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LotNo.

Symbol

Cat No.

Lot Description

741

CVR

1921 (21 July), 15c to 90c Air Post set, registered cover to Chung Wen Men, used in combination with four Junk issues, tied by boxed "China First Airmail" cancellation, the Junk issues by "Shanghai 1 JUL 21" c.d.s., endorsed "FIRST FLIGHT / Air Mail", next-day Peking arrival backstamp, some adhesions to back do not detract from this handsome and desirable cover, fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

Estimate C$ 600

Currently...C$650.00
Will close during Public Auction

742

CVR

1932 (August 8), Indo-China to Yunnanfu, multiple postage due franking cover, with French Indochina 1c black-brown and 5c deep violet (Sc. 148, 154), tied by black LANG-SON / TONKIN c.d.s., struck with "T" postage due marking and scarce black "AMOUNT DUE FRANCS / CENTIMES" handstamp with manuscript "20", affixed with vertical pair of China 5c blue postage dues (J55), untied as often found, reverse with partial Hanoi transit (8 Aug), fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

Estimate C$ 100

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

743

CVR

1933 (April 29), multi-franked registered Czech postage due airmail cover, from Shanghai to Prague, Czechoslovakia, franked with 50c deep green, $1 orange-brown & sepia, 4c pair & two singles, and single 10c dull violet, cancelled by black Shanghai c.d.s., corresponding registration handstamp and dual boxed AIR MAILS handstamps in red, blue bilingual AIR MAIL etiquette and endorsed in manuscript "By Air Mail: Saigon-Athenes", the franking deemed insufficient and on arrival in Czechoslovakia affixed with 30h dark red postage due, tied by Praha double-circle c.d.s., reverse with Hai-Phong Tonkin (8 May), Saigon (11 May), Athens (20 May) transit markings and Prague (24 May) c.d.s. receiver, typical wrinkles, striking and fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

Estimate C$ 100

Currently...C$130.00
Will close during Public Auction

744

CVR

1940 (late December), Shanghai to New York, censored registered airmail cover via Hong Kong, franked with single $5 brown-carmine and $5 Junkers Air Post, tied by black bilingual Shanghai c.d.s., date illegible but almost certainly a few days prior to December 23, when the Japanese occupied Hong Kong, red "G.R. OPENED BY CENSOR HONG KONG" tape at right, Shanghai violet handstamped registration etiquette and violet straight-line REGISTERED handstamp, blue AIR TRANSIT 6 double-circle and red framed AIR MAILS handstamp, reverse with Honolulu (13 Jan), New York (18 Jan and 20 Jan) backstamps, small flaws typical of such mail, fine-very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

Estimate C$ 150

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

745

CVR

1940s to 1950s, group of four Airmail covers to Canada, all addressed to British Columbia, with three to Victoria and one to Vancouver, displaying a useful variety of rates and frankings, creases, three roughly opened at one side otherwise clean and seldom seen, fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

Estimate C$ 100

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

746

CVR

1941 (July 2), Shanghai to New Jersey, censored in Hong Kong airmail cover, with blue British G.R. 'OPENED BY CENSOR HONG KONG' tape at left, as well as turquoise double-circle AIR TRANSIT 6 handstamp, the censor seal quite rare and short-lived, a scarce cover, fresh and with visual appeal, very fine.

Estimate C$ 150

Currently...C$70.00
Will close during Public Auction

747

CVR

1950 (May 6), South, North, and North West China Liberation Area franking on cover, from Kotong to Los Angeles, franked with North China $10,000 red brown, Northwest China $400 on $200 orange-red, South China two vertical strips of five $300 on $30 violet, and three single $800 green on $30 violet, cancelled with Chinese dotted c.d.s. and bilingual KOTONG cancels, CANTON bilingual transit, to Los Angeles, trimmed on one side, clear of stamps, typical wrinkles and stains of period mail, an unusual and otherwise fine cover. (Sc. 3L99, 5L91, 7L19, 7L21)

Estimate C$ 100

Currently...C$275.00
Will close during Public Auction

China (People's Republic)

LotNo.

Symbol

Cat No.

Lot Description

748

CVR

1950 (June 6), Shanghai "Flying Goose" meter cover to New York, franked with "**31.00" red boxed meter with "Flying Goose" and red double-circle Shanghai dater, further cancelled with bilingual Shanghai c.d.s. (17 Jun), to New York, a scarce Revolutionary-period usage when postage stamps were not easily attainable, a fine example of this desirable meter. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

Estimate C$ 100

Currently...C$160.00
Will close during Public Auction

Cuba

LotNo.

Symbol

Cat No.

Lot Description

749

CVR

1854 to 1873 Steamship Cancels on correspondence to New York, comprising five stampless folded letters, all with steamship "10" markings and sent from different parts of Cuba, contents confirming origins of HAVANA, CIENFUEGOS, CARDENAS, MATANZAS and SANTIAGO, a clean group, fine-very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (All Scans)

Estimate C$ 200

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

Czechoslovakia

LotNo.

Symbol

Cat No.

Lot Description

750

CVR

1925 (May 24), Prague Olympic Congress, set of three on autographed document, tied by Prague Congress event c.d.s., five days before the Congress, affixed with black and white photo depicting a group of men outside the Tyršuv dum, signed by a number of individuals on front and back, presumably participants in the Congress, with reference to Sokol, note one signature appears to be that of Canadian William (Billy) Sherring, who won the marathon race in the 1906 Athens Olympics, another signature appears to be that of Karel Dvorak, some toning in places, but a rare document, ideal for a specialist collections of Czechoslovakia or the Olympic Games. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 500

Currently...C$400.00
Will close during Public Auction

Germany

LotNo.

Symbol

Cat No.

Lot Description

751

CVR

1935 (June 28), OSTROPA souvenir sheet on registered first day cover, neatly-cancelled with Konigsberg special event cancel, the sheet with typical toning due to the acidic content of the gum, the cover with some rough patches and wrinkles, trimmed at right, but a scarce day of issue usage. (Michel c.v. €1,500)

Michel € 1,500

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

752

CVR

1937 (November 9) Brown Ribbon overprinted souvenir sheet on registered cover to Tilsit, affixed alongside 10pf Air Post, each cancelled with black Berlin ‘C’ double-circle c.d.s, to present-day Sovetsk, Russia, with c.d.s. arrival backstamp (Dec 9), light vertical crease that does not break the paper fibres, and creases at lower right clear of souvenir sheet, a scarce on-cover usage, fine-very fine. (Sc. B105a, C28) (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

Estimate C$ 300

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

German Colonies

LotNo.

Symbol

Cat No.

Lot Description

753

CVR

Marshall Islands 1912 (December 12), Kaiser’s Yacht franking on registered cover to Ponape, with nine different (3pf - 90pf) Yacht issues, all tied by black Jaluit c.d.s., corresponding registration etiquette affixed, a striking franking and desirable usage to the Caroline Islands, fine-very fine. (Sc. 13/21) (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

Estimate C$ 100

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

Great Britain

LotNo.

Symbol

Cat No.

Lot Description

754

CVR

1840 (December 16), 1d black, plate 2, lettered QJ, on folded letter from Pembroke to Tenby, a four-margin single, tied to cover by red Maltese Cross, reverse with partial Pembroke despatch, light filing folds and wax seal cut from reverse, else a fine entire. (S.G. 2, £750) (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

Scott $ 850

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

755

CVR

1840 (October 31), London Ship Letter to Massachusetts, USA, folded letter, struck with London Maltese Cross despatch, overstruck with red London Ship Letter datestamp, red single-circle New York transit (21 Nov), endorsed to be carried "per British Queen", a fine-very fine example of mail carried on this pioneer steamer. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

Estimate C$ 100

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

756

CVR

1843 (March 26), 2d blue imperforate pair on folded cover to the Netherlands, lettered PK-PL, good margins on two sides, otherwise touched in places, tied by black Maltese Cross, postmarked with Stroud double split-ring despatch, red PAID next-day datestamp alongside, reverse with duplicate strike of Stroud datestamp, "England / Over Rotterdam" transit and Goes c.d.s. receiver (31 Mar), a pleasing and fresh cover. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

Estimate C$ 250

Currently...C$70.00
Will close during Public Auction

757

CVR

1848 (January 13), Glasgow to Valparaiso, Chile, via Panama, stampless folded letter, with contents, rated "2/-" in red manuscript, struck with red Glasgow Paid despatch, manuscript endorsement "per West India R.M. Steam Pkt via Southampton", carried via the S.S. Forth from there to Jamaica, thence via the S.S. Clyde, arriving on February 22, contents pertain to the importation of Pisco, and makes reference to a recent earthquake, fine-very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

Estimate C$ 120

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

758

CVR

1851 (June 21), 1sh and 1d on transatlantic cover to New York, both adhesives with three clear margins, tied by "466" horizontal barred oval of Liverpool, endorsed in manuscript "per Steamer Africa", red PAID arc and "5 Cents" struck alongside 1sh, each applied upon arrival in the United States, reverse with JU 21 oval transit alongside Liverpool double split-ring, filing fold or some discolouration along sides, else fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

Estimate C$ 250

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

759

CVR

1860 (April 30), 1sh margin single on transatlantic cover to New York, franked with 1sh pale green, with bottom margin "4 Shillings / per Row of 3" sheet margin imprint, tied by London 'W29' duplex and red "New York / 24 / Am Pkt / May 14", "21 Cents" struck alongside, no backstamps, an unusual franking, fine. (Sc. 28a) (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

Estimate C$ 200

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

760

CVR

1862 (September 2), London to Rome, Italy, mixed franking cover, with 1d red brown (Sc.11), 2d blue (Plate 9, Sc. 29), and 4d vermilion pair (Sc. 34), all cancelled by London W/33 duplex, red oval PD and Amb Calais transit struck in France, reverse with "Roma Via Di Mare" hooded circular datestamp (24 Sep), some wrinkling and surface abrasions to the 4d pair, else a nice early franking. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

Estimate C$ 100

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