1935, Rocket Mail, two flight covers, each cancelled Pialba, Queensland and addressed to Brisbane, with WRECK ROCKET MAIL cachet, carried from the S.S. Maheno, wrecked en route to Fraser Island on August 11, 1935, scarce and fine-very fine. (Image)

Estimate C$ 100

Austrian Offices in the Levant, 1874 (September 9), Salonica to Gera, Germany, folded cover, without contents, franked with 15sld brown Franz Josef, tied by straight-line SALONICH / 10 SEPTEMBRE two-line datestamp, endorsed “via Brindisi”, black Trieste transit (16 Sep) and Gera (20 Sep) backstamps, horizontal crease, else fresh and fine. (Sc. 5) (Image)

Estimate C$ 100

Austrian Offices in the Levant, 1890 (August 4), Trebisonda to Constantinople, franked with 10pa overprinted 3kr Coat of Arms issue of Austria, horizontal pair and two singles, displaying two distinct shades, tied by Trebisonda c.d.s (now Trabzon), with Constantinople c.d.s. arrival backstamp (9 Aug), small tape stain on reverse and reduced at bottom, else an unusual franking showing two shade varieties, fine. (Scott 15) (Image)

Estimate C$ 100

Austrian Offices in the Levant, 1911 (November 10), Salonica to London, registered cover, franked on back with horizontal pair and single 1pi blue on blue Franz Josef, tied by Salonica c.d.s. of the Austrian Post Office, red hooded London transit c.d.s. alongside (14 Nov), front with further free strike of “Salonich” c.d.s., blue Recommande handstamp, small piece of back cover removed at upper left, else a fine example of an unusual rate. (Sc. 49) (Image)

Estimate C$ 100

1930 (May 14), Graf Zeppelin Pan-America Round Trip Flight, franked with six Zeppelin surcharges and set of three "Z 1930" overprints, tied by La Paz c.d.s. (14 May), to Hamburg, violet flight confirmation cachet, boxed "Primer Correo Aereo" and manuscript "1er Serv. G.Z. 14-5-30" endorsement, Friedrichshafen arrival backstamp (6.6.30), small stain to front, not detracting from this scarce franking. (Sieger 60D €1,800) (Image)

Estimate C$ 500

1933 (January 16), Georgetown to Cayman Islands, shortpaid postage due cover, franked with ¼d brown Centenary, tied by Georgetown c.d.s., shortpaid and struck with black “T” in circle, manuscript “2½d”, affixed with 1d gray blue and 2d yellow postage dues of St. Lucia, cancelled Castries (9 Feb), with further strike on reverse alongside partial “Nueva Cerd” c.d.s. (20 Feb), a philatelic usage, yet attractive and seldom seen. (Sc.69, J1, J2) (Image)

Estimate C$ 100

1892 (August 20), Shanghai local post unpaid postage due cover, small local cover with red plum blossom branch design, franked with 2c brown overprinted POSTAGE DUE, blue boxed TO PAY struck on front and SHANGHAI LOCAL POST circular datestamp on reverse, some toning to back, else a fine and attractive cover. (Image)

Estimate C$ 100

1908, Foreign Offices in China multi-redirected postcard from Peking, a striking and multi-franked card, originating from Peking, and transiting through various foreign post offices in China, with Japanese Offices in China grey ½ sen (Sc. 2), China Imperial Post ½c brown (Sc. 110), French Offices in China 2c on 5c green (Sc. 57), German Offices in China 2c green (Sc.48), Russian Offices in China 1k blue overprinted (Sc. 1), and Austrian Offices 3h magenta (Sc. 112), each cancelled with appropriate c.d.s. of the office, further struck with rare double-circle Marine Detachment Peking handstamp, an exceptionally well-traveled card, with postmarks dated throughout July and August, 1908, visually striking and scarce. (Image)

Estimate C$ 200

1921 (21 July), 15c to 90c Air Post set, registered cover to Chung Wen Men, used in combination with four Junk issues, tied by boxed "China First Airmail" cancellation, the Junk issues by "Shanghai 1 JUL 21" c.d.s., endorsed "FIRST FLIGHT / Air Mail", next-day Peking arrival backstamp, some adhesions to back do not detract from this handsome and desirable cover, fine. (Image)

Estimate C$ 600

1932 (August 8), Indo-China to Yunnanfu, multiple postage due franking cover, with French Indochina 1c black-brown and 5c deep violet (Sc. 148, 154), tied by black LANG-SON / TONKIN c.d.s., struck with "T" postage due marking and scarce black "AMOUNT DUE FRANCS / CENTIMES" handstamp with manuscript "20", affixed with vertical pair of China 5c blue postage dues (J55), untied as often found, reverse with partial Hanoi transit (8 Aug), fine. (Image)

Estimate C$ 100

1933 (April 29), multi-franked registered Czech postage due airmail cover, from Shanghai to Prague, Czechoslovakia, franked with 50c deep green, $1 orange-brown & sepia, 4c pair & two singles, and single 10c dull violet, cancelled by black Shanghai c.d.s., corresponding registration handstamp and dual boxed AIR MAILS handstamps in red, blue bilingual AIR MAIL etiquette and endorsed in manuscript "By Air Mail: Saigon-Athenes", the franking deemed insufficient and on arrival in Czechoslovakia affixed with 30h dark red postage due, tied by Praha double-circle c.d.s., reverse with Hai-Phong Tonkin (8 May), Saigon (11 May), Athens (20 May) transit markings and Prague (24 May) c.d.s. receiver, typical wrinkles, striking and fine. (Image)

Estimate C$ 100

1940 (late December), Shanghai to New York, censored registered airmail cover via Hong Kong, franked with single $5 brown-carmine and $5 Junkers Air Post, tied by black bilingual Shanghai c.d.s., date illegible but almost certainly a few days prior to December 23, when the Japanese occupied Hong Kong, red "G.R. OPENED BY CENSOR HONG KONG" tape at right, Shanghai violet handstamped registration etiquette and violet straight-line REGISTERED handstamp, blue AIR TRANSIT 6 double-circle and red framed AIR MAILS handstamp, reverse with Honolulu (13 Jan), New York (18 Jan and 20 Jan) backstamps, small flaws typical of such mail, fine-very fine. (Image)

Estimate C$ 150

1940s to 1950s, group of four Airmail covers to Canada, all addressed to British Columbia, with three to Victoria and one to Vancouver, displaying a useful variety of rates and frankings, creases, three roughly opened at one side otherwise clean and seldom seen, fine. (Image)

Estimate C$ 100

1941 (July 2), Shanghai to New Jersey, censored in Hong Kong airmail cover, with blue British G.R. 'OPENED BY CENSOR HONG KONG' tape at left, as well as turquoise double-circle AIR TRANSIT 6 handstamp, the censor seal quite rare and short-lived, a scarce cover, fresh and with visual appeal, very fine. (Image)

Estimate C$ 150

1950 (May 6), South, North, and North West China Liberation Area franking on cover, from Kotong to Los Angeles, franked with North China $10,000 red brown, Northwest China $400 on $200 orange-red, South China two vertical strips of five $300 on $30 violet, and three single $800 green on $30 violet, cancelled with Chinese dotted c.d.s. and bilingual KOTONG cancels, CANTON bilingual transit, to Los Angeles, trimmed on one side, clear of stamps, typical wrinkles and stains of period mail, an unusual and otherwise fine cover. (Sc. 3L99, 5L91, 7L19, 7L21) (Image)

Estimate C$ 100

1950 (June 6), Shanghai "Flying Goose" meter cover to New York, franked with "**31.00" red boxed meter with "Flying Goose" and red double-circle Shanghai dater, further cancelled with bilingual Shanghai c.d.s. (17 Jun), to New York, a scarce Revolutionary-period usage when postage stamps were not easily attainable, a fine example of this desirable meter. (Image)

Estimate C$ 100

1854 to 1873 Steamship Cancels on correspondence to New York, comprising five stampless folded letters, all with steamship "10" markings and sent from different parts of Cuba, contents confirming origins of HAVANA, CIENFUEGOS, CARDENAS, MATANZAS and SANTIAGO, a clean group, fine-very fine. (Image)

Estimate C$ 200

1925 (May 24), Prague Olympic Congress, set of three on autographed document, tied by Prague Congress event c.d.s., five days before the Congress, affixed with black and white photo depicting a group of men outside the Tyršuv dum, signed by a number of individuals on front and back, presumably participants in the Congress, with reference to Sokol, note one signature appears to be that of Canadian William (Billy) Sherring, who won the marathon race in the 1906 Athens Olympics, another signature appears to be that of Karel Dvorak, some toning in places, but a rare document, ideal for a specialist collections of Czechoslovakia or the Olympic Games. (Image)

Estimate C$ 500

Marshall Islands 1912 (December 12), Kaiser’s Yacht franking on registered cover to Ponape, with nine different (3pf - 90pf) Yacht issues, all tied by black Jaluit c.d.s., corresponding registration etiquette affixed, a striking franking and desirable usage to the Caroline Islands, fine-very fine. (Sc. 13/21) (Image)

Estimate C$ 100

1935 (June 28), OSTROPA souvenir sheet on registered first day cover, neatly-cancelled with Konigsberg special event cancel, the sheet with typical toning due to the acidic content of the gum, the cover with some rough patches and wrinkles, trimmed at right, but a scarce day of issue usage. (Michel c.v. €1,500) (Image)

Michel € 1,500

1937 (November 9) Brown Ribbon overprinted souvenir sheet on registered cover to Tilsit, affixed alongside 10pf Air Post, each cancelled with black Berlin ‘C’ double-circle c.d.s, to present-day Sovetsk, Russia, with c.d.s. arrival backstamp (Dec 9), light vertical crease that does not break the paper fibres, and creases at lower right clear of souvenir sheet, a scarce on-cover usage, fine-very fine. (Sc. B105a, C28) (Image)

Estimate C$ 300

1840 (December 16), 1d black, plate 2, lettered QJ, on folded letter from Pembroke to Tenby, a four-margin single, tied to cover by red Maltese Cross, reverse with partial Pembroke despatch, light filing folds and wax seal cut from reverse, else a fine entire. (S.G. 2, £750) (Image)

Scott $ 850

1840 (October 31), London Ship Letter to Massachusetts, USA, folded letter, struck with London Maltese Cross despatch, overstruck with red London Ship Letter datestamp, red single-circle New York transit (21 Nov), endorsed to be carried "per British Queen", a fine-very fine example of mail carried on this pioneer steamer. (Image)

Estimate C$ 100

1843 (March 26), 2d blue imperforate pair on folded cover to the Netherlands, lettered PK-PL, good margins on two sides, otherwise touched in places, tied by black Maltese Cross, postmarked with Stroud double split-ring despatch, red PAID next-day datestamp alongside, reverse with duplicate strike of Stroud datestamp, "England / Over Rotterdam" transit and Goes c.d.s. receiver (31 Mar), a pleasing and fresh cover. (Image)

Estimate C$ 250

1848 (January 13), Glasgow to Valparaiso, Chile, via Panama, stampless folded letter, with contents, rated "2/-" in red manuscript, struck with red Glasgow Paid despatch, manuscript endorsement "per West India R.M. Steam Pkt via Southampton", carried via the S.S. Forth from there to Jamaica, thence via the S.S. Clyde, arriving on February 22, contents pertain to the importation of Pisco, and makes reference to a recent earthquake, fine-very fine. (Image)

Estimate C$ 120