1915 LAST DAY 1¢ DROP LETTER, on a Canadian FREE franked soldiers cover from the 3rd Canada Brigade in France, posted at MONTREAL on APR14,1915 with 1¢ Admiral stamp applied for accounting purposes to pay the local drop letter rate, on APR 15th the Carrier Delivery drop letters went to 2¢ with 1¢ War Tax applied, retails $200 US, VF est ($100+US) (Image)

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1915 FIRST DAY 1¢ WAR TAX STAMP, posted at STELTON-ONT on APR15,1915 to pay the 1¢ unsealed printed matter rate to SMITHVILLE-ONT with receiver b/s the next day, the rate was correct as printed matter did not require War Tax, the cover was subsequently sealed and is reduced on the RHS, retails $200 US, scarce and F-VF est ($100+US) (Image)

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1924 TORONTO 1¢ EXPERIMENTAL COIL, a VF stamp pays the unsealed printed matter rate on a George Lowe Stamp Dealer cover from TORONTO on NOV5,1924 and addressed to MONTREAL, no War Tax was required for printed matter, retails $150 US, scarce and VF est ($75+US) (Image)

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1918 POST-DELIVERY "AR" REQUEST, Admiral #111 pays the 5¢ fee on a form sent from HOLLYBURN-BC on DEC3,1918 requesting Acknowledgement of Receipt for a registered letter mailed to VICTORIA-BC 9 months earlier on MAR16,1918, there was no additional charge at this time for a subsequent request but this was later changed in 1921 when a 15¢ fee was imposed for the extra work, retails $250 US, scarce and VF est ($100+US) (Image)

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1917-1920 ADMIRAL REGISTERED RATES to ENGLAND (x2), includes a 1917 TORONTO 8¢ rate to LONDON with 5¢ registration + 2¢ postage + 1¢ War Tax, also a 1920 TORONTO 13¢ rate to MANCHESTER with 10¢ registration + 2¢ postage + 1¢ War Tax, retails $100 US, F-VF est ($50+US) (Image)

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1924 CANADA 6¢ POSTCARD RATE to FRANCE, from MONTREAL on AUG25,1924 to PARIS, an expensive short lived post WWI rate that was scarcely used since letters could carry more extensive correspondence for only 10¢, postcard use declined so severally that the rate was reduced to 4¢ in 1925 and to 3¢ in 1930, VF est ($50+US) (Image)

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1915 CANADA REGISTERED 10¢ RATE to SWITZERLAND, Admiral #104,MR1, and #106 (x4) pays the 5¢ UPU letter rate + 5¢ registration fee on cover from HILLCREST-(COAL)-MINES-ALTA, dated SEP23,1915 and addressed to BOUVERET-SWITZ, note arrival on OCT 13th via MED.HAT & NELS RPO No.2 + MONTREAL + LONDON, there was no War Tax on UPU letters and the #MR1 was used only for postage, some album page remnants on back, scarce early WWI mail to Europe from a small Coal Mining town, F-VF est ($75+US) (Image)

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1923 CANADA 10¢ TRIPLE WAR RATE to INDIA, Admiral #105,108(x3) pays the 9¢ Empire rate for a 3 ounce letter (3¢ per ounce) + 1¢ War Tax, mailed from EDMONTON on JAN9,1923 and addressed to the SASSOON HOSPITAL, POONA with arrival FEB 9th and forwarded to the CAMA-ALLBLES HOSPITAL, BOMBAY on FEB 10th, retails $200 US, rare and F-VF est ($100+US) (Image)

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1926 CANADA 18¢ REGISTERED RATE to ITALY, Admiral #115,118 pays the 8¢ UPU letter rate + 10¢ registration fee on cover from PETERBOROUGH-ONT on AP5,1926 to LUCCA-ITALY with arrival APR 17th, routing via MONTREAL, MONTREAL-BRITISH-MAIL-BRANCH, and TORINO-ITALY, retails $150 US, F-VF est ($75+US) (Image)

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1927 CANADA 4¢ RATE to SOUTH-AFRICA, Admiral #104(x2) on scarce Webb #EN35c provisional stationery cover, pays the 4¢ Empire rate from EDMONTON on JAN11,1927 to JOHANNESBURG, some edge wear from the trip, F-VF est ($75+US) (Image)

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40 BIRTHDAY & HAPPY RETURNS POSTCARDS 1902-1912, all different better early artist cards postally used in Canada and England, note many unchecked British Kraig machine cancels, retails over $440, mostly VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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1867 NEW-WESTMINSTER-BC 15¢ RATE to HILTON-CW (Northumberland County), mailed at the GENERAL POST OFFICE BC on MAY18,1867 with routing via ship to VICTORIA & PORTLAND + train to SAN-FRANCISCO (635 miles) on MAY 27th + Union Pacific Railroad to ST-LOUIS (2057 miles) with stage coach service over incomplete rail sections + train to DETROIT (529 miles) + Ferry to WINDSOR-CW + overland to HILTON (316 miles) with a receiver b/s on JUN 24th, Vancouver Island stamp #5 tied by a NEW-WESTMINSTER-BC oval h/s pays the 5¢ rate to San-Francisco and all Eastern Canada postage + USA #68a purchased and applied in New Westminster then cancelled only upon arrival at San-Francisco as per regulations, pays the 10¢ trans-continental rate to Detroit, a small cover reduction RHS, a rare BC Colonial showpiece, retails over $2000 US, F-VF est ($1000+US) (Image)

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(#656/1590) CANADA MNH COLLECTION 1975-1995, 967 MNH stamps that includes 23 souvenir sheets, and 12 booklet entires, mounted on Minkus Album pages, near complete for the period missing only a few low value definitives and booklets, note all the high value dollar definitives are present, face value $370 CDN, VF est ($150+ US) (Image)

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(#1591/2349) CANADA MNH COLLECTION 1996-2010, 1120 total stamps including 84 souvenir sheets and 14 booklet entires, mounted on Krause Album pages up to 1999 then 3-ring pages to 2010, face value $522 CDN, VF est ($225+ US) (Image)

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(#274/906) CANADA MINT PLATE BLOCK STOCK 1948-1981, 2400 MNH plate blocks sorted by Scott in glassines with 1-20 of each, plus an album with 176 different MLH KGVI plate blocks #284/306, in the 4¢-35¢ denomination range with huge Scott cat value over $2800 US ($3800 CDN) and face value $1100 CDN, VF est ($300+ US) (Image)

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(#909/972) CANADA MNH PLATE BLOCK STOCK 1981-1982, 150 plate blocks with 1-5 of each, all in the 30¢-68¢ denomination range, Scott cat over $440 US ($600 CDN) with face value $204 CDN, VF est ($100+ US) (Image)

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(#971/1045) CANADA MNH PLATE BLOCK STOCK 1982-1985, 140 plate blocks with 1-5 of each, all in the 32¢-64¢ denomination range, Scott cat over $460 US ($600 CDN) with face value $195 CDN, VF est ($100+ US) (Image)

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(#1045/1586) CANADA MNH PLATE BLOCK STOCK 1985-1995, 130 plate blocks with 1-5 of each, all in the 32¢-90¢ denomination range, Scott cat over $500 US ($700 CDN) with face value $204 CDN, VF est ($100+ US) (Image)

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(#1586/1939) CANADA MNH PLATE BLOCK STOCK 1985-1998, 155 plate blocks with 1-5 of each, all in the 45¢-46¢ denomination range, Scott cat over $650 US ($900 CDN) with face value $285 CDN, VF est ($125+ US) (Image)

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(#1227/1967) CANADA MNH PLATE BLOCK STOCK 1988-2002, 89 plate blocks with 1-5 of each, all in the 15¢-$1.25 denomination range, Scott cat over $380 US ($500 CDN) with face value $196 CDN, VF est ($100+ US) (Image)

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(#656/1690) CANADA MNH PLATE BLOCK STOCK 1975-1998, 90 plate blocks with 1-5 of each, all in the $1.00-$5.00 denomination range, Scott cat over $780 US ($1000 CDN) with face value $408 CDN, VF est ($175+ US) (Image)

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(#913a) CANADA MNH EXPO SOUVENIR SHEET STOCK 1982, 58 copies all sleeved and ready for resale, Scott cat over $290 US ($400 CDN), face value $110 CDN, VF est ($45+ US) (Image)

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(#753/1964) CANADA MNH STOCK 1978-2002, includes 61 blocks of 4 and larger plus 91 stamps in singles and pairs, all in the 45¢-$1.25 denomination range, Scott cat over $360 US ($500 CDN), face value $163 CDN, VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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(#756a/2700i) CANADA MNH SOUVENIR SHEET STOCK 1978-2014, 139 souvenir sheets with 1-20 of each, includes 11 Permanent issues plus denominations in the 45¢-$10 range, Scott cat over $650 US ($900 CDN), face value $342 CDN, VF est ($150+ US) (Image)

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(#191/916) CANADA MNH BLOCK STOCK 1932-1982, 1350 blocks with 1-20 of each plus a few pairs and strips, note the tagged stamps are all identified, Scott cat over $1000 US ($1350 CDN), face value $468 CDN, VF est ($225+ US) (Image)

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