CANADA COVERS continued...
| LotNo. |
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CatNo. |
Lot Description |
Est or CV / bid in C$'s |
| 1701 |
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 PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT HANDSTAMP - 1860 (November 3) "On Service" legal envelope, fold at top and reduced at sides for better display, bears a clear circular Inspector General's Office Free handstamp in black (Davis DIG-2; reported usage
1861-1863), straightline "FREE" and clear Quebec split ring dispatch at lower left, sent to Guelph with receiver backstamp; a Fine early example of this rare department handstamp. (Unlisted in CS, Boggs & Jarrett) (Image1)
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Estimate 150 $
Currently Opening at...C$63.00
Closing..Aug-17, 03:00 PM |
| 1702 |
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 5¢ BEAVER
COVER - Scott #15, 5¢ Vermilion tied to small cover by a lovely strike of the 4-ring '23' cancel of Niagara, mailed Sept. 2, 1861 to St. Thomas, G.W.R. and London transits on reverse, F-VF (Image1)
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Estimate 125 $
Currently Opening at...C$72.00
Closing..Aug-17, 03:00 PM |
| 1703 |
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 1908
POSTCARD TO FIJI - 1¢ Green pair (#89) tied by Dec. 29, 1907 RPO postmark, mailed to Lantoka, Fiji with clear Feb. 8, 1908 arrival postmark, a very scarce destination, VF
(Image1)
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Estimate 100 $
Currently Opening at...C$54.00
Closing..Aug-17, 03:00 PM |
| 1704 |
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 MONEY
LETTER BECANCOUR TO QUEBEC - Cover postmarked Becancour in red with June 14, 1849 manuscript date, 'MONEY-LETTER' and 'PAID' handstamps in red, addressed to Quebec with next-day received backstamp, rated 7 in black, VF, a nice item (Image1)
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Estimate 300 $
Currently Opening at...C$112.00
Closing..Aug-17, 03:00 PM |
| 1705 |
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 1892
(SEPT. 30) SMALL UNSEALED ENVELOPE - bearing an appealing ½c black (Scott 34) Small Queen, tied by neat Montreal duplex datestamp. An unusual usage of the half cent rate to unaddressed circular with letterbox distribution, couple paper clip marks.
Perhaps a greeting card left at the post office to be picked up by "Master Peter". Unless contents were genuinely a circular, the rate should not have been a half cent. Most attractive item; ex. Ted Nixon (March 2012; Lot 27), VF (Image1)
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Estimate 200 $
Currently Opening at...C$98.00
Closing..Aug-17, 03:00 PM |
| 1706 |
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 1841
MONEY LETTER FROM LONDON, UC - Feb. 9, 1841 Folded cover to Toronto from London with two-ring postmark in red, endorsed 'Money' with red 'MONEY-LETTER' handstamp at top, rated '1/6' (double weight) in black, large 'M' in black, F-VF (Image1)
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Estimate 350 $
Currently Opening at...C$147.00
Closing..Aug-17, 03:00 PM |
| 1707 |
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 SMALL
QUEEN COVER - ½¢ Black (Scott #34) tied by grid cancel to cover to Liverpool, Nova Scotia where it was backstamped with a Feb. 20, 1892 receiver postmark, a nice example,
(Image1)
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Cat. Value 300 $
Currently Opening at...C$91.00
Closing..Aug-17, 03:00 PM |
| 1708 |
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 MILITARY
POST OFFICES - Large assortment of well over 150 covers bearing MPO, CAPO, CFPO postal markings as dispatch or receiver, domestic and overseas Canadian military base post offices from 1940s to 1990s, focus on first two decades. Duplication noted on
CFPO 105 from 1950s but numerous different frankings. Mixed condition (faults) to Fine or better; however elusive to very scarce markings likely to be found throughout and ideal lot to start an interesting and specialized collection. (Image1) (Image2)
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Get Market Data for [CANADA Collection] |
Estimate 300 $
Currently Opening at...C$168.00
Closing..Aug-17, 03:00 PM |
| 1709 |
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 QUEEN
ELIZABETH II POSTCARDS - Four postcards with various portraits of the Queen and stamps affixed for the 1953 Royal Visit, also a picture postcard of the Queen and Prince with Indian chief in headdress at the Calgary Stampede, F-VF (Image1)
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Estimate 75 $
Currently Opening at...C$35.00
Closing..Aug-17, 03:00 PM |
| 1710 |
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 SEMI-OFFICIAL AIRMAIL COVER - 1926 (July 7) Red Lake - Sioux Lookout First Flight; Patricia Airways & Exploration Limited cover cacheted and pilot signed, franked with 4c yellow ochre Admiral tied by light grid, Red Lake split ring at
left; on reverse Style One with Blue-Black route inscription and ESSAY of the RED LAKE / AIR MAIL - in a noticeably larger & thicker Gothic type, tied by Red Lake JUL 7 split ring departure and same-day Sioux Lookout CDS on arrival, VF and very
scarce (#CL13c essay) (Image1)
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Estimate 900 $
Currently Opening at...C$385.00
Closing..Aug-17, 03:00 PM |
| 1711 |
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 SMALL
QUEEN 1/2¢ ON COVER - ½¢ Black tied to cover from Halifax to Moncton, paying the scarce circular rate, corner bends, Fine, cat. $300.00, (Image1)
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Estimate 100 $
Currently Opening at...C$56.00
Closing..Aug-17, 03:00 PM |
| 1712 |
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 SCARCE
CANADA FIRST DAY COVER - 38¢ Regiment plate #1 lower right block on first day cover, very scarce as most of the plate blocks from this issue (Scott #1249-1250) were accidentally destroyed at the printing plant, clean unaddressed official post office
FDC, VF and attractive (Image1)
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Estimate 75 $
Currently Opening at...C$19.00
Closing..Aug-17, 03:00 PM |
| 1713 |
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 HOUSE OF
ASSEMBLY COVER - 1911 (March 15) Dept. of Agriculture cover bearing 2c and 5c King Edward VII, postmarked by scarce House of Assembly P.O. Ontario / Toronto duplex, House of Assembly Registered handstamp in blue at lower left, sent to Hamilton with
receiver backstamp. A scarce and attractive cover with unlisted cancels, XF (Image1)
Get Market Data for [CANADA Collection] |
Estimate 150 $
Currently Opening at...C$77.00
Closing..Aug-17, 03:00 PM |
| 1714 |
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 SCARCE
SEMI-OFFICIAL AIRMAIL COVER - 5¢ on (50¢) Patricia Airways flight cover from Red Lake, the semi-official air with lovely SIOUX LOOKOUT Mar. 9, 1928 socked on nose postmark, very scarce on cover - only 200 of this stamp were printed (Image1)
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Cat. Value 1450 $
Currently Opening at...C$455.00
Closing..Aug-17, 03:00 PM |
| 1715 |
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 KING
GEORGE VI COVERS - Interesting lot of 17 covers including first days, air mail special delivery covers, airmail, a cover from Coronation, Alberta May 12, 1937, Royal Train, etc., F-VF (Image1)
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Estimate 100 $
Currently Opening at...C$42.00
Closing..Aug-17, 03:00 PM |
| 1716 |
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 EARLY
QUEBEC "FLEURON" - 1822 (Oct. 3) Folded lettersheet from Quebec to York (Toronto), Upper Canada, rated "1N6" (to collect), legible Quebec "Fleuron" OC 3 22 datestamp in black on reverse, central file fold, exceptionally fresh and VF (Image1)
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Estimate 100 $
Currently Opening at...C$42.00
Closing..Aug-17, 03:00 PM |
| 1717 |
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 LATHE
QUEEN USED ON CIRCULAR - Full 'Toronto Trace Circular and Prices Current' blue printed circular from James Young dated Jan. 14, 1868, mailed to London, Ont., stamp well centered and tied by grid cancel, F-VF (Image1)
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Estimate 200 $
Currently Opening at...C$98.00
Closing..Aug-17, 03:00 PM |
| 1718 |
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 EARLY
MONEY LETTER FROM LANCASTER - Stampless folded cover mailed May 7, 1833 from Lancaster with small postmark showing hand-inserted date, endorsed 'Money Letter' at top and rated 3/6 (double rate plus surcharge for long distance), mailed to the
receiver general in York, F-VF (Image1)
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Estimate 250 $
Currently Opening at...C$111.00
Closing..Aug-17, 03:00 PM |
| 1719 |
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ENGLAND TO N.W.T. 1891 - Neat mourning cover March 5, 1891 from Woodridge to Rev. Walter Lyon in Moosomin, franked with 1p and 1½p adhesives, backstamped Winnipeg March 18 and Moosomin March 20, a nice early cover to the North West Territory, F-VF
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Estimate 350 $
Currently Opening at...C$168.00
Closing..Aug-17, 03:00 PM |
| 1720 |
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PEACE ISSUE FIRST DAY COVERS - Group of 4 FDCs from Montreal with matching General Purpose red cachets, F-VF (Scott #268 & CE3; 273 & E11; 269,272 &C9; 270 & 271) VF
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Estimate 75 $
Currently Opening at...C$33.00
Closing..Aug-17, 03:00 PM |
