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Cat No.

Lot Description

981

CVR

Italy

Italy & Area, group of 32 nineteenth century postal stationery, with 4 letters, the balance postal cards (including reply cards), all unused and from Italy proper, save for 10 overprinted for use in Eritrea and one each for use in Albania and Tripoli, 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) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 100

Currently...C$50.00
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982

Malaya Perak

Malaya (Perak), 1880s, wholesale accumulation unused postal cards, with approximately 100 items from an old-time dealer stock, two thirds being the 1c indicia of Queen Victoria in green, overprinted PERAK in black and the remaining third being the 1c green PERAK indicia of the tiger, overall clean and fine-very fine.

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Estimate C$ 300

Currently...C$50.00
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983

CVR

Mauritius

Mauritius, 1838/1880s incoming mail collection, comprising thirteen mostly stampless folded letters, all sent to Port Louis or St. Denis from a variety of origins, including Paris (1838), La Rochelle France (1838), Calcutta (two, 1845/47), Cape of Good Hope (four,1859/1880), Galle, Ceylon (two, 1860 and 1869), Reims, France (1864), Bordeaux, France (1872), Pondicherry, India (1880), several with continents, all with some faults including stamps removed, pen markings, etc., close inspection necessary, but a number of desirable markings or useful attributes. Video 1

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Estimate C$ 400

Currently...C$200.00
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984

CVR

Netherlands

Netherlands, accumulation of hundreds of pre-1950 covers and cards, with approximately 300 items, loose in a small box, with a large majority being postal stationery cards or envelopes (both used and unused), but also note airmail, first day covers, a few stampless, etc., some covers with small faults, or fronts only, overall fine or better; online photos show a sampling and an overview. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 100

Currently...C$50.00
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985

CVR

South Africa

South Africa, 1890s to 1970s postal history collection, comprising approximately 270 covers, both organized and loose, note ten pre-Union items, including Boer War-period items, the balance primarily George V/VI era, with many WWI and WWII censored items, uprated registered stationery, Express Mail, air letters, etc., most to foreign destinations, with many multiples and combination usages, the loose items including several 1930s/40s commemorative sets as well as both philatelic and commercial mail, some covers with slight toning, a few fronts noted, etc., as expected in such a holding, mostly fine-very fine. (Video 1) (Video 2) (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 100

Currently...C$50.00
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986

CVR

South West Africa

South West Africa, 1910s/20s postal history collection, with over forty items, almost all censored, from a range of towns, noting cancellations of Luderitz, Windhoek, scarce Okasise Rail c.d.s., Keetmanschoop, Okahandja, Aus, Tsumeb, Grootfontein, Outja, Omaruru, Gibeon, Rehoboth, and a selection of Windhoek/Swakpmund mutilated bahnpost hammers of German South West Africa, range of different censor markings and labels, note examples to destinations including the Transvaal and Orange Free State, Germany, Switzerland, etc., mixed condition as expected, but many fine strikes, and an ideal group for expansion. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 250

Currently...C$150.00
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987

CVR

Switzerland

Switzerland, 1790s to 1980s postal history collection, approximately 400 covers, postcards, and stationery cards in two binders, beginning with several stampless from France to Switzerland, including examples as early as 1790, the balance domestic usages, a few “Sitting Helvetia folded letters, over 100 early 1900s Numeral types with a variety of town cancels, the second album with approximately 100 mostly early 1900s topographical postcards as well as stationery cards and wrappers, a colourful group of roughly 50 multiple regular issues and semi-postals on airmail covers to Australia, and several early flight covers, a few with interesting labels or auxiliary markings, generally fine-very fine. (Video 1) (Video 2) (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (All Scans)

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Currently...C$150.00
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988

CVR

Switzerland

Switzerland, 1941-56, group of 17 covers with Semi-Postal and Airmail stamps, including nine covers to Canada, mostly franked with high catalogue value stamps, note examples franked with Sc. #322-324, 325-327, B183-B186, B192-B194, B201-B205 and B212-B216, C35, C36, C37-C40, C41 and C45, mostly very fine throughout. (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 C$ 100

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989

CVR

United States

United States, 1850s to 1910s, postal stationery collection, with about 185 used and 95 mint stationery covers and wrappers, ranging from early Nesbitts to late 1910s Washington types, noting a great variety of machine and flag cancels, uprated examples, several interesting printed corner cards or commercial advertising text, as well as better destinations including a considerable number of foreign, a great variety of different design types, denominations and paper types, a few condition issues, mostly fine-very fine. (Video 1) (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (All Scans)

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Currently...C$100.00
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990

CVR

United States

United States, 1850s to 1930s dealer stock, with a few thousand stamps, housed in an older stockbook, organized from the 1850s Washington 3c imperforates to the Washington Bicentennial issues, the majority of material is pre 1900 with an excellent grouping of Columbians and other early commemorative sets, a quick review showed some high catalogue items are present (some in quantity) including Sc. #36B(2), 68(4), 69(1), 70(5), 71(1), 76(3), 77(4), 96(4), 115(1), 116(3), 117(1), 119(2), 149(2), 150(2), 151(2), 162(2), 163(9), 165(2), 229(3), 239(1), 240(2), 275(13), 298(1), 299(6) and many others, many interesting cancels, generally sound and as typical with most stocks there may be the occasional fault, a great source for the dealer who needs to replenish earlier material, mostly fine-very fine. (Video 1) (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 300

Currently...C$275.00
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991

CVR

United States

United States, 1860s to 1950s, diverse postal history collection, mostly late eighteen century to World War II era, with roughly one hundred covers and cards, generally unsorted, but a pleasing range of material, note uprated stationery to foreign destinations, New York Foreign Mail cancel on cover to Germany, two Graf Zeppelin flight cards, 3c-5c Parcel Post franking on Hamburg-America Line cover to Germany, 10c green Washington on 1867 folded cover to Havana, 1869 mourning cover to England with 12c black Grilled Washington, range of unusual stationery including SPECIMEN overprints, errors and varieties including albino indicia, over inked printings, misplaced indicia, etc., mostly on 2c Washington covers,condition varies, with faults to be expected in places, but an eclectic lot for further study. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 300

Currently...C$150.00
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992

CVR

United States

United Sates, accumulation of 120 covers and cards, 1868-1970, an interesting group that includes advertising covers, patriotic and street scene postcards, postal stationery, unused stationery from Cuba and Hawaii, censored mail, return to sender covers, registered mail, military mail and more, including a 1868 cover to P.E.I. and two cards to Newfoundland, condition mixed, overall fine-very fine. See our Image Gallery.

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Estimate C$ 150

Currently...C$50.00
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993

CVR

United States

United States, 1870s to 1910s mint and used postal stationery collection, with about 200 used and 30 mint cards, filling a binder, ranging from early Liberty UX1 types to late 1910s McKinley types, a great variety of cancellation types including, colour types, numeral, machine and flag cancel postmarks, mostly domestic destinations but several foreign destinations and uprated noted, a considerable number with pre-printed commercial advertising messages, a great variety of design types including 17 entire reply cards mounted on pages, the odd condition issue, mostly fine-very fine. (Video 1) (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (All Scans)

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994

CVR

United States

United States, 1870s to 1960s Cancellation collections, a few thousand stamps housed in three stockbooks and mounted on pages, the vast majority of material from the Bank Note to early Bureau issues, including New York Geometrics/Foreign Mail cancellations, fancy and segmented cork cancels, ovals, grids, circular cancels, letters, numbers, stars, crosses, and an unusual group of jack-o-lanterns, also a large group of 2c Columbians on piece with clear circular town cancels, generally sound and fine-very fine, ideal for the specialist. (Video 1) (Video 2) (Video 3) (Video 4) (Video 5) (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 200

Currently...C$100.00
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995

CVR

United States

United States, 1929-1990s Airmail postal stationery exhibition collection, approximately 100 covers mounted in an album, apparently of French origin and including an exhibition participation certificate, each cover with explanatory notes outlining its significance, noting 5c (Sc. UC1) issues with cachets, many examples to foreign destinations, as well as a 1929 Panagra First Flight from Miami to Buenos Aires, 1931 Crash Cover AAMC #310122 with a violet cachet “Delayed by plane crash near 1-22-31 Washoug’l Wn”, 1934 SS Bremen Catapult cover, 1935 Europa Catapult cover, 6c (Sc. UC2) issues with a 1935 SS Bremen Catapult cover to Hungary, 1937 First Flight San Francisco to Hong Kong addressed to Australia, multiple censored WWII covers with US Navy and APO’s from a variety of countries, 8c (Sc. UC3) covers including a 1938 Europa Catapult cover, UC10/20 types including a 1947 Los Angeles Helicopter Flight and a1952 Helicopter Air Letter First Flight, etc., an excellent foundation for expansion, fine-very fine. (Video 1) (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 250

Currently...C$180.00
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996

CVR

United States

United States, World War II postal history collection, with just over 100 mostly censored covers and ephemera related to the war, noting APOs, V-Mail, naval covers, Election War Ballot envelopes, Patriotic labels, original letters with censor markings, etc., with more unusual items including an ‘Order to Report for Induction’, correspondence from the War Department, Recreation Service Center Macon Georgia, Navy Day Celebration-Yorkton Virginia pamphlet, Anti-Japanese Supporters Alliance, an Army Signals cover to British Troops in Iceland, two Occupation of Greenland covers, Internment Camp covers, and a large variety of APOs from around the world, including correspondence from various Army Camps, and a dozen covers from Honolulu Hawaii including cover mailed shortly after Pearl Harbor, an interesting lot, fine-very fine. (Video 1) (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 400

Currently...C$200.00
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997

CVR

United States

United States, 1980s/2010s, large cartons filled with approximately 6,800 covers, with first days, various event and commemorative covers including air shows and stamp shows, hand-coloured, a few limited edition and designer-signed, useful mix of modern covers and better cachets, some duplication but usually cachets and cancels vary on the same stamp issue, overall very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate C$ 750

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998

CVR

Western Europe

Western Europe, box of approximately 340 covers and cards, with material from Greece, Finland and Germany, the Greece and Finland material all pre-1950, noting used and unused postal stationery, post cards, commercial mail, military mail (including various censor tapes and markings), airmail, etc., with many having solo frankings, paying airmail, express, registration, domestic and international rates, the Germany includes first day cover, postcards and postal stationery (both used and unused), mainly from the 1940s-1950s, some duplication, small faults to be expected, overall fine to very fine; online photos show an overview. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

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999

CVR

Worldwide

Worldwide, 1830 to 1940s postal history collection, with approximately 375 stampless and stamped folded letters, covers, and stationery, in a large antique binder, all are non-philatelic commercial or personal mail from a wide range of countries, including Great Britain, Austria, France, Germany, British Colonies, Italy, Belgium, Portugal, Switzerland, Hungary, Mexico, Australia, Denmark, Netherlands, Japan, Russia, Guatemala, Romania, Mauritius, Greece, Sweden, Egypt, Bulgaria, Norway, Romania, USA (including stampless), Nepal, and others, some condition issues as expected for an old-time holding, much is fine, worth inspection for potential hidden treasures among the fascinating material. (Video 1)

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Estimate C$ 500

Currently...C$250.00
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1000

CVR

Worldwide

Worldwide, 1870s to 1960s mint postal stationery collection, with a few hundred items in two Lighthouse albums, including stationery cards, reply cards, letter cards, and stationery covers, beginning with Victorian-era Great Britain and Commonwealth, then organized alphabetically including Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, and Monaco, strength in French Colonies which includes over 120 mostly ‘Peace and Commerce’ design types from the 1890s and has several examples from Reunion, Anjouan, Grand Comoros, French Congo, French Sudan, Guadeloupe, French Guinee, French Guyana, French India, French Indochina, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Martinique, Mayotte, Nossi-Be, St. Pierre & Miquelon and French Senegal, followed by a good holding of Germany and States, with Germania types and a relatively strong grouping of the Third Reich stationery cards, many illustrated, followed by additional examples from Russia, Switzerland, Thailand, and Tunisia, some duplication and the occasional condition issue such as creases or toning, mostly fine-very fine. (Video 1) (Video 2)

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Estimate C$ 400

Currently...C$200.00
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