Canada & Provinces

Nova Scotia #4 Very fine mint, unused (no gum), barely visible diagonal corner crease under pence, with certificate.

Nova Scotia #3a & #4 Very fine used bisect on cover. Across the Minas Basin 1857 (May 20) folded cover mailed from Parrsborough to Liverpool England, bearing 6P yellow green (just in to large margins) and a choice diagonal bisect of the 3p dark blue used as 1.5P to make up 7.5P rate to England, file fold affects the 6P (a trait of all covers from the Ratchford correspondence). Parrsborough, Windsor and Halifax MY 20 transit backstamps and tombstone Liverpool Paid MY 31 1857 receiver in red on front. Unlisted in the Arfken & Firby census "The Pence Covers of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick 1851 - 1860" but the fourth earliest dated example of this particular franking to England, very scarce and fine - very fine. Comes with certificate.

Nova Scotia #2RP #5RP #7RP Extra Fine Mint Proof Reprint Blocks, Unused (No Gum), Showpiece Set. Catalog: $2000.00+

Nova Scotia #2i Extra Fine Used Gem, With Certificate.

Nova Scotia #2b Extra Fine Used, With Certificate.

Nova Scotia #2a #2 Used Bisect On Folded Cover From The Ratchford Correspondence, A Showpiece, With Certificate. Catalog: $5000.00++

Nova Scotia #2 Extra fine mint pair, full original gum, hinged, bright color, certificate mentions small scissor cut at left margin which we are unable to see.

Nova Scotia #2 Very fine mint spectacular block of four with great bright color, full original gum with the best example in the block being never hinged and the other three are lightly hinged, a real gem, with certificate.

Nova Scotia #1 Extra Fine Used Showpiece Strip Of Three, With Certificate.

Nova Scotia #1 Extra Fine Used Gem, With Certificate.