Canada Airmail continued...
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1163 |
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Collection
of Interesting First Flight Covers, 1928-1949, includes 45 registered or special delivery covers, censored cover, CL4 Western Canada Airways cover and three mixed Canada / USA frankings. Also overseas destinations such as Cuba, South Africa,
Germany, Bermuda, Greece, UK and St Helena. A scarce group with some faults but overall very fine. (Scan a)
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Est $ 500
SOLD for C$375.00
Will close during Public Auction |
1164 |
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of 30 Aviation Photographs in a Binder, mostly black and white 8" x 10" glossys. Note a bi-plane, two and four engine prop planes and jets also two astronaut photos.
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Est $ 100
SOLD for C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction |
1165 |
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of Maritimes / Magdalen Islands Flight Covers, 1928-1933, with 60 covers, including 16 AMCN #2807 covers, mostly later flights, 27 #2905, again mostly later flights plus 4 #2939 flights and 13 assorted later flight covers. Later flights of #2807
and 2905 are usually scarcer than the first flights, due to a lack of advance notification to collectors. Note #2807c and 2807d which catalogue $100 each. Mostly very fine collection. (Scan a)
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Est $ 500
SOLD for C$325.00
Will close during Public Auction |
1166 |
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of 57 Royal Air Force Museum Flown Covers, 1969-1972, note a Concorde flown cover, 2 with pilot signatures, a London to Victoria BC air race cover and numerous anniversary covers. All clean and very fine, in a nice R.A.F. binder. (Scan a)
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Est $ 150
SOLD for C$40.00
Will close during Public Auction |
1167 |
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of "This Mail Was Carried by Postal Airplane to..." Covers, with 66 covers that either have the handstamp (or machine marking) or should have had the handstamp. Mostly 2c rate but note a special delivery cover and an incoming cover from England.
Note a number of Canada Post Office official air mail covers. Overall very fine and mostly #8 size or smaller and includes black, purple and blue markings. (Scan a)
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Est $ 350
SOLD for C$300.00
Will close during Public Auction |
1168 |
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of 400 Plus Air Mail Anniversary Covers in Three Binders, 1968-1995, all mounted on pages with catalogue number and description, mostly all different and all very fine. Vast majority were produced by Major R.K. Malott. (Scan a)
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Est $ 200
SOLD for C$25.00
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1169 |
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of 18 C3 First Flight, First Day Covers, all dated FEB.22.1932 from 15 different cities across the country, from Victoria to Charlottetown. Note 2 covers with handstamped first day cachets, a registered cover and one cover franked with a block of
four. Overall very fine. (Scan a)
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Unitrade $ 450
SOLD for C$75.00
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1170 |
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Group of
14 Better Air Mail Items, 1927-1954, includes a 1941 Trans-Canada Airline crash cover from Armstrong Ont, a 1954 Moose Jaw crash cover and 4 pieces from the 1954 Prestwick crash that includes a badly burnt envelope and 2 pieces of contents plus a
British Ambulance cover to Canada. (Scan a)
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Est $ 200
SOLD for C$250.00
Will close during Public Auction |
1171 |
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Group of
35 Better Air Mail Covers, 1928-1968, includes 28 covers with "FLOWN BY COURTESY" markings, three O.A.T. (onward air transmission) covers and four "Jusqu'à", etc. covers. Covers with courtesy markings are very scarce. Airlines include B.C. Air
Lines Ltd, Eclipse Airways, Canadian Airways, General Airways, Ginger Coote Airways, Lamb Airways and more. Nice group to start an exhibit with and mostly very fine. (Scan
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Est $ 350
SOLD for C$300.00
Will close during Public Auction |
1172 |
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of Newfoundland First Flight Covers, 1939-1969, with 33 covers, mostly 1939 to 1947 first flights. Note 1947 flights from Gander to Calcutta, Prague, Brussels, Karachi and Ankara (x2). Also a Pan Am July 26 first flight from Damascus to Gander,
also a few post cards and pictures plus some other odds and ends that includes a forgery of #C1. (Scan a)
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Est $ 100
SOLD for C$170.00
Will close during Public Auction |
1173 |
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of First Flights on "Official Airmail Envelopes" Produced and Sold by the Canadian Post Office, all in three binders, with about 100 covers, including 30 in a single frame Gold Medal exhibit from better flights, including a CL47 Commercial
Airways flown cover and the following flights: 2803b, 2803g, 2805a, 2805d, 2805f, 2807 and 2843. These covers are all worth a premium over the value of the first flights themselves, overall very fine. (Scan a)
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Est $ 600
SOLD for C$210.00
Will close during Public Auction |
1174 |
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February
1931 Winnipeg to Pembina First Flight Exhibit Plus Extra Material, includes 130 covers, all flown on the Winnipeg / Pembina first flights, or destined for the flights. Mostly Canadian flight covers but also some US covers. Note C2 franked covers,
registered and special delivery covers and foreign destinations that include Europe, West Indies and South America. Also note 15 pilot signed covers as well as postmaster and other signatures. Overall a very fine collection. (Scan a)
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Est $ 400
SOLD for C$130.00
Will close during Public Auction |
1175 |
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of Mostly Foreign Destination First Flight Covers from Canada, 1929-1950, with 150 covers, including about 20 registered with the balance being basic rate covers. Destinations include the UK, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Cuba, Mexico, Canal
Zone, South Africa, British East Africa, New Zealand, Australia and more. A scarce and difficult to assemble group, almost all #8 size and overall very fine. (Scan a)
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Est $ 400
SOLD for C$300.00
Will close during Public Auction |
1176 |
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of 144 Mostly Registered First Flight Covers, 1930s to 1950, with about 10 special delivery covers. Note better frankings including #s 175, 190, 202, 204, 208-210 and C4. All Canadian covers except for two US flights to Canada. Mostly #8 size or
similar and overall very fine. (Scan a)
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Est $ 700
SOLD for C$300.00
Will close during Public Auction |
1177 |
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of 145 Registered or Special Delivery First Flight Covers, with about 65 special delivery, some franked with E2, E3, E5 or E6, as well as air mail special delivery issues. Balance is registered, and we note better frankings such as #s 146, 147,
156, 157, 175, 208, 209, 210 and more. Also note C4 covers. A scarce group, as the majority of first flights were only sent basic air mail. Overall very fine and majority are #8 size covers with a few larger. (Scan a)
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Est $ 750
SOLD for C$800.00
Will close during Public Auction |
1178 |
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of 1930s First Flight Covers with Better Frankings, with about 100 covers franked with C2 (four with 2 copies and one with a block of four). Also 14 other covers with assorted frankings including #s 203 and 226, the 20c Grain Exhibition and the
50c Parliament building in Victoria. Note a few covers with faults but overall very fine. (Scan a)
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Est $ 500
SOLD for C$170.00
Will close during Public Auction |
1179 |
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of Late 1920s and 1930s Covers Flown on Two Different First Flights, with 70 covers in all, plus 4 onward air transmission (O.A.T.) covers and 15 with assorted "Jusqu'à" markings. Of the 70 double flown covers, 34 were on 2 different flights in
Canada and 36 were on both a Canadian and a US flight. A scarce group, not often seen and overall very fine. (Scan a)
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Est $ 400
SOLD for C$160.00
Will close during Public Auction |
1180 |
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Box with
About 280 First Flight Covers, 1928-1931, with about one quarter being non-cacheted. Includes Québec (Magdalen Islands), Alberta, Ontario and New Brunswick flights, with various cachets and frankings including many C1 and some postmark interest.
Also a cover franked with CL40 Sioux Lookout to Coldpine DEC.10.1928 and another (faulty) with CL3 Rouyn Lake to Roessler OCT.17.1924. A couple are signed. Also includes about 19x 1931 US flights in conjunction with Canada. Overall fine or better. (Scan a)
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Est $ 150
SOLD for C$160.00
Will close during Public Auction |
1181 |
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First Flight Cover Collection in a Uni-Safe cover album, with 72 covers in all, 1928-29 (x20), 1930-39 (x52). We note many frankings (mostly with early Air Mail stamps), all covers are cacheted and includes 33 rates to the US, 39 domestic. A
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Est $ 100
SOLD for C$25.00
Will close during Public Auction |
1182 |
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1948 Sky
Merchant Round The World Flight, being an aerogramme (with return address of Atlas Supply Company in Newark NJ) which flew from January 13th 1948 to April 15th 1948 around the world and received cancellations on all 30 airports where it touched
down. A lovely item, accompanied by a flight bio. colour photo reproduction of actual aeroplane (showing the country flags on its tail), an offer for the sale of this item from Buckingham Covers asking £150, a rare Sky Merchant ad from Italy and an
advertising card fro Sky Merchant. Ex. Bowen collection and put together by him. (Scan a)
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Est $ 100
SOLD for C$30.00
Will close during Public Auction |