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Newfoundland continued...

LotNo.

Symbol

Cat No.

Lot Description

1161

CVR

1901 Coastal North to Bay of Islands Cover, mailed at Coastal T.P.O. North on AUG.17.1901 to Bay of Islands (AUG.16 receiver). The letter was carried by the steamer S.S. Home to the Labrador coast, then transferred at Battle Harbour, Labrador, then forwarded on the S.S. Leopard to destination. Franked with 1c and 2c Royal Family issues. Very fine and very rare example of mail being transferred at Battle Harbour, Labrador to the west coast of Newfoundland. Ex David Piercey and still on his well written-up exhibit page (with pink frame around cover, denoting rarity).

Estimate $ 100

SOLD for C$225.00
Will close during Public Auction

1162

CVR

Group of 12 Interesting Newfoundland Covers, 1891 to 1942, noting registered (x3), advertising, censored, better single frankings, RPO and town postmarks, a partial St John's oval registration datestamp, a FDC for Scott #211, a 1c drop letter, and more. All photographed online, overall very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

Estimate $ 100

SOLD for C$275.00
Will close during Public Auction

1163

CVR

Group of Newfoundland Covers, with a group of 10 covers franked with #60 Queen Victoria 1890 issue, with postmarks, shades, etc. A group of 6 various covers 1910-1939 each retail priced between 10 and $50, noting a #86 (c.v. $100 on cover), a "First Trans-Atlantic Airmail" favour slogan on unaddressed cover (used for only one day), a 1937 registered cover to Vernon BC, etc. and a group of 7 FDC for the 1933 to 75c Airmail issues (x7 covers), for a grand total of 26 fine to very fine covers. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (All Scans)

Estimate $ 150

SOLD for C$275.00
Will close during Public Auction

1164

CVR

Two Covers Franked with Type B Surcharge of 1897, both were mailed to Halifax, Nova Scotia, one is a wrapper with a fine-very fine slate shade (extends off the cover but not creased), the other is an unsealed envelope franked with a fine-very fine lilac shade stamp, with its surcharge centered to the left. Both are very fine.

Unitrade $ 800

SOLD for C$110.00
Will close during Public Auction

Newfoundland - Domestic Mail

LotNo.

Symbol

Cat No.

Lot Description

1165

CVR

1921 Halifax Airmail Stamp on Cover, mailed St Johns on NOV.24.1921 to Philadelphia, with FEB.4.1922 Halifax transit on back, endorsed "per Newfoundland Halifax Air Post" at top, very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

Unitrade $ 250

SOLD for C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction

Newfoundland - Lots and Collections

LotNo.

Symbol

Cat No.

Lot Description

1166

CVR/PC

Collection / Study of Newfoundland Postmarks on 30 Covers / Cards plus on Pieces, neatly written-up on quadrille pages, starts with an Armed Forces triangular G.P.O. postmark on JAN.30.1945 H.M.C. Ship censored cover, followed by a selection of T.P.O. postmarks including Halls Bay R.T.P.O., Notre Dame Bay T.P.O. (broken circle and c.d.s.), N&W Railway T.P.O., C.P. Railway T.P.O., N.N.&W Railway T.P.O., a Norris Arm duplex on a 5c cover to the USA, Trinity Bay T.P.O., Bonavista Bay T.P.O., South Coast T.P.O., Labrador T.P.O., large circular Port Aux Basques & North Sydney T.P.O. in purple, St.J & P.A.B R.P.O. (faint), Coastal West T.P.O. These followed by a collection of various types of postmarks on piece with stamp or just stamp (plus 3 covers), noting several small towns, etc. Also 8 covers with various slogan cancels, a collection of private perfins on 11 stamps and 2 covers (noting better ones) and last but not least a picture postcard to France (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (Scan 11) (Scan 12) (Scan 13) (All Scans)

Estimate $ 200

SOLD for C$250.00
Will close during Public Auction

1167

CVR

Group of 45 Covers and One Card, 1874-1948, plus two from the 1950s, with a good range of first day covers, commercial mail, business corner cards, frankings, registered, destinations, better postmarks and more. An interesting and useful lot, overall fine or better, all items photographed online. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (Scan 11) (Scan 12) (Scan 13) (Scan 14) (Scan 15) (Scan 16) (Scan 17) (Scan 18) (Scan 19) (Scan 20) (Scan 21) (Scan 22) (Scan 23) (All Scans)

Estimate $ 300

SOLD for C$750.00
Will close during Public Auction

1168

CVR

Group of 91 Covers in a Binder, 1890s to 1950, neatly displayed in black Vario sheets, with a good variety of material including frankings, postmarks, corner cards, illustrated, perfins, airmail, registered, destinations, and more. Saw a few faults, still overall fine or better with lots of useful material. All items photographed online. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (Scan 11) (Scan 12) (Scan 13) (Scan 14) (Scan 15) (Scan 16) (Scan 17) (Scan 18) (Scan 19) (Scan 20) (Scan 21) (Scan 22) (Scan 23) (Scan 24) (All Scans)

Estimate $ 300

SOLD for C$500.00
Will close during Public Auction

1169

Collection of 180 Different Old Time Newfoundland Picture Postcards, in two deluxe postcard albums, with a wide assortment of cards and card types including several real photo, noting scenes of Fogo, icebergs, St John's harbor, small villages, Belle Island mining, drying codfish, buildings, multi-view cards, winter scenes and much more. A good proportion have been mailed which helps date the cards, and is also useful to the postmark collector. From the estate of a dealer who closed his shop in the 1990s, overall fine to very fine. Photos only show a small sampling but are representative. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (All Scans)

Estimate $ 750

SOLD for C$1,150.00
Will close during Public Auction

Newfoundland - Postal Stationery

LotNo.

Symbol

Cat No.

Lot Description

1170

E/P

1873 1c Prince of Wales Postal Card Trial Colour Large Die Proof Essay in Yellow Brown, printed by the American Bank Note Company on India paper showing the letter "H" at top right, sunk-in on card measuring 230 x 154 mm, missing the shading behind N of Newfoundland, very fine. Webb # P-E2c.

Webb $ 1,200

SOLD for C$400.00
Will close during Public Auction

1171

E/P

Two Newfoundland Postal Card Plate Proofs, with a proof each of P1 (with shading behind N) and P4, each in colour of issue, printed on India paper mounted on card, very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

Estimate $ 350

SOLD for C$250.00
Will close during Public Auction

1172

Group of Four Used 1c Green Postal Cards, 1876 to 1898, first card mailed St John's in 1876 and addressed to a local person who would have picked it up at the post office (scarce, as the Whaley census records only one cover mailed in this way at the 1c rate). Second card mailed St John's in 1877, carried by S.S. Lizzie from Portugal Cove to Harbor Grace. Third card (uprated with 1c stamp) mailed Kingsbridge (St John's) in 1898 , carried by S.S. Bruce (endorsed as such) from Placentia to North Sydney, then to New York (endorsed as such, with transit marking) then to Bradford, England (receiver). Fourth card mailed Brigus in 1877, carried by the Allan Line S.S. Sardinian to Québec City, then onto Montréal (with "Carrier / North Dist." receiver). All four are very fine, ex the David Piercey collection, still on his written-up pages. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (All Scans)

Estimate $ 200

SOLD for C$650.00
Will close during Public Auction

1173

Group of Six Used 1c Green Postal Cards, 1890 to 1899, with 1890 Petites to St John's via Rose Blanche; 1891 Harbor Britain (uprated with a 1c stamp) to Scotland via Coastal T.P.O. West; 1893 Harbor Britain to St John's via Railway T.P.O.; 1896 (St John's) to Placentia, via Railway T.P.O.; 1899 Harbor Britain to Channel; and 1899 New Bay to St John's, via Notre Dame Bay T.P.O., N.N. & W. Railway T.P.O. All very fine, ex the David Piercey collection and extensively written-up by him. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (All Scans)

Estimate $ 150

SOLD for C$200.00
Will close during Public Auction

1174

Two Interesting 2c Used U.P.U. Postal Cards, first is a 1889 Twillingate to England Postal Card mailed from Twillingate on APR.19.1889 to England, carried by the S.S. Neptune to St John's for the English mails. A few light stains, still a previously unreported example of mail carried by ship outside of the Joseph Wood Coastal North mail contract. Second is an 1895 Spaniard's Bay to Frelighsburgh, QC, via St. Pierre, mailed at Spaniard's Bay on JAN.19.1895 to Frelighsburgh, Québec (JAN.28 receiver), through St John's (JAN.19) and "Railway T.P.O. NEWF'D" (JAN.19), carried by the S.S. St. Pierre from Placentia to Halifax, via St. Pierre. Toning at right, still a very scarce routing for Canadian mail. Both are ex David Piercey and still on his written-up pages. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

Estimate $ 150

SOLD for C$70.00
Will close during Public Auction

1175

CVR/PC

Collection of Unused Newfoundland Postal Stationery, with a group of regular issues (EN1-EN4, P1-P6 and P10), as well as two SPECIMEN overprinted envelopes (EN2 and EN3), for a total of 13 different items, very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (All Scans)

Estimate $ 150

SOLD for C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction

1176

CVR/PC

Old Time Collection of Used and Unused Newfoundland Postal Stationery, with 35 items written-up on quadrille pages. We note a good variety of items, with envelopes, postal cards, la letter card, registered envelopes and a few wrappers. Items of interest include three different wrappers (one to St Pierre & Miquelon), a P1 card used from Channel in 1878, an unused P5 surcharged card, a used P6 (with reply still attached) to Oregon (mailed in 1936, missing a stamp), unused and used P8 card (unused one has message on back, P9 U.P.U. card mailed to UK, P9 UPU card mailed to Winnipeg, P11 card to California, uprated P10 card to Cape Breton Island, unused P12 card, used P15 and P16 cards, a very fine unused L1 letter card (Webb $225), used EN2, uprated EN1 registered cover with Coastal TPO North datestamp, used EN3 to Oregon, used EN3 to USA, used EN3 to Maine with Fishing Supplies corner card (roughly opened), uprated EN4 registered to Halifax, EN1 mailed to UK in 1918 with two Postage Due stamps affixed (with Heart Content TPO on back, crease) as well as three registered envelopes (2x RE1 and RE2) two mailed to British Columbia and one to USA, and a few more odds and ends. A few of the early cards may have toning, still an overall fine or better collection with several sought-after items. Pictures only show a portion. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (Scan 11) (Scan 12) (All Scans)

Estimate $ 300

SOLD for C$170.00
Will close during Public Auction

Northwest Territories and Yukon

LotNo.

Symbol

Cat No.

Lot Description

1177

CVR

Group of 90 Covers and Postcards from Yukon and Northwest Territories, 1910-2008, includes a joint Canada / Russia 1988 Polar Bridge Expedition signed cover, 1975 Taylor North Pole Expedition signed cover, covers from Alert, R.C.M.P. covers and two 1910 Dawson postcards, 1965 Northwest Passage Co. Expedition, 6 first flight covers (1929-1932) and over 50 commercial covers collected for scarcer post office postmarks. 6 of the covers are #10 size, rest mostly #8s, overall very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (All Scans)

Estimate $ 200

SOLD for C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction

1178

CVR/PC

Group of Covers and Cards from Yukon and Northwest Territories,towns from N.W.T. are Isachsen (1961), Mould Bay (1961), Alert (1952), Yukon has Carcross (1925), Forty Mile (1910), Granville (1907), Dawson (1901) and Mayo Landing (1929). Also includes a Cartwright NL cover (1961), Lake Harbour NL (1948 on reg. receipt with Eastern Arctic Patrol oval datestamp on back) as well as a group of 4 covers commemorating the opening of the Alaska Highway in 1943 each with three signatures and showing all four legs of the "Land Mail Route". Couple of small faults, still all very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

Estimate $ 150

SOLD for C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction

1179

CVR/PC

Group of Interesting 1898-1901 Yukon Territory Gold Rush Items, with a letter card mailed White Horse Yukon on JAN.25.1901 to Toronto (FEB.8 receiver) explaining the trip through Skagway, etc. A 2c Numeral cover mailed from Bonanza, Yukon on FEB.27.1900 to Seattle Washington (MAR.13 receiver), through Dawson (FEB.27). Also two double-sided letters to Ashcroft, BC describing the gold rush, etc., one dated JAN.26.1898 on Commercial Hotel South Edmonton Alta letterhead and the other dated McLeod Alberta on JAN.17.1898 in part asking what kind of fish can be found there, as he apparently intended on surviving on fish. An overall fine and interesting group. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (All Scans)

Estimate $ 250

SOLD for C$70.00
Will close during Public Auction

1180

CVR/PC

Group of 21 Covers and 45 Picture Postcards with N.W.T. and Yukon Postmarks, 1909 to 1941, the covers show a variety of material including a set of 6 covers with the 1940 Nascopie Annual Voyage cachet (6 different towns), a 1945 Dundas Harbour NWT cover with picture insert, some S.S. Nascopie covers from 1933, 1935, 1936, 1939, 1941, an apparently rare 1935 "R.M.S. Nascopie" handstamp cover and more. Also comes with a group of 45 sleeved picture postcards, incl. one mailed from Bonanza Yukon in 1909, 3 mailed from White Horse Yukon in 1910-1911 (duplex), 2 mailed from Dawson Yukon in 1910 (duplex) and the rest all mailed to two people in White Horse Yukon between 1907 and 1912 (each has a c.d.s. receiver on the picture side of the card). Couple of creases on some of the cards, else an overall very fine lot. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (All Scans)

Estimate $ 200

SOLD for C$80.00
Will close during Public Auction