Collection of Alberta Territorial Postmarks on Stamps, with 106 stamps in all, ranging from 1c to 8c Small Queens, plus 2c Map stamps, Numerals and Leafs, as well as Jubilees, with mostly singles and pairs. There is a very good variety of different towns represented here, either by broken circles or c.d.s., plus at least one roller, and there are too many to list, but we have scanned all pages online. A better than usual collection of these, with many socked on the nose and difficult to find towns. (Image)

Est $ 350

Group of 29 Alberta Territorial Covers and Cards, 1885 to 1905, with a good representation of different towns such as Leduc, Didsbury, Fort Saskatchewan, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat (ASSA), Millarville, Pine Lake, Raymond, Red Deer (squared circle), Wetaskiwin, Duhamel (receiver), Fort McLeod, Lacombe, Olds and Edwell. All but three are despatch strikes and there are several items with faults, including one front, one 3c SQ cover with stamp not belonging, etc. still many fine to very fine and some scarce town cancels. All scanned online. (Image)

Est $ 300

Bill Robinson's Northern Alberta R.P.O. Single Frame Exhibit, still intact, and includes many additional pages of items, not originally exhibited. We counted a total of 29 covers or cards, plus another 123 stamps or facing slips (pairs, strips, counted as one). The railway post offices noted are Edmonton & Dawson, McLennan & Hines Creek, Edmonton & Spirit River, Edmonton & Wembley, plus a number of clerk cancels, etc. Many items are marked as ERD or LRD and some are even marked as unique. A lovely collection with many rarities, difficult to assemble and overall fine to very fine. Accompanied by some articles / newspaper clippings on the subject. All 38 pages are scanned online. (Image)

Est $ 500

1928 5c Brown Olive Air Mail Imperforate, a mint never hinged block of four from right of sheet, extremely fine. Rsv. $550. (Image)

Unitrade $ 1,050

Three Different Air Mail Special Delivery Issues in Sheets, with CE1, 2 and 4, each in a complete sheet of 50 with two plate 1 blocks each. The sheets have been folded horizontally and have a bit of separation (mostly in the margins) still fresh and mostly very fine. (Image)

Unitrade $ 1,215

Red Box Filled with Private Perfins in 102 Cards, with several hundreds of cards, each containing 1 to a dozen stamps, from Edwards to the 1960s, includes a variety of types and positions, etc. A great lot for the enthusiast, rarely offered in this quantity. (Image)

Est $ 200

Collection of Many Hundreds of Precancels, from the Late 1800s to 1970s, consisting of singles, blocks, inscription blocks, sealed packs, and complete sheets. All neatly displayed in stock page, and housed in one binder. We noted a great variety of types throughout, starting with SQs, Numerals, blocks of Edwards and Admirals, #458xxi (5c Centennial) a full sheet of 100 (c.v. $55), matched sets of Caricatures, flower definitives, #781ii full sheet of 100 stamps (c.v. $1,000) as well as right and left warning strips of 20 (c.v. $400+), 705iii full sheet of 100 stamps (c.v.$300), and so on. Clean lot overall very fine. We recommend viewing to better appreciate. (Image)

Est $ 250

Small Group of Labels and Stamps Pertaining to Exhibitions, etc, plus a number of other events such as the 1939 National Foreign Trade Week stamp, 1936 American Philatelic Society stamp, AAA Motor Club of Harrisburg, 1947 Electrical Engineering Exposition, 1926 International Philatelic Exposition, and many more, mostly from the United States, about 50 in all, everything scanned online. (Image)

Est $ 100

Group of Four Forgeries, starting with a #QU3, the so-called "Bootlegger's Forgery" lithographed 15c Québec Unemployment revenue, rouletted and ungummed, very fine (van Dam cat. $150). Also two different 6c on 5c Airmail surcharge forgeries (Scott #C3a/b) with a double surcharge with "FORGERY / ANDRE FRODEL" handstamps on back and an inverted/double surcharge with "FORGERY" handstamp on back, possibly attributed to "Harris" McMaster and/or Frodel and/or Eaton (this one ex Walske). Lastly we have a fake #O6 inverted O.H.M.S. official overprint on a used stamp (with "forgery" in pen on back), with a normal mint stamp to compare (no inverted genuine stamps are known). The lot is accompanied by a many page article by Kenneth Pugh on the forgeries of Andre Frodel, as well as other forgery documentation including a list of items said by Fred Eaton's son Dan of items that were produced by Frodel. (Image)

Est $ 150

1935 2c Brown King George V Pictorial Complete Booklet in French, a fresh booklet, with all stamps very fine centered, scarce and very fine. (Image)

Unitrade $ 525

1975 and 1976 Group of Booklets with Printing Varieties, with #BK74k (set of 10 different covers, each with re-entry in "age" of Postage on the 6c) and BK76c (set of 10 different covers, each with prominent "repeating 10" variety), all very fine. (Image)

Unitrade $ 600

1990 50c Flag Booklet, Perforated 12½ x 13, a bulk lot of 22 open booklets, all very fine. (Image)

Unitrade $ 1,100

1996 45c Greeting Stamps Complete Booklet, with Die Cutting Omitted, a rare and complete booklet, with only 2 known remaining which were not cut up, from the 6 that were ever found. A very rare major modern variety. Rsv. $2,000. (Image)

Unitrade $ 5,000

2001 $1.05 Tourist Attractions Complete Booklet with All Over Tagging Variety, should have been "General Tagged" but this one shows an all-over tagging of each of the 5 stamps. Very fine and unreported as far as we know. (Image)

Est $ 200

1972 Hockey Self Adhesive Booklet, a group of 8, noted one with glue on the top selvedge and all have a minor bend from poor storage, which could probably be bent back, else very fine. (Image)

Unitrade $ 720

Collection of Early Booklets, starts off with a BK1 (only one pane, with F-VF NH stamps), BK3e, 5d, 5f, 25 (French and English), 29c, 30a, 30c (French), 32c, and more, with a mix of French and / or English, and with a total of 70 complete booklets, with very little duplication. All displayed in special booklet pages, (all scanned online). Overall fine to very fine, with a high catalogue value. (Image)

Est $ 750

Collection of Complete Booklets in Two Red Boxes, 1912 to 1990, starting with two Admiral booklets #3e (Unitrade $250) and #5d (cat $150) and continuing to #123 with very good representation of the issues in that period. There are more than 225 booklets (up to 20 copies of a few) in this very clean collection, unchecked by us for tagging, cover types, papers and other varieties, but with a number of owner-identified items. (Image)

Est $ 200

Group of Over 800 Complete Booklets, 1982 to 2006, with up to ten (or more) of some issues. There is very high catalogue value here with items from the first Maple Leaf issue through Christmas of 2006. Of note are many definitive booklets with alternate advertising messages on their backs, a group of Mammals definitive booklets (Unitrade $174) and the 1989 Christmas booklets (Unitrade $219) plus the desirable perf change on BK111A (x7, Unitrade $350). The total face value of this collection is more than $3,800. "P" stamps alone account for approximately 10% of the total face value (at 92c per stamp). See the photos online for an overview of the contents of this clean and very fine lot, which would help a collector fill many modern gaps. Also a helpful and valuable stock for a dealer or postage reseller. (Image)

Face $ 3,820

Group of 388 Complete Cheques From the 1920s with Better Excise and War Tax Revenues, including a number which have more than one revenue stamp. We counted FCH1a (x22), FWT16 (x156), FX4 (x44), FX5 (x14), FX6 (x33), FX11 (x32), FX12 (x47), FX13 (x21), FX44 (x2) and FX46c (x74). A useful and mostly very fine group. (Image)

van Dam $ 3,126

Collection of Queen Victoria Mint and Used Bill Stamps, on a double-sided stock page, one side with mint and the other with used. Note different issues and denominations, up to the $3. Overall fine to very fine, both sides scanned online. (Image)

van Dam $ 802

Nice collection of Excise Tax stamp on Covers and More, 1929-1952, FX36 on two cards, FX38, FX64 on 10 covers incorrectly used as postage including mixed franked covers, with or without postage due. FX64b NH complete booklet with 2 panes accompanies and a 9c Bill Stamp on an Oshawa promissory note. A seldom seen and useful group for the specialist. (Image)

Est $ 150

Group of Over 230 Documents with Federal and Provincial Revenue Stamps, 1890s to 1970, note the following: 2 Dominion of Canada Thrift cards from World War I, both with FWS1 (x1). A World War 2 savings certificate with FWS 10, 11, 13 and 14. 4 Newfoundland documents, all with Inland Revenue stamps, 26 documents with Québec registration stamps, 30 documents with law stamps, with 4 from Québec, 10 from Ontario and 16 from Saskatchewan, 7 receipts with Federal Excise stamps, a 1954-55 unemployment insurance book with stamps in it, a Bill Stamp document, World War 2 ration books #s 1-4, and 6, 8 covers into Canada with "Customs Duty Free" machine slogan cancels on the back, a 1970 duck hunting license, a 1941 Ontario fishing license, 137 cheques with tax paid by revenue or postage stamps, 8 cheques with the tax paid by meter and 4 documents without revenue stamps, including deed of land and probate documents. Some with faults, creases, etc, still many very fine. (Image)

Est $ 250

Group of 1868 Third Bill Issue Sheets and Part Sheets, with 2c orange (block of 50), 3c (full sheet of 100), 4c (block of 42), 5c (block of 70), 6c (sheet of 100), 7c (full sheet of 100 in 4 blocks), 9c (full sheet of 100), 10c (block of 71) and 30c (block of 80 in 3 parts, with some damaged stamps not counted). The majority have either plate inscriptions or counters at top, or portions thereof, with full original never hinged gum, and unchecked by us for watermarks or perforations. All are scanned online, overall fine or better, with some small creases, gum defects, etc. (Image)

van Dam $ 4,416

1924 St Maurice Paper Company Ltd. Cheque with Embossed Stamp, the stamp reads Canada / Excise tax / Paid / A298. The cheque has a minor bend in the paper, otherwise very fine, with a "PAID" perfin at lower right. (Image)

van Dam $ 100

Group of Federal Wildlife Conservation Stamp Booklets, 1985 to 2008, with between 1 and 3 of each year, all very fine. (Image)

Unitrade $ 1,070