Group of 20 Interesting Airmail Covers, starts with a group of three flight covers, 1925-1929, earliest is a "1st Trip" handstamped Admiral cover mailed Victoria BC on SEP.21.1925 with circular cachet "Victoria BC to Seattle, Wash / Via Sea Plane", very fine. Next is a cover mailed from Vancouver to New Jersey on JUL.29.1929 franked with a 5c McGee and a CL44 with "British Columbia Airways Ltd." corner card. Third cover is considered a precursor to the CL44 use, and was mailed Victoria BC to Vancouver BC on JUL.23.1928 with cachet reading "First Flight, / Air Mail / Victoria - Vancouver, B.C.", very fine. Also includes a group of 17 first day covers for the 6c on 5c surcharge Airmail stamp (C3, c.v. $25 each), postmarked on FEB.22.1932 in 17 different cities and addressed to the same person in Maxville, very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 100

Group of Roughly 70 First Flight Covers, 1930s-1940s, includes a few 1939 first flight Trans-Atlantic covers from Shediac to Great Britain, and a few first flight covers franked with Ireland stamps for the return trip to Canada, along with two Semi-Official first flight covers with AMCN2 #s WC2723-CL40 Snake Falls to Red Lake (c.v. $40) and CH3001-CL46 Ile A La Crosse to Prince Albert ($35). The remaining covers are common first flights, primarily from Ontario and Western Canada. We note a few small faults on a few of the covers, otherwise very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 100

Collection of R100 Souvenir Cards and Ephemera, with AP-3001b George Faille signed photo postcard of the R100, postmarked AUG.01.1930 and AUG.13.1930 in Montréal, St. Hubert, with oval cancel in magenta (AMCN2, c.v. $250), along with 5 other souvenir covers dated August 1 and 13 (x2 each), August 5, 6, and 11 (c.v. $250 total). The collection also includes a few real photos and post cards, photo reproductions, and a few commemorative and anniversary covers. A nice group for the aerophilatelist with 15 items in total. Online photos show a sampling. We note a few toning spots on one cover, otherwise very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 200

1931 Vancouver to Colombia, via SCADTA Service, mailed Vancouver on JUL.14.1931 to the Royal Bank of Canada in Girardot, Colombia, where on arrival JUL.23 it received a Colombia #C59, 30c SCADTA stamp tied by SCADTA postmark (plus another strike on back). A scarce double-country franking, and based on the 9c Canadian franking plus the 8-day transit, it is assumed it only received the Airmail service on the first (within Canada), and last (within Colombia) part of the trip. Very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 350

Group of 48 WWII Canadian Airmail Covers with O.A.T. Handstamps, 1942-1945, loose in a box, with various boxed and oval O.A.T. handstamps, paying primarily 30c and 40c rates (note a few 10c rates with solo frankings), primarily to Switzerland, Sweden, and France, along with Norway and Iceland. The covers are franked with 1938 Pictorial and War issues, noting blackout and machine cancel types, along with a variety of censor tapes and handstamps. We note some duplication of rates and destinations, online photos show an overview.. Overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 150

1918 Aero Club of Canada Semi-Official on Registered Cover Ottawa to Toronto, blue cover is franked with a 3c brown plus a 5c blue Admiral (both tied by Toronto roller), plus CLP1 (ideally on front) tied by large "by Aeroplane" flight cachet in blue, and there is a Toronto AUG.26.1918 c.d.s. free strike. The front of the cover also shows a dated Toronto "AERIAL MAIL" boxed cachet in violet, a light Toronto registration handstamp and an Ottawa same day receiver on back. A rare cover, with only 26 items carried, lovely and very fine. (Image)

Unitrade $ 5,000

1927 Haileybury to Rouyn Cover Franked with CL19b, mailed at Richmond Hill on JUN.17.1927 (c.d.s. tying a pair of 1c orange yellow Admirals), with Haileybury JUN.21 c.d.s. on back and Rouyn JUN.23 receiver both on back, plus a second strike tying the CL19 (with slightly smaller V in VIA) to the front of the cover. Very fine and scarce. (Image)

Unitrade $ 900

NOV.11.1927 First Flight Cover White Horse to Dawson, mailed White Horse on NOV.11, franked with a 2c Confederation to G.H. Clarke in Dawson, Yukon (same day receivers on front and back), franked on back with a 25c Yukon Airways & Exploration Co. Ltd., tied by White Horse c.d.s. This was the first official flight by this company, and only 21 covers were carried. Small hinges do not detract but could be removed, very fine and scarce. (Image)

AMCN2 $ 750

25c Blue Yukon Airways and Explorations Co. Stamp with "Repair Entry in Left 2" on Two Covers, both are 2c Admiral covers mailed Champagne, Yukon JUN.23.1929 to Whitehorse, Yukon (JUN.23 receiver on back), with the variety quite visible, but with both stamps having a tiny piece missing in lower left. A rare and undervalued variety, which occurs only once in every sheet of 80, covers are scarce. (Image)

Unitrade $ 1,000