RARITIES AUCTION EUROPHILEX LONDON 2015

3 d. deep red in horizontal pair from the lower right sheet margin (pos. 99-100 of pane A) with good to large margins, ca. 6-10 mm sheet margin at right and bottom, the lower outer margin showing a small portion of frame of pos. 10 of pane B, tied by target cancel to lettersheet with adjacent "LONDON U.C. DE 13 1854" and red "CANADA PAID 10 cts." to New York with frontside "SUSPENSION BRIDGE N.Y."; a light diagonal cover crease affecting the...

3 d. scarlet-vermilion in horizontal pair and 10 d. bright blue, one 3 d. tiny touched in the outer frame line, otherwise clear to wide margins, tied by target to envelope with adjacent "HAMILTON JA 29 1855" to London, endorsed "Per Royal Mail Steamer", adjacent red "8 PAID 10" and London arrival mark; left 3 d. small tear and some creasing pressed; an attractive and rare cover at the 'Crimean War-Rate'; certificate BPA (1995)rnProvenance: ...

6 d. brownish purple with clear to wide margins, tied by target cancel to envelope from the US, showing on front clear dispatch mark "OGDENSBURGH NY. APR 13" to Peterborough C.W., showing on reverse transit marks of Kingston and Cobourg, on front fancy "U. STATES" and tax stamp "10" cancelled by target by the postmaster in Peterborough, who accepted the cover as fully paid. Fine and very rare entire and important item of Postal...

6 d. greenish grey, 2 single copies with clear to mostly large margins, tied by numeral "5" to envelope (slightly reduced at right) with adjacent clear "BRENTFORD MY 19 59" and "PENSION OFFICE MAY 23 1859" to the controler of pensions in Washington D.C.; an attractive and rare double-rate letter, according to Wilkinson only 4 covers at this rate bearing 6 d. on wove paperrnProvenance: Dale-Lichtenstein (1969), 'Consort' (1977, with RPS ...

6 d. greenish grey, just touched in the outer frame line at upper left, otherwise good to wide margins, together with 10 d. blue, more or less cut to shape, both tied by black target to registered triple-rate envelope with adjacent red "TORONTO C.W. Paid MAR 28 1857" to Colmar in France; adjacent red "PAID", red "PD" and Canadian, British and French register marks, incorrect manuscript tax "6" cancelled, small part of reverse flap missing,...

7½ d. yellow-green, very fine example in a deep shade, with large margins all round and portion of adjoining stamp at base, scissor cut in margin only at base, lightly tied to 1859 cover (with complete original contents) to St. Leonards On Sea, England by barred obliterator in black and by 'London / Paid' arrival cds (Dec 7). Carried on the Allan Line Steamer 'Hungarian' from Portland with  'Toronto' despatch cds at left (Nov 24) in black and...

7½ d. yellow-green and 3 d. red on hard wove paper, 2 copies each, two values at one side slightly touched resp. cut-into, otherwise good to wide margins and fine deep colours, tied by numeral "1" to registered mourning cover with weak adjacent dispatch mark of Barrie (partly slightly improved by pencil) to London with adjacent straight line and crowned "REGISTERED"; the cover was carried by Cunard Line 'Arabia' which departed from New York...

10 d. blue on thin paper, tiny touched at lower right, otherwise clear to wide margins, tied by black cancel to part-paid envelope from "ANCASTER MR 8 1855" to Edinburgh with adjacent "CONVEYED BY UNITED STATES PACKET.", "MORE TO PAY" and tax mark "6"; a fine and rare entire, prepaid at the Cunard rate, but apparently too late and directed via the U.S. Collins Line with additional postage required; a rare example of the so-called 'Crimean war...

10 d. blue, imperforate, clear impression, a fine example with four large margins, used on 1858 Cunard Line cover to Shrewsbury, England lightly cancelled in black. Carried on the Steamer 'Niagara' with Toronto datestamp of despatch at left in black (Jan 11) and framed 'PKT. LETTER / PAID / LIVERPOOL' in red of entry (Jan 25). Reverse with Shrewsbury arrival cds of the following day in blue. A fine and rare cover Scott 7 = $ 3'250....

Machine-made medium to thick wove paper: ½ d. deep rose, horizontal pair, at top slightly cut-into resp. touched, otherwise clear to wide margins, tied by numeral "21" to soldier's-cover with adjacent clear "MONTREAL SP 29 1857" to Ireland with transit mark of Quebec on reverse, on front clear "PKT. LETTER PAID LIVERPOOL"; the cover open at 2½ sides with tear at front right. The only known soldier's-rate letter from Canada and one of the most...

½ d. rose in vertical block of 6, tiny scissors cut just touching the frame line at lower right, otherwise clear to mostly wide margins, tied by numeral "12" with adjacent cds. "DUNDAS AU 5 1858" to cover to Vittoria with transit and arrival marks, some usual light bends; a very fine and attractive cover, one of only two entires known bearing a block of sixrnProvenance: Dale-Lichtenstein, Wilkinson (2007), Joseph Hackmey (2011), illustrated...

½ d. rose, vertical block of 6, slightly cut-into at upper left and outer frame line at bottom, together with 6 d. slate-grey with good to large margins, tied by numeral "42", repeated several times on the block, to large size folded cover with adjacent clear "SHERBROOKE JA 9 1858" and endorsed "one Patent" to Magog; very fine and fresh. The only recorded ½ d. block used in combination with another denominationrnProvenance: Wilkinson (2007),...