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TOPICAL COVER & POSTCARD COLLECTIONS continued...

SHIP COVER & POSTCARD COLLECTIONS continued...

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

381

350 SAILING SHIP TOPICAL POSTCARDS 1905-1960's, includes schooners, tall ships, sailing ships with 1-5 spars, 9 different cards showing the British Convict Ship "SUCCESS", lots of ship at LUNENBURG-NS ++, 81 cards are pre-1939, 269 cards are post 1940 chromes noting 82 are LUNENBURG B&W historical reproduction cards published by Knickles with good Bluenose ship cards, some duplication, retails over $1100, VF est ($100+ US) (Image)

C$150+

SOLD for $120.00
Closing..Jul-22, 09:00 PM

382

370 TOPICAL SHIP COVERS & CARDS 1905-2005, includes a nice group of 260 modern ship covers 1983-2005 mostly for Cruise Ship maiden voyages, Panama Canal transits, 34 are for NOAA Research Vessels, last voyages, plus Paquebot letters mailed on board ship and posted on port arrival, 80 are ship postcards 1905-1950's including US Navy ships, Coastal and River Steamers ++, lot includes 30 topical postcards for political satire, humor, novelty leather cards, real photo cards, plus a few pre-1900 trade cards noting cigarettes and Case Plows ++, retails over $800 US ($1100 CDN), F-VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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C$75+

SOLD for $40.00
Closing..Jul-22, 09:00 PM

383

325 USA SHIP COVERS 1927-1960's, the majority are covers to and from WWII Navy ships noting lots of good ship duplex cancels, Marine and Sailors letters, also cachet event covers for Navy Days, Maiden Voyages, Ship Keel Launches, Arctic Services ++, the post-WWII items include Nuclear Sub cachets, Coast Guard covers, Dew Line letters ++, some duplicates for the USS CARMICK and SS BEAR noting many with the original letters enclosed, 75 covers are legal size, retails over $1200 US ($1600 CDN), F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

C$100+

SOLD for $160.00
Closing..Jul-22, 09:00 PM

384

28 CANADA SHIP COVERS 1930-1940's, includes better Paquebot covers mailed on board ship and posted on port arrival, includes the SS NOVA SCOTIA posted at ST-JOHNS-NEWF'D, 1935 RMS COLBORNE posted at QUEBEC-CITY, 1951 RMS CANADA and 1939 RMS NASCOPIE both posted at CRAIG-HARBOUR-NWT, 1935 CNSS LADY DRAKE plus CNSS LADY NELSON and CNSS LADY RODNEY all posted in Bermuda, 1932 CNSS LADY HAWKINS posted in Bahamas, 1938 CPR EMRESS of ASIA posted in Japan, 1936 SS CAVELIER plus 1938 SS CONSUELO and 1938 SS DROMORE all posted in Halifax, 1938 SS CARTHAGE posted in Bombay, lot includes 5 WWII Canadian sailor letters arriving in Halifax, London, and Edinburgh, retails over $560, F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

C$100+

SOLD for $70.00
Closing..Jul-22, 09:00 PM

385

300 USA SHIP COVERS 1970-1990's, mostly cachet covers for ship Commissionings, Decommissionings, Keel Laying, Sea Trials, Ship Launchings ++, includes Pearsian Gulf deployments, Arctic Services, Research Vessels, Coast Guard ships, 40 are from Alaska Merchant Vessels and Oil Tankers, 70 with Colorano Silk cachets from the 1976 tall ship rally "OPERATION SAIL", some historical USA Navy ship cachets ++, retails over $1500 US ($2000 CDN), F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

C$100+

SOLD for $120.00
Closing..Jul-22, 09:00 PM

TOPICAL POSTCARD COLLECTIONS

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

386

24 NEW YEAR POSTCARDS 1895-1920's, nice topical collection showing cute kids, Hands Across the Ocean, clocks, birds, bells, horseshoes ++, note 3 unposted cards are pre-1895 that had to be sent in an addressed envelope, retails over $250, F-VF est ($+40 US) (Image)

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C$50+

SOLD for $60.00
Closing..Jul-22, 09:00 PM

387

320 TOPICAL POSTCARDS 1902-1950, includes friendship cards, humor, horses, cats, dogs, Roosevelt Bears, Thanksgiving, Saint Patrick's Day, black heritage, 1907 Boston Old Home Week, advertising cigarette cards, Heinze Pickle trade cards, greeting cards, western paintings ++, retails over $1000, F-VF est ($100+ US) (Image)

C$150+

SOLD for $180.00
Closing..Jul-22, 09:00 PM

388

102 CANADA EASTER CARDS 1903-1920's, a nice range of designs mostly addressed to LUNENBURG-NS, retails over $400, F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

C$100+

SOLD for $60.00
Closing..Jul-22, 09:00 PM

389

150 CHRISTMAS GREETING POSTCARDS 1905-1920's, great topical value noting blue, brown, and red coat Santa, also bells, trumpets, angels, nativity scenes, birds, dogs, cats, toys, cute kids ++, the majority are posted in Nova Scotia and completely unchecked for town cancels, from the Hugh Corkum collection retailing over $700, F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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C$100+

SOLD for $460.00
Closing..Jul-22, 09:00 PM

390

125 ROMANCE POSTCARDS 1905-1920's, includes Valentine cards, romantic couples, love cards ++, from the majority postally used in Nova Scotia and completely unchecked for town cancels, from the Hugh Corkum collection retailing over $480, F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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C$100+

SOLD for $60.00
Closing..Jul-22, 09:00 PM

391

23 NORTH-WEST MOUNTED POLICE POSTCARDS 1905-1915, the Hugh Corkum mounted collection of rare cards, includes 2 John Innes artist cards and a real photo card showing the NWMP on horses with rifles, retails over $700, F-VF est ($100+ US) (Image)

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C$150+

SOLD for $260.00
Closing..Jul-22, 09:00 PM

392

800 TOPICAL POSTCARDS 1905-1980's, includes a nice range of Christmas, Easter, and Birthday greeting cards, also better early social history real photo cards, animals, romance, Valentines, famous paintings, humor, lighthouses, ships, planes, maps ++, about 200 cards are pre-1935 and the majority are post 1940 chromes, retails over $1000 US ($1350 CDN), F-VF est ($100+ US) (Image)

C$150+

SOLD for $75.00
Closing..Jul-22, 09:00 PM

393

70 RCMP POSTCARDS 1920-1940's (a few later), the Hugh Corkum mtd collection of all different postcards noting the RCMP security guards during the 1937 Royal Visit, 8 are ST-ROCH ship cards, views of the RCMP Regina Headquarters, Folkard RCMP letter sheets, Musical Ride cards ++, retails over $400, F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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C$100+

SOLD for $220.00
Closing..Jul-22, 09:00 PM

394

244 OLYMPIC TOPICAL COVERS & CARDS 1952-1990's (a few later to 2008), includes 172 postcards in an album from the CALGARY 1988 and 1992 Olympics, also 52 covers and 20 postcards from various Olympics including 1952 HELSINKI, 1968 MEXICO, 1960 ROME, 2008 PEKING, 1980 MOSCOW, 1992 BARCELONA, 1994 LILEHAMMER, 1976 MONTREAL, 1996 ATLANT ++, lot includes a few vintage 1912-1948 Olympic reproduction cards, retails over $500 US ($650 CDN), F-VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

C$75+

AVAILABLE
Closing..Jul-22, 09:00 PM

395

2500 TOPICAL POSTCARDS 1940-2000's (about 210 are earlier cards), part-1 of a massive postcard accumulation that includes more than 2300 modern chrome advertising cards for music concerts, theaters, beauty shops, men & women clothing, cosmetics, golf tournaments, annual dental appointment cards ++, 1750 are in bundles plus a large album with over 380 different "GO" series cards numbered #1-399, also a good group of 1910-1930's topical cards with many better $20-$75 items noting RCMP, dogs, cats, birds, cute kids, animals, a few risque cards, plus some scarce WWI Xavier Sager artist signed cards ++, huge retail value at over $3000 US ($4000 CDN), mostly VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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C$100+

SOLD for $130.00
Closing..Jul-22, 09:00 PM

396

2200 TOPICAL POSTCARDS 1940-2000's (about 190 are earlier, part-2 of a massive postcard accumulation that includes more than 2000 modern chrome advertising cards for music concerts, theaters, beauty shops, men & women clothing, cosmetics, golf tournaments, annual dental appointment cards ++, 1750 are in bundles plus 2 large albums with over 300 different "GO" series cards numbered #400-799 and 100 different un-numbered "WILD" series, also a good group of 1910-1930's cards with better $20-$75 items (different from part-1), huge retail at over $2000 US ($2800 CDN), mostly VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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C$100+

SOLD for $80.00
Closing..Jul-22, 09:00 PM

COUNTRY POSTCARD COLLECTIONS

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

397

25 CANADA PATRIOTIC POSTCARDS 1905-1920 (a few later), includes cards with colorful flag frames, maple leafs, Provincial and Canada crests ++, many better Warwick published cards mostly with B&W Nova Scotia scene inserts and postally used in Nova Scotia, also lots of WWI related patriotics, note the 1937 Royal Visit, 1953 QEII Coronation, and 3 Winston Churchill WWII cards, retails over $375, F-VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

C$75+

SOLD for $100.00
Closing..Jul-22, 09:00 PM

398

60 CANADA POSTCARDS 1905-1930's, a collection balance of town and building views plus many railroad related cards, lots of good social history real photo cards showing Alberta farming, also work horses, harvesting, a nice group of Quebec early cards, 25 cards are USA including the 1920 train crash at Bellous-Falls-Vermont on the Boston to Montreal run, also the 1910 Winnipeg Flier wreck, 1903 train wreck at Danville-Virginia, the 1907 Quebec railroad bridge collapse, and the 1908 Clinton-Minn cyclone damage, 25 cards are post-1940 chromes and are not counted, lot includes 2 covers noting a 1910 photo envelope and a 1919 Hull-Que cover with a railway map on the back, retails over $350, F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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C$100+

SOLD for $340.00
Closing..Jul-22, 09:00 PM

399

95 CANADA POSTAL CARDS 1971-1972, all are mint postal cards with Provincial views, 22 are 7¢ cards from 1971 and 73 are 8¢ cards from 1972, appears to be near complete #VC1-VC105, Webb cat $240, VF est ($40+ US) (Image)

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C$50+

AVAILABLE
Closing..Jul-22, 09:00 PM

400

320 USA POSTCARDS 1902-1930's (a few later), town and building views from all across America with a few scenics, 210 cards are pre-1914 with strength in North Dakota views plus some better real photo cards, 110 cards are post-1915 noting a few WWII APO cards, retails over $2000 US ($2750 CDN), F-VF est ($100+ US) (Image)

C$150+

SOLD for $260.00
Closing..Jul-22, 09:00 PM