1851 3p red, diagonal half used in combination with 6p olive yellow, large margins on three sides, just in at right, bright colors and fresh, tied by grids on small mourning cover to England, St. Thomas, May 21, 1855 pmk alongside, endorsed "per steamer via Halifax", red "Paid Liverpool 17 June" str
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1919 Caribou 3c brown overprinted "'FIRST / TRANS- / ATLANTIC / AIR POST / April, 1919", the so-called "Hawker", lightly hinged, exceptionally well centered, signed on back by the postmaster "J.A.R." (J.A.Robinson), also Giulio Bolaffi and Alberto Diena, with 2023 Greene Foundation certificate. A f
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1897 Jubilee Issue, 1/2p-$5, complete set, h.r., several well centered including $5, some minor toning affecting lower values, few natural inclusions, otherwise fine-v.f., signed Diena, etc., cat. $7728 (Cat No. 50-65)
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1904 stationery entire envelope, 1c green, additionally franked with two horizontal pairs (originally a strip of four) of 20c olive green, exceptionally well centered, v.f., registered from Windsor, Ontario (June 10, 1910), with Detroit arrival pmk (same day) on back, with 2006 Greene Foundation cer
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1994 Christmas, unissued 52c denomination, corner margin block of four, never hinged, v.f. (Unitrade 1534ii, CA$800+)
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1932 (27 July) flown cover to USA, final leg of the Trans-Atlantic flight Germany-Iceland-Canada-USA (Von Gronau) with appropriate cachet, plus "Souvenir of First Through Flight Montreal, Canada", also U.S. franking (10c Lindbergh) added on back and tied by Milwaukee arrival postmark, v.f.
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1936 2nd Hindenburg Flight from Montreal (May 18) via New York to Frankfurt, with "Via Airship Hindenburg" label, franked on both sides (paying total of 70c), with appropriate transit and arrival pmks, v.f.
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1936 Hindenburg flight (1 May) from Montreal via New York to Germany, mixed franking with U.S. adhesives (cancelled in New York), appropriate cachet and Frankfurt Hindenburg LZ-129 arrival cachet and cds, some toning and stains, otherwise fine and undoubtedly rare Canada-USA Hindenburg combination,
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1936 Hindenburg flight from Hamilton, Ontario to London, England, appropriate violet cachet, with Frankfurt arrival and "Mit Luftschiff Hindenburg Befordert" handstamp on back, fine
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1859-1951 balance of collection on pages, few early Large Queens used, others unused, with 1912 Edward to 10c, Admirals to $1, sets from 1930s and later, with War Tax, Air Post, Special Delivery etc., fine-v.f.
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1869-1903 group of six covers or cards, with 3c used on registered cover from Cathcard; four covers used in 1903, mainly Yukon River Steamboat usages from White Horse, Y.T. to Vancouver, etc., some with "Independent S.S.Casca-Flying Weekly Between White Horse and Dawson" stationery enclosures, mixed
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1930s carton with hundreds of flight covers, mostly in plastic pochettes, different franking and destinations, various cachets, also some FAMS from Haiti, Dominican Republic, USA, etc.
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