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LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
561 CVR   imageAccumulation of 393 Snowbird Flown Covers, 1992-2013, includes 19 sets of 9 covers, each signed by a different pilot, from years: 2007, 2008 (x9), 2011 (x5), 2012 (x4). The lot also includes 222 covers signed by all 9 pilots from years: 1992 (x36), 2003 (x19), 2005 (x18), 2006 (x39), 2007 (x32), 2008 (x33), 2009 (x30), 2011 (x5), 2013 (x10), which was the last year the Snowbirds carried Canadian Aerophilatelic Society covers on their annual Canada Day fly past Ottawa. Covers from 2003 and 2005 are franked with Snowbird picture postage. Overall very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (All Scans)

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AMCN2 $ 8,625

SOLD for C$225.00
Will close during Public Auction
562 CVR   imageGroup of 20 Better First Flight Covers, 1930-1979, includes AMCN2 #s: 3025 Aklavik to Hershel Island, 3027 Moncton to Windsor (pilot signed by R.H. Bibby, c.v. $75), 3027a Windsor to Moncton postcard (c.v. $75), 3027b (x2) Moncton to Toronto (1 pilot signed, c.v. $150 total), 3031a (x2) emergency air service Mirror Landing to McLennan (both pilot signed, c.v. $80 total), along with 3055b Bradore Bay to Montrèal (#10 size envelope), 3147 Aklavik to Hershel Island, 3331d Balbo Montrèal to Chicago, 3413 Aklavik to Dawson, 3715a and 3713d scarce triple flight flown from Whitehorse to Dawson and return then Whitehorse to Edmonton (signed by pilot), along with 9 others. All covers scanned online with no premium added for pilot signatures and ideal for the aerophilatelist. We note a few minor faults, overall fine to 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) (All Scans)

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AMCN2 $ 933

SOLD for C$160.00
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563 CVR   imageGroup of 9 Better First Flight Covers, 1926-1929, includes AMCN2 #s: PE2601 Patricia Airways and Exploration Company "Lark" delivery flight, New York to Toronto (c.v. $200), 2843 (x2) Ottawa to Vancouver (one signed by Godfrey, c.v. $200 total), along with 2917c Fort McMurray to Fort Good Hope, 2923 (x2) Wabowden to Norway House, 2923a (x2) Wabowden to Cross Lake, 2923b Norway House return flight. All covers scanned online, noting a small tear at top on a Ottawa to Vancouver cover. Overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (All Scans)

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AMCN2 $ 690

SOLD for C$160.00
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564 CVR   imageBalbo Italian Air Cruise Flight Cover, New York to Shediac, New Brunswick, 1933, one of 44 flown covers on this leg, making it one of the scarcer Balbo flight covers. Postmarked at New York JUL.23.1933 on the front, with Shediac JUL.26.1933 on back, and opened at right. The cover also has a Halifax & St. John RPO JUL.28.1933 and Hatfield Mass. JUL.29.1933 backstamps as the cover was returned to the United States. The cover is listed as #3502 (c.v. $950 US) in the 1981 Volume 4 Trans-Oceanic section. A rare flight cover, overall very fine.. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 1,000

SOLD for C$800.00
Will close during Public Auction
565 CVR   imageGroup of 4 First Flight Covers With Better Frankings, 1933-1939, including a 1933 cover with Unitrade #90a block of 4, and a 1933 cover with C1i "Swollen Breast " variety in a plate block of 6 (U.R., plate 2, c.v. $175). The lot also includes C5ii "Moulting Wing" variety on a 1935 cover, and a1939 cover franked with E9i "broken 0 in right 10 surcharge". A scarce group. Overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (All Scans)

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Unitrade $ 560

SOLD for C$130.00
Will close during Public Auction
566 CVR   image1954 Moose-Jaw Group of 17 Crash Covers and Related Material, mostly written up on quadrille pages, researched and was part of a Grand Award exhibit on Canadian crash mail. The lot includes 14 pieces of recovered mail, 3 pieces of contents, 3 ambulance covers used to forward badly damaged mail, and 3 Post Office letters explaining what happened to the mail. We note a good selection of markings and mostly business envelopes. Typical condition for crash mail, overall fine to very fine. Ex Malott. (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) (All Scans)

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AMCN2 $ 425

SOLD for C$300.00
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567 CVR   imageGroup of 20 Semi-Official Airmail Covers, 1927-1930, including unlisted CL45 Klondike Airways cover postmarked at Mayo Landing on JAN.14.1929 (prepared but not flown, similar covers catalogue $800 in the AMCN2), along with AMCN #WC2727e-CL41 Western Canada Jubilee Airmail Long Lake to Lac du Bonnet, July 1, 1927 (c.v. $375). The lot also includes 4x CL40 covers, including "skiis touch sun" variety along with a combination cover with USA C10 airmail stamp added for airmail within the United States, and concludes with 13x CL46 first flight covers, including one pilot signed. A good lot for the specialist or dealer, with some duplication of flights. Overall very fine. (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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AMCN2 $ 2,005

SOLD for C$375.00
Will close during Public Auction
568 CVR   imageCollection of 462 Pioneer and Government First Flight Covers, 1925-1931, in a plastic tub, almost all sleeved and sorted by year. The lot includes 11 pioneer covers along with scarcer government flights including AMCN2 #s PF24 Victoria to Seattle, October 15, 1920 (c.v. $200); PF29 Victoria to Seattle, September 21, 1925 (x4, c.v. $160 total); PF29b Montreal to Vancouver Jubilee Flight (c.v. $50); 2721a-c La Malbaie-Seven Islands Flights (c.v. $100 total); 2717 Leamington to Pelee Island (x2, c.v. $80 total); 2841 The Pas to Kississing (x6, c.v. $180 total); 2841a Kississing to The Pas (x5, c.v. $200 total); 2845a flown with new C1 stamps in Canada (x3, $150 total), along with roughly 5 covers from 1927, 103 covers from 1928, 165 covers from 1929, 104 from 1930, and 74 from 1931. We note a few covers with small faults and wear, overall fine to 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) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 600

SOLD for C$350.00
Will close during Public Auction
569 CVR   imageStock of 28 Rolling Portage and Sioux Lookout Flown Covers, 1928-1929, flown by Western Canada Airways under post office contract, including AMCN2 #2803a (x2, includes a later flown cover on AUG.1.1928), b, g (x2), h, (x7) i (pilot signed) with AMCN2 catalogue value at $525 for the group. The lot also includes December flights #2855b, g (c.v. $110 total), with March flights #2855, a (x3), b (x3), c (x3), g (x4, double flown from Sioux Lookout to Goldpines and return with Western Canada Airways 6-line handstamp on the back). The March flights catalogue as first flights, but are scarcer flights. We note a few minor faults, overall fine to 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) (All Scans)

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AMCN2 $ 1,400

SOLD for C$150.00
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570 CVR   imageGroup of 26 Québec City to La Malbaie / Seven Islands / Clarks City Route Winter Flight Covers, 1928 and 1929, flown along the north shore of the St. Lawrence. Includes 2805a (La Malbaie to Port Meunier x3), 2805d (Port Meunier to La Malbaie x2) and two later March 6 flights La Malbaie to Port Meunier. Also includes 2865a (x5) with flights from Québec to Pentecost River, Franquelin, Chute aux Outardes, Baie de la Trinité and Betsiamites plus six later March 11 flights to Betsiamites, Shelter Bay, Chutes aux Outardes (via Betsiamites), Godbout and two covers to Pentecost River. Lastly, 2403 later flights from Québec to Clarke City with seven flights March 11 and one flight April 8. All of these flights are scarce and the covers were produced by a collector, Harold Armstrong, or by dealers Patton & Roessler. Overall condition is very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (All Scans)

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AMCN2 $ 875

SOLD for C$120.00
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571 CVR   imageCollection of 135 Pilot Signed First Flight Covers, 1929-1997, noting covers signed by V.J. Hatton, W. Fleming, Louis Leigh, A.E. Jarvis, Roy brown, Len Fraser, H. Whittemore, A.H. Farrington, B.W. Broatch, William Windrum, T.M. Pat Reid (cover is from Winnipeg, JAN.13.1931, and was probably signed during the search for Carl Ben Eielson), and more. Roughly 87 of the covers range from 1929 to 1939, including some scarcer flights. Overall 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) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 600

SOLD for C$750.00
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572 CVR   imageGroup of Comet 50th Anniversary Flown Covers, 2003, including catalogue #CF-200301 (x10) flown on a Bombardier CC144 Challenger from 412(T) Squadron plus #CF-200301 (x71) which, in addition to being flown on the Challenger on March 29, were also flown on a RAF Nimrod XV260 from 42 Squadron based at RAF Kinloss, from Scotland to Ottawa via Jacksonville, FL, Cleveland, OH and Toronto. Pilot was Flight Lieutenant Peter Tett, who signed all the covers. Contents are very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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AMCN2 $ 2,990

SOLD for C$80.00
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573 CVR   imageStock of 109 Maritime Flight Covers, 1928-1929, with flights between Moncton, Summerside, Charlottetown and Grindstone Island. The lot includes AMCN2 #s: 2801b, 2807 (x2, c.v. $80 total), 2807a (c.v. $100), 2807b (x18, c.v. $1,350 total), 2807d (x2, c.v. $200 total), 2905 (x12, with flights from January 23, 26, February 7-8, March 23), 2905c (x4, with flights from January 24, February 7, March 22), 2905d (x4,with flights from February 2, 4, March 22), 2905e (x6, with flights from January 25, February 2, 6, 25), 2911 (x36), 2911d (x8), 2911a. The lot also includes roughly 25 covers with with stains and other faults. A seldom seen group. Overall fine to 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) (All Scans)

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ACMN2 $ 4,335

SOLD for C$190.00
Will close during Public Auction
574 CVR   imageGroup of 50 First Flight Covers, 1930-1937, majority have cachets and all appear to be different, from East to West, many are franked with Airmail stamps and we note at least 4 that are pilot signed. A very fine group. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 80

SOLD for C$90.00
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575 PC   imageGroup of Three Canadian Airplane Picture Postcards, first card has caption “McCurdy’s Silver Dart, Flying over Baddeck Harbour , February 23rd, 1909 “. Picture of the airplane in flight. This is an original post card. On the reverse, the manuscript message “What do you think of this air ship “ and is addressed to South Wales (England) but has no stamp so it was probably sent in an envelope. The flight took place in Baddeck Harbour, Nova Scotia, and the plane flew close to 1½ kilometres at 65 km/hour at an altitude of 9 metres, and was the first flight in Canada and the British Empire. The pilot was John A.D. McCurdy; second card old photographs of the Silver Dart and on the reverse an ink cachet “Canada Airmail. Commemorating first flight by Aeroplane in Canada 23 February 1909 “Silver Dart” pilot J.A.D. McCurdy. Distance flown: half-mile. Cachet sponsored by International Airmail Society”. Postmarked “Baddeck, N.S. 23.FEB.1934” and signed on reverse by pilot John A.D. McCurdy (1886-1961); third real photo card with caption "Frank Coffyn’s Aeroplane – the first to fly in Winnipeg". Shows an original photograph of the plane on the ground (Lyall Commercial Photo Co. Winnipeg, Manitoba). On the reverse a manuscript message dated August 30th 1911 and a Winnipeg August 31, 1911 postmark. Frank Coffyn, an American barnstromer, appeared in Winnipeg with his Wright biplane for an exhibition from July 15 to 20th, 1911. He carried the first air passenger in Western Canada. A very fine group. Also comes with a first flight cover for the Vancouver to Québec City Frank Hawkes flight (one of the first cross-country airmail flights), signed by the pilot and catalogued in the AMCN2 as no. 3343 ($350). (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 200

SOLD for C$350.00
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576   imageCollection of 7 Original Canadian Airmail Plane and Pilot Photographs, 1. with message on back reading “This was taken after unloading at Trout Lake Hudson’s Bay trading post, the factor is seen with papers in hand, I am in the door of the machine with the factor’s little boy, The other men are Indians and trappers.“ The photograph shows the unloading of bags of mail (3 x 5 inches); 2. message on back reads: “Pilot Walter Fleming, A.E. Ottawa, 1928”. Pilot standing in front of biplane with children looking on. (4½ x 3½ inches). Fleming flew the first flights of the winter season 1929-1930 between Moncton and Charlottetown; 3. handwritten note on back reads: “At Moncton, N.B. 3000 ft altitude, July 1st. O’Neil’s (?) Plane.” Photograph taken from the airplane showing another biplane and the city below. (2¾ x 4½ inches); 4. typed message on back reads: “Plane flown by Pilot David P. Glen on Golden Arm service”. Photograph showing seaplane (CF-AZX ?) on river. (4½ x 2¾ inches). David P. Glen made first flights Cole-Kenora-Golden Arms - McKenzie Island routes (1935-36); Red Lake-Madsen (1938) and Island Lake-Winnipeg-God’s Lake route (1939) ; 5. typed description on back reads: “Pilot D.F. McDonald – Haileybury- Mud Lake service July 21, 1936. “. Photo showing pilot in front of seaplane. Photograph signed in ink by the pilot. )4½ x ¾ inches). MacDonald made first flights Webowden-Cross Lake-Norway House (1930) and Haileybury- Mud Lake (1936); 6. handwritten description reads: “My Mail place Lac St Agnes, Murray Bay, Que.” and in another handwriting "Pilot : Howard Watt.”. Photo showing place with skis, a few people possibly with mail bags, and a few buildings. Small crease. (2¾ x 4½ inches). Howard Watt made first flights Moncton-Sydney (1929); Quebec-Moncton (1929) and Moosonee-James Bay area (1933); and 7. handwritten message reads: “Me and my baby plane at St. Hubert airport, note Mooring mast in background for R101”. Stamp of photographer in Rimouski. (3 x 5 inches). Probably from pilot Howard Watt. The mast was for the R100 (not the R101) which arrived in Montréal at the beginning of August 1930. A very fine, and rare group. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 150

SOLD for C$300.00
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577   imageCollection of Canadian Airmail Pilot Letters, 1931-1933,consisting of of 23 letters (15 are manuscript and 8 are typewritten) from pilots who were responsible for first airmail flights from 1925 to 1938. Most have letterheads. They are all addressed to a California collector who wanted to have some flight covers signed, and the pilots often add some details of the flights in their letters. The letters are from the following pilots: Richard H. Bibby; B.W. Broatch; Maurice Burbridge; W. Fleming; Idris G. Glyn-Roberts (x2); Herbert Hollick-Kenyon ; Earl M. Hand (x2); David A. Harding; G.R. Hicks; W.H. Irvine; Thomas A. Lawrence; C.G. Lumsden; A.Daniel McLean (x2); Archie M. McMullen; H.C.W. Smith; C. Peter Troup; John Henry Tudhope; Howard Watt; W. Windrum ; J.A. Young. There is also a note and a letter from someone at Canadian Airways giving addresses of pilots. The letters are dated from different Canadian cities and one from Egypt. The first flights for these pilots are listed in section 26 of Airmails of Canada and Newfoundland. Some of these pilots were among the best Canadian early pilots. Three won the McKee Trophy: John Henry Tudhope (1930); Maurice Burbridge (1932) and A. Daniel MacLean (1941); Two were inducted in the Aviation Hall of Fame: Maurice Burbridge and Herbert Hollick-Kenyon (both in 1974). Hollick-Kenyon was involved in the MacAlpine search expedition, the Lincoln Ellsworth Antarctic Expedition and the search for Russian pilots in the Arctic (with Archie McMullen) in 1937. All are sleeved and have old dealer annotations. (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) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 100

SOLD for C$300.00
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578 CVR   imageAccumulation of Roughly 735 Canadian Forces and Warplane Heritage Covers, 1956-2013, filling a bankers box, with all the covers sleeved and include AAMC2 catalogue numbers and values. The lot consists of 410 Canadian Forces commemorative covers (including many pilot signed), ranging from 1956 to 2013 (including Snowbird covers), generally cataloguing from $5 to $10, with a few cataloguing $25 and higher. Catalogue value for the Forces covers totals $3,624 (provided by the owner). The lot continues with 325 Wartime Heritage covers, ranging from 1978 to 1989, roughly 100 each from the first and second series, generally cataloguing from $5 to $10, with a total catalogue at $1,950 (provided by owner). Duplication up to 3 in some cases. The lot includes owner's complete inventory with a total catalogue value at $5,574. The lot also includes roughly 30 wartime military covers. Online photos show an overview. Clean and very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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AAMC2 $ 5,574

SOLD for C$700.00
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579 CVR   imageCollection of 473 First Flight Covers, 1932-1938, all covers are in sleeves, with usually one or two covers per flight, with 1932 (x39), 1933 (x67), 1934 (x52), 1935 (x79), 1936 (x51), 1937 (x79) and 1938 (x106). Includes better flights such as 3203, 3231, 3233a, 3273, 3301, 3307a, 3325, 3327, 3331d, 3417, 3515, 3515d, 3607, 3607a, 3703c, 3715, 3805, a, c, e, j, k, 3811a, 3827, numerous legs from both 3835 and 3837, 3843, 3847, a, b, c, and 3849, c, k. Overall condition is very fine, and this is a nice group with many harder to find flights including Balbo Goodwill Tour covers and registered flights. Also 4 receipt of flight cover post cards from 1936 and 1937 FAM14 Clipper cover Vancouver to Hong Kong. (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)

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Estimate $ 300

SOLD for C$400.00
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580 CVR   imageCollection of 385 First Flight Covers, 1939-1960s, each cover is in a sleeve, with usually one or two covers of each flight. Includes better flights such as 3901c, d, 3909, a, 4105, 4117, 4205, 4117, 4205a, 4405a, 4615, 4713, 4811, 4907, 4911a, b, 5207, 5603b, CF5601, 6211a, 6307c, 6747c. Also numerous legs from flights 4715, 4717. Also note registered flights and incoming flight from overseas. Catalogue numbers are from Airmails of Canada and Newfoundland 2nd Edition. Lots of seldom seen material in very fine condition. (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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Estimate $ 300

SOLD for C$300.00
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