RARITIES AUCTION EUROPHILEX LONDON 2015

1851/60: 3 d. dull red, a diagonally bisected example used as 1½ d. with 6 d. yellow on blued paper with large margins all round and portion of adjoining stamp at left, used on 1859 entire letter from Lancaster via Halifax to Hull, England; tied by barred '1' numeral obliterators in black. Reverse with 'St. John / NB' datestamp (Sept 19) and Hull arrival cds (Oct 3). Some file folds but a most attractive entire of great scarcity. Certs. RPS (...

3 d. dull red, diagonal bisect with clear to mostly good margins together with slightly touched 6 d. olive-yellow with clear grill "1" on mourning cover to England and here re-directed, the stamps additionally tied by accountancy mark "BRITISH CLAIM 5 c." and boxed "PKT. LETTER PAID LIVERPOOL"; the 6 d. small marginal faults where affixed at the edge of the cover; an attractive and rare letter, certificate Alberto Diena (1965)rnProvenance: ...

6 d. mustard-yellow, slightly cut-into at one side, otherwise large margins, tied by grill cancel to entire letter from "FREDERICKTON OC 15 1851" to Birmingham in Connecticut, showing on front faint "NEW BRUNSWICK / V.R. / X" cross-border marking, on reverse transit mark of St. John; a fine and early letter with the rare shade; certificate BPA (1979)rnProvenance: Koh Seow Chuan (1999), Joseph Hackmey

6 d. olive-yellow, just touched at two places on one side, otherwise large margins, tied by blue grill "8" and additional straight line "ADVERTISED 1 CENT" to envelope from "CHATHAM MA 31 1854" via St. John to Brooklyn, New York, with adjacent blue "NEW BRUNSWICK" and red "PAID 10 CENTS" (oxidized); a fine and rare entire to the USrnProvenance: Dale-Lichtenstein (1968), Koh Seow Chuan (1999)

1851/60:  6 d. olive-yellow on blued, a diagonally bisected example used to pay the 3 d. inter-provincial rate, used on 1860 cover to Bend tied by barred oval obliterator '8' with corresponding 'Chatham / NB' cds on reverse (April 30). A fine and rare usage. Cert. RPS (1975) Scott 2b = $ 3'500 / Gi = £ 3'000.

6 d. olive-yellow, diagonal bisect tied by grill "12" to envelope backstamped "EDMUNSTON JA 26 1857" to Hamilton, Canada with arrival mark and front side transit mark "SCHAUMBURG JY 28 1857"; the envelope with filing crease at bottom, and fine and scarce entire with ½ ounce letter rate to Canada, only 4 recordedrnProvenance: Joseph Hackmey

6 d. olive-yellow, diagonal bisect and entire stamp, both with good to large margins and fresh colour, tied by blue grill "8" to lettersheet from "CHATHAM AP 29 1859" via Sackville and Halifax to St. John's, New Foundland; the single stamp with tiny and almost invisible marginal tear, otherwise very fine; a unique franking paying 8 d. letter rate via British Packet to New Foundland (as the lowest denominated  stamp was 3 d. it was only...

6 d. olive-yellow, diagnoal bisect in strip with 2 entire stamps, the outer one cut-into at one side, otherwise wide margins, tied by light grid cancels to quintuple-rate lettersheet from Dorchester 1858 to Fredericton; filing folds, one through the center stamp; a rare quintuple-rate letter and the only one known showing this frankingrnProvenance: Argenti, Dale-Lichtenstein, Hart, Joseph Hackmey

1 shilling reddish mauve, mostly clear to good margins, slightly touched at one side only, tied by grill "1" to lettersheet with adjacent "ST. JOHN NEW BRUNSWICK JA .. 1855" and "PACKET LETTER" to London , also manuscript "2" for 2 d. (= 3 d. currency) charge to be collected at delivery; a fine letter and supposed to be the unique example of 15 pence letter rate (so-called 'Crimean war rate) via the US to England; certificates Philatelic...

1 shilling reddish mauve and 6 d. olive-yellow, both with good to large margins, the 1 shilling tiny scissors cut just touching the design, tied by blue grill to sealed quadruple "money letter" from "CHATHAM DE 31 1852" to Bathurst with arrival mark; a very fine and rare cover, the only recorded at this rate (1 shilling for quadruple rate + 6 d. money letter/registration fee); certificate Philatelic Foundation (1967)rnProvenance: Reford (1950...

1 shilling dull mauve, diagonal bisect with clear to good margins, tied by black grid to small envelope, backstamped "ST. JOHN NEW BRUNSWICK JA 12 1858" to Philadelphia with adjacent red "PAID 10" in circle; a fine and rare cover, only 7 bisects are recorded to prepay ½ ounce letter-rate to the United States, signed Holcombe with certificate (1993) and certificate Philatelic Expertizing (1994)rnProvenance: Seybold, Syracuse (1910), Joseph...

1851/60: The Postal History collection (16 covers/entires), with 3 d. red single frankings (5 covers), 3 d. red (two examples) used on double rate cover, 3 d. red (two examples) used on covers to New York (2),  3 d. red used on rare 1852 registered Money Letter franked by three examples for 9 d. rate; 6 d. yellow single frankings on covers to USA (3), 6 d. yellow bisected for 3 d. rate to St. Johns (cert. RPS, BPA); also two 1860/63 covers...