1870, Pair 2 C green and Jubilee 1897, pair 3 C carmine in registered envelope (upper backflap missing) with barr cancel "OTAWA ONT RD" and boxed "REGISTERED IN OTAWAJY 2 97" sent to London (Image)

1870, QV 6 C yellow-brown and 1897, 2x QV 2 C violet on envelope sent from "TORONTO AP 18 97" via New York to Cleve, Germany with b/s arrival 28.4.9, a rare mixed franking of 1870/97 issues (Image)

1873. Envelope (roughly opened, flap partly missing, soiled) addressed to Valparaiso, Chile bearing Canada 'Small Queen' SG 77, 2c green and SG 86, 6c yellow-brown (strip of four) tied by cork cancel with adjacent Esquimalt/British CI. Date stamp 'Jy 5 73' routed via San Francisco with 'San Francisco/Paid' in red on face and charged with hand-struck '12' on arrival. A very rare Small Queen destination cover. (Image)

1897, Jubilee issue $2 deep violet used with heavy roller cancel, SG. £ 425 (Image)

1897 Jubilee $2 deep violet, used and cancelled by clear strike of Toronto postmark, freswh and fine. (SG £425) (Image)

1898, 2 C. (12) tied "MONTREAL DEC 13 98" to registered cover to Switzerland w. arrival Zurich Dec. 26 on reverse. (Image)

1899, registered letter with scarce registration mark "NIAGARAFALLS & LONDON RY.P.O. AU 9 99" on front (weak) and reverse sent to Munich. (Image)

1911: King George V Era -- Admiral Issues. ECKERLIN PLATE 'ESSAYS' full sheet of 25 of the 3 cents value in DARK BLUE printed in 1928 on stiff card with the Admiral design in a reversed and enlarged format (to prevent accusations of forgery) for presentation to the American Bank Note Co. in hopes of selling them Dr. Eckerlin's rotary press process for intaglio printing (developed by Herbst & Illig in Germany).
RARE AS FULL SHEETS (most have now been cut into singles or pairs). The 25 stamps are all in Choice and very fine condition. The Brigham Canada collection had as largest multiple only a bloc of nine of the 3 cents in dark-green which was described as "possibly unique" (see lot 8), for the other colours a bloc of four was the largest multiple.
According to the October 2002 issue of Maple Leaves: "Dr. Eckerlin, was director of Herbst & Illig of Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany. In 1928, Dr. Eckerlin contacted Treadway of the ABN for purposes of promoting a proprietary rotary intagl (Image)

1933, First Atlantic Steamboat 5 c. blue as imperforated progressive Die proof of centre on large papier with original gum, fine (Image)

1942, St. Maurice River Power Station Progressive Die Proof sunk on card in deep green, fine, ex Brigham (Image)

1946, 10c. olive-green, marginal block of four from the lower right corner of the sheet with imprint, showing strong misperforation and leaving both upper stamps imperforate at base, top right stamp previously hinged, others unmounted. (Image)

1947, Birth Centanary of Alexander Graham Bell (inventor of telephone) 4c. in two DIE PROOFS incl. one photographic index copy in black on glossy paper (87 x 99 mm) affixed to large card (213 x 152 mm) headed 'Do not give out' and the other DIE PROOF in issued blue colour sunk in card with imprint 'X G-831, CANADIAN BANK NOTE COMPANY LIMITED', very scarce and UNIQUE items! (Image)

1980, Uranium 35 c. witht error "printed on gummed side", mint never hinged, fine (Image)

1830/1874, 8 entires to and from Lower respective Uper Canada. The wto provinces were united 1840 when the names were changed. However the old handstamps continued to be used. A collection described with knowledge especially in explaining the postal rates. (Image)

starting 1877 ca. 690 stationeries, covers, cards, FDC, unused pictured postal stationery cards incl. many complete sets aerogrammes etc., ex american estate

1897/2000, a splendid mint collection in a Lindner binder, from 1893 Jubilee issue $1-5, 1928/1929 Pictorials 1c. to $1, following issues and well filled throughout.

1911/1920's: KGV. 3c. imperforated reprints as plate, colour and machine trials and proofs, enlarged and reversed design, probably made by the Austrian State printing in the 1920's, with 3 complete sheets of 25 (5x5) + 13 stamps (incl. multiples) all in green on glazed paper, and two part sheets of 45, one in black and one in vermilion, fine.

1882/1952: Collection of well over 100 QV to KGV revenues, mint and used, on exhibition pages with interesting write-up, focussing on the long weights and measures issues, inc. 1870s with the scarce orange undenominated printing, first issues with $2 multiples mint and used, QV widowheads to $2, KeVII to $10 used, KGV 1930 series complete to $10 mint NH and used, $1 corner block of 18 mint, etc, etc, extremely attractive quality throughout. (Image)

1915/1940 (ca.): An extremely attractive collection of mostly KGV sets, blocks, booklet panes and full booklets, written-up on album pages, including Inland Revenue War Tax booklets of 25c, 50c and $1, inverted ‘X’ pre-cancels on 1c orange NH block of four, customs duty blocks of 8, 1930 electricity and gas to $10 orange NH plus $3 imprint block of 12, blue issues to $10 NH plus blocks of four of the $2 and $3, weights and measures to $10 NH plus blocks of four to 75c and 10c block of ten, then the 1935 $1 large format law stamp in block of four and slate shade single, again all NH, as well as 1930s/40s postal notes and postal scrips in blocks of four to 75c. Pristine quality here, please view to appreciate. (Image)

1899, stat. envelope QV 3c. red with return notice for 'Vacuum Oil Company' with DOUBLE SURCHARGE '2c' in type B with one INVERTED at lower left of envelope, fine unused (Image)

1901. Registered postal stationery envelope 'two cents' carmine upgraded with SG 146, 5c deep blue tied by bar obliterator with adjacent Moosomin/Assa date stamp 'Aug 31 01' with oval hand-struck 'R' addressed to England with 'C.P.R. West of Winnipeg/Local 2' railway transit, oval 'Registered / London' in red on face '14 Sept' and Winchfield arrival on reverse. Very attractive item. (Image)

starting about1881 ca. 414 stationeries pictured postal stationery cards incl. complete sets, postal stationery envelopes used and unused, airletters, ex old american stock

1944/85 (ca.) AEROGRAMMES ca. 1.659 unused and used/CTO airletters and aerogrammes, incl. ca. 700 unused and unfolded Forces letter and airletter forms incl. different types, incl. better items (missing stamps, dotted lines etc.), a useful lot, please inspect (ex J.Kasper)
Value Add Taxes (19%) will be added to the hammer price and the buyers premium. (Image)

1947/1990 (ca.), AEROGRAMMES: accumulation with about 480 unused (few CTO) airletters and aerogrammes incl. some unusual and better types, all UNFOLDED (except two!) with some in larger quantities etc., great study lot
Value Add Taxes (19%) will be added to the hammer price and the buyers premium. (Image)

1778/1797, Six very early transatlantic letters, all incoming from Great Britain to Canada. All with intersting marks or annotations. Most intersting a letter from Edinburg to The Canadian "Paymaster General of the British Troops " druing the time of the "War of Independence". Each letter written up on pages with more explanations. (Image)