1942 Special Delivery Facing Slip and Covers, Toronto to Newfoundland, described by owner as: "The SD-4 special delivery facing slip was used by postmasters to draw attention to special delivery items on top of a package of outgoing mail. The fact that a major handling centre - the Toronto Airport Mail Facility - used an SD-4 for Newfoundland strongly implied that a regular arrangement existed...". This facing slip is accompanied by two of the SD air mail covers it contained (#147 and 149), described by owner as: "... their nearly consecutive serial numbers indicate they were recorded in Newfoundland as special delivery items.." and goes on explaining that despite the fact that these might be philatelic in nature, they did get the special delivery service. No official arrangement between Newfoundland and Canada has been found for special delivery of mail. Rare and very fine. (Image)

Est $ 150

Group of Nine Better Covers, 1938 to 1947, with rates frankings, note a cover with E10 perfined by the Canadian Wool Board, a printed matter rate cover with E9, and more. Overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Est $ 120

1949 Diefenbaker Free Franked Special Delivery Air Mail Cover, mailed Ottawa OCT.25.1949 (three strikes of a House of Commons datestamp plus another c.d.s.) to "Mrs W. Diefenbaker" the mother of future Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, in Saskatoon. Letter rate was free but 7c for air mail and 10c for Special Delivery were required. House of Commons logo on backflap. Opening tears on backflap else very fine and a scarce rate. (Image)

Est $ 100

1939 Clinton to Vancouver, Combination Air and Rail Route,mailed Clinton Ont (MAR.20.1939) and addressed to Vancouver. This letter was carried by three railway post offices to Toronto, then by air to Vancouver, for a next day delivery on MAR.21. The addressee was not located and the letter was returned to sender. Overpaid by 3c but franking includes an E9 which was used in the correct one month window period. A very fine and interesting cover. (Image)

Est $ 100

Group of nine Military Related Covers, all but two are franked with either SD or Air Mail SD stamps, others franked with regular stamps. We note a cover mailed at Deseronto MPO 319 addressed to New Zealand and franked with both a CE1 and a CE2, a Mountain View MPO 309 cover, an NPO 212 MOTO postmarked cover, a cover Whitehorse to Colorado forwarded to Vancouver for censoring and others. A nice group with many different postmarks, rates, etc and overall very fine. (Image)

Est $ 250

Group of Eleven Covers Franked with Regular Stamps Paying the SD Fee, 1940 to 1977, an interesting group, with many rates, frankings, instructional markings, AR cover, registered SD, FECB, a Smiley Sask MOOD cancelled cover, covers to England, Austria, Germany and more. Overall very fine group and accompanied by a document "Special Delivery Rates 1 MAR 1939 - Keyed to Bruce Nesbitt's Collection". (Image)

Est $ 200

Group of Four OHMS Perfin Items, with large piece mailed at Ottawa in 1947, #10 cover with first SD label (mailed Winnipeg to Sarnia 1946), #10 cover with single OE11, mailed free franked Ottawa to London and a large piece with a large SD-1 parcel label, franked with a block of 8 of the $1 Destroyer plus a 10c Parliament and a 7c air mail (the latter two are perfin OHMS stamps) with owner's write-up as to the rate possibilities. An interesting group and mostly very fine. (Image)

Est $ 150

Three Covers Franked with E9, all used in the one month usage window between March 1 and April 1, 1939. US surface rate, US air mail rate and Canada air mail rate. A very fine and scarce trio. (Image)

Est $ 150

Two Special Delivery Post Cards, first is a 1943 naval 3c postal stationery card, mailed Deep Brook NS to Toronto uprated with an E11, censored by DB/N 21, postmarked by the Fleet Mail Office off the land training base HMCS Cornwallis. Second was mailed in 1951 at Toronto and addressed to Milton, Mass. mailed air mail (7c stamp) and arrived overnight. Both have light creases but are still very fine and rare. (Image)

Est $ 150

Group of Five Cross-Border Covers, 1939-1943, with different rates, each with mixed US and Canada frankings (special delivery and regular US stamps), different postmarks, including an uncommon "Not in Special Delivery", one was censored in Halifax, etc. All are still on collector's pages and fully written-up. Very fine group. (Image)

Est $ 200

1947 Denmark to Canada, Redirected SD, mailed air mail in Copenhagen Denmark and addressed to Toronto, then redirected by recipient to Montreal by adding 10c in postage and the instruction SPECIAL DELIVERY. Received on back next day with SD cancel from Montreal. Very fine and attractive. (Image)

Est $ 100

Four Covers with Regular Postage Stamps Paying SD Fee, an interesting group, all very fine, with different postmarks, rates, destinations. (Image)

Est $ 150

Group of Three SD Covers to and From Foreign Countries,1942 air mail London England to Canada, franked there with two GB stamps plus a Canadian CE1, censored in London. 1940 air mail Venezuela to Canada, franked with Venezuela stamps, then uprated in Canada with a E9, properly cancelled for the service. Lastly, 1949 Edmonton air mail to Innsbruck Austria, franked with an CE2 plus a Ukrainian cinderella (both properly tied). A very fine trio. (Image)

Est $ 100

Group of Stamps plus a Cover, all with Perfined SD Stamps, the 1928 cover is franked with a 2c Confederation plus an E3 perfined OHN (Winnipeg) cut down at left and creased. Also includes 5 used stamps: an OE7, three stamps perfined CNR (E8, E9 and E11) plus an E11 perfined CBC. Fine or better. (Image)

Est $ 100

1943 Election Supplies SD Air Mail Parcel Tag, mailed to New Glasgow NS, Returning Officer for Polling Div. and franked with a pair of 16c SD Air Mail stamps, paying for a 10oz parcel. No special rate for election supplies has yet been reported but may have existed. Very fine and rare. (Image)

Est $ 100

1942 Newfoundland to Québec, mailed at Gander on SEP.3.1942 and franked with three 3c Newfoundland stamps (paying the proper 9c air mail rate to Canada) and therefore the Canadian 16c SD Airmail stamp overpays the SD rate by 6c. There were no official agreements between Newfoundland and Canada for Special Delivery (or at least none have been yet found) and only a handful of covers are known. This cover has not yet been reported and the DC 49 censorship tape was applied in Newfoundland. Small tear on back, still very fine. (Image)

Est $ 100

Two FECB Cross Border SD Covers, including 1943 Québec to Dallas Texas with blackout c.d.s. plus blackout R boxed registration handstamp, with large red PASSED FREE US CUSTOMS DALLAS TEXAS plus two other different Passed for Export handstamps (purple and red), etc (staple holes and light wrinkling). Also 1943 Calgary to New Jersey registered, cleared through F.E.C.B in Calgary. Both overall very fine. (Image)

Est $ 100

1943 Censored SD Cover to Peru, mailed Calgary on JUL.7.1943 and franked with a pair of CE1 plus a C7 and a C8 for a total of 45c. The rate paid should have been 35c, and the extra 10c paid did not give the letter any special delivery privileges as there was no agreement between Peru and Canada. Opened by Canadian Civil Censor C.66 and arrived in Talarai on JUL.19 (clear arrival backstamp). Very fine and scarce. (Image)

Est $ 100

Group of Eight Illustrated SD Covers, 1941 to 1950, with frankings CE1 (x2), CE2 (x2), E7 (x1) and E10 (x3). Note cover to India, some lavishly illustrated, different rates, blackout cancels (St John NB censored) and more. A lovely group and mostly very fine. (Image)

Est $ 300

Group of Eight Covers with CE1 to CE4, with different rates, destinations (incl. Bermuda and England), a FDC, a registered special delivery air mail cover, many interesting postmarks, etc. A mostly very fine group. (Image)

Est $ 120

1945 Censored SD Cover to St Pierre & Miquelon, mailed Toronto on JUL.27.1945, franked with a 8c War Issue plus a 17c air mail special delivery stamp, improperly used to pay part of the 25c rate. Opened by Canadian Civil Censor 431 and received on the island on AUG.3. Scarce item and very fine. (Image)

Est $ 100

1944 Bowden Alberta to Argentina Air Mail SD Cover, mailed on JUL.27.1944 and franked with a 17c AMSD (improperly used to pay part of the 35c air mail rate) plus 18c in postage stamps. Foreign language of contents correctly noted by sender, an airman of the no.32 Elementary Flight Training School. Opened by censor C46 and arrived Buenos Aires on AUG 10. Very fine and scarce. (Image)

Est $ 150

Four Covers Franked with CE2, with various rates, postmarks (incl. blackouts), a postage due, etc. All very fine. (Image)

Est $ 120

Four Covers with CE2, 1944 to 1950, addressed to England, Columbia (censored), Saskatchewan (registered) and Malta (this one #10 size and with large OAT handstamp). All franked differently, with various postmarks, etc. Also a cover with an E11 plus 15c in stamps going to England. A lovely group and mostly very fine. (Image)

Est $ 350

Group of Four Better Special Delivery Air Mail Covers, with 1947 registered to California (6c postage due), 1949 to France (postage due), 1948 air letter to Bermuda and 1946 stationery cover to Jamaica. A lovely group, all written-up by owner and very fine. (Image)

Est $ 150