Accumulation of Roughly 350 First Flight Covers, 1929-1960s, in three cover albums and loose material. We note mostly C1-C6 frankings, along with a few Admiral, Arch and commemorative issues, with better representation from maritime and western provinces, a few test flights, C4 first day covers (x4, Unitrade c.v. $160 total), registration and special delivery rates and more. The lot also includes roughly fifty anniversary flights, and a few commercial flight covers. Duplication ranges from 1-5 and up for a few flights. We estimate roughly 15% of the covers are #10 size envelopes, with a few covers having small faults including corner bends and some soiling, overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 150

Group of Roughly 325 First Flight Covers, 1929-1937, loose in a box. We note mostly Unitrade #s C1-C6 first flights, including C3 first day covers (x16, c.v. $400 total), C4 first day covers (x4, $160 total), along with Admiral, Scroll, Arch, and 1930s commemorative frankings, (primarily originating from western provinces and the territories, along with representation from all the other provinces), a few postmaster signed covers, registered and special delivery rates, and more. Duplication is up to 3 in a few cases. A nice lot for the aerophilatelist. We note a few small faults on a few of the covers, including corner bends and a bit of soiling, overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 200

Group of 4 Semi-Official Airmail Stamps on Cover, with #s CL7 ($250), CL13 ($100, franked with an 1898 Map stamp), CL26e ($225) and CL47 ($150). Overall very fine. (Image)

Unitrade $ 725

Group of 14 Semi-Official Airmail Covers, 1926-1929, including a few commercial flight covers noting Commercial Airways CL47 (faulty) Grande Prairie, MAY.21.1929, first flight cover to Edmonton, addressed to c/o Bank of Montréal (few commercial covers known from Commercial Airways); Patricia Airways and Exploration Company Limited CL13 Red Lake to Sioux Lookout, SEP.26.1926, from the Hudson's Bay Company, CL13 #10 window envelope JUL.14.1926, from the Department of Mines in Toronto, Ontario, CL13 Cobalt to Rolling Portage via Sioux Lookout, SEP.4.1926, addressed to the Imperial Bank of Canada. The lot also includes CL43 Sioux Lookout to Rainbow Lake, MAR.9.1928 (25 pieces flown, AMCN2 c.v. $250), CL42 (x4, including APR.2.1929, interrupted flight to Aklavik), and 3 covers franked but not flown with CL28 (x6, two solo frankings and a strip of 4, Unitrade c.v. $900 total for stamps only). A nice lot for the semi-official collector, with some unusual flights present. We note faults with the commercial covers with tears and faulty stamps, typical for this type of material, otherwise mixed to very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 400

Group of 10 Different Western Canada Airways First Flights, 1929, all franked with CL40 on the back of the cover. These covers were flown on a series of flights along the Mackenzie River on June 12, or July 1, 1929, noting origin or destination postmarks from Waterways, Fort Good Hope, Fort Norman, Wrigley, Aklavik, Fort Smith, Fort Chipewyan, Arctic Red River, and Fort Simpson. A nice group of flown covers for any aerophilatelist. We note a few creases on a few covers, still overall very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 150

1899 Registered Cover with Boxed "N.W.T. / R" Handstamp, mailed from Macleod, Aberta on NOV.2.1899 (two neat strikes of their duplex) to London Ontario (NOV.6 receiver) through C.P. RY West of Winnipeg (E) and C.P.RY OTT & Pt Arthur M.C. (E), with boxed N.W.T. / R" and number handstamp. The cover is franked with a 2c carmine and a 5c blue Queen Victoria Numerals, very fine. An especially scarce and sought-after postmark. (Image)

Estimate $ 300

Collection / Accumulation of Roughly 3,000 Alberta Town Postmarks on Cover and Cards, 1960s-2000s, filling two bankers boxes, with several hundreds of different towns, generally organized alphabetically by town name ranging from A to W, including a few pre-1960 covers. The lot consists of primarily commercial mail paying domestic and a few registered rates and postage dues, noting a variety of postmarks including c.d.s types, several different pictorial cancels, sub and rural offices, machine cancels, POCON, MOON, broken circle, and more. Just a few of the town names include Balzec, Carseland, Barrhead, Acme (nothing addressed to Wile E. Coyote), Bonnyville, Glenwood, Millarville, Lake Isle, Red Water, Wrentham, and much more, with some towns having a variety of postmark types. A nice opportunity for further research on modern postmarks, as many cancels would have short periods of use, closed sub offices, etc. Ideal for the Alberta or Canada postmark collector as the lot would take years of searching to duplicate, as the previous owner spent a lifetime collecting Canada and worldwide socked on the nose postmarks and postal history. Our photos show a sampling and overview only. We note a few small faults along with roughly 80% of the covers being #10 size envelopes. Overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 300

Collection / Accumulation of Roughly 2,000 Alberta POCON Town Postmarks on Cover and Cards, 1970s-2000s, filling two boxes, with several hundred different towns, generally organized alphabetically by town name ranging from D to F, and P to W. The lot consists of primarily commercial mail paying domestic and a few registered rates noting various POCON types, including from sub offices, rural post offices, and postal outlets. Just a few of the town names include Dapp, Didsbury, Devon, Gunn, Grand Centre, Schuler, Rosemary, Wostok, and much more, with some towns having a variety of POCON postmark types. A nice opportunity for further research, as many cancels would have short periods of use, closed sub offices, etc. Ideal for the Alberta or Canada postmark collector as the lot would take years of searching to duplicate, as the previous owner spent a lifetime collecting Canada and worldwide socked on the nose postmarks and postal history. Our photos show a sampling and overview only. We note a few small faults along with the majority of covers being #10 size envelopes. Overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 200

Group of 10 NB, NS and PEI Early Covers, 1850s to 1860s, with 3x NB, 4x NS and 3x PEI, with a variety of frankings and especially backstamps (town postmarks), etc. A better than usual quality group for this area, overall very fine and we have scanned every item on both sides. (Image)

Estimate $ 500

Group of 7 Covers Mailed from Victoria British Columbia, 1876-1877, all are addressed to Henry J. Morgan / State Department / Ottawa by his wife Nemmie, Her father was a Victoria parliamentarian and had free-franking privileges, so 6 of the 7 covers were mailed free-franked, with his initials at the lower left corner. It can be seen in our large offering of Morgan postal history elsewhere in this sale, that when her father was out of town, she was "forced" to use stamps on her mail. A few of the envelopes have "Government House / British Columbia" printed backflaps, and one has a "Pacific Mail Steamship Company / San Francisco" backflap, which is stationery she often used. The letter contents, some of which are quite lengthy, talk of all sorts of interesting subjects of the time, and are well worth a read for the historian. Faults to varying degrees and one cover has a missing stamp, still an interesting glimpse into early Victoria and the Morgan couple. our second picture shows the contents of just one letter (each page is double-sided). (Image)

Estimate $ 150

1908 Illustrated British Columbia Advertising Cover, mailed from Phoenix BC (OCT.22.1908 duplex) to Chicago and franked with a 2c Québec Tercentenary. A lovely pale blue cover with bright red and purple BINER / PHOENIX (with eagle sitting on burning logs) advertising for the Phoenix Brewing Co. Slight soiling near the stamp, still very fine with great eye appeal. (Image)

Estimate $ 100

Collection / Accumulation of Roughly 1,500 British Columbia Town Postmarks on Cover and Cards, 1940s-2000s, filling in a bankers box, with at least a few hundred different towns, generally organized alphabetically by town name ranging from A to Y, including a few pre-1940 covers. The lot consists of primarily commercial mail paying domestic and a few registered rates and postage dues, noting a variety of postmarks including c.d.s types, several different pictorial cancels, sub post offices, machine cancels, POCON, MOON, MOTO, broken circle, and more. Just a few of the town names include Anahim Lake, Bella Coola, Aldergrove, Salmo, Riske Creek, Likely (I'm sure it is), Halfmoon, 100 Mile House, and much more, with some towns having a variety of postmark types. A nice opportunity for further research on modern postmarks, as many cancels would have short periods of use, closed sub offices, etc. Ideal for the British Columbia or Canada postmark collector as the lot would take years of searching to duplicate, as the previous owner spent a lifetime collecting Canada and worldwide socked on the nose postmarks and postal history. Our photos show a sampling and overview only. We note a few small faults along with roughly more than half of the covers being #10 size envelopes. Overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 350

6c Small Queen Bisect on Cover, mailed to and from Winnipeg on MAY.18.1903, franked with a bisected 6c red brown Small Queen, well tied by a neat strike of the Winnipeg International machine cancel. Addressed to W.G. Mullock (then Postmaster General of Canada) and obviously accepted by the Post Office. Opening tear at top (not affecting stamp) and stain, still fine and interesting. (Image)

Estimate $ 150

Group of 45x 1c and 3c Jubilee Covers, many are from NB or NS but we also noted some from BC, ON and QC, mostly smaller town postmarks, note one registered and some with business corner cards. Also includes 11x fronts (not counted in total). Overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 100

Group of 18x 2c Map Stamp Covers, all dated 1899 or 1900, except for one with a DEC.7.1898 backstamp which appears to have been re-mailed much later (? also reduced at right), from ON, NB, NS, one MB and a few QC, with many useful postmarks, noting a few streets, small towns, etc. Overall fine to very fine and includes two faulty (not counted). (Image)

Estimate $ 100

1905 12c Rate Edward Cover Mailed Registered and Insured, an uprated 2c Edward stationery cover mailed registered from Big Bras d'Or, NS (JUL.24.1905 broken circle on back) to Hamilton (JUL.29 receiver) through North Sydney (JUL.24), Halifax & Sydney R.P.O. (W / JUL.24), Boularderie Centre (JUL.26), Montréal (JUL.26) and Toronto (JUL.27) with an "Insured" label (tied by two handstamps). The total franking is 12c, which paid for 2c postage, 5c registration and 5c for coverage of up to $20 (based on rate table, as there is no notation for value insured. Couple of light wrinkles and one stamp is damaged, still very fine and rare (only 23 registered insured covers are recorded), ex Brigham (with his handstamp on back). (Image)

Estimate $ 750

1910 13c Rate Edward Cover Mailed Registered and Insured, an uprated 1c Edward stationery cover mailed registered from Renfrew, Ontario (MAY.30.1910 oval datestamps in magenta) to Kindersley, Saskatchewan (with MAY.31 and JUN.1 R.P.O. transits on back) and an "Insured" label (tied by return address). The total franking (including the 1c stationery and a 10c Edward) is 13c, which paid for 2c postage, 5c registration and 6c for coverage of up to $25. What is interesting about this cover is that it is technically overpaid by 6c, as the insurance coverage had ended April 7, 1909, and it is assumed the sender (and postal clerk?) was not aware of this. Very fine, ex Horace Harrison and still on his exhibit page (Lee sale 108, lot 624). (Image)

Estimate $ 750

1904 10c Rate Edward Cover Mailed Registered and Insured, mailed registered from Cape Sable Island South Side, Nova Scotia (MAR.30.1904) to Yarmouth (APR.1 receiver), franked with 5x 2c carmine King Edward VII stamps, with an "Insured" label, tied by the despatch postmark. There is a note reading "Insured for Ten Dollars $10.00". The rate paid was 2c for postage, 5c for registration and 3c for coverage of $10. Upper right corner was torn off and skillfully repaired, then adding the missing stamp, making this a very fine appearing cover. A rare insured cover, with only 23 recorded, and this one mailed only two days after the March 28, 1904 date when insured mail service was inaugurated. Ex Horace Harrison and still on his exhibit page (Lee sale 108, lot 613) (Image)

Estimate $ 750

1904 13c Rate Edward Cover Mailed Registered and Insured, mailed registered from Blackstone, NS (APR.15.1904) to Toronto (APR.18 receiver), through Strathlorne and Alexander, NS, with "Insured" label and notation reading "Insured for Twenty one dollars and twenty two cents ($21.22)". The total franking (including a 7c Edward) is 13c, which paid for 2c postage, 5c registration and 6c for coverage of up to $25. Opened on three sides then re-sealed, still very fine appearing and rare, ex Horace Harrison and still on his exhibit page (Lee sale 108, lot 614). (Image)

Estimate $ 750

1905 7c Underpaid Rate Edward Cover Mailed Registered and Insured, mailed registered from Waupoos East, Ontario (NOV.22.1905 broken circle is the new earliest recorded by 2 years) to Toronto (NOV.22 receiver) via Picton (same day transit) with "Insured" label and notation reading "Insured for Ten (crossed out) Dollars $10.00". The franking consists of a single 7c olive bister King Edward VII, which only paid the 2c postage and 5c registration. As evidenced with the "6 cents collect" marking in blue crayon (postage stamps had not yet been issued) the unpaid fee had to be paid by the recipient. Very fine and extremely rare, ex Horace Harrison and still on his exhibit page (Lee sale 108, lot 620). Also illustrated in Canada's Registered Mail 1802-1909 (Harrison, p. 366) (Image)

Estimate $ 750

1904 11c Rate Edward Cover Mailed Registered and Insured, mailed registered from Brussels, Ontario (AUG.8.1904 c.d.s.) to Hamilton (AUG.9 oval registration receiver), through two different R.P.O.s, with notation reading "Insured for Fifteen Dollars ($15)". Franked with a 7c Edward and two 2c Numerals making 11c, which paid for 2c postage, 5c registration and 4c for coverage of up to $15. Post offices not supplied with insured labels were instructed to underline the notation in red pencil, as was correctly done on this cover. Very fine and extremely rare, ex Horace Harrison and still on his exhibit page (Lee sale 108, lot 619). Also illustrated in Canada's Registered Mail 1802-1909 (Harrison, p. 364) (Image)

Estimate $ 750

Two Admiral-Era Bulk Mailing Receipts, both used in Kitchener on JAN.29.1929, franked with a variety of issues including a 50c and $1 Admiral, a pair of 20c Baldwin & Lafontaine, etc. Very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 100

April 14, 1915 Admiral War Tax Early Use, a picture postcard mailed Vancouver BC on APR.14.1915 to England, franked with a 2c carmine Admiral and a 1c green Admiral War Tax issue. The new War Tax mail surcharge took effect on April 15, 1915, so this was used one day before the official start of the surtax, making it 1c overpaid. Very fine and interesting. (Image)

Estimate $ 150

1876 Incoming Cover Mailed from Portsmouth, England to the H.M.S. Alert in the Arctic, franked with a 1d Red Queen Victoria, this cover was mailed at Portsmouth on MAY.24.1876 to Lieutenant Egerton, aboard the H.M.S. Alert, per the Arctic Yacht Pandora, which left Portsmouth on or about May 25th. During her voyage, the Pandora made stops in Greenland and Baffin Island, but never caught up with the Alert. It is presumed the letter was finally delivered when the Alert returned to England. The back of the cover shows a clear "Palmerston Rd. / Southsea" c.d.s. dated MAY.25.1876, very fine and rare. This key item was on page 1 of the Ian Mowat exhibit. (Image)

Estimate $ 750

1884 Incoming Mourning Cover from the United States to the Hudson's Straits, mailed Lowell, Mass. on JUL.19.1884 and addressed to Dr. Robert Bell / Canadian Government Expedition / to Hudson's Straits / SS. "Neptune" / Halifax / Nova Scotia, with Halifax receiver dated JUL.21.1884 on back. The cover is annotated "will the postmaster of Halifax kindly send this on board the S S "Neptune". Dr Bell was the ship's geologist and medical officer, and would have been handed the cover before his departure for the Arctic on July 22, which was the date of the government's first trip there. Very fine, and an early example of Arctic-related mail. (Image)

Estimate $ 250