Group of 5 Semi-Official Airmail Flight Covers, 1926-1932, with four Patricia Airways and Exploration Limited covers with AMCN2 #PE2601a Toronto to Red Lake (delivery flight of the "Lark" into the Red Lake area, c.v. $75), along with three covers dated March 9, 1928, franked with CL #s 25 (Unitrade c.v. $175), 25ci (green ascending with violet plane, $250), 26 ($225). The lot includes a first flight cover, franked with CL51, from Edmonton to Fort McMurray, dated DEC.30.1932, signed by the air engineer, and a 1925 flight cover from Victoria, British Columbia to Seattle, Washington, with"VIA SEA PLANE" handstamp on the front. A nice group for the aerophilatelist, overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 150

Collection of Roughly 200 First Flight Covers, 1929-1934, organized chronologically on roughly 70 homemade album pages. The lot consists of first flights from across the country, notably the MacKenzie River flights into the Northwest Territories, along with representation from Québec, the Prairies and the Maritimes, with a few incoming first flights from the United States. We note registered and special delivery rates, at least 40 with colourful frankings, including Jubilees, Leafs and Numerals, and more, along with C1 and C3 solo franking, along with a few covers signed by the postmaster. The lot also includes roughly 50 pages depicting images of the various cachets for each first flight. A colourful and informative lot, with online photos showing a sampling. We note a few small faults on a few of the covers, still overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 300

Accumulation of Roughly 400 First Flight Covers, 1928-1939, loose in a box, with the majority in the 1930 to 1935 range. We note C1, C3-C5 frankings and includes a few better flights (cataloguing $10 and up), and a few pilot signed covers, with routes covering the Maritimes, Québec, Ontario, Prairies, and the Arctic. The lot includes roughly 80 flight covers, well described on exhibit pages, noting a possible flown cover by Von Gronou from Halifax in AUG.1930 (has no back stamp). Online photos show an overview. We note a few covers having small faults such as toning/soiling and corner bends from previous mounts. A nice group for the aerophilatelist. Overall fine to very fine (Image)

Estimate $ 200

Group of 19 Different Semi-Official First Flight Covers, 1925-1934, neatly arranged on quadrille pages, franked with Unitrade #s CL3, CL4 (both Larder Lake winter flights from January, 1925); CL5 (Rouyn to Haileybury, June, 27, 1925, with "FIRST FLIGHT" cachet in violet); CL40 (x6, including 5 covers from July 1-2, 1929, Mackenzie River flights with flights to Aklavik, Fort Norman, Waterways and Fort McPherson); CL41, CL46 (x5), CL48, CL50, CL52 (x2). A nice group with all covers photographed online. Overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 300

Group of 4 Pilot Signed Patricia Airways and Exploration Limited Flight Covers, all unlisted in the new AMCN2 catalogue, with two flight covers posted at Toronto, dated APR.24.1926, with Red Lake broken circle dated the same day on the front, with 4-line boxed company receiver at Sioux Lookout dated APR.28.1926. Both covers are addressed to H.E. Holland, the de facto postmaster at Red Lake. The other two flight covers were posted at Red Lake dated JUN.7.1926, with 4-line boxed company receiver at Sioux Lookout dated JUN.8.1926, with both covers addressed to A.J. Algate, designer of the Patricia Airways and Exploration Limited company stamps. All 4 covers are pilot signed by H.A. "Doc" Oakes on the left hand side of each cover, and are seldom seen for this airline. The lot also includes a July 7, 1926, first flight cover, franked with CL13, from Sioux Lookout to Pine Ridge. A nice group, with all flight covers photographed online. (Image)

Estimate $ 250

Group of 8 Yukon Airways First Flight Covers, 1928-1929, neatly organized in clear mounts, on 8 quadrille pages, including promotional flights from White Horse - Carcross - Atlin and return, April 13-16, (x4, AMCN2 #s YA2807-CL42, f, g (x2)); Telegraph Creek - Atlin - White Horse, December 5-11, 1928 (YA2813-CL42), White Horse - Telegraph Creek (YA2909-CL42); White Horse - Champagne Landing and return (YA2927-CL42a,b). Online photo shows an overview. A nice clean group and an excellent start to a Semi-Official airmail first flight collection. Very fine. (Image)

AMCN2 $ 760