390

Sale number: 16

Canada: British Columbia & Vancouver Island: 1865 imperf. 5c. rose, creased and extensively repaired at right, nevertheless a dramatic example. S.G. 11, cat. £8,000. Photo.

Price Realised £400

391

Sale number: 16

Canada: British Columbia & Vancouver Island: 1871 envelope to Yale bearing 1865-67 3d. pale blue pair tied by Barnards Express double circle with ''COLLECT'' in oval at left, the enclosed letter headed ''Quesnelle 5th May 1871'' and commenting ''will start today for Peace River''. S.G. 22. B.P.A. certificate (1967). Photo.

Price Realised UNSOLD

392

Sale number: 16

Canada: British Columbia & Vancouver Island: 1868-71 Perf. 121/2 10c. lake, superb used with ''35'' numeral in blue. S.G. 24, cat. £475. Photo.

Price Realised £170

393

Sale number: 16

Canada: British Columbia & Vancouver Island: 1868-71 Perf. 14 25c. yellow wing-margined horizontal pair on small piece with very fine ''35'' in barred oval cancellation, slight perf. imperfections but an attractive multiple. S.G. 31, cat. £260+. Photo.

Price Realised £90

394

Sale number: 16

Canada: British Columbia & Vancouver Island: Used selection of fifteen, comprising 1860 21/2d. (3, one trimmed), 1865 imperf. 10c. (stained), perf. 14 5c., 10c., 1865-67 3d. (both), 1868-71 perf. 121/2 5c., 25c. (reperforated), 50c. (repaired), $1, perf. 14 2c., 5c. (cleaned), 25c., poor to fine.

Price Realised £600

764

Sale number: 17

Canada: British Columbia & Vancouver Island: 1865 3d. forgery in greyish blue, perf. 11, a complete sheetlet of 25 on ungummed wove paper, mainly fine. S.G. 21 F.

Price Realised UNSOLD

765

Sale number: 17

Canada: British Columbia & Vancouver Island: 1868-71 25c. forgery in yellow-orange, perf. 11, a complete sheetlet of 25 on ungummed wove paper, mainly fine. S.G. 25 F.

Price Realised UNSOLD

766

Sale number: 17

Canada: British Columbia & Vancouver Island: 1868-71 $1 forgery in green, perf. 11, a complete sheetlet of 25 on ungummed wove paper, mainly fine. S.G. 27 F.

Price Realised UNSOLD

767

Sale number: 17

Canada: British Columbia & Vancouver Island: 1868-71 2c.on 3d forgery in brown, perf. 11, a complete sheetlet of 25 on ungummed wove paper, mainly fine. S.G. 28 F.

Price Realised UNSOLD

2659

Sale number: 25

Canada: British Columbia & Vancouver Island: 1868-71 Perf. 121/2 10c. lake, cancelled in blue, fine. S.G. 24, cat. £500. Photo.

Price Realised £200

2660

Sale number: 25

Canada: British Columbia & Vancouver Island: 1868-71 Perf. 121/2 50c. mauve, cancelled in blue, fine. S.G. 26, cat. £450. Photo.

Price Realised £170

2661

Sale number: 25

Canada: British Columbia & Vancouver Island: Selection of 11 comprising 1869 21/2d. (2), Vancouver Is. 1865 imperf. 10c. (R.P.S. certificate, 1995), perf. 14 5c., 10c., unused, 1867 3d. mint, 1868-71 perf. 121/2 $1 unused, perf. 14 2c. mint and used, 5c. (2), 25c., used, fair to fine. Photo.

Price Realised £600

378

Sale number: 40

Canada: British Columbia & Vancouver Island: A selection, comprising 1860 3d. unused, 1865 perf. 14 5c. used, 1865-67 3d. deep blue unused and used, 3d. pale blue unused (small tear), 1868-71 perf. 14 2c. unused and used, mainly fair to fine.

Price Realised £130

403

Sale number: 52

Canada: British Columbia & Vancouver Island: Selection incl. 1860 21/2d. pale reddish-rose, 1865 perf. 14 5c. rose, 1868-71 perf. 121/2 50c. mauve, perf. 14 25c., poor to good. (9)

Price Realised £350

1222

Sale number: 65

Canada: British Columbia & Vancouver Island: 1860 no watermark 21/2d. deep reddish-rose in a very fine fresh mint block of four, a very scarce multiple. Ex Dale Lichtenstein. S.G. 2. Photo.

Price Realised £1100

393

Sale number: 67

Canada: British Columbia & Vancouver Island: 1868-71 perf. 14 25c. yellow used on Wells Fargo 10c. stationery “paste up” envelope, tied by “35” barred numeral in blue of Victoria, with red “NEW YORK” datestamp and blue oval WELLS, FARGO & CO/FEB 26/VICTORIA”, two line “For Great Britain/and Ireland” handstamp. There is no year date but it must be before 1870 as the 10c. rate was reduced to 6c., rare. Ex Straus. Photo.

Price Realised UNSOLD

306

Sale number: 70

Canada: British Columbia & Vancouver Island: 1868-71 perf. 14 25c. yellow (faults) used on Wells Fargo 10c. stationery “paste up” envelope, tied by “35” barred numeral in blue of Victoria, with red “NEW YORK” datestamp and blue oval WELLS, FARGO & CO/FEB 26/VICTORIA”, two line “For Great Britain/and Ireland” handstamp. No year date but this must be before 1870 as the 10c. rate was then reduced to 6c., rare. Ex Straus. Photo.

Price Realised £300

373

Sale number: 73

Canada: British Columbia & Vancouver Island: Law Stamps 1912-57 fifth issue 25c. green (BCL 23), eighth issue 30c. orange (BCL 38), and ninth issue 10c. grey (BCL 41), each in a complete unmounted mint sheets of 25, mainly fine.

Price Realised UNSOLD

460

Sale number: 84

British Columbia & Vancouver Island: 1860 21/2d. pale reddish rose, imperforate with manuscript ''Specimen'' (Samuel type DMS), with part gum, extremely rare. Photo.

Price Realised £2400

461

Sale number: 84

British Columbia & Vancouver Island: 1860 21/2d. pale reddish rose unused and used, 1865 perf. 14 1d. unused and used, 10c. used, 1868-71 perf. 121/2 10c., 25c., 50c. and $1 used, perf. 14 2c. unused (2), 5c. and 25c. used, etc., varied condition. (16)

Price Realised £1250

462

Sale number: 84

Canada: British Columbia & Vancouver Island: A collection on leaves, incl. 1860 21/2d. used (3, one pen-cancelled), 1865 imperforate 10c. used, perf. 14 5c. and 10c. used, 1868-71 perf. 121/2 5c., 25c., 30c. and $1, perf. 14 50c., $1 unused, etc., varied condition. (25)

Price Realised £1750

463

Sale number: 84

Canada: British Columbia & Vancouver Island: Revenues: Law Stamps 1912-57 fifth issue 25c. green (BCL 23), eighth issue 30c. orange (BCL 38), and ninth issue 10c. grey (BCL 41), each in a complete unmounted mint sheet of 25, mainly fine.

Price Realised UNSOLD

1646

Sale number: 94

Canada: British Columbia & Vancouver Island: 1868 (Mar.) double weight envelope registered from Yale, B.C. to Sarnia, Canada West via San Francisco, bearing British Columbia 1865-67 3d. (8) cancelled ''4'' in barred ovals, carried by stagecoach and rail with U.S.A. 5c. Washington alongside believed affixed in San Francisco, showing ms. rate and registration markings, ''PAID'' in oval, straight line ''REGISTERED'' and San Francisco Mar. 30 transit c.d.s., with New Westminster Mar. 21, Oban Apr. 23 and transit datestamps on reverse, the cover and adhesives extensively repaired but a rare item. Ex Wellburn. (illustrated in ''The Postage Stamps and Postal History of Colonial Vancouver Island and British Columbia, 1849-1871'', p. 119). Photo.

Price Realised £750

5589

Sale number: 103

Canada: British Columbia & Vancouver Island: 1865 imperf. 10c. blue, used with ''OFFICE/PAID/VANCOUVER'' cancellation in blue, corner fault, otherwise fine. S.G. 12, cat. £900. Photo.

Price Realised UNSOLD

620

Sale number: 105

Canada: British Columbia & Vancouver Island: 1865 imperf. 10c. blue, used with ''OFFICE/PAID/VANCOUVER'' cancellation in blue, corner fault, otherwise fine. S.G. 12, cat. £900. Photo.

Price Realised £80

621

Sale number: 105

Canada: British Columbia and Vancouver Island: A selection incl. 1860 21/2d. unused (regummed) and used, Vancouver Island 1865 perf. 14 5c. and 10c. used, 10c. wmk. inverted unused, British Columbia 1865-67 3d. mint and used, 1868-71 perf. 14 2c. mint, etc., mixed condition. (11)

Price Realised £260

801

Sale number: 117

Canada: British Columbia and Vancouver Island: 1862 envelope from Victoria to Canada West, bearing black oval ''POST OFFICE/(arms)/VICTORIA V.I.'', franked by U.S. 3c. strip of five (two folded over and damaged, tied by target cancellations with San Francisco datestamp, curved ''U.STATES'' in red.

Price Realised £270

802

Sale number: 117

Canada: British Columbia and Vancouver Island: 1865 envelope from British Columbia to Canada West, franked by 1860 21/2d. pair and single (part excised), cancelled by barred ovals, with U.S.A. 10c. tied by target cancellation, with San Francisco datestamp and unframed ''PAID'', bearing double circular ''GENERAL POST OFFICE/BRITISH COLUMBIA'' datestamp on the reverse, some faults, otherwise fine and rare. Photo.

Price Realised £600

803

Sale number: 117

Canada: British Columbia and Vancouver Island: 1865 (ca.) long U.S. 3c. Wells Fargo & Co. envelope, addressed to California, tied by oval ''WELLS FARGO & CO/VICTORIA V.I.'' in blue and at left oval ''POST OFFICE/(arms)/VICTORIA V.I.'', a few imperfections, scarce. Photo.

Price Realised £270

804

Sale number: 117

Canada: British Columbia and Vancouver Island: 1882 ''Wells Fargo & Co'' paste-up 10c. envelope cancelled by blue oval ''WELLS FARGO & CO/Express/VICTORIA.'', bearing 1868-71 perf. 14 5c. tied by ''35'' barred ovals in blue, scarce. Photo.

Price Realised £320

805

Sale number: 117

Canada: British Columbia and Vancouver Island: 1882 ''Wells Fargo & Co/VICTORIA, VANCOUVER ISLAND'' envelope to San Francisco, franked by 3c. tied by violet oval ''WELLS, FARGO & Co./VICTORIA'' datestamp. Photo.

Price Realised £170

806

Sale number: 117

Canada: British Columbia and Vancouver Island: 1891 ''Wells Fargo & Co'' 2c. envelope with Canadian 3c. (damaged), both tied by ''VICTORIA B.C./CANADA'' datestamps. Photo.

Price Realised £150

807

Sale number: 117

Canada: British Columbia & Vancouver Island: A selection on leaves, comprising British Columbia & Vancouver Island 1860 21/2d. mint, Vancouver Island 1965 imperf. 10c. with part original gum and used (both with B.P.A. certificates), perf. 14 5c. used, British Columbia 1865-67 3d. with part original gum (2), 1868-71 perf. 121/2 10c., 25c. and 50c. with part original gum, 25c. and 50c. used, perf. 14 2c., 5c., 25c. and 50c. mint, very mixed condition. The property of another vendor. (15) Photo.

Price Realised £1350

808

Sale number: 117

Canada: British Columbia and Vancouver Island: A small selection, incl. 1865 perf. 14 5c. used (2), 1865-67 3d. affixed to Wells Fargo & Co. envelope, unaddressed, stamp with pen cancellation, incoming mail with 1862 cover from U.S.A. bearing 10c. green, etc. (14 items)

Price Realised £300

355

Sale number: 122

Canada: British Columbia & Vancouver Island: 1860 21/2d. pale reddish-rose unused, 1865 perf. 14 5c. unused and used, 1865-67 3d. blue used on Wells, Fargo & Co., 3c. piece, 1868-71 perf. 121/2 25c. unused, poor to good.

Price Realised £150

356

Sale number: 122

Canada: British Columbia: Revenues: 1958 Law Stamp 50c. missing orange, used with registry cancellation, a few shortish perfs. at foot. Barefoot 49a, cat. £500. Photo.

Price Realised £80

1002

Sale number: 124

Canada: British Columbia and Vancouver Island: 1865 cover to Ireland, franked by 1860 21/2d. rose tied by ''1'' in bars of New Westminster, in combination with U.S.A. 1861-62 24c. tied by concentric circles and San Francisco datestamp, handstruck ''PAID'', some faults, scarce. Photo.

Price Realised £350

2485

Sale number: 126

Canada: British Columbia & Vancouver Island: 1860 21/2d. (2) and 1865 3d., unused or small part original gum, mixed condition. (4)

Price Realised UNSOLD