1871 TRIPLE RATE to USA, VF strip of 3 Large Queen #27 pays the 1½ ounce 18¢ USA rate (3 x 6¢ per ½ oz) on a reduced legal size cover, all stamps with SON 2-ring St-Catharines-Ont No.12 cancels that do not tie the stamps to the cover, posted at St-Catharines-West on SEP14-1871 and addressed to the Circuit Court at Kalamazoo-MICH, single stamps cat $600, as-is F-VF est ($150+ US) (Image)

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1870 ST-JOHN-NB 2-RING No.7, ties Copper-Red #37b on cover dated JUN20-1870, addressed to Miss Amelia E. Pickard in Halifax, from the famous love letter correspondence where 90% of the perf 12½ franked covers were discovered, this is letter No.180 and does not have one of the perf 12½ stamps, sleeved and priced 20 years ago at $100, VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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1870 REGISTERED GEORGETOWN-CW (Halton County 1851), split ring cancel dated AUG3-1870 on a stampless cover to Milton-Ont with a Milton-West-Ont b/s AUG 4th, rated 3¢ postage + 2¢ registration fee PAID in cash (no stamps available), sleeved and priced 20 years ago at $125, F-VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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1873 CASSELMAN-UC (Russell County 1857-1897), red double split-ring cancel dated NOV5-1873 on stampless cover to Toronto, routing via Wales-CW (Stormont County 1866-1957) on NOV 6th, rated PAID 3¢ in cash with no stamps available, sleeved and priced 20 years ago at $75, VF est ($35+ US) (Image)

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1875 WELLINGTON-SQUARE-ONT (Halton County 1826-1876), split-ring receiver cancel dated JUN21-1875 on cover from Waterdown-CW, rated PAID 3¢ cash with no stamps available, VF est ($35+ US) (Image)

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1875 MONTREAL TELEGRAPH COMPANY, illustrated logo on PAID telegram to Bishops College (Sherbrook-Que), lot includes a list of the 25 different logo styles, a scarce advertising cover with minor edge faults, sleeved and priced 20 years ago at $125, F-VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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1875 MONTREAL TELEGRAPH COMPANY, illustrated logo on PAID telegram dated SEP19-1875 and addressed to the Niagara-CW Collector of Customs, a scarce advertising cover sleeved and priced 20 years ago at $125, VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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1880 MONTREAL TELEGRAPH COMPANY, illustrated logo on cover, cover reduction LHS just touches the design, F+ est ($35+ US) (Image)

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1888 QUEBEC TREASURY DEPARTMENT FREE FRANK, with both a purple oval Department h/s and a Quebec-City duplex dated SEP19-1888, addressed to Sherbrook-Que with arrival the next day, VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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1874 CAMPDEN-ONT POSTAL CARD to USA, 1¢ deep red-orange Small Queen #35vi (perf 11½ x12) uprates a Webb #P1 postal card to pay the 2¢ USA postcard treaty rate, dated FEB18-1874 and addressed to Vineland-NJ, sleeved and priced 20 years ago at $100, F-VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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1884 CLIFTON-ONT POSTAL CARD to BELGIUM (Welland County 1857-1881and later Niagara-Falls), dated Niagara Falls JUN15-1884 to Gent-Belgium arriving JUN 30th, #34 uprates a 1¢ postal card #P5 to pay the 2¢ UPU postcard rate, sleeved and priced 20 years ago at $100, VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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1893 LONDON-ONT POSTAL CARD to GERMANY, dated MAR15-1893 to Ulm-Germany arriving MAR 17th, #35 uprates a 1¢ postal card #P9 to pay the 2¢ UPU postcard rate, the stamp was damaged prior to posting and some travel stains, sleeved and priced 20 years ago at $75, fine est ($35+ US) (Image)

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1871 GEORGE BROWN COVER to SCOTLAND, a cover from the publisher of the Toronto Globe newspaper and one of the Fathers of Confederation, addressed to his wife who was visiting family in Edinburgh, posted at Toronto on July 22, 1871 just 2 days after British Columbia joined the Canada Confederation and likely contained information about the historic event, the cover was routed by train to New York to meet the scheduled July 26th departure of the Cunard "SS RUSSIA", the ship sailed on time with arrival at Queenston-Ireland on August 4th + forwarded via train to Dublin + Coastal Packet to Liverpool noting a "PAID US PACKET" handstamp at 3:00am on August 7th + immediately transferred to the Edinburgh morning express train where it arrived at 8:00pm the same day, the 2¢ Small Queen stamps were not yet available and the 8¢ British Packet rate was paid by a mixed franking 2¢ Large Queen and a pair of 3¢ misperfed Small Queen stamps that had to be scissor cut, the stamps are tied by three nice Toronto fancy cork cancels, a great historical cover with great markings, VF est ($375+ US) (Image)

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1888 DUNDAS-ONT to BRITISH EAST-INDIA, #38 (x2) pays the "B" Country 10¢ UPU rate dated DEC12-1888 and addressed to Cocanada-Madras (now Kakinada), routing via Hamilton on DEC 12th + closed bag to London on DEC 24th + closed bag to Calais + train to Brindisi + P&O Lines to Suez and Bombay + Trans-India train to Cocanada on JAN 18th + redirected 9 miles to Samalkota on JAN 19th, VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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