Collection of Queen Victoria Era Postmarks on Stamps, with Jubilees, Small Queens and only a few later items, this is a lovely collection, mostly with choice examples of all types of postmarks including squared circles, letters and numbers (some fancy, including a nice Pembroke fancy 4 on cover, etc), followed by fancy corks of all sorts, Manitoba and Assiniboia town cancels, oval parcel cancels and various obliterators including a few 2-ring numeral cancels (#s 23, 28, 7, 36, 45, 56 and 3). A nice quality collection, scans show a sampling. (Image)

Est $ 300

Collection of Advanced Posting Service Christmas Postmarks, with 15 APS covers from Winnipeg, Toronto, Halifax, Ottawa and Saint John NB, all dated between 1927 and 1952, all but one are in red, 6 have the "Use The Advanced Posting Service, etc." slogan, one (the 1952 has a different Christmas slogan). All very fine and includes a cut square, as well as documentation on these fascinating postmarks. All scanned online. (Image)

Retail $ 350

Selection of Approximately 60 Mostly 3c Small Queen Stamps, all With Different Northern Ontario Postmarks, mostly broken circles but note a few c.d.s., several scarcer towns represented, noting Barwick, Big Lake, Bruce Mines (recorded used in 1891 only), Collins Inlet (on 1c strip of three), Meldrum Bay, Norman (recorded 1892-96 only), Poplar Dale, White River, and many more, with representation from Algoma, Kenora, Manitoulin, Nipissing, Rainy River, Sudbury, and Thunder Bay Districts, a full inventory list is included, a lovely group with many desirable strikes. (Image)

Est $ 150

Group of About 30 Middlesex County Items, 1800s to 1920s, all bearing Middlesex County postmarks, many smaller towns and closed offices, noting Coldstream Christmas day cancel, Dorchester Station, Brinsley, Napier, Chelsea Green, McWilliams, Wellburn (latest recorded date), Ballymonte, Hendrick (open 1908-1913 only), and many more, an excellent group for the county collector, with many excellent strikes to be found. Overall fine or better, includes one front. (Image)

Est $ 100

Group of About 70 Simcoe County Postal History Items, 1860s to 1930s, most QV and KEVII era, with many small towns and closed post offices, very little duplication, noting many scarcer items including Martin Farm (open 1908-12 only), Carley, Mair's Mills (LRD), Victoria Harbour roller, Port Stanton, Port McNicol (open 1911-12 only), Carley (open 1909-15 only), Saurin, Mount Stephen, Tioga (LRD), Christian Island, Keenansville, Creighton (blue cancel), Elliotts Corners, Creemore roller, and many more, some small faults but many ideal strikes. (Image)

Est $ 250

Group of About 60 Lambton County Postal History Items, 1880s to 1930s, appears to be almost all different strikes, most late QV or KEVII era, noting a variety of scarcer small town postmarks, a few early or late dates, a quick review highlights Mandamin, Weidmann, Kimball, Walpole Island, Sykeston, Warwick West (ERD), Sutorvill, McCready (LRD), Duthill, Hale (open 1910-13), Fourth Line (open 1908-14), Totten (open 1910-14), Birnam, Arkona, Payne (open 1908-14), and more, a few small faults, but many very fine strikes throughout. (Image)

Est $ 250

Group of Over 50 Grey and Bruce County Postal History Items, 1870s to 1940s, with many desirable small town and closed post office postmarks, noting Malcolm broken circle, Arnott, Mooreburg, Birdell, Glenelg Centre (open 1909-13 only), Pomona, Irish Lake, Rock Mills, Minniehill, Tartan (open 1910-12 only), Squire (open 1905-13), Ebordale (open 1905-14), Kiwanna Beach summer office, and many more, most examples are KEVII or early KGV era, many ideal strikes. (Image)

Est $ 200

Group of About 50 Flag Machine Cancels, with covers, postcards, and postal stationery cards, all bearing flag postmarks, frankings ranging from Small Queens to Jubilees to Admirals, note several different indicia on Victorian strikes, Montréal Flag on CP Railway stationery wrapper, Montréal Flag on 2c Small Queen drop letter, various "Win the War" cancels including Ottawa #25-3 with farm advertising corner card, Fredericton #35-3, Halifax #21-3, one to Quebec military hospital, etc; a few with small faults, many attractive items, a good group for expansion. (Image)

Est $ 200

Group of Railway Post Office Cancels of the Maritimes, with over 100 stamps and 2 covers, all representing 53 different identified postmarks from routes in the Maritimes, including harder to find lines in P.E.I. and Cape Breton. (Image)

Est $ 75

MAY.15.1939 Better French Royal Train Cover, mailed registered on May 15 with a 13c Halifax Harbour franking, tied by a complete strike of a purple Royal Train flag cancel in French "TRAIN ROYAL" and a matching purple registration box with manuscript number inside. Back shows two purple French c.d.s. "TRAIN ROYAL" datestamps, a Montréal transit and a Toronto receiver. The purple flag is rare, with only 15 examples recorded, all with 3 AM time marks. A very fine cover. (Image)

Est $ 400

Group of 17 Royal Train / Royal Visit Covers, with emphasis on different cachets (many scarce to rare) and postmarks (mostly Royal Train) noting different dates (no May 15th), all but a few are franked with the Royal Visit set. One cover is uncacheted and there is one picture post card. A lovely and scarce group, overall very fine and all scanned online. (Image)

Est $ 200

Collection of Mostly Town Postmarks on Jubilee Stamps, with 451 stamps (mostly 1c and 3c), noting mostly fully dated town postmarks (socked on the nose), plus other interesting postmarks such as a Halifax squared circle dated JUN.19.1897 (first day of issue of Jubilees), some smaller towns such as Sillery Cove QC, New Denver BC, Billing's Bridge ON, Housey's Rapids ON, Tessierville QC, Maria East QC, and many more. Also noted a precancel, some corks, squared circles, flags (including on piece), and more. A very nice and clean collection, with the majority of the postmarks chosen for their quality of strike, very fine. All pages scanned online. (Image)

Est $ 250

Collection of Town Postmarks on Stamp or on Piece, 1930s to Modern, from all over Canada, all neatly displayed on 9 Manila pages (these sorted by province and mostly on piece) plus 12 double-sided black stock pages (these mostly stamps with socked on the nose strikes). Many high denomination stamps and postmark types noted, such as c.d.s., 32mm steel hammers, machines, POCONs, etc. A lovely collection, with better than usual quality postmarks, scans show a sampling. (Image)

Est $ 150

Group of 87 Covers from the Arctic or Canada's Far North, 1930s to 1990s from 58 different post offices, many from tiny First nations villages, Inuit settlements, research and weather stations in the High Arctic, etc. We scanned the accompanying list of postmarks (broken circle, c.d.s., POCON, MOOD, etc) found in the lot, and strikes are mostly very nice. (Image)

Est $ 100

Group of Ontario Cancels on About 30 Small Queen Covers, 1870s to 1890s, including many better broken circle postmarks, noting Lyndhurst (in blue), Cumnock (latest recorded date), Woodburn, Kirby, etc., as well as other interesting items such as Woodstock on an unusual "alligator skin" style envelope, Toronto to Black Creek redirected to Oil Springs, and more, many good strikes and attractive covers. (Image)

Est $ 150

Group of Ontario Town Cancels on Admiral Covers and Mostly Cards, with over 40 items, all with smaller-town postcards, note many scarce and short-lived examples including Pleasantville, Goldstone, Drew Station, Indian River, Blue Church Road, Nebo, and many more, as well as several earliest or latest recorded dates, from a wide range of counties, generally superior strikes. (Image)

Est $ 150

Group of 50 QV Leaf and Numeral Covers and Cards with Ontario Town Postmarks, all bearing Leaf or Numeral frankings, many smaller town postmarks from a variety of counties, noting Avon, Ponsonby, Lakelet, Copenhagen, Mount Salem, Farquhar, Winthrop, and many more, as well as interesting corner cards for banks and hotels, a worthwhile group for the enthusiast of this era, many ideal strikes. Fine or better overall. (Image)

Est $ 150

Group of Over 150 King Edward VII Small Town Ontario Postmarks, on as many postcards (plus a few covers), representing all corners of Ontario, replete with small town cancels and closed post offices, several appear to be earliest or latest recorded dates, almost all different strikes, noting North Glanford, Stromness, Rock Mills, Brown's Corners, Loon Lake, Tilsonburg (to Windham, missent to Walsingham), Wilfrid (purple cancel), South Oshawa, Giroux Lake, Glen Ross, Gasfield, Bingham Road, Zurich, Wilberforce (earliest recorded date), Payne's Mills, Millbrook Station, Ottawa South (open 1906-8 only), Pleasantville, New Park, Folden's Corners, Kuhryville (latest recorded date), Locust Hill (LRD), Yonge Mills, Snowden Corners (open 1908-13 only), Bradley Creek, Mair's Mills, and many more, an exceptional lot for the town cancel collector, a rare opportunity to acquire many scarce strikes of this era. (Image)

Est $ 500