Collection of 80 Aylmer and Hull, PQ Early Picture Postcards, 35 of which were mailed between 1905 and 1930s, with depictions of street scenes, buildings, etc. The cards all appear to be sleeved and the majority are dealer priced at between $5 and $12, with a few real photos at $40 or $50. Also includes a large photograph, with a note written on back "Summer House / Parliament Hill / Oct 1893". (Image)

Estimate $ 200

Group of 50 Early Canadian Picture Postcards, 1904-1924 plus two later ones. All of the scenes are Canadian, and cover the entire country, were mailed mostly from Canada but also from the US. Destinations we noted include France, Austria, Germany, England, Ireland, Belgium, Switzerland and the Netherlands, and have a great variety of interesting depictions, such as winter scenes, mountains, town views, buildings, etc. Edge wear as expected on some, still overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 200

Group of Roughly 400 Canadian Picture Postcards, 1900s-1950s, with the majority of cards from Ontario, with a small selection of cards from eastern and western provinces, loose in a box. Note street scenes, railway stations, hospitals, scenic views, ships and patriotic cards, with primarily a mix of colour and real photo cards. Online photos show a sampling. Note edge faults on a few cards, with a mix of postally used and unused, still overall very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 100

Collection of 230 Abbott Dear Doctor Post Cards, all displayed in sleeves in a thick leather album, with 182 English and 48 French cards promoting their product, pentothal sodium, with a nice selection of different years and destinations (owner's inventory pictured online). Includes the rare book Pentothal Postcards by Dr. David C. Lai. Some cards display a bit of normal wear, still a very fine collection which took a lifetime to assemble. (Image)

Estimate $ 350

Collection of 110 Poulenc Dear Doctor Post Cards, all displayed in sleeves in an album, with both English and French cards promoting their products Stemetil, Rovamicine and Phenergan, as well as Rhone Poulenc promoting Largactil, with a nice selection of different years and destinations. Some cards display a bit of normal wear, still a very fine collection which took a lifetime to assemble. Online photos show a very small sampling. (Image)

Estimate $ 200

Collection of 32 Squibb Dear Doctor Post Cards, all displayed in sleeves in an album, with 20 English and 12 French cards promoting their product Mauditon / Moditen tablets and Rautractyl, with a nice selection of different years and destinations (owner's inventory scanned online). Some cards display a bit of normal wear, still a very fine collection which took a lifetime to assemble. These cards are much scarcer than Abbott cards. Online photos show a very small sampling. (Image)

Estimate $ 100

Collection of 70 Pharmaceutical Dear Doctor Post Cards, all displayed in sleeves in an album, with very little duplication, noting "Laboratoires La Biomarine" from Dieppe France promoting their products Ionyl, Plasmarine and Marinol. These are rarely seen and often sell in online auctions for $20 US and more. Good variety of frankings and destinations. Some cards display a bit of normal wear, still a very fine collection which took a lifetime to assemble. Online photos show a very small sampling. (Image)

Estimate $ 500

Advanced Collection of Québec Eastern Townships Early Picture Postcards, all displayed in three Lighthouse binders, we counted about 335 different (plus a few duplicates), mostly depicting buildings, town scenes, lakes, cottages, hotels, and much more. There are many older real photo cards (many published by J.A. Legaré in Waterloo, PQ), going up to about the 1940s, and we saw only a half dozen chromes, from places such as Brome Lake, Knowlton, Foster, Bolton Pass, etc. Overall nice condition, with the usual edge or corner creases, a wonderful opportunity for the collector or online reseller, as these are rarely offered and quite popular. (Image)

Estimate $ 1,000

Collection of 72 Early SP & M Picture Postcards, 1901 to About 1930, used and unused, from producers such as Brehier, Briand, etc. Many better cards in this collection, with many which should retail in the $50 to $100 range. An attractive and valuable group which took a lifetime to assemble. All cards photographed online. (Image)

Estimate $ 1,000

Group of 7 Early Picture Postcards from Yukon Territory, includes 4 that were mailed from Dawson: 1905 to England, 1908 to France, 1909 to Bohemia and 1911 to Austria. Also note two unused real photo cards from Carcross, all cards have depictions of various Yukon scenes. Very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 100