Collection of 7 Scarce "London Assurance" Cacheted First Day Covers, as well as "Sun Alliance and London Assurance Group", from 1952-1966, including frankings #318, 319, 320 on one cover, etc. A very fine group which is very seldom offered. (Image)

Estimate $ 200

Accumulation of Roughly 1,300 Private Cachet First Day Covers, 1947-1969, filling a box, with better first day covers including Unitrade #s: 302 plate block from cachet maker Jacobi, 302 from cachet maker Litho Art (x3, $270 total), 294 from cachet maker Litho Art A (x4, $160 total), 321 by cachet maker Personal A (x3, $135 total), along with a few unknown, JCR, H & E, and general purpose cachets. The vast majority of first day covers (roughly 95%) are from Rose Craft, with a few plain first day covers mixed in the lot. Online photos show an overview, along with better covers. Duplication up to 10 in some cases. We note a few covers with some wear and bent corners, otherwise clean and very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 500

Collection / Accumulation of Roughly 650 First Day Covers, 1938-2010, in two albums plus loose material. The lot begins with roughly 80 pre-1972 covers noting a few better with Unitrade #s 241a (c.v. $30), 273 ($55), 294 ($40), 302 ($90), along with many private cachet illustrations from Rose Craft, Artmaster, FT, and Caneco. The lot continues with singles, blocks, sets, souvenir sheets, and high value frankings, including #1250ii ($250), along with sealed Quarterly Collector Packs including: January to March 2004 (x4, retail $139 total), April to June 2004 (x2), July to September 2004 (x2), October to December 2004 (x2), January to March 2005 (x3, retail $99 total). Owner's Unitrade 2023 value for the lot totals $2,117. Duplication up to 4 in some cases. Online photos show a sampling. Very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 200

Collection / Accumulation of Roughly 550 Official First Day Covers, 1995-2010, with single, block, plate block, sets, souvenir sheet, and high value frankings. The owner appears to have had a standing order with the Philatelic Service, and purchased various configurations of first day covers per issue (in some cases, a single, plate block and souvenir sheet franking first day cover). Duplication up to 3 in a few cases. Online photos show an overview. Clean and very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 250

Collection of Roughly 400 Private Cacheted First Day Covers, in 7 cover albums, plus loose material. The range is generally from 1948 to 1972, with a few covers on either side of that range. The majority appear to be unaddressed and are franked with singles, multiples, sets and a few plate blocks. We note a number of private cachet makers including: Darnell, Cole, Mapleaf, JCR, Caneco, Rosecraft, along with a few hand illustrated cachets. Duplication up to 3, and in some cases, 2 to 3 different cachets per issue. Online photos show a sampling. Generally clean, with only a few covers having small faults including corner bends and some soiling, otherwise very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 200

Collection of Official First Day Covers, 1973-2019, consisting of roughly 800 covers in 10 first day cover albums and loose material. We note the majority of covers range from the 1970s to 1980s, with selections from the 2000s onward, and franked with singles, multiples, sets, plate blocks and souvenir sheets, along with a few private cachets from ArtoPages and Fleetwood in the 1970s and 1980s. Duplication up to 3 in some cases. Online photos show a sampling. A clean group, overall very fine (Image)

Estimate $ 200

Group of 190 Interesting First Day Covers, 1932 to 2005, mostly in individual sleeves or grouped into sleeves by set, many with descriptions and dealer retail prices. Earlier covers include a group of first flight 1932 6c on 5c Ottawa Conference Air Mails "Ottowa - Bradore Bay" (note spelling mistake) along with other back of the book Air Mail and Special Delivery covers, with a good representation of Mufti, War, Medallion, Pictorial and Peace issues and various commemoratives from the 1930s to 1960s (Loyalists, Imperial Economic Conference, Wildlife series, etc.) and two replacement covers (Suzor-Côté and Emily Carr). Six more recent Canada Post Official FDCs are notable: 3 with plate blocks of the 1989 Regiments issue (UL, UR and LR), the 2004 Victoria Cross issue apparently signed by VC and Order of Canada recipient, Ernest "Smoky" Smith, the 2005 Year of the Rooster issue signed by the designer, and the 2005 Fly Fishing issue se-tenant cover signed by one of the fly's creators. Overall fine or better, this clean group has something for most FDC collectors or dealers. Our photos provides an overview of the contents. (Image)

Estimate $ 200

Collection of Roughly 2,600 First Day Covers, 1951-2018, neatly organized by Unitrade number, in 5 small plastic tubs. Mostly from Canada Post but did note roughly 300 with private cachets from makers Art Craft, H & E, JCR, Cole, Rose Craft, and a few unknown designers, along with a few non-cacheted covers. A spot check indicated solo and block frankings for the majority of issues up to 1968, along with sets, booklet, souvenir sheet, and high value frankings throughout. Online photos show a sampling. Clean and very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 500

Collection of Roughly 750 Private Cachet First Day Covers, 1935-1971, in a bankers box, noting singles, sets, and plate block frankings. The collection includes a number of private cachet makers from Schering, Caneco, FT, H & E, Rose Craft, Art Craft, JCR, UEL Calgary, Cole, along with a few unknown makers. A few of the covers have been priced with pencil notations, retailing from $5 to $10. Online photos show an overview. A few covers have small faults including corner bends or slight soiling. Overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 250

Accumulation of Roughly 1,000 Official First Day Covers, 1970s-1990s, filling a bankers box, noting singles, sets, plate blocks (including matched sets), booklet, souvenir sheets, and high denomination frankings. We estimate 75% of the covers are sleeved and priced retailing from $5 to $10, and with plate block matched sets retailing from $40 to $180, including $5 Point Pelee and $2 Commonwealth Day. Duplication up to 10 in some cases. Clean and very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 250

1927 Confederation Set (with E3) on First Day Cover, mailed from Winnipeg, MB on JUN.29.1927 (ERD of DMB413 duplex) on a 2c King George V stationery cover (Webb EN-29) to Winnipeg. Vertical crease (affecting 2c stamp) and corner crease, else a fine example of this very scarce first day cover. (Image)

Unitrade $ 1,000

1927 Confederation Set (plus E3) on First Day Cover, mailed from Kitchener ON on JUN.29.1927 (c.d.s. cancels) and franked with a complete set of 141-145 and E3 to Buffalo, New York. Very fine and scarce. (Image)

Unitrade $ 1,000

Selection of 12 Better First Day Covers, 1932-1951, with Scott #s 195-201 (set on registered airmail cover to NY City, vertical crease does not appear to affect 4c stamp), 245, 268-273/E11/C9/CE3 (each value in a block of four on 9 different covers) and 302. Overall fine to very fine, all covers scanned online. (Image)

Estimate $ 150

Selection of 15 Better First Day Covers, 1932-1970, with Scott #s 202 (block of four on reduced cover), 194/C4 (on FDC first flight Ottawa to Brador Bay), 242, 243, 244, 294, 302 (x2 diff.), 321, 351, 411, 490 (on replacement cover), 513, 514 (one each on its own replacement cover), E8/C6/241a (on one cover). Mix of cacheted or non-cacheted, mostly addressed, some mailed registered, etc. A few have small faults, still overall very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 150

Collection of 29 King George VI War Issue First Day Covers, sleeved and in black Vario pages, either with Talbot cachets, or with cachets from unknown manufacturers. Frankings include singles, groups and blocks of four, as well as the 6c Airmail and 16c Special Delivery Airmail. Includes all the high values, the $1 cover has a scarce Saunders cachet. Condition varies from mostly very fine to one with a removed address label and one with overall light toning. A scarce group, with light duplication. (Image)

Estimate $ 350

Collection of Better 1959 St Lawrence Seaway First Day Covers, includes a scarce panel sheet of three folded "covers" (two cancelled Ottawa and one Massena NY with American version of stamp), plus one each from cachet makers A.R. Alexandre (plate block), The Aristocrats, Canadian Bank Note Co. and Capitol (w/ block of four). All very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 150