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Yuichi Tada Collection offers Nova Scotia Pence, Cents
An 1860 cover, one of only four recorded Nova Scotia Pence covers mailed to France, features a three-stamp franking. It’s expected to bring at least $20,000 as Lot 57 of the Yuichi Tada Collection, a single-session sale coming on Nov. 17.
A highly touted collection of colonial Nova Scotian stamps and postal history will cross the block in New Brunswick this fall. Eastern Auctions will offer the 135-lot Yuichi Tada Collection, centring on the former British colony’s 1851-67 Pence and Cents issues, on Nov. 17. It features proofs, stamps, multiples and postal history spanning the colonial... Continue reading →
Gwyddion ‘phenomenal’ for philatelists
The Province of Canada’s 17-cent Jacques Cartier stamp, issued in 1859, features three-dimensional analyses produced by the freeware Gwyddion.
Since its 2004 launch, the free image data processing program Gwyddion has drawn the attention of philatelists for its powerful ability to uncover some of a stamp’s hidden elements. Czech researchers David Nečas and Petr Klapetek developed the program – free to download on gwyddion.net – which can transform engraved and embossed stamps into three-dimensional images. It... Continue reading →
Late queen a fixture on stamps for 90 years
This mourning cover featuring photos of young Queen Elizabeth II and as a senior with a 2022 Platinum Jubilee stamp cancelled with a Dominion RPO (Retail Post Office) Calgary postmark was offered on eBay by a Calgary dealer.
She was only six when Newfoundland issued the world’s first stamp featuring a princess who, until her death Sept. 8, was the British Commonwealth’s longest-reigning monarch. Born April 21, 1926 in an affluent west London area family home, Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary was the Duke and Duchess of York’s first of two children. “As the... Continue reading →
Maresch to offer 740 lots in mid-October unreserved sale
A British American Bank Note Company trade sample sheet described by auctioneers as ‘possibly unique’ is estimated at $3,000-plus as Lot 226 of R. Maresch & Son’s Oct. 12 sale.
Classic Canadian stamps, proofs and varieties plus a U.S. rarity with a compound perforation error are expected to lead the next Maresch auction. The 740-lot general sale will cross the block on Oct. 12 during a single session, which kicks off at 10 a.m. (ET). With a wide range of material from more than 60... Continue reading →
Digital technology ‘the platform for the next generation’
During the pandemic, the advent of Zoom and other video-conferencing platforms allowed the philatelic community to connect ‘like never before,’ according to B.C. collector Darin Cherniwchan, the chair of the British North America Philatelic Society’s Digital Philately Study Group.
Digital technology’s impact on modern philately has been widely felt across the hobby over the past two decades as more collectors begin to understand the potential benefits of computer-based tools and resources. Instead of serving as a death knell, technologies such as smartphones and social media “are the platform for the next generation of philatelists,” according... Continue reading →