Collection: Current Weekly Auction - Closing Wednesday, August 6, 2025 at 11:30 pm Atlantic Time

Welcome to our weekly unreserved auction! This week we offer material from two specialized areas, incorporating a range of the material just received on consignment, plus the next part of all the new material we have purchased in 2 auctions, and material we had on hand that has accumulated over time.  First, we offer a nice selection of 19th century Western & Eastern Europe. 

Canada this week will feature the fourth part of a multi-week offering of Small Queens, which is presented in great depth, splitting the Montreal and Ottawa periods up into middle, early and later sub-periods, and detailing papers, perfs and shades. I am also uploading a number of videos on my Youtube channel dealing with these issues, which you may find both instructive and enjoyable. This is without a doubt, the deepest I have ever gone into this issue, having painstakingly identified and described ALL the papers that occur in each of the following 8 periods:

Period Dates  Paper Types Perfs
First Ottawa 1870-1872 FO-A to FO-H 11.9, 11.9 x 12
Early Montreal 1872-1875 EM-A to EM-C 12
Mid Montreal 1875-1880 MM-A to MM-N 11.75 x 12, 11.6 x 12, 11.5 x 12
Late Montreal 1880-1888 LM-A to LM-N 12, 12.1, 12.2 & compounds
Montreal Gazette 1888 To be determined 12.25, 12.1 & compounds
Early 2nd Ottawa 1889-1893 2O-A, 2O-F & 2O-G 12, 12.1, 12.2 & compounds
Mid 2nd Ottawa 1893-1895 2O-B to 2O-E & 2O-H to 2O-M 12, 11.9 & compounds
Late Second Ottawa 1895-1897 2ON to 2O-V 12, 11.9 & compounds

 

The above table is an evolving summary that may change somewhat, as I cover each value in the set. For a description of the individual paper types, please see the table on this page.

Lots 158, 290-301, 332, and 333, are on consignment. Accordingly a 15% buyer's premium will apply to those lots only. 

There are 382 lots this week. 

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