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The Art Bunce Collection of the 1908 Quebec Tercen 1/2c Prince & Princess of Wales
Sale No: 58
Lot No: 203
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Cat No: 96DPvar
1908, ½c black brown Prince and Princess of Wales, Large Die Essay with unadopted civilian portrait of the King, printed in the colour of issue, the issued stamp instead depicting the King in military uniform, on India paper measuring 75 × 62 mm and die-sunk on presentation card measuring 230 × 152 mm, with die number F-192 and American Bank Note Co., Ottawa imprint below the design, a pristine and exceptionally desirable essay, extremely fine, and certainly among the finest of the approximately half-dozen examples believed to exist (Minuse & Pratt 96E-Aa). (Image1)
Estimate C$ 2,500
Opening C$ 1,500.00
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Sale No: 58
Lot No: 204
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Cat No: 96DP
1908 ½c black brown Prince and Princess of Wales, Large Die Proof of the adopted design, depicting the King in military uniform, printed in the colour of issue on india paper measuring 72 × 62 mm and die-sunk on full-size card measuring 230 × 152 mm, with die number F-199 and full American Bank Note Co., Ottawa imprint below the design; a lovely and scarce proof of exceptional quality, extremely fine. (Image1)
Estimate C$ 1,000
Opening C$ 600.00
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Sale No: 58
Lot No: 205
Symbol: *
Cat No: 96a
1908, ½c black brown, imperforate pair, extremely lightly hinged, vertical pair with large even margins all around, very fine. (Image1)
Estimate C$ 1,000
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Sale No: 58
Lot No: 206
Symbol: *
Cat No: 96i
1908, ½c black brown, the major re-entry, group of three items, comprising a very fine, never hinged single; a fine never hinged block of four from positions 44-45 and 54-55, the re-entry in the upper left stamp; and a fine block of four on a July 22, 1908 cover from Vancouver; the mint block with separation between lower stamps, overall quite fresh, and a desirable group. (Image1)
Estimate C$ 150
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Sale No: 58
Lot No: 207
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 96
1908 ½c black brown, unique proper transient newspaper rate single use during the period of issue, tied by manuscript cancellation on a hand-made newspaper wrapper fashioned from a folded Hotel Victoria, Carman, Manitoba advertising envelope, addressed to Winnipeg, paying the ½¢ per ounce transient newspaper rate, no c.d.s., as expected for third-class mail, believed to be the only recorded of this stamp paying this rate in period, an important exhibition piece, ex McNaught.
The ½¢ denomination fulfilled only one postal rate during the life of the Quebec Tercentenary issue: the ½¢ per ounce rate for individually mailed transient newspapers. The former "To Every Householder" rate had increased to 1c in 1901, while the transient newspaper rate itself was abolished on 19 May 1909, leaving the ½¢ Quebec stamp with a postal life of barely ten months. By 1908, almost all newspapers travelled under the cheaper bulk mailing rates at 1c per pound. (Image1)
Estimate C$ 500
Opening C$ 350.00
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Sale No: 58
Lot No: 208
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 96
1908, ½c black brown rate study, group of six, comprising a ½c single in combination with a ½c Small Queen on 1908 Halifax drop letter rate Hechler cover; vertical pair on 1909 (April 27) 1c printer's manuscript rate cover to the Advance in Flesherton; single in combination with ½c Numeral paying the 1c post card rate from Ottawa to the United States; and horizontal pair on card from Temagami to Toronto, paying the 1c domestic postcard rate; four singles on 1908 (July 21) cover from Ottawa to Toronto, the fifth day of use, paying the domestic first class rate; and vertical strip of four on 1907 (October 26) Imperial Penny Postage rate cover from Toronto to London, England; a useful group, chiefly fine-very fine. (Image1)
Estimate C$ 150
Opening C$ 90.00
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Sale No: 58
Lot No: 209
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 96
1917 (July 11), ½c pair combination special delivery franking to the Bahamas, registered cover from Winnipeg to Nassau, Bahamas, bearing 1908 ½c pair, 1903 2c King Edward VII, 1911 2c Admiral and 1916 2c+1c Admiral War Tax, together with Bahamas 1917 5d Special Delivery issue, all tied by Winnipeg c.d.s., the reverse with New York transit (15 Jul) and Nassau arrival (29 Jul), paying the 2¢ Imperial letter rate, 5¢ registration fee, 1¢ War Tax and 10¢ Bahamas Special Delivery fee, fine-very fine, a scarce and exceptionally unusual combination franking.
Under an agreement between the Canadian and Bahamas postal administrations, effective May 1, 1916, Bahamas Special Delivery stamps were supplied to only four Canadian post offices, Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto and Winnipeg, for use on mail requiring special delivery upon arrival in the Bahamas. Legitimate commercial usages are scarce. (Image1)
Estimate C$ 300
Opening C$ 180.00
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10c Quebec in 1700
Sale No: 58
Lot No: 290
Symbol: *
Cat No: 101
1908, 10c violet, large die proof in colour of issue, on India paper, 73 x 62mm, die sink on larger card, 230 x 151mm, with F-195 and AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO OTTAWA imprints below, lovely bright colour, scarce, particularly in this larger format, as many have been cut down, very fine. (Image1)
Estimate C$ 1,000
Opening C$ 600.00
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Sale No: 58
Lot No: 291
Symbol: *
Cat No: 101a
1908, 10c violet, imperforate vertical pair, very lightly hinged, with large even margins all around, fresh deep shade, scarce and very fine; one of only fifty possible pairs extant. (Image1)
Unitrade C$ 1,000
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Sale No: 58
Lot No: 292
Symbol: **/*
Cat No: 101
1908, 10c violet, plate block of four, hinged in selvedge only, the stamps never hinged, showing the full OTTAWA-NO-1 inscription at top, lovely deep colour, fine and scarce. (Image1)
Unitrade C$ 900
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Sale No: 58
Lot No: 293
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 101
1908 (July 31), quintuple U.P.U. registered rate to England, large envelope franked with single 4c and 10c Tercentenary, postmarked with Vancouver c.d.s. and registered to London, England, the reverse with Montreal transit c.d.s. (5 Aug) and oval London receiver (14 Aug); cover with wrinkles and some tone spotting, as typical for such large-format mail, nevertheless an elusive high-rate registered usage, fine; ex “Libra”. (Image1)
Estimate C$ 400
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Sale No: 58
Lot No: 294
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 101
1908 (July 23), 10c violet registered single-franking cover to France, adhesive tied by oval "R" registration handstamp, Montreal split-ring despatch below, with Montreal keyhole registration handstamp, to Cher, France, reverse with two further Montreal postmarks and intact red wax seal, paying the 5oz U.P.U. rate plus 5c registration, a fine example of this rare single-franking; ex Nickle (Firby, 1993, lot 592). (Image1)
Estimate C$ 500
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Sale No: 58
Lot No: 295
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 101
1908 (August 21), triple preferential registered letter to the United States, cover franked with 1c green and 10c purple Tercentenary, tied by oval R registration handstamps, with Montreal split-ring despatch and registration handstamp alongside, paying the triple 2c preferential letter rate plus 5c registration fee, the reverse with Boston arrival c.d.s. (28 Aug); reduced at left, nevertheless a rare and desirable correctly franked commercial usage from the period. (Image1)
Estimate C$ 250
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Sale No: 58
Lot No: 296
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 101
1908 (September 17), four-ounce registered U.P.U. cover to Austria, franked with single 2c carmine, 7c olive green and 10c purple Tercentenary, tied by oval R registration handstamps, with St. Thomas split-ring despatch (17 Sep), from the Canadian Botanical Exchange Bureau to Vienna, Austria, the reverse with London, Ontario (17 Sep) and London, England (26 Sep) transit markings; some toning at right, nevertheless an exceedingly scarce combination of rate and destination with considerable visual appeal.
Effective July 27, 1908, the U.P.U. rate for each additional ounce beyond the first was reduced from 5c to 3c, while the first ounce remained 5c. This four-ounce registered letter therefore required 14c postage plus the 5c registration fee, correctly paid by the 19c Tercentenary franking.(Image1)
Estimate C$ 750
Opening C$ 400.00
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Sale No: 58
Lot No: 297
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 101
1908 (October 14), registered fourth-class parcel-post rate, Brown, Boggs Co. Ltd. Tools & Machinery parcel tag franked on reverse with single 10c and 2c carmine pair Tercentenary, the 10c tied by oval Registration handstamps and the 2c pair by Strathroy c.d.s. receiver (15 Oct), paying the nine-times 1c-per-ounce fourth-class parcel rate plus 5c registration fee, usual faults from handling in transit, as expected for parcel tags, quite scarce as these were rarely preserved, an important Tercentenary item, believed to be one of only seven parcel tags bearing stamps of this issue extant, and one of only three registered examples, the others having resided in the "Libra" and Brigham Collections. (Image1)
Estimate C$ 750
Opening C$ 500.00
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Sale No: 58
Lot No: 298
Symbol: **/*
Cat No: 101
1908, 10c violet, cancellation study on singles & blocks, comprising nine singles and two blocks of four, the singles displaying a range of cancellations including crisp c.d.s. postmarks from British Columbia, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Ontario; a Toronto, St. Mary's, and London R.P.O.; a bold strike of the Hamilton oval parcel cancel; and an unusual Fredericton straight-line in rose; the blocks with duplex and grid cancels respectively, the odd flaw but selected for quality strikes, a difficult group to assemble, chiefly fine and catalogued as such. (Image1)
Unitrade C$ 1,360
Opening C$ 120.00
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15c Champlain's Departure
Sale No: 58
Lot No: 299
Symbol: *
Cat No: 102
1908, 15c orange, large die proof in colour of issue, on India paper, 73 x 62mm, die sink on larger card, 230 x 153mm, with F-196 and AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO OTTAWA imprints below, attractive deep colour, scarce, very fine. (Image1)
Estimate C$ 1,000
Opening C$ 600.00
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Sale No: 58
Lot No: 300
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 102a
1908, 15c orange, imperforate vertical pair, full original gum, extremely lightly hinged at top, large balanced margins and particularly bright colour, very fine and scarce, with only fifty gummed blocks recorded. (Image1)
Unitrade C$ 1,000
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Sale No: 58
Lot No: 301
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 102
1908, 15c orange, plate block of four, showing the full OTTAWA-NO-1 inscription at top, of good colour and unusually well-centred disturbed original gum causing thin to right two stamps and selvedge above imprint, but quite scarce. (Image1)
Unitrade C$ 2,000
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Sale No: 58
Lot No: 302
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 102
1908 (June), 15c orange, used block of six, cancelled by two clear Kenora c.d.s. strikes with further partial strikes at the corners, the upper-middle stamp with a small pinhole and the lower-left with a minor thin, yet a rare used multiple of this higher denomination, fine-very fine appearance, and quite possibly the largest recorded used multiple extant. (Image1)
Unitrade C$ 1,050
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Sale No: 58
Lot No: 303
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 102
1909 (May 14), registered four-ounce U.P.U. rate cover from Cape Breton to Italy, franked with two ½c black brown, single 1c green, 2c carmine and 15c orange Tercentenary, each tied by black grid cancel, with partial Whitney Pier split-ring at foot, bearing corner card of Aldres Nilsen, S.S. Borgestad, Whitney Pier, Sydney, Nova Scotia, the reverse with Halifax (15 May), London (24 May) transit and Naples (26 May) arrival backstamps, some edge faults, nevertheless a scarce and striking combination franking to a rare Tercentenary destination, particularly desirable as an elusive four-ounce registered U.P.U. usage.
The S.S. Borgestad was a 3,944-ton Norwegian cargo steamer built at Middlesbrough in 1906 for A/S Borgestad of Porsgrunn, the shipping company founded and managed by Gunnar Knudsen, then Prime Minister of Norway. The ship was chartered for service with the Dominion Coal Company of Glace Bay.(Image1)
Estimate C$ 350
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Sale No: 58
Lot No: 304
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 102
1908 (July 18), 15c orange registered cover to the 29th Regimental Band at the Quebec Tercentenary, Economical Fire Insurance Co. of Berlin envelope addressed to W.H. Schmalz, 29th Regimental Band, 1st Composite Regiment, Third Brigade of Infantry, Quebec City, the adhesive tied by Berlin c.d.s. and bold blue circular "R" registration handstamp, the reverse with Toronto & Sarnia M.C. railway transit (18 Jul), Montreal split-ring (19 Jul) and Quebec receiver (20 Jul); some light overall wear, nevertheless a desirable single-franking from the third say of use, with an exceptional contemporary connection to the celebrations.
William Henry Schmalz (1862-1933), then manager of the Economical Fire Insurance Company, was a prominent Berlin citizen and musician who served as president of the 29th Regiment Band from 1900, and with whom had himself played cornet and French horn. The 29th Waterloo Regiment, a militia unit with companies throughout Waterloo County, sent its band to Quebec for the 1908 Tercentenary celebrations.(Image1)
Estimate C$ 300
Opening C$ 180.00
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Sale No: 58
Lot No: 305
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 102
1908 (September 19), four-ounce registered U.P.U. letter to Austria, cover franked with single 5c blue and 15c orange Tercentenary, tied by oval R registration handstamp and St. Thomas split-ring despatch, addressed to Vienna, Austria, the reverse with London, Ontario (19 Sep) and London, England (8 Oct) transit backstamps; paying 5c for the first ounce, 9c for the subsequent three ounces and 5c registration, overpaid by 1c for convenience, an attractive and scarce high-rate franking, fine-very fine. (Image1)
Estimate C$ 300
Opening C$ 180.00
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Sale No: 58
Lot No: 306
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 102
1908 (November 25), 15c orange paying the registered preferential rate to the United States, on an International Correspondence Schools cover, large commercial envelope from Montreal to Sherman, Texas, franked with a single 15c Tercentenary tied by Montreal c.d.s., paying the 10c double-weight preferential letter rate plus 5c registration fee, with International Correspondence Schools address label on front and further Montreal registration markings, stamp faulty, and some handling wear typical for these oversized covers, nevertheless a rare and highly desirable commercial single-franking, one of only a handful of examples recorded.
The 15c was the smallest printing of the Quebec Tercentenary set and saw comparatively little genuine postal use. It did not correspond neatly to a common single rate, except as illustrated with this cover, or the triple 5c U.P.U. rate. Surviving non-philatelic usages are consequently scarce, particularly as single frankings. When genuinely used, the denomination was most often found in combination with other values to make up higher rates, making commercial solo uses such as this especially desirable.(Image1)
Estimate C$ 500
Opening C$ 300.00
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Sale No: 58
Lot No: 307
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 102
1908 (December 2), 15c orange single-franking from Saskatchewan to Denmark, adhesive tied by circular grid cancel in black, with Whitewood, Saskatchewan c.d.s. alongside, addressed to Copenhagen, Denmark, the reverse with further Whitewood c.d.s., Winnipeg & Moose Jaw R.P.O. transit (3 Dec), London Registered transit (14 Dec) and Copenhagen arrival c.d.s., reduced at left, otherwise fine, a rare foreign destination made particularly desirable by its small-town western Canadian origin. (Image1)
Estimate C$ 400
Opening C$ 280.00
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Sale No: 58
Lot No: 308
Symbol: O
Cat No: 102
1908, 15c orange cancellation group, eight used singles, comprising town cancels from British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Alberta, Quebec, and Ontario, as well as a partial shield-style registration datestamp in purple (15 Dec, 1908), some light imperfections but chosen for the quality of strikes, which are chiefly very fine; difficult to assemble, as the 15c denomination saw the least use of any Tercentenary value. (Image1)
Unitrade C$ 800
Opening C$ 90.00
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1c Cartier & Champlain
Sale No: 58
Lot No: 210
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 97DPvar
1908, Samuel de Champlain, unfinished vignette die essay by Robert Savage, approximately 40 × 49 mm, engraved for the British American Bank Note Company, the portrait in reverse orientation from the adopted design, the alteration allowing Champlain and Jacques Cartier to face one another on the issued stamp, displaying exceptional depth and detail, very fine.
Robert Savage (1868-1943), born in Ireland, was one of the foremost portrait engravers of the twentieth century. Joining the American Bank Note Company in 1891, he later became Superintendent of its Picture Department, producing engraved portraits for postage stamps, banknotes and securities throughout the world. (Image1)
Estimate C$ 300
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Lot No: 211
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 97DPvar
1908, Samuel de Champlain, finished vignette die essay by Robert Savage, die sunk on thick paper, approximately 75 × 84 mm, with CHAMPLAIN and British American Bank Note Company / Montreal & Ottawa imprints, the portrait in reverse orientation from the adopted design, trivial corner crease at lower right, exceptionally attractive, very fine. (Image1)
Estimate C$ 400
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Lot No: 212
Symbol:
Cat No: 97DP
1908, ½c green, stamp-size die proof in the colour of issue, printed on India paper mounted on card, with large margins at top and foot and close margins at left and right; staining to the reverse of the card and a few small imperfections, as commonly encountered on this fragile proof, nevertheless extremely rare, with only a handful of examples recorded in private hands, fine. (Image1)
Estimate C$ 500
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Lot No: 213
Symbol: *
Cat No: 97a
1908, ½c green, imperforate vertical pair, with large balanced margins all around, lightly hinged at top, fresh and very fine. (Image1)
Unitrade C$ 1,000
Opening C$ 200.00
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Lot No: 214
Symbol: **
Cat No: 97i
1908, 1c green, vertical pair with hairlines in selvedge, lower right corner pair, never hinged, with prominent hairlines in lower selvedge, very fine; offered with a single used example with a private Sun Life Assurance Co. perfin, faulty but uncommon. (Image1)
Estimate C$ 100
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Sale No: 58
Lot No: 215
Symbol: **/*/
Cat No: 97/97i
1908, 1c green, plate block group comprising all four plates, with Plate 1 upper-margin block of four, hinged in the selvedge only; Plate 2 upper-margin block of six, one stamp very lightly hinged, with strong hairlines in the selvedge; Plate 3 upper-margin block of four, never hinged with slight gum skip, and lower-margin block of eight, never hinged; and Plate 4 upper-margin block of eight and lower-margin pair, each variously hinge-reinforced; a useful and challenging group displaying all recorded forms of the plate inscriptions, Plates 1 and 2 occurring only in the upper margin and Plates 3 and 4 at both top and bottom, fine. (Image1)
Estimate C$ 200
Opening C$ 120.00
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Lot No: 216
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 97
1908 (July 15), unique pre-first day use of the Quebec Tercentenary issue, 1c green tied to postcard by Montreal & Toronto G.T.R. (Grand Trunk Railway) c.d.s., dated 15 Jul, one day before the official issue of the Quebec Tercentenary stamps, on cover to Port Byron, New York, some light edge staining at left, nevertheless an exceptionally important exhibit piece, believed the only recorded pre-first day use of any value of the Quebec Tercentenary issue; ex Nickle (Firby, 1998). (Image1)
Estimate C$ 500
Opening C$ 300.00
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Lot No: 217
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 97
1908 (July 16), 1c green First Day of Issue use, tied by Kingston machine cancellation on picture postcard to Montreal, exceptionally fresh and very fine, a desirable example in notably superior quality, and one of only a handful of recorded First Day usages of the denomination. (Image1)
Estimate C$ 300
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Lot No: 218
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 97
1908 (August 12), 1c green, nine singles paying the double-weight registered domestic letter rate, on cover from Montreal, Station B, initially addressed within the city and subsequently forwarded to Halifax, with Railway Post Office transit markings and violet REGISTERED / HALIFAX c.d.s. (13 Aug); opened on three sides for display, a striking illustration of this elusive rate. (Image1)
Estimate C$ 150
Opening C$ 90.00
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Lot No: 219
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 97
1908 (August 12), Heavy Pressure Metals, illustrated advertising cover, franked with 1c green, tied by neat Sussex, New Brunswick duplex, paying the 1c drop letter rate, lovely bright colour, very fine. (Image1)
Estimate C$ 120
Opening C$ 70.00
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Lot No: 220
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 97
1908 (August 14), 1c printed matter rate, single tied by clean Toronto roller cancel to Toronto Stock Exchange report, to Guelph, an elusive rate and lovely quality, very fine. (Image1)
Estimate C$ 100
Opening C$ 70.00
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Lot No: 221
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 97
1908 (August 19), Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co., illustrated advertising cover, franked with two 1c green, tied by Montreal machine cancel, to Baltimore, Maryland, trace of edge toning, fine-very fine and attractive. (Image1)
Estimate C$ 100
Opening C$ 70.00
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Lot No: 222
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 97
1908 (August 20), Wilson's Invalids' Port, private mailing card, franked with 1c green, tied by Montreal machine cancel, with attractive illustrated advertisement at left "Sailing for the Port of Health", the reverse with printed text announcing an upcoming price increase for their "tonic wine" and noting that their product is sold "exclusively through the drug trade," scarce and of lovely quality. (Image1)
Estimate C$ 100
Opening C$ 70.00
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Lot No: 223
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 97
1908 (August/September), 1c frankings on Exhibition covers, two items, both sent at the 1c drop letter rate, comprising a 1908 (August 19) colour illustrated Nova Scotia Provincial Exhibition cover from Halifax, fresh and very fine; and a 1908 (September 16) Western Fair cover from London, Ontario, this with a few small opening tears at top; an attractive pair. (Image1)
Estimate C$ 150
Opening C$ 100.00
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Lot No: 224
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 97
1908 (September 8), Nova Scotia Provincial Exhibition, "California Arrow" dirigible, illustrated cover franked with 1c green, sent locally within Wolfville (8 Sep), without backstamps, roughly opened at top, subsequently repaired, some small toning spots, but a scarce airship-related exhibition cover, likely unique with this franking.
The California Arrow was a dirigible and the first practical powered airship to fly long distances. Between 1905 and 1908 it appeared throughout North America; its planned flight at the Nova Scotia Provincial Exhibition was aborted by high winds. It was later acquired by the U.S. Army Air Corps as one of its first aircraft. According to Richardson & Harrison in Collect Canada Covers (American Philatelic Society, 1978, p. 11), only three or four covers are known to exist, though other examples have been discovered since that time. It is, regardless, one of Canada's scarcest exhibition covers, and noted as the earliest airship-related design on a Canadian envelope.(Image1)
Estimate C$ 150
Opening C$ 90.00
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Lot No: 225
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 97
1908 (September 8), Seal Brand Coffee, illustrated postal card, franked with 1c green, tied by Montreal machine cancel, colour "Seal Brand Coffee" can illustration on front, reverse with further illustration of coffee drinker and printed text from Chase & Sandbord regarding an order, bright colours, very fine. (Image1)
Estimate C$ 120
Opening C$ 80.00
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Lot No: 226
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 97
1908 (September/November), two cross-border usages from Yukon, comprising 1c green vertical pair on 21 Nov cover from Dawson to Seattle, paying the 2c preferential letter rate; and single on picture postcard from Granville to Pittsburgh, struck by split-ring cancellation and paying the 1c international postcard rate, the card intact but mounted with only half visible on the exhibit page; very fine, an attractive and scarce pair from an unusual origin for Quebec Tercentenary frankings. (Image1)
Estimate C$ 100
Opening C$ 70.00
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Lot No: 227
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 97
1909 (September 8), Quebec Tercentenary combination franking with Upper Columbia Tramway & Navigation Co. local stamp, envelope from Calgary to R.R. Bruce at Wilmer, British Columbia, bearing 1c green and ½c black brown pair paying the 2c domestic letter rate, tied by Calgary c.d.s., with 5c U.C. Co. local stamp affixed below for private conveyance from Golden to Wilmer, the reverse with Golden (19 Sept) and Wilmer (25 Sept) c.d.s., an exceptionally scarce and attractive mixed postal and local-service franking, with very few such covers recorded.
Mail service along the upper Columbia River remained difficult into the early twentieth century. The Upper Columbia Tramway & Navigation Co. had formerly carried contracted mail between Golden and Fort Steele by steamer; after the postal contract ended in 1897, the company continued a private service for local residents, charging 5c in addition to Canadian postage. The local stamps were printed by the Richardson Stationery Co. and are rarely found genuinely used on cover; this is the only such example our research has uncovered used in combination with a Tercentenary issue, and possesses exceptionally more visual appeal than the other on-cover usages recorded.(Image1)
Estimate C$ 2,000
Opening C$ 1,200.00
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Lot No: 228
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 97
1908, 1c Quebec Tercentenary, rates and postal markings, group of eleven items, comprising domestic and cross-border postcards bearing various Dead Letter Office markings; two covers and one postcard cancelled by different Railway Post Office datestamps, including a colour advertising cover for chemicals and polishes struck by the Toronto, St. Marys & London R.P.O.; two examples of the 1c postcard rate, one on an illustrated The Globe newspaper private postcard and another cancelled by the fancy crown of Esquimalt, British Columbia; two 2c first class rate advertising covers for the Barry Supply Co. and Pugsley Dingman & Co. Comfort Soap; and two 1c drop letters from Sackville and Moncton; some with small faults, nevertheless a varied and attractive group, chiefly fresh and fine to very fine. (Image1)
Estimate C$ 300
Opening C$ 180.00
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Lot No: 229
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: 97
1908/09, 1c Quebec Tercentenary usages to foreign destinations, group of nine items, comprising postcards paying the 2c U.P.U. rate to Sweden, Panama, Germany and Turkey; postcards paying the 2c Imperial Penny Postage rate to Egypt, India and Australia; and covers at the same rate to Bermuda and Malta, each franked with either two 1c singles, a 1c Tercentenary in combination with a 1c King Edward VII, or a ½c Quebec Tercentenary vertical pair; some cards with light edge wear or other minor imperfections, the Sweden card folded, nevertheless a challenging group to assemble, chiefly fine. (Image1)
Estimate C$ 300
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20c Cartier's Arrival
Sale No: 58
Lot No: 309
Symbol: *
Cat No: 103DP
1908, 20c black, large trial colour die proof, on India paper, 73 x 62mm, die sink on large card, 230 x 153mm, with F-196 and AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO OTTAWA imprints below, a rare proof, very fine. (Image1)
Estimate C$ 1,000
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Lot No: 310
Symbol: *
Cat No: 103a
1908, 20c brown, vertical imperforate pair, very lightly hinged at top, large margins on all sides, rich colour, very fine; one of fifty possible examples extant. (Image1)
Estimate C$ 250
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Lot No: 311
Symbol: *
Cat No: 103i
1908, 20c brown, major re-entry, from position 41, showing the distinctive doubling at the upper right, hinge remnant, rich deep colour, fine. (Image1)
Unitrade C$ 500
Opening C$ 60.00
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Lot No: 312
Symbol: *
Cat No: 103i
1908, 20c brown, major re-entry, a pleasing used from position 41, showing noticeable doubling a the upper right, particularly in the "1908" and frameline at right, neatly-struck partial c.d.s. at left, fresh colour and select centring, quite elusive in this quality, very fine; with 2004 CPES certificate. (Image1)
