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Postal History, Foreign continued...

Worldwide Air Mail Covers continued...

LotNo.

Symbol

Cat No.

Lot Description

961

CVR

Worldwide

Group of 49 Worldwide Airmail Covers with O.A.T. Handstamps, 1940s-1950s, loose in box, with a variety of boxed and oval O.A.T. handstamp types and inks, with representation from Great Britain Offices Abroad in Morocco, Iceland, Saudi Arabia, Brunei, just to name a few. An interesting lot for the airmail collector, as further study is needed to identify the various airmail routes and rates, along with a few covers receiving appropriate censor tapes and handstamps. A few covers still have retail pricing ranging from $10 to $20, online photos show an overview. A few faults noted, still fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 200

SOLD for C$650.00
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962

CVR

Worldwide

Group of 25 Zeppelin Airmail Covers and Cards, 1925-1936, with Frost 127-83 Saar franked postcard September 23, 1930 Baltic Sea flight Berlin to Latvia (Frost c.v. $250), 126-9con. May 3-4, 1925, Lakehurst to Porto Rico (c.v. $130), 127-7A October 29-November 1, 1928 Lakehurst to Friedrichshafen (c.v. $80), along with a group of 22 Hindenburg Zeppelin flown covers from 1936, includes one postcard, 4 of the covers are registered, and we note 9 covers mailed on board, plus items mailed at Frankfurt and Stuttgart. A few of the covers have minor tears, creases, or foxing, still overall a fine to very fine group, scans show an overview. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 200

SOLD for C$475.00
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Picture Postcards

LotNo.

Symbol

Cat No.

Lot Description

963

Aylmer and Hull PQ

Collection of 80 Aylmer and Hull, PQ Early Picture Postcards, 35 of which were mailed between 1905 and 1930s, with depictions of street scenes, buildings, etc. The cards all appear to be sleeved and the majority are dealer priced at between $5 and $12, with a few real photos at $40 or $50. Also includes a large photograph, with a note written on back "Summer House / Parliament Hill / Oct 1893". (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$300.00
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964

Canada

Group of 50 Early Canadian Picture Postcards, 1904-1924 plus two later ones. All of the scenes are Canadian, and cover the entire country, were mailed mostly from Canada but also from the US. Destinations we noted include France, Austria, Germany, England, Ireland, Belgium, Switzerland and the Netherlands, and have a great variety of interesting depictions, such as winter scenes, mountains, town views, buildings, etc. Edge wear as expected on some, still 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) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 200

SOLD for C$110.00
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965

Canada

Group of Roughly 400 Canadian Picture Postcards, 1900s-1950s, with the majority of cards from Ontario, with a small selection of cards from eastern and western provinces, loose in a box. Note street scenes, railway stations, hospitals, scenic views, ships and patriotic cards, with primarily a mix of colour and real photo cards. Online photos show a sampling. Note edge faults on a few cards, with a mix of postally used and unused, still overall very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 100

SOLD for C$170.00
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966

Dear Doctor

Collection of 230 Abbott Dear Doctor Post Cards, all displayed in sleeves in a thick leather album, with 182 English and 48 French cards promoting their product, pentothal sodium, with a nice selection of different years and destinations (owner's inventory pictured online). Includes the rare book Pentothal Postcards by Dr. David C. Lai. Some cards display a bit of normal wear, still a very fine collection which took a lifetime to assemble. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 350

SOLD for C$450.00
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967

Dear Doctor

Collection of 110 Poulenc Dear Doctor Post Cards, all displayed in sleeves in an album, with both English and French cards promoting their products Stemetil, Rovamicine and Phenergan, as well as Rhone Poulenc promoting Largactil, with a nice selection of different years and destinations. Some cards display a bit of normal wear, still a very fine collection which took a lifetime to assemble. Online photos show a very small sampling. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 200

SOLD for C$190.00
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968

Dear Doctor

Collection of 32 Squibb Dear Doctor Post Cards, all displayed in sleeves in an album, with 20 English and 12 French cards promoting their product Mauditon / Moditen tablets and Rautractyl, with a nice selection of different years and destinations (owner's inventory scanned online). Some cards display a bit of normal wear, still a very fine collection which took a lifetime to assemble. These cards are much scarcer than Abbott cards. Online photos show a very small sampling. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 100

SOLD for C$130.00
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969

Dear Dorcor

Collection of 70 Pharmaceutical Dear Doctor Post Cards, all displayed in sleeves in an album, with very little duplication, noting "Laboratoires La Biomarine" from Dieppe France promoting their products Ionyl, Plasmarine and Marinol. These are rarely seen and often sell in online auctions for $20 US and more. Good variety of frankings and destinations. Some cards display a bit of normal wear, still a very fine collection which took a lifetime to assemble. Online photos show a very small sampling. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 500

SOLD for C$425.00
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970

QC Eastern Townships

Advanced Collection of Québec Eastern Townships Early Picture Postcards, all displayed in three Lighthouse binders, we counted about 335 different (plus a few duplicates), mostly depicting buildings, town scenes, lakes, cottages, hotels, and much more. There are many older real photo cards (many published by J.A. Legaré in Waterloo, PQ), going up to about the 1940s, and we saw only a half dozen chromes, from places such as Brome Lake, Knowlton, Foster, Bolton Pass, etc. Overall nice condition, with the usual edge or corner creases, a wonderful opportunity for the collector or online reseller, as these are rarely offered and quite popular. (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 $ 1,000

SOLD for C$750.00
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971

St Pierre & Miquelon

Collection of 72 Early SP & M Picture Postcards, 1901 to About 1930, used and unused, from producers such as Brehier, Briand, etc. Many better cards in this collection, with many which should retail in the $50 to $100 range. An attractive and valuable group which took a lifetime to assemble. All cards photographed online. (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) (Scan 19) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 1,000

SOLD for C$800.00
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972

CVR/PC

Yukon

Group of 7 Early Picture Postcards from Yukon Territory, includes 4 that were mailed from Dawson: 1905 to England, 1908 to France, 1909 to Bohemia and 1911 to Austria. Also note two unused real photo cards from Carcross, all cards have depictions of various Yukon scenes. Very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 100

SOLD for C$70.00
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Canada

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Cat No.

Lot Description

973

Rare Offering of 17 Different Ontario Illustrated Historical Atlas Publications, for the counties of Northumberland & Durham, Norfolk, Wellington, Perth, Oxford, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington, Brant, Middlesex, Leeds & Grenville, Elgin, Lincoln & Welland, Carleton, York (2 different), Hastings & Prince Edward, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry plus Wentworth (this last one is soft cover). These were originally published between 1876 and 1879, by H.R. Page & Co. in Toronto and contain a great quantity of contemporary information such as business directory listings, historical county information, many very detailed maps, as well as engravings of buildings, famous local people, etc. These are mostly 1972 good quality reprints (except Wentworth, from another printer in 1971) by the Mika Silk Screening Limited in Belleville and are a great resource to the postal historian or Ontario history buffs. Very fine, the online pictures show pages from the Carleton book only, and are representative of the other county books. Rarely offered with so many different counties. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 350

SOLD for C$375.00
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974

Box of 27 Canadian Philatelic Publications, includes a group of older Post Office publications, the Allan Steinhart auction catalogue of prestamp and stampless covers to, from and through British North America 1685-1865, The Postage Stamps of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia (Argenti, 1976), The Squared Circle Cancellations of Canada (BNAPS), Canadian Military Postal Markings (Bailey and Toop, 2 vols), The Canadian Military Posts (vol. 2, Proud, Toop, Bailey) and many more. Very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 50

SOLD for C$70.00
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975

Three Useful Reference Books for the Philatelic Library, including Canada's Pence Era - The Pence Stamps and the Canadian Mail 1851-1859 (Arfken, Legget, Firby and Steinhart, 1997), Canada's Small Queen Era 1870-1897 (Arfken), and Canada's Postage Stamps of the Small Queen Era 1870-189 (Hillson and Nixon, 2008). Also included is a Don Bowen Ten Cent Small Queen colour chart - a handy guide to the many shades of the 10c Small Queen issue. Condition for the books is fine or better (we note minor water damage at the back of the Arfken Small Queens book) and all items are shown in the online photos.

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Estimate $ 50

SOLD for C$275.00
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976

Plating Canada's ½d Queen Victoria, 2022, (Watt and Smith) hardbound and profusely illustrated with luscious, full-colour, enlarged scans of the material. As mentioned in the foreward of the book, "To all who love the 'Pence Issue' stamps of Canada and the ½d in particular, this book will become a Classic Treatise of Philately." This important reference work, released during CAPEX22, has a retail value of $150. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Retail $ 150

SOLD for C$60.00
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977

Group of 4 Classic Canadian Philatelic Literature Titles, consisting of The Edward VII Issue of Canada (Marler), The Postage Stamps and Postal History of Canada (Boggs, no dust jacket), Stamps of British North America (Jarrett) and a Holmes Specialized Philatelic Catalogue of Canada and British North America. Condition is fine or better for these staples of any Canadian philatelic library. All pictured online.

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Estimate $ 50

SOLD for C$130.00
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978

Group of 13 Aviation and Air Mail Books, including Yukon Airways & Exploration (Topping), Canadian Interrupted Flight Covers (Malott, colour exhibit book), Pioneering In Canadian Air Transport (Molson) and more. Condition is fine or better and all titles are shown in the online photos. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 50

SOLD for C$160.00
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979

Group of 24 Military, Censor and Prisoner of War Books, including Canadian Military Mail Markings (Sayles, vols. 1 & 2), The Canadian Military Posts (Baily & Toop), The Royal Canadian Navy (Hampson, 6 volumes), and books on the Foreign Exchange Control Board, interment mail, C-Force in Hong Kong (Ken Ellison's exhibit book), A Canadian in Siberia (Robert C. Smith's exhibit book), British Missions to Russia 1918-1920 (Whitely) and more. Condition is fine to very fine or better and all titles are shown in the online photos. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 100

SOLD for C$180.00
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980

Group of Ship and Railway Books and catalogues, including Gray's RPO catalogue and a 1943 Official Canadian Railway Guide (in much-used condition). There are 13 books on ship mail including 4 volumes from the BNAPS Transportation Study Group (Arnell), Steamboat Mails of Eastern Canada (Parsons), Eastern and Western Ship Way Mail Letter Cancels (Topping) and more. General condition is fine or better for these useful publications, all of which are shown in our online photos. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 50

SOLD for C$130.00
Will close during Public Auction