37 CANADA HISTORIC EPHEMERA ITEMS 1900-1960's, includes 2 stickers from the 1903 Hamilton Summer Carnival & Old Boys Reunion, a 1900 Montreal Tourist book with over 100 photos (retails $150), Rosemere (Quebec) Elementary School grade 1-4 report cards 1955-1958, employment application for the Vancouver General Hospital, 1949 review of the Toronto Stock Echange, 7 Hurst Engineering (Winnipeg) invoices with War Tax revenue stamps, 1918 Red Cross instructions to send refugee medical supplies to Siberia, France, and Belgium ++, retails over $360, F-VF est ($55+ US) (Image)

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1864 USA STATE of INDIANA SUMMONS, dated JUN22,1864 instructing the Sheriff of Miami County to bring a defendant to appear before a judge of the Peru-Indiana court house on JUL2,1864, the 50¢ certificate fee paid by #R44c(pair), VF est ($35+ US) (Image)

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2 SCOTTISH UNION £500 LIFE INSURANCE RECEIPTS 1872-1879, both printed on 1d revenue paper, the 1872 receipt for a £16-11sh-8d premium paid at Edinburgh, the 1879 receipt for a £19-2sh-1d premium, VF est ($35+ US) (Image)

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1914 BRITISH MOTOR CAB COMPANY SHARE CERTIFICATE, for 5 shares issued JAN1,1914 and signed by the company secretary and two directors, the 5sh transfer fee paid by embossed revenue stamps, the company went bankrupt after WWI and assets were distributed to shareholders in 1925, 1929, 1933, and the final payment in 1953, F-VF est ($35+ US) (Image)

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115 HUNGARIAN LIVESTOCK EXPORT PERMITS 1957-1972, 4ft, 8ft, and 20ft stationery export documents with a wide range of revenue stamp up-rates franked on both front and back of each document, scarce items with huge retail value, with a conservative retail value of at least $1200, VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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1927 ITALIAN LUMBER INVOICE, from Raffaele Jona & Company in Ancona, dated MAR29,1927 with 1% document ta added (39 lire) and paid by revenue stamps, VF est ($35+ US) (Image)

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34 PORTUGUESE LEGAL DOCUMENTS 1891-1930, both single and multi-page legal abstracts on a wide range of revenue paper with revenue stamp uprates, scarce group with retail value over $800, F-VF est ($55+ US) (Image)

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16 PALESTINE DOCUMENTS 1920-1935, all with revenue ta stamp frankings, includes checks, receipts, complete legal abstracts, and large pieces of legal documents, note items with up to $7.10 in frankings, stamps alone cat $685 US, scarce group with F-VF est ($100+ US) (Image)

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1953 SWITZERLAND RAILROAD PARCEL INVOICE, for delivery of a 153 kg parcel from Sachselin to Lausanne (217 km), the 5,20fr rate paid by high value revenue stamps, F-VF est ($35+ US) (Image)

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1936 TANGANYIKA to USA SHIPPING INVOICE, for 100 bails of hemp sent from Kigombe-Tanganyika to America, routing via coastal steamer SS SOFALA (voyage #17) to Tanga-Tanganyika then transferred to the SS HENRY S. GROVE to New York via the Suez Canal (voyage #43), 50c Tanganyika document ta paid by postage stamp KUT #52, neat document with VF est ($35+ US) (Image)

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2 EUROPEAN LEGAL DOCUMENTS 1763-1897, both on sheepskin parchment, includes an 1897 Hungarian document with ta stamp and a large wa seal in a wooden holder attached by braided cords, also a 1763 British document with 2sh3d ta stamp, interesting and unresearched, F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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21 ANTIQUE WORLD MAPS 1885-1893 (one later), includes an 1885 set of 12 detailed 4” 6½” world maps with extensive city map inserts and showing all the major rail lines, drawn by Keith Johnston and published by Lincoln Press (London), also an 1893 set of 8 excellent 8½” 10½” world maps published by the Scott Stamp Company, the lot includes a useful 14¾” 29¼” map showing the 1804-1896 Lewis & Clark Expedition route published in 1945 by Clark Press (Manchester-NH), this map includes the subsequent routes of the1822 Sante-Fe Trail, the 1843 Oregon Trail, 1843 Freemont Expedition, 1846 Mormon Trail, 1859-1869 Pony Epress, and 1866 Butterfield Denver stage route, F-VF est ($55+ US) (Image)

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”INFAMOUS LADIES of THE OLD WEST”, the Ron Wicks artist signed 1968 calendar commissioned by Harold's Club in Reno, Wicks was famous for his Playboy Magazine nudes and this 16” x 26” calendar portrays nudes of 4 of the most notorious Western women, includes Lola Montez (Spanish Dancer 1818-1861), Annie Oakley (Sure Shot 1860-1926), Julia Bulette (a Madam 1832-1868), and Bell Starr (Bank Robber 1846-1889), none of these women ever looked anything like Wick's drawings but they made for great bar entertainment, rare and F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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55 WORLDWIDE BANKNOTES 1910-1990's, includes Brazil, Mexico, Japan, Korea, SE Asia Japanese occupation banknotes, Allied WWII soldiers vouchers, France, German inflation, Austrian Notgeld post WWI inflation notes, a Syria £200 note ++, 15 faulty notes are not counted, completely unchecked by us, F-VF est ($55+ US) (Image)

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1865 “HARPERS WEEKLY” NEWSPAPER, NEW-YORK, an entire newspaper for Saturday AUG12,1865 pages 498-512, the fron page has a feature story about New-Westminster (BC) showing the Collins telegraph office, also extensive articles about the telegraph system and laying the Atlantic cable, includes worldwide news and good post Civil War politics, packed with dozens of engraved illustrations, good adv for everything from sewing machines to guns, some separation on the spine, scarce and F-VF est ($55+ US) (Image)

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1817 “THE GLOBE” LONDON NEWSPAPER, the entire issue dated Monday OCT13,1917 with a price of 7d plus a 4d tax stamp, note extensive reports on ship sailings and ship wrecks, also produce market reports, international affairs and rebellions, politics, theater reviews, mariages, deaths, military promotions, bankrupts ++, rare and F-VF est ($55+ US) (Image)

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1968 “A DAY IN THE LIFE of THE BEATLES”, the 64 page inside story by J. Marks packed with never published Beatle photos and an extensive 32 page write-up on “THE YELLOW SUBMARINE” and “SARGENT PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND”, scarce with world copyrights by Pyramid Publications and King Features Syndicate, VF est ($35+ US) (Image)

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1928 GEORGIA RIVER GOLD MINES (VANCOUVER) STOCK CERTIFICATE, for 300 shares ($300) issued JAN31,1928, signed by the company president W. Beaton and secretary J. Hemsworth, the 9¢ War Tax transfer fee paid by VanDam precancel #FWT7f and a pair of #FWT10, nice Beaver logo illustration, printed by Grant (Vancouver), VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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28 STOCK AND BOND CERTIFICATES 1873-1980's, in a large portfolio binder, includes an 1873 Ontario Credit Valley Railroad bond, 1890 Lehigh Valley Railroad gold bond, 1922 Portuguese Colonial Shipping Company bond, 1927 Colombia Oil Company bond, 1925 Moreni Oil Bond, 1949 Guiana Mines stock certificate ++, retails over 650, VF est ($100+ US) (Image)

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