1929 Montreal to Peru Cover, mailed Montreal on MAY.16.1929 and franked with a 50c dark blue Bluenose (a fresh and very fine copy) plus a 10c bistre brown Admiral, both tied by neat c.d.s. cancels, and paying the proper 60c air mail rate to Arequipa, Peru, through Cristobal Canal Zone (MAY.24 machine on back). Mollendo Peru receiver dated MAY.27. A most attractive and very fine cover and great way to show a proper usage of the 50c Bluenose. (Image)

Est $ 300

1902 Illustrated Cigar Cover, mailed Montreal on NOV.13.1902 (International machine dated 2 days after the earliest recorded date) and addressed to Moncton (receiver on back). The cover has a corner card "Grand Hermanos, manufacturers of Havana cigars Exclusively..." and has a red and yellow label (on front and back, front one is tied) illustrating a gentleman smoking a Grandas Havana cigar. Very fine and scarce. (Image)

Est $ 100

Two Cigar Manufacturer Union Covers, 1898 (slightly reduced at left, London Union No.278) and 1905 (Hamilton Union No.55) both addressed to Philadelphia, with receivers on back. Both covers are illustrated corner cards with tobacco leaves and a green and a blue "Union Made Cigars" label image. Ink stain on 1898 cover, else very fine. (Image)

Est $ 100

1912 1c Edward Pair Cover to Gambia, mailed from Cobalt (?) on JAN.12.1912 (duplex) and addressed to C.F.A.O. Mac Carthy, Gambia, "via Liverpool". There is a Bathurst Gambia receiver on back dated FEB.17.1912. Cover is soiled and torn and stamps are damaged, still a scarce destination. (Image)

Est $ 100

1915 Admiral War Tax Perfin Cover, mailed on Canadian Pacific Railway Company stationery, franked with a 2c and a 1c War Tax Admiral, both perfinned CPR and cancelled at Winnipeg on AUG.14.1915. Addressed to Detroit, Michigan. Very fine and presented on an album page with full write-up. (Image)

Est $ 50