Group of 32 Covers / Cards from Manitoba, 1900 to 1940s, noting better postmarks from Portage la Prairie M.P.O. 1012, Rivers M.P.O. 1006, Paulson M.P.O. 1005, Souris M.P.O. 1008, a Winnipeg oval D.L.O. postmark, Dawson Creek BC, St Claude, Winnipegosis, Reaburn, Fork River, Million, Austin, Tamarisk, etc., noting registered, a D.L.O. ambulance cover, a real photo postcard of Wawanesa, illustrated advertising, etc. Overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 150

Group of 24 1c GPC with Manitoba Postmarks, 1881 to 1888, with St Leon (1883 in purple), St Andrews (1881 and 1882), Portage la Prairie (1882, 1885, 1893), St Norbert (1883), Somerset (1888), St Alphonse (two dated 1888), St Annes (scarce, RF D, 1887), Brandon (1882 and 1883), Baie St Paul (1888 in black and two 1889 in purple), Selkirk (1885), Letellier (1887), Morden (1888 in black and 1888 in blue), Morris (1886 and 1887), Emerson (1885 in blue green), and Bridge Creek (1886). Some with faults, still overall fine or better and all items pictured online. (Image)

Estimate $ 200

1874 Fort Garry, Manitoba Cover to Minnesota, a stampless cover mailed by Amanda Roberts on JAN.19.1874 to Osakis, Minnesota, received there on JAN.29 (docketing on front). The cover is rated "5" when the rate was 6c. A scarce early winter cross border cover, very fine. Ex Don Shorting, Gray Scrimgeour. (Image)

Estimate $ 350

Group of Three Early Fort Garry, Manitoba Items, a 1c GPC mailed on MAR.26.1874 (the MANITOBA broken circle) to Kingston, Ont., a 1c GPC mailed from the Merchants Bank of Canada on JUL.20.1875 (MAN broken circle) to Kingston, Ont (JUL.27 receiver in blue) and a mourning cover mailed from Saint Paul, Minnesota to Winnipeg, with APR.3.1874 Fort Garry receiver on back. Also includes the front and back covers of a publication "The Canadian Monthly and National Review" of March 1874 with the back cover showing a full-page advertising for immigration, explaining to future immigrants what land in Manitoba could be had for free, or purchased, information on how to apply, etc., published by the Department of Agriculture. Fine to very fine group. (Image)

Estimate $ 250

1850 Smithurst Stampless Folded Letter to Red River, Delivered by Favour, mailed from Lower Fort Garry on Oct.25.1850 to Rev'd John Smithurst at "Indian Settlement" (in Red River). The letter was written by W. Lane, who worked for the Hudson's Bay Company, informing Smithurst that supplies were now available for him, and that he paid "Cameron" (Indian runner) 9/6 for the letter he delivered to him. Very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 200

1871 Fort Garry Cover to Ottawa, mailed on DEC.22.1871 (FORT GARRY / MANITOBA broken circle) to Ottawa, franked with a pair and a single 1c orange Small Queen (faults) cancelled with an early cork cancel. Accompanied by owner's description of the route, in part saying "...carried in a closed bag tri-weekly mail service to Pembina. The mail contractor Roger Goulet received $20 per trip. It was transported by the USA mail to Fort Cloud, the railhead, then to Windsor...". A very fine example of an early cover from what would become Winnipeg. (Image)

Estimate $ 300

Two Early Free Franked Covers to the Secretary of State in Winnipeg, mailed 1879 and 1880 to James Cox Aikins, who was at this time Secretary of State, and would soon after be promoted to the Ministry of Inland Revenue, and became Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba in 1882. These covers were mailed from Ottawa free franked and signed for by him, both with Winnipeg receivers on back, as well as Secretary of State of Canada coat of arms embossed back flaps. Fine-very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 100

Group of 11 Better Early Manitoba Town Postmarks, Mountain City (partial 1882 on 1c GPC), Nelsonville (1881 on 3c SQ cover, RF E), St Norbert (1881 on 1c GPC), Treesbank, Aweme and Two Rivers (all on an incoming 1893 PC from GB), Poplar Heights (1881 ERD receiver on a "plate 22" stationery card from Winnipeg, RF E, left on owner's page with notes on the C.P.R. routing), Kildonan (1878 on 3c SQ cover, RF D), St Andrews North (RF D, on 3x 1c SQ cover with contents from a husband to his wife, postmark only used for 3 years, with Morden squared circle transit on back), Sheppardville (1884 on 3c SQ cover), West Lynne (1884 on 3c SQ cover), and St Jean Baptiste (1884 ERD on 3c SQ cover). Many items have condition issues, still a useful group. (Image)

Estimate $ 250

Group of 9 Large Size Small Queen Covers with Good Manitoba Postmarks, all of these postmarks on the back, with Smiths Hill (1884, RF E, open for 3 years only), Belleview (1889 RF D), Fairburn (1888, RF D), Manda (1884, RF C), Millford (1886, RF D), Oakland (1888, RF C), Woodnorth (1884, RF C), Sourisford (1888, RF C), Logoch (1887, RF C), Fosbery (1896, RF E, open for only 1 year), Lake Dauphin (1896, RF D) and others such as Griswold Station, Portage la Prairie, etc. Many of the covers also have various Dead Letter Office postmarks on back and other markings. All but the Smiths Hill cover are reduced to some extent, and there is a variety of frankings, with 1c, 3c, 3c x2, etc. A very useful group for the Manitoba postmark enthusiast, as many of these strikes are either the ERD or LRD, or in a few cases the only recorded strikes. (Image)

Estimate $ 400

Group of 14 Manitoba Town Cancels on Small Queen Covers, with Millbrook (1896), Turtle Mountain (1896), Gretna (1890), Winnipeg (1881 bull's eye duplex), Foxton, Balmoral and Stonewall (all on an 1891 illustrated adv. cover), Dominion City (1883), Deloraine (1889), Emerson (1881), Beaconsfield (1887 on 5c SQ cover to England), Archibald (1887 weak strike on back of Beaconsfield cover, scarce), Minnedosa (1890), Emerson (1883 bull's eye duplex), Emerson (1890 in blue), Crystal City (1886 with fancy cork) and Sheppardville (1886). Includes registered, corner card, various frankings and destinations, etc. Some have faults to varying degrees, still overall fine or better. (Image)

Estimate $ 250

Group of 15 Manitoba Town Postmarks on Covers from the Small Queen Era, with Balmoral (1897 on 3c Jubilee cover), Crystal City (1897 on a 5c SQ + 3c Jubilee reg. cover with lovely strike of Napinka & Winnipeg No.1 squared circle on back), Ninga (1891 on 3c SQ cover), De-Clare (1884 ERD on 3c SQ cover, with nice Fort Elgin N.W.T. backstamp), Arden Station (1896 on 3c stationery cover), Rapid City (1888 on 3c SQ cover), St Charles (1892 on 1c GPC), Rosebank (1897 on 5c SQ + 3c Jubilee reg. cover, with two strikes of the WT-857 R.P.O. on back), Emerson (1890 in blue green on 3c SQ cover), Oak Lake (1896 on an uprated stationery cover), Minnedosa (1883 on a 3c SQ and 2c RLS reg. cover with enclosure), Hartney (1892 on 3c SQ cover), Mekiwin (1896 on 8c SQ reg. cover), and Portage la Prairie (two 3c SQ covers, 1882 and 1883, both with duplex postmarks). An overall nice quality lot, all items scanned online. (Image)

Estimate $ 400

Group of Four 1887 Registered Covers with Manitoba Postmarks, with Carberry (3c SQ + 5c RLS to Chicago, with Carberry Crown wax seal on back and corner card on front), Boissevain (the ERD for this postmark, 3c stationery cover uprated 2c RLS to Winnipeg, with "A. McKnight" corner card, who was the postmaster), Stonewall (3c stationery cover which does not appear to be missing any stamps to Winnipeg - went through registered for only 3c), and Asessippi (RF D, 1x +2c SQ + 2c RLS with plate imprint to Toronto). We also note a few interesting backstamps, overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 300

Group of 9 Queen Victoria Registered Covers with Manitoba Postmarks, 1890 to 1898, with Lower Fort Garry (1898 to Maine), Westbourne (1897 to France - very scarce), Gilbert Plains (1896 to Toronto), Oak Lake (1890 to Brandon), Alexander (1896 to Toronto), Whitemouth (1898 to Toronto), Austin (1897 to Maine), Lyonshall (RF D, 1898 to new York City), and Rosehill (1895 to New York). We note that all have different frankings, incl. 8c Leaf single, 8c SQ single, Leaf / SQ combination, etc., as well as interesting backstamps, incl. McGregor Station squared circle, Lake Dauphin broken circle, Montréal squared circle precursor, as well as R.P.O. postmarks. A very useful and overall fine to very fine group. (Image)

Estimate $ 500

Group of 23 3c Small Queen Covers from Manitoba, 1875 to 1898, with postmarks from St Andrews, Morris, Minnedosa, Portage la Prairie, Westbourne, Ninga, Brandon Hills, Thornhill, Grund, St Francois Xavier, Oak Lake, Totogon (RF D), Neepawa, Arden Station, Winnipeg, Rapid City, Baldur, Fort Garry, and Virden. Two covers have letters inside, also saw corner cards, etc. Condition varies drastically, still many are very fine. Photos show a small sampling. (Image)

Estimate $ 200

Group of 32 Covers and Cards with Manitoba Postmarks, 1880 to 1898, with 13 stationery cards, 4 stationery covers and the rest are Small Queen franked covers, including 1888 5c to Liverpool, 1892 5c to Belgium, 1882 5c to England and 1887 5c to England. There are also combination frankings, single 1c, etc. We noted postmarks from Boissevain, Brandon, Mariapolis, Deloraine, Preston (ERD of only two recorded strikes), Selkirk, Swan lake, Gretna, Loretto, Belmont, Cartwright, Dominion City, St Andrews, Rapid City, Reaburn, St Francois Xavier, Baldur, Lothair, Neepawa, Virden, Pasadena, Treherne, Oaknook, Ochre River, Greenway and Emerson. Some faults noted, else overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 350

Collection of Douglas Station Manitoba Postal History, with a 1c GPC (1884 first broken circle), 3c SQ + 5c RLS cover (1893, with inverted year slug, second broken circle), plus a 1c GPC (1898) and 3c Leaf cover (1898) with c.d.s. cancels. These are written-up on exhibit-style pages. Also includes 19 loose covers (1898 to 2015) from Douglas Station (mostly from the Richardson family correspondence) plus three 1970s photographs of the post office, as seen from inside and out. Accompanied by lots of research on the town, its post office, post masters, written in the form of articles, by Gordon Richardson. Very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 100

Three Early Manitoba Covers,1875 Lower Fort Garry to Winnipeg (3c SQ canceled by fancy cork cancel, with a Fort Garry backstamp), 1876 Selkirk to Vittoria Ont. (Selkirk is new ERD by 2 years) on a 3c SQ cover with backstamps from Lower Fort Garry, Hamilton, Simcoe and Vittoria. This Selkirk datestamp is apparently the earliest "Western" postmark in the Pritchard & Andrews proof books). Also an 1875 cover from Detroit Michigan to "Mrs Hamilton R. O'Reilly" in Winnipeg, with a Fort Garry 1875-02-01 (new LRD) receiver on back. Faults to varying degrees, still a useful trio of early Manitoba postmarks with both sides of each cover scanned online. Ex Don Fraser. (Image)

Estimate $ 450

Group of 38 Manitoba Covers and Cards, 1876 to 1940s, with some better postmarks throughout, including Winnipeg bull's eye duplex (x2), Winnipeg (1876, 1877, 1879), Selkirk 1883, Perguis 1877 (LRD of only two recorded examples), Pilot Mound 1889, Petrel 1891 (ERD), Carman 1890, Dynevor (the only recorded example), Orange Ridge 1898, Elkhorn (1895 squared circle), Hartney (partial 1893 squared circle in purple), Otterburne 1897 (receiver on a shortpaid bank notice letter card from Winnipeg), Louise Bridge (1897 receiver on a 2c SQ drop letter from Winnipeg), plus many more modern towns such as Mather, Elphinstone (duplex), Whitewater, Holmfield, Gregg, Moline, Austin, Oak Lake (duplex), Deer Horn, Winnipeg (duplex on 1860 wrapper), Winnipeg (roller on KGV wrapper), some Winnipeg corner card covers, and more. Also includes a collection of "C.P. Ry West of Winnipeg" postmarks on 15 stamps and one postal card, with different dates, directions, etc. plus a partial Souris & Winnipeg squared circle on piece. Some faults, else overall fine to very fine. Scans only show a portion of the lot. Ex Don Fraser. (Image)

Estimate $ 400

1847 Receipt for Goods Purchases for Rev'd John Smithurst, "Purchases made in Montreal on account of The Rv'd John Smithurst" listing three items totaling 18/7, with a note explaining that the purchase was charged to his account. This was probably carried to the Red River Settlement by Canadian route, fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 100

The Gordon Richardson Manitoba Postal History Archives, a must have for the Manitoba postal historian, this contains over 15 file folders of information gathered over several years, including folders named Manitoba Local History, Red River and Fort Garry, Manitoba Postal History General, Copies of Correspondence from Archives, Minnedosa Post Office history, Manitoba Post Offices, Early Manitoba 1840-1870, Postmark Proofs, Post Office Revenue, Manitoba Mail Contracts and more, with mostly photocopies of valuable material for the researcher. The pile measures 6½ inches thick. (Image)

Estimate $ 100

Group of Four Early Manitoba-Related Documents, with an 1863 shipping receipt from the Kenning & Co, Red River at Fort Garry, etc. Also an 1870 receipt for delivering goods to Winnipeg, Red River Settlement, an 1874 Red River Settlement Company bill of lading for transporting goods on the Steamer Dakota and an 1872 Kittson's Red River Transportation Line bill of lading for goods transported on the Steamer Dakota. Faults, still unusual. The lot also includes three Post Office Department contracts and documents for the transport of mails in and around Breckenridge, Minnesota for the years 1857 and 1858 (x2). Ex Don Fraser. (Image)

Estimate $ 100