Brit. Columbia andVancouver Island - Stamp Auctions
 Lot 5056 - brit. colonies Brit. Columbia andVancouver Island - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Europe & Overseas Asia / Africa, Europe A –Z, Collections & Accumulations - Day 41860: British Columbia & Vancouver Island 2½ d. pale reddish-rose, a wing margin example on 1868 underpaaid cover to Fort Yale on the Fraser River, cancelled by "1" numeral obliterator of New Westminster with rare "DUE" handstamp at left in black. Manuscript notation "$5.91 for Due" (or possibly "$ 591 for Joe" - the addressee, O'Reilly, was a Gold Commissioner). Reverse with "NEW WESTMINSTER B.C." despatch cds (May 13) in black. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Europe & Overseas Asia / Africa, Europe A –Z, Collections & Accumulations - Day 4brit. colonies Brit. Columbia andVancouver Island |
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 Lot 5057 - brit. colonies Brit. Columbia andVancouver Island - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Europe & Overseas Asia / Africa, Europe A –Z, Collections & Accumulations - Day 41860: British Columbia & Vancouver Island 2½ d. pale reddish-rose, a used example on 1863 cover to New Westminster cancelled by manuscript pen cross in blue and by fine strike of oval framed "POST OFFICE / NANAIMO / VANCOUVER ISLAND" in red. Notation at left "Rec'd Dec 22/63" in manuscript. Some minor soiling to envelope but an attractive and scarce usage. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Europe & Overseas Asia / Africa, Europe A –Z, Collections & Accumulations - Day 4brit. colonies Brit. Columbia andVancouver Island |
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 Lot 5058 - brit. colonies Brit. Columbia andVancouver Island - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Europe & Overseas Asia / Africa, Europe A –Z, Collections & Accumulations - Day 41860: British Columbia & Vancouver Island 2½ d. pale reddish-rose, a horizontal pair, slight wrinkles at top, used on printed "PAID / DEIETZ & NELSONS / BRITISH COLUMBIA & / VICTORIA / EXPRESS" envelope, somewhat truncated at left, in combination with "BARNARD'S / Cariboo Express." / PAID." imperforate black on orange Forwarding Agent's label, all tied to cover to Quesnell Mouth by oval "PAID" handstamps in blue with part "POST OFFICE / COAT OF ARMS / VICTORIA V.I." cachet at left also in blue. The cover readdressed to Joseph Marks from Quesnell Mouth to William's Creek with mss. "Col 25 cts." forwarding fee noted at base. A rare and spectacular usage.rnProvenance: Collection Louise Boyd Dale & Alfred Lichtenstein, Harmers, New York, 11 May 2004, lot 258. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Europe & Overseas Asia / Africa, Europe A –Z, Collections & Accumulations - Day 4brit. colonies Brit. Columbia andVancouver Island |
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 Lot 5054 - brit. colonies Brit. Columbia andVancouver Island - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Europe & Overseas Asia / Africa, Europe A –Z, Collections & Accumulations - Day 41860: British Columbia & Vancouver Island 2½ d. reddish-rose, a horizontal pair, used on printed "PAID / DEITZ & NELSONS / BRITISH COLUMBIA & / VICTORIA / EXPRESS" envelope, in combination with "BARNARD'S / Cariboo Express. / PAID." imperforate black on orange Forwarding Agent's label, all tied to cover to Quesnell Mouth by oval "PAID" handstamps in blue with oval "POST OFFICE / COAT OF ARMS / VICTORIA V.I." cachet at left also in blue. The cover readdressed to Joseph Marks from Quesnell Mouth to William's Creek with mss. "Col 25 cts." forwarding fee noted at base. A rare and spectacular usage in the foremost quality. Signed Fulpius.rnProvenance: Ex Ezra Cole 15 Sept 1948; collection Hall, Siegel, New York, 12 Nov 2000, lot 871; exhibited at Monacophil, 2002.rn Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Europe & Overseas Asia / Africa, Europe A –Z, Collections & Accumulations - Day 4brit. colonies Brit. Columbia andVancouver Island |
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 Lot 5055 - brit. colonies Brit. Columbia andVancouver Island - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Europe & Overseas Asia / Africa, Europe A –Z, Collections & Accumulations - Day 41860: British Columbia & Vancouver Island 2½ d. deep reddish-rose, a used wing margin example on 1866 cover to Somerset County, Maine, tied by bold oval framed "NEW WESTMINSTER / POST OFFICE / BRITISH COLUMBIA" despatch in black with USA 1857 10 c. green applied for onward transmission tied by SAN FRANCISCO obliterator and datestamp (May 21). Reverse with circular "GENERAL POST OFFICE / BRITISH COLUMBIA" cds (May 124) in black. Cover trimmed at right. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Europe & Overseas Asia / Africa, Europe A –Z, Collections & Accumulations - Day 4brit. colonies Brit. Columbia andVancouver Island |
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 Lot 59 - brit. colonies Brit. Columbia andVancouver Island - Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 291-297 Day 11865: 10. c. blue, imperf. wmk. CC, fine used example with margins all round, cancelled by large part of Victoria oval handstamp in blue. A choice example of a very rare stamp. Cert. BPA 2003 Ex Corinphila May 2004 Lot 3188. Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 291-297 Day 1brit. colonies Brit. Columbia andVancouver Island |
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 Lot 5513 - brit. colonies Brit. Columbia andVancouver Island - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 250 - 256 Day 1Vancouver Island 1868 (Sept): Great Britain 1864 1 d. red pl. 79 and 1865/67 6 d. lilac pl. 6 used on 1868 cover from 'HMS Scout' at Esquimalt, Vancouver to Torquay endorsed 'Pd. England' at top, tied by bold strike of "D61" barred obliterator in black. Carried on the RMS 'Tasmanian' which docked at Plymouth on Sept 29. Reverse with Torquay arrival cds (Sept 29) in black. The envelope was written to the sister of William E. Fitzgerald, an Officer on board HMS Scout, at this time at Esquimalt. Naval and Official mail from Vancouver Island was directed to W.L. Booker, Consul & British Post Office Agent in San Francisco, thence routed via Panama and Colon. An extraordinary cover, discussed at length in Parmenter & Gordon on page 3/51, this being the sole recorded usage of this obliterator.rnProvenance: Cavendish, Derby, June 2007. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 250 - 256 Day 1brit. colonies Brit. Columbia andVancouver Island |
