1914 SAARBRUCKEN TROOP TRAIN, departing with hundreds of well-wishers sending them off at the SAARBRUCKEN Train Station, on a flag patriotic card dated OCT30,1914 and FREE franked to a soldier at FELDPOST-21, great early card, VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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1916 GERMAN RED CROSS PATRIOTIC, artist card showing nurses and soldiers support both on the battlefield and on leave, postally used at AUGSBURG on SEP6,1916, VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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1915-1917 CHILD ALLIED SOLDIER ARTIST CARDS (x5), all are British published cards from various series, note four are signed by Right, McGill (x2), and Mac, F-VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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1917 "LATIL" AUTO MAKER ADVERTISING on SOLDIERS LETTER SHEET, showing the LATIL logo on front and delivery truck on back, mailed from FORT-DE-VANCIA on OCT17,1917 and addressed to PARIS, rare adv on a soldiers card, F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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9 MILITARY POSTCARDS 1905-1944, all better noting a 1905 visit to Ottawa of German Admiral Louis Mountbatten with his Naval Squadron docking at Halifax, also a card showing the Irish Guards Band visiting Ottawa in 1905, a JUN-1917 real photo of the 3rd Platoon "A" Company at the Ottawa Signal Training Depot, two are British War Bond Campaign artist cards, 3 are WWII noting real photo of the German troops in Paris, real photo of the Canadian legion war services hut at Val-Cartier Camp ++, mostly VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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55 AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN WWI FELDPOST CARDS 1915-1917, from a wide range of unchecked FPO's with lots of interesting censor markings, includes 28 cards with town views, 27 topical artist cards, also soldiers real photo cards, patriotic cards, romance and pretty lady cards ++, good lot retailing at least $550, F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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1915-1917 CANADA MILITIA FPO CANCELS on PIECE & STAMPS (x9), includes 1915 CALGARY-CAMP-ALTA dated MAY 28th, plus JUN 1st, and SEP 6th, also scarce ALDERSHOT AUG,1915 (RF-D), CAMP-HUGHES-MAN on JUN24,1916 (RF-D), NIAGARA-CAMP-No.1 on SEP26,1916, VALCARTIER-CAMP on SEP,1920 (RF-D), and a later VANCOUVER-MPO-1106 dated AUG24,1943 (RF-D), F-VF est ($35+ US) (Image)

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1912 FARNHAM-ONT CANADA MILITIA FPO (1911-1913 RF-D), superb cancel on postcard dated JUN19,1912 F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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1913 LEVIS-CAMP-QUE CANADA MILITIA FPO (1913-1921 RF-E), two clear strikes on postcard dated JUN13,1913, F-VF est ($90+ US) (Image)

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1915 NIAGARA-CAMP-ONT CANADA MILITIA FPO, VF strike dated AUG4,1915 on postcard showing the troops arriving at Camp on the SS CORONA, great card F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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1916 PETAWAWA-CAMP-ONT CANADA MILITIA-FPO (JUL1-OCT31,1916), Summer Camp partial strike dated AUG11,1916 on Royal Artillary stationery cover to ALMONTE-ONT, F-VF est ($35+ US) (Image)

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1915 VALCARTIER-CAMP-P.Q. CANADA MILITIA FPO, two good strikes on cover dated OCT5,1915 to JOGGIN-BRIDGE-NS, F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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1915 HMS NEWCASTLE at ESQUIMALT-BC, purple ship censor h/s on cover dated DEC14,1915 and addressed to LILLOOET-BC arriving on DEC 17th, the HMS NEWCASTLE was re-assigned from Asia service in SEP,1915 for defence against the possible West Coast arrival of German Admiral Graf Spree's Squadron, rough opening t top, F-VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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1918 SVOJANOV-CZECH EXPRESS POSTCARD to OLOMOUC-CZECH, a reply postcard dated NOV13,1918 with arrival NOV 14th, VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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1918 RIFLEMAN P. W. ODELL "MISSING IN ACTION", Army Form B.104-83 dated APR29,1918 from the War Office and the 9th King's Royal Rifle Corps Record Office, VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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1918 RIFLEMAN P. W. ODELL "POW at CASSEL", Army Form B.104-83 dated MAY27,1918 from the War Office and the 9th King's Royal Rifle Corps Record Office, VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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7 USA WWI CENSORED COVERS & CARDS to CANADA 1916-1918, includes a US soldiers letter with original contents from the Detention Camp-1 at Bremerton-WA and mailed to Canada with a very scarce "USS Receiving Ship at Puget Sound" cancel, also a letter from the Shanghai-US-Post-Office and addressed to USA via Vancouver noting a Canada No.69-VR censor tape, 3 USA 1916 covers and one card to Canada with Canada censor tape, a DEC21,1918 Red Cross card from Base Hospital-88 and mailed to Canada from Express APO-MPES-714 at Langres-France, a good specialist lot retailing over $280, F-VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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8 FRENCH WWI PATRIOTIC POSTCARDS 1914-1918, note 5 are scarce hand painted cards showing French and Allied flags, F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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72 AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN WWI FELDPOST COVERS & CARDS 1915-1918, 59 soldiers cards and 13 soldiers letters from a wide range of FPO's, unchecked locations with lots of interesting censor markings, the cards have messages and most of the covers have the original enclosures, a good specialist lot retailing over $800, F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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4 CANADA WWI REGIMENTAL PHOTOS 1917-1918, all showing different Vancouver Forestry Reinforcement Battalion photos, note the JUL4,1917 battalion, DEC24,1917 battalion, and undated battalion photo, and an undated photo of the Christmas Dinner with the battalion and Nursing Sisters, scarce items with retail value over $300, VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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RCMP & RNWMP COLLECTION 1873-1904, a mtd collection by retired RCMP Superintendent Cecil C. Coutts, it starts with a copy of the Sir John A. MacDonald's AUG30,1873 Order-in-Council to create the police force, then an 1873 RNWMP recruitment poster from Commissioner Lt-Col French indicating salary rates and a grant of 160 acres of land after 3 years service, the collection includes drawings, documents, photos, and maps of the famous 1874 March West along with drawings by Gazette reporter, Henri Julien who accompanied the march, also note 6 covers + 10 postcards + 54 stamps with cancels from the various RNWMP Forts established enroute and main Hudson's Bay posts, includes a scarce AUG2,1883 postal card from REGINA-NWT in the year the Police Training Center was opened, the collection describes the events and treaties negotiated with the Blackfoot, Blood, Peigan, Sarcee, and Stoney tribes, there is an extensive history of the key personalities along with history of the settlements along the patrol routes, this well researched collection was on display at Fort Calgary in 2017-2018 as a popular historical tourist guide to the city, retails at least $600, VF est ($100+ US) (Image)

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