The Nineteenth Century Postal History of Newfoundland, by Robert Pratt, published under the auspices of the Steinway Fund Collector's Club in 1985. 771 pages of useful information not published elsewhere, including postmarks, rates, post offices, coastal steam mail, railway mail and much, much more. This very fine example is hard bound in red and is an indispensable reference for any postal historian or Newfoundland collector. (Image)

Estimate $ 200

The Essays and Proofs of British North America, by Minuse and Pratt, 197 pages, hardbound and profusely illustrated, very fine (like new). A very useful addition to any philatelic reference library. (Image)

Estimate $ 100

Canada Reference Group of 14 Useful Books, with Catalogue of Canadian Railway Cancellations (Gray, 2015), The Edward VII Issue of Canada (Marler, 1975), Some Phases of the Canada '59 Issue (Calder), Canada Notes on the 1911-1925 Series (Marler, 1949), Cross-Border Mail: Canada-United States of America 1800-1860 (Sanderson, 1998), A Postal History of Labrador Before Confederation (O'Reilly, 2007), A Canadian Postal History 1897-1911, The Maple Leaf, Numeral, and King Edward Era (Arfken and Pawluk, 2006), Newfoundland Postal History 1857-1899 (Lewis, 2006), Lambton County Post Offices 1837-1970 (Phelps, 1970), Canada The 1967-73 Definitive Issue (Irwin and Freedman, 1984), A Study of the Machine Cancels of Berlin, Kitchener, Kitchener-Waterloo, N2C 2E0 & N2E 2C0, 1907-1992 (Vogel, 2004), Canadian Postal Rates and Routes to North American Destinations, 1850-1914 (Wilson, 1999). The Money Order Office Number (Moon) Cancellations of British Columbia, 1950-1973 (Sagar, 1994), Letters From The Far West (BNAPS Calgary Group, 2005), Guide Officiel du Service Postal Canadien, 1936-1937 (Ministre des Postes, Hon. J.C. Elliot, 1936, text in French). A very useful library on a wide variety of subjects. (Image)

Estimate $ 200

Plating Canada's ½d Queen Victoria, 2022, (Watt, Dr. James H. and Smith, Michael D., 232 pp.) hardbound and profusely illustrated with luscious, full-colour, enlarged scans of the material. As mentioned in the Foreward of the book, "To all who love the "Pence Issue" stamps of Canada and the 1/2d in particular, this book will become a Classic Treatise of Philately." This important reference, released during CAPEX22, had a retail value of $150 at the time of lotting. (Image)

Retail $ 150

Group of 10 Useful Philatelic Reference Books, with The Edward VII Issue of Canada (Marler, 1975), Canada's Registered Mail 1802-1909 (Harrison, Arfken, Lussey, 2002), The Postage Stamps and Postal History of Canada (Boggs, 1975), Stamps of British North America (Jarrett, 1975), The Admiral Issue of Canada (Marler, 1982), Encyclopaedia of British Empire Postage Stamps, Volume V, British North America (Robson Lowe, 1973), Newfoundland Airmails 1919-1939 (Harmer, 1984), The First Decimal Issue of Canada 1859-1868 (Whitworth, 1966), Airmail Operations During World War II (Boyle Jr., 1998), and a King George V Commonwealth Catalogue (Payne). Also a handful of items such as a 10c Small Queen colour chart, plus various interesting covers and stamps. (Image)

Estimate $ 150

Group of 9 Useful Philatelic Reference Books, with Canada's Registered Mail 1802-1909 (Harrison, Arfken, Lussey, 2002), The Postage Stamps and Postal History of Canada (Boggs, 1975), The Postage Stamps and Postal History of Canada (Boggs, original two volume set, 1945), Stamps of British North America (Jarrett, 1975), The Admiral Issue of Canada (Marler, 1982), and Encyclopaedia of British Empire Postage Stamps, Volume V, British North America (Robson Lowe, 1973). Also a group of 3 publications of the Vincent Graves Greene Philatelic Research Foundation, with Canada's Small Queen Era 1870-1897 (Arfken, undated), The Large Queen Stamps of Canada and Their Use 1868-1872 (Duckworths, 1986) and Canada's Decimal Era 1859-1868 (Arfken and Leggett, 1996). Ex. Dr. Robert C. Smith library. (Image)

Estimate $ 150

Group of 7 Different Ontario Illustrated Historical Atlas Publications, for the counties of Middlesex (1878), Carleton (1879), Elgin (1877), Norfolk (1877), Perth (1879), Brant (1875), Oxford (1876). These were originally published by H.R. Page & Co. in Toronto and contain a great quantity of contemporary information such as business directory listings, historical county information, very detailed maps, as well as engravings of buildings, famous local people, etc. These are all 1972 reprints by the Mika Silk Screening Limited in Belleville and are a great resource to the postal historian or other history buffs. Very fine, the online pictures show pages from the Middlesex book only, and are representative of the other county books. Ex. Dr. Robert C. Smith library. (Image)

Estimate $ 250

Group of Post Office and Postmark Information Books by Province, with Ontario: Ghost & Post Offices of Ontario (Carter, 1988), Ontario Broken Circles (Graham, 1999), Ontario Post Offices (Rosenthal, series of articles), List of the Post Offices in the County of Simcoe 1830-1967 (Whitby, Millar), Philately in London (Shantz, Demaray, 1967), Northern Ontario Post Offices to 1895 (Campbell, series of articles), PEI: 2,000 Postmarks of Prince Edward Island 1814-1995 (Murray, 1996), Prince Edward island (Tomlinson, Clougher, 1959, 150 copies printed), The Post Office on Prince Edward Island 1787-1990 (Murray, 1990), Post Offices of New Brunswick (MacManus, 1984), The Nova Scotia Post Its Offices, Masters and Marks 1700-1867 (MacDonald, 1984), Nova Scotian Post Offices 1754-1981 (Macpherson, 1982), Manitoba Post Offices (Robinson, 1988), Post Offices of Alberta (Robinson, 1985), British Columbia Post Offices (Topping, 1983), Saskatchewan Post Offices (Robinson, 1987), The Postal History of Yukon Territory Canada (Woodall, 1976), The Postal History of The District of Assiniboia 1882-1905 (Kell, 1987), Territorial Post Offices of Canada (Robinson, 1990) and last but not least Northwest Territories Postal Cancellations 1907-1986 (O'Reilly, 1987). Ex. Dr. Robert C. Smith library. (Image)

Estimate $ 150

Group of Books Relating to Canadian Postal History Rates, with The Rates of Postage in Canada 1711-1900 (Steinhart, 2011), Canada and the Universal Postal Union (Arfken, 1992), The Admiral Era: A Rate Study 1912-1928 (Steinhart, 1981), The Development of Rates of Postage (Smith, reprint of the 1917 original), Postal Rates and Fees of the Elizabethan Era in Canada 1952-2002 (two volume set, Chung, Machum, Narbonne, 2004), and two Canadian Postal Guides (1944-45 and 1952-53). Ex. Dr. Robert C. Smith library. (Image)

Estimate $ 100

Group of Books Relating to Canadian Postmarks, with Proof Strikes of Canada (Hughes, volumes 6, 13, 16, 20, 36), Canada Flag Cancels (Lingard, 1993), Canada's barrel Handstamp Cancels (Oberholtzer, 2017), Registration Markings and the Registered Letter Stamps (Lussey, 1998), Just Perfect (Morris, Payne, 2007), Canadian Duplex Cancellations (Smythies, 1st and 2nd editions), Canadian Roller Cancellations 1894-1930 (Smythies, Hollingsworth, 1st and 2nd editions), Catalogue of Canadian Duplex Cancellations (Cloutier, 2005), and a few more. Ex. Dr. Robert C. Smith library. (Image)

Estimate $ 100

Group of Canadian Philatelic Literature Items, with Canada's Registered Mail 1802-1909 (Harrison, Arfken, Lussey, 2002), The Postage Stamps and Postal History of Canada (Boggs, 1975 reprint), The Postage Stamps and Postal History of Canada (Boggs, original two volume set, 1945), Encyclopaedia of British Empire Postage Stamps, Volume V, British North America (Robson Lowe, 1973 two volume edition), Canada's Small Queen Era 1870-1897 (Arfken, undated), The Air Mails of Canada and Newfoundland (1997), The Transatlantic Mails (Staff, 1980), Ghost and Post Offices of Ontario (Carter, 1986), Reference Manual of BNA Fakes, Forgeries and Counterfeits (Pugh, in two volumes), The Squared Circle Postmarks of Canada (Hansen, Moffat, 1981, two copies), A Canadian Military Postal History Anthology (BNAPS, 1981), and a few others. Ex. Robert Haslewood library. (Image)

Estimate $ 150

Group of 16 Useful Canadian Postal History Books, with Atlantic Mails, A history of the mail service between Great Britain and Canada to 1889 (Arnell, 1980), Canada's Registry System (Harrison, Hennok series #5), Upper and Lower Canada Steam-Boat Mail to the 1860s (Stulberg, Hennok series #7), Upper and Lower Canada Cross-Border Mail to 1851 (Palmer, Hennok series #2), B.N.A. Transatlantic Stampless Mail (Arnell, Hennok series #1), The 2005 Harmers sale catalogue for the Allan Steinhart Collection of Stampless Covers 1685-1865, Postal Service in the Bathurst District of Upper Canada (Narbonne, 2009), The Major E.R. Toop Collection of Canadian Military Postal History (Volumes 1 and 2, 1996), Steamboat Mails of Eastern Canada (Parsons, 2002), Postal History of the Klondike Gold Rush (Scrimgeour / Northern Canada Study Group of the PHSC, 1996), Cross-Border Mail: Canada - United States 1800-1860 (Sanderson, 1998), Dr. Robert Bell of the Geological Survey of Canada (Scrimgeour, 1997), Early Express Company Operations in Canada Competing with the Post Office Department in Québec and Ontario (Harrison, 1997), Canadian Participation in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 (Robinson, 1996), Heritage Wingham Presents the Old Post Office (1982) and Simcoe Post Office 1829-1979 (Yeager, Simcoe Historical Society, 1979). All very fine. Ex. Dr. Robert C. Smith library. (Image)

Estimate $ 200

Group of Several Books Pertaining to Postal History, Etc. including the Robert Lee catalogue for the sale of Harold Cusden's Ontario Postal History, AR Avis de Réception (Handelman, 2002). The Little Norway Story (McGuire, ca. 1980), Civil Censorship in Canada During World War I (Steinhart, 1986), The Postal History of the Post Card in Canada 1871-1911 (Steinhart, Hennok series #3), Early Canada Post Cards, 1871-1911 (Arfken, 2004), Canadians in Russia: The Last Contingent of World War I (Burgers, 2006), The Postal History of the Canadian Contingents Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 (Rowe, 1981), Allan Steinhart Postal Historian (Handelman and Scrimgeour, 1997), The History of the Post Office in British North America 1630-1870 (Smith, 1973), Air Mails of Canada 1925-1939 (Arfken and Plomish, 2000), A Canadian Postal History 1897-1911 The Maple Leaf, Numeral, and King Edward Era (Arfken and Pawluk, 2006). Strike, Courier and Local Post of the Elizabethan Era (Covert, 1992), The Post Office in Canada: A Chronology of Facts, Feats, and Firsts from the French Régime to 1981 (Hillman, 2003), Canada's Transpacific Maritime Mails (Unwin, 1999), a complete run of Post West Journal of the Western Canada Postal History Society (vol.1 #1 to vol.3 #4, 14 different issues) and four more items. Overall very fine, ex Dr. Robert C. Smith library. (Image)

Estimate $ 150

Remainder Lot from the Library of Dr. Robert C. Smith, starting with some useful auction catalogues for the collections of Vincent G. Greene, Gerald Firth LQ, Dale / Lichtenstein BNA, Nickle / Clifford-Jones BNA stamps and covers, plus a number of other interesting titles, such as Early American perforating Machines and Perforations 1857-1867 (Boggs, 1982), Canada Meter and Permit Postage Stamps Specialized Catalogue (1984), The Bickerdike Machine Papers (Newman, 1987), Country Post Rural Postal Service in Canada 1880-1945 (Amyot, Willis, 2003), Stampin' Around or The Life of a Stamp Collector by Fred Jarrett (PHSC, 2004), The History of the Toronto Stamp Collectors' Club 1892-1992 (Scrimgeour, 1994), The Air Mails of Canada and Newfoundland (1997), B.N.A. Fakes and Forgeries (Smythies), Nova Scotia Fakes and Forgeries (Mitchell, 1976), The Evolution of the Imperial Penny Postage and the Postal History of the Canadian 1898 Map Stamp (Winmill, 1982), The Postal History of the AEF 1917-1923 (van Dam, 1980), Paquebot Cancellations of the World (Hosking, 1977), a few picture postcard books, a few older RPO books, and more. (Image)

Estimate $ 150