Rare Offering of 17 Different Ontario Illustrated Historical Atlas Publications, for the counties of Northumberland & Durham, Norfolk, Wellington, Perth, Oxford, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington, Brant, Middlesex, Leeds & Grenville, Elgin, Lincoln & Welland, Carleton, York (2 different), Hastings & Prince Edward, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry plus Wentworth (this last one is soft cover). These were originally published between 1876 and 1879, by H.R. Page & Co. in Toronto and contain a great quantity of contemporary information such as business directory listings, historical county information, many very detailed maps, as well as engravings of buildings, famous local people, etc. These are mostly 1972 good quality reprints (except Wentworth, from another printer in 1971) by the Mika Silk Screening Limited in Belleville and are a great resource to the postal historian or Ontario history buffs. Very fine, the online pictures show pages from the Carleton book only, and are representative of the other county books. Rarely offered with so many different counties. (Image)

Estimate $ 350

Box of 27 Canadian Philatelic Publications, includes a group of older Post Office publications, the Allan Steinhart auction catalogue of prestamp and stampless covers to, from and through British North America 1685-1865, The Postage Stamps of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia (Argenti, 1976), The Squared Circle Cancellations of Canada (BNAPS), Canadian Military Postal Markings (Bailey and Toop, 2 vols), The Canadian Military Posts (vol. 2, Proud, Toop, Bailey) and many more. Very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 50

Three Useful Reference Books for the Philatelic Library, including Canada's Pence Era - The Pence Stamps and the Canadian Mail 1851-1859 (Arfken, Legget, Firby and Steinhart, 1997), Canada's Small Queen Era 1870-1897 (Arfken), and Canada's Postage Stamps of the Small Queen Era 1870-189 (Hillson and Nixon, 2008). Also included is a Don Bowen Ten Cent Small Queen colour chart - a handy guide to the many shades of the 10c Small Queen issue. Condition for the books is fine or better (we note minor water damage at the back of the Arfken Small Queens book) and all items are shown in the online photos. (Image)

Estimate $ 50

Plating Canada's ½d Queen Victoria, 2022, (Watt and Smith) hardbound and profusely illustrated with luscious, full-colour, enlarged scans of the material. As mentioned in the foreward of the book, "To all who love the 'Pence Issue' stamps of Canada and the ½d in particular, this book will become a Classic Treatise of Philately." This important reference work, released during CAPEX22, has a retail value of $150. (Image)

Retail $ 150

Group of 4 Classic Canadian Philatelic Literature Titles, consisting of The Edward VII Issue of Canada (Marler), The Postage Stamps and Postal History of Canada (Boggs, no dust jacket), Stamps of British North America (Jarrett) and a Holmes Specialized Philatelic Catalogue of Canada and British North America. Condition is fine or better for these staples of any Canadian philatelic library. All pictured online. (Image)

Estimate $ 50

Group of 13 Aviation and Air Mail Books, including Yukon Airways & Exploration (Topping), Canadian Interrupted Flight Covers (Malott, colour exhibit book), Pioneering In Canadian Air Transport (Molson) and more. Condition is fine or better and all titles are shown in the online photos. (Image)

Estimate $ 50

Group of 24 Military, Censor and Prisoner of War Books, including Canadian Military Mail Markings (Sayles, vols. 1 & 2), The Canadian Military Posts (Baily & Toop), The Royal Canadian Navy (Hampson, 6 volumes), and books on the Foreign Exchange Control Board, interment mail, C-Force in Hong Kong (Ken Ellison's exhibit book), A Canadian in Siberia (Robert C. Smith's exhibit book), British Missions to Russia 1918-1920 (Whitely) and more. Condition is fine to very fine or better and all titles are shown in the online photos. (Image)

Estimate $ 100

Group of Ship and Railway Books and catalogues, including Gray's RPO catalogue and a 1943 Official Canadian Railway Guide (in much-used condition). There are 13 books on ship mail including 4 volumes from the BNAPS Transportation Study Group (Arnell), Steamboat Mails of Eastern Canada (Parsons), Eastern and Western Ship Way Mail Letter Cancels (Topping) and more. General condition is fine or better for these useful publications, all of which are shown in our online photos. (Image)

Estimate $ 50

Group of More Than 30 Postal History Resources, covering various topics of interest to collectors and dealers alike: rates, postmarks and cancels (machine, duplex, roller, squared circles, etc.), Dead Letter Office, and Manitoba and Quebec postal history references. We noted The Dead Letter Office in Canada (Plain), Territorial Assiniboia & Saskatchewan - The Westhaver-Thomson Collection (Gray), Postal history of the Yukon Territory (Woodall), The Admiral Era: A Rate Study (Steinhart) and the three-volume Postal Rates and Fees of the Elizabethan Era in Canada (Chung, Machum & Narbonne), plus several smaller books and pamphlets. Condition is mostly fine or better, with some in pristine condition. All titles are shown in the online photos. (Image)

Estimate $ 100

Group of 16 Atlantic Canada References, including 2000 Postmarks of Prince Edward Island 1814-1995 (Murray), Machine Cancellations of Prince Edward Island (Thorne), The Post Office on Prince Edward Island 1787-1990 (Murray), Post Offices of New Brunswick 1783-1930 (MacManus) and The Pence Covers of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick 1851-1860 (Arfken and Firby). Also includes Travelling Post Office Postmarks of Newfoundland & Labrador - A Study of the Postmark Hammers (Stalker) and Newfoundland Air Mails 1919-1939 (Dalwick and Harmer) plus others. Condition is fine or better and all titles are shown in our online photos. (Image)

Estimate $ 50

Group of 10 Books on Western Provinces and Northwest Territories Postal History, with information about Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, BC, Ontario and the Northwest Territories post offices and postmarks. Also included is a very worn copy of Canadian Post Office 1755-1895 (Campbell, front cover is loose), Northwest Territories Postal Cancellations 1907-1986 (O'Reilly) and Canadian Manuscript Post Marks (Handelman & Poitras). Condition is fine or better except where noted and all titles are shown in our online photos. (Image)

Estimate $ 50

Group of 15 Books for the Philatelic Library, including an eclectic range of subject matter: The Ontario Post Office Atlas (Manchee), Canadian Christmas Seal Ads on Canadian Post Cards (Klass), The Canadian Picture Post Card Catalogue (Gutzman), and The Canadian Patriotic Postcard Checklist 1898-1928 (Smith), among others. Condition is fine or better and all are pictured online. (Image)

Estimate $ 50

Group of Several Books Pertaining to Postal History, etc., with The Postage Rates of The North Atlantic Mails 1635-1950 (Montgomery MBE, 1991); The Canadian Military Posts (Bailey, Toop, 1984-1985, Vol. 1 and 2); AR Avis de Réception (Handelman, 2002); The Postal History of the Post Card in Canada 1871-1911 (Steinhart, 1980); The Canadian Flag Cancellation Handbook 1896-1973 (Richardson, 1973); The Admiral Era: A Rate Study 1912-1928 (Steinhart, 1981); Ontario Broken Circles (Graham, 1st edition); Canadian Fancy Cancellations of the Nineteenth Century (Day, Smythies, 1981); Canadian Roller Cancellations 1894-1930 (Smythies, 2nd edition); Allan Steinhart Postal Historian (Handelman, Scrimgeour, 1997); and more. Gently used, overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 150

Group of Canadian Philatelic Literature Items, with The Encyclopaedia of British Empire Postage Stamps, Volume V, North America (Lowe, 1973); The Postage Stamps and Postal History of Canada (Boggs, 1945, Vols. 1 and II); The Large Queen Stamps of Canada and Their Use, 1868-1972 (Duckworth, 1986); The Admiral Issue of Canada (Marler, 1982); L'Émission Édouard VII Du Canada (Marler, 1975); The Canadian Map Stamp of 1898 (Tomlinson, 1972); The Small Queens of Canada (Hillson, 1st edition); Canada The Fifteen Cents of 1868 (Firth,1963); The First Decimal Issue of Canada 1859-1868 (Whitworth, 1966); and more. Gently used, overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 150

Collection of Report of the Postmaster General, 1856 to 1899, with 28 different years, in a variety of bindings, including some with original leather binding, some that have modern bindings and some which are paperback, or missing their hard covers. We also note at least two which are rarer French versions. Faults to some, but the information contained within is priceless. A scarce offering of these very useful reports for the serious philatelist or postal history researcher. (Image)

Estimate $ 250