1918 (August), Ottawa to Toronto, Pioneer Aerial Mail flight by Lt. Tremper Longman, franked with 2c Admiral War Tax, tied by Ottawa c.d.s. (15 Aug), further tied by bold green "BY / AEROPLANE / AUG 15 1918 / Ottawa, Canada flight cachet, endorsed in manuscript "via Aerial Mail" and addressed to A.G. Forsyth, with Toronto c.d.s. arrival backstamp (17 Aug), some uniform aging, but a lovely strike of this cachet, and a newly-discovered example of mail from this rare flight, of which only a handful of examples are recorded. Lt. Tremper Longman, RAF, flew a Curtiss JN-4 "Canuck" on behalf of the Aero Club of Canada, departing Leaside Aerodrome on August 15, and landing at Rockliffe Ranges, Ottawa, at 3:09pm the same day. He returned to Toronto on August 17, landing at Leaside at 12:25pm. Most mail carried on this flight was official correspondence; in the case of the cover offered here, "On His Majesty's Service" is crossed-out. The letter was addressed to Mr. A.G. Forsyth, the former Mail Transportation Superintendent of Toronto, and has never before been offered on the philatelic market, having always been in the possession of Mr. Forsyth's family. The family notes that Mr. Forsyth "was involved in the first airmail, and tested the delivery times by mailing letters to himself." (Image)

AAMC $ 8,000

1929 (August 11), Canada & Great Britain mixed franking cover to Germany, with Sc. #154-5, C1, and E3 issues of Canada, and block of four 1½d British definitives of King George V, to Stendal, Germany, reverse with multiple transit cancellations, a most unusual franking, fresh and very fine. (Image)

Estimate C$ 100

1938 (December 8), $2.35 franking on registered airmail cover to Colombia, with two $1 Chaplain's Monument, single 20c Niagara Falls, 10c Mountie, and 5c Mufti, all tied by Toronto c.d.s., registered to Barrancabermeja, with c.d.s. backstamps of Toronto (8 Dec), Miami (10 Dec), Cristobal (10 Dec) and Barranquilla (11 Dec), some edge creasing impacting 20c, typical of these oversized covers, else fine. (Image)

Estimate C$ 100

1944 (November 3), 75c airmail rate to Chungking, China, censored cover franked with 5c, 20c, and 50c War Issue, tied by Montréal Station H duplex, to the Canadian Mission Hospital in Chungking, Szechuan, some edge creasing, a desirable destination. (Image)

Estimate C$ 80

1851, 3d red Beaver on laid paper on cover from Montréal to Hamilton, the stamp with three very large margins, touching in places at foot, affixed at upper left of cover, Montréal double split-ring (6 Dec) struck below, seal cut from reverse, the stamp with creases in two corners and has been removed and improperly placed when re-applied, yet a scarce on-cover example of the first issue the Province of Canada; with 1990 Greene Foundation certificate. (Image)

Unitrade C$ 2,500

1852 (December 17), 3d red Beaver on cover from Paris to Galt, a pleasing four-margin single of deep colour, tied to cover by neatly-struck target cancel in black, superb Paris UC double split-ring despatch at lower left, reverse with equally crisp same-day Galt receiver, fresh and very fine. (Image)

Unitrade C$ 300

1855 (June 2), 6d slate grey Consort cross-border cover, to Vermont, adhesive with three large margins, touching inner frameline in places a top, tied to cover by bold strike of black target cancel, Montréal double split-ring despatch at lower left, slight wrinkles, else fine. (Image)

Unitrade C$ 2,000

1860/67 trio of Decimal Issue covers, with 1c single franking on printed circular from Toronto to Chatham (some separation along folds), 5c pair on folded cover from Montréal to Sherbrooke, and 10c single franking cover from Québec to Massachusetts (some staining), an otherwise fine group. (Image)

Estimate C$ 200

1863 (March 26), 1c rose Victoria, perforated 11¼, on printed Masonic circular, a nicely-centered example, tied to cover to St. John's Lodge in Kingston by Hamilton double-split ring, with next-day arrival backstamp, fresh and very fine. (Image)

Estimate C$ 750

1863 (September 8), 5c vermilion horizontal pair on mourning cover to New York, tied by neatly-struck grid cancels, postmarked with Toronto split-ring, endorsed "via Montréal", to Bemis' Heights, Saratoga County, remarkably fresh and very fine. (Image)

Estimate C$ 75

1867 (January 23), 10c red lilac Consort, Ottawa to Maine, tied to cover by neatly-struck Ottawa duplex, to Alfred, with next-day Montréal split-ring transit backstamp, Crown Lands embossed imprint on back flap, fine. (Image)

Scott $ 200

1865 (February 17), 12½c yellow green on Allan Line transatlantic cover, tied by Montréal duplex, carried by the "Damascus" via Portland, Maine to London, England, with red split-ring receiver struck on front (4 Mar), fresh and very fine. (Image)

Estimate C$ 100

1859 (September 14), 12½c Victoria cover from London to London, adhesive tied to small blue cover by black grid cancel, reverse with London UC double split-ring despatch in black, next-day Hamilton transit in blue alongside, red LONDON PAID c.d.s. (30 Sep) receiver on front, minor opening tears to back flap, else fine, a pretty cover. (Image)

Estimate C$ 120

1869 (November 9), Québec City to St. Joseph, 8c rate registered Large Queen cover, franked with 2c green and 6c brown, each tied by two-ring "3" numeral cancel, with Québec despatch (9 Nov) and same-day St. Joseph receiver, reinforced vertical fold at left and corresponding piece missing from reverse, still scarce. (Image)

Firby/Wilson $ 400

1869 (August 3), 3c Large Queens, 12c quadruple rate cover, Cobourg to Toronto, franked with strip of four 3c Large Queens, cancelled with Cobourg #29 two-ring numeral, backstamps illegible, vertical and horizontal folds, but scarce, both due to the unusual strip of four franking and the early use of the Cobourg two-ring, fine. (Image)

Estimate C$ 300

1891 (June 18), 10c Small Queen cover to Cocanada, India, paying the 5c UPU letter rate plus 5c surtax, postmarked with Dundas c.d.s., endorsed "via Brindisi", with Hamilton (18 Jun), Sea Post Office (14 Jul), and Cocanada c.d.s. backstamps, a few light spots and edge flaws, else fine. (Image)

Estimate C$ 150

Disaster Mail: 1907 (July 15), NDL “S.S. Kronprinz Wilhelm, “Damaged by Immersion in Sea Water,” Niagara Falls postcard, postmarked Toronto, to Sussex, England, struck with boxed violet “DAMAGED BY IMMERSION / IN SEA WATER – I.S.”, likely due either to an on-board accident resulting in the mail becoming wet, or from a sack of mail falling into the water during unloading, the stamp accordingly floated off, some wear commensurate with the card’s arduous journey, scarce. (Image)

Estimate C$ 150

1915 (May 12) Admiral War Tax multi-franked registered cover to Toronto, franked with 1c green, 2c carmine, and 5c blue Admiral War Tax, postmarked Powassan (12 May), to Toronto, with next-day c.d.s. arrival backstamp, minor repair to upper right corner, a scarce and impressive franking, fine-very fine. (Sc. MR1, MR2, MR2b) (Image)

Estimate C$ 200

1933 (September 17), S.S. Nascopie, multiple redirected cover, franked with 5c Postal Union Congress, tied by boxed violet "EASTERN ARCTIC / MAIL SERVICE / Hudsons Bay Co / S.S. "NASCOPIE"" datestamp, to Lake Harbour, Baffin Island, redirected multiple times including to Port Burwell, Dundas Harbour, Craig Harbour, Ponds Inlet, Pangnirtung, and eventually Toronto, with backstamps of all but the last, Port Burwell and Ponds Inlet/Baffin Island in violet, imprint of the Arctic Mission Church of England in Canada on back flap, some light edge creasing, else a fine and desirable Arctic cover. (Image)

Estimate C$ 120

Precancels: 1897, 1c yellow Small Queen, horizontal style "T" precancel, advertising postcard, private illustrated Fetherstonhaugh & Co. Trademarks & Patents double (folded) postcard, internally dated Toronto, June 3, 1897, to Troy, New York, with c.d.s. receiver on front (4 Jun), a lovely usage and a scarce card, very fine; ex Brigham, with his backstamp. (Unitrade 35xxi) (Image)

Estimate C$ 150

Precancels: 1901, 2c Numeral precancel on Heintzman & Co Pianos illustrated advertising cover, with Christmas promotional text for the firm of Dyke, Evans & Callaghan, struck on reverse with Vancouver duplex (28 Jan) and York Nebraska c.d.s. receiver (2 Feb), stamp with a few trivial toned perfs, a most attractive cover, very fine. (T-77, Die I). (Image)

Estimate C$ 100

1890 (April 18), 2c "Around the World" postal stationery card, despatched from Montréal, with sender's notations on reverse "Experimental P.O. time / from Montréal Around World Westward", with further instruction "Postmaster - please erase last P.O. address before remailing,", struck on front and back with myriad markings tracing the card's journey via Vancouver (24 Apr), Victoria (25 Apr), Yokohama, Japan (2 Jun), Shanghai, China (11 Jun), Hong Kong (17 Jun), Bombay, India (11 Jul), and London, England (30 Jul), returning to Montréal on August 8, for a total transit time of 113 days, some edge wear and corner creases as expected for such a well-traveled card, a scarce and striking card with tremendous visual appeal. (Image)

Estimate C$ 300

Victorian through King Edward VII postal stationery collection, with 200 cards from Canada and 10 from Newfoundland, including UX2/UX25 stationery cards and reply types as well as UL Letter Card types and stationery envelopes, both mint and used examples, the latter including interesting cancels and destinations, as well as a good selection of printed cards and printed company text and advertising, the Newfoundland including UX1, UX3, and PB1, a few with slight toning, generally fine-very fine. (Video 1) (Image)

Estimate C$ 200

Group of four covers, 1926-1966, with two unused (Webb #EN54b, 2c on 3c Medallion with doubled overprint and EN124, 5c on 3c revalued George VI) and two used (on private stationery of the Kiwanis Club of Hamilton, EN79 and La Société Générale de Financement du Québec, EN162), all clean and very fine. (Image)

Estimate C$ 150

1931/2 King George V "Arch Issue", 1c to 3c postal stationery proof impressions, with 1c green, 2c brown, and 3c red, three impressions each on wove paper, approximately 165 x 113mm, each with diagonal crease at upper right, else very fine; ex Sheryer. (Image)

Estimate C$ 150