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LotNo.

Symbol

Cat No.

Lot Description

661

CVR

1863 (September 8), 5c vermilion horizontal pair on mourning cover to New York, tied by neatly-struck grid cancels, postmarked with Toronto split-ring, endorsed "via Montréal", to Bemis' Heights, Saratoga County, remarkably fresh and very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 75

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction

662

CVR

1867 (January 23), 10c red lilac Consort, Ottawa to Maine, tied to cover by neatly-struck Ottawa duplex, to Alfred, with next-day Montréal split-ring transit backstamp, Crown Lands embossed imprint on back flap, fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Scott $ 200

Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction

663

CVR

1865 (February 17), 12½c yellow green on Allan Line transatlantic cover, tied by Montréal duplex, carried by the "Damascus" via Portland, Maine to London, England, with red split-ring receiver struck on front (4 Mar), fresh and very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 100

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction

664

CVR

1859 (September 14), 12½c Victoria cover from London to London, adhesive tied to small blue cover by black grid cancel, reverse with London UC double split-ring despatch in black, next-day Hamilton transit in blue alongside, red LONDON PAID c.d.s. (30 Sep) receiver on front, minor opening tears to back flap, else fine, a pretty cover. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 120

Currently...C$80.00
Will close during Public Auction

665

CVR

24, 27

1869 (November 9), Québec City to St. Joseph, 8c rate registered Large Queen cover, franked with 2c green and 6c brown, each tied by two-ring "3" numeral cancel, with Québec despatch (9 Nov) and same-day St. Joseph receiver, reinforced vertical fold at left and corresponding piece missing from reverse, still scarce. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Firby/Wilson $ 400

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction

666

CVR

1869 (August 3), 3c Large Queens, 12c quadruple rate cover, Cobourg to Toronto, franked with strip of four 3c Large Queens, cancelled with Cobourg #29 two-ring numeral, backstamps illegible, vertical and horizontal folds, but scarce, both due to the unusual strip of four franking and the early use of the Cobourg two-ring, fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 300

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction

667

CVR

45a

1891 (June 18), 10c Small Queen cover to Cocanada, India, paying the 5c UPU letter rate plus 5c surtax, postmarked with Dundas c.d.s., endorsed "via Brindisi", with Hamilton (18 Jun), Sea Post Office (14 Jul), and Cocanada c.d.s. backstamps, a few light spots and edge flaws, else fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 150

Currently...C$75.00
Will close during Public Auction

668

CVR

Disaster Mail: 1907 (July 15), NDL “S.S. Kronprinz Wilhelm, “Damaged by Immersion in Sea Water,” Niagara Falls postcard, postmarked Toronto, to Sussex, England, struck with boxed violet “DAMAGED BY IMMERSION / IN SEA WATER – I.S.”, likely due either to an on-board accident resulting in the mail becoming wet, or from a sack of mail falling into the water during unloading, the stamp accordingly floated off, some wear commensurate with the card’s arduous journey, scarce. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

Estimate C$ 150

Currently...C$80.00
Will close during Public Auction

669

CVR

MR1/MR2b

1915 (May 12) Admiral War Tax multi-franked registered cover to Toronto, franked with 1c green, 2c carmine, and 5c blue Admiral War Tax, postmarked Powassan (12 May), to Toronto, with next-day c.d.s. arrival backstamp, minor repair to upper right corner, a scarce and impressive franking, fine-very fine. (Sc. MR1, MR2, MR2b) (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 200

Currently...C$100.00
Will close during Public Auction

670

CVR

1933 (September 17), S.S. Nascopie, multiple redirected cover, franked with 5c Postal Union Congress, tied by boxed violet "EASTERN ARCTIC / MAIL SERVICE / Hudsons Bay Co / S.S. "NASCOPIE"" datestamp, to Lake Harbour, Baffin Island, redirected multiple times including to Port Burwell, Dundas Harbour, Craig Harbour, Ponds Inlet, Pangnirtung, and eventually Toronto, with backstamps of all but the last, Port Burwell and Ponds Inlet/Baffin Island in violet, imprint of the Arctic Mission Church of England in Canada on back flap, some light edge creasing, else a fine and desirable Arctic cover. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

Estimate C$ 120

Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction

671

CVR

Precancels: 1897, 1c yellow Small Queen, horizontal style "T" precancel, advertising postcard, private illustrated Fetherstonhaugh & Co. Trademarks & Patents double (folded) postcard, internally dated Toronto, June 3, 1897, to Troy, New York, with c.d.s. receiver on front (4 Jun), a lovely usage and a scarce card, very fine; ex Brigham, with his backstamp. (Unitrade 35xxi) (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

Estimate C$ 150

Currently...C$80.00
Will close during Public Auction

672

CVR

Precancels: 1901, 2c Numeral precancel on Heintzman & Co Pianos illustrated advertising cover, with Christmas promotional text for the firm of Dyke, Evans & Callaghan, struck on reverse with Vancouver duplex (28 Jan) and York Nebraska c.d.s. receiver (2 Feb), stamp with a few trivial toned perfs, a most attractive cover, very fine. (T-77, Die I). (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

Estimate C$ 100

Currently...C$80.00
Will close during Public Auction

Canada Airmail

LotNo.

Symbol

Cat No.

Lot Description

673

CVR

PF-8a

1918 (August), Ottawa to Toronto, Pioneer Aerial Mail flight by Lt. Tremper Longman, franked with 2c Admiral War Tax, tied by Ottawa c.d.s. (15 Aug), further tied by bold green "BY / AEROPLANE / AUG 15 1918 / Ottawa, Canada flight cachet, endorsed in manuscript "via Aerial Mail" and addressed to A.G. Forsyth, with Toronto c.d.s. arrival backstamp (17 Aug), some uniform aging, but a lovely strike of this cachet, and a newly-discovered example of mail from this rare flight, of which only a handful of examples are recorded. Lt. Tremper Longman, RAF, flew a Curtiss JN-4 "Canuck" on behalf of the Aero Club of Canada, departing Leaside Aerodrome on August 15, and landing at Rockliffe Ranges, Ottawa, at 3:09pm the same day. He returned to Toronto on August 17, landing at Leaside at 12:25pm. Most mail carried on this flight was official correspondence; in the case of the cover offered here, "On His Majesty's Service" is crossed-out. The letter was addressed to Mr. A.G. Forsyth, the former Mail Transportation Superintendent of Toronto, and has never before been offered on the philatelic market, having always been in the possession of Mr. Forsyth's family. The family notes that Mr. Forsyth "was involved in the first airmail, and tested the delivery times by mailing letters to himself." (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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AAMC $ 8,000

Currently...C$1,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

674

CVR

1929 (August 11), Canada & Great Britain mixed franking cover to Germany, with Sc. #154-5, C1, and E3 issues of Canada, and block of four 1½d British definitives of King George V, to Stendal, Germany, reverse with multiple transit cancellations, a most unusual franking, fresh and very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

Estimate C$ 100

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction

675

CVR

1938 (December 8), $2.35 franking on registered airmail cover to Colombia, with two $1 Chaplain's Monument, single 20c Niagara Falls, 10c Mountie, and 5c Mufti, all tied by Toronto c.d.s., registered to Barrancabermeja, with c.d.s. backstamps of Toronto (8 Dec), Miami (10 Dec), Cristobal (10 Dec) and Barranquilla (11 Dec), some edge creasing impacting 20c, typical of these oversized covers, else fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

Estimate C$ 100

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction

676

CVR

1944 (November 3), 75c airmail rate to Chungking, China, censored cover franked with 5c, 20c, and 50c War Issue, tied by Montréal Station H duplex, to the Canadian Mission Hospital in Chungking, Szechuan, some edge creasing, a desirable destination. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

Estimate C$ 80

Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction

Canada Semi-Official Airmail

LotNo.

Symbol

Cat No.

Lot Description

677

CVR

CL4

1924 (October 3), Laurentide Air Service, Rouyn Lake to Haileybury first flight, Reginald P. Brook advertising cover, franked with 3c Admiral, tied by Rouyn Lake split-ring, semi-official affixed to reverse and cancelled with same, signed alongside by pilot C.S. Caldwell, adhesive with small fault at top, else fine-very fine, a scarce on-cover usage of this stamp, further desirable given the pilot's signature, rarely seen on Laurentide covers. (AAMC CL4-2400a). (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 200

Currently...C$100.00
Will close during Public Auction

678

CVR

CL19

1927 (Jun 11), (10c) black on blue Patricia Airways & Exploration cover, overprint Type A in dark red, ascending, cancelled with Haileybury c.d.s, to Rouyn, a desirable cover, fresh and very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 300

Currently...C$150.00
Will close during Public Auction

679

CVR

CL40

1928 (January 25), Western Canada Airways, Red Lake to Rolling Portage, cover franked with 2c Confederation, tied by Red Lake split-ring, WCA semi-official affixed at lower left and tied by blue "Travel By Air / Western Canada Airways Limited / JAN 25 PM / Sioux Lookout, Ont / Use the Air Mail" handstamp, boxed violet "AIR STAMP PUT ON BY / WESTERN CANADA / AIRWAYS LTD" struck alongside, boxed blue handstamp with endorsement of "first" flight via G-CAFU, the Fokker-Universal "City of Winnipeg", signed by pilot A.H. Farrington, reverse with same-day Rolling Portage split-ring, an unusual usage from the date the route was taken over by the Government, and from which time no semi-official adhesives were required, scarce and very fine; a similar cover is described in Longworth-Dames, page 116. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 200

Currently...C$100.00
Will close during Public Auction

680

CVR

CL40/51

Semi Official Airmails, 1927/33, twenty different flight covers, each affixed with a semi-official stamp including Jack V. Elliot Air Service (1), Patricia Airways & Exploration (2, CL13 & CL25), Western Canada Airways (5, two pilot signed), Cherry Red Airlines (5, one showing the "Snow on Wings" variety), (10¢) orange Commercial Airways (2), Commercial Airways (Air Fee) in black (3), 1926 Elliot-Fairchild Air Transport first flight from Haileybury to Rouyn pilot signed, and Canadian Airways (1), as well as a "Fly to Red Lake" Patricia Airways promotional postal card, and a few additional items not counted in the above, including a small group of black and white reprinted photographs of Patricia Airways planes, the odd example with small faults, overall fine-very fine. (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 C$ 300

Currently...C$150.00
Will close during Public Auction