6 CZECHOSLOVAKIA RATE COVERS 1928-1954, all better up to $125 items sleeved and priced 20 years ago, includes 1936 UPU printed matter 50h rate to Canada, 1936 unpaid domestic rate with 3k postage due, 1937 UPU registered express 5.50k rate to Germany, 1938 UPU 3h short-paid express domestic rate with 1k postage due, 1942 drop letter 80h rate that was forwarded requiring a first class rate and 40h postage due charged, 1954 nice 5.25k franking short pais the registered airmail 6.95k rate to USA, the cover was held for postage but not required as the rate was subsequently reduced to 2.75k, listed retail price $550, VF est ($125+ US) (Image)

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1853 CANADA STANSTEAD-UC to ST--JOHN-CE, an unpaid cover dated FEB6-1853 that somehow got to Montreal where it was turned and re-mailed (again unpaid) on FEB25 to the same St-John-CE addressee, a good twice used Inter-Provincial item, F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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1929 WESTERN CANADA AIRWAYS (x2), the first flight cachet cover from Prince-Albert-Sask to Lac-La-Ronge on JUN21-1929 (AAMC #2903), and a second cover for the return flight (AAMC #2903a), both covers with semi-official #CL40 frankings on back to pay the 10¢ airmail fee, VF est ($35+ US) (Image)

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1931 CANADA AIRMAIL to COLOMBIA, a good 45¢ franking pays the airmail treaty rate from Toronto on JUL16-1931 to Bogota, routing via CAM to New-York and Miami + Pan-Am to Barranguilla + SCADTA to Bogota with arrival JUL 23rd, VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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29 CANADA FIRST FLIGHT COVERS 1929-1939 (2 later), all are cachet covers including 13 "Bob of the Northland" examples and some better NWT flights, retails over $180, F-VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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13 CANADA FIRST FLIGHT COVERS 1932-1933, all better noting 12 are Roessler cachet covers with return flights, also a #C3 FDC, a special delivery FFC from Ottawa to Belle-Isles with a first day franking #192-194,C4 ++, retails over $250, VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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1859 ST-CATHARINES-CE "OPENED in ERROR", unpaid cover from Quebec on OCT12-1859 and addressed to the Bailiff at St-Catharines with arrival on OCT 15th, the Bailiff had died and had not been replaced, the cover was endorsed "MISSENT" and "OPENED IN A MISTAKE" then forwarded back to a lawyer in Quebec, rated COLLECT 7¢ for the 5¢ postage + 2¢ collection fee, F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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1860 THICK PAPER #15iii (0.0045"), a fine early brick-red perf 11.75 x 11.75 on cover from Toronto-CW on AUG13-1860 with same day delivery to St-Catharines, thick paper stamps are recorded in 1867-1868 and this is the only report of an earlier thick paper use, sleeved and greatly under-priced 20 years ago at $200, a rarity on cover and currently the only pre-1867 example, F-VF est ($225+ US) (Image)

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1864 CANADA PUBLIC WORKS FREE FRANK, posted at Quebec-City on APR13-1864 and addressed to Secretary of State Henry Morgan in Montreal, VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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1864 REGISTERED MANNINGVILLE-LC (Hunt County 1831-1868 and now Franklin-Centre), split ring cancel dated NOV1-1864 on a stampless cover to Brewers-Mills-CW (Frontenac County 1855-1870), an unusual early winter routing likely via St Lawrence River Steamboat from Montreal to Kingston, rated 5¢ postage + 2¢ registration fee PAID in cash, sleeved and priced 20 years ago at $150, F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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1865 IMPERFORATE+H26 SINGLE #15a, a VF 4-margin copy tied on cover by a SON G.W.R. SARNIA BRANCH WEST RPO (Gray #RY-81 1859-1875 RF-C2, Ludlow #RR-75), dated NOV9'1865 and addressed to Windsor-CW, the cancel shows the stamp was likely imperf prior to posting, it is the only cover reported and is a stamp rarity with no reported used examples, a VF mint stamp with no gum cat $20,000, the cover is reduced LHS and since the stamp is not a pair it will be sold as-is, F-VF est ($375+ US) (Image)

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1871 TRIPLE RATE to USA, VF strip of 3 Large Queen #27 pays the 1½ ounce 18¢ USA rate (3 x 6¢ per ½ oz) on a reduced legal size cover, all stamps with SON 2-ring St-Catharines-Ont No.12 cancels that do not tie the stamps to the cover, posted at St-Catharines-West on SEP14-1871 and addressed to the Circuit Court at Kalamazoo-MICH, single stamps cat $600, as-is F-VF est ($150+ US) (Image)

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1870 ST-JOHN-NB 2-RING No.7, ties Copper-Red #37b on cover dated JUN20-1870, addressed to Miss Amelia E. Pickard in Halifax, from the famous love letter correspondence where 90% of the perf 12½ franked covers were discovered, this is letter No.180 and does not have one of the perf 12½ stamps, sleeved and priced 20 years ago at $100, VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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1870 REGISTERED GEORGETOWN-CW (Halton County 1851), split ring cancel dated AUG3-1870 on a stampless cover to Milton-Ont with a Milton-West-Ont b/s AUG 4th, rated 3¢ postage + 2¢ registration fee PAID in cash (no stamps available), sleeved and priced 20 years ago at $125, F-VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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1873 CASSELMAN-UC (Russell County 1857-1897), red double split-ring cancel dated NOV5-1873 on stampless cover to Toronto, routing via Wales-CW (Stormont County 1866-1957) on NOV 6th, rated PAID 3¢ in cash with no stamps available, sleeved and priced 20 years ago at $75, VF est ($35+ US) (Image)

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1875 WELLINGTON-SQUARE-ONT (Halton County 1826-1876), split-ring receiver cancel dated JUN21-1875 on cover from Waterdown-CW, rated PAID 3¢ cash with no stamps available, VF est ($35+ US) (Image)

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1875 MONTREAL TELEGRAPH COMPANY, illustrated logo on PAID telegram to Bishops College (Sherbrook-Que), lot includes a list of the 25 different logo styles, a scarce advertising cover with minor edge faults, sleeved and priced 20 years ago at $125, F-VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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1875 MONTREAL TELEGRAPH COMPANY, illustrated logo on PAID telegram dated SEP19-1875 and addressed to the Niagara-CW Collector of Customs, a scarce advertising cover sleeved and priced 20 years ago at $125, VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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1880 MONTREAL TELEGRAPH COMPANY, illustrated logo on cover, cover reduction LHS just touches the design, F+ est ($35+ US) (Image)

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1888 QUEBEC TREASURY DEPARTMENT FREE FRANK, with both a purple oval Department h/s and a Quebec-City duplex dated SEP19-1888, addressed to Sherbrook-Que with arrival the next day, VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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1874 CAMPDEN-ONT POSTAL CARD to USA, 1¢ deep red-orange Small Queen #35vi (perf 11½ x12) uprates a Webb #P1 postal card to pay the 2¢ USA postcard treaty rate, dated FEB18-1874 and addressed to Vineland-NJ, sleeved and priced 20 years ago at $100, F-VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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1884 CLIFTON-ONT POSTAL CARD to BELGIUM (Welland County 1857-1881and later Niagara-Falls), dated Niagara Falls JUN15-1884 to Gent-Belgium arriving JUN 30th, #34 uprates a 1¢ postal card #P5 to pay the 2¢ UPU postcard rate, sleeved and priced 20 years ago at $100, VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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1893 LONDON-ONT POSTAL CARD to GERMANY, dated MAR15-1893 to Ulm-Germany arriving MAR 17th, #35 uprates a 1¢ postal card #P9 to pay the 2¢ UPU postcard rate, the stamp was damaged prior to posting and some travel stains, sleeved and priced 20 years ago at $75, fine est ($35+ US) (Image)

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1871 GEORGE BROWN COVER to SCOTLAND, a cover from the publisher of the Toronto Globe newspaper and one of the Fathers of Confederation, addressed to his wife who was visiting family in Edinburgh, posted at Toronto on July 22, 1871 just 2 days after British Columbia joined the Canada Confederation and likely contained information about the historic event, the cover was routed by train to New York to meet the scheduled July 26th departure of the Cunard "SS RUSSIA", the ship sailed on time with arrival at Queenston-Ireland on August 4th + forwarded via train to Dublin + Coastal Packet to Liverpool noting a "PAID US PACKET" handstamp at 3:00am on August 7th + immediately transferred to the Edinburgh morning express train where it arrived at 8:00pm the same day, the 2¢ Small Queen stamps were not yet available and the 8¢ British Packet rate was paid by a mixed franking 2¢ Large Queen and a pair of 3¢ misperfed Small Queen stamps that had to be scissor cut, the stamps are tied by three nice Toronto fancy cork cancels, a great historical cover with great markings, VF est ($375+ US) (Image)

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1888 DUNDAS-ONT to BRITISH EAST-INDIA, #38 (x2) pays the "B" Country 10¢ UPU rate dated DEC12-1888 and addressed to Cocanada-Madras (now Kakinada), routing via Hamilton on DEC 12th + closed bag to London on DEC 24th + closed bag to Calais + train to Brindisi + P&O Lines to Suez and Bombay + Trans-India train to Cocanada on JAN 18th + redirected 9 miles to Samalkota on JAN 19th, VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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