All Nations’ 1475th milestone online auction is on September 7th, closing at 1.30 pm.
The auction marks triple anniversaries in 2024: 75 years of All Nations, 40 years in the stamp and coin business in Vancouver and Toronto, and 25 years of owning All Nations.
225 selected lots of stamps, postal history, proofs and essays, coins, banknotes, silver and gold, including highlights from the Brewery, Denman, Morris, Pawlucki, Pellant, Raab, Wallace, and Wellburn collections.
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Lot #1 is a Prince Edward signed photo, from the Raab collection, estimated at $500.
Canada #12 Mint HR 1859 perforated 3d Beaver, ex Lyman, is lot 15, estimated at $6,000.
Other rare Canadian stamps include #18v used Stitch watermark, and #28a Unused watermarked E.
Lot 33 is a set of 1897 Jubilee plate proofs estimated at $2,000.
Scarce Canada features one of 7 known Chatham 1c Admiral precancels, one of 20 known imperf pairs of Canada #1292ii 1990 39c folklore, and a Bobby Orr signed #2790i.
Lot #85 is an eye-catching Canada #F3 imprint mint strip of four, and lot 88 is a never hinged #OX2 block, each estimated at $1000.
Quebec offerings include Jean-Claude Riopelle signed #QW11b never hinged 1988 imperf sheet #216/300.
British Columbia is offered in 21 lots.
Lot 98 is Vancouver Island #3 unused 1860 5c imperf, ex Lyman, estimated at $10,000.
British Columbia’s last stamp a very fine mint OG #18, ex Lyman, estimated at $1500.
One of the auction highlights is Lot 116, the very fine mint HR world rarity, New Brunswick #5 5c Connell imperforate, ex Lyman, estimated at $6,000.
Newfoundland #9a 1 Dec 1860 bisect on addressed piece, lot 122, ex Lyman, also carries a $6,000 estimate.
Other postal history lots include Newfoundland #11A pair on 6 Dec 1861 reduced cover to P.E.I. premier R.P. Haythorne, ex Lyman, estimated at $2000,
and an 18 March 1844 1d Black FLS written by Cardinal Newman.
Better Great Britain stamps include lot 164, the 1888 used Queen Victoria Pound, estimated at $1750.
One of four known 30 May 1842 Oaxaca/London FLS, carried by RMS Isis via Vera Cruz, bears a $500 estimate.
A baker’s dozen lots from a specialized New Guinea and area collection appear in the foreign section.
A Port Gdansk/Buenos Aires 18 Aug 1932 LZ-127 Zeppelin flight cover, lot 189, is estimated at $1,000.
The coin section begins at lot 204 with a handful of Hudson’s Bay Company selections, including material from the Denman estate.
Lot 210 is an extremely fine 1948 Canadian Silver Dollar, estimated at $1500.
Lot 213 is a BU P.R. China 1980 7-coin set, in original holder, estimated at $1000.
Another auction highlight is lot 217, an AU gold solidus, from the last British emperor Magnus Maximus, ex Morris, estimated at $5,000.
Contact: `Brian Grant Duff collect@direct.ca
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