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The STAMPS will be on exhibition EVERY THURSDAY EVENING to date of Sale, at the Society's Rooms, No. 2204 ST. CATHERINE STREET. TO BIDDERS. THE Members of the Montreal Stamp Collec- tor's Club present this the Catalogue of their first sale to you, and ^^rould ask your careful perusal of same. Although there are no great rareties in the sale, still it contains a good many desirable stamps, ^vhieh are lacking in most collections. ^V/e beg to draw your attention to the following : — 1st.— stamps are sold so much for each lot. 2nd.— Name highest amount you are -willing to pay for each lot. They vvill be bought as nnuch belo^A^ your limit as possible, Srd. — Purchases are for Cash on receipt. "^A/here bidders unknown to members secure lots, they will be notified, and lots -will then be forwarded on receipt of the amount. The purchaser pays postage and registration. 4th.— The Stamps have been carefully catalogued, but purchasers have the right to return within three days, all Stamps not found as described. The Committee in charge of this sale, or any member, "will execute bids free of charge. Major A. E. LABELLE, St. Hubert Street, Montreal. W. PATTERSON, 33 Torrance Street, do ^JV. E, MUIR, (Wm. Muir & Son), do C^ A. REYNOLDS, 88 St. Luke Street, do E. W. STANTON, 398 St. Andre Street, do CATALOGUE. T ■ «— ■ Lot No. 1 2 3 4 5 5a 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 CANADA. BIDS ARE SO MUCH FOR EACH LOT. 1851. i( (( (( 1855. (( u 1858. « « 1859. 1868, (( (( (( (( (< 1860, 3d 3d 6d 12d lOd Laid, fine, Laid and Wove, fine, Thin Wove on face of cover, very fine, Thin Paper. Specimen in red, Cut close. 7Jd Little close top and bottom, used, ^d Wove, fair copy, sliaht tear, 3d Ribbed, fine, id Perf. on cover, fine, id " poor copy, 3d " good copy, pen marked, 3d " on cover, fine, 1,2, 5, 10, 12|, 17, fair, 1, 2, 5, 10, \c strip, unused, 0. G., 1, 1,2,3, Q,&, 12|, 15, fine, 1, 1, 2, 3, 6, 6, and 1875, 5c. fine, 3 ct. Wove, w. mk Laid, latter trimmed on 2 sides. 6 54 1, 2 w, mk, fine copies, 4 50 12^ w. mk, fine, 3 qq 8 ct. Registration unused, 0. G., 2 50 " " used, fine, 2 50 Envelope, 5c., cut square, fine, l 50 Wrappers, 4 varieties, cut square, 85 Catalogue No. in Price. Lot. 1 50 1 1 85 2 6 00 10 00 10 00 20 00 4 00 2 50 8 50 8 50 3 50 3 50 3 58 1 68 60 1 19 1 44 6 4 3 S 7 3 2 1 1 1 1 4 24 25 BRITISH COLUMBIA. 2id. 5 ct. Rose, 10 ct. Blue, 3d. used, good, 11. 50 4 1865. 5 ct. Rose, 10 ct. Blue, used, latter slight tear off centre, 6 50 2 Lot No. 26 1851 27 do 28 1860 29 do 30 do NEW BRUNSWICK. Citaloguo No in Price. Lot. I 1 3d. Red dark color, ii.sed, fine, 4 50 8d. Hed on orij^inal, fine 4 50 Blocks of 4 each of 1, 2, 5, 10, 12^, 17c., unusod, fine, 6 12 1, 2, 5, 10, 12^, 17, unused,' fine, I 53 2, 5, 10, used, «,'Ood, 1 00 24 NEWFOUNDLAND. 31 1857. 32 do 32a do 33 1863. 33a 1857. 34 1863. 34a 1857. 35 1863. 36 do 37 1866. 38 do 39 do 40 do 41 1876, 42 do 43 1880. Id, Violet brown, unused, fine, 3d, Green, do do O.Cx. 4', used, fine (rUATEMALA, 1878, complete, used, fine Hamburg, 1861-5, y^, 1, 1 j^, 2, 2yi, 3, 4 ar,d 7 sch., five unused 1859, i/^, 1, 2, 3 and 7 sch., two unused, all cut close Hanover, 186!, 10 g. Green, very fine, used copy Withdrawn Hanover, 1859, >^ g, Black, fine, used 2 00 1851-6, 1 30, 1-15, 1-1 0th, 1 gr., 1-30, 1-lOth, two copies only, fine 2 00 Hawaii, 1864-72, all fine, 4 unused 1 71 1883, 25c, Purple, used, fine 1 00 1864-71, Ic, Violet, 2c, ver., in blocks, unused 180 •' " Ic, " 2c single and pairs, " 1 35 " 1893, 4 Prov. Government and 2 cut en vis 96 Heligoland, 1875, 1 p. and 2 p. unused blocks 2 80 " 1 p. and 2 p. " pairs 1 40 " " 5 p., used, fine 1 50 Italy, Segnatasse and Official, used, fine, 1 02 Japan, 1874, 30 sen. Grey, used, fine, 2 50 " " 4 sen, Ros^ unused, no gum, 8 50 2 85 8 45 18 00 5 1 1 6 8 1 8 6 6 8 4 1 18 1 1 Lot No. 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 18^ 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 190//. 191. 192. 193. 194. 195. 19G. 197. 198. 199. 200. LuBKCK, 186.3, 2% sc, Bhie, 9 I .< tsn •« '^Vz sc, << t< block, fine, pair, block, fine, Valalugue No. m ('rice. |x,i. 3 40 I 70 1 60 1 20 1 40 7 00 3 00 9 00 12 00 •' 2 sc, Rose, " 1 yj sc, Mauve, " I ^ sc, 2 sc, " pairs, •• LuxK.MBUK(;, 1872, 37 "^c. Stone, used, very fine, M.\r)K.iKA, 1869, I20r, Blue, " fine, " 50r, Green, 1868, 80r, Orange, " crea.sed, Mkxico, Gu.^dai,.\jor.\, 1867, 4r, Rose on Wove, usL'd, fine, ^ 12 00 1884, Ip. Blue on Wove, used, fine, 2 50 North Borneo, 1893, unused set, 1 to 24c, fine, 1 .39 Pkrsia, 1876, Ish, 2.sh, unused, block.s, perf, 13, 4 60 '* Ish, " pair, - 2 00 " " 2sh, pair, and Set Officials unused, 57 Philippian Islands, 1854, 10c, Carmine, unu.sed, very fine, 12 50 Poland, 1860, 10k, Blue and Rose, used, fine, l 25 PoRTUGAi., 1855, 50r, and lOOr, unused, fine, 3 25 " . 1894, 5 to lOOr, unused, "i 50 RU.SS1A, 1845, 5k, Blue Envelope, cut square, unused, 3 00 ScHLKsvviG, 1850. Is, Blue, unused, cut close at left 5 00 SiAM, 1883, Complete Set, the 1 sa. unused, 1 30 Somali Coast, 1894, Ic to 1 fr, unused fine, 1 33 " 5frs, '' " 1 75 Switzerland Basle, 1845, 2|r, very fine used, 35 0*0 Tuscany, 1853, 9c, Violet. Very fine used copy, 25 00 Turkey, 1876, 5 pi. blue, used fine, 1 00 WuRTEMBURG, 1851, 18k Violet Paper used, trimmed, 6 50 " *' '* Blue, slightly damaged, ] 00 Zululand, 1890, 5 sh, Rose used on cover, very fine 20 00 United States, 1893, Ic to $5 00, unused fine, ' 31 82 Western Australia, 1882-93. Nice used lot, l 01 St. Christopher, perf. C. A. Id, Rose 2^, Blue4d Grey, used fiue, 1 15 \ 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 8 2 6 1 5 11 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 16 13 I A FEW GOOD THINGS. — [ ■ «■* ■ U. S. Envelope, 1853, 6c., green, used. •' IOC, " " entire, new, with Wells, Fargo & Co. Frank. Azores, 1868, 50 r., new. 100 r., " Baden, 1861, 6 kr., " 9 kr., " Bavaria, 1850, 12 kr., " 18 kr., " Bremen, 1855, 7 gr., " British Columbia, 23^d., used. Cape of Good Hope, 4d., wood block. Dutch Indies, 1868, lOc, new. " ** 1874, unpaid, 5c., new. Portugal, 1871, 240 reis, used. Netherlands, J 872, 2 g., 50c. »^^« -■ — Any of the above, and hundreds of others of similar grade, at 25 per cent, discount from 56th ed. Catalogue. Our own StandaPd CatalOg^ue of the Postage Stamps of the World complete to 1896 ; every Stamp illustrated. Pocket size, only 25 cents. Post free to any part of the World. Our Prices are from 10 to 50 percent, lower than Scott's 56th edition. INTERNATIONAL STAMP CO., F. O. Box 563. MONTREAL, Canada. F. W. WURTELE. Manaber. Collector since 1865. Dealer since 1872. President Montreal Stamp Collector's Club 1B93 and 189-4:. X»Z1.XOZI X^ZSnCS 3F"X1.XS£:. Bills executed to best advantaere at Auction < Sale of Montreal Stamp iJOiioCXiOT'o «JiuO, vviiiiiOUti iiu&IgS$ DjjT INTERNATIONAL STAMP CO. APPROVAL SHEETS. I «• ♦ I CAN SUPPLY GOOD APPROVAL SHEETS — OF — Foreign postage \ Canadian I^bVbiiub ^tamp^ TO ANYONE SENDING SATISFACTORY REFERENCES. PaiCKS AND Discounts very Reasonable. My stock of Canadian Revenues is very larc^e. Will be glad to receive Want Lists, and accept exchange. (30 Varieties Can. Revemie, 33c.) COLLECTIONS BOUGHT. A. E. LABELLE, 212 ST. HUBERT STREET, MONTREAL, CANADA- ft **i*ii!i EDWARDS'S akli€ Ff tei Met i M? ©ftiiti -O F PHILATELIST'S SUPPLIES. No. 1 is out. No Collector. Advertiser, or Publisher should be without a copy. Sent post free on receipt of address. JOHN EDWARDS, No- 50 LATOUE STREET, MONTREAL, CANADA.