You are in StampAuctionNetwork Unattended Live Bidding
. Note that by using SAN Unattended Live Bidding, you understand
that if your bid is successful, you will be invoiced at 1% of the Realized value, no cap and no minimum.
Group of Useful Books for the Postal Historian, The Canadian Flag Cancellation Handbook (Richardson), Canadian Fancy Cancellations of the Nineteenth Century (Day, Smythies), AR Avis de Réception (Handelman), A History of Canadian RPOs (Gillam), The Canadian Posted Letter Guide (Firby, Willson), Catalogue of Duplex Cancellations (Lee), and books on the post offices and postmarks of: Northwest Territories (O'Reilly), PEI (Murray), Manitoba (Robinson), Saskatchewan (Robinson), Territorial (Robinson), BC (Topping), Alberta (Robinson) and Nova Scotia (vol. 1, Macpherson). Overall fine to very fine. (Image)
Estimate $ 100
Opening C$ 60.00
Sold...C$ 60.00
Closed..Sep-27-2025, 15:24:01 EST
Sold For 60
Sale No: 3
Lot No: 1401
Symbol:
Group of 15 Books on Canadian Stamps, etc. Stampin' Around or The Life of a Stamp Collector (Jarrett, Scrimgeour), Canada Special Delivery (Davis), an Annual Collection for the Millennium, a rare The Georgian Postage Stamps of Canada 1912-1936 (Capital Stamp & Stationery Co.), Canadian Postage Stamps and Stationery (Howes1974 reprint), Webb's Postal Stationery Catalogue (6th ed.), Canadian Revenue Stamp Catalogue (van Dam, 31st ed.), Canadian Stamps with Perforated Initials (Tomasson), a Sparks Auctions name sale catalogue for part 2 of The Outaouais Collection, and 6 others, see photos. (Image)
Estimate $ 100
Opening C$ 60.00
Sold...C$ 70.00
Closed..Sep-27-2025, 15:24:25 EST
Sold For 70
Sale No: 3
Lot No: 1402
Symbol:
Group of 17 Various Canadian Philatelic Books, Post West (complete set bound together), the useful 2-volume Encyclopaedia of British Empire Postage Stamps (Vol. V, Robson Lowe, 1973), A Canadian Military Postal History Anthology (BNAPS, hardbound), the History of the Post Office in British North America 1630-1870 (Smith), an Eaton & Sons auction catalogue for Canadian Military Hong Kong POW mail (1980), 18th Century Maritime Influences on the History of Place Names of British Columbia and Writing by the Steamer (Parizeau), Canada Post postal information books from 1937, 1948, 1952 and 1956), the W.G. MacFarlane Picture Postcard Handbook 1902-1910 (Smith), The Canadian Picture Postcard Catalogue (Gutzman, 1985 and 1992), Canada Northern Russia Expeditionary Force 1918-1919 (Richardson), Notes on Oval Cancels of the Small Queen Era (Olson), Notes on the Postal History of Canada (Halliday), and others including a collection of 33 sepia RPPC from BC and a map of rural Vancouver post offices, see photos. (Image)
Estimate $ 100
Opening C$ 60.00
Sold...C$ 60.00
Closed..Sep-27-2025, 15:24:51 EST
Sold For 60
Worldwide
Sale No: 3
Lot No: 1403
Symbol:
Group of 18 Various Worldwide Philatelic Books, Bale Israel Catalogue (2000), GB Concise Catalogue (1994), a Guide to 19th Century United States Postmarks and Cancellations (Gilman), Annals of British and Commonwealth Air Transport (Stroud), Postmarks of the United Kingdom (Kingston), British Empire Civil Censorship Devices of WWII British Asia (Morenweiser), Tin Can Mail (Clark), the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition (Neyhart), the 1915 Panama California Exposition (Neyhart), Pigeon and Balloon Post (photocopy), Prexie Postal History (Helbock), United States Postage Meter Stamp Catalog (Simon, Walsh, 1982), [American] International Machine Cancels 1888-1910 (Bond) and a few others (see photos). (Image)
Estimate $ 50
Opening C$ 50.00
Sold...C$ 50.00
Closed..Sep-27-2025, 15:25:11 EST
Sold For 50
Sale No: 3
Lot No: 1404
Symbol:
Cat No: Australia / Victoria
The Two Reference Manuals on Victoria Barred Numeral Cancels, includes the 1963 "Victoria: The Barred Numeral Cancellations 1856-1912" by J.R.W. Purves FRPSL, 213 pages (plus loose plates), hardbound, very fine, as well as the 2018 "Brusden White The Barred Numerals of Victoria" 484 pages spiral bound edition (with like-new dust jacket) by Hugh H. Freeman APR, fully illustrated in colour, with rarity ratings, etc. The ultimate publication on these fascinating postmarks, will illustrations showing on stamp, on piece and on cover / card, plus often showing the originating post office. The owner used this book to check mark (in pencil) all of the postmarks he owned (these, and many other Victoria barred numerals are offered separately in this sale, in our postal history section). The front cover partly separated, still in fine condition. Two very useful publications. (Image)
Estimate $ 100
Opening C$ 50.00
Sold...C$ 50.00
Closed..Sep-27-2025, 15:25:27 EST
Sold For 50
Sale No: 3
Lot No: 1405
Symbol:
Cat No: Australia / Victoria
"The Half-Lengths of Victoria: The Stamps and Postal History 1850-59" published in 2009 by J.H. Barwis FRPSL, R.W. Moreton FRPSL, 487 pages, hardbound with colour illustrations, many tables, etc. The definitive publication on this subject and a must have. Limited edition #51 out of only 80 printed, very fine. (Image)
Estimate $ 50
Opening C$ 50.00
Sold...C$ 50.00
Closed..Sep-27-2025, 15:25:45 EST
Sold For 50
Sale No: 3
Lot No: 1406
Symbol:
Cat No: Australia / Victoria
"Victoria: The Travelling Post Office Services 1865-1932" and Four Other Victoria Postmark Publications, starts with the aforementioned book, published in 2015 by Les Molnar and John Waugh, hardbound with dust jacket, 166 pages (plus almost as many appendix pages, illustrated in colour with loads of maps, tables, etc. Very fine. Also includes "Victoria: the Second Type of Obliteration" (1949), "Victoria: The Butterfly Postmarks" (1949), " Victoria: The Butterfly and Barred Oval Cancellations" (1965) and "Victoria: The Travelling Post Offices and Their Markings" (1955) all by J.R.W. Purves and very fine. A useful group for the Victoria postmark collector or dealer. (Image)
Estimate $ 50
Opening C$ 60.00
Sold...C$ 70.00
Closed..Sep-27-2025, 15:26:15 EST
Sold For 70
Sale No: 3
Lot No: 1407
Symbol:
Cat No: South Australia
"South Australia: The 'Long' Stamps 1902-1912 / a Study in Surface Printing" 205 pages, 1978, hardbound, by J.R.W. Purves F.R.P.S.L. in like-new condition. (Image)
