26 SMALL QUEEN COVERS 1883–1897, includes 4 drop letter and printed matter 1¢ rates, a 2¢ carrier delivered drop letter, 1895 England 5¢ rate, 1889 double 6¢ rate, a nice range of cancels noting duplex, ORB, square circles, cork cancels, some mixed condition, mostly F-VF ($50 US) (Image)

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15 SMALL QUEEN COVERS 1878–1897, includes 5 Imperial Flag cancels 1896–1897, 2 second class newspaper wrappers from MONTREAL and HALIFAX, 2 FREDERICTON-NB postal cards with fancy cork cancels 1883–1886, 1884 TILSONBURG-ONT cork cancel on cover to USA, one letter with original contents, 1878 LONDON-ONT DUPLEX, ST-HYACINTHE-QUE 1886 square circle, lot includes tracings of 12 different Fredericton cork cancels with the dates of use 1881–1889, retails over $200, mostly F-VF ($50 US) (Image)

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10 CANADA RATE COVERS 1898–1909 (2 later), note 1902 to NEWF'D, 1900 UPU 5¢ rate to BAVARIA, 1898 UPU 2¢ postal card rate to GERMANY. 1900 and 1902 UPU 5¢ rates to AUSTRIA, three 1905–1909 UPU 5¢ rates to FRANCE including one short paid ++, 2 are fronts, retails over $600, mostly F-VF ($50 US) (Image)

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48 CANADA ADVERTISING COVERS & CARDS 1904–1940s, all are illustrated noting hotels, stationery, chocolates, flour mills, fish dealers, shoes, breweries, sawmills, hats, typewriters ++, 3 are on 5¢ UPU letter rates to France on cover fronts, note one WWI patriotic, 3 are legal size covers, retails over $900, mostly F-VF ($75 US) (Image)

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11 CANADA POSTCARD RATES to BELGIUM 1906–1914, includes 7 UPU 2¢ rates and 4 printed matter 1¢ rates, note 9 good western Canada viewcards from BC, ALBERTA, and MANITOBA, plus 2 patriotic Canadian Homestead Life cards, retails over $175, mostly VF ($35 US) (Image)

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8 CANADA POSTCARD RATES to FRANCE 1906–1918, note 7 are 2¢ UPU rates and one quite scarce 3¢ war tax rate in 1918, all are Western Canada originations with good viewcards from BC, ALBERTA, and MANITOBA, retails over $130, VF ($35 US) (Image)

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65 CANADA ADVERTISING COVERS 1903–1960s, all are illustrated noting a casket maker, tool manufacturer, paint dealer, shoes, stoves, bicycles, sewing machines, typewriters, teas, sugar, jeans, seeds, hotels, cement, oil keys ++, good lot retailing over $1000, mostly F-VF ($100 US) (Image)

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20 CANADA ADVERTISING COVERS 1895–1962, all are illustrated noting candy dealer, Hudson’s Bay Company, moving & storage, farm tractors, tools, stoves, hardware, furniture, oil, contractors, disinfectants ++, retails over $360, mostly F-VF ($50 US) (Image)

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49 CANADA FLAG CANCELS 1897–1996, on covers and cards, includes a nice range of 35 early Bickerdike flags, one 1897 Montreal Imperial flag, 10 are flags for the 1937 Royal Visit and 1953 QEII Coronation, also 3 modern flags for 1967–1996 stamp shows for CAPEX, BYPEX, and CALPEX, retails over $560, mostly F-VF ($50 US) (Image)

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64 CANADA ADVERTISING COVERS 1897–1960s, all are illustrated noting seeds, magazines, auto parts, insurance, tools, fire extinguishers, machinery, hotels, wire fencing, paints, shoes, coffee, lard, IOOF Fraternal ++, good lot retailing over $1000, mostly F-VF ($100 US) (Image)

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50 CANADA COVERS & CARDS 1895–1970s (a few later), includes Imperial Oil adv 1909, early Canada Tire 1937 adv, 1946 triple 90¢ airmail rate to England, 1985 airmail $1.11 rate to Germany, 1962 UPU rate to IRAN, 2 TCA 1954 Moose Jaw crash covers, a few better first flight covers to HAWAII and IRELAND, Vancouver PNE exhibition covers, Edmonton and Calgary Exhibition cancels, a few FDCs noting the $1–$2 Olympics, lots of better registered rates, 3 sheets of 2002 Balloon Post stamps, mint Aerogrammes ++, retails over $400, mostly VF ($50 US) (Image)

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18 CANADA ADVERTISING COVERS 1919–1990s, includes 1919 CPR Place Viger Hotel, 1943 BC Publicity Bureau, 1945 Calgary Red Cross, 8 ESSO multicolor adv covers, Eaton’s mattresses, Grolier adv for Disney collectibles ++, retails over $220, mostly VF ($50 US) (Image)

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8 CANADA WAR TAX ADVERTISING COVERS 1915–1918, all are illustrated with war tax frankings, note Montreal Windsor Hotel, also soap adv, flour mills, Canadian Express money orders, farm machinery, boots & shoes, WWI flag patriotics ++, retails over $340, mostly F-VF ($75 US) (Image)

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15 CANADA WAR TAX COVERS 1915–1919 (one card), all with war tax frankings, includes rates to England, registered, short paid rates, drop letters, printed matter to USA war tax exempt ++, retails over $200, mostly VF ($50 US) (Image)

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16 CANADA ADMIRAL REGISTERED COVERS 1913–1927, including USA and domestic covers noting rates of 7¢, 8¢, 10¢, 12¢. 13¢, FREE, good lot retailing over $450, mostly VF ($50 US) (Image)

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17 CANADA RATES to/from EUROPE 1916–1919, includes 10 Canada FREE soldiers letters from France and Britain with Canadian stamps added in Canada for accounting purposes, also 3 covers to IRELAND and ENGLAND with war tax, postcard to SWEDEN exempt from war tax, 1917 UPU rate to FRANCE exempt from war tax, 1915 registered UPU to SWITZERLAND war tax exempt, 1915 to AUSTRALIA with war tax ++, good lot noting many exempt war tax rates where the war tax was added, mostly VF ($75 US) (Image)

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12 CANADA REGISTERED “AR” CARDS 1927–1973, all appear to be different No.39B form cards with 10¢ frankings to pay the return receipt fee up to 1959, then 3 have 15¢ frankings 1974–1975, a good group retailing over $200, mostly VF ($50 US) (Image)

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13 CANADA SPECIAL DELIVERY COVERS 1926–1945, includes #E2a on 2 covers, #E4 on a first flight cover (scarce), #E5 cover, #E6 on an airmail cover, #E7 on a cover to USA, a $E8 cover, #E9 on 4 covers, #E10 on 2 covers, good lot retailing over $500, mostly VF ($75 US) (Image)

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25 METER COVERS 1929–1963, includes a nice range of Pitney-Bowes meters and permits, note 9 early type-1 and type-2 meters, 8 have advertising slogans, also registered 13¢ and 24¢ registered ++, retails over $260, mostly VF ($50 US) (Image)

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240 CANADA METER COVERS 1931–1990s, the majority (200) are good 1940s airmail rates to AUSTRALIA including some registered and special delivery, also note a good range of WWII patriotic slogan meters, mostly on legal size covers, retails over $800, F-VF ($50 US) (Image)

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15 CANADA FRATERNAL COVERS & CARDS 1885–1965, includes 7 different BC Masonic Lodge covers 1931–1932 from TRAIL, DUNCAN, LADYSMITH, NANAIMO, NEW-WESTMINSTER, POWELL-RIVER, and FERNIE, also an 1885 Masonic assessment card (insurance) calling for $1.00 annual payment, also a 1922 IOOF (Foresters) meeting card, also 5 Canadian Legion 1945–1965 application cards from Canadian soldiers with service locations including North Africa, Holland, Belgium, France, Italy, Germany ++, retails over $130, mostly VF ($35 US) (Image)

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7 CANADA REGISTERED RATE COVERS 1931–1932 (one later), all are multiple rates on large bank covers noting 5 are from YAHK-BC and addressed to CRANBROOK, also note OLIVER-BC to KELOWNA, and CALGARY to CRANBROOK, includes rates of 15¢, 20¢, 25¢, 30¢, retails over $175, F-VF ($35 US) (Image)

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20 CANADA COVERS & EPHEMERA 1891–1999, note 10 Aerogrammes posted on the first day of the Quebec Legislature on MAY20'1980, also 1 1999 airmail 95¢ rate to VANUATU via NORFOLK-ISLAND (rare), Norman Bethune CHINA and CANADIAN FDCs signed by the stamp designers, 1891 letter signed by the France Consul General in Canada, 1979 and 1980 covers signed by the entire ST-JEAN-QUE Junior Hockey team, 15 different 1937 KGVI Royal Visit flag covers, lot includes 2 imperf stamp pairs #1362c with minor faults (cat $750 per pair) ++, F-VF ($75 US) (Image)

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12 CPR TELEGRAMS 1920–1953, includes 12 telegram entires with 3 covers, nice range of all different telegram letterheads, a nice CPR specialist lot, some minor faults, retails over $200, mostly VF ($35 US) (Image)

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206 CANADA SLOGAN CANCELS 1923–1980s, on 74 covers and 132 cut squares, the majority are QEII slogans from Western Canada, lots of exhibition slogans, 18 covers are legal size, Coutts cat over $560, mostly VF ($35 US) (Image)

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