Augustus 27 BC-14 AD As
150 Mile House on Road to Soda Creek 5 Sep 1872 Marcus Smith letter
P.R. China #1483 & 1492 First Day Used 1979 S/S duo
Canada BU 1994 .9999 Fine 1/10 Ounce $5 Gold Maple Leaf
Canada #MR1 UR 1c Admiral Guide Arrow Block $480. (4)
Canada #730a 1978 14c Parliament Imperf Coil Strip (3)
Soda Creek Fraser River, B.C. 2 Sep 1872 Marcus Smith Letter to wife
Canada Unc 1986/91 Low Serial Number $5-$100 Birds banknotes (7)
Macedonia VF 336-323 BC Alexander the Great Silver Drachm
Original sketch for Colonial Queen’s Head and for New South Wales 5/- stamp
Saar #B69-B83 31 Dec 1949 Set on Registered Cover (5)
Soda Creek Fraser River, B.C. 2 Sep 1872 Marcus Smith Letter to wife
Queen Victoria 4×5″ Signature on document piece
P.R. China #1452 1978 Bridge Souvenir Sheet
Canada #1a VF Used 1851 3d Vermilion on Laid Paper
Intercolonial Railway 28 Mar 1872 Marcus Smith 2-pg Letter to his wife
Trafford Park #309-310 23 Sp 1955 7/6d Registered FDC to U.S.
Calabria, Tarentum 380-325 BC 11mm 1gm Silver Diobol w/ Athena / Heracles slaying the Nemean Lion
Rhodesia #113 2/6d Bistre Brown & Crimson Double Head
Canada #455xx 1967 2c Centennial Precancel Block (4)
Russia BU 1976 9-coin Leningrad Mint Set
Canada #FCF1 VFNH 1949/71 25c Consular Fee
Ralph Edwards Jan 1969 instructional letter to his wife at Lonesome Lake
Canada #138 1924 3c Admiral Imperforate Block (4)
P.R. China #1573 VFNH 1980 $2 Hyacinth Souvenir Sheet
Hong Kong #178-179 1948 Geo VI Silver Wedding Set
Newfoundland #110a 1911 8c Peacock Blue Shade
1914/45 Group incl named to J. Luker J10350 AB Royal Navy HMS Hood
Canada #71P VF 1897 6c QV Leaf Plate Proof Block (4)
Williams Siding, B.C. RFE-1 1913 1c Art Postcard
P.R. China #1492 1979 $2 Italy Stampex Overprint S/S
Newfoundland #212-225 1933 Gilbert Set (14)
Trajan 98-117 AD 20mm 2.8gm Silver Denarius struck at Rome
Nova Scotia #2, 4 1856 9d Double Weight Cover to Bishop, repaired
Aden #1-12 1937 Dhow Set
Online auction only today – no live auction at store
Penny Black says ‘Safety first, wash your paws..’
G.B. #3 F/VF Leeds 447 Used 1841 1d Red Strip of Five
Canada #FWS1 F/VF Never Hinged 1918 25c War Savings Block
Canada #137var VFNH 1924 2c Hairlines Variety Imperf Pair
P.R. China #1541 VFNH 1979 $2 Hong Kong Show Ovpt S/S
Canada #70P VF 1897 5c Plate Proof, only 300 produced
Nerva 96-98 AD 15.6gm Seleucis & Pieria, Antioch AE27 struck in 97 AD
Patricia Airways #CL18 VFNH 1926 50c S.O.A. only 1800 issued
Australia #13 VF Used 1913 10/- Pink & Gray Roo
Canada #8i VF Used 1857 1/2d Lilac Rose Shade
North West Farmer in the Canadian North-West 1889 C.P.R. 180 pg
U.S.A. XF 1913 $2.50 Indian Head Gold .1209 oz AGW
P.R. China #1433 VFNH 1978 $3 Flying Fairies S/S US$325
B.C. #7a Fine Mint HR 2 NH 1865 3d Pale Blue Block
G.B. #1 4 Jl 1843 Hobden Bridge Penny Post 1d Black FLS to Halifax
Canada #1349var VFNH unlisted 1992 1c Blueberry Printing Shift Strip
1797 Prince Edward Halifax Dinner Invitation on Wellburn Page
Canada #30c 15c Thick Paper Large Queen
G.B. #1 F/VF Red M/C 1840 1d Black
Bank of Canada #BC33b 1954 prefix B/E Devil’s Face $20
Canada #159 1929 $1 Parliament selected for centering
Mayor Fred Hume’s 10k Gold City of Vancouver Ring
Milestone 1250th auction 29th February 2020
22 December 1902 E. Pauline Johnson 2 page Christmas letter, written on Clarendon Hotel Winnipeg stationery
Mohawk poet Pauline Johnson (Tekahionwake) signed letter from 1902 “I have not even written to thank you for all your kindness..”
Hasting’s Mill 1865/1868 6-page Edward Stamp Accounting Ledger, ex gerald Wellburn
Edward Stamp’s accounting journal from 1865 to 1869, listing out all his expenses for his English investors establishing lumber mills on Vancouver Island and the first main lumber mill in the Vancouver area Lot 108
British Columbia and Vancouver’s Island Mint 1860 Gutter Block of eight of the first issued stamp of the twin colonies
The world’s first three postage stamps in our 1250th auction
Bid on the world’s first three postage stamps in our 1250th auction
Sir Rowland Hill 20 Apr 1867 signed Letter
North West Canada 1885 Silver Riel Rebellion Medal with Saskatchewan Bar
News: The Mayfair Find – Rare colonial B.C. stamps come home for auction
John Mackie writes in the Vancouver Sun. In the early 1860s, a young man wrote to postmasters around the world, enclosing money for sheets of stamps to be sent to his home in Mayfair in London. So they did. Now eight of the “Mayfair find” stamps have come home to B.C. in the Feb. 29 All Nations Stamp and Coin auction.
USSR 1989 pure Palladium Ballerina 25 Roubles .9925oz APW
CCCP pure Palladium 25 roubles with Ballerina .9925oz APW
Lot 195 estimated at $3,000 in our 1250th milestone auction, Saturday 29th February 2020
Canada #1a 1851 3d Beaver Orange Red Laid Paper
Canada #1a VF Used 1851 3d Beaver Orange Red Laid Paper $1600.
Lot 5 in our 1250th milestone auction, Saturday 29th February 2020
Canada’s first postage stamp was designed by Sir Sandford Fleming, a luminary Scottish Canadian engineer and inventor.
Customs Vancouver’s Island Seal 1858 Wells Fargo Cover to SFR
Alexander the Great style 17.3g Silver Tetradrachm struck under Cassander
Bank of Canada Fine+ 1935 Commemorative $25 Banknote
Canada issued a $25 bill in 1935 to commemorate the silver or 25th anniversary of King George V’s reign. About 1,840 of the 160,000 notes that were printed are still believed to be in private hands (or lost) Lot 198 Bank of Canada Fine+ 1935 George V $25 Banknote A004557, 1st time offered at auction
G.B. #1c VF red MC Used 1840 1d Black Inverted Watermark
The famous Penny Black – the word’s first normal postage stamp in 1840. This example with an inverted watermark. G.B. #1c VF red MC Used 1840 1d Black. Lot 150 in our 1250th milestone auction, Saturday 29th February 2020
Prince Edward signed 6 Jan 1797 Halifax Treasury Voucher ex Wellburn
6 Jan 1797 Halifax Treasury Voucher (Payment for laborers at Annapolis Royal )signed by ‘Edward’ – Prince Edward, duke of Kent, 4th son of George III and father of Queen Victoria Lot 122 in our 1250th milestone auction, Saturday 29th February 2020
Victoria Vancouver Island mixed franked Wells Fargo pasteup cover to the U.K.
P.R. China #628 15 Sep 1962 Used Mei Lan-Fang $3
Canada #214GP XF 1935 5c Edward Vertical Wide Gutter Proof Pair
Canada #214GP XF 1935 5c with portrait of Edward Prince of Wales , Vertical Wide Gutter Proof Pair Lot 94 in our 1250th milestone auction, Saturday 29th February 2020
Canada #3Pi F/VF 1851 12d Black Specimen Proof
P.R. China #1586 Never Hinged 1980 8f Monkey
News: 1865 ledger from Hastings Mill, John Mackie article in Vancouver Sun
Newfoundland #OX2i 1905 Watermarked LINE(N)
Lot 200 Old Pros signed B&W Hockey Photo incl Henderson, Richard, Shack
Canada #273 VFNH 1946 Rt Margin $1 Ferry Block (4)
Canada #131iv F/VF Never Hinged 1918 1c Experimental Coil Pair
Canada #140 F/VF Never Hinged 1926 2-line Surcharge Block $270. (4)
Canadian Contingent 20 March 1900 Boer War Cover to Ontario
Canada #51i XFNH 1897 1c Yellow Orange QV Jubilee
Canada #8P VF 1857 1/2d Rose Imperforate Plate Proof on card
Panama Canal Opening 1914 Commemorative Medal
Canada #122 F/VF Never Hinged 1925 $1 Orange, Dry Printing
China Han Dynasty 206BC-25AD Spade Money
Mexico 1945M Gold Two Pesos .0479 oz AGW
Canada 1898 Toronto CDS Used 10c Victoria Diamond Jubilee Major Re-entry with 2001 Greene Certificate
Province of B.C. BU Souvenir of 1905 Dominion Fair Medallion
Maximinus I 235-238 AD 20mm 2.8gm Silver Denarius w/ Victory etc
Canada #68P XF 1897 2c bottom Wing Margin Imperforate Plate Proof
Lot 30 Canada #55 VF Unused 1897 6c Jubilee Selected For Centering $275
G.B. 20 Feb 1748 Four Pence Paid Stampless F.L.S
Canada #66P XF 1897 Right Margin 1/2c Black Plate Proof
Canada BU 1946 Voyageur Silver Dollar
U.S.A. BU 1881S Morgan Silver Dollar
Canada #24 Fine Mint HR 1868 2c Large Queen perf tear top right
Canada #8 Unused 1857 1d Rose
Vespasian 69-79AD Silver Denarius w/ sow & piglets etc
Canada AU/Unc 1952-1962 Dollars $290 (11 different)
Hawaii VF 1883 Silver Half Dollar
Canada #75 VF+ NH 1898 1c QV Numeral
Rhodes circa 125-88 BC 13mm 1.4gm Silver Hemidrachm w/ Helios
Canada #27 Fine Unused 1868 6c Large Queen short perf
Canada #8TC VF 1858 1/2c Trial Colour Plate Proof on india, wrinkle
U.S.A. 1933/1991 First Day Covers etc incl Moose Jaw Crash (19 pcs)
Postcards & Photos 1905/1965 incl U.K. in original album (325)
Ireland 1922/1950 Used on pages incl B.O.B. US$1363. (115)
Great Britain Used Penny Black in souvenir folder with handbook
Gerald Wellburn’s Fraser River Gold Rush album binder by Roedde in Vancouver
Explorers of Canada Proof 50-medallion Set in album 60oz ASW
Yuri Gagarin 45rpm Space single
Switzerland AAMC#13 18 May 1913 50c Aviation Label on Postcard
Hong Kong #178-179 Mint 1948 Royal Silver Wedding Set
Canada #CL25d VF Mint LL 1926 5c Filled Red O Variety
Terry Fox for the new $5 #foxforfiver
Canada #46-47 Fine+ Mint HR 1893 20c & 50c Widow Weed duo
P.R. China #1452 VFNH 1978 $2 Bridge Souvenir Sheet
Canada #BC37aA consecutive Gem Unc 1954 Replacement $1 trio
Roman Imperial, Domitian 81-96 AD Silver Denarius w/ Minerva etc
Queen Victoria 6×9.5″ B&W mounted Rotary Co. Photo
U.S.A./Colonial Canada VF 1901S Coronet Gold $5 Half Eagle
U.S.A. #740-49 Mint National Parks Set w/ Peckmore Engravings (20)
Thailand #B1-B10 Mint 1918 Red Cross Set
Marcia I 148 BC Q Marcius Libo Silver Denarius w/ Roma
Vespasian 69-79 AD Antioch Silver Tetradrachm
P.R. China #1095-8 VFNH 1972 Ships Set
P.R. China #1540 VFNH $2 Camellias Souvenir Sheet
P.R. China #1211-4 Mint 1974 Industries Set
P. R. China Very Fine Never Hinged 1978 Horses Set. Lot 87 in 11 January auction
N.Z. #340b Never Hinged 1960/66 Missing Colour Misperf
Canada #66-73 Mint 1897/8 QV Leaf Set
P.R. China #959 Never Hinged 1967 8f Parade of Supporters
Fitzroy Harbor, C.W. 1857 Paid 3 Stampless Cover to Sir Étienne-Paschal Taché, Toronto
Jubilee Station, B.C. RF D 1921 2c Admiral Kits Beach Postcard
In 2020 you can still experience the arcane world of stamp collecting..
N.Z. #340b Never Hinged 1960/66 6d Missing Colour
P.R. China #1433 Never Hinged 1978 Fairies S/S
Canada #CL9-11 Never Hinged 1926 25c Fairchild Air trio $257
Victoria, V.I. SFR 3c Paid Wells Fargo Front, Thomas Trounce
Laurentide Air #CL2-CL3 Never Hinged 1924 25c Airmail duo
Canada #136-138 VFNH Wing Margin Imperforate Pairs Set (6)
Bahrain #P16 wavy Unc 1923 20 Dinars US$250
Caracalla 198-217 Antioch Silver Tetradrachm
Canada #3051a VFNH 2017 recalled Hanukkah Booklet (10)
Cape Verde #P54a, P60, P63 Unc 1977/89 banknote trio
P.R. China #1586 VFNH 1980 Monkey stamp US$2150.
Canada #468Aii VFNH 1969 6c Hibrite Imperf Strip, Greene Cert.
Canada #1350a VFNH 1992 2c Strawberry Imperforate Pair
Canada Proof 1991 Empress of India quarter ounce $100 Gold
Cyprus #P61b, P62d, P63c Unc 2003/04 paper money trio
Bosnia & Herzegovina #P1a-c XF 1992 500 Dinara trio
Mount Pleasant, B.C. RF D 1906 2c Salmon Cannery Postcard to U.K.
G.B. VF 1907 Edward VII Gold Half Sovereign .1177oz AGW
Prussia XF 1898A Wilhelm II Silver 5 Mark US$160. .8037oz ASW
P.R. China #566a 4 Apr 1961 First Day Used Table Tennis
Athens 454-405BC NGC Owl Silver Tetradrachm w/ countermark
Wapella, Assa 1883 1c unrecorded manuscript postmark postal card
B.C. #2 Mint Block of 16, U.S. 24c flty Mint Pair, ex Wellburn & O’Reilly
a faulty pair of mint, original gum United States 24c Washington stamps, which were originally sold at the Victoria Post Office to prepay letters to the United Kingdom. The mint original gum 1860 2.5c block of sixteen was found in Peter O’Reilly’s archives in the 1940s. Ex Wellburn.
Page 45 (last page), Hope, B.C. 29 May 1862 Capt. Grant Royal Engineers Third Bill of Exchange,Wellburn Fraser River Gold Rush collection
Halifax, N.S. 25 Feb 1869 2-page 4-sided Marcus Smith letter to his wife
Manitoba Department of Provincial Secretary Roy & Schultz 1877 signed 8 page list of Commissioners
Royal Bank of Canada XF 1933 $10 Banknote
P.R. China #982-990 1968 Mao Art & Literature Set (9)
Canada #7 Fine blue cancel Used 1855 10d Cartier, Thin Paper
Hadrian 117-238 AD Ae Sestertius w/ Diana
Bank of Upper Canada XF 1820 $3 uniface Banknote
Hudson’s Bay Company XF/Unc 1854 1/8 to 1/2 Made Beaver token trio
B.C. #18 Fine Mint O.G. 1869 $1 on 3d Green w/ Cert. $3600.
Page 44, Judge O’Reilly 1867 11c Walla Walla/New Westminster Cover, Fraser River Gold Rush collection
King Clancy Autographed 1976 Leafs Game Program
U.S.A. 1942 Emergency Issue Hawaii & N.Africa $1 Bill duo
Canada Leaders inc. Trudeau Autographed 1977 Silver Jubilee Block FDCs (14)
Canada #OA105var/OA122 Used 1911/25 5-hole Perf OHMS (10)
Royal Bank of Canada Unc 1927 $10 Banknote S/N 2278264
Canada #1TCi 1851 3d Beaver Proof w/ Specimen Overprint
James Douglas Signed 1861 Peter O’Reilly Land Grant, page 43 of the Gerald E. Wellburn Fraser River Gold Rush Collection
P.R. China #957-959 Used 1967 Mao Art & Literature Set US$490. (3)
B.C. #17 Fine Mint O.G. 1869 50c on 3d Violet
Alexander the Great 336-323 BC 17gm Macedonian Silver Tetradrachm
U.S.A. #1 Fine blue cancel Used 1847 5c Franklin Shade
Mexico BU 1959 Gold 10 Pesos .2396oz AGW
C. Poblicius Q.f. 80 BC Hercules strangles Nemean Lion, Silver Serrate Denarius
The Nemean lion was terrorizing the people of Nemea. Hercules trapped the lion in its cave and strangled it. For the rest of his life, he wore the animal’s impervious pelt as a cloak… C. Poblicius Q.f. 80 BC 18mm 2.9gm Silver Serrate Denarius
B.C. #16 Fine Mint HR O.G. 1869 25c on 3d Orange
Royal Bank of Canada AU 1935 Large Signatures $20 Banknote
Canada #1 F/VF Used 1851 3d Beaver, Laid Paper
Page 42, Fort Hope, B.C. 1860 Royal Engineers Tracing of Town Lots, Fraser River Gold Rush Collection
China #8a Fine Used 1883 3c Large Dragon
Newfoundland #190avar VF 1932 5c Black Proof Pair US$250.
Ireland Unc 1805 Silver 10 Pence Bank Token
P.R. China #1067-1075 Mint 1971 50th Anniversary Set (9)
P.R. China #1067-1075 Mint 1971 50th Anniversary Set US$402. (9) Lot 121 in our auction saturday 9th November 2019
AE29 Trajan Decius 249-251 AD Moesia, Viminacium with Bull and Lion
The Goddess of Moesia stands with a Bull on her right hand (the IVth Legion) and on her left hand the Lion (the VIIth Legion); all guarding the city of Viminacium around 250 AD Lot 192 in our auction this Saturday 9th November
B.C. #12 Fine Mint HR O.G. 1867/1871 50c on 3d Violet
Bank of Vancouver $5 & $10 Banknote Vignette duo
Page 41, Omagh 1862 three-colour franked O’Reilly Cover to Fort Hope, Fraser River Gold Rush Collection
Omagh 1862 three-colour franked Peter O’Reilly Cover to Fort Hope, no backflap.
Page 41 Gerald Wellburn Fraser River Gold Rush collection
Lot 91 in our auction saturday 9th November 2019
