POSTAL STATIONERY - POSTAL CARDS - STAMPED TO ORDER: 1901-23 Canadian Pacific Railway QV 1c pink x2, KEVII 1c pink x5 - beautiful chromolithos - and KGV 1c green x2 with all-different illustrations of the railway company's hotels including at Glacier BC, Field BC, Banff BC & Lake Louise BC, all with printed advices on the reverse, usages within Canada to the USA England & France, fine to very fine.
(Qty 9)
POSTAL HISTORY: 1898 DR Cameron, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia 'Dealer in Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines' advertising cover with large illustration of an upright piano on the face, to Halifax with 3c red tied 'NEW-GLASGOW/N.S' duplex cancel.
POSTAL HISTORY: 1939 to Germany endorsed "via New York" with KGVI 5c tied 'PRESCOTT/AUG26/1939/ONT.' machine cancel (six days before outbreak of WWII), black 'EXAMINED BY CENSOR ("29")' cachet and blue 'MAIL SERVICE SUSPENDED' cachets applied on face, presumably returned to sender, couple of very minor blemishes. [This strongly suggests censorship was being conducted prior to the official outbreak of WWII, as mail would not ordinarily take almost a week to leave Canada on its way to the New York steamer for Germany; apparently the item was held back because of its contents until service was indeed suspended]
NEWFOUNDLAND: 1937 Coronation Pictorials 1c to 48c SG 257-267 tied to two philatelic covers by rubber 'REGISTERED/ST JOHNS NF' cds, Cat £50. [Most 'used' Newfoundland stamps have fake cancels. These are guaranteed genuine]
(Qty 11)
NEWFOUNDLAND: 1941-44 Pictorials in New Colours 20c green Lighthouse as SG 286 but Printed Double One Albino CW 18a, the faintest evidence of having been mounted, Cat £175 (2015, the final edition).
NEWFOUNDLAND - REVENUES: 1938 Beer Tax 10/12c blue Barefoot #1 (Van Dam #NFB1), no gum as issued. [Barefoot states "The few known examples all have creases". Not this example, which is very fine. The catalogue value of Cat £750 (C$1600) is for an example with faults]
NEWFOUNDLAND - POSTAL HISTORY: 1938 cover to Nova Scotia with Coronation Omnibus 2c Biscted Diagonally & 4c tied by boxed '.../MAR 16 1938/CLARKE'S BEACH' d/s in purple, superb 'GRANVILLE-FERRY/MR21/38/NS' arrival b/s, minor water-stains & wrinkles.
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 424
Symbol: P*O$
Cat No: Collection
STAMP DUTY: 'COFA/N T/STAMP DUTY/ 1d ' die proof on dull mauve on thin wove paper plus issued stamps Perf 11x11½ mint & a damaged example affixed to reverse of a 1964 £10 Travellers Cheque, and Perf 15 used. Very scarce group.
(Qty 4 items)
POSTAL HISTORY: 1895 (July 23) cover to France with five good to fine strikes of the framed 'PINE CREEK/JY23/95/SA' cds on 1d green x6, very fine curved 'REGISTERED/No ("924") h/s below, transit b/s of 'SINGAPORE' & French 'LIGNE N/PAQ FR No5' and Paris arrival b/s & '4/20' delivery h/s, somewhat aged/soiled. [Goldmining]
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 426
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
POSTAL HISTORY: 1942-45 Military Mail group comprising registered airmail with 'Aust APO No ["0128"]' R label and ½d Roo & 5d Ram x2 tied 'ARMY PO/0128' cds used at Katherine, 'Aust APO No.0127' label on cover with 4d Koala and 'UNIT POSTAL STATION/LofC-X8' oval b/s used at Larrimah, two KGVI 5½d Registration Envelopes with 'R.A.A.F. DARWIN' red R labels and another with 'Aust PO No.065' label, three airmail covers with either Adelaide or Melbourne civilian censor tape and 5½d Emu 'solos' tied Army POs 066 (Winnelie), 0127 (Adelaide River) & 230 (Darwin), plus 'UNIT POSTAL STATION/D. 13' boxed d/s on 4d Koala in black (1942; at Adelaide River) and on QM 1d in violet (1943; used at Banka Banka), a couple with minor blemishes but generally fine.
(Qty 10)
POSTAL HISTORY: commercial airmail cover to NSW with largely superb strike of the rare rubber double-circle 'MIL PO/8NOV1941/DARWIN No 5' in violet with 'MIL PO, DARWIN No 5' h/s on blue & black/white provisional R label, endorsed "4d Comp", Sydney arrival b/s, very minor blemishes. Rated RRRR. A marvellous cover! [Mil PO No 5 was at Vestey's Meatworks]
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 428
Symbol: =
Cat No: Collection
POSTMARKS: CDS accumulation on piece 1960s-modern with a variety of cancels from the larger offices, steel & rubber types, many fine strikes throughout noted 1973 'BARROW CREEK/NT-AUST', 1987 'RELIEF/1/NT-AUST', 2014 cover from 'PALMERSTON' with mixed International Post/domestic stamps, etc, some duplication, condition generally fine.
(Qty few 100) (Image1)
