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Accumulation of Roughly 350 First Flight Covers, 1929-1960s, in three cover albums and loose material. We note mostly C1-C6 frankings, along with a few Admiral, Arch and commemorative issues, with better representation from maritime and western provinces, a few test flights, C4 first day covers (x4, Unitrade c.v. $160 total), registration and special delivery rates and more. The lot also includes roughly fifty anniversary flights, and a few commercial flight covers. Duplication ranges from 1-5 and up for a few flights. We estimate roughly 15% of the covers are #10 size envelopes, with a few covers having small faults including corner bends and some soiling, overall fine to very fine. (Image)
Estimate $ 150
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Lot No: 675
Symbol: Cvr
Group of Roughly 325 First Flight Covers, 1929-1937, loose in a box. We note mostly Unitrade #s C1-C6 first flights, including C3 first day covers (x16, c.v. $400 total), C4 first day covers (x4, $160 total), along with Admiral, Scroll, Arch, and 1930s commemorative frankings, (primarily originating from western provinces and the territories, along with representation from all the other provinces), a few postmaster signed covers, registered and special delivery rates, and more. Duplication is up to 3 in a few cases. A nice lot for the aerophilatelist. We note a few small faults on a few of the covers, including corner bends and a bit of soiling, overall fine to very fine. (Image)
Estimate $ 200
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Lot No: 676
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: CL7/CL47
Group of 4 Semi-Official Airmail Stamps on Cover, with #s CL7 ($250), CL13 ($100, franked with an 1898 Map stamp), CL26e ($225) and CL47 ($150). Overall very fine. (Image)
Unitrade $ 725
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Lot No: 677
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: CL13/CL47
Group of 14 Semi-Official Airmail Covers, 1926-1929, including a few commercial flight covers noting Commercial Airways CL47 (faulty) Grande Prairie, MAY.21.1929, first flight cover to Edmonton, addressed to c/o Bank of Montréal (few commercial covers known from Commercial Airways); Patricia Airways and Exploration Company Limited CL13 Red Lake to Sioux Lookout, SEP.26.1926, from the Hudson's Bay Company, CL13 #10 window envelope JUL.14.1926, from the Department of Mines in Toronto, Ontario, CL13 Cobalt to Rolling Portage via Sioux Lookout, SEP.4.1926, addressed to the Imperial Bank of Canada. The lot also includes CL43 Sioux Lookout to Rainbow Lake, MAR.9.1928 (25 pieces flown, AMCN2 c.v. $250), CL42 (x4, including APR.2.1929, interrupted flight to Aklavik), and 3 covers franked but not flown with CL28 (x6, two solo frankings and a strip of 4, Unitrade c.v. $900 total for stamps only). A nice lot for the semi-official collector, with some unusual flights present. We note faults with the commercial covers with tears and faulty stamps, typical for this type of material, otherwise mixed to very fine. (Image)
Estimate $ 400
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Lot No: 678
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: CL40
Group of 10 Different Western Canada Airways First Flights, 1929, all franked with CL40 on the back of the cover. These covers were flown on a series of flights along the Mackenzie River on June 12, or July 1, 1929, noting origin or destination postmarks from Waterways, Fort Good Hope, Fort Norman, Wrigley, Aklavik, Fort Smith, Fort Chipewyan, Arctic Red River, and Fort Simpson. A nice group of flown covers for any aerophilatelist. We note a few creases on a few covers, still overall very fine. (Image)
Estimate $ 150
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Alberta
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Lot No: 744
Symbol: Cvr
1899 Registered Cover with Boxed "N.W.T. / R" Handstamp, mailed from Macleod, Aberta on NOV.2.1899 (two neat strikes of their duplex) to London Ontario (NOV.6 receiver) through C.P. RY West of Winnipeg (E) and C.P.RY OTT & Pt Arthur M.C. (E), with boxed N.W.T. / R" and number handstamp. The cover is franked with a 2c carmine and a 5c blue Queen Victoria Numerals, very fine. An especially scarce and sought-after postmark. (Image)
Estimate $ 300
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Lot No: 745
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Collection / Accumulation of Roughly 3,000 Alberta Town Postmarks on Cover and Cards, 1960s-2000s, filling two bankers boxes, with several hundreds of different towns, generally organized alphabetically by town name ranging from A to W, including a few pre-1960 covers. The lot consists of primarily commercial mail paying domestic and a few registered rates and postage dues, noting a variety of postmarks including c.d.s types, several different pictorial cancels, sub and rural offices, machine cancels, POCON, MOON, broken circle, and more. Just a few of the town names include Balzec, Carseland, Barrhead, Acme (nothing addressed to Wile E. Coyote), Bonnyville, Glenwood, Millarville, Lake Isle, Red Water, Wrentham, and much more, with some towns having a variety of postmark types. A nice opportunity for further research on modern postmarks, as many cancels would have short periods of use, closed sub offices, etc. Ideal for the Alberta or Canada postmark collector as the lot would take years of searching to duplicate, as the previous owner spent a lifetime collecting Canada and worldwide socked on the nose postmarks and postal history. Our photos show a sampling and overview only. We note a few small faults along with roughly 80% of the covers being #10 size envelopes. Overall fine to very fine. (Image)
Estimate $ 300
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Lot No: 746
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Collection / Accumulation of Roughly 2,000 Alberta POCON Town Postmarks on Cover and Cards, 1970s-2000s, filling two boxes, with several hundred different towns, generally organized alphabetically by town name ranging from D to F, and P to W. The lot consists of primarily commercial mail paying domestic and a few registered rates noting various POCON types, including from sub offices, rural post offices, and postal outlets. Just a few of the town names include Dapp, Didsbury, Devon, Gunn, Grand Centre, Schuler, Rosemary, Wostok, and much more, with some towns having a variety of POCON postmark types. A nice opportunity for further research, as many cancels would have short periods of use, closed sub offices, etc. Ideal for the Alberta or Canada postmark collector as the lot would take years of searching to duplicate, as the previous owner spent a lifetime collecting Canada and worldwide socked on the nose postmarks and postal history. Our photos show a sampling and overview only. We note a few small faults along with the majority of covers being #10 size envelopes. Overall fine to very fine. (Image)
Estimate $ 200
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B.N.A.
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Lot No: 750
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Group of 10 NB, NS and PEI Early Covers, 1850s to 1860s, with 3x NB, 4x NS and 3x PEI, with a variety of frankings and especially backstamps (town postmarks), etc. A better than usual quality group for this area, overall very fine and we have scanned every item on both sides. (Image)
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British Columbia
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Lot No: 747
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Group of 7 Covers Mailed from Victoria British Columbia, 1876-1877, all are addressed to Henry J. Morgan / State Department / Ottawa by his wife Nemmie, Her father was a Victoria parliamentarian and had free-franking privileges, so 6 of the 7 covers were mailed free-franked, with his initials at the lower left corner. It can be seen in our large offering of Morgan postal history elsewhere in this sale, that when her father was out of town, she was "forced" to use stamps on her mail. A few of the envelopes have "Government House / British Columbia" printed backflaps, and one has a "Pacific Mail Steamship Company / San Francisco" backflap, which is stationery she often used. The letter contents, some of which are quite lengthy, talk of all sorts of interesting subjects of the time, and are well worth a read for the historian. Faults to varying degrees and one cover has a missing stamp, still an interesting glimpse into early Victoria and the Morgan couple. our second picture shows the contents of just one letter (each page is double-sided). (Image)
Estimate $ 150
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Lot No: 748
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1908 Illustrated British Columbia Advertising Cover, mailed from Phoenix BC (OCT.22.1908 duplex) to Chicago and franked with a 2c Québec Tercentenary. A lovely pale blue cover with bright red and purple BINER / PHOENIX (with eagle sitting on burning logs) advertising for the Phoenix Brewing Co. Slight soiling near the stamp, still very fine with great eye appeal. (Image)
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Lot No: 749
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Collection / Accumulation of Roughly 1,500 British Columbia Town Postmarks on Cover and Cards, 1940s-2000s, filling in a bankers box, with at least a few hundred different towns, generally organized alphabetically by town name ranging from A to Y, including a few pre-1940 covers. The lot consists of primarily commercial mail paying domestic and a few registered rates and postage dues, noting a variety of postmarks including c.d.s types, several different pictorial cancels, sub post offices, machine cancels, POCON, MOON, MOTO, broken circle, and more. Just a few of the town names include Anahim Lake, Bella Coola, Aldergrove, Salmo, Riske Creek, Likely (I'm sure it is), Halfmoon, 100 Mile House, and much more, with some towns having a variety of postmark types. A nice opportunity for further research on modern postmarks, as many cancels would have short periods of use, closed sub offices, etc. Ideal for the British Columbia or Canada postmark collector as the lot would take years of searching to duplicate, as the previous owner spent a lifetime collecting Canada and worldwide socked on the nose postmarks and postal history. Our photos show a sampling and overview only. We note a few small faults along with roughly more than half of the covers being #10 size envelopes. Overall fine to very fine. (Image)
Estimate $ 350
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Lot No: 620
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Cat No: 43
6c Small Queen Bisect on Cover, mailed to and from Winnipeg on MAY.18.1903, franked with a bisected 6c red brown Small Queen, well tied by a neat strike of the Winnipeg International machine cancel. Addressed to W.G. Mullock (then Postmaster General of Canada) and obviously accepted by the Post Office. Opening tear at top (not affecting stamp) and stain, still fine and interesting. (Image)
Estimate $ 150
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Lot No: 621
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 51, 53
Group of 45x 1c and 3c Jubilee Covers, many are from NB or NS but we also noted some from BC, ON and QC, mostly smaller town postmarks, note one registered and some with business corner cards. Also includes 11x fronts (not counted in total). Overall fine to very fine. (Image)
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Lot No: 622
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Cat No: 85, 86
Group of 18x 2c Map Stamp Covers, all dated 1899 or 1900, except for one with a DEC.7.1898 backstamp which appears to have been re-mailed much later (? also reduced at right), from ON, NB, NS, one MB and a few QC, with many useful postmarks, noting a few streets, small towns, etc. Overall fine to very fine and includes two faulty (not counted). (Image)
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Lot No: 623
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Cat No: 89, 90, 92
1905 12c Rate Edward Cover Mailed Registered and Insured, an uprated 2c Edward stationery cover mailed registered from Big Bras d'Or, NS (JUL.24.1905 broken circle on back) to Hamilton (JUL.29 receiver) through North Sydney (JUL.24), Halifax & Sydney R.P.O. (W / JUL.24), Boularderie Centre (JUL.26), Montréal (JUL.26) and Toronto (JUL.27) with an "Insured" label (tied by two handstamps). The total franking is 12c, which paid for 2c postage, 5c registration and 5c for coverage of up to $20 (based on rate table, as there is no notation for value insured. Couple of light wrinkles and one stamp is damaged, still very fine and rare (only 23 registered insured covers are recorded), ex Brigham (with his handstamp on back). (Image)
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Lot No: 624
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Cat No: 89, 93
1910 13c Rate Edward Cover Mailed Registered and Insured, an uprated 1c Edward stationery cover mailed registered from Renfrew, Ontario (MAY.30.1910 oval datestamps in magenta) to Kindersley, Saskatchewan (with MAY.31 and JUN.1 R.P.O. transits on back) and an "Insured" label (tied by return address). The total franking (including the 1c stationery and a 10c Edward) is 13c, which paid for 2c postage, 5c registration and 6c for coverage of up to $25. What is interesting about this cover is that it is technically overpaid by 6c, as the insurance coverage had ended April 7, 1909, and it is assumed the sender (and postal clerk?) was not aware of this. Very fine, ex Horace Harrison and still on his exhibit page (Lee sale 108, lot 624). (Image)
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Lot No: 625
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Cat No: 90
1904 10c Rate Edward Cover Mailed Registered and Insured, mailed registered from Cape Sable Island South Side, Nova Scotia (MAR.30.1904) to Yarmouth (APR.1 receiver), franked with 5x 2c carmine King Edward VII stamps, with an "Insured" label, tied by the despatch postmark. There is a note reading "Insured for Ten Dollars $10.00". The rate paid was 2c for postage, 5c for registration and 3c for coverage of $10. Upper right corner was torn off and skillfully repaired, then adding the missing stamp, making this a very fine appearing cover. A rare insured cover, with only 23 recorded, and this one mailed only two days after the March 28, 1904 date when insured mail service was inaugurated. Ex Horace Harrison and still on his exhibit page (Lee sale 108, lot 613) (Image)
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Lot No: 626
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Cat No: 90, 92
1904 13c Rate Edward Cover Mailed Registered and Insured, mailed registered from Blackstone, NS (APR.15.1904) to Toronto (APR.18 receiver), through Strathlorne and Alexander, NS, with "Insured" label and notation reading "Insured for Twenty one dollars and twenty two cents ($21.22)". The total franking (including a 7c Edward) is 13c, which paid for 2c postage, 5c registration and 6c for coverage of up to $25. Opened on three sides then re-sealed, still very fine appearing and rare, ex Horace Harrison and still on his exhibit page (Lee sale 108, lot 614). (Image)
Estimate $ 750
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Lot No: 627
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 92
1905 7c Underpaid Rate Edward Cover Mailed Registered and Insured, mailed registered from Waupoos East, Ontario (NOV.22.1905 broken circle is the new earliest recorded by 2 years) to Toronto (NOV.22 receiver) via Picton (same day transit) with "Insured" label and notation reading "Insured for Ten (crossed out) Dollars $10.00". The franking consists of a single 7c olive bister King Edward VII, which only paid the 2c postage and 5c registration. As evidenced with the "6 cents collect" marking in blue crayon (postage stamps had not yet been issued) the unpaid fee had to be paid by the recipient. Very fine and extremely rare, ex Horace Harrison and still on his exhibit page (Lee sale 108, lot 620). Also illustrated in Canada's Registered Mail 1802-1909 (Harrison, p. 366) (Image)
Estimate $ 750
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Lot No: 628
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Cat No: 92, 77
1904 11c Rate Edward Cover Mailed Registered and Insured, mailed registered from Brussels, Ontario (AUG.8.1904 c.d.s.) to Hamilton (AUG.9 oval registration receiver), through two different R.P.O.s, with notation reading "Insured for Fifteen Dollars ($15)". Franked with a 7c Edward and two 2c Numerals making 11c, which paid for 2c postage, 5c registration and 4c for coverage of up to $15. Post offices not supplied with insured labels were instructed to underline the notation in red pencil, as was correctly done on this cover. Very fine and extremely rare, ex Horace Harrison and still on his exhibit page (Lee sale 108, lot 619). Also illustrated in Canada's Registered Mail 1802-1909 (Harrison, p. 364) (Image)
Estimate $ 750
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Lot No: 629
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Two Admiral-Era Bulk Mailing Receipts, both used in Kitchener on JAN.29.1929, franked with a variety of issues including a 50c and $1 Admiral, a pair of 20c Baldwin & Lafontaine, etc. Very fine. (Image)
Estimate $ 100
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Lot No: 630
Symbol: PC
Cat No: MR1
April 14, 1915 Admiral War Tax Early Use, a picture postcard mailed Vancouver BC on APR.14.1915 to England, franked with a 2c carmine Admiral and a 1c green Admiral War Tax issue. The new War Tax mail surcharge took effect on April 15, 1915, so this was used one day before the official start of the surtax, making it 1c overpaid. Very fine and interesting. (Image)
Estimate $ 150
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Eastern Arctic Mail
Sale No: 2
Lot No: 763
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1876 Incoming Cover Mailed from Portsmouth, England to the H.M.S. Alert in the Arctic, franked with a 1d Red Queen Victoria, this cover was mailed at Portsmouth on MAY.24.1876 to Lieutenant Egerton, aboard the H.M.S. Alert, per the Arctic Yacht Pandora, which left Portsmouth on or about May 25th. During her voyage, the Pandora made stops in Greenland and Baffin Island, but never caught up with the Alert. It is presumed the letter was finally delivered when the Alert returned to England. The back of the cover shows a clear "Palmerston Rd. / Southsea" c.d.s. dated MAY.25.1876, very fine and rare. This key item was on page 1 of the Ian Mowat exhibit. (Image)
Estimate $ 750
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Lot No: 764
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1884 Incoming Mourning Cover from the United States to the Hudson's Straits, mailed Lowell, Mass. on JUL.19.1884 and addressed to Dr. Robert Bell / Canadian Government Expedition / to Hudson's Straits / SS. "Neptune" / Halifax / Nova Scotia, with Halifax receiver dated JUL.21.1884 on back. The cover is annotated "will the postmaster of Halifax kindly send this on board the S S "Neptune". Dr Bell was the ship's geologist and medical officer, and would have been handed the cover before his departure for the Arctic on July 22, which was the date of the government's first trip there. Very fine, and an early example of Arctic-related mail. (Image)
Estimate $ 250
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Lot No: 765
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1886 Cover Northern Labrador to Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, mailed AUG.1.1886 "LABRADOR NORTH / NEW'D" to Harbor Grace (AUG.9 receiver), franked with a 3c blue Queen Victoria. This cover was carried by the coastal ship "Hercules" to Battle Harbour, then onto St John's. Light edge aging (cover and stamp) still an early northern cover. (Image)
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Lot No: 766
Symbol: PC
1887 2c U.P.U. Postal Card Hopedale, Labrador to Germany, mailed from the Moravian Mission in Hopedale, Northern Labrador and datelined "Hoffenttral, 4th Oct 1887" and addressed to Baden, Germany, through St John's (OCT.18.1887 transit on front), carried by a Mission supply schooner, very fine. (Image)
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Lot No: 767
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1889 2c U.P.U. Postal Card Nain, Labrador to Germany, datelined "Nain Labrador 8 Aug. 1889", with LABRADOR NORTH / NEWF'D AUG.12 transit and St John's AUG.26 transit, very fine. (Image)
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Lot No: 768
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1897 Two Incoming Covers from Germany to the S.S. Diana, both mailed Baden, Germany in 1897 and addressed to Dr. Robert Bell of Hudson's Bay Expedition S.S. Diana. The first cover is addressed to St John's and has no other markings except a notation reading "To be called for" (stain and crease). The second cover (mailed JUL.13.1897) is addressed to Halifax, Nova Scotia (with JUL.25 receiver on back) with squared circle receiver, with address crossed-out (ship had already departed for the North) and forwarded to St John's by way of a Halifax squared circle despatch dated SEP.28, then received at St John's on OCT.1, very fine. (Image)
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Lot No: 769
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1898 2c U.P.U. Postal Card Ramah, Labrador to Germany, mailed from the Moravian Mission in Ramah, Northern Labrador and datelined "Rama, 24 Aug 1898" and addressed to Germany (OCT.12 receiver), through LABRADOR NORTH / NEWF'D (SEP.15) then St John's (SEP.22), through Glasgow (OCT.10), very fine. (Image)
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Lot No: 770
Symbol: PC
1900 2c U.P.U. Postal Card Hopedale, Labrador to Germany, mailed from the Moravian Mission in Hopedale, Northern Labrador and datelined "Hoffenttral, 4 April 1900", addressed to Germany (MAY.31 receiver), through LABRADOR T P O / NORTH (MAY.12), very fine. (Image)
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Lot No: 771
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1900 2c U.P.U. Postal Card Okak, Labrador to Italy, mailed from the Moravian Mission in Okak, Northern Labrador and datelined "Okak, 25 Sept 1900", addressed to London, England (OCT.23 London squared circle receiver), through Blanc Sablon Newf'd (OCT.9), Coastal T.P.O. North / Newf'd (OCT.9), N.N.&W. Railway T.P.O.Newf'd (OCT.12), Boston (OCT.15), with address crossed-out and forwarded to Lago de Como, Italy (partial receiver on front), very fine. The exhibit page also includes a picture postcard of the Mission in Okak mailed from Battle Harbor in 1910. (Image)
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Lot No: 772
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1900 Cover Okak, Labrador to England, mailed from the Moravian Mission in Okak, Northern Labrador with both letters inside datelined "Okak" (Mar 16 and Apr 30), addressed to London, England (JUL.28 receiver) through LABRADOR T.P.O. / NEWF'D (JUL.9), St John's (JUL.18) and the United States London Despatch Agent (rare oval dated JUL.28), very fine. (Image)
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Lot No: 773
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1905 Two Labrador Items to Germany, first is a 1c postal card datelined "Nain Aug 17, 1905" addressed to Germany (SEP.13 receiver) through LABRADOR T.P.O. / NEWF'D (AUG.23) and St John's (AUG.30), tear at right else very fine. Second item on this exhibit page is a 5c stationery cover mailed from Hebron, Labrador in August 1905 to Germany (NOV.20 receiver) through LABRADOR T.P.O. / NEWF'D (OCT.23) and St John's (NOV.7), very fine. (Image)
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Lot No: 774
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1906 Halifax to Port Churchill by Overland Route, a picture postcard mailed Halifax NOV.25.1906, addressed to a Sergeant of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police "M. Division / Port Churchill / c/o Hudson Bay Co. / Winnipeg / Man." crossed-out, with "c/o Postmaster / West Selkirk / Man." handstamp added, with three DEC.4.1906 Winnipeg machine cancels (2 on front, 1 on picture side) plus a Winnipeg broken circle. The route taken would have been Winnipeg to West Selkirk, north via Lake Winnipeg and trading posts at Norway House, Cross Lake and down the Nelson River to York Factory on Hudson Bay, finally by dog team or schooner to Port Churchill. Light edge wear, still a long journey taken. (Image)
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Lot No: 775
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1906 and 1908 Items Labrador to Germany,1906 3c stationery cover uprated 2c traveled LABRADOR T.P.O. NEWF'D on OCT.30.1906, addressed to Germany (NOV.28 receiver) through St John's (NOV.10 transit), very fine. 1908 2c U.P.U. postal card mailed from the Moravian Mission in Hopedale (dateline dated July 15) through LABRADOR T.P.O. / NEWF'D (JUL.15) and St John's (JUL.21) to Germany, very fine. (Image)
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Lot No: 776
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1931-1933 Registered Cover from Bache Peninsula N.W.T. to England, originally mailed on APR.12.1931 (two broken circles tie both stamps) plus rare Bache Peninsula N.W.T. registration box with no. "4" inside, held over and re-mailed on APR.12.1933 (broken circle on front and back), carried to St John's NL by S.S. Nascopie (SEP.4.1933 boxed handstamp, arriving St John's on SEP.28 (large double circle datestamp on back and boxed registration handstamp on front) to Liverpool (OCT.6) and finally Salcombe England on OCT.7, with Postmaster signature on back, very fine. Exhibit page notes "one of five known registered covers from Bache Peninsula", a rare two and a half year transit. (Image)
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Lot No: 777
Symbol: Cvr
1932 Two S.S. Ungava Hudson's Bay Company Covers, both mailed to Captain Thomas Smellie to his daughter Yvonne in Edmonton. The first was posted aboard the S.S. Ungava on JUL.20.1932 (boxed datestamp in purple ties stamp) while it was at Port Burwell (SEP.22 transit from Montréal on back). The second cover was mailed at Dundas Harbour, N.W.T. on SEP.2.1932 and travelled on the S.S. Ungava on SEP.3 (boxed datestamp free strike). Both have opening tears at top, as all covers in this correspondence, still a lovely pair of rare commercial covers. Both are illustrated in Eastern Arctic Mail Service by John R. Thomson. (Image)
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Lot No: 778
Symbol: Cvr
1932-1933 Bache Peninsula N.W.T. to the United States with Over One Year Transit Time, 1c green Admiral cover posted on AUG.12.1932. Because of ice conditions, the S.S. Ungava did not reach this post, and it closed in the spring of 1933, moving to Craig Harbour, where the cover was picked up by the S.S. Nascopie on SEP.7.1933 (boxed datestamp in purple on back, over one year after original mailing) then taken to St John's Newfoundland and down to Illinois. The cover was ripped open, probably as the recipient was anxious to read the correspondence after such a long period. (Image)
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Lot No: 779
Symbol: PC
1908 Postal Card Mailed Belle Isle to Rigolet, Labrador, with LABRADOR T.P.O. / NEWF'D JUN.15.1908 postmark, datelined "Near Belle Isle / S.S. Virginia Lake / Mon June 15, 1908", very fine. (Image)
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Lot No: 780
Symbol: Cvr
1919 Canadian Siberian Expedition Cover, Archangel, Russia to Ontario, mailed on active service from Army Post Office P.B.2 (MAY.16.1919 c.d.s.) in Archangel, Northern Russia to Markham, Ontario, with JUN.23 receiver and "PE / C / 32" censor marking in purple oval. The cover was carried by the S.S. Nascopie (commanded by Capt. Smellie) to England, then to Canada, very fine and scarce. (Image)
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Lot No: 781
Symbol: Cvr
1926-1927 Pangnirtung N.W.T. (Baffin Island) to the United States, mailed at Pangirtung N.W.T. on AUG.22.1926 (broken circle postmark on back is earlier than reported in O'Reilly), with JUL.10.1927 Ponds Inlet Baffin Island N.T. broken circle postmark in blue next to a 2c Admiral, tied by a circular grid also in blue. The cover was carried by the S.S. Beothic to North Sydney, Nova Scotia arriving on SEP.4, then Ottawa on SEP.9 (1927 Confederation illustrated slogan machine on back), then on to final destination. Both N.W.T. postmarks are very early for this area, and 1926 may even be the earliest of all. Rare and very fine. (Image)
Estimate $ 350
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Lot No: 782
Symbol: PC
1929 Dundas Harbour N.W.T. to the United States, a picture postcard mailed Dundas Harbour (Devon Island) on AUG.3.1929 (earlier than reported in O'Reilly), carried to North Sydney Nova Scotia on the S.S. Beothic. The picture side shows a map of the North, with an arrow pointing to the place this was mailed. The owner writes that at the time, this was the northernmost post office in the world. Very fine. (Image)
Estimate $ 200
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Lot No: 783
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1912-1931 Group of 5 Eastern Arctic Items, 1912 Coastal North T.P.O. / Newf'd to New Jersey (Bowring Brothers Coastal mail Service corner card); 1914 Admiral picture postcard mailed by the 1st Mate on the S.S. Beothic in Newfoundland to England; 1913 stationery card Nain Newfoundland Moravian Missionary to Germany; 1930 5c U.P.U. card mailed Bache Peninsula N.W.T. to California; and 1931 2c Admiral cover Dundas Harbour N.W.T. to the United States with "2" due handstamp. Each is mounted and written-up on exhibit pages, very fine. (Image)
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Lot No: 784
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1932 Cartwright Labrador to England, via S.S. Ungava, with Cartwright Lab / Newf'd "JUL / 32" broken circle free strike, picked up by the S.S. Ungava on JUL.15.1932 (boxed datestamp ties stamp) to St John's, and then England. Creases and tears, still a scarce cover. (Image)
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Lot No: 785
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1932 Port Burwell to Alberta, via S.S. Ungava, a Hudson's Bay Company cover picked up by the S.S. Ungava on SEP.9.1932 (boxed datestamp ties stamp) on its way from Godhavn, Greenland to Port Burwell, N.W.T. O'Reilly's list has a gap between SEP.7 and SEP.10 and the owner described SEP.9 as being the latest date of this cancel. The addressee is the wife of Captain Thomas Smellie, illustrated in Eastern Arctic Mail Service by John R. Thomson, very fine. This cancel was only used during the Arctic Patrol in 1932. (Image)
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Lot No: 786
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1932 Incoming from Godhavn, Greenland to Montréal, via S.S. Ungava, carried by the S.S. Ungava with SEP.7.1932 boxed datestamp tying the stamp. For some reason, the owner's exhibit write-up (see scan online) does not mention the SEP.27.1932 Greenland postmark, which we cannot explain. A very fine cover also showing a purple crown cachet reading "Kolonien / Godhavn". (Image)
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Lot No: 787
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1933 Pangnirtung, Baffin Island to Scotland, via S.S. Nascopie, picked up by the S.S. Nascopie on SEP.18.1933 and entered the mail in St John's on SEP.18 (machine cancel on back). Mr. J. Blackwell was employed by the Hudson's Bay Company at its fur trading post in Pangnirtung as post manager, and this letter is to a member of his family "back home". A few small faults, still fine. (Image)
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Lot No: 788
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1933 Montréal to Edmonton, via S.S. Nascopie, July 8 is the earliest reported date for this boxed cancel, applied on the day the icebreaker left the Montréal shore on its way to its first Arctic patrol. Addressed to Captain Thomas Smellie's daughter Yvonne in Edmonton, with the usual faults for this correspondence, fine and a desirable date. (Image)
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Lot No: 789
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1933 Montréal to Rockliffe, Ontario, via S.S. Nascopie, July 8 is the earliest reported date for this boxed cancel, applied on the day the icebreaker left the Montréal shore on its way to its first Arctic patrol. Addressed to an R.C.M.P. Constable "N Division", fine and a desirable date / addressee. (Image)
