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Sparks Auctions Sale: PH2

Postal History
Antigua
Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 1
Symbol: Cvr

image 1931 (August 20), Antigua DO-X special-flight cover to Belize, British Honduras, franked with the 1s King George V definitive tied by St. John’s (20 Aug) c.d.s., showing the bold pictorial cachet “Special Flight DO-X / Pan-American Airways / Cooperating Special Agent / From Antigua” with vignette of the Dornier DO-X and blue Via Airmailendorsement at centre, addressed to Belize and bearing Miami, Florida (22 Aug) transit on reverse together with Belize (25 Aug) receiver, a scarce dispatch from the 1931 Dornier DO-X transatlantic demonstration flight, with Antigua origin covers less common than those from St. Thomas or other ports, minor toning in places, else fine-very fine. (Image)

Opening C$ 110.00
Sold...C$ 110.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:07:04 EST
Sold For 110


Australia
Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 3
Symbol: Cvr

image 1914 (June), proposed first official Melbourne-Sydney airmail "Wizard Stone" postcard, the special illustrated card depicting A.B. “Wizard” Stone and organiser P.V. Ryan, franked with 1d red King George V and addressed to Sydney, bearing the printed endorsement “Australia’s First Aerial Mail – Melbourne to Sydney” promoted by Arthur Rickard & Co. Ltd., produced for Stone’s officially announced Melbourne–Sydney airmail of May–June 1914 which was twice postponed due to damage to his Blériot aircraft and finally cancelled following Stone’s crash on 1 June, the cards later dispatched by rail, a key pioneer item, very fine. (AAMC 2). (Image)

Opening C$ 160.00
Sold...C$ 160.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:09:17 EST
Sold For 160

Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 4
Symbol: Cvr

image 1919 (August 12), Harry Butler Adelaide to Minlaton flight souvenir postcard, the special illustrated Vardon-printed card depicting aircraft over southern South Australia with portrait of Capt. Harry Butler, A.F.C. on reverse, franked with 1d red King George V tied by Adelaide (12 Aug) c.d.s. and bearing manuscript message dated 6 August 1919, the day of Butler’s outward flight, this example carried on the scarcer return leg of Minlaton to Adelaide of 11 August with the approximately 200 returned items cancelled on arrival the following day, a clean and attractive souvenir of Butler’s celebrated Bristol monoplane Red Devil mail service—Australia’s first airmail across St. Vincent Gulf and a landmark in post-WWI civil aviation. (AAMC 20). (Image)

Opening C$ 110.00
Sold...C$ 110.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:10:28 EST
Sold For 110


Australian States (South Australia)
Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 2
Symbol: Cvr

image South Australia, 1904 (November 4), Adelaide to Kadina, postage due Dead Letter Office postcard, franked with 1d Victoria, tied by Adelaide double-circle c.d.s., to Hyde Park, with T2D postage due handstamp and Kadina squared circle receiver (5 Nov), two neatly-struck rose "Dead Letter Office Adelaide" c.d.s. (8 Nov), some edge wear, a striking card. (Image)

Opening C$ 40.00
Sold...C$ 40.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:07:59 EST
Sold For 40


Austria
Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 6
Symbol: Cvr

image 1670 (October 3), Holy Roman Empire, Silesia (now Poland), administrative letter signed by Georg Abraham Freiherr von Dyhern, Landeshauptmann of Silesia, folded manuscript addressed to the magistracy of Breslau (today Wrocław) and written in German, the text dealing with property and jurisdictional matters involving appeals, protestations, and obligations, signed by Georg Abraham Freiherr von Dyhern (1620–1671), during a period of tightening Habsburg control following the Thirty Years’ War, the address panel displaying ornate calligraphy with original wax-seal remnants on the reverse, quite clean and well-preserved for its age, very fine. (Image)

Opening C$ 70.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:11:28 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 7
Symbol: Cvr

image 1675 (April 17), Holy Roman Empire, Glogau, Silesia, manuscript document of Johann Bernhard, Count of Herberstein, folded chancery-style paper bearing bold calligraphic headings and flourishes, written at Glogau during the reign of Emperor Leopold I, the outer wrapper retaining its embossed imperial paper seal with the double-headed eagle of the Holy Roman Empire, the text signed by Johann Bernhard, Graf von Herberstein, then serving as Landeshauptmann and senior Habsburg administrative and judicial authority in Silesia, the contents comprising formal orders, resolutions, and ratifications of legal decisions reflecting the machinery of provincial governance within the Habsburg monarchy, an exceptionally fresh letter from the period when Silesia formed part of the Bohemian Crown Lands under consolidated imperial rule following the Thirty Years’ War, the fortress town of Glogau standing at a major strategic crossroads in Central Europe, very fine. (Image)

Opening C$ 120.00
Sold...C$ 120.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:12:07 EST
Sold For 120

Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 8
Symbol: Cvr

image 1696 (May 29), Holy Roman Empire, Vienna, Imperial Chancery letter under Emperor Leopold I, finely written in chancery German and bearing a large intact blind-embossed paper seal with the Habsburg double-headed eagle and legend Leopold Imper., the document signed by imperial officials and embellished with decorative pen flourishes, the contents addressing fiscal and administrative matters characteristic of the extensive Habsburg bureaucratic system linking Vienna to its territories across the Empire, produced in the closing years of the Nine Years’ War (1688–1697) when financial and military pressures weighed heavily on imperial governance, scarce and very fine. (Image)

Opening C$ 80.00
Sold...C$ 80.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:12:47 EST
Sold For 80

Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 9
Symbol: Cvr

image 1856 (September 21), folded cover from Szegedin to Pesth, Hungary, franked with strip of three imperforate 3Kr red Coat of Arms of Austria, clear to large margins all around, cancelled by two strikes of Szegedin single circle cancellations, next-day Pesth / Fruh single circle arrival backstamp, an attractive franking. (Sc. 3) (Image)

Opening C$ 40.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:13:15 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 10
Symbol: Cvr

image 1915 (January), feldpost flight card from the Siege of Przemyśl to Vienna, Feldpost correspondence card to Vienna, struck with purple straight-line "Fliegerpost Przemyśl / Jänner 1915" handstamp and circular IX.54 unit cachet, written by Géza Lichner, Leutnant, vertical crease and handling wear consistent with wartime carriage, a scarce and fine example of mail flown out of the encircled fortress during the protracted siege, when aircraft provided the only remaining postal link to the outside world. (Image)

Opening C$ 100.00
Sold...C$ 100.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:13:51 EST
Sold For 100

Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 11
Symbol: Cvr

image 1915 (June 17), K.u.K. Luftschifferregiment, feldpost correspondence card from Air Company 12, showing a bold violet "K.u.K. Luftschifferregiment / Fliegerkompanie Nr. 12" cachet with Imperial double-headed eagle at centre, mailed from St. Veit im Wippachtal by a soldier attached to Flik 12, his pencilled sideways unit notation along the left edge further confirming service with the company, fresh and very fine; a scarce Austro-Hungarian Luftschiffer card, with feldpost from these formations notably uncommon. (Image)

Opening C$ 70.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:14:24 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 12
Symbol: Cvr

image 1915 (September 8), Austro-Hungarian feldpost correspondence card with portrait of Graf Zeppelin, cancelled and lightly struck with the violet K.K. Landwehr Infanterieregiment Graz Nr. 3 unit handstamp, written by a soldier of the Graz Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 3, the patriotic portrait underscoring the symbolic importance of Graf Zeppelin whose image was widely used during the war to bolster morale among airmen and infantry alike, fresh and very fine. (Image)

Opening C$ 60.00
Sold...C$ 60.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:15:37 EST
Sold For 60

Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 13
Symbol: Cvr

image 1916 (July 30), K.u.K. Luftschifferregiment, feldpost correspondence card from Air Company 7, bearing a bold violet "K.u.K. Luftschifferregiment / Fliegerkompanie Nr. 7" cachet with Imperial double-headed eagle at centre, alongside a faint but legible circular K.u.K. Etappenpostamt 181 cancellation, then used in present-day Czechia, the message on the reverse written in Slovenian conveying a short note of greetings to family, fresh and very fine; an uncommon example of Austro-Hungarian military aeronautical feldpost, illustrating the operations of the K.u.K. Luftschifferregiment within the broader German–Austrian airship system and scarcer than contemporary German Zeppelin feldpost. (Image)

Opening C$ 70.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:16:01 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 14
Symbol: Cvr

image 1917 (August 21), Austro-Hungarian Balloon Troops Feldpost postcard to Graz, the correspondence card bearing at upper left a clear violet cachet of the K.u.K. Aviation Troops, Balloon Company No. 10, struck while in the field and cancelled by K.u.K. Feldpostamt No. 627 (21.VIII.17) double-circle c.d.s., addressed to Graz with the sender identified as Oberleutnant V. Reiner, Ballonkompanie 10, Feldpost 627 in the return address, a scarce Austrian military-aviation usage, fine-very fine. (Image)

Opening C$ 30.00
Sold...C$ 30.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:16:38 EST
Sold For 30

Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 15
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: C1-C2c

image 1918 (March 30), first flight Lemberg–Vienna, uprated postal stationery card, 8h green card addressed to Vienna and franked with two “Flugpost” surcharged airmails 10k. and 2k50, the latter the scarcer 12½ × 11½ perf variety, all tied by two bilingual double-circle Lemberg–Lwów (30 Mar) cancellations on the first day of issue of the airmails, with Flugpost Poczta Lotnicza Lemberg–Lwów (31 Mar) transit and Flugpost / Wien (3 Apr) arrival on face, reverse with contemporary manuscript endorsement “Befördert mit der ersten Flugpost Lemberg–Wien", a clean example of this important inaugural airmail usage. (Image)

Opening C$ 80.00
Sold...C$ 80.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:17:15 EST
Sold For 80

Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 16
Symbol: Cvr

image 1918 (May 25), Kraków–Vienna airmail postcard, picture postcard of Kraków’s Marienkirche and Cloth Hall franked with 10h Austrian Crown definitive and 2k Jubilee overprinted Flugpost 2.50k on 3k, both fresh and neatly tied by bilingual Krakau/Kraków (25.V.18) double-circle c.d.s., with accompanying Flugpost–Poczta Lotnicza Krakau (25.V.18) strike and on reverse Flugpost Wien (26.V.18) and Wien Telegraphenzentralstation (26.V.18) transits, red manuscript Flugpost at lower left, addressed to Vienna, a fine early usage from Polish territory under occupation franked with the first Austrian airmail issue. (Scott C2). (Image)

Opening C$ 40.00
Sold...C$ 40.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:18:41 EST
Sold For 40


Austria - Lombardy - Venetia
Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 5
Symbol: Cvr

image 1850 (April 20), registered cover from Asola to Mantova, franked on reverse with 30c brown on ribbed handmade paper, and on front with two 15c red singles, each with large to very large margins, the 15c stamps struck by choice Asola circle-of-bars datestamps, the 30c cancelled by dual RACCOMANDATA straight-lines with framed Mantova handstamp alongside and ornate double-circle “2” above, a lovely and well-composed cover bearing superb examples of this desirable Asola cancellation; signed Colla. (Image)

Opening C$ 200.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:10:57 EST
Sold For 0


Bahamas
Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 17
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 13b

image 1881, 4d dull rose cover to the United States, tied by A05 barred oval, to Hancock, Massachusetts, with Bahamas (31 Dec) New York Paid All (5 Jan, 1882), and Pittfield (6 Jan) c.d.s. backstamps, with contents, some sulphurization to stamp, else an attractive and remarkably fresh single-franking; ex Provera. (Sc. 13b, S.G. 27) (Image)

Opening C$ 60.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:19:04 EST
Sold For 0


Bermuda
Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 18
Symbol: Cvr

image 1935 (April 3), Bermuda–U.S.–Argentina mixed-franking airmail cover, originating at Hamilton, Bermuda, where the 2½d Caravel issue was tied by c.d.s., forwarded to New York and additionally franked with the U.S. 15c Airmail and two 20¢ Airmails for onward transmission to Argentina, the U.S. adhesives tied by New York duplex (6 Apr), reverse showing Buenos Aires machine arrival (16 Apr), a clean and appealing dual-franking transatlantic cover showing Bermuda postage for origin and U.S. franking for the onward airmail to South America, a rare and desirable mixed-country usage necessitated by the absence of a direct Bermuda–South America airmail service at the time. (Image)

Opening C$ 80.00
Sold...C$ 80.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:19:43 EST
Sold For 80


Brazil
Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 19
Symbol: Cvr

image 1930 (May 24), Graf Zeppelin airmail postcard to New Jersey, with early use of the 5 000r Graf Zeppelin overprint, illustrated postcard showing the Interstate Airlines CAM 30 biplane “The Route of Happy Landings”, franked with 200r definitive and 5 000r Graf Zeppelin overprinted issue, both tied by large double-circle Sindicato Condor Ltda. / Serviço Aéreo Brasil / Rio de Janeiro (24 May) cancellation, with additional double-circle cachet Correio Aéreo Graf Zeppelin / Brasil–USA–Europa / Sindicato Condor Ltda. / Recife (26 May), bearing bilingual green-and-yellow Condor airmail etiquette, addressed to Rahway, New Jersey with Pernambuco (27 May) transit and Rahway, N.J. (25 Jun) duplex arrival on reverse, the Rio de Janeiro date of 24 May representing a first-day usage that precedes the formal issue date cited in Scott, a desirable Zeppelin–Condor. (Scott 4LC8). (Image)

Opening C$ 50.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:20:10 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 20
Symbol: Cvr

image 1930 (May 24), Graf Zeppelin first-flight cover Rio de Janeiro to Pernambuco, franked with 300 réis definitive and 5$000 overprinted on 20 000 réis blue Graf Zeppelin issue, both tied by Sindicato Condor Ltda. / Serviço Aéreo Brasil / Rio de Janeiro (24 May) cancellation, showing green Correo Aéreo label and typed routing “Graf Zeppelin – Rio de Janeiro – Pernambuco”, the reverse with Correio Aéreo Graf Zeppelin / Brasil–USA–Europa / Sindicato Condor Ltda. / Recife (26 May) strike confirming carriage on the inaugural South American flight of 1930, a clean and attractive Zeppelin first-flight usage. (Sieger 59 H). (Image)

Opening C$ 90.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:20:33 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 21
Symbol: Cvr

image 1931 (August 5), DO-X flight cover to Paris, mailed at Rio de Janeiro on August 4 with bold DO-X confirmation diamond handstamp on front, the reverse showing New York transit machine cancel and Paris receiver c.d.s. (8 Aug), a clean and attractive example of this South Atlantic flight, overall very fine; ex L.V. Pont. (Image)

Opening C$ 50.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:20:59 EST
Sold For 0


Bulgaria
Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 22
Symbol: Cvr

image Ottoman Bulgaria, 1866 (June 12), folded cover from Plovdiv to Istanbul, franked with two 1865 20pa Crescent & Star, tied by indistinct double-circle c.d.s., reduced at sides, stamps somewhat toned, an otherwise fine and uncommon origin. (Image)

Opening C$ 120.00
Sold...C$ 120.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:21:40 EST
Sold For 120


Canada
Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 23
Symbol: Cvr

image 1833 (March 14), Raleigh to Sandwich, stampless "Free" letter, with contents signed "S. Brooks", rated "Free" in manuscript, and struck with crisp Raleigh double split-ring (date in manuscript), usual filing folds, else fresh and very fine. (Image)

Opening C$ 50.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:22:11 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 24
Symbol: Cvr

image 1836 (February 20), Carleton Place to Augusta, stampless folded letter, with contents datelined Ramsay, rated 7d in manuscript and struck with fair Carleton Place / UC double-circle, with date in manuscript, some wrinkles, else a fine Lanark County cover; the Ramsay Post Office opened the following year. (Image)

Opening C$ 70.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:22:38 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 25
Symbol: Cvr

image 1843 (January 10), St. Jean Port Joli manuscript cancel on forwarded cover to Kingston, stampless folded cover, without contents, rated in manuscript and with "St. Jean Port Joly / 10 Janvier 1843" manuscript cancel at upper left, rated in manuscript and struck with FORWARDED straight-line and Quebec L.C. double split-ring (11 Jan) in red, without backstamps, vertical filing fold, else quite fresh. (Image)

Opening C$ 40.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:22:59 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 26
Symbol: Cvr

image 1843 (May 6), River Trent to Belleville, advertised & not called for, stampless folded letter, with commercial contents, rated 4-¼d, struck with light River Trent double split-ring despatch, to "Huntingdon by Belleville", with crisp Belleville receiver on front (11 Jun), noted on reverse 'advertised and not called for' and struck with black FORWARDED straight-line, quite fresh. (Image)

Opening C$ 30.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:23:25 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 27
Symbol: Cvr

image 1846 (August 31), Port Maitland, Ontario, manuscript cancel on stampless folded letter, with commercial contents, endorsed "On Her Majesty's Service", rated ¼d, to Montreal, with clear manuscript cancel at lower left, reverse with Dunnville (31 Aug), Hamilton (1 Sep), and Montreal (4 Sep) backstamps, typical filing folds, else fresh and very fine. (Image)

Opening C$ 30.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:23:45 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 28
Symbol: Cvr

image 1847 (August 30), Berthier to Montreal, stampless Money Letter, without contents, rated 4½d for a letter weighing under ½oz and delivered within 60 miles, postmarked with Berthier double split-ring despatch in blue, struck with MONEY-LETTER straight-line in matching ink, further MONEY-LETTER in red struck on arrival in Montreal, additional "Money Letter" endorsement in manuscript, reverse with next-day Montreal receiver, a lovely cover. (Image)

Opening C$ 70.00
Sold...C$ 70.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:24:29 EST
Sold For 70

Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 29
Symbol: Cvr

image 1892 (August 25), Dundas to Madras, India, 5c Small Queen cover, tied by dual strikes of crisp Dundas c.d.s., to the Baptist Mission Station in Cocanada, Madras Presidency, endorsed "via Brindisi" in manuscript, reverse with Hamilton (25 Aug), Sea Post Office (20 Sep) and Cocanada transit/arrival backstamps, a desirable destination, better quality than often encountered. (Image)

Opening C$ 90.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:24:58 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 30
Symbol: Cvr

image 1894 (June 27), Great Industrial Fair, Toronto, advertising cover franked with 3c Small Queen, tied by neatly-struck Toronto orb cancel, to Goderich, with next-day squared circle arrival backstamp, stamp oxidized, but a beautiful illustration, very fine. (Image)

Opening C$ 60.00
Sold...C$ 60.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:25:28 EST
Sold For 60

Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 31
Symbol: Cvr

image 1897 (June), Small Queen cover from Bridgewater to Risør, Norway, cover franked with 5c Small Queen, tied by Bridgewater c.d.s., to Rod / Risør, with Halifax c.d.s. transit backstamp (22 Jun), the odd tone spot, cover slightly reduced at right, barely touching top right perfs, else an attractive cover to a scarce foreign destination, Risør being a small coastal town in southern Norway. (Image)

Opening C$ 70.00
Sold...C$ 70.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:27:08 EST
Sold For 70

Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 32
Symbol: Cvr

image 1898 (November 17), Silver Jubilee of the Western Fair, London, Ontario, advertising cover franked with 3c Numeral, tied by Toronto flag cancel (indicia 'C'), to Southington, Connecticut, with next-day arrival backstamp, an attractive exhibition advertising cover. (Image)

Opening C$ 50.00
Sold...C$ 50.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:27:43 EST
Sold For 50

Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 33
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 74

image 1898, ½c Numeral pair on printed circular cover, tied by Montréal roller cancel, to Fitch Bay, Québec, with advertising text at bottom "If you don't wear good clothes…this won't interest you…" with c.d.s. arrival backstamp (5 Jun), an attractive example of this uncommon rate. (Image)

Opening C$ 40.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:28:13 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 34
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: EN13

image 1900 (August 24), Montreal to Buenos Aires, Argentina, received without contents, 2c red Queen Victoria postal stationery envelope to Buenos Aires, tied by Montreal flag cancel, with matching red Montreal circular datestamp at left, struck with bold red two-line “RECEIVED / WITHOUT CONTENTS” handstamp, and on reverse a manuscript notation in Spanish reading “Extraída de la valija de N. York abierta y sin contenido sin señales de haber sido cerrada” (“Taken from the New York mailbag, open and without contents, with no signs of having been sealed”), signed twice by postal officials, further struck with Buenos Aires “C” receiver (6 Oct), fllap unsealed, correctly sent at the 2c UPU printed-matter rate, a lovely printed-matter usage to Argentina, very fine. (Image)

Opening C$ 50.00
Sold...C$ 50.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:28:57 EST
Sold For 50

Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 35
Symbol: Cvr

image 1904 (October 22), Oxford, Nova Scotia, illustrated advertising cover, to Moncton, New Brunswick, franked with 2c King Edward VII, tied by Oxford split-ring, free strike at bottom, reverse with same-day c.d.s. arrival backstamp, at left a comic illustration promoting the firm of Wm. Dunsmore, manufacturer of tin and sheet iron ware, and dealer in hot-air furnaces, stoves, and hardware, stamp slightly affixed over top of cover, else a fresh and most attractive advertising cover. (Image)

Opening C$ 40.00
Sold...C$ 40.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:29:31 EST
Sold For 40

Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 36
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 111

image 1912 (December 12), 5c blue Admiral single franking on cover from Toronto, Ont. to Răcăciuni, Romania, paying the UPU letter rate, tied by crisp Toronto slogan cancel “Help the King Edward Memorial Fund for Consumptives,” reverse with double-circle Răcăciuni receiver (24 Dec), a scarce destination in the pre-war period, likely routed via Paris and Bucharest, some light toning, else fine-very fine and desirable. (Image)

Opening C$ 90.00
Sold...C$ 90.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:30:05 EST
Sold For 90

Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 37
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 111

image 1913 (June 9), Hamilton to Szechuan, China cover from the Newton correspondence, franked with 5c blue Admiral, paying the UPU rate and tied by Hamilton Centennial Industrial Exposition slogan cancellation, addressed via Siberia to the Canadian Methodist Missions, multiple transit markings including Hankow c.d.s. (8 Jul) on reverse, fine to very fine. (Image)

Opening C$ 50.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:30:41 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 38
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 104.113

image 1913 (August 29), British Columbia to Nebraska, registered cover with U.S. Special Delivery stamp, franked with pair of 1c green and single 7c yellow ochre Admirals tied by R handstamps, together with 10c blue U.S. Special Delivery stamp, the reverse showing black wax seal and numerous transit and receiver markings, somewhat roughly opened, otherwise a fine and uncommon franking. (Image)

Opening C$ 140.00
Sold...C$ 140.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:31:13 EST
Sold For 140

Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 39
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 106a

image 1914 (January 14), 2c Admiral booklet stamp on postcard from Copper Cliff to Sweden, the (squat printing) Admiral tied by Copper Cliff, Ont. c.d.s., sepia view card depicting the Finnish Church, correctly sent at the postcard rate to an elusive Scandinavian destination, fine to very fine. (Image)

Opening C$ 50.00
Sold...C$ 50.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:31:42 EST
Sold For 50

Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 40
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 106

image 1915 (January 21), Toronto to Ashern Army and Navy Veterans’ Club patriotic cover with contents, franked with 2c carmine Admiral tied by undated Visit Postal Exhibit / Toronto Exhibition slogan cancellation, Ashern, Manitoba c.d.s. receiver (28 Aug) on back, mailed unsealed and containing advertising enclosure including self-addressed return envelope and printed lyrics to Rule Britannia! on reverse, a bit of rough opening, otherwise fine to very fine. (Image)

Opening C$ 70.00
Sold...C$ 70.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:32:13 EST
Sold For 70

Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 41
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 104, MR1

image 1915 (April 15), 1c War Tax First Day Cover, Toronto drop letter, franked with 1c green War Tax in combination with 1c green Admiral, both tied by Canadian National Exhibition slogan cancel, a very fine and desirable cover. (Image)

Opening C$ 225.00
Sold...C$ 225.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:33:05 EST
Sold For 225

Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 42
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 104, MR1

image 1915 (April 22), Hamilton to Port Hope, returned for War Tax, cover franked with pair of 1c green Admirals, tied by Hamilton, Ont. c.d.s. and returned for application of the newly introduced War Tax, showing purple RETURNED FOR WAR TAX handstamp subsequently crossed out when a 1c green War Tax stamp was added and tied by the same c.d.s., Port Hope c.d.s. receiver (24 Apr) on reverse, a fine example of early enforcement of the War Tax regulations. (Image)

Opening C$ 50.00
Sold...C$ 50.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:33:46 EST
Sold For 50

Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 43
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: MR1,MR2

image 1916 (January 1), Humboldt to Puerto Rico registered cover, franked with seven 1c green Admirals including a sheet-margin strip of four and 2c carmine Admiral War Tax, paying the 9c double-weight rate, all tied by Humboldt, Sask. c.d.s. with black REGISTERED handstamp, purple REGISTERED and small R markings, the reverse showing Humboldt c.d.s., New York transit oval and Puerto Rico receiver, together with Southern Philatelic Association label on reverse tied by multiple strikes, typical toning for mail to this unusual Caribbean destination, otherwise fine to very fine. (Image)

Opening C$ 100.00
Sold...C$ 100.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:34:19 EST
Sold For 100

Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 44
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: MR3

image 1916 (June 1), Montreal to Russia postcard, franked with 2c + 1c carmine War Tax, tied by Montreal, Canada (Station H) duplex cancellation and overpaying the 2c UPU postcard rate by 1c, Russian c.d.s. receiver (24 Jun) on front, the 1c War Tax improperly used to make up the UPU rate, a practice technically contrary to regulations yet evidently tolerated given the volume of similar frankings to foreign destinations, the card a sepia view showing a pastoral Canadian winter scene with horse and rider beside a horse and sleigh, fine to very fine. (Image)

Opening C$ 60.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:34:43 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 45
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: P33a

image 1916 (September 25), Canada to Cape Town uprated stationery card, 2c carmine Die II card, uprated with 1c green Admiral, 1c green War Tax, two different 2c carmine War Tax, 1c U.S. Washington and 1d carmine South Africa adhesives, a colourful multinational philatelic franking, the reverse bearing a charming message describing the War Tax stamps to a collecting friend, very fine. (Image)

Opening C$ 60.00
Sold...C$ 60.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:35:09 EST
Sold For 60

Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 46
Symbol: Cvr

image 1917 (September 17), First World War redirected & returned soldier's cover, franked with 2c Admiral War Tax, tied by Hazelton B.C. duplex, to a Canadian soldier overseas, multiple manuscript redirection notices including "not known", handstamped violet "Undeliverable for Reason Stated / Return to Sender" and framed violet "Canadian Contingents / Record Office" (12 Nov), military transit markings including "Army Post Office / London" (26 October), "Army Post Office / S.22" (26 Oct), and "Army Post Office / 2 Can Sec" (31 Oct / 5 Nov), return label to the Superintendent of Missions in Sardis, British Columbia affixed over address, reduced at right from opening, a desirable redirected military cover. (Image)

Opening C$ 60.00
Sold...C$ 60.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:35:41 EST
Sold For 60

Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 47
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: MR7

image 1918 (April 18), 3c brown War Tax Admiral cover to Australia, franked with 2c + 1c brown War Tax Admiral (Die II), tied by Hamilton c.d.s., redirected on arrival and showing "Help to Win the War" slogan cancellations from Sydney, N.S.W. (18 Apr) on the front and Melbourne (20 Apr) on reverse, an appealing War Tax franking, light wrinkles, fine-very fine. (Image)

Opening C$ 40.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:36:07 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 48
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: MR4

image 1918 (July 12), Toronto to Nassau, Bahamas, special delivery cover, franked with 2c + 1c brown Admiral War Tax and Bahamas 5d overprinted SPECIAL DELIVERY in red, the Canadian stamps tied by Toronto duplex cancellation with Nassau c.d.s. (25 Jul) on front and reverse, the Bahamian special delivery adhesive having been made available for a short period at four Canadian post offices under a bilateral arrangement, an unusual and attractive franking combination, very fine. (Bahamas E1) (Image)

Opening C$ 60.00
Sold...C$ 60.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:36:41 EST
Sold For 60

Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 49
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 108

image 1919 (May 1), Halifax to Georgetown, Demerara, British Guiana, 3c Admiral cover, corner card of W. & C. Mitchell Limited, franked with 3c brown Admiral single franking paying the Empire first class rate effective from 15 April 1915, tied by Buy War Savings Stamps and Help Reconstruction Halifax, N.S. machine slogan cancellation, carried by S.S. Chaudière with Georgetown c.d.s. on reverse, a difficult destination, fine to very fine. (Image)

Opening C$ 80.00
Sold...C$ 80.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:37:16 EST
Sold For 80
Sale No: PH2
Lot No: 50
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 111

image 1921 (August 22), 5c dark blue Admiral on cover from Montreal to Havana, Cuba, franked with a single 5c dark blue Admiral paying the UPU letter rate, tied by Montreal / P.Q. c.d.s. (22 Aug), addressed to Havana, with Habana / Cuba machine receiver (27 Aug) on reverse, fine to very fine; this rate remained in effect until superseded by the preferred Cuba–Canada rate on 1 January 1922. (Image)

Opening C$ 50.00
Sold...C$ 50.00


Closed..Dec-16-2025, 10:37:48 EST
Sold For 50


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