1840 (September 27), Great Britain to Toronto, redirected to Thornhill & York Mills, stampless folded letter, with partial cross-written contents, struck on reverse with Yarmouth North despatch, carried via the Halifax packet (Cunard Line) from Liverpool, with oval exit strike (28 Sep), circular "1s/4dcy" rate marking, alongside multiple manuscript accountant markings, received in Toronto (28 Oct), struck with boxed FORWARDED and redirected to Thornhill, with blue double-circle receiver backstamp (30 Oct), forwarded again with 14 November despatch strike on front and York Mills double-circle receiver backstamp of the same day, heavily vertical filing fold and other imperfections, but a most unusual York County cover. (Image)

Estimate C$ 100

1852 (April 29), 3d red on laid paper, folded letter from Montreal to Martintown, adhesive with three large margins, just into frameline at top, tied by centrally-struck black target cancel, Montreal despatch strike at lower left, Lancaster (30 Apr) double split-ring transit backstamp, some light aging, else a fine; with 2006 Greene Foundation certificate. (Unitrade #1) (Image)

Unitrade C$ 2,500

1852 (August 10), 3d red Beaver on wove paper, strip of three on cover to Louis Joseph Papineau, the strip cancelled in manuscript, one stroke tying it to cover, postmarked with Quebec double split-ring despatch strike at lower left, addressed to Papineau at Petite Nation (he resided in Montebello), with partial arrival backstamp, various filing folds and a couple small edge tears, one at top clear of adhesive, strip with small scissor cut between two stamps, but a scarce franking, one of only eight recorded 9d domestic triple rate covers franked with three 3d wove stamps recorded in the Wayne Smith Census, fine, offered with the booklet "Louis Joseph Papineau - A Divided Soul" by Fernand Ouellet and a small pamphlet on Le Manoir Papineau a Montebello. (Unitrade #4). (Image)

Estimate C$ 500

1864 (March 12), 17½c rate transatlantic cover from Orillia to England, franked with 5c vermilion and 12½c yellow green, each struck with seven-ring target cancel, Orillia double split-ring despatch strike below, endorsed in manuscript "P. Cunard Mail", reverse with Stockton-On-Tees c.d.s. receiver (29 Mar), light crease at upper left clear of adhesive, quite fresh and fine. (Sc. #15, 18) (Image)

Estimate C$ 150

1864, 1c rose Decimal issue single franking on turned cover, adhesive to cover to Waterdown by black target cancel, endorsed "Printed Circular" in manuscript, turned and re-used to Mosa, handstamped PAID and 5 in black and struck with Waterdown double split-ring despatch (10 Mar), one side flap removed, else a fine and most unusual usage. (Sc. 14) (Image)

Estimate C$ 150

1865 (August 8), 10c violet Consort on cross-border cover from Montreal to Philadelphia, tied by neatly-struck Montreal duplex, without backstamps, quite fresh, a fine stamp and pretty cover. (Image)

Estimate C$ 100

1866 (March 2), "Public Works / Canada / Free" on 17c blue Cartier cover, to Hereford, England, adhesive tied by Ottawa duplex, carried via New York by the steamer "Cuba" of the Cunard Line, arriving on March 18, with next-day Hereford c.d.s. arrival backstamp, tear through flap, sender's notation under flap, some light soiling in places, but a rare cover, this circular Public Works handstamp unrecorded by Davis in "An Overview of the Canadian Government Official Handstruck Postal Markings”, where it is noted that "all known Public Works handstamps are hexagonal shaped," not the case in this instance, fine-very fine. (Sc. #19) (Image)

Estimate C$ 500

1866 (May 17), 12½c yellow green on transatlantic cover to Scotland, tied by Toronto square grid cancel, split-ring despatch strike at lower left, endorsed "by Canadian pkt" and struck "GLASGOW PACKET / PAID / MY 30 / 1866", no backstamps, a fresh and fine example of the 12½c packet rate. (Image)

Estimate C$ 100

1870-1897, Small Queen issue group of 42 covers, showing a wide range of use with better items noted including three ½c solo uses from the Taylor correspondence (two with early 1883 backstamps), 1874 3c with B&LHH railway post office cancel, 1885 5c to England with Compton. Que. fancy cork, 1886 5c on shortpaid front to France with 10c and 40c black French postage dues, 1887 1c remailed Return of Statue Labour from Apsley to Lasswade and back (partly printed partly written printed matter not in the form of a letter), 1894 2c and 3c on lovely cover to France with Halifax squared circle cancel, 1897 8c to USA with Dutton Ontario squared circle cancel, condition varies from faulty to very fine, with a few being fronts only; inspection is highly recommended to gauge specific condition of each cover. (Image)

Estimate C$ 250

1888 (December 27), 3c rose carmine Small Queen registered cover to the United States, two singles, placed on either side of 2c orange Registered Letter Stamp, tied to each other by 7-ring target and Registered straight-line cancels, paying the 3c US letter rate plus 5c registration fee from Clayton, Ontario to Boston, Massachusetts, with purple oval receiver (31 Dec), and with Almonte (28 Dec), Ottawa (28 Dec) and Montreal (29 Dec) transit backstamps, attractive and very fine; at that time, the use of the 5c RLS to pay the registration fee was still required and this cover is a lovely exception to this rule. (Sc. 41a, F1) (Image)

Estimate C$ 150

1890 (April 29), 1c yellow & 3c vermilion Small Queen strip of three on cover to Quetta, Beluchistan, paying the 10c surtax rate, stamps tied by Toronto duples, endorsed "via India", with "SEA POST OFFICE (22 May) transit and "QUETTA " (5 Jun) c.d.s. arrival backstamp, creasing and repair at lower left, but a rare example to present-day Pakistan. (Image)

Estimate C$ 200

1892 Sunlight Soap illustrated advertising cover with contents, franked with a 1c Small Queen and sent from Toronto to Paris, Ontario, featuring an ornate printed advertisement for Sunlight Soap, a highly attractive and well-preserved example of Victorian advertising mail, very fine. (Image)

Estimate C$ 150

1892 Gowan, Kent & Co. Lamps illustrated advertising cover with contents, franked with a 1c Small Queen, sent from Toronto to Paris, Ontario, with enclosure depicting the London Exhibition and promoting the company’s line of lamps, some toning at bottom, else visually appealing and very fine. (Image)

Estimate C$ 150

1892, ½c black Small Queen, single- franking on addressed unsealed cover, stamp tied by very fine St. John oval parcel cancel, sent unsealed, contrary to regulations for use of the ½c, reverse with Liverpool c.d.s. arrival backstamp (3 Dec), toned at left with some creasing, an uncommon franking. (Sc. 34) (Image)

Estimate C$ 80

1892/1897, two redirected 5c rate Small Queen covers to London, England, one franked with single 5c, tied by Victoria c.d.s. (10 Jun), redirected from Lombard Street in London to Kensington, with superbly-struck "Lombard St. B.O. / E.C." squared circle on front (27 Jun), the second franked with 2c and 3c singles, tied by Montreal flag cancel (Indicia F) (3 Jun), endorsed "via New York", redirected from Abchurch Lane in London to the Isle of Wight, with "Lombart St." squared circle on front (12 Jun), reverse with crisp next-day Ryde c.d.s. receiver, an attractive pair. (Image)

Estimate C$ 100

1895 Gurney Foundry illustrated advertising private post card, franked with a 1c Small Queen, with radiator-design stamp collar, sent from Peter Street, Toronto to Port Hope, with detailed illustrated advertising for Gurney Foundry, a few small spots at top, else striking and very fine. (Image)

Estimate C$ 100

1896, 10c pink Small Queen quadruple rate cover to France, horizontal pair (both with faults), tied by c.d.s. cancels to large envelope from Montreal, to Paris, with partial French receiver on reverse, paying the very scarce quadruple 5c UPU letter rate to France, with only four covers recorded paid with this franking, fine appearance. (Sc. #45b). (Image)

Estimate C$ 250

1897 (April 26), "Around the World" Small Queen uprated postal stationery card, 1d stationery of Great Britain, affixed with 1c and 5c Small Queens, the former tied by Quebec despatch c.d.s., the 5c by Vancouver split-ring (5 May), subsquently postmarked in Yokohama, Japan (26 May), Hong Kong (3 Jun), and Colombo, Ceylon (16 Jun), endorsed as received in Saxholme, England on 6 July, some scuffing and corner crease at top left, a scarce and striking card. (Image)

Estimate C$ 300

1897 (July), registered Diamond Jubilee cover from North Lake to Woodstock, New Brunswick, franked with two 1c orange and two 3c bright rose, each cancelled by oval "R" handstamp, postmarked with crisp North Lake N.B. split-ring, reverse with Vanceboro & Andover RPO (23 Jul), Canterbury Station (27 Jul) and Woodstock (28 Jul) c.d.s. receivers, fine and attractive. (Image)

Estimate C$ 80

1903, Esquimalt Crown fancy cancel on postcard to England, with cancellation neatly tying 2c Edward VII to card to Lambeth, crisp Esquimalt split-ring despatch alongside, some edge wear and corner bumps, but a fine strike. (Sc. #90) (Image)

Estimate C$ 80

1912 (October 12), 5c blue Admiral cover to Haiti, adhesive tied by Yarmouth North roller cancel, neatly-struck c.d.s. alongside, reverse with Port-Au-Prince c.d.s. receiver (18 Oct) in blue, stamp with some staining, but a scarce destination. (Image)

Estimate C$ 80

1912/1928, extensive Admiral postal history collection with foreign destinations, with ninety items, nearly evenly-split between postcards and covers, almost entirely sent to destinations outside of Canada, one of the few domestic usages being an exceptionally early 1c single franking on postcard postmarked January 5, 1912, the first week of issue, the foreign destinations replete with less common examples, with postcards including examples sent to Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Germany, Guatemala, India, Japan, St. Lucia, Spain, Sweden and covers to Bermuda, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Japan, Sweden, and more, noting also postage dues, return to sender, redirected mail, etc, some duplication of the more common destinations, the odd condition issue but a mostly carefully-selected group, overall fine-very fine and ideal for expansion. (Video 1) (Image)

Estimate C$ 1,000

1914 (May 23), Wreck of the S.S. Empress of Ireland, cover to Blackpool, England, struck with dual Indian Head, Saskatchewan duplex cancels, handstamped "Recovered by divers from wreck of S.S. Empress of Ireland", reverse with blue-green oval "Branch Dead Letter Office / Oct 23 1914/ Ottawa, Ont" DLO datestamp, stamps floated off as usual, a fine example of mail from the worst peace-time sea disaster in Canadian history; the Empress of Ireland sank in the St. Lawrence River May 29, after colliding with a Norwegian collier, the Starstad. (Image)

Estimate C$ 120

1916 (August 30), censored Admiral postcard to Russia, franked with 1c horizontal pair, tied by Brockville slogan cancel, violet Russian censor handstamp and Moscow c.d.s. transit (15 Sep), some edge wear, but an elusive usage. (Image)

Estimate C$ 120

1918/1924, Admiral postage due postal history group to Europe,comprising 5c single franking on 1922 postcard to Belgium, shortpaid 1c and over-taxed with 30c Belgian postage due; 2c single franking on 1925 postcard from Toronto to Hungary, struck with T/40 due mark; 2c Admiral on 1924 postcard from Quebec to Sweden, shortpaid and struck T/40, paid with 5o and 20o Swedish definitives; and two covers to Switzerland, one 1918 censored and affixed with 20c due and one 1921 affixed with pair of 20c dues, some small imperfections, overall fine-very fine. (Image)

Estimate C$ 150