Collection of 103 First Flight and Related Airmail Covers, 1928-2007, mostly all mounted on quadrille pages in a binder, we noted a #C1 FDC which catalogues $125 in Unitrade, as well as better flight #4725 in Air Mails of Canada, as well as registered and Special Delivery covers. Also noted 4 Canada Post FDC. Some minor creasing, still an overall very fine collection. (Image)

Est $ 150

Large Group of Over 1,000 First Flight Covers, all in a large covers storage drawer. Note #3805 MAR.1.1938 Winnipeg-Vancouver experimental flight cover, C2 and C4 stamps on covers, booklet pane frankings, Special Delivery rate flights and more. Some duplication, especially on later flights. Some have faults but overall condition is very fine. Photos show a sampling. (Image)

Est $ 750

Collection of 77 First Flight and Commercial Airmail Covers, 1928-1967, includes 77 first flights, mostly from the 1920s and 1930s, commercial mail includes a MAY.30.1939 airmail Royal Train cover to Toronto, as well as airmail Special Delivery covers. We note an OCT.1.1928 airmail cover to Toronto with E3 and "This mail was carried by postal airplane to Toronto" boxed slogan on the back. Also saw a CE1 on a 1944 cover Hamilton to P.E.I. Overall condition is very fine with only a few faults. (Image)

Est $ 150

Collection of 34 Mostly Pilot Signed First Flight Covers, 1934-1968, 30 of the covers are from 1934 and 1935 and are pilot signed. Noted one with toning at left and the odd crease on some. The other 4 covers are from 1939-1968. Overall very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 200

Accumulation of 128 First Flight Covers, 1928-1936, best are AMCN catalogue #2841 (x34) which catalogue $30 and the return flight #2841a (x34) which catalogue $40 each. Total catalogue value for these 68 covers is $2,380. Of the 68 covers, 3 are not backstamped on arrival, and all are unaddressed. Only 385 were flown The Pas to Kississing and only 257 on the return flight. The other 60 covers are from more common flights, many being addressed to the consignor. Mostly very fine, noting 2 covers that are pilot signed. First time on the market, from the Armstrong find. (Image)

Est $ 200

Collection of Eleven 1954 Moose Jaw Air Crash Covers, including 2 with their ambulance covers, from the April 8 Trans-Canada Airlines flight from Toronto to Vancouver. All crew and passengers were killed after a collision with another plane. Some items have "Salvaged from ./ T.C.S. Wreck". Covers also received District Post Office c.d.s. handstamps from Calgary, Edmonton and Moose Jaw, depending on where the damaged mail was processed. Usual condition for crash covers, an interesting group rarely offered in such quantity. All scanned online. (Image)

AMCN $ 825

Group of 7 Air Crash Covers from 1954 and 1970, includes 5 covers from the 1954 Christmas Day crash at Prestwick, Scotland, all addressed to Canada and all with the usual 3-line "Salvaged Mail / Aircraft Crash / Prestwick 256-12-54". Also 2 covers from the July 5, 1970 Air Canada DC08 crash at Toronto, while attempting to land. Both with large size 2-line handstamp "Salvaged from / Air Crash July 5" one of these oversized cover is from India and the other from Uganda. Typical crash cover condition, all scanned online. (Image)

AMCN $ 525

Group of Airline Timetables and Assorted Ephemera in a Box, 1941 to 1990s, includes timetables from Trans Canada and Great Lake, CP Air, Nordair, Voyageur Airways and Air Nova, plus two US airlines (Delta and US Air). Also includes pamphlets from Air Ontario and Rapidair. 10 different C.P. Air mini-guides including Tokyo, Nandi, Amsterdam, and more. Also assorted baggage labels and tags, plus assorted airline ephemera. Very fine, and a great lot for any airmail collector. Photos only show a small portion, we recommend viewing to better appreciate the variety included. (Image)

Est $ 100

1926 Two Different First Flight Covers Franked with CL18, both tied by green Maple Leaf flight cachet on back. One left Toronto on JUL.24.1926 (Sioux Lookout JUL.26 and Birch Lake AUG.2 b/s) and the other left Woman Lake on AUG.2.1926 (Sioux Lookout and Woman Lake b/s, both dated AUG.2). Selvedge on one of the Semi stamps shows the $2.00 surcharged $4.00. Both very fine. (Image)

Unitrade $ 600

1926 Woman Lake to Sioux Lookout Cover with "Fed" in Green on CL18, a Patricia Airways & Exploration Ltd. corner card cover with large flight map illustration on back, franked with a 2c green Admiral on front (with private perfin) tied by AUG.2.1926 Woman Lake c.d.s. and a CL18e on back, tied by an AUG.2.1926 Sioux Lookout c.d.s. Green Maple Leaf flight cachet on front and WOMAN LAKE selvedge decoration, very fine and scarce. AAMC CL18e-2600a. Both sides scanned online. (Image)

Unitrade $ 2,500

July 1 and 8 1927 Red Lake to Sioux Lookout Cover with CL25c, on front (ascending overprint in green), first has a pair of 1c John A. Macdonald tied Red Lake JUL.8.1927 (back has Patricia Airways cachet and Red Lake datestamps tying CL25c), second cover has a 2c Admiral tied by Sioux Lookout JUL.1.1927 duplex, CL25c is tied by Red Lake same day datestamp. Both covers very fine. (Image)

Unitrade $ 350

Group of 23 Semi-Official Airmail First Flight Covers, 1927-1929, includes CL40-2903 JUN.21.1929 first flight from Prince Albert to Lac la Ronge, a JUL.1.1927 CL41 first flight from Lac du Bonney to Long Lake, CL42-2902 Yukon Airways first flight from White Horse to Champagne (x13 covers, 6 pilot signed and 1 with minor corner fault, all addressed to the consignor), and CL42-2902 Champagne to White Horse (x8, with 2 pilot signed and 5 with corner faults at top left). First time on the market, from the Armstrong find. (Image)

Unitrade $ 1,780

Oct 1, 1924 Estevan to Winnipeg Pioneer Flight Cover, with CLP5 (with wide spacing "ew"), with 1c and 2c Admirals tied by an "Via Aeroplane / Estevan, Sask / Oct 1st, 1924" oval cancel in purple, with a second free strike on front. Winnipeg same day slogan receiver on back, alongside all-over business advertising. Very fine. (Image)

Unitrade $ 300

1930 R-100 Airship Cover from St Hubert, addressed to Binghampton, New York, with an AUG.13.1930 St. Hubert c.d.s. tying a #C1 stamp, plus a Montréal slogan cancel on back dated AUG.14.1930. Also has a very fine flight cachet at lower left, and an AUG.1.1930 c.d.s. at top left, the day the Graf Zeppelin moored in St Hubert. Very fine. (Image)

Est $ 200