Cover and Postcard highlights include an 1867 Colonial BC cover from New Westminster to Upper-Canada via San Francisco and Detroit, a 1921 Newfoundland 35¢ pioneer airmail to Halifax, a Canada 1923 British Empire triple rate to India, a rare Canada
1940 Mufti airmail to Kashmir, a USA 1788 folded-letter to Azores, a USA 1900 Exposition war cover to Cuba, also excellent early Canada & USA Special Delivery covers, Zeppelin airmails, Boer War & Spanish-American War covers, plus a nice group of
WWI-WWII German Navy covers & cards. Wholesale lots include over 16,000 Canada postmarks sorted by Province in 67 lots noting better pre-1900 Alberta Territorials and many RF-D & RF-E items, also 1300 WWI-WWII Allied soldier covers & cards in 40
lots, more than 1800 Topical postcards in 13 lots, 750 early pre-1912 Greeting postcards in 27 lots, and 5800 Country postcards in 36 lots with exceptional Switzerland (1850 cards), USA (1175 cards), and Canada (1160 cards). The cover section
concludes with an incredible 18,000 Postal History covers in 43 bulk lots.
Stamp highlights include exceptional Canada Pence Issue rarities (lots 401-414), a beautiful 10¢ Black-Brown Scott #16 with PF Certificate (lot 415), a great selection of Canada Victoria Jubilees to the $5.00 (lots 426-457), more than 9000 Canada
Small Queen stamps to delight most specialists noting many dated collections and fancy cancels (lots 577-587), a huge $5200 in Canada mint face value stamps sorted in blocks, plate blocks, souvenir sheets, and booklets (lots 610-627), five Canada
near complete mint and used collections with Scott cat up to $23000 US ($36,000 CDN) that are packed with unpicked high value stamps (lots 570-574), the finest USA Classic mint 1859-1898 stamps we have ever handled (lots 549-558), 18 different mint
USA Duck stamp plate number singles (lots 563-569), a Classic Imperial China collection with near complete used up to 1899 then mint complete 1900-1949 (lots 505-527 & 636-641), an outstanding Australia collection (lots 483-504 & 628-632), and
specialized mint & used collections of pre-1900 Falkland Islands (lots 650-651). Of special mention is over 300 mounted Country stamp collections noting major albums for Belgium (lot 633), Germany DDR mint & used complete (lots 665-666), Netherlands
(lot 701), Romania (lot 717), Turkey (lot 739), and a Switzerland Scott #41-68 sitting Helvetia specialized collection (lot 736). The stamp section concludes with over 28,000 different topical stamps in 11 spectacular mounted collection lots.
Catalogs will be mailed by May 10th to successful bidders from the 2023 auction. Fliers will be sent to everyone else. We will honor any other catalog request until they run out.
Sale Session Information:
Session 1: (Lots 1 - 381) Saturday, June 22, 2024 at 9:00 PM EDT. All bidding at StampAuctionNetwork ends Saturday, June 22, 2024 at 9:00 PM EDT
Session 2: (Lots 401 - 813) Saturday, June 22, 2024 at 9:00 PM EDT. All bidding at StampAuctionNetwork ends Saturday, June 22, 2024 at 9:00 PM EDT
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