ALDERGROVE B.C. 2 covers, a post card and a few pieces, each with fine or better strikes. Very partial AU 19/05 on Edward cover, fine MY 18/98 on 2c Leaf cover, fine and partial MR 7/96 on 2c Edward post card, two very fine strikes (1895 and 1903) on piece and a partial DE 4/95 on 3c SQ on piece (the reported reversed 4). A fine lot. RF 70 (Image)

Est $ 250

ALDERGROVE B.C. a fine-very fine free strike -/AU 10/07 on a picture post card (salmon fishing on the Fraser River BC) to Los Angeles. A difficult strike to find clearly legible, and in our opinion this is nicer than the pictured item in the handbook described as "probably the nicest strike known". Very fine. RF 70 (Image)

Est $ 200

BEAVERTON ONT. very fine free strike PM/AP 30/96 on an 8c Small Queen registered yellow cover to Rennie in Toronto. Stamp is tied by a second strike. Back has two very fine additional strikes plus a partial Toronto receiver. Very fine. RF 20 (Image)

Est $ 150

BEAVERTON ONT. four items, with a very fine receiver AM/JU 26/01 on back of an OHMS free franked cover from Deputy Postmaster General in Ottawa (keyhole cancel on front), being the latest recorded date for this hammer (bit of soiling). Also a partial strike on 3c SQ stamp -/MY 4/93 being the earliest recorded date for this hammer, plus a 50% strike on 1c SQ stamp PM/NO 10/96 (with unreported inverted PM time mark) and a socked on the nose strike -/AU 25/93 on a 5c RLS. A very fine group. RF 20 (Image)

Est $ 200

BEAVERTON ONT. group of 20 covers and cards, mostly with very fine strikes, dispatch and receivers, and includes a set of receivers on 2 postcards on same day with AM and PM (JY 14/99, a lovely corner card 3c Jubilee cover (scarce), and much more. Overall very fine. RF 20 (Image)

Est $ 150

BEAVERTON ONT. group of seven covers or cards plus three stamps, showing time mark chronology, including the latest recorded date for the blank TM, etc. We note a lovely registered cover, a few covers and cards clearly illustrating the clerk's habit of using this hammer to both cancel the stamp and printing a free strike (upside down) in the bottom left corner. Also an illustrated private post card, and more. Mostly very fine strikes and a nice group. RF 20 (Image)

Est $ 200

BEETON ONT. a very fine free strike MR08/00 on a 2c Numeral cover (the recorded "zero spacer"), a very fine free strike SP 13/00 on a letter card, a very fine free strike AP 18/00 on a 2c Numeral cover, a very fine strike JU 17/93 on a 3c SQ stamp being the unreported new earliest known date, and only report for 1893 for this hammer (4 years before previous ERD), and a partial strike FE 15/01 on letter card being the latest recorded date for this hammer. A very fine and useful lot. RF 80 (Image)

Est $ 350

BEETON ONT. a very fine free strike -/MY -0/98 on a 1c Leaf post card addressed to Schomberg (MAY 31 receiver on back). This indicia error is listed in the handbook, and since the message is dated MY 30, it is logical to assume that the missing day indicia is a 3. Very fine. RF 80 (Image)

Est $ 300

BROCKVILLE ONT. group of six stamps with interesting strikes, etc. With a lovely socked on the nose -/AP 28/93 on a 3c SQ being the earliest recorded date for this hammer, a 90% strike PM/JA 4/78 on 3c SQ and PM/JA 3/78 on 1c SQ (1898 intended), two 2c purple Numerals (one a jumbo copy) each with MR/PM 14/99 and MR/PM 15/99 strikes plus an 8c SQ with a socked on the nose strike -/JU 4/94. A very fine group. RF 5 (Image)

Est $ 150

BROCKVILLE ONT. group of seven cards and covers plus 3 stamps, with "78" for 98 error on a cover and stamp, a lovely illustrated 1c Numeral private post card (depicting a furnace), a strike used as a transit, a unrecorded new earliest known date for the use of the PM time mark PM/JY 31/93 (handbook says PM/AU 2/93), two strikes used to illustrate damage to lettering in postmark, etc. A very nice group, with mostly very fine strikes. RF 5 (Image)

Est $ 100

BROCKVILLE ONT. group of 21 covers and cards, mostly with very fine strikes. We note a Small Queen registered cover (3c + 5c), two 8c Small Queen registered covers, a 1c Leaf illustrated post card, a 1c Jubilee private post card from the Canada Carriage Company, with a roller precancel, some corner card covers, an OHMS free franked Notice of Undelivered Publication, etc. Also includes 6 stamps, each with socked on the nose strikes. Overall very fine. RF 5 (Image)

Est $ 100

BYNG INLET NORTH ONT. a fine (but partial) strike on a 3c Small Queen, showing "...T NORTH" and "26" plus part of the year date which could be 1894. The earliest and latest confirmed dates are -/JY 24/93 and -/JY 25/95. According to the write-up on the owner's page, there are only 14 rostered copies. Stamp is a little soiled, still a rarely seen postmark. RF 130. (Image)

Est $ 150

BYNG INLET NORTH ONT. a fine and partial strike NO 22/?? ties a 3c Small Queen to a cover front to Knowlton, Qué (an unreported first cover), plus two purple strikes on 3c SQ stamps: NO 21/93 and DE 21/93. A useful lot. RF 130 (Image)

Est $ 1,500

COLEMAN ONT. a fine receiver strike -/MY ?/93, being the earliest recorded date on a post card mailed from Stratford on MY 10 / 93 (duplex) and addressed to Coleman. The day and month of this squared circle are not clear, but the dispatch postmark plus the MAY 20 1893 date of the message on back confirm at least the month to be May. This is one of only two known covers and there are two more (partial) strikes on stamp. Mounted on owner's page with interesting historical provenance and an explanation as to how it was found, etc. Very fine and one of the rarest squared circle postmarks. RF 220 (Image)

Est $ 3,000

CUMBERLAND ONT. a very fine free strike -/OC 20/97 on a registered Small Queen cover (3c + 5c tied by oval R) to Ottawa. Very fine and a rare usage for this hammer. RF 35 (Image)

Est $ 200

CUMBERLAND ONT. two items: a very fine (but light) strike -/MR 2/94 cancels a 1c QV on a post card to L'Orignal Ont. Also a very fine (but light) receiver strike -/NO 27 95 on the back of a 3c QV letter card mailed from Ottawa (with Type I Ottawa dispatch). Both very fine. RF 35 (Image)

Est $ 150

DUTTON ONT. very fine strike -/AU 10/94 ties an 8c Small Queen to a registered cover to St Thomas (squared circle receiver on back). Reduced at left still a very fine cover. RF 20 (Image)

Est $ 125

DUTTON ONT. a very fine (bit doubled) free strike -/DE 20/97 plus a partial second strike tying an 8c Small Queen to a cover mailed to Waterville, Maine. Two additional strikes on back, alongside two different RPO datestamps, a Montreal squared circle precursor and a Portland ME receiver. Open on three sides, very fine. RF 20 (Image)

Est $ 100

DUTTON ONT. group of eleven covers or cards from 1895 to 1908, showing different time marks, frankings, usages (dispatch, receiver, free strike, obliterator), rates (registered, etc), an advertising cover, etc. A nice group and generally nice strikes. RF 20 (Image)

Est $ 150

DUTTON ONT. group of 4 covers, 8 post cards and 10 stamps (some on piece), mostly with very fine strikes. We note the rare (the only two reported) TM 4 on a 1c Leaf card (4/SP 22/00) and 2c Numeral stamp (4/SP 26/00), rare (the only reported) TM 10 on a 2c Numeral stamp on piece (10/SP 27/00), a 1c Edward card to NY with -/JAN 17/11 being the latest recorded date for this hammer, (plus another similar item dated the day before the LRD), plus other blank and PM strikes. Overall very fine group. RF 20 (Image)

Est $ 200

GRIMSBY ONT. two very fine free strikes on 8c Small Queen registered covers: PM/MR 15/98 to Toronto (stamp tied by a scarce Grimsby roller) plus a -/DE 27/95 to Springfield Mass (reduced at bottom). RF 15 (Image)

Est $ 200

GRIMSBY ONT. a very fine (proof-like) strike PM/OC 10/98 ties a 3c Numeral to a lovely illustrated cover from The Lincoln House in Grimsby. Also a group of 4 stamps: -/AU 15/93 (fine, on a 5c RLS), socked on the nose strikes on 3c SQ and 3c Numeral, a socked on the nose strike PM/MR 30/99 on 2c purple Numeral stamp, being the latest recorded date for this hammer. A very fine group. RF 15 (Image)

Est $ 150

GRIMSBY ONT. group of 5 covers and 7 cards, mostly all with very fine strikes, including an uprated registered stationery cover (2c +3c SQ) to Toronto, an OHMS free-franked Notice of Undeliverable Publication, a 3c SQ cover with Grimsby Gold Mining Coy. Ltd corner card, a double sided bulk mailing receipt (one side with one 1c SQ the other with a pair 1c SQ), etc. A mostly very fine group. RF 15. (Image)

Est $ 100

GRIMSBY ONT. group of 6 items: a very fine strike -/AP 27/96 on a 3c SQ stamp, very fine free strike -/AP 19/94 on post card, very fine strike PM/MY 26/96 on post card, two 3c SQ covers with very fine strikes showing AM and PM usages, and a blank TM on an 1898 post card. An ideal group to study the time mark habits of this post office. RF 15 (Image)

Est $ 100

KINGSVILLE ONT. two fine strikes on a (re-joined) horizontal pair of 1c Small Queens FE 4/95, being the only recorded strikes for this hammer. The Handbook notes that this pair had been "split, so only one date of use is recorded". Very fine. RF 220 (Image)

Est $ 3,000