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LotNo.

Symbol

Cat No.

Lot Description

1121

P12, P21

Three Post Cards to Sweden, a P12 (Webb NF13-3 illustrated view card, c.v. $125) 1c QV domestic card uprated with a pair of ½c SQ mailed from Niagara Falls ON on AU.26.1893, with London SEP.6 transit and SEP.9 receiver (light creases and light toning); P21 2c orange QV U.P.U. card mailed from St Hyacinthe QC on MAR.29.1898 with APR.12 receiver; and a Niagara Falls illustrated patriotic private post card with 1c Numeral, 2c purple Numeral and 2c Map mailed from Niagara Falls on JUN.29.1899 with JUL.7 receiver (corner crease). (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 150

SOLD for C$80.00
Will close during Public Auction

1122

P13

1897 Uprated Post Card Mailed to Singapore, Straits Settlements, a P13 1c card uprated with a 1c Jubilee mailed from Hull, Québec on NOV.8.1897 to Singapore (DEC.14 receiver) through London (NOV.18 transit on front). The card has toning, and stamp is sulphuretted, still a rare destination. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 200

SOLD for C$150.00
Will close during Public Auction

1123

P13

1896 Uprated Post Card Mailed to Bolivia, P13 1c card uprated with a 1c Small Queen stamp mailed from Montréal NOV.13.1896 (nice machine cancel) to Sucre, Bolivia, through New York (NOV.15 transit machine on back), owner's notes read "via new York packet to Aspinwall, Panama City, packet down West Coast". Very fine and a very rare destination.

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Estimate $ 400

SOLD for C$500.00
Will close during Public Auction

1124

P13

1898 1c Post Card Mailed Short Paid to Tokyo, Japan, P13 1c card was mailed from Ottawa on JUN.19.1898 to Tokyo, Japan with receiver partially hidden by a (faulty) Japanese 4s regular issue (Scott 77) used as a postage due, as the card was short paid 1c (4 sen penalty). There are blue crayon Japanese notations at top, a scarce "5 / OTMS / T" handstamp and a DUE in circle with blue crayon "4" inside. Four small tape pieces close as many creases or tears, still a rare item. Ex Steinhart.

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Estimate $ 500

SOLD for C$130.00
Will close during Public Auction

1125

P13, P15, P21

Three Post Cards Mailed to St Thomas, Danish West Indies, a P13 1c card uprated with a 1c Small Queen mailed from Halifax on JUL.25.1896, with AUG.7 receiver on front (toning spots); P15 2c U.P.U. card mailed from Halifax on NOV.24.1897, with DEC.3 receiver on front; P21 2c orange U.P.U. card mailed from Montréal on JAN.27.1898 (flag cancel), with FEB.7 receiver on front. Overall very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 250

SOLD for C$170.00
Will close during Public Auction

1126

P13, P15, P17

Three Post Cards Mailed to Brazil, P13 1c card mailed from St John, NB NOV.10.1896, with two different Rio de Janeiro transits dated DEC.15 and a DEC.17 Sorocaba receiver, with owner's notes reading "1c stamp fell off, initial T for shortpaid, crossed out, possibly paid with label"; P15 2c U.P.U. card mailed from Montréal on FEB.4.1897, with two different Rio de Janeiro receivers dated FEB.26; P17 1c green Leaf card uprated with a 1c Numeral stamp, mailed Montréal on SEP.26.1900, with what looks like an OCT.21 receiver on back (?). All three cards are very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 250

SOLD for C$110.00
Will close during Public Auction

1127

P13, P15, P22

Three Different Post Cards Mailed to Luxembourg, P13 1c QV card uprated 1c SQ mailed from Montréal on NOV.30.1895, with DEC.12 receivers; P15 2c U.P.U. card mailed from Toronto on JUL.13.1897 to Liège, Belgium (JUL.24 receiver) then re-directed on next day to Arlon, Luxembourg (JUL.26 receiver); P22 2c blue Leaf U.P.U. card mailed from Winnipeg on APR.4.1903 to Houffalize, Luxembourg (receiver on front). A few minor creases, still overall very fine and a scarce destination. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 250

SOLD for C$130.00
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1128

P13, P17

Two Post Cards Mailed to the Azores, P13 1c card uprated with a 1c Small Queen mailed from Spadina Avenue, Toronto on MAR.31.1897 to "Ponta Delgada / San Miguel (Açores) / Portugal", through Lisbon (APR.14 transit on front), with a Ponta Delgada APR.26 receiver on back; P17 1c green Leaf card uprated with a 1c Numeral mailed from Toronto on JUN.24.1903 to same address with no receiver (corner crease). A mostly very fine pair of cards, both from the Toronto Meteorological Office. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 250

SOLD for C$150.00
Will close during Public Auction

1129

P13, P17, P20

Three Different Uprated Post Cards to Germany, P13 1c card with view of Niagara Falls (Webb NF13-8), uprated with 1c Small Queen, mailed from Niagara Falls Centre on SEP.24.1896; P17 1c green Leaf card uprated with two ½c Numerals mailed from Montréal on MAR.30.1899 (flag cancel); P20 (with reply card attached) 1c black Leaf, uprated with a ½c Leaf and a ½c Numeral, mailed from Kingston on SEP.18.1899. An overall very fine group. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 150

SOLD for C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction

1130

P13, P21, P22

Three Different Post Cards to Straits Settlements, P13 mailed Victoria, B.C. on SEP.24.1895 to Penang, with blue crayon “2” and “1d” handstamp as it is short paid 1c (this card has light overall toning and is ex Allan L. Steinhart collection, p.88). Also a P21 2c orange U.P.U. card mailed Niagara Falls on OCT.11.1899 to Singapore, through Hamilton (OCT.11), with Penang to Singapore NOV.18 transit. A P22 2c blue U.P.U. card mailed Montréal on NOV.3.1898 (machine flag) to Singapore “via New York and Italy” with DEC.12 receiver. Last two cards are very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 300

SOLD for C$625.00
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1131

P13, P21, P22

Three Post Cards Mailed to Bohemia and Hungary, P13 1c card uprated with 1c Jubilee mailed Winnipeg (squared circles) OCT.11.1897 to Budapest; P21 2c orange U.P.U. card mailed Paris, Ontario MAR.16.1901 to Bohemia (MAR.30 receiver) through Hamilton (MAR.16 transit); P22 2c blue U.P.U. card mailed from Montréal APR.4.1903 to Hungary (APR.13 or 23 receiver). An overall very fine group. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 150

SOLD for C$120.00
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1132

P13/P22

Five Different Post Cards to Australia, p13 1c card uprated 1c SQ from Québec OCT.15.1894 to Gunalda, Queensland (NOV.25 London transit) with Gympie and Brisbane Queensland receivers, stains; P15 card from Montréal APR.24.1897 (nice flag cancel) to Adelaine [sic], South Australia, with Vancouver MAY.1 transit; P21 card from Ottawa OCT.8.1898 to Sydney New South Wales, with OCT.13 Vancouver transit; P22 card from Halifax SEP.30.1899 to Sydney, N.S.W. with Sydney NOV.13 receiver; P22 card from St Hyacinthe OCT.19.1899 to Adelaide, South Australia, with a NOV.28 receiver plus OCT.25 Vancouver and OCT.29 San Fransisco transits. All cards are very fine except where noted. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 350

SOLD for C$140.00
Will close during Public Auction

1133

P13/P22

Five Different Post Cards to the Netherlands, P13a 1c QV card mailed from Hamilton SEP.29.1894 with circled "T" and due "5" in blue crayon, with Overveen OCT.11 receiver (stain at top); P13 1c QV card uprated 1c SQ mailed from Yorkton, ASSA on JAN.17.1897 with FEB.2 Doorn receiver; P17 1c green Leaf card uprated 1c Numeral mailed from Toronto on SEP.10.1900 with SEP.21 Harlen receiver; P20 1c black Leaf card with reply portion still attached, uprated with a pair of (toned) ½c Numerals mailed from Berlin on APR.29.1901 with MAY.10 Munegen (?) receiver; and a P22 2c blue Leaf U.P.U. card mailed from Toronto on NOV.2.1898 with NOV.13 Rozendaal receiver. Overall very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 150

SOLD for C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction

1134

P13/P22

Seven Different Post Cards to Switzerland, P13 1c QV card uprated with a 1c Jubilee mailed from Montréal (JUL.4.1897 flag cancel, with JUL.16 receiver); P15 2c QV U.P.U. card mailed from Berlin ON on FEB.24.1897 (through Hamilton, with receiver on front); P16 1c Jubilee card uprated with a 1c Small Queen mailed OCT.2.1897 with OCT.14 receiver on front; P10 1c QV card uprated with ½c Leaf and ½c Numeral, mailed form Berlin ON on SEP.11.1900, with reply portion re-attached by hinged, and SEP.22 receiver on reply portion; P17 1c green Leaf card uprated with a (toned) pair of ½c Numerals mailed from Berlin ON on OCT.24.1900 with NOV.5 receiver; CPR8a 1c red Leaf illustrated card mailed from Montréal on MAY.3.1902 (ERD of experimental machine), with barred numeral canceling the indicia and two different receivers on front; and a P22 2c blue QV Leaf U.P.U. card mailed from Berlin ON on JUL.21.1900 with AUG.8 receiver. An overall very fine group with the odd light creases. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 200

SOLD for C$150.00
Will close during Public Auction

1135

P13a

1897 Uprated Post Card to Rangoon, Burma, a 1c card (140 x 86 mm) uprated with a 1c Small Queen, mailed from Montréal on MAR.29.1897 (machine flag) to Rangoon, Burma, with Sea Post Office transit on front dated APR.19. Toning, still fine and a rare destination.

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Estimate $ 200

SOLD for C$400.00
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1136

P13a

1896 Post Card to Toronto, Forwarded to Austria, first mailed from Toronto (squared circle) on OCT.20.1896 to Toronto, then forwarded to Vienna, Austria (without any additional postage), franked with two dues totaling 4k, tied in Vienna on NOV.9, re-addressed within city and received on NOV.10. Creases at upper left, else an appealing due card. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 350

SOLD for C$160.00
Will close during Public Auction

1137

P15

1898 2c U.P.U. Post Card Mailed to Mauritius, mailed from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia on JAN.12.1898 to Port Lewis, Mauritius, with FEB.19 receiver on back, very fine. ex Allan L. Steinhart collection (p. 103). (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 200

SOLD for C$180.00
Will close during Public Auction

1138

P15

1897 2c U.P.U. Post Card Mailed to Ecuador, Re-Directed to Peru, mailed from Kingston on DEC.3.1897 to Guayaquil, Ecuador (arrived there 10 months later on OCT.18.1898), received a boxed transit handstamp and re-directed to Lima, Peru with a OCT.28 receiver on back, with owner's notes reading 'via New York packet to Aspinwall, Panama City, packet down West Coast". Very fine. A very rare destination, may even be the only one known. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 500

SOLD for C$325.00
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1139

P15

Two Different Post Cards Mailed to Turkey, P15 2c U.P.U. card mailed from Toronto about JAN.11.1897 (as per dateline on back) to Salonika, Turkey, with a February receiver on front and London FEB.24 transit, also on front. Also a private post card with photo on back depicting a basilica in Québec City, franked with a 1c Numeral stamp on picture side, mailed from Montréal on JUN.22.1903 to Constantinople, Turkey. Both cards very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 300

SOLD for C$130.00
Will close during Public Auction

1140

P15, P17

Two Different Post Cards Mailed to Cyprus, first is a P17 2c U.P.U. card mailed from Montréal on FEB.5.1897 (flag machine cancel) to Nicosia, Island of Cyprus (FEB.28 receiver), through London (FEB.17) and Limassol, Cyprus (FEB.27), very fine. Second is a P17 1c green Leaf, uprated with a pair of ½c black Leafs mailed from Cobourg on JUN.6.1898 to Larnaca, with a JUN.26 Limassol receiver, light toning and small corner stains, else very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 250

SOLD for C$110.00
Will close during Public Auction