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The Art Bunce Collection of the 1908 Quebec Tercentenary continued...

1c Cartier & Champlain continued...
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
220 cover 97 image1908 (August 14), 1c printed matter rate, single tied by clean Toronto roller cancel to Toronto Stock Exchange report, to Guelph, an elusive rate and lovely quality, very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 100

Currently...C$70.00
Will close during Public Auction
221 cover 97 image1908 (August 19), Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co., illustrated advertising cover, franked with two 1c green, tied by Montreal machine cancel, to Baltimore, Maryland, trace of edge toning, fine-very fine and attractive. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$70.00
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222 cover 97 image1908 (August 20), Wilson's Invalids' Port, private mailing card, franked with 1c green, tied by Montreal machine cancel, with attractive illustrated advertisement at left "Sailing for the Port of Health", the reverse with printed text announcing an upcoming price increase for their "tonic wine" and noting that their product is sold "exclusively through the drug trade," scarce and of lovely quality. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 100

Currently...C$70.00
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223 cover 97 image1908 (August/September), 1c frankings on Exhibition covers, two items, both sent at the 1c drop letter rate, comprising a 1908 (August 19) colour illustrated Nova Scotia Provincial Exhibition cover from Halifax, fresh and very fine; and a 1908 (September 16) Western Fair cover from London, Ontario, this with a few small opening tears at top; an attractive pair. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Estimate C$ 150

Currently...C$100.00
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224 cover 97 image1908 (September 8), Nova Scotia Provincial Exhibition, "California Arrow" dirigible, illustrated cover franked with 1c green, sent locally within Wolfville (8 Sep), without backstamps, roughly opened at top, subsequently repaired, some small toning spots, but a scarce airship-related exhibition cover, likely unique with this franking.

The California Arrow was a dirigible and the first practical powered airship to fly long distances. Between 1905 and 1908 it appeared throughout North America; its planned flight at the Nova Scotia Provincial Exhibition was aborted by high winds. It was later acquired by the U.S. Army Air Corps as one of its first aircraft. According to Richardson & Harrison in Collect Canada Covers (American Philatelic Society, 1978, p. 11), only three or four covers are known to exist, though other examples have been discovered since that time. It is, regardless, one of Canada's scarcest exhibition covers, and noted as the earliest airship-related design on a Canadian envelope. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Estimate C$ 150

Currently...C$90.00
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225 cover 97 image1908 (September 8), Seal Brand Coffee, illustrated postal card, franked with 1c green, tied by Montreal machine cancel, colour "Seal Brand Coffee" can illustration on front, reverse with further illustration of coffee drinker and printed text from Chase & Sandbord regarding an order, bright colours, very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$80.00
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226 cover 97 image1908 (September/November), two cross-border usages from Yukon, comprising 1c green vertical pair on 21 Nov cover from Dawson to Seattle, paying the 2c preferential letter rate; and single on picture postcard from Granville to Pittsburgh, struck by split-ring cancellation and paying the 1c international postcard rate, the card intact but mounted with only half visible on the exhibit page; very fine, an attractive and scarce pair from an unusual origin for Quebec Tercentenary frankings. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Estimate C$ 100

Currently...C$70.00
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227 cover 97 image1909 (September 8), Quebec Tercentenary combination franking with Upper Columbia Tramway & Navigation Co. local stamp, envelope from Calgary to R.R. Bruce at Wilmer, British Columbia, bearing 1c green and ½c black brown pair paying the 2c domestic letter rate, tied by Calgary c.d.s., with 5c U.C. Co. local stamp affixed below for private conveyance from Golden to Wilmer, the reverse with Golden (19 Sept) and Wilmer (25 Sept) c.d.s., an exceptionally scarce and attractive mixed postal and local-service franking, with very few such covers recorded.

Mail service along the upper Columbia River remained difficult into the early twentieth century. The Upper Columbia Tramway & Navigation Co. had formerly carried contracted mail between Golden and Fort Steele by steamer; after the postal contract ended in 1897, the company continued a private service for local residents, charging 5c in addition to Canadian postage. The local stamps were printed by the Richardson Stationery Co. and are rarely found genuinely used on cover; this is the only such example our research has uncovered used in combination with a Tercentenary issue, and possesses exceptionally more visual appeal than the other on-cover usages recorded. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Estimate C$ 2,000

Currently...C$1,200.00
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228 cover 97 image1908, 1c Quebec Tercentenary, rates and postal markings, group of eleven items, comprising domestic and cross-border postcards bearing various Dead Letter Office markings; two covers and one postcard cancelled by different Railway Post Office datestamps, including a colour advertising cover for chemicals and polishes struck by the Toronto, St. Marys & London R.P.O.; two examples of the 1c postcard rate, one on an illustrated The Globe newspaper private postcard and another cancelled by the fancy crown of Esquimalt, British Columbia; two 2c first class rate advertising covers for the Barry Supply Co. and Pugsley Dingman & Co. Comfort Soap; and two 1c drop letters from Sackville and Moncton; some with small faults, nevertheless a varied and attractive group, chiefly fresh and fine to very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13)

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Estimate C$ 300

Currently...C$180.00
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229 cover 97 image1908/09, 1c Quebec Tercentenary usages to foreign destinations, group of nine items, comprising postcards paying the 2c U.P.U. rate to Sweden, Panama, Germany and Turkey; postcards paying the 2c Imperial Penny Postage rate to Egypt, India and Australia; and covers at the same rate to Bermuda and Malta, each franked with either two 1c singles, a 1c Tercentenary in combination with a 1c King Edward VII, or a ½c Quebec Tercentenary vertical pair; some cards with light edge wear or other minor imperfections, the Sweden card folded, nevertheless a challenging group to assemble, chiefly fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11)

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2c King Edward VII & Queen Alexandra
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
230 cover 98 image1908, 2c carmine, small die proof in the colour of issue, printed on india paper with large to very large margins, showing die number F-194 and AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. OTTAWA imprint at foot; good colour, with small imperfections consistent with the fragile nature of the paper and commonly encountered on these elusive proofs, fine to very fine, rare, and among the most challenging denominations of the issue, together with the 1c, with only a small number of examples recorded in private hands. (Image 1)

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Currently...C$500.00
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231 og 98a image1908, 2c carmine, imperforate vertical pair, full original gum, extremely lightly hinged at top, ample to large margins all around, a scarce pair of good colour, very fine; one of only fifty possible pairs with gum extant. (Image 1)

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Currently...C$250.00
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232 og 98 image1908 2c carmine, Plates 1-4 inscription block group, comprising Plate 1 upper-margin inscription block, hinge-reinforced, the lower-left stamp with a thin but centred very fine; Plate 2 upper-margin plate-number single, hinged and showing light hairlines; Plate 3 upper- and lower-margin blocks of four, each hinged on the upper two stamps only, the lower imprint block additionally showing a faint inverted offset of the OTTAWA inscription; and Plate 4 upper- and lower-margin blocks, the upper lightly hinged, the lower with inverted OTTAWA – No. 4 inscription and heavily hinge-reinforced in several places; a difficult group to assemble, illustrating every recorded position and orientation of the plate imprint for this denomination, chiefly fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Estimate C$ 150

Currently...C$90.00
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233 cover 98 image1908 (July 16), 2c carmine, commercial First Day Cover, tied by Toronto machine cancellation on the day of issue, addressed to Hamilton; a particularly desirable commercial usage, very fine and one of only a handful of recorded First Day Covers of the denomination.

The exhibitor’s research records only four other examples: two from the Nickle Collection, sold by Firby in 1988, and two offered by Saskatoon Stamp Centre in 2011. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Currently...C$350.00
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234 cover 98 image1908 (August 4), registered double-weight drop letter, franked with 2c carmine strip of three and 1c green, each cancelled by grid obliterator and postmarked with Roebuck split-ring, the reverse with Hamilton, Toronto & Montreal G.T.R. and Prescott transit c.d.s.; light discolouration along the lower edge and slight soiling to the stamps, nevertheless a scarce and attractive example of this elusive 7c rate. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Estimate C$ 150

Currently...C$90.00
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235 cover 98 image1908 (August 24), double 2c Imperial Penny Postage rate to England, attractive Niagara Falls souvenir folder containing views of the Falls and region, franked with two 2c carmine, tied by Niagara Falls machine cancellation and addressed to Worcestershire, some overall ageing, nevertheless a fine and visually appealing presentation of this uncommon rate. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Currently...C$60.00
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236 cover 98 image1908 (August 25), Quebec Tercentenary and Samuel de Champlain authorized advertising envelope, produced for George Demers of Quebec City, franked with 2c carmine tied by Quebec machine cancellation and addressed to Moncton, New Brunswick, the reverse with Moncton machine arrival (27 Aug), the upper margin printed “Autorisé par le Comité de Publicité”; an attractive and unusual commercial use. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$90.00
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237 cover 98 image1908 (August 28), Edmonton to the French 16th Infantry at Peking, China, picture postcard showing South Road into Edmonton City, franked with 2c carmine tied by Edmonton duplex, with machine cancellation on the reverse, addressed to a member of the French 16th Infantry at Peking and endorsed “French Troops” at top, struck with a choice violet Peking c.d.s. of the Japanese Post Office; trivial edge wear, fine to very fine, and a desirable combination of an elusive western origin and scarce destination. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$60.00
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238 cover 98 image1908 (September 3), 2c Imperial Penny Postage rate to the Shakleton British Antarctic Expedition, private postcard from Toronto addressed to Dr. W.A.R. Mitchell, surgeon with Shackleton’s expedition, care of the British Antarctic Expedition in New Zealand, franked with 2c carmine tied by Toronto machine cancellation, forwarded from Lyttelton to Sydney, New South Wales, with extensive manuscript redirection across the face; some trivial edge wear, not detracting from this remarkable usage to one of the defining Antarctic expeditions.

Ernest Shackleton’s British Antarctic Expedition sailed aboard the Nimrod and established its Antarctic base in early 1908, the southern party ultimately reaching within 97 miles of the South Pole before turning back. Dr. William Arthur Rupert Michell, a physician from Perth, Ontario, served as surgeon aboard the Nimrod, assisting during the landing at Cape Royds and returning south with the vessel in 1909 to recover Shackleton and his men. This postcard awaited him after his return to Australia, following one of the most renowned expeditions of Antarctic exploration. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Estimate C$ 350

Currently...C$200.00
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239 cover 98 image1908 (September 8), Sclater’s Asbestos Goods illustrated advertising cover, franked with 2c carmine tied by Montreal machine cancellation and addressed to Moncton, the reverse with next-day machine arrival c.d.s. (9 Sep), the front with striking rooster illustration and the slogan “If It Is Asbestos or Made of Asbestos We’ve Got It”; fine-very fine, an attractive usage of exceptional visual appeal. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$70.00
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