1840 NOVA-SCOTIA TERRITORY £20 BANKNOTE, drawn on the Bank of Scotland at Edinburgh for the Heirs of Sir William Alexander of Menstrie (1861 Baron of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, PEI, plus parts of Maine) and was responsible for the original Scottish settlements, mint and VF est ($100+ US) (Image)

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1860 LONDONDERRY-NS to TRURO-NS, a 4-margin copy #3 pays the 3d letter rate dated SEP24,1860 with Truro arrival SEP 27th, ex Herman Toaspern and Dieten collections, a 1976 Royal Philatelic Society certificate accompanies the lot, cat $500,VF est ($250+ US) (Image)

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1913 FOX-HARBOUR-POINT-NS (Cumberland County 1910-1932), split ring h/s on postcard dated MAY7,1913 and addressed to Drum-Head (Guys County 130 miles west on the Nova Scotia NW coast), VF cancel est ($35+ US) (Image)

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1898 LANSDOWN-STATION-NS WAY-MAIL (Pictou County 1897-1968), split ring h/s dated NOV22'1898 on registered WAY-MAIL from Green-Hill-NS (Pictou County 1897-1915) to New York, routing via + TRURO & POINT-TUPPER Mail Car on NOV 23rd + St-John-NB NOV 24th + New York arrival NOV 25th, stamp has perf faults, F-VF cancel est ($55+ US) (Image)

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1945 HALIFAX-NS INVERTED SLOGAN BLACKOUT, Perfect die-3 machine cancel on piece dated MAR12,1945, very scarce with VF cancel est ($55+ US) (Image)

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1908 MISSENT to MOUNT-PLEASANT-NS (Cumberland County1869-1917), postcard mailed from the Thompson-Station-NS (Cumberland County 1895-1919) train station and addressed to West-Hansford-NS (Cumberland County 1884-1914) only 4 miles away, accidentally put on the train noting a TRURO & ST-JOHN Mail Car West transit h/s dated DEC28,1908,, the problem was not caught by the RPO clerk until the train arrived at Mount-Pleasant-NS noting a split ring receiver h/s on DEC 29th, there were no trains during the New Year holiday and the card was reposted on JAN 2nd back to Thompson-Station by train where it was finally hand delivery to Hansford, a neat routing and VF Mount Pleasant cancel est ($55+ US) (Image)

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1907 THOMPSON-STATION-NS (Cumberland County 1895-1919), split ring transit h/s dated JUL20,1907 on postcard from St-John-NB, addressed to East Hansford where there was no post office and sent 8 miles to Hardsford (Cumberland County 1879-1924) on JUL 20th, redirected back to Thompson-Station on JUL 22nd where the address was corrected to West-Hansford (Cumberland County 1884-1914) and the card finally delivered, a nice routing and VF cancel est ($55+ US) (Image)

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1908 WEST-LA-HAVE-FERRY-NS WAY-MAIL (Lunenburg County1878-1912), split ring h/s on postcard dated JUN15,1908, on WAY-MAIL from Middle-La-Have-Ferry-NS with dateline JUN 14th, addressed to Dublin-Shore-NS (Lunenburg County 1857-1959) with split ring receiver on JUN 16th, F-VF cancel est ($55+ US) (Image)

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1912 WILKIN-SIDING-NS (Queens County 1908-1918), split ring h/s dated MAY27,1912 on a nice humorous Leap Year Crosby signed artist card, addressed to Blockhouse-NS, F-VF cancel est ($35+ US) (Image)

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