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Lot Description

941

CVR

Worldwide

Group of Roughly 250 Worldwide Covers, 1820s-1990s, with an album of roughly 80 covers, primarily ranging from the 1820s to the 1890s. The majority of covers are stampless, ranging from the 1820s to the 1860s, with representation from Italy, France, Great Britain, Germany, among others, along with 1860s to 1890s covers franked with German States, Switzerland, France, Great Britain stamps. The majority of covers includes written notations by the owner (in French), noting postmark information. The lot also includes roughly 170 covers in two albums and loose material, noting 1890s postal stationery, first flight covers, and modern commercial covers (mostly from Canada). An interesting lot for the postal history specialist. Online photos show a sampling. We note some faults with the early covers including soiling and some tears. 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) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 350

SOLD for C$650.00
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942

CVR

Worldwide

Group of Roughly 40 Worldwide Covers and Cards, 1880s-1940s, collected for the blue stamps, with the majority of covers having solo frankings, along with a few multiples, and a few used on postal stationery cards. The lot includes a variety of rates including registration, airmail, postage due, along with censor mail, handstamps, Jusqu'a markings, etc,. An interesting lot with a worldwide flavor noting representation from Canada, United States, Norway, South Africa, Japan, just to name a few. Some of the covers are sleeved and still have retail prices ranging from $5 to $30. Online photos show an overview. We note a few faults with a few of the covers including bent corners and a few tears. Overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 150

SOLD for C$110.00
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943

CVR

Worldwide

Group of Roughly 42 Worldwide Uprated Postal Stationery Cards, 1880s-1950s, paying foreign destination rates, including a few registered cards. We note better representation from European countries including Great Britain, Germany and States, just to name a few, and other worldwide frankings. Many of the cards are sleeved and still have retail prices, generally ranging from $5 to $25. Online photos show an overview. We note small faults on a few of the cards including corner bends and some soiling. Overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 100

SOLD for C$180.00
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944

CVR

Worldwide

Group of Roughly 100 Worldwide and Canada Covers, loosely assorted in a box, with material generally sent to or from Canada, ranging from the 1920s to the 1950s. We note a little bit of everything including censored covers, Canadian semi-official airmail (7x CL42 Yukon Airways Whitehorse - Telegraph Creek, Unitrade c.v. $455 total, 5 CL40 Western Canada Airways The Pas - Kississing, $200 total), postage due, O.H.M.S., paying airmail, registration, domestic and international letter rates. Online photos show an overview of this eclectic lot. We note a few of the covers have faults including corner bends and tears, along with a faint musty odor. Overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 100

SOLD for C$325.00
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945

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Worldwide

Collection of Over 1,500 Worldwide Covers, 1900s-2000s, all collected for machine cancels and types, on homemade pages, in 15 thick binders. The vast majority of material is commercial, generally ranging from the 1920s to the 1960s noting illustrated mail, corner card advertising, WWII censor mail (with a variety of censor tapes), postcards, etc., with many solo frankings generally paying domestic rates, along with surface and airmail rates to foreign destinations. We note representation from all continents with better representation from Austria, Argentina, Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland, United States, just to name a few. Some of the covers have been sleeved and priced for retail ranging from $3 to $15, with many slogan cancels adding to topical and thematic interests. Online photos show a small sampling. We note a few faults with a few of the covers, still 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) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 500

SOLD for C$750.00
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946

CVR

Worldwide

Collection of Roughly 180 Worldwide Covers and Cards With Flag Cancels, 1897-1920s, housed in three binders, noting Bickerdike, Krag, Imperial, and Barr Fyke machines. The collection begins with roughly 25 worldwide covers and cards from Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay, noting a Germany 1906 "Deutches Reich" type, Uruguay 1902 "Sun" type, and Italy 1906 "Victor Emmanuel III" type. The collection continues with roughly 55 United States covers and cards, from 20 different states, generally ranging from 1900s to the 1920s, noting a few station and railway terminal flag cancels, along with roughly 100 Canada covers, with 33 Victorian era covers and cards with Imperial rapid canceling and Bickerdike flag cancels, generally from Montréal and Toronto. The remaining 67 covers are primarily post 1940 noting slogan cancels and commemorative covers. A nice lot for the specialist. Online photos show a sampling. We note a few covers having corner bends and small tears, otherwise fine to very fine. (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 $ 200

SOLD for C$450.00
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947

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Worldwide

Collection of Roughly 450 Worldwide Covers and Cards, 1940s-1960s, organized from A to Z countries in a small plastic tub. The lot is a mixture of commercial and philatelic mail, noting first day covers (many with illustrated cachets), event covers, censor mail (with various censor tapes), postage due, etc., paying letter, airmail, and registration rates. Better representation includes United States, Great Britain, Australia, and India, just to name a few. Online photos show a sampling. We note a few covers have small faults including corner bends. Overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 200

SOLD for C$425.00
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948

CVR

Worldwide

Collection of Roughly 950 Canada and Worldwide First Day Covers, 1950s-2000s, with roughly 700 Canada first day covers in 6 cover albums, with loose material, ranging from 1972 to the early 2000s. We note mostly solo frankings, along with a few sets, souvenir sheets, and high values, along with a few private cachets. The lot continues with roughly 200 first day covers from Nordic countries, housed in a thick binder, ranging from 1956 to the early 2000s. The covers appear to have an even mixture of solo and sets frankings, along with a few souvenir sheets, with better representation from Norway and Sweden. The lot rounds out with 50 worldwide first day and event covers. Online photos show an overview. A few small faults noted on a few covers. Overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 200

SOLD for C$60.00
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949

CVR

Worldwide

Group of 16 Early European Covers or Cards, 1763 to 1899, with 1783 Anvers to Neuville stampless folded letter, 1854 Luxembourg #2 pair on cover, 1899 Greece #96 pair on registered cover to England, 1861 Belgium #11 on folded piece, 1872-73 Belgium #33 (two stamps each) on three folded letters to England, 1869 Belgium #19 pair on folded cover to England, 1873-79 three Netherlands covers with #23, 1866 stampless folded letter (long 2-page letter) from De Lemmer Netherlands to Frederikstad Norway, through Sandosund (Aland Islands), 1899 #38 pair on cover to Constantinople, and a few others. All are scanned online, and there are faults, still an interesting group which should be easily worth our estimate. (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) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 100

SOLD for C$90.00
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950

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Worldwide

Group of 6 Interesting Ex-Auction Lots, all with their original auction cards still attached, with a group of 67 Germany with "Gebühr bezahlt", "Taxe perçue", or similar markings; 25 India covers and cards from the 1920s to 1930s; 100 United States ship related covers from the 1930s to the 1970s; group of 6 Great Britain Coronation first day covers (Bradbury c.v. £3,600 total); 1889 Russia to Denmark cover franked with Scott #33 and #35 (x2); 1802 English indenture, franked with 4 different revenue labels; collection of 50 Great Britain military related signed covers. The lot also includes a few Japan postal stationery cards, a group of 18 Great Britain WWII censor covers, a Newfoundland Walsh #182d on cover (c.v. Walsh US$725), a Canada censored cover to UK mailed in 1842 with high franking, and more. Online photos show a sampling. A few faults, still overall fine or better and quite a useful lot for the collector or dealer. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 150

SOLD for C$200.00
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951

CVR

Worldwide

Accumulation of Roughly 525 Worldwide Covers and Cards, 1890s-1970s, loose in a box, with a wide variety of material including parcel receipts, business reply cards, WWI and WWII military mail (noting various censor tapes and handstamps), revenue documents, parcel post, postal stationery, post cards, air letters, first flights, etc., paying airmail, registration, express, and printed paper rates. Better representation from Italy, Sweden, Japan, Thailand, Belgium, Ireland, just name a few, with a good variety of postmarks throughout. A few covers still have retail pricing ranging from $5 to $20. Online photos show a sampling. Mixed condition, still overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 250

SOLD for C$1,050.00
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Worldwide Military Postal History

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Lot Description

952

CVR

Finland

Group of Roughly 100 Finland World War I and II Covers and Cards, with roughly 80 WWII covers and cards, noting a variety of postage-free field post cancellation handstamps (Kenttapostia), with various font sizes, inks, manuscripts, etc., along with field post cancellations (including bridge types), noting #s 2, 3, 6-10, and censor tapes. The lot also includes 20 World War One covers (including a few registered and solo frankings), primarily to Denmark, noting handstamps and censor tapes (mostly opened in the cities of Tornio and Helsinki). Online photos show an overview. A nice lot for the Finland specialist, as the owner collected interesting and unusual material. We note a few small faults with a few of the covers, overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 150

SOLD for C$190.00
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953

CVR

France

Group of 23 France World War I and II Censor Covers, with 14 WWII covers, addressed to Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Germany, primarily with Germany censor tapes and handstamps, noting interesting directional markings in French including a 2-line "ACHEMINEMENT SUSPENDU / PAR L'AUTORITE MILITAIRE", and a boxed 2 line handstamp "Retour / contenu non admis", among others. The lot also includes 9 WWI covers, primarily addressed to Sweden, with French military censor tapes and handstamps. A useful lot, as the owner collected interesting and unusual material. Online photos show an overview. We note a few faults on a few covers, with a few bends and tears. Overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 100

SOLD for C$50.00
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954

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Iceland

Group of Roughly 35 Iceland Censored Covers, 1940-1944, with the majority of mail sent to England and the United States. The group includes a variety of censor tapes, with different examiner numbers, along with a few censor handstamps. We note a variety of frankings paying airmail and registered rates. A nice lot for the military or Iceland collector. Online photos show an overview. We note a few faults as is the case with most censor mail, still overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 400

SOLD for C$550.00
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955

CVR

Iceland

Group of Roughly 130 Iceland Covers with Military Base Postmarks, 1940-1944, in roughly 50 Vario-style pages, housed in an album, and loose material. The lot consists of British Commonwealth forces based in Iceland noting field post offices, 301, 304-308, 526 and R.A.F. cancellations 001-003, along with various censor handstamps, and a few covers having censor tapes. A nice lot for the military or Iceland collector. Online photos show a sampling. We note a few faults as is the case with most censor mail, still overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 200

SOLD for C$275.00
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Worldwide Air Mail Covers

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Lot Description

956

CVR

Denmark

Group of 6 Denmark Airmail Covers, Franked with C1-C4 Issues, 1926-1934, beginning with a MAY.02.1934 flight cover, C4 solo franking to England, no receiver (Scott c.v. for used stamp is $315). This is a very late usage of the C4 airmail stamp as the new Denmark airmail stamps were issued on June 9, 1934. The lot also includes five 1926 flight covers addressed to England, with C1 (x2), C2, and C3 frankings, along with a flight cover franked with C1 that was not postmarked, and a cover front franked with C1 (x2) and C3.Catalogue values are for used stamps only. All covers scanned online. We note a few small faults including folds and tears, overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (All Scans)

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Scott $ 770

SOLD for C$90.00
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957

Graf Zeppelin

Interesting Collection of Original Graf Zeppelin Ephemera, from the property of a gentleman who was aboard the Graf Zeppelin, for its round trip over Great Britain in August, 1931. The lot begins with the original ticket, issued to Mr. J.E. Hodgson for the cost of £30, embarking from London Air Park, Feltham on August 18, 1931, and continues with Mr Hodgson's detailed notes made on board the Zeppelin including "Landing 7", "Onboard 7.20", "crowd-unruly", and continues with a time line of various points of interest over the two days of flight. The lot also includes a pack of 38 photographs (serie 10), in the original envelope, noted by Hodgson on the front cover "Bought on board the Graf Zeppelin, while travelling down the east coast, Aug. 19 / 31"; a souvenir stick pin; menu for the onboard supper of August 18, and the regulations guide for passenger trips. The lot rounds out with Mr. Hodgson's correspondence with other air enthusiasts (roughly 18 letters from the 1930s, including two Western Union telegrams from Orville Wright, newspaper articles relating to air travel and prominent air pioneers, ranging from 1931 to 1948, including 2 articles with photos, giving a first hand account of the August 1931 flight over Great Britain, and two periodicals relating to air travel. A most interesting lot, as no mail was flown during this round trip, this is an eye witness account of the most popular mode of air transportation in the day. Online photos show an overview. Well preserved and ideal for the aerophilatelist. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 200

SOLD for C$750.00
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958

CVR

Iceland

Group of Three Iceland 1931 Graf Zeppelin Flown Covers and Postcard, from Iceland to Germany, both covers are registered at Reykjavik, one is franked with a complete set of 3 and the other with two of the three Zeppelin overprint stamps, both have Friedrichshafen receivers on back (JUL.3). The postcard is franked with a complete set of three Zeppelin overprint stamps, along with an additional five stamps, including a 30aur Zeppelin overprint stamp, with Friedrichshafen receiver on the back (JUL.3). All covers shown online. A bit of edge wear, overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

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Frost $ 1,350

SOLD for C$400.00
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959

CVR

Worldwide

Group of Roughly 85 Worldwide "Jusqu'a" Covers, 1929-1940s, with primarily commercial mail, along with first flight and a few censored covers. We note better representation from British Commonwealth countries including Australia, Canada, India, South Africa to name a few, along with Finland, French Colonies, and more. The group includes a good variety of rates and frankings, with destinations primarily to North America and Europe, with a few having different handstamps for insufficient payment for airmail services. The vast majority of covers are sleeved and still have retail pricing ranging from $10 to $25. A good lot for the postal history specialist. Online photos show a sampling, along with an overview. We note a few small faults on a few 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 $ 300

SOLD for C$475.00
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960

CVR

Worldwide

Group of 42 Worldwide Airmail Covers with A.V.2 and Other Handstamps, 1930s-1950s, loose in a box, with 23 covers having A.V. 2 markings, ranging from 1940 to 1952, noting different handstamp types and inks, with the majority of covers from Siam, along with representation from Thailand, China, Netherlands Indies, and Sarawak. The lot continues with 11 covers with "Jusqu'a" markings, generally during WWII, from South America, Australia, and Africa, along with 8 airmail covers with various handstamps and directional markings. An ideal lot for the airmail or military collector as many of the covers had different routings and rates, along with roughly half the covers receiving various censor tapes and handstamps. Online photos show an overview. A few faults, still fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 250

SOLD for C$1,000.00
Will close during Public Auction