1856 (31 Dec) outer FL from Montreal to New York, franked with 6d greenish gray, margins all around, tied by grid pmk, with corresponding departure alongside, red "Paid" handstamp, vertical filing folds, one through the stamp, otherwise fine, cat. $1900 (Cat No. 5b) (Image)

Cat. $1900, Est.$400

1857 1/2p rose, plate proof on card, overprinted Specimen in green-black, horizontal pair, v.f. (Unitrade 8Pi, CA$400) (Cat No. 8P) (Image)

Est.$250

1857 7 1/2p green, imperf. proof on india, single and horizontal pair, v.f. (Unitrade 9P, CA$900) (Cat No. 9P) (Image)

Est.$300

1897 Jubilee, 1/2c-$5, complete set used, various postmarks, many fine or better, cat. $5716 (Cat No. 50-65) (Image)

Cat. $5716, Est.$1,000

1928-29 Pictorials, unissued 55c two ideas for frame, hand drawn in pencil by artist, plus additional part of 20c frame sketched in pencil, v.f. and possibly unique (Image)

Est.$500

1919 (22 Feb) Canadian YMCA corner cachet "On Active Service" cover to Ottawa, with "Orderly Room 259th Bn Can. Rifles (Siberia)" dated cachet, also a fine strike of the "Field Post Office Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force" Feb 26 cancel, below, fine cover from a member of the small Canadian contingent in Siberia (the 259th Battalion, Canadian Rifles, was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force Siberia, embarked for Russia on 22 and 26 December 1918, disembarked at Vladivostok on 12 and 15 January 1919 serving with the 16th Infantry Brigade as part of the Allied Forces in eastern Russia until 19 May 1919. The 259th Battalion recruited in London and Kingston, Ontario, also in Montreal and Quebec City. It was commanded by Lt.Col. A.E. Swift) (Image)

Est.$500

1860 5c Connell, plate proof on india, left margin block of four, v.f. (Unitrade 5P; CA$1,200) (Cat No. 5P) (Image)

Est.$750

1921 35c red, three copies, one with period after "1921," used on separate flown covers to Halifax, fine-v.f., cat. $625 (Cat No. C3,3b) (Image)

Cat. $625, Est.$200

1933 $4.50 General Balbo surcharged adhesive, l.h., v.f., signed Bolaffi, cat. $325 (Cat No. C18) (Image)

Cat. $325, Est.$150

1933 $4.50 General Balbo surcharged adhesive, block of four (complete setting), l.h., v.f., signed Bolaffi, cat. $1300 (Cat No. C18) (Image)

Cat. $1300, Est.$500

1933 $4.50 General Balbo surcharged adhesive, used on flown cover from St. John's (26 July 33) via Shoal Harbor to London, with appropriate cachet and Rome arrival pmk on back, v.f., signed Bolaffi, cat. $800 (Cat No. C18) (Image)

Cat. $800, Est.$250

1933 Balbo Flight Surcharge, $4.50 on 75c yellow brown, partially doubled surcharge, clearly visible in the numbers of the date and value (partial offset of the surcharge on reverse as well), position 1 of the setting and the only one recorded unused (there was an example used on cover in the Cyril Harmer collection), small surface mark at left (seems to be from the surcharging process), very fine in all respects, 2010 BPA certificate (Unitrade C18iii, listed but unpriced) (Cat No. C18var) (Image)

Est.$25,000

1919 (12 July) "Martinsyde" Supplementary mail (only 25 flown) by pilots Raynham & Morgan, cover franked by $1 Trans-Atlantic surcharge tied by St. John's machine duplex, sent to London, with arrival markings, small part of backflap torn away, otherwise fine, signed Bolaffi, Colla, etc., with 1965 Bolaffi certificate, also with a 1943 Francis Field certificate and explanation (as the flight was delayed, the mail bag, originally made up on May 18, was opened on July 12, and an additional 25 covers, all franked with the $1 surcharge, were added. The flight crashed on takeoff, and Capt. Raynham subsequently went to England by ship, forgetting to turn the mail over to the Post Office until January 7, 1920, hence these covers were not backstamped until then). (Image)

Est.$2,500

1919 (12 July) "Martinsyde" Supplementary mail (only 25 flown) by pilots Raynham & Morgan, cover franked with $1 Trans-Atlantic surcharge tied by St. John's machine duplex, sent to London, with 7 January backstamp, also endorsed "Martinsyde Mail Bag", fine and scarce cover, with additional Harry A. Truby and October 14 1921 datestamps (as the flight was delayed, the mail bag, originally made up on May 18, was opened on July 12, and an additional 25 covers, all franked with the $1 Surcharge, were added. The flight crashed on takeoff, and Capt. Raynham subsequently went to England by ship, forgetting to turn the mail over to the P.O. until January 7, 1920, so the covers were not backstamped until then) (Image)

Est.$2,500

1930 (9 Oct) Second "Columbia" Transatlantic flight cover, endorsed "air mail Columbia", addressed to London, with arrival (13 October) datestamp, franked with 4c rose (defective), minor cover faults, also with enclosure "we have received your letter which you sent over by Capt. Boyd. Trusting this souvenir will reach you safely" (Image)

Est.$250

1857-1939 collection mostly unused on White Ace pages, well filled, missing primarily the rarities, but including Scott 11A used and unused, 12A, 17-23,1865-90 issues unused or used, 1897 Cabot, 1910-11 Guy issues lithographed and engraved, plus varieties including No.90 imperf., 1911 Royal Family, 1919 Caribou and all the rest of the definite sets complete, air mail include No.C3b used, C3f, C6-11, C9-11 blocks of four n.h., C12 and C13-17, plus there is some duplication, mixed condition, some without gum and occasional small faults, generally fine-v.f. (Image)

Est.$1,500