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Cat No.

Lot Description

821

CVR

Australia

Group of About 250 Australia Covers and First Day Covers, 1931-1955, a nice assortment with a wide range of material, noting destinations (many to Canada), England, United States, New Zealand, frankings include singles, pairs, blocks of four, sets, and we also note many first day cover cachets, postmarks and more. A good lot with potential finds and better high value material. Quality varies, but mostly fine to many very fine. Online photos only show a small sampling. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (Scan 11) (Scan 12) (Scan 13) (Scan 14) (Scan 15) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 400

SOLD for C$350.00
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822

CVR

Australia

Group of About 400 Australia First Day Covers, 1950-1971, a very nice selection, noting cachets by Royal, Wesley Cover Service, Excelsior, Parade Covers, Wide World, and others. Also noted 23 booklet pane first day covers, many items mailed to Canada, and much more. Overall fine to very fine, online photos show a small sampling. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (Scan 11) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 750

SOLD for C$375.00
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823

CVR

Australia

Group of About 500 Australia First Day Covers, 1960-1970s, a very nice selection, noting cachets by Royal, Wesley Cover Service, Excelsior, Parade Covers, Murray Brothers, Wide World, and others. Also noted some booklet pane first day covers, complete sets, many items mailed to Canada, United States and England, and much more. Overall fine to very fine, online photos show a small sampling. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 500

SOLD for C$110.00
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824

CVR

Australia

Group of About 450 Australia First Day Covers, 1939-1984, a very nice selection, noting cachets by Royal, Northern Stamp Company, Smyth, Wesley Cover Service, Excelsior, John Gower, Smyth and Royal, Wide World, and others. Overall fine to very fine, online photos show a small sampling. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 450

SOLD for C$200.00
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825

CVR

Australia

Group of About 400 Australia First Day Covers, 1951-1982, a very nice selection, noting cachets by Royal, Wesley Cover Service, Excelsior, Mappin Curran, Smyth and Royal, Guthrie, Wide World, and others. Noted some booklet pane FDCs, complete set FDCs, many that were mailed to Canada, etc. Overall fine to very fine, with light duplication of some, online photos show a small sampling. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 400

SOLD for C$160.00
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826

CVR

Austria

Group of Roughly 100 Austria Covers and Cards, 1890s-1960s, loose in a box, with a few covers on either side of the given range. A spot check indicated a wide variety of material including Postal Stationery, Post Cards, military mail (including censor tapes and handstamps), parcel receipts, Balloon Post, etc., paying airmail, registration, express, domestic and international rates (noting Uruguay, Switzerland, Iceland destinations), and a variety of postmark types. A few covers are sleeved and priced for retail ranging from $10 to $15 each. Online photos show an overview. We note a few small faults with a few covers. Overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 100

SOLD for C$130.00
Will close during Public Auction

827

CVR

Baltic States

Accumulation of Roughly 270 Baltic States Covers and Cards, 1918-1990s, loose in a box, with representation from Latvia (180 items), Estonia (60 items), and Lithuania (30 items). We note a wide variety of primarily commercial material including Postal Stationery, Post Cards, Wrappers, Airmail, Postage Due, meters, Russian occupation, etc., with mostly solo frankings, paying airmail, registration, domestic and international rates (including Turkey, Sweden, Germany, destinations to name a few). The lot also includes roughly 110 Latvia picture postcards (appearing to be pre-1950s), in two albums, depicting primarily outdoor and nature scenes. Some of the covers are sleeved and priced for retail ranging from $10 to $15. Online photos show an overview. We note a few small faults, otherwise fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 200

SOLD for C$1,000.00
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828

CVR

Barbados

Group of Roughly 300 Barbados First Day Covers, 1970s-2000s, with a few pre-1970 covers, and includes singles, blocks, plate blocks, and souvenir sheet frankings. We note roughly 40% are #10 size envelopes, with the vast majority of covers having colourful cachets. A good lot for thematic and topical collectors, noting butterflies, birds, trees, shells, ships, just to name a few. Online photos show an overview. We note a few faults with some of the covers including bent corners and some toning. Overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 100

SOLD for C$100.00
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829

Belgium

Important Collection of 714 Belgian "Publibel Briefkaarten" Colour Advertising Stationery Cards, all neatly displayed in three cover binders (two are high quality leather). These cards all have colour illustrated advertising at the lower left corner of the address side. They are denominated 1fr20, 1fr50, 2fr, 2fr50, 4fr, 6fr, 6fr50, 7fr50, 8fr, 10fr and many others. All have been mailed (most domestically) and some are uprated with postage stamps, and we note some duplication but mostly a great variety of different advertising, in both French and Dutch. Includes a photocopy of a 42 page specialized catalogue for these with mint and used prices. A great collection which took a lifetime to assemble, overall very fine. Online photos show a small sampling only. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (Scan 11) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 1,500

SOLD for C$550.00
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830

CVR

Belgium

Accumulation of Roughly 1,000 Belgium Waybills, 1930s-1970s, all franked with Parcel Post and Railway Stamps, noting solo and multi frankings depending on the rate, destination, and weight of the parcel sent. The accumulation appears to be organized alphabetically by city (lot includes owner's list of cities ranging from letter A to I). An interesting lot for the specialist. Online photos show an overview. We note some small faults with a few of the waybills, understandable considering these were commercial receipts. Overall fine to very fine.

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Estimate $ 200

SOLD for C$180.00
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831

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British Commonwealth

Group of Roughly 55 Covers Franked with 1935 Silver Jubilee Omnibus Issues, on roughly 40 exhibit pages, housed in a binder. We note a mix of philatelic and commercial mail, ranging from years 1935 to 1936, including first day and last day covers (both with illustrated cachets), event covers with cachets, first flights, along with roughly 16 covers with full set frankings. Commercial mail includes solo, and partial set frankings paying domestic and overseas letter, postcard, and airmail rates. Just a few of the highlights include 1935 British Forces in Egypt "Jubilee Commemoration 1935" overprint seal on the back of military mail from Cairo; Mauritius registered letter to Reunion, paying 46c letter rate, partly franked with 5c and 12c Omnibus issues; Nyasaland First Flight to Mozambique, paying 4d airmail rate, with 1d and 3d Omnibus franking. Many of the exhibit pages show a rate table and fees for domestic and overseas rates for each issuing country represented. Online photos show a sampling of this well researched lot. We note a few small faults with a few of the covers, otherwise clean and very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 300

SOLD for C$550.00
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832

CVR

British Commonwealth

Group of Roughly 40 British Commonwealth Covers and Cards, 1841-1960s, the majority from Great Britain including an 1841 Penny Black cover (position CA, Scott c.v. $850), along with Scott #43 4d cover to France (plate 11, $175), along with commercial mail, first day covers, first flight covers, generally from the 1930s. The lot also includes a family correspondence of 4 covers, with 3 covers from Bombay (with the enclosed letters), to Shanghai,Japan, and Singapore, with solo and multiple frankings, paying letter and airmail rates. The lot also includes a very large folded registered envelope with triangle censor marking, from Bombay, India to Scotland, franked with King George VI high values 2Rs (x2), 5Rs, 15Rs (faults), 25Rs (faults), and 3 airmail stamps 2As, 3As, 12As. Online photos show an overview. We note small faults with a few of the covers, otherwise fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 200

SOLD for C$850.00
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833

CVR

British Commonwealth

Accumulation of Roughly 850 British Commonwealth Covers and Cards, 1950s-1980s, with material on either side of the range filling a box. The majority of the lot consists of first day covers noting solo, sets, and souvenir sheet frankings, along with a few numismatic first days. A spot check indicated better representation from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Channel Islands. Commercial covers are sprinkled through the lot noting a few censor covers, Australian States frankings, registration rates, to name a few items. A few of the covers are sleeved and priced for retail, ranging from $5 to $25. Online photos show a sampling. We note a few covers have corner bends or light soiling. Overall very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 300

SOLD for C$250.00
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834

CVR

China

Group of Roughly 125 China Covers, 1920s-2006, loose in a box, with primarily commercial mail, including printed matter, corner cards (including a few illustrated), parcel receipts, cheques, etc. The lot includes 20 overseas covers with Junk and Dr. Sun Yat-sen frankings to North America and Europe paying letter. airmail and registration rates, along with post-1980 domestic mail paying first class and registration rates, franked with a variety of commemorative stamps. The lot also includes a parcel receipt book, with roughly 50 documents from 1954, each franked with a 15c Hong Kong revenue stamp. Some of the covers are sleeved, with a few priced for retail, ranging from $15 to $20 each. Online photos show an overview. We note a few of the covers are in mixed condition, otherwise fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 300

SOLD for C$375.00
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835

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Danish West Indies

1874-79 7c Danish West Indies Issue on Cover, mailed from Christiansted (c.d.s. ties stamp) to Christiansted St Croix, franked with a 7c lilac and orange Numeral (Scott #9, stains at top and barely holding on at top). A scarce franking on a very fine cover with corner card for the St Croix Sugar Factory. Facit #9, SEK15,000 on cover.

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Scott $ 1,100

SOLD for C$70.00
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836

Denmark

Extensive Collection of Denmark Town Postmarks on Stamp and on Piece, 1860s to Modern, starting with a neatly written-up collection on 21 album pages, with postmark types Lipidar (4 pages), Farreveile Star (10 pages), Taarnby (7 pages). Also includes 51 medium black stock pages with many hundreds more of the above-mentioned types, plus others, up to the modern era, and last but not least is a stack of hundreds of loose 10o orange numerals (singles, pairs, blocks) with good quality town postmarks (these look great on a light coloured stamp). A wonderful opportunity for the Denmark postmark specialist, with mostly nice quality strikes. Online photos show a portion of the lot. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (Scan 11) (Scan 12) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 250

SOLD for C$375.00
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837

CVR

Denmark

Accumulation of Roughly 1,200 Denmark Covers and Cards, 1870s-1960s, filling a bankers box with primarily commercial mail. We note pre-1900 covers (many franked with bi-color numeral issues) and postal stationery, censor mail (mostly German censor tapes among others), parcel receipts, advertising corner cards and illustrated mail, picture postcards (used and unused), ship and railway mail, first day covers, etc., along with a variety of rates including first class and post card, airmail (noting Nordic, Europe, and North America destinations), registration, special delivery, postage due, just to name a few. A cursory check of postmarks indicated a few numerals, along with posthorns, bridge, pictorial, ship and paquebot, auxiliary markings and labels. A few of the covers are sleeved with retailing pricing in the $20 to $30 range. A nice lot for the postal history specialist, as the owner collected interesting and unusual material. Online photos show a sampling. A few small faults to be expected, overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 600

SOLD for C$2,300.00
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838

CVR

Denmark

Group of 40 Denmark Stampless Covers, 1820s-1860s, with the majority of covers to or from Nestved (a town in the southern part of the island of Zealand), and Copenhagen, ranging from the 1850s to the 1860s. We note a variety of single ring c.d.s. postmark types from Kiel, Ringsted, Fuglebjerg, Taastrup, Kjobenhavn, Ronnede, Maribo, along with Nestved and Copenhagen, just to name a few, with most of the covers paying domestic rates, including a few sent postage due, along with a few covers receiving German straightline transit markings from Weinsberg, Wildbad, and Hamburg. A few of the covers have their contents, with the 11 pre-1850's covers having rate markings only. A nice lot for the postal history specialist, as the owner collected interesting and unusual material. Online scans show a sampling. We note a few small faults with a few of the covers, overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 500

SOLD for C$325.00
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839

CVR

Denmark

Group of Roughly 75 Denmark Covers and Cards with Numeral Postmarks, 1850s-1870s, loose in a box, beginning with 24 covers franked with 1864-1868 Royal Emblem issues, including a 1865 cover from Nestved to Presto, franked with 2s and 8s stamps (Scott #s 11 and 14), paying the 4sk letter rate, 4sk tariff, and 2sk for receipt, with each stamp receiving numeral postmark #44, along with a 1865 mourning cover from Helsingor to France, franked with 7x 4s stamps (Scott #13) with each stamp receiving numeral postmark #24. The group includes 19x 4s solo franked covers, receiving numeral cancels 1, 28, 44, 52, 53, 114, 176, 229, and 3 covers with 2s frankings receiving 41, 44 and 76 numeral postmarks. The lot continues with three covers franked with 1851-1862 issues, including a 1861 cover from Hamburg to Flensburg, franked with Scott #7 receiving a Hamburg #2 numeral postmark. The lot concludes with roughly 50 covers, franked with bi-coloured numeral stamps, noting #s 19, 30, 36, 51, 64, 115, just to name a few of the numeral postmarks. A nice lot for the postal history specialist, as the owner collected interesting and unusual material. Online photos show an overview. The postmarks range from faint to clear and very fine. Overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (Scan 11) (Scan 12) (Scan 13) (Scan 14) (Scan 15) (Scan 16) (Scan 17) (Scan 18) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 500

SOLD for C$1,500.00
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840

CVR

Europe

Accumulation of Roughly 800 Europe Covers and Cards, 1940s-1980s, filling a bankers box, with some material on either side of the range. The majority of material consists of first day covers, noting solo, sets, souvenir sheet, and semi-postal frankings, with better representation from Switzerland, Netherlands, Russia, France and Colonies, Denmark, just to name a few. A spot check of commercial mail indicated postal stationery, post cards, corner cards (including some illustrated mail), paying airmail, registration, domestic and overseas rates. We estimate 20% of the covers are sleeved and priced for retail ranging from $3 to $10 and up. Online photos show a small sampling of the lot. We note a few covers having a few small faults. Overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 200

SOLD for C$130.00
Will close during Public Auction