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741

Canada

Collection of 72 Different Missions of the Canadian Extreme North Postcards, issued by the Oblate Missionaries in Paris in the 1920s, in stock pages in a binder. The cards depict life scenes of Inuit and Northern Indians, noting igloos, hunting, fishing and travel scenes, families, mission buildings and more, including 2 original envelopes. All very fine and unused. (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 $ 250

SOLD for C$375.00
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742

Canada

Group of Roughly 200 Patriotic Postcards, almost all individually sleeved and many with retail prices noted. We saw copious Union Jacks, Canadian Ensigns, armorial shields and coats of arms with photos and illustrations of Canadian life at the turn of the 20th Century, predominantly pre-1930s. Condition is fine or better and there is only a bit of duplication. Our photos provide an overview of the contents and a few specific samples. Ready for resellers or collectors alike. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 100

SOLD for C$450.00
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743

Royalty

Group of Roughly 200 Royalty-Themed Picture Postcards, almost all individually sleeved and many with retail prices noted. The majority focus on British royalty from Queen Victoria to George VI, along with many Princes, Princesses, Dukes, and Duchesses but we also saw many European royal figures on some of the few cards, with most being pre-1940. Condition is fine or better and there is very little duplication. Ready for resellers or collectors alike. Our photos provide an overview of all contents and a few samples. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 100

SOLD for C$275.00
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744

Transportation

Dealer Stock of Hundreds of Transportation-Related Picture Postcards, 1900s to 1970s, from Canada, the USA, Great Britain and Europe, in individual sleeves and sorted by transportation type. The stock includes real photo, sepia, illustrated and chrome types, with many having prices noted. We saw many different types of transportation and related areas: animal power, automobiles, airplanes, airports, air ships, buses, motorcycles, railroads (of Canada, Great Britain and the USA), ferries, ships (inland, liners, Canada Steamship Lines) and sailboats, among others. Condition is fine or better and the contents would be useful to collectors or dealers. Our photos provide an overview of the entire lot, plus just a few samples of individual cards. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 100

SOLD for C$450.00
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Canada

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745

Group of Useful Canadian Philatelic Literature, with The Postage Stamps and Postal History of Canada (Boggs, 1945); The Encyclopaedia of British Empire Postage Stamps, Volume V, North America (Lowe, 1973); The Postage Stamps and Postal History of Newfoundland (Boggs, 1942); The Admiral Issue of Canada (Marler, 1982); Admirals Away: Canadian Letter Rates 1912-1928. An Exhibit Prepared by Vic Willson (BNAPS Exhibit Series No. 61 Colour Edition, March 2011); along with 10 other titles including Fundamentals of Philately, Revised Edition (Williams, 1990). Condition is fine or better and all are pictured online. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 150

SOLD for C$140.00
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746

Group of 12 Classic Canadian Philatelic Titles, including Plating Canada's ½d Queen Victoria, 2022 (Watt and Smith), hardbound and profusely illustrated with luscious, full-colour, enlarged scans of the material. This important reference work, released during CAPEX22, has a retail value of $150; Canada's Pence Era - The Pence Stamps and the Canadian Mail 1851-1859 (Arfken, Leggett, Firby, Steinhart, 1997); Canada's Decimal Era, 1859-1868 (Arfken and Leggett, 1996); The Large Queen Stamps of Canada and Their Use- 1868-1872 (H.E. and H.W. Duckworth, 1986); The Encyclopaedia of British Empire Postage Stamps- Volume V (Lowe, 1973), and more. Condition is fine to like new and all pictured online. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 300

SOLD for C$250.00
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747

The Essays and Proofs of British North America, by Minuse and Pratt, 197 pages, hardbound and profusely illustrated. A very useful addition to any philatelic library for the Canada and Provinces specialist. Very fine, and dedicated by Kenneth Minuse. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 100

SOLD for C$170.00
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748

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Estimate $ 100

SOLD for C$150.00
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749

Group of 10 Province of Québec Postal History Books, (in French) with 9 being from the Philatèque series by Anatole Walker: Les bureaux de poste du Québec, Cote Nord et Nouveau Québec (x2), le comté de Soulanges, :a Gaspésie et les Iles, Les voisins des Cantons, L'Ile de Montréal et L'Ile Jésus, Les Cantons de l'Est and Le Centre-Nord du Québec. Also includes La Compagnie de Chemin de Fer Québec Central - étude des marques postales utilisées à bord des wagons postaux (1879-1973) by Jean-Pierre Forest (1991, 196 pages). Very fine throughout. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 50

SOLD for C$70.00
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750

Group of 10 Books Pertaining to Ontario History and Postal History, with Return to an Address Grand Trunk Mail Service 1863 (an original Post Office Department report on compensating the GTR for postal services rendered); Official Postal Guide of Canada (July 1884, rebound original); Ontario Distribution List for 1915; The Story of Port Credit; The History of the Township of Brant 1854-1979; 1874 Directory for Peel (1998 reprint); Place Names of Ontario; Pioneering in North York - a History of the Borough; Postcard Views of Goderich; History of the County of Ontario 1615-1875; As well as a "complete set" of 38 colour Ontario County maps of 1881 (printed Montréal Burland Litho, a Litho division of the British American Bank Note Co. - these were purchased for $365). A useful lot for the historian or postal historian, with many hard to obtain titles. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 150

SOLD for C$50.00
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751

Group of Useful Books on Canadian Philately, with 14 items, including Canada Steel Engraved Constant Plate Varieties (Reiche, 1982), AR Avis de Réception (Handelman, 2002), Ontario Broken Circles (Graham, 1999), Allan Steinhart Postal Historian (Handelman & Scrimgeour, 1997), Canadian Fancy Cancellations of the Nioneteenth Century (Day & Smythies, 2nd edition, 1981), The Admiral Era: A Rate Study 1912-1928 (Steinhart, 1981), The Squared Circle Postmarks of Canada (Moffatt & Hansen, 1981), The Canadian Military Posts, Volume 2 (Bailey & Toop, 1985), Naval Postmarks of Territorial Alaska (Helbock & Dimpsey, 1978), Postmarks of Territorial Alaska, (Helbock, 1979, 2nd edition, 1979) and four others. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 50

SOLD for C$60.00
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752

Group of Useful Picture Postcard References and Catalogues, including The McCoy Printing Company Picture Postcard Handbook 1900-1910 (Smith and Angley, 2009), The W.G. McFarlane Picture Postcard Handbook 1902-1910 (Smith, 2006), Warwick & Rutter Postcard Gems 1903-1912 (Smith and Buchanan, 2011), The Warwick Bros. & Rutter Picture Postcard Handbook 1903-1912 (Smith, 2007), The J.W. Bald Picture Postcard Handbook 1905-1955 (Sennett, 2013) and The Stedman Bros. Picture Postcard Handbook 1906-1914 (Smith, 2011). Also includes two different Gutzman Canadian Picture Postcard Catalogues (1988 and 1992), The Picture Postcard Price Guide - A Comprehensive Reference (Mashburn, 1997), The Canadian Picture Postcard Handbook 1904-1914 (Gutzman, 1985) along with a Webb's Postal Stationery Catalogue of Canada and Newfoundland (Covert and Walton, 5th Edition, 1988), the Canadian Posted Letter Guide - The Classic Period, 1851-1902 (Firby and Willson, 1996), and a 7th Edition of the Standard Canada Precancel Catalogue. All in fine or better condition and all pictured in the online photos. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 100

SOLD for C$90.00
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753

Lifetime Accumulation of Reference Material and Catalogues Relating to Canada Precancels, with 4 different volumes relating to precancel varieties including Canada Constant Precancel Varieties, (Reiche, 1995), a Lighthouse album containing roughly 100 colour pages showing a very advanced precancel collection (includes three Amherst, etc.); 5 volumes of The Precancel Forum (Precancel Stamp Society, Inc, August 2014, Volume 75, Number 2-4, 7-8); 25 Canadian Precancel catalogues ranging from 1923 to 2015, including a run of nine volumes of the Official Catalog of Canada Precancels, 4th to 13th Editions (Walburn, 1947/1983); The Standard Canada Precancel Catalogue (Marasco and Field, 2015), and various articles from a number of different sources relating to precancels. A useful group, from the Andrew Ellwood collection. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 100

SOLD for C$60.00
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Worldwide

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754

2023 Stanley Gibbons Commonwealth & British Empire Stamps 1840-1970, in like-new condition, a very useful catalogue, very fine.

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Estimate $ 100

SOLD for C$200.00
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755

The Royal Philatelic Collection, by Sir John Wilson, Dropmore Press, 1952. A history of the Royal Philatelic Collection and catalogue of the red albums, mainly collected by King George V, John Tillard and Edward Bacon. This is the deluxe hardbound edition, bound in full red morocco leather with raised bands, gilt stamping in compartments, gilt coat of arms on the upper cover, with 12 leaves of plates in colour and over sixty plates in black and white. Includes slipcase, and measures 10½ x 14½ x 3½ inches, with a total weight of about 15 lbs. As new condition, with no scuffs or any marks of wear, except for the slip case which shows wear. Very fine and rare. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 250

SOLD for C$700.00
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756

Airmail

Group of 16 Reference Books Relating to Canada and Worldwide Airmail, including Air Route to the Klondike- An Aviation History (Weicht, 2007); Yukon Airways- An Aviation History (Weicht, 2007); O.A.T. and A.V. 2 Markings (Heifetz, 2006), The Air Mails of the British Isles (Redgrove, 1940); Introducing Combi-Mail Aeropostal History (van Beveren, 1997); 6 Canadian Aviation journals dating from December 1932 to October 1934, along with many other publications. Online photos show an overview. Some mixed condition to like new, 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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757

Airmail

Assortment of 10 Airmail Reference Books Relating to European Countries,including Eurasia Aviation Corporation. A German-Chinese Airline in China and its Airmail 1931-1943 (Moeller, Sall, 2007); The History of Airmail in Scandinavia (Luning, 1978); Zeppelin Mail The Ludwig Kofler Grand Prix Collection (Corinphila Auctions Ltd, May 19-20, 2001); Histoire Aérophilatélique Latecoere Aeropostale Air France (Sinais, 1987); Aerofilia Italiana Catalogo Storico Descrittivo 1898-1941 (Zanetti, 1998), and more. Gently used to like new condition. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 100

SOLD for C$90.00
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758

Airmail

Group of 10 Airmail Reference Books Relating to Latin and South America, with Airlines of Latin America since 1919 (Davies, 1983); LA Aeroposta Argentina Y El Correo Aereo (Bousquet, 1991); The Graf Zeppelin's Flights to South America (Curley, 1970); The Air Post of Colombia SCADTA (Gebauer, 1963); Correio Aéreo A History of the Development of Air Mail Service in Brazil (Kriebel, 1996); Airmail Operations During World War II (Boyle Jr, 1998), and more. Gently used to like new condition. Online photos show an overview. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 100

SOLD for C$90.00
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759

Airmail

Group of Useful Books on Airmail and Zeppelin Posts, with 8 items, including Jusqu'a Hand Stamps and Other Route Indications (ter Welle, 1st and 2nd editions), Sanabria's Air Post Catalogue (1948), Sieger Zeppelin Post Katalog (1981), Aerophilatelic Price Realizations in CMA Auctions 1973/75 (1st edition, 1975) and three others. All publications are pictured online (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 50

SOLD for C$60.00
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760

British Commonwealth

Group of Useful Books on the Philately of Various British Commonwealth Countries, with 35 items, including Great Britain: 10 books on plating the Penny Black or Red, Great Britain's First Postage Stamp (Gladstone, 1824), couple of books on Field Post Offices, Dale / Lichtenstein GB and Br. Guiana sale catalogue, Collect British Postmarks (Whitney, 7th edition), Stanley Gibbons British Commonwealth catalogue (1999, two volumes) as well as a nice 1904 edition, Stamps and Postal History of Seychelles (Harris), The History and Postage Stamps of Ascension Island (Ford, 1971 reprint), Postage Stamps and Postal History of the Bahamas (Gisburn, 1950), Seychelles / Robson Lowe (Farmer, 1955), The South African Stamp Colour catalogue (2000), The Air Mails of Malta (Mallta Study Circle, 2000, x2), The 1933-34 H.R. Harmer sale catalogues of the collection of Arthur Hind, hardbound together with PR), Holmes collection of the Bechuanalands (1981), Australia Surface Printed Types (Neil, 1947), Madame Joseph Revisited (Cartwright, 2005), The Tomkins Catalogue of Identified G.B. Perfins (Gault, 1998) and a few more. All items photographed online. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 150

SOLD for C$140.00
Will close during Public Auction