1899 #34(4) 1/2¢ Small Queen, two pairs, #74(6) 1/2¢ Numeral three pairs tied by Toronto orb (MAR 21) on cover to Valparaiso, Chile bs, paying 5¢ UPU letter rate. A scarce destination. (Image)

1900 #75 1¢ Numeral tied by Montreal roller on small cover to Tokio, Japan, bs via Tacoma bs, paying 1¢ UPU printed matter rate. (Image)

1901 Middleton (Annapolis) NS (AU 26) ties #75(4) 1¢ Numeral, four copies on cover to Auckland, New Zealand bs (OC 01) via Winnipeg bs and San Francisco bs, pays 4¢ double Empire letter rate. (Image)

1903 #75(5) 1¢ Numeral, five copies tied by Toronto machine cancel (MAR 19) on cover to Christiania, Norway bs, pays 5¢ UPU letter rate. (Image)

1899 Ottawa “1” duplex (Feb 15) ties #76 2¢ Numeral and #E1 10¢ Special Delivery on #10 cover (folding creases) to Montreal bs (Feb 16). A scarce 19th Century use of #E1. (Image)

1899 #77 2¢ Numeral tied by Toronto type 8 “B” flag (SEP 13) on cover to Valletta, Malta bs (SP 28) paying 2¢ Empire letter rate. (Image)

1900ca #77(2) 2¢ Numeral pair tied by cork cancel on Ontario Department of Agriculture, Toronto parliamentary papers wrapper front to Eichberg, Germany, paying 4¢ UPU printed matter rate. (Image)

1901 #77 2¢ Numeral tied by Corunna (JA 30 01), to USS Annapolis, Navy Dept, Washington, DC, forwarded by BF Stevens care of US Consulate, London, then Algiers, Algeria and Port Said, Egypt with straightlines and oval forwarding agent cancels. No postage collected on rate change from 2¢, 2¢ Empire to England, then 5¢ rate to Algeria and Egypt. Cover is opened roughly at left. (Image)

1902 Amherstburg, Ont (Oc 20) ties #77 2¢ Numeral on cover to New York, pink “Received in Bad Order” with officially sealed stamp tied on reverse by New York PO duplex (OC 22). (Image)

1899 #77 2¢ Numeral previously used with circle and dot to indicate reused, from Hamilton, Ont to Carberry, Manitoba. Purple ms “Stamp previously used C.B.”, “Returned for Deficient Postage”, “Dead Letter Brance PO Dept Canada Chief Supt Sept 22 1899”, large “2” hs for 2¢. Reverse with “DLO Canada Toronto Branch” (SP 22 99). (Image)

#79 5¢ Numeral pair tied by Quebec (AU 3 99) on cover to Geneva, Switzerland, paying 10¢ UPU registered letter rate. Purple London hooded cancel on face (13 AU 99), and Geneve bs (14 VIII). (Image)

1900 Winnipeg duplex (DE 17 00) ties #79 5¢ Numeral pair on cover to Bjarnarnes, Iceland, ms via Granton, Scotland. Reverse with Carlisle Sury partial bs (DE 30 00), Reykkavik bs (27 1) and Bjarnarnes (20 28). The letter pays the 10¢ double UPU letter rate. A scarce destination for Canadian mail. (Image)

1900 #75, 77(2) 1¢, 2¢ Numeral pair tied by Hamilton type 8 flag (JUN 19) on cover to Budapest, Hungary, paying 5¢ UPU letter rate, green label “Czim elegtelen / Insuffisance d’adresse” and returned to Hamilton bs (Jul 13). Hungary is a scarce destination, even scarcer being returned. (Image)

1901 #79 5¢ Numeral, two copies tied by oval “R” on cover from Toronto Station B (JUN 4) on cover to Ragusa, Austria, bs paying 10¢ UPU registered letter rate. (Image)

1902 Carleton Street Toronto (DE 3 02) ties #77, 79 2¢, 5¢ Numeral on registered cover to Newton, Mass. Purple “Received at Montreal in a Damaged Condition” hs ties Parcel package sealing tape used as a repair label. (Image)

1905ca #79(2) 5¢ Numeral pair, #89(2) 1¢ Edward pair tied by smudge cancel on tag “Specimens of Dried Insects Only, From W McIntosh, St. John NB” to Iowa City, Iowa, paying 12¢ parcel rate. (Image)

1900ca #79(2), 83(5, 1 faulty), #85(2) 5¢ Numeral(2), 10¢ Numeral (5), 2¢ Map (2) pen cancelled on Customs Declaration form, ms notation “5 lbs” for weight of package. (Image)

#77, 83 2¢, 10¢ Numeral tied by Winnipeg duplex (MY 17 00) on trimmed cover (with back present but detached), to Waterloo, Ont paying 12¢ six times letter rate. Scarce 10¢ use. (Image)

1901 43¢ registered parcel front from Dawson, Yukon to Trenton, NJ, USA, franked with #75, 77, 84(2) 1¢, 2¢ (fault), 20¢(2) Numeral ties by purple oval “Dawson, Yukon / Oct 5 1901 / Registered” oval postmark. A partial “Supposed Liable to / Customs Duty” hs and a US registry number “9074” at top. The sender’s last name is Sterling. The Canada Census of 1901 records a Winnifred and Ethel Sterling in the Yukon, both noted as married but with no male Sterlings on record. A rare use of the 20¢ Numeral, especially from the Klondike. (Image)

#75 1¢ Numeral imprint strip of four, “OTTAWA No. 1”, VF, H (one with perf thins from adhesion to page). CV $480 (incl. imprint premium) (Image)

#76 2¢ purple Numeral, bottom marginal block of 24, VF, NH. CV $5,400. (Image)

#76 2¢ Numeral imprint strip of three, “OTTAWA No. 2”, VF, NH, H in margin. CV $1,012.50 (incl. imprint premium) (Image)

#84 20¢ Numeral block of four, with Toronto Station B cds (DE 1 02) and roller cancel. VF centering. Used blocks of the high values are very difficult to find, especially dated. (Image)

#84 20¢ Numeral, five used copies each with cds cancels incl. Montreal, Ottawa, Wyoming, Nanaimo and Nelson. Scare with dated copies as the stamp was often used to pay printed matter and bulk rates. (Image)

#84 20¢ Numeral, used block of four with light pink Vancouver, BC parcel oval cancel (Oct 14, 1902). VF. (Image)