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MILITARY COVERS & POSTCARDS continued...

CANADA WWII BLACKOUT CANCELS continued...
LotNo. Symbol Lot Description
1101 image1941 HALIFAX TRANSMISSION DELAYED FOR SECURITY, 45mm h/s on unpaid cover from a soldier sailing for England via convoy, addressed to a Professor of Oncology at the LISBON University, held at HALIFAX until the convoy arrived in ENGLAND then forwarded to OTTAWA for Censorship, originally charged postage due but this was cancelled since the writer was military, reposted on JUL21'1941 with a POSTAGE-FREE cancel, VF (Image) 100+

SOLD for $50.00
Closing..Mar-15, 06:00 PM
1102 image1943 VANCOUVER-BC AIRMAIL TRIPLE RATE to CHINA, posted at Vancouver with Blackout cancels dated DEC'1943 and addressed to Major General Victor Wentworth Odlum (1880–1971) in unoccupied CHUNKING-CHINA, Odlum was the Canadian Ambassador to China 1942–1946, great franking #255,260,262(×2) pays the ¾-ounce triple airmail rate (3 × 75¢ per ¼-ounce), on cover front only, F-VF (Image) 150+

SOLD for $54.00
Closing..Mar-15, 06:00 PM
1103 image1943 PRINCE-RUPERT-BC BLACKOUT CONVERSION, a registered letter bill between the PRINCE-RUPERT main post office and PRINCE-RUPERT-STN-B on SEP24'1943 showing the normal h/s at both offices, a second letter bill sent the next day shows both offices converted to Blackouts, this establishes the Prince Rupert Blackout conversion date of SEP25'1943 and has the only confirmed example of the Station-B blackout h/s, the rarest of all Blackout handstamp cancels, VF (Image) 200+

SOLD for $324.00
Closing..Mar-15, 06:00 PM
1104 image1945 VICTORIA-BC “FAMILY ALLOWANCE” BLACKOUT, Pitney-Bowes Blackout machine cancel dated JUL16'1945 on cover for the first Canadian Family Allowance Check (Baby Bonus), this is the only reported example of this Blackout cancel, the Pitney-Bowes machine was delivered to Victoria in early JUL'1945 and this Blackout hub was used only for the JUL'1945 Family Allowance mailings, the rarest of all Blackout machine cancels, VF (Image) 200+

SOLD for $324.00
Closing..Mar-15, 06:00 PM
1105 image1945 VICTORIA-BC EARLY “FAMILY ALLOWANCE” BLACKOUT REVERSAL, Pitney-Bowes regular hub machine cancel dated AUG16'1945 on a cover for the 2nd Canadian Family Allowance Check, Victoria had been instructed to convert from Blackout cancels to regular cancels on AUG31'1945, the VJ-DAY excitement of AUG14'1945 might have influenced the postal clerks and they converted this one Family Allowance mailing to regular cancels two weeks ahead of schedule, this is the only reported August example, all other Victoria machines used Blackout hubs until the designated AUG31'1945 conversion date, VF (Image) 200+

AVAILABLE
Closing..Mar-15, 06:00 PM
1106 image1945 PRINCE-RUPERT-BC LAST CANADA BLACKOUT CANCEL, all Canada Blackout cancels had been replaced by regular town cancels by SEP3'1945, the exception was PRINCE-RUPERT, this cover was posted at VANCOUVER on AUG21'1945 properly using their Blackout Pitney-Bowes machine as per directives, addressed to Captain Rex Robinson at LANGARA-ISLAND-BC + redirected to MASSETT-BC on SEP1'1945 + forwarded to PRINCE-RUPERT where the last reported Canada Blackout cancel was applied at 6:30PM-SEP4'1945, the cover journeyed onward to ZEBALLOS-BC on SEP9'1945 + JERICHO-BEACH-BC on NOV16'1945 + finally returned to sender, a rare late Blackout cancel on a wonderful redirected cover, VF (Image) 100+

SOLD for $135.00
Closing..Mar-15, 06:00 PM
1107 image18 CANADA WWII MILITARY COVERS 1940–1943, mtd collection of “PASSED BY CENSOR” h/s from Canadian sailors on 16 covers + 1 card + 1 telegram, from both HMS and HMCS mostly addressed to Canada (a few to US), includes a nice range of blackout cancels noting 5 rare early precursors from Esquimalt (HMCS Naden) and Halifax (HMCS Stadacona & HMCS Cornwallis), also from ships HMCS Huron + HMCS Georgian ++, 4 have the original enclosures, retails over $450, F-VF (Image) 100+

SOLD for $45.00
Closing..Mar-15, 06:00 PM
1108 image22 CANADIAN WWII SOLDIER’S LETTERS 1940–1945, all with various unchecked ship censor & blackout mailings, a few British soldier’s letters, retails over $300, F-VF (Image) 75+

SOLD for $36.00
Closing..Mar-15, 06:00 PM
1109 image23 EAST COAST BLACKOUT HANDSTAMPS 1943–1945, all with East Coast originations with most locations identified, 10 are soldier’s letters, F-VF (Image) 100+

SOLD for $45.00
Closing..Mar-15, 06:00 PM
1110 image31 EAST COAST BLACKOUT MACHINE CANCELS 1943–1945, on 29 covers and 2 cards from a wide range of East Coast towns, all are Perfect Machine cancels including better Yarmouth, North Sydney, Pictou, Dartmouth, Sydney, and Quebec, scarce specialized lot, 6 are legal-size, F-VF (Image) 100+

AVAILABLE
Closing..Mar-15, 06:00 PM
1111 image70 HALIFAX BLACKOUT MACHINE CANCELS 1943–1945, on covers and a few cards, includes both Pitney-Bowes FMO machines and Perfect Machines, lots of slogans and many soldier’s letters, a good specialist lot and F-VF (Image) 100+

AVAILABLE
Closing..Mar-15, 06:00 PM
1112 image19 SYDNEY-NS WWII BLACKOUT CANCELS 1943–1945, a good study lot of Perfect Machine cancels from FEB5'1943-MAY17'1945 (2 different types of wavy bar killers), includes a scarce late blackout slogan on JUN24'1944, also a cover from North Sydney posted at the Sydney post office, F-VF (Image) 75+

SOLD for $41.00
Closing..Mar-15, 06:00 PM
1113 image53 SAINT-JOHN-NB BLACKOUT CANCELS 1943–1945, on covers with a nice range of Perfect Machine cancels, (note 2 different hub types), lots of slogans and some nice advertising cc, 4 are soldier’s letters, F-VF (Image) 100+

AVAILABLE
Closing..Mar-15, 06:00 PM
1114 image36 QUEBEC-CITY BLACKOUT SLOGAN CANCELS 1944–1945, specialist lot with a nice range of different slogans and dates (Perfect Machines with 2 wavy bar killers types), 2 are soldier’s letters with ship censor h/s, F-VF (Image) 75+

SOLD for $59.00
Closing..Mar-15, 06:00 PM
1115 image48 BLACKOUT HANDSTAMP CANCELS 1943–1945, both East and West Coast originations, all unchecked, includes a few machine cancels and many soldier’s letters F-VF (Image) 75+

SOLD for $41.00
Closing..Mar-15, 06:00 PM
1116 image75 BLACKOUT WEST COAST HANDSTAMP CANCELS 1943–1945, the majority of towns are identified, a few fronts and 20 are legal-size covers, F-VF (Image) 150+

SOLD for $68.00
Closing..Mar-15, 06:00 PM
1117 image90 WEST COAST BLACKOUT MACHINE CANCELS, includes a nice range of Vancouver, Victoria, and Prince Rupert types, most are wavy bar killers plus a few slogans, F-VF (Image) 100+

SOLD for $54.00
Closing..Mar-15, 06:00 PM
1118 image17 BC BLACKOUT WAY-MAIL 1944–1945, 15 covers with Blackout Vancouver receiver cancels, 2 with Victoria Blackout cancels, includes covers originating from Chamiss-Bay, Queen Charlotte City, Half Moon Bay, Sandspit, Butedale, Hoimfray Creek, Port McNeill, Cumshew Inlet, Alert Bay, Saturna, & Port Renfrew, scarce group and F-VF (Image) 100+

SOLD for $50.00
Closing..Mar-15, 06:00 PM
1119 image100 VANCOUVER BLACKOUT ADVERTISING COVERS 1944–1945, all are illustrated to add some zest to a blackout collection, all are opened on 3 sides, huge retail value over $1500, mostly VF (Image) 150+

SOLD for $180.00
Closing..Mar-15, 06:00 PM
1120 image100 VANCOUVER BLACKOUT ADVERTISING COVERS 1945–1946, all are illustrated, similar to lot #1119 with retail value over $1500, mostly VF (Image) 150+

SOLD for $77.00
Closing..Mar-15, 06:00 PM

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