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LotNo.

Symbol

Cat No.

Lot Description

1201

CVR

1888 5c UPU Illustrated Advertising Cover to France, mailed from Hamilton, Ont. (AUG.21.1888) to Paris, France (Sep. 1 receiver on back) via Calais and franked with a 5c olive green Small Queen, paying the 5c UPU letter rate. With all-over advertising from Robert Evans Seeds on front, with a detailed illustration of their headquarters on reverse, showing horse drawn carriages, etc. Very light toning on parts of the stamp, and opening fault on back flap, still very fine and with great eye appeal. Ex Daniel Cantor collection. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

Get Market Data for [Canada 38] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Estimate $ 150

SOLD for C$80.00
Will close during Public Auction

1202

CVR

1893 3c SQ Dead Letter Cover to California, mailed from Montréal on FEB.27 (1893) to the USS Ranger, off the coast of San Francisco, California, endorsed "c/o Navy Pay Office", arrived MAR.6 (receiver c.d.s.) then Vallejo later in the same day (fancy cork duplex on back) where it received two oval handstamps in purple reading ADVERTIZED and UNCLAIMED. Address crossed off and handstamp added reading "U.S. Navy Yard / Mare Island, Cal.", with Vallejo, Cal redirecting duplex dated MAR.31. There is also a notation which appears to read "Desiesed" [sic}. Cover ended up in the US DLO on APR.11, then back to Canadian D.L.O. with three different D.L.O. postmarks on back, dating between APR.22 and MAY.2.1893. An interesting cover, with a small tear on front, else very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

Get Market Data for [Canada 41] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Estimate $ 100

SOLD for C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction

1203

CVR

43 var

1897 6c Red Brown Small Queen Diagonal Half Used on Cover, mailed from Bishop's Crossing, Qué. (JUN.17.1897 free strike despatch) to Richmond, Qué. (next day receiver on back) and franked with a bisected 6c red brown Small Queen (to pay for the 3c domestic rate), tied by two fancy cork cancels, slightly trimmed at left, very fine. Unlisted in Unitrade on this Second Ottawa printing (only #39a is listed). From a recent find of a Small Queen collection which has not been seen since the early 1980s.

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Estimate $ 250

SOLD for C$300.00
Will close during Public Auction

1204

52, 78, 86b

1899 Illustrated Private Postcard Mailed Registered to Austria, a privately produced U.P.U. picture post card mailed from Québec City on SEP.4.1899 to Vienna, Austria, through London, England (SEP.13 oval registration datestamp), franked with a 2c Jubilee, 2c Map and 3c Numeral, paying the 2c U.P.U. rate plus registration. The back shows a watercolour-style "Canadian Sports" illustration of "hockey" and "sleigh driving" by the Toronto Litho. Co. Ltd. The card has a few creases, a small tear and a corner missing, still quite rare. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 500

SOLD for C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction

1205

68, 75

1898 Private Post Card Mailed to Smyrna, Turkey at 5c Letter Rate, a lovely (first we've seen) private post card depicting "Niagara River Line" patriotic colour picture on front, and five various Niagara Falls pictures on back (published by "Semple & Luke, Originators, Toronto"), mailed from Spadina Avenue Toronto on NOV.7.1898 to Smyrna, Turkey, with British Post Office / Smyrna NOV.24 receiver on front. The card was franked with a total of 5c in stamps, paying the letter rate, as private post cards were not accepted at the time. A lovely card, with only a few negligible nicks. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 500

SOLD for C$160.00
Will close during Public Auction

1206

CVR

74-79

Group of Roughly 80 Numeral Covers, 1899-1902, in a small box, with the majority from Ontario, with a few examples from Québec, New Brunswick and Manitoba. We note a variety of postmarks including: flags, machine cancels, broken circles (including smaller towns), duplex, c.d.s, along a few registration rates, and corner cards (a few illustrated). The lot also includes roughly 20 fronts (not included in our count), of mostly illustrated and registered covers, and a patriotic postcard. Online photos shows an overview of the lot. We note small faults including corner wear and a few tears. Overall fine to very fine.

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Estimate $ 100

SOLD for C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction

1207

1898 1c Private Picture Post Card to Italy, Postage Due, mailed from Montréal to Milan, Italy, franked with a 1c QV Numeral, shortpaid and therefore taxed 10 centimes, equal to 15 centesimi, with a 5c and a 10c (faulty) postage dues applied. The back of the card shows a lovely view of Mount Royal Park in Montréal, with horse and carriage, etc., published by the Montréal Import Co. Very fine and rare. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 200

SOLD for C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction

1208

1903 2c Numeral Private Post Card Mailed to St Croix, Dutch West Indies, a private post card franked with a 2c carmine Queen Victoria Numeral (die II) mailed from Hamilton, Ontario on MAY.1.1903 to Frederiksted, St Croix, with a New York Foreign Branch transit dated MAY.4 on picture side, which shows a lovely colour picture of "The Whirlpool, Niagara". Extremely fine and quite rare, the only one we know of. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 250

SOLD for C$80.00
Will close during Public Auction

1209

1903 2c Picture Postcard Mailed to Turkey, with Postage Due Applied, a picture postcard depicting "A Moki Indian Cigarette Smoker", mailed from Québec City on MAY.11.1903 (duplex tying 2c Numeral stamp on picture side), addressed to Constantinople, Kadi Keng, Turkey. The card arrived on MAY.25, with "Constantinople / Galata / Arrivées" and "British Post Office / Constantinople" c.d.s. receivers, as well as two Turkish "Kadikeui" receivers in Arabic. We note a blue crayon "15", a "3D / F.B." handstamp and a "T15" hexagonal handstamp, and finally a 3 Paras Postage Due (Scott J44) stamp applied and cancelled in Arabic pencil. The card has multiple creases and stains, still a rare item. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 200

SOLD for C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction

1210

CVR

104-

Group of 11 Admiral Illustrated Advertising Covers, with a range of 1c (printed matter), 2c (drop) and 3c (domestic) rates, all have advertising, with some filling the backs. One is missing a stamp, one has toned stamps, plus a few insignificant faults, still a colourful and mostly very fine group. All are scanned online. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (Scan 11) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 250

SOLD for C$150.00
Will close during Public Auction

1211

CVR/PC

104/117

Group of 9 Admiral Covers and Cards to Overseas Destinations, 1912 2c large postcard (folded in three) to the Netherlands charged 25c due, 1915 CPR Place Viger illustrated stationery envelope to England (first we've seen), 1916 3c cover to Barbados, 1914 2c cover to Switzerland, insufficiently addressed with Swiss 30c due affixed (all over map on back), 1919 cover to British Guyana, 1928 2c preferred rate cover to Cuba, 1918 censored postal card to Russia, 1916 5c cover to Russia, censored and redirected, and a 1924 10c cover to Haiti. An overall very fine group. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 450

SOLD for C$325.00
Will close during Public Auction

1212

CVR

104/120

Group of 15 Better Admiral Covers, with a good range of material including advertising, bulk circular receipt, two registered covers (incl. an 18c rate registered), uprated stationery envelope to Denmark, a nice 1c folded Christmas circular, an AR card, two 4c on cover to France, two 5c on cover to France, three covers to France at the 4c rate, a 20c rate cut down cover to Germany, etc. A few have wrinkles or other small faults, else overall very fine and all scanned 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) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 350

SOLD for C$300.00
Will close during Public Auction

Canada Airmail

LotNo.

Symbol

Cat No.

Lot Description

1213

CVR

Collection of 160 First Flight Covers, 1931-1942, Plus Others, housed in a binder, with the vast majority being first flights. Roughly 45 covers are pilot signed with notable signatures from: W.R. "Wop" May, Roy Brown, A. McMullen, U.S. Wagner, R.F. George and W.E. Catton. Most of the covers are franked with C3, C5 and C6 airmail stamps. Also included is a second binder with roughly 38 non air-mail covers, primarily from Canada and Great Britain (we note a mixture of commercial mail, flight covers and first day covers), including a 1900 Boer War envelope, franked GB 1p with NOV.13.00. Field Post Office strike, along with "Canadian Contingent NOV. 27.1900. South Africa" oval handstamp on front, addressed to White Wood, ASSA, N.W.T., with a faint DEC.27.00. White Wood, ASSA, c.d.s receiver on back. We note a few first flight covers have small corner bends, along with small faults and bends on covers housed in the second binder. Online photos show a sampling of this fine to very fine lot. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 200

SOLD for C$225.00
Will close during Public Auction

1214

CVR

Group of Roughly 200 First Flight Covers, Including Semi-Officials. 1928-1938, includes 12 Semi-Official Airmail covers (mostly first flights). We note two unlisted CL40 Western Canada covers (Pickle Lake and Cat Lake destinations) both with company 5-line Allen Water (MAR.21.1929) company cancel on both CL40 stamps at the back. The lot also includes CL49 (JUL.23.1930) first flight (A.A.M.S. Vol. 4, c.v. $250), CL42 (x3), CL47 (x2), and CL48 (x4). The lot continues with first flight covers ranging from 1928 to 1938, with the majority in the 1930 to 1935 range. We note C1, C3-C5 frankings and includes a few better flights (cataloguing $10 and up), and a few pilot signed covers. We note a few covers having small faults such as toning/soiling and corner bends from previous mounts. A nice group for the aerophilatelist. Overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 250

SOLD for C$450.00
Will close during Public Auction

1215

CVR

Accumulation of About 1,600 First Flight Covers, 1927-1939, with many better flights, noting Air Mails of Canada & Newfoundland flight #s 2703, 2917b, 2907j, 2907g, 2907f, 2859, 2859 return flight, 2957b Ford reliability tour, 2945h to Cuba, 2823a plus varieties, 3049d, 3049b, 3039b, 3105j, 3107e, 3107l, 3119b, 3129c, 3129n, 3129o Air Pagent covers, 3139, 3153b, 3515a, 3521a and 3805. Also note Post Office official mail envelopes for first flights and lots more. Also includes 8 covers (1950-1985) and 42 Anniversary covers (1972-1994). Some duplication, and we note the odd small fault, but the vast majority are very fine. (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) (Scan 25) (Scan 26) (Scan 27) (Scan 28) (Scan 29) (Scan 30) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 1,000

SOLD for C$850.00
Will close during Public Auction

1216

CVR

Stock of About 1,750 Modern First Flight Covers, filling a Banker's Box to the top, all ex Dick Malott, and provided by him. Includes flights from Cuba, Jamaica, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Puerto Rico, USA, Pakistan, Japan, Israel, Yugoslavia, France, Spain, and more. Note some incoming return flights, as well as some pilot signed. Good selection of London UK to Victoria BC Air Race covers. Note a few Anniversary covers mixed in. Overall condition is very fine and there is lots of duplication. (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)

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Estimate $ 150

SOLD for C$225.00
Will close during Public Auction

1217

CVR

1933 Columbia Complimentary Flight to Toronto, Canada, the new catalogue erroneously states the flight was to Montréal, but the cachet and postmarks clearly indicate it went to Toronto on July 15th 1933. The Columbia flew to Haiti and back from New York, and then up to Canada. The pilot was J. Erroll Boyd and co-pilot was Robert G. Lyon, and both signatures are present. A very fine and rare cover.

AMCN2 $ 200

SOLD for C$170.00
Will close during Public Auction

1218

CVR

1929-1937 Group of 6 Air Mail / Flight Related Covers, includes a Newfoundland NFF-31 (10th Anniversary of the Alcock and Brown trans Atlantic flight), NFF-47 (AUG.31.1931 St John's to North Sydney flight) and the Canadian flight 3331d (the 8c rate Balbo flight souvenir cover with International Airmail Society diamond cachet). Also three other common Canadian flight covers, very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 100

SOLD for C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction

1219

CVR

Group of 15 Covers from the 1954 Moose Jaw Trans-Canada Airlines Crash, during which the flight from Toronto to Vancouver crashed on April 8, killing all the passengers and crew. Much of the recovered mail was badly damaged. This group of 13 crash covers and 2 ambulance covers shows a diverse assortment of handstamps, frankings and destinations. Typical mixed condition for these, with all covers shown in the online photos. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (All Scans)

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AMCN $ 975

SOLD for C$120.00
Will close during Public Auction

1220

CVR

Group of 37 Semi-Official and First Flight Covers, mostly flown in the northern prairies and the Yukon and Northwest Territories. The lot starts with 18 Semi-Official first flight covers (all sleeved), with Unitrade #s: CL40 (c.v. $40), CL42 (x2, both pilot signed, c.v. $130 total), CL46 (x10, c.v. $350), CL47 (x2, c.v. $300 total), CL48 (c.v. $50), CL50 (c.v. $80), CL51 (c.v. $75). The lot continues with primarily first flight covers including the first government air mail from Rolling Portage to Red Lake (JAN.26.1928) and a first flight from Wabowden, Manitoba to Cross Lake (MAY.4.1929, c.v. $50). The lot also includes a few real photographs of aircraft owned by Sherrett Gordon Mines at Cold Lake, Manitoba, 1931. An interesting group for the airmail specialist. A few covers have some small faults, including a few creases and worn edges, overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 200

SOLD for C$350.00
Will close during Public Auction