via Boston to the United Kingdom was valid from January 1855 and from New York from February 1856 until June 1859.

Realized: $2,800

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Lot 2454    

Canada, 1857 (Sep. 26) Massawippi, Canada to Stevens Point Wis., blue "Massawippi, L.C., SP 26 1857" cds and matching "Paid" and "6" handstamps, reverse with Montreal (9.28) and Windsor (10.1) backstamps, red "Canada / 10 / Cents" oval exchange handstamp and matching "Paid", a Very Fine cross border use.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

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Lot 2455 o   

Canada, 1868, 12½¢ blue, bar cancels, precision centering, rich deep color, Extremely Fine and choice. SG No. 60.
Scott No. 28    $125.

Realized: $100

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Lot 2456 o   

Canada, 1868, 15¢ gray violet, watermarked, clearly showing watermark letters "LL", neat town cancel, strong bright color, wide margins, Very Fine and scarce. SG No. 61ba.
Scott No. 29c    $1,250.

Realized: $375

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Lot 2457 o   

Canada, 1879, 15¢ deep violet, very thick paper, target cancels, deep dull violet shade (Morris's Deep Dull Violet), light vertical crease, F.-V.F. appearance. SG No. 67.
Scott No. 30c    $1,600.

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Lot 2458    

Canada, 1873, 3¢ orange red, tied by blue "Wells Fargo & Co., Express, Victoria" oval handstamp on fresh cover to San Francisco, with "Wells, Fargo & Co., Victoria, Vancouver Island" printed frank at top, Very Fine.
Scott No. 37    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $210

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Lot 2459    

Canada, 1873, 3¢ orange red, rich color, tied by geometric cork handstamp on registered Queen's Hotel corner card cover to Toronto, with matching "Orillia, Ont., Mr 22, 71" origin cds and "Registered" straight line, Very Fine. SG No. 83.
Scott No. 37    Estimate $100 - 150.

Realized: $160

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