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CANADA Covers/Postal Histroy

Stampless Covers

Canada 1853 Stampless cover - 1853 Money letter - Sandwich U.C. to Brooke C.W - Sandwich JU 9 1853 cancel with paid 6D hand stamp - Double split-circle backstamps: June 10 Chatham U.C, June 11 London U.C and Warwick U.C. (undated hammer with manuscript date 11 June 1853 inserted) - 2 different Money Letter handstamps - - $95.00 SOLD

Canada 1855 Stampless Folded Letter – 1855 SFL - TORONTO to LONDON CW – LONDON 1 MAY 1855 – backstamp large TORONTO May 2 CW - $55.00

Canada 1856 Stampless cover – 1856 cover - PORT SARNIA - JA. 15 1856 UC – nice black 3D in circle – backstamp LONDON JA. 16 1856 - $35.00

Canada 1856 Stampless cover – 1856 cover - PORT SARNIA - JU 1 1856 UC with nice RED PAID 3D in circle – backstamp large TORONTO JUN 3 - $40.00 SOLD

Canada 1860 - This is a cover from Dresden, U.C. (Upper Canada) Jan 26, 1860 (split-ring cancel) to London England per Canadian Steamship Jan 27, 1860 - with London BM Feb 17, 1860 PAID cancel and two transit backstamps, one Hamilton (C.W. filed off?) JA 27, 1860 split-ring cancel and the other possibly Newbury, U.C.There is a notation in the upper left which was added by Rev. James at the Congregational Library in London England in reference to the subject matter of the letter - the congregations on Vancouver Island.

The stamp appears to have been removed from this cover - the overseas rate being 12½¢ - contents included: a 4 page letter detailing the challenges the Congregational Church was having on Vancouver Island at the time - $150.00 SOLD

Canada 1870 Stampless cover – 1870 cover – MONTREAL Q – AM MR 25 70 cancel to NEW YORK USA – 10 hand stamped rate paid - $18.00

Canada 1870 Stampless cover – 1870 cover – STRATHROY UC AP 29 1870 – PAID 6 straight line handstamp – not usual hand stamp for this time period - backstamp SARNIA AP29 ONT - $35.00

Canada 1870 Stampless cover – 1870 cover with contents – STRATHROY ONT OCT 1870 – PAID 3 straight line handstamp – backstamp SARNIA OCT 22 ONT - $25.00 SOLD

Canada 1872 Stampless cover – small 1872 cover with early usage of JARRETT #6061 PAID3 straight line hand stamp - $20.00

Canada 1873 - J. Flintoft Sr. - Promissory Note - 1873 revenue document with van Dam FB46, FB49 Bill Stamps - from J. Flintoft to the J. Winer & Co. of Hamilton, Ontario, through the Canadian Bank of Commerce - $10.00 SOLD

- Canada 1886 Stampless DEAD LETTER OFFICE Cover -1886 cover – Ottawa to Longwood ONT – small OTTAWA 2/AP 23 1886 circle cancel with large 3 handstamp – backstamp LONGWOOD AP 29 1886 – several notations on outer DEAD LETTER cover regarding the enclosed dead letter - $40.00

Canada 1895 Stampless cover – 1895 cover – LAMBTON LC double-ring with manuscript date - JA 14 1895 – 3D rate also manuscript – backstamp QUEBEC LC Jan 27 1895 - $18.00

Small Queen Covers

- Canada 1870 - #37b – Indian RED small queen cover (partial folded letter – front plus flap with text) – TORONTO to SAUGEEN – TORONTO MY 31 1870 – Letter of payment for STAFFORD FARMS – BRUCE COUNTY (Port Elgin) - $100.00 SOLD

- Canada 1877 - #37i – very thick paper 3 cent small queen on 1877 cover to LONGWOOD ONT – appears to be partial PORT CREDIT UC JU 1 1877 cancel with LONGWOOD ONT JU 1 1877 backstamp - $120.00

- Canada 1878 - #37c – SARNIA Duplex cancel July 31, 1878 to TORONTO – backstamp partial TORONTO 1878 – $18.00

- Canada 1879 - #37i – very thick paper 3 cent small queen on tatty corner advertising cover from TORONTO to LONGWOOD STATION – Robert Beatty & Co. (Sole agents for Gun’s Index to Advertisements) TORONTO ONT MY 6, 1879 PM duplex – backstamp LONGWOODS STATION ONT MY 7 1879 split ring cancel - $150.00

- Canada 1888 - FREE OHMS – OTTAWA to CORNWALL free OHMS cover – OTTAWA CANADA FREE NO 23 1888 – CORNWALL ONT CANADA NO 24 1888 backstamp - $50.00

- Canada 1889 - #41i – deep rose carmine small queen cover – CLARKSON to LONGWOOD – CLARKSON ONT MY 25 1889 split ring – LONGWOOD ONT MY 30 1889 backstamp – tattered cover reduced at right - $20.00

- Canada 1889 - #41 – 3c small queen cover – ST. THOMAS to SEAFORTH (Huron County) – ST. THOMAS ONT NO 12 1889 duplex – backstamp SEAFORTH ONT NO 12 1889 - $12.50

- Canada 1892 - #41 – commercial small queen cross border cover – Windsor, NS to BLUE ISLAND, ILL USA – Windsor NS NO 22 92 duplex cancel with red Blue Island, Ill Nov 26 1893 receiving hand stamp - $6.00

Canada 1893 - small queen Registered Cross-Border Cover - Halifax Jan 20 1893 to Norristown, Pennsylvania - Travel through St. John New Brunswick JA 21, 1893 and received on 1/23/93 with the following NY registry receiving mark - $125.00

- Canada 1896 - #34 – 1/2c Small Queen (x6) – standard letter rate for the time period. Myrtle Hotel cover DIGBY, NS to WEYMOUTHBRIDGE P.O. NS dated Aug. 17, 1896. Srtip of 4 and 2 singles - $65.00

- Canada 1897 - #35+36– small queen commercial cover from Windsor Ontario to Amherstburg Ontario – double strike of Windsor ONT Jy 17 97 square circle cancel with receiving backstamp Amhertburg JY 17 97 - corner commercial advertising "Cameron & Curry, Bankers" Windsor Ont. - small pieces of adhesive tape on reverse - $12.00 SOLD

- Canada 1899 - Christmas MAP STAMP #85, 86, 86a + Advertising cover on exhibit page– 2c Christmas x 3 stamps – #85 MNH, #86 MH, #86a MH + Advertising cover with #85 from North American Chemical Company Limited - Pure Salt - March 1, 1899 Goderich, Ontario to Clinton ONT Mar 1/99 backstamp - $100.00      - new

- Canada 1900 - #36+38– small queen cover Registered cross border cover from Montreal to Detroit, Michigan USA – unusual cancels in that the Montral Cancel on the back flap says Nov. 2 00, but the Windsor receiving cancel says OC 4 00 and the Detroit registered receiving cancels also states OCT 4 1900 - cover is from International Stamp Co., Montreal, Canada which may explain the later usage of these small queens - $45.00

KEVII Covers

- Canada 1904 - #90 – 2c KEVII corner advertising cover – SARNIA STREET RAILWAY COMPANY – SARNIA to SOMBRA – SARNIA ONT JAN 12 1904 – SOMBRA ONT JA 12 1904 backstamp - $55.00 SOLD

- Canada 1904 - #90 – 2c KEVII – Elmvale, ONT to Strathavon, ONT – cancelled Elmvale ONT Feb 1, 1904 – Chatsworth ONT Feb 2, 1904 and Strathavon Feb 3 1904 backstamp - $10.00

- Canada 1904 - #89 x 2 – 1c KEVII – Strathavon, ONT to Elmvale, ONT – cancelled Strathavon ONT Nov 19, 1904 (Strathavon, ONT in Grey County - post office closed 1914) – Chatsworth ONT Nov 19/04 backstamp - $50.00

- Canada 1906 - #90 variety – 2c KEVII – Evelyn, ONT to London, ONT – cancelled Evelyn ONT May 1, 1906 (Evelyn, ONT in Middlesex County - post office closed 1914) – London ONT May 1, 1906 backstamp - note vertical line beside left numeral box on stamp - $40.00

KGV Covers

- Canada 1925 - #109 – 3c KGV Admiral – Woodstock, ONT to Toronto, ONT – cancelled Woodstock ONT Dec 7, 1925 – Coutts #Y90 slogan cancel "Your Postman Sells Stamps" - Last recorded Date of usage for this slogan - $7.00

- Canada 1929 - cross border letter from Sarnia Ontario Canada SEP 17, 1929 to Auditor General Lansing, Michigan USA, bearing only 2¢ 2 leaf Excise Stamp – cover shows large 4 for Postage Due and bears Coutts M-0045 slogan cancel "MAIL EARLY AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF MID-DAY MAILS" - $10.00

Canada 1930 - - FREE O.H.M.S. – Registered FREE O.H.M.S. cover - OTTAWA to LONDON – Office of the controller of Currency, Department of Finance – Registered OTTAWA CANADA R FREE MAR 11 1930 with signature rubber stamp for payment – LONDON CANADA MR 12 1930 backstamp – wax seals on reverse “Controller Dominion Currency – Ottawa Canada” - $40.00

- Canada 1931 - #174 – REGISTERED cover – OTTAWA to WINDSOR Ontario – OTTAWA ONT (Bank Street) MR 31 1931 – REGISTERED hand stamp OTTAWA ONT. BANK ST (2 line) – backstamps include OTTAWA ONT (Bank Street) MR 31 1931, OTTAWA CANADA R MR 31 1931 registration cancel, WINDSOR ONT STATION APR 1 193118.00

- Canada 1932 - #170, 190 - MAY 11/32 cover from MONTREAL, QUEBEC Canada to FEDERATED MALAY STATES ondon via New York then Dutch Airmail via Amsterdam(and Alor Star) -15¢ rate – Kuala Lampur JUN 6/32 backstamp - $125.00      - new

- Canada 1933 - #190 x , 196-7, 204 - paying 30¢ Airmail rate on Brandram-Henderson corner advertising cover - Sept. 30/33 cover from MONTREAL, QUEBEC Canada to Port of Spain, Trinidad BWI – Port of Spain Oct 8/33 backstamp - $45.00      - new

- Canada 1934 - #190, C1 - paying 15¢ Airmail rate - Jan 29/34 cover from Halifax Nova Scotia Canada to Johannesburg South Africa – $25.00      - new

- Canada 1934 - #208-9 - Registered First Day usage on commercial cover JULY 1/34 from Red Bank, New Brunswick to Glasgow, Scotland - Financial Branch P.O. Dept. Philatelic Sect. registered box - 13¢ rate for3¢ British Empire letter + 10¢ Registration fee – Montreal British Mail Branch JUL 2/34 backstamp - Glasgow Jul 11/34- $45.00      - new

- Canada 1934 -  cross border REGISTERED letter from Sarnia Ontario Canada Mar 15, 1934 to Detroit, Michigan USA, bearing 2 x #202 + 1 x #197 – cover shows receiving marks on reverse for Mar 15 at Port Huron, Michigan and Mar 16 at Detroit College Park Station - $15.00

- Canada 1934 - #J12 + J13 Postage Due on envelope Toronto Ontario to Clinton Ontario Sept. 14, 1934 where Excise stamp was used as postage (not allowed) - double the 3¢ domestic letter rate was charged on delivery - boxed 6¢ DUE handstamp - $20.00      - new

- Canada 1934 -  Special Delivery cover Montreal, Quebec Canada Dec 14, 1934, bearing 1 x #196 + 1 x #E5 – Corner advertising cover Atlantic Glass Company Limited - $50.00    - new

- Canada 1935 - #190 x 2, 197, C3 x 2 - commercial airmail cover April 3/35 from Thetford Mines, Quebec to Nassau, Bahamas - Asbestos Corporation Limited corner advertising - 35¢ airmail rate – - $95.00      - new

- Canada 1935 - #196, 197c x 11 - commercial airmail cover August 24/35 fromVancouver British Columbia to Singapore - R. A. Barclay Limited corner advertising - 35¢ airmail rate - $30.00      - new

- Canada 1935 - #195 + J13 - Feb 18/35 postage due commercial cover - Totonto Jewellers Supply Co. Ltd. - 1¢unsealed printed matter rate disallowed, charged as a letter - envelope was sealed using folded metal clasp, so unsealed printed matter was disallowed. Charged double the deficiency (4¢) - $30.00      - new

- Canada 1935 - #165b + J12 - KGV Arch booklet solo use - Postage Underpaid 2¢ due corner advertising cover from Lloydminster AB to Vancouver BC - Lloydminster AP 5, 1935 -2¢ paid local drop letter rat, regular domestic rate was 3¢, so double deficiency was charged when delivered - Large 2 handstamp - $35.00      - new

- Canada 1935 - #196 + 224 - Registered cover from Mervin SK to Sweden - Mervin June 19, 1935 - Mervin SASK registered box - 15¢ rate for 5¢ UPU letter + 10¢ Registration fee – Montreal British Mail Branch JUN 24/35 backstamp - $25.00      - new

- Canada 1935 - #221 x 3 on regerstered envelope Montreal Quebec to Melfi Italy August 5, 1935 - Italian Consolate Montreal corner imprint - 15¢ for 5¢ letter rate to UPU countries + 10¢ registration fee - boxed Montreal registration handstamp receiving cancel MELFI Aug 22/35 - $40.00      - new

- Canada 1936 - #220 + 222 - KGV Medallion issue on Bank of Nova Scotia Registered cover - St. Catharines Ontario Jan 6 1936 - St. Catharines registered box - 12¢ rate for 2¢ Drop Letter rate + 10¢ Registration fee - $45.00      - new

- Canada 1936 - #211x2 + 213 - KGV Registered cover from Calgary Alberta to Petrah Tiqua Palestine - Calgary FEB 14, 1936 - 5¢ for double letter rate to British Empire, 3¢ for first oz. + 2¢ for each additional oz. – Petrah Tiqua Palestine March 10/36 backstamp - $35.00      - new

- Canada 1936 - #229 - KGV 2¢ coil Medallion issue solo use on cover - Toronto Ontario April 9, 1936 - includes COUTTS 0-30 "b oxed Observe Sunday" slogan cancel - 2¢ fordomestic Drop Letter rate - $25.00      - new

- Canada 1936 - #190, 221, 225, 227 on Registered Money Packet Tag Halifax Apr 21, 1936 - $1.35 for registered money packet of 24-25 oz. - rate was 15¢ for the first oz. (including registration) + 5¢ per oz. for each additional oz. or fraction there of. - Halifax boxed registration handstamp on front - $85.00    - new

- Canada 1936 - #175, 221 - KGV cover from Toronto Ontario to Ranikhet India - Toronto JUN 3, 1936 - 25¢ airmail rate - Noted "Per: S.S. Queen Mary" trans-atlantic ship before airmail to India – arrival datestamp Bombay GPO JUN 20/36 with Ranikhet June 22/36 backstamp - $60.00      - new

- Canada 1936 - #218-9 - KGV cover from Victoria British Columbia to Shanghai China - Victoria JUL 11, 1936 - 5¢ for UPU letter rate – arrival datestamp July 27/36 backstamp (16 days enroute) - $60.00      - new

- Canada 1936 - #219 - KGV cover from North Bay Ontario to San Juan Puerto Rico - North Bay JUL 30, 1936 - 3 ¢ for concessionary letter rate – this reduced rate was in effect to Mexico, France, Central and South America (July 1, 1931 to March 31, 1943) - $35.00      - new

- Canada 1936 - #200 + 221 - KGV Registered cover from Truax SK to Columbo Ceylon - Truax SEPT 7, 1936 - TRUAX SASK registered box - 13¢ rate for 3¢British Empire letter + 10¢ Registration fee - Colombo registered receiver of Oct. 12/36 35 days from Truax – Montreal British Mail Branch SEPT 10/36 backstamp - $65.00      - new

- Canada 1936 - #221 + 225 - KGV airmail cover from Victoria British Columbia to Java Dutch East Indies - notation "by airmail via New York, Amsterdam" - Victoria SEPT 17, 1936 - 25 ¢ rate - Batavia C OCT 6/36 backstamp - $125.00      - new

- Canada 1936 - #220 + 226 + C5 - KGV airship airmail cover vai HINDENBURG from Toronto Ontario to Germany - showing a proper back cancel identifying that the mail was carried by airship. For the return flight (departure SEPT 24/36 - Lakehurst to Frankfurt) no special cachet was applied. According to Michel catalogue, only registered letters received the arrival cancel, either by hand or mechanical. - $250.00      - new SOLD

- Canada 1936 - #223 + 225 + C1 - KGV airmail cover from Victoria British Columbia to Sydney Australia - notation "via Queen Mary" on R.M.S. Niagara envelope - Vancouver OCT 3, 1936 -35¢ airmail rate - Paddington NSW OCT 28/36 receiving stamp - $30.00      - new

- Canada 1936 - #221 + 225 - KGV airmail cover from St. John New Brunswick to British Guiana - commercial cover - McCormack & Zatzman. Ltd. corner advertising - Union Station, St. John NB NOV 7,1936 - 25 ¢ airmail rate - Airmail GPO British Guiana NOV 14/36 backstamp - $40.00      - new

- Canada 1937 - #221 – Corner ADVERTISING cover – New Brunswick Wire Fence Co. – MONCTON NB to EAST FLORENCEVILLE NB – MONCTON JA 23 1937 – backstamp EAST FLORENCEVILLE NB JA 27, 1937 – typed address - $18.00

- Canada 1937 - #221, 223 + 225 x 3 – Montreal Quecec to Manlla Philippine Islands – Montreal MAR 22, 1937 to passenger on (White Star R.M.S.) Franconia Cruise (known for world cruises) - 75¢ airmail rate – backstamp Manila, APR 1/37 - $30.00

- Canada 1938 - #223, 231x2 + E6 - Special Delivery Registered cover Montreal Jan 1, 1938 - 32¢ rate for 2¢ drop letter + 20¢ Special Deliver Fee + 10¢ Registration fee – - $75.00      - new

- Canada 1939 - #223, 223i on regerstered envelope Toronto Ontario Marienheide Germany to Melfi Italy August 5, 1935 - #223 10¢ deep rose right + #223i Carmine rose left - Frey Machinery Company corner advertising - 20¢ for 10¢ airmail rate to Europe + 10¢ registration fee - boxed Toronto registration handstamp

receiving cancel Merienheide Germany Feb 12, 1939 - $37.00      - new

KGVI Covers

- Canada 1938 - #234, 235 + C6 - Registered cover from Yorkton SK to Sweden - Yorkton June 13, 1938 - Yorkton SASK registered box - 15¢ rate for 5¢ UPU letter + 10¢ Registration fee – Montreal British Mail Branch JUN 16/38 backstamp - $15.00      - new

- Canada 1938 - #237 – Bluewater International Bridge official opening dedication cover - Point Edward Ontario Canada to Port Huron Michigan USA – special commemorative cancel SARNIA ONT OCT 8 1938 on illustrated cover with Canada and USA flags and Bluewater Bridge - $25.00

- Canada 1939 - #J15 Postage Due solo use- March 1/39 1¢ Due posted Underpaid - Redirected to Hollyburn, BC from a Montral address. Uprated from a 2¢ drop letter rate to a 3¢ domestic letter rate - boxed 1¢ DUE handstamp - reverse has bilingual hand stamp "Please give correspondent your new address" - $14.00      - new

- Canada 1939 - #237 x 2 - cover from Montreal Quebec to Hong Kong - Montreal APR 1, 1939 - 6¢ rate for airmail letter – first day of inclusion of Hong Kong in Empire Air Mail Scheme (EAMS) from Montreal - Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada Hong Kong APR 20/39 backstamp - $40.00      - new

- Canada 1939 - #243, 246, 248 + C6 - cover from Toronto Ontario to Penzance England -Toronto JUN 8, 1939 - 30¢ rate for airmail letter – notation "per Pan American North Atlantic flight" -- $35.00      - new

- Canada 1939 - #J17 Postage Due solo use- 4¢ Due on business reply mail (return postage to be paid by Addressee - Imperial Oil Limited Vancouver BC) - includes COUTTS W-465 slogan cancel "Write Often and keep the Family Together" –- $14.00      - new

- Canada 1939 - #233 on Eastern Arctic Patrol "Nascopie" cover - Craig Harbour NWT Canada to Montreal, Quebec AUG 22, 1939 - $8.00    - new

- Canada 1939 - #241, 243 - cover from Vancouver British Columbia to Bombay India - Vancouver NOV 5, 1939 -30¢ rate for airmail letter – early Empire Air Mail Scheme (EAMS) Route rate cover - MAHIM Bombay NOV 30/39 backstamp - $35.00      - new

- Canada 1939 - #232, C6 x 3 - underpaid cover from Vancouver British Columbia to Honolulu Hawaii - Vancouver DEC 4, 1939 - 20¢ underpayed the Pacific Clipper trans pacific airmail rate of 25¢ airmail letter - $40.00      - new

- Canada 1940 - #233 + E7 - Cross border – Special delivery cover SARNIA, ONTARIO Dec. 28 1940 to Detroit, Michigan USA – SPECIAL DELIVERY straight line handstamp + single line "Passed for Export" handstamp - CouttsG-0270 "GIVE WINGS TO YOUR MAIL" slogan cancel –Detroit MI Dec 28 1940 backstamp - $35.00

- Canada 1941 - #233 + E7 - HOTEL LONDON advertising cover – Special delivery cover LONDON to SARNIA – LONDON ONT AU 23 1941 – SPECIAL DELIVERY straight line handstamp – SARNIA AU 23 1941 backstamp - $35.00

- Canada 194? - #255, 260 + 261 War issue on" International Labour Office" corner imprint cover - Montreal, Quebec to Sydney Australia 75¢ airmail rate - $45.00    - new

- Canada 1941 - #235, 243, 244 - Pacific Clipper cover from Rivers Manitoba to Aukland New Zealand - Rivers AUG 19, 1941 - 75¢ Pacific Clipper trans pacific airmail rate of airmail letter - reverse shows Royal Canadian Air Force logo on envelope flap - $125.00      - new

- Canada 1942 - #234, 258 x 2 - Airmail cover from Barrie Ontario to Port of Spain Trinidad - Barrie JULY 27, 1942 - 30¢ Empire Air Mail Scheme (EAMS) Route rate cover -Trinidad July 31/42 receiving backstamp - - $25.00      - new

- Canada 1943 - #231, 33 on Censor cover - Fredericton New Brunswick Canada to Lawrence Mass. USA Apr 26/43 – with slogan cancel "Eat Right for Health" - censor tape DB/C. 328 - $10.00

- Canada 1943 - #257 - Airmail cover from Vancouver British Columbia to Panama Canal Zone - Vancouver JULY30, 1943 -10¢ airmail rate cover -- $15.00      - new

- Canada 1943 - #261 x 3 - Airmail censor cover from Toronto Ontario to Chungking China - Toronto NOV 26, 1943 - $1.50 rate cover - censor tape and light file fold - - $125.00      - new

- Canada 1944 - #257, 260 - censor cover from St. Thomas Ontario to Hawaii - St. Thomas SEPT 20, 1944 - 30¢ Pacific Clipper trans pacific airmail rate letter - $35.00      - new

- Canada 1945 - UX62a Postal Card – PRECANCEL CBN issue – Preprinted postal card for TORONTO Municipal Election reminder – Polling notice – hand written address - $35.00

- Canada 1945 - #257, 261 + 262 x 3 - War Issue Air Mail censor cover to Cyprus - mail Montreal JAN 18, 1945 to Larnaca Cyprus - franked with 10¢, 50¢ and 3 x $1.00 Destroyer War issues, paying $3.60 rate. Receiving postmark FEB 23/45 on back - shows censor tape and 2 censor hand stamps -

rare war time destination and franking - - $145.00      - new

- Canada 1945 - #257, 260 x 2 - Registered Airmail cover from Montreal Quebec to Buenos Aires Argentina - Montreal SEPT 20/45 cancel with purple Montreal boxed REGISTERED hand stamp - 50¢ rate cover with "Passed for Export" bilingual hand stamp - Argentina censor mark on reverse - $85.00      - new

- Canada 1945 - #257 - Armed Forces Air Letter from Waubaushene Ontario to R.C.A.F. Overseas - Dated March 28, 1945 - - $7.00      - new

- Canada 1946 - #257, 261 - commercial cover from Calgary Alberta to Shanghai China - Calgary AUG 31, 1946 Western Canada Flour Mills Co. Limited corner advertising -- $75.00      - new

- Canada 1946 - #268, C9 - Airmail letter Winnipeg Manitoba to London United Kingdom - Winnipeg DEC 16, 1946 - short paid cover showing violet T Centimes in circle - $25.00      - new

- Canada 1949 - #249, 251 – small slogan cancel cover – OTTAWA to TORONTO – OTTAWA boxed “TOURISTS are NATIONAL $$” bilingual slogan – OTTAWA ONTARIO CANADA SEP12 1949 - $1.50

- Canada 1949 - #280 – Slogan cancel cover – TORONTO ONTARIO Canada NOV 4 1949 – “ Give enough through your community chest” - $2.00

- Canada 1949 - #284-8 First Day Cover – KGVI Birthday Issue commemorative registered First Day Cover - TORONTO ONT NO 15 1949 with Registered 2 line box hand stamp TORONTO ONT SUB No. 116 in blue – Cachet cover – TORONTO ONT S.O. 116 NO 15 1949 and TORONTO ONT REGON TERMINAL A NO 15 49 back stamps - $12.00

- Canada 1949 - #284-8 First Day Cover – KGVI Birthday Issue commemorative registered First Day Cover - LONDON ONT to TRIPOLITANIA N. AFRICA – LONDON CANADA NO 15 1949 with Registered 1 line box hand stamp LONDON ONT in blue – MONTREAL CANADA B. & F. MAIL NO 16 1949 (British & Foreign mail) and TRIPOLI 4 12 1949 backstamps - $15.00

R.P.O. Covers

- Canada 1858 - #37 – Small Queen cover with 2 different shades of 3 cent small queen used – appears to be UCS#37 (dull red) and #37c (orange red). This is the standard 6 cent DOUBLE LETTER RATE for the period. Cover is reduced at right, with R.P.O. cancel ANNAPOLIS&YARMOUTH – DE 26 1858 - $18.00

- Canada 1932 - OTTAWA FREE O.H.M.S. – OTTAWA CANADA to ST. THOMAS ONT – Post Office Department OHMS - OTTAWA FREE AUG 2 1932 – REGISTERED OTTAWA, ONT single line box with government rubber stamp signature in violet – Financial Branch handstamp – backstamp LONDON CANADA AU 3 1932 and split-ring ST. THOMAS AUG 3 1932 – RPO cancel TOR.HAM.&.LONDON R.P.O. AUG 3 1932 - $25.00

- Canada 1933 - OFFICIAL COSTA RICA to POINT EDWARD ONT Registered cover – OFFICIAL CARTAGO, C. R. JUN 8 1933 CDS with REGISTERED label – backstamps: EXTERIOR SAN JOSE, C. R. JUN 9 1933 cds, MONTREAL CANADA 19 JUN 1933 cds, TOR & LON. R.P.O. No2 JUN 20 1933, LONDON ONT JUN 20 1933, SARNIA ONT JUN 21 1933 and POINT EDWARD ONT 21 JUN 1933 - $35.00

- Canada 1935 - #216 – Registered cover Aylsford Nova Scotia to England May 17, 1935 – fancy Aylsford registration keyhole handstamp – backstamps: St. John & Montreal R.P.O. MY 16,1935 + HX.DIG & YAR RPO May 18, 1935 , British Mail Branch MY 20/35 - 13¢ for 3¢ domestic letter rate + 10¢ Registration Fee - $45.00      - new

- Canada 1937 - #220 + 237 – Registered cover Windsor Ontario to Oshawa Ontario – Windsor corner advertising cover May 18, 1937 with REGISTERED WINDSOR box – backstamps: MON & TOR R.P.O. MY 19,1937, Windsor MY 18/37 and Oshawa MY 1/37 - 13¢ for 3¢ domestic letter rate + 10¢ Registration Fee - $17.00      - new

- Canada 1938 - #224 – Registered cover VANCOUVER B.C to WATFORD ONT – VANCOUVER BC AU 30 1938 with REGISTERED one line VANCOUVER B.C. box – backstamps: NORTH BAY & FORT WILLIAM R.P.O. AU 31 1938, TOR HAM & LONDON R.P.O. SP 2 1938, LONDON & SARNIA R.P.O. SP 2 1938 and WATFORD ONT. SP 2 1938 - $45.00

- Canada 1939 - #224ii -  1939 cross border REGISTERED letter from Gravelbourg Saskatchewan Canada Mar 9, 1939 to St. Paul Minn. USA - 13¢ Confederation conference shows minor re-entry in scroll below "Postes" - 13¢ for 3¢ letter rate to USA + 10¢ registration fee - AR (acknowledgement of receip)t card returned with envelope – cover shows receiving marks on reverse for Mar 10 at Moose Jaw SASK and Mar 12 at St. Paul Minn. - Letter was redirected, delivery attempts made then declaired unclaimed and returned to sender. St. Paul Apr 14/39, (Ludlow-102) NOR Port & M. Jaw RPO Apr. 15 and received Apr. 17 in Gravelbourg - $60.00 (both cover and AR card)      - new

- Canada 1945 - O.H.M.S. cover ST. JOHN, NB to FLORENCEVILLE, NB – Dependents’ Advisory Committee corner handstamp on M.F.B stationery with “Don’t waste words – Don’t waste paper” bilingual slogan and REGISTERED box handstamp to Canadian Legion Florenceville – blank 17 FEB 5 1945 – backstamps: 17 FE 5 1945, SAINT JOHN & ED’STN-R.P.O. FEB 6 1945, EAST FLORENCEVILLE N.B. FE 7 1945 - $25.00

- Canada 1952 - #306 block on corner advertising cover – REGISTERED Dominion Bank cover SARNIA ONT to PETROLIA ONT – SARNIA ONT MR 12, 1952 – single line registered box hand stamp SARNIA, ONT. – wax seal and backstamps: T.L. & S. F.P.O MR 13 1952, PETROLIA ONT MR 13 1952 - $65.00

- Canada 1956 - INDONESIA to SARNIA registered cover – MALANG INDONESIA 22-8-56 cds with MALANG REGISTERED label – Backstamps: TORONTO ONT REG BRANCH 27 VIII 1956, TOR.LOND&WIN R.P.O. AU 27 1956, SARNIA ONT AU 27 1956 - $8.00

Queen Elizabeth II Covers

- Canada 1954 - #320 on Cross Border cover as Airmail rate - SARNIA, ONT to St. Petersburg, FLA USA addressed cover –Sarnia Ontario Dec 24, 1954 - $5.00 

- Canada1958 - #337 cover with 2 x J17 postage dues stamps – Clinton Ontario May 25, 1958 to R.C.A.F Station St. Johns, St. Jean PQ – Boxed handstamp Taxe Charges 8 - backstamp RCAF Station St. Jean P.Q. - $25.00 

- Canada 1958 - #377 on 3 x VICPEX 1958 Victoria, British Columbia exhibition covers –1 x red Canadian Philatelic Society cachet, 1 x blue cachet and 1 x green cachet – Victoria B.C. to SARNIA ONT addressed covers – with "VICPEX May 9-10-11Philatelic Exhibition" 4 line slogan cancel- set of 3 covers - $25.00 

- Canada 1962 - #405 on commercial Charles A. Kench & Associates Limited Toronto cover – COUTTS #B-685 Slogan cancel "Buy Canada Savings Bonds" Last Recorded Date of usage – Toronto Oct. 29, 1962 –$3.00

- Canada 1963 - #340 cover with J16i Hibrite postage dues stamp – Scarborough Ontario Jan 17, 1963 to Ottawa, ON – round "T" handstamp 2 CENTS - with slogan cancel "Why wait for Spring, Do it Now" - $35.00 

Canada 1963 - #402 cover - slogan cancel for "The Empire Club of Canada Diamond Jubilee 1903-1963" CDS Toronto, Ontario Nov. 1, 1963 on Empire Club of Canada #10 envelope 18.00

- Canada 1963 - 404 Precancel on commercial advertising cover – DOMINION ENGINEERING, MONTREAL commercial cover with 4 cent Cameo PRECANCEL on fluorescent paper – MONTREAL CANADA to SARNIA ONT – precancel used over preprinted postage meter indicia - $15.00

- Canada 1963 - #404 on commercial Canadian National Railway cover – COUTTS #W-235 Slogan cancel "Why wait for Sprint Do It Now" (no punctuation) Last Recorded Date of usage – Woodstock Feb 14, 1963 –$10.00

- Canada 1963 - #405 on commercial University Of Western Ontario London cover – COUTTS #B-740 Slogan cancel "Buy Easter Seals Help Crippled Children" Last Recorded Date of usage – London April 8, 1963 –$4.00

- Canada 1963 - #96 on Hamilton-Buffalo International Philatelic Exhibition cover – unknown cachet – Hamilton November 9, 1963 slogan cancel "Annual Hamilton-Buffalo Stamp Show Nov.9th 1963" unaddressed cover – $8.00 

- Canada 1966 - #446 on SARPHEX XIII International Philatelic Exhibition cover – Old Fort Gratiot 1870 Port Huron Michigan cachet – SARNIA ONT April 23, 1966 cancel and Port Huron, Michigan April 23, 1966 cancel on joint issue addressed cover – $3.00 

- Canada 1966 - #446 on SARPHEX XIII International Philatelic Exhibition cover – Old Fort Gratiot 1870 Port Huron Michigan cachet –special SARPHEX POST OFFICE SARNIA ONT April 23, 1966 cancel on joint issue addressed cover– $3.00

Canada 1969 - #502p-3p Christmas set on commercial cover - Winnipeg Tagged set - postmarked Sarnia, ON Dec 17, 1969. Includes "Mail Early and Often Throughout The Day" slogan cancel.(missing backflap) $5.00

- Canada 1969 - 502i "Arc on Chin" variety cover used in period – Goderich DEC 15, 1969 (Date plug inverted) – $25.00

- Canada 1973 - #614-4 set on INTERPEX 1973 cover – Polysar corner advertising cover – Ottawa ONT March 9, 1973 cancel and Canada Post Interpex 1973 New York, NY special cachet cancel – $10.00

Canada 1973 Royal Train cover with special 28-IV-73 cancel - $6.00 SOLD

Canada1974 - #586 (BK#74f) part pane with missing "1" on 2 stamps on commercial cover - postmarked Petrolia, ON Dec 23, 1974. Includes "damaged POSTAGE" on both 586 and bubble flaw on C of Canada (pos 2/1) - CV = $150.00 off cover $100.00    - new

Canada "Snow on the Leaves" cover SC#720 postmarked Brantford, ON. minor shift of red colour gives look of snow on the edges of the leaves. Darnell #811a - SD. Our price, used on cover $25.00

- Canada 1978 Fantasy Postal Strike special cover – showing inverted postbox, Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau as 85¢ stamp and thumbs down cancel – reverse of unaddressed cover shows Berns & Chafe "Satirical Commemoratives" imprint on backflap- paper toned - $15.00 

Canada 1981 – #874 17¢ Avro Lancaster on CFB-RCAF Trenton 1931-1981 50th Anniversary cover - includes Trenton CFB cachetspecial bilingual ASTRA ONT-MPO 303 BPM 12-9-81 Canada Post 50th Anniversary cane - stamp shows bullet hole on Lancaster (- unaddressed cover) - 5.00 SOLD

- Canada 1981 - #893a strip of 4, on special Canada Post Employee issue cover – issued to employees of Canada Post Corporation on the occasion of Proclamation Day 1981 – unaddressed cover - $5.00 

- Canada 1981 - #893a strip of 4, on special Canada Post Employee issue cover - signed by Canada Post president Michael Warren – issued to employees of Canada Post Corporation on the occasion of Proclamation Day 1981 – unaddressed cover - $7.00 

Canada 1981 – Military Post Office 310 cover Canadian Forces Station Alert – “Top of the World – Next to the Pole” cachet Santa Clause Country handstamp – dated January 13/81 Bellville, Ont to Sarnia,Ont Back flap has sender info crossed out (military) - $12.00

Canada 1983 - #1004i 32¢ Christmas stamp on Christmas card cover with "Green Dot over Door" variety dated 9/XII/1983 - 5.00

Canada 1986 - #936v $2.00 Banff - Commercial Registered Cover - with "red spot over mountain" variety dated 21-V-1986 7.50

 Canada 1986 - Air Canada 50th Anniversary Expo 86 set of 50 covers complete - These 50 commemorative covers was prepared by the Canada Post Corporation to mark the beginning of Air Canada's 50th anniversary celebrations. The Philatelic issue is the smallest in Canadian postal history as only 5,000 sets were produced.
The set features cancellations from each of the 50 stops on the itinerary of a restored Trans-Canada Air Lines Lockheed 10A on a transcontinental flight from St. John's, Newfoundland to Vancouver, British Columbia, between April 10 and May 10, 1986. A U.S. destination, Seattle, is also included. The back of the cover shows a map of all the airports served by this flight identifying each airport by its Airport Code. The first covers in the series carry the 34-cent stamp issued March 7, 1986, to commemorate Expo 86 and showing the Canadian pavillion. A second 34-cent stamp issued on May 2, date of the official opening of the world exposition, appears on covers issued after that date. A special cancellation to note the Seattle stop was approved by the U.S. postal authorities.  Housed in a Unitrade DUAL album (covers can be removed to reduce shipping) - $95.00

 St. Clair River Tunnel Centennial  2 x Covers 1891-1991 2 x Port Huron – Sarnia Stamp Club commemorative covers to honor the St. Clair River Sub-marine Train Tunnel. One cover has Canada Post commemorative Sarnia Tunnel cancel 91-09-19

and the other cover has USPS Tunnel Station Centennial from Port Huron Michigan. $10.00 

(The first underwater rail tunnel in North America was opened by the St. Clair Tunnel Company in 1891. The company was a subsidiary of the Grand Trunk Railway (GTR), which used the new route to connect with its subsidiary Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway, predecessor to the Grand Trunk Western Railroad (GTW). Before the tunnel's construction, Grand Trunk was forced to use time-consuming rail ferries to transfer cargo - Wikipedia)

Canada 1991 – Mozart Saskatchewan cover on Bicentennial of death of Mozart (composer) – “Mozart, SASK” cachet handstamp listing Jean Halldorson Postmaster – dated December 23, 1991 to Whitby, Ont - $5.00

Canada 1995 - #1350v "Rose Thorn" on commercial cover - postmarked L8E 2R4 Canada 23-VIII-1995 $5.00

Canada 1995 - #1350v(1) "Rose Thorn" on commercial cover - postmarked N5Y 1B0 Canada 19-X-1995 $5.00

Canada 1995 - #1350v(2) "Rose Thorn" on uprated postal stationery #8 cover (EN290) - postmarked Canada 30-X-199? (year plug inverted) $15.00

Canada 1995 - #1350v(3) "Rose Thorn" on commercial corner advertising church cover - postmarked N5Y 1B0 Canada 21-XI -1995 (year plug inverted) $15.00

Canada 1995 - #1350vi "Snake in Bush" on #8 cover - postmarked N5Y 1B0 Canada 10-X-1995 $5.00

Canada 1995 - #1350vii "Blue Thread" on commercial cover - $5.00

Canada 1996 - #1350vii "Blue Thread" on uprated postal stationery #10 cover (EN291) - postmarked N5Y 1B0 Canada 3-VI-1996 + spray cancel CAPEX 96 June 8-16 - $5.00

Canada 1995 - #1350vii(1) "Blue Thread" on commercial cover - postmarked N5Y 1B0 Canada 21-VIII-1995 - $5.00

Canada 1995 - #1351v "Poison Berry" on commercial cover - postmarked N5Y 1B0 Canada 18-V-1995 - $5.00

Canada 1995 - #1361 "Tag error" on commercial cover with tagging only going half way down stamp - postmarked N5Y 1B0 Canada 1-XI-1995 - $5.00

Canada 1998 - #1564 "aune error" (missing f) on commercial cover - postmarked N5Y 1B0 Canada 12-III-1998 - $5.00

Canada 1995 - #1564(1) "aune error" (missing f) on commercial cover - spray postmarked 078 N5Y 1B0 951011 with "Superman" (TM/MC) slogan - $5.00

Canada 1997 - UCS #S24 - Canada Post Official Special Event//Custom Commemorative cover set of 3 (still sealed) - 97-04-23 - Lester B. Pearson - $20.00

KCIII Covers

Canada Semi-Official Airmail Covers/Postal Histroy

CANADA Semi-Official Airmail Cover Unitrade #CLP5i Illustrated Semi-Official Airmail First Flight cover

"via Aeroplane October 1, 1924 Estevan, SASK" violet oval (CLP5i is the wide space between “e w” in Saskatche wan.)

1¢ + 2¢ Admiral + CLP5i tied by violet aeroplane oval cancel

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with arrival slogan cancel ("Your Postman sells Stamps"): Winnipeg, MAN October 1, 1924 - Great advertising cover, vertical fold at left - does not affect stamps Our price is only $320.00 CAD$SOLD

Canada 1925 - Semi-Official Airmail cover #CL-11 from Rouyn, PQ to Montreal, PQ October 19, 1925. - - receiving backstamp Rouyn October 19, 1925 and Haileybury Ontario October . 20, 1925 - Pilot signed Glyn R. Burge - it appears that the year plug was not changed for this flight, as it should be 1926 - $90.00

Canada 1928 - Semi-Official Airmail cover #CL-42 from Whitehorse Yukon to Atlin British Columbia April 13, 1928. - - receiving backstamp Atlin BC Apr 13/28 - $45.00

Canada 1928 - Semi-Official Airmail cover #CL-42 from Carcross Yukon to Atlin British Columbia April 13, 1928. - - receiving backstamp Atlin BC Apr 13/28 - $55.00

Canada 1928 - Semi-Official Airmail cover #CL-42 from Atlin British Columbia toCarcross Yukon April 13, 1928. - - receiving backstamp Carcross Yukon split-ring Apr 13/28 - $85.00

Canada #CL42 Yukon Airways and Exploration Co. Ltd on "The Whitehorse Star" Newspaper

Canada 1928 - Cancelled Whitehorse Yukon April 13, 1928 with label tied to face of newspaper and straight line "postage paid" hand stamp, and receiving cancel ATLIN B.C. April 13, 1928 (small tear at bottom center and under lower Whitehorse cancel) Unitrade catalogue $160.00 CAD$

Our price is only $95.00 CAD$

Canada 1930 - Semi-Official Airmail cover #CL-46 from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan to Waskesiu Lake, Saskatchewan August 29, 1930. Short flight with only 296 covers flown. The Prince Albert CDS is inverted in the machine canceller (slogan is right side up). This Cherry Red Airline Limited stamp is cancelled with the Cherry Red Airline cachet in red and the stamp also has the listed variety of "SNOW ON THE WINGS" (Unitrade CL-46i). $75.00

- Canada 1935 - #C5 – Airmail cover Vancouver British Columbia to Portland Oregon USA - far right C5 has "Hairline in R of Air" (known but unlisted variety) – Hotel Georgia corner advertising cover - 24¢ for 3-4 oz. airmail letter rate to USA (rate was 6¢ per oz.) - sent by Canadian mail plane from Vancouver to Seattle, then by USA mail plane

to Portland - $90.00      - new

- Canada 1939 - #C5 – Underpaid Airmail cover Fredericton New Brunswick to Corner Brook Newfoundland - 6¢ for airmail letter rate to The British Empire - The 6¢ rate was for airmail within Canada only - The first official airmail service to Newfoundlandbegan June 24, 1939 at a 10¢ rate - $17.00      - new

Canada 1948 - #C9 Airmail 7¢ Leaside, ON 1948 to Detroit, Michigan - Coutts A-0200 slogan cancel "AIR MAIL SAFE SURE SPEEDY" $5.00

Canada 1948 - #C9 Airmail 7¢ + Special Delivery #E11- Toronto Airmail Section May 15, 48 to Detroit, Michigan - receiving backstamp May 16 48 Detroit MI $15.00

Official Covers (perfin/overprint)

- Canada 1963 - #O48 "G" Official on OHMS Unemployment Insurance Commission cover - single stamp used in period –Woodstock, ONT Sept. 12, 1963 – $60.00

- Canada 1963 - #O48 "G" Official on OHMS Unemployment Insurance Commission window cover - single stamp used in period –Woodstock, ONT July 5, 1963 – $60.00

Postal Stationery Covers/Postal Histroy

- Canada 1894 - Postal Card - #P14 One Cent uprated for overseas mail - QUEBEC Canada to PARIS France – QUEBEC 3/OC 15, 1894 cancel – red LONDON AY OC 25, 1894 receiver circle hand stamp - $150.00

Canada 1969 - Postal Stationery entire WEBB #EN215 3¢ with 5¢ New Value added - used - from Dungannon, ON to Auburn, ON Feb. 11, 1969 -private order stationery for West Wawanosh Mutual Fire Insurance Company - $20.00

Canada 1972 - Postal Stationery entire Meter Reading card WEBB #HKP277b 7¢ Ontario Hydro private order post card complete - from Toronto, ON to Auburn, ON Jan 11, 1972- - $50.00

Canada 1975 - Postal Stationery entire WEBB #A41 15¢ Aerogramme from Huron Park, ON to Suffolk, UK XII-31-1975 - last day of 15¢ rate use - tag bar to left of value $12.00

CANADIAN PROVINCES Covers/Postal Histroy

Newfoundland 1922 - C3iii Airmail Cover from St. Johns NFLD to North Sydney Nova Scotia Canada. C3iii - 1 1/2 mm space between "AIR" and "MAIL" with period variety, tied on cover by St. Johns No. 26 1921 mc, back stamped Halifax Feb 2, 1922, North Sydney Feb. 6, 1922 (possible TPO). Prime Minister's Office engraved Coat-of-Arms on back flap. Cover has vertical creases in center (probable file fold). Only 2224 issued. Stamp was issued at St. Johns G.P.O. for Pioneer Flight from Botwood, NFLD. to Halifax, NS, scheduled to take place on the 30th of November Mail was canceled as received. On November 26th, mail was sent to Botwood by rail. Major Stanley Cotton didn't take off until December 10th due to bad weather. Owing to a series of mishaps, the flight was abandoned on January 28, 1922. The mail was placed on a train and forwarded to Halifax by normal surface mail, reaching there on February 4, 1922. $250.00SOLD

Newfoundland 1935 - SC#191 Die II Cover from St. Johns NFLD to Detroit, Michigan USA. tied on cover by St. Johns Jan 24 1935 3 line slogan cancel "BUY GOODS MADE IN NEWFOUNDLAND" - Coutts NSF-13 on Newfoundland Hotel advertising cover - according to PHSC web site, this will be earliest known date for this slogan. $50.00

- Newfoundland 1937 - #232 - Newfoundland 1937 Coronation Cover – GREAT BURIN NEWF’D MY 12 1937 split ring – PARRY SOUND ONT. MY 19 1937 backstamp - $12.00

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COMMONWEALTH Covers/Postal Histroy

AUSTRALIA

Australia 1936 KGV variety on cover - 82(4)r - scratch from beard : Australia KGV issues are an interest, but not an area I am very comfortable with. If I read the ACSC correctly, I think this may be ACSC (2001 ed) #82(4)o, Plate4, variety "o" in a strip of 3 on a commercial cover from Melbourne Australia to Detroit, Michigan USA - dated 19 NOV 1936. (This was corrected by a Stampboard member to: “Try 82(4)r - scratch from beard to S.W. corner” since I was not using the most current edition of ACSC) $20.00 SOLD

Australia 2000 Olympic Sports PNC covers (set of 2) with FDC stamp and coin (SC# 1862c, 1862i, SG#2007, 2013) Issued 17 August, 2000 to commemorate Olympic Sport. Our price is $100.00

Australia 2000 VALOUR PNC cover with FDC stamp set and coin (SC# 1857-61, SG#2000-2004) Issued 24 July, 2000 to commemorate Australia's first Victoria Cross. Our price is $250.00

Australia 2001 ARMY PNC cover with FDC stamp set and coin (SC# 1938a, SG#2073-74) Issued 15 February, 2001 to commemorate 100 years of Australia's Army service. Our price is $175.00

GREAT BRITAIN

 Great Britain 1846 Queen Victoria SC#3 1d Star (Plate 61) on folded letter from Tralee, Ireland FEB 25/46 to Dublin Ireland. Reverse shows receiving diamond FEB 27/46 cancel . $40.00    - new

 Great Britain 1850 Queen Victoria SC#3 1d Star (Plate 101) from Clonmel, Ireland JUL 8/50 to London, GB, Reverse shows green sealing label "Agent to the London Assurance Corporation" - receiving JUL 9/50 + JUL 10 ZcrownA receiving cancel . $75.00    - new

 Great Britain 1864 Queen Victoria SC#33 1d RED (Plate 79) on letter from Dublin, Ireland OCT 19/64. Cover bears DUBLIN "TOO LATE" duplex cancel. $45.00    - new

 Great Britain 1865 Queen Victoria SC#33 1d RED (Plate 78) on letter from Athenry, Ireland MAY 31/65 to Bagnalstown, Ireland. Receiving Jun 1/65 cancel . $10.00    - new

 Great Britain 1865 Queen Victoria SC#33 1d RED (Plate 78) on letter from Mullingar, Ireland NOV 1/65 to Dublin, Ireland. Receiving NOV 1/65 cancel . $10.00    - new

 Great Britain 1866 Queen Victoria SC#33 1d RED (Plate 72) from MOATE Ireland JAN 19/66 to Dublin, Ireland. Reverse shows Dublin JAN 20/66 receiving cancel . $10.00    - new

 Great Britain 1866 Queen Victoria SC#33 1d RED (Plate 96) on letter from Armagh, Ireland NOV 29/66 to Dublin, Ireland. Receiving NOV 30/66 cancel . $25.00    - new

 Great Britain 1867 Queen Victoria SC#33 1d RED (Plate 100) on letter from Arklow, Ireland JUL 9/67 to Dublin, Ireland. Receiving JUL 10/67 cancel . $25.00    - new

 Great Britain 1867 folded letter from Dublin, Ireland OCT 2/67 to Shropshire, GB with QV block of 4 x 1d (Plate 100). Reverse shows Chester OCT 3/67 receiving cancel . $85.00    - new

 Great Britain 1869 folded letter from Dublin, Ireland Feb 22/69 - Standard Life Insureance "Private Friend Report" - with QV 1d (Plate 120). $10.00    - new

 Great Britain 1875 Queen Victoria SC#61 3d (Plate 17) on letter from Inverness, Ireland SEPT 2/75 to London Ontario CANADA WEST. Includes PAID DERRY SE 3/75 COL PACKET E cancel in red. Receiving London SEPT 14/75 cancel . $140.00    - new

 Great Britain 1880 Queen Victoria SC#79 x 2 1d + SC#78 on letter from Rush, Ireland DEC 17/80 to New York, USA via Queenstown. Receiving Dublin DEC 18/80 and New York DEC 31/80 FD Paid All cancel . $25.00    - new

 Great Britain 1881 Queen Victoria SC#125 x 2 - ½d on letter from Dublin, Ireland OCT 6/81 to Hill of Down, Ireland. Receiving Killucan OCT 6/81 . $30.00    - new

 Great Britain 1883 SC#127 on folded flyer with church calendar inside - Belfast Ireland OCT 13/83 To Oxford UK - turned and re-used back to 'The Editor of, 'Parker's Church Calendar,' Broad-Street, Oxford' with a½d green reverse shows Oxford receiving cancel OCT 15/83 . $35.00    - new

 Great Britain 1883 SC#89 on Official REGISTERED letter envelope used in Ireland - DUBLIN Registered NOV 30/83 To Midleton, Ireland - reverse shows Midleton receiving cancel DEC 1/83 . $15.00    - new

 Great Britain 1884 SC#101 on mourning cover used in Ireland - from Limerick, Ireland MAY 31/84 To Most Reverend James Carbery Hamilton, Ontario Canada - reverse shows New York USAJUN 9/84 + Hamilton receiving cancel JUN 10/84 . $35.00    - new

 Great Britain 1884 SC#67 Plate #13 on cover used in Ireland - from Naas, Ireland AUG 11/84 To Most Reverend James Carbery Hamilton, Ontario Canada - reverse shows Hamilton receiving cancel AUG 22/84. $95.00    - new

 Great Britain 1885 SC#101 on cover used in Ireland - from Dublin, Ireland AUG 1/85 To Philadelphia PA USA - reverse shows Philadelphia receiving cancel AUG10/85. $25.00    - new

 Great Britain 1887 Postal Card (CP16) from Dublin, Ireland July 2/87 To Shanghai China - reverse shows Hong Kong receiving cancel July 6/87 . $35.00    - new

 Great Britain 1887 corner advertising cover from Galway, Ireland Feb. 24/87 To London GB - Francis McNamara Family Grocer, Wine & Spirit Merchant - reverse shows London receiving cancel Feb 25/87 . $30.00    - new

 Great Britain 1898 Registered Cover to Toronto Canada 1898 Registered cover from GB to Toronto Canada, with QV 3 x 1½d tied with Cleveland Gardens (Gdns) Leinster Place West Dec 14, 1898 cancel. Includes blue Registered “Fee Paid” adhesive label, showing 2d fee paid.

Reverse shows Paddington W. registered cancel and wax seal.   $25.00

 Great Britain 1898 Cover from Glasgow Scotland to Detroit, Michigan USA 1898 cover from Glasgow, Scotland to Detroit, Michigan, USA, with QV 2 x 1d + 1 x ½d tied with Glasgow Jan 20, 1898 cancel. Reverse shows Detroit STA A. Mich Recd Feb 1, 98 receiving cancel . Emossed back flap shows “Prudential Assurance Company Limited, Renfield Street Glasgow $10.00

 Great Britain 1947 Masonic Cover to Detroit, MI 1947 airmail cover from GB to Moslem Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S. (Masonic Temple Shrine Club) Detroit, MI with KGVI 1s brown tied with “British Industrial Fair May 5^th-6^th, 1947 London & Birmingham” slogan cancel $10.00

Great Britain 1953 QEII Coronation FDC - Small airmail cover to Sudbury, Ontario Canada bearing SG#534, solo use, canceled CARDIFF June 3, 1953 1:45 pm, with Long Live the Queen slogan cancel. $35.00

 Great Britain 1954 Postal Stationery Cover to Detroit, Michigan USA 1954 QEII 8½d postal stationery sachet style cover uprated with 4d QEII definitive added , sent Sept. 27, 1955 to Detroit, Michigan, USA. Detriot receiving office added 2 line “Letter Package, Collect Ten Cents” hand stamp over PASSED FREE US Customs hand stamp, with USA 10¢ Postage Due stamp added. Reverse shows Detroit Mich Oct 6, 1955 receiving cancel . Envelope measures 285mm x 152 mm $45.00

Great Britain 1960 London International Stamp Exhibition - Small #6 cover to Petrolia, Ontario Canada bearing SG#519b, solo use, canceled London S.E.I. July 9, 1960 1:45 pm, with Royal Festival Hall cachet. Back flap has London International Stamp Exhibition 1960 logo embossed in black - $6.00

 Great Britain 1974 Postal Stationery Cover to Sarnia, Ontario Canada 1974 QEII 23d postal stationery "G size" cover uprated with 5½ + 6d QEII Machin definitives added , sent Christchurch Hants Highcliffe registered April 8, 1974 to Sarnia, Ontario Canada received April 11, 1974. . Reverse showsToronto, OntarioApril 9, 1974 receiving cancel . Envelope measures 156mm x 95 mm $7.00

Great Britain 1985 ULTRAMAR 50th Anniversary Airmail cover - bearing SC#1105b, canceled London EC14 MAY 1985 withULTRAMAR 50 years cache to Toronto Ontario Canada(commercial printed address) - $95.00   - new

Great Britain 1997 Buckingham Palace Diana Death reply - This is an official response letter to a condolence sent to Prince William and Prince Harry on the death of their mother, Princess Diana - enclosure included on Clarence House letter head from the office of Prince William and Prince Harry - signed by Mrs. Claudia Holloway - $25.00

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U.S.A. Covers/Postal Histroy

 Rattlesnake Island 2 x Local Post Covers - Here are a couple of Rattlesnake Island local post covers – one cacheted 1969 and one used to Gibsonburg, Ohio in 1975. Both have appropriate diamond local post cancel and airmail imprint, plus the local Rattlesnake Island stamps to cover the additional rate. $15.00

 U.S.A SC#113 –cover with 1869 2¢ brown Post Horse and Rider to Juniata County, Pennsylvania– cover corner embossed with “American Track Society, Nassau St. NY” and bears fancy cancel  – SC cat. value $140.00 USD ($174.00 CAD)     $95.00     

 U.S.A SC#113 –cover with 1869 2¢ brown Post Horse and Rider from Brunswick, ME to Boston, MASS June 18 – cover has Boston Mass receiver box cancel June 18  – SC cat. value $140.00 USD ($174.00 CAD)   $110.00     

 U.S.A SC#114 – advertising cover plus enclosure with 1869 3¢ blue Locomotive from Union, NY to Kornesville, NY Oct. 22, 1869 – cover has full back advertising  and also shows guide arrow  in UL corner of stamp          $50.00

 U.S.A SC#114 – cover plus enclosure with 1869 3¢ blue Locomotive from Bangor ME Mar 5, 1870 to Providence RI - enclosure is embossed Carson’s Congress letterhead and is a list of the salaries paid to education staff in the schools by Mr. Charles P. Roberts, the Superintendent of schools. Nice, clean cover. $20.00

 U.S.A SC#114 – cover with 1869 3¢ blue Locomotive with indistinct BLUE Jul 23 VT cancel to Astoria NY $15.00

 U.S.A SC#114 – cover with 1869 3¢ blue Locomotive from Chicago ILL to Red Wing Minn Oct 20. $20.00

 U.S.A SC#114 – Mourning cover with 1869 3¢ blue Locomotive from Windsor VT to Boston MASS Oct 22. $35.00

 U.S.A SC#114 – cover with pair of 1869 3¢ blue Locomotive with BLUE CDS town/target Cincinnati cancel to Delaware Ohio. $40.00

 U.S.A SC#115 – Cross-border cover with 1869 6¢ blue Washington from USA to London, Canada West Dec 16, 1870. Manuscript cancel.  Cover slightly reduced at right, which affects bottom left corner of stamp. SC cat. value $475.00 USD ($592.00 CAD)           $140.00

 U.S.A SC#234 – International cover with 1893 5¢ brown Columbian Exposition from SCOTT Stamp & Coin Co. Ltd New York USA to London, England June 2, 1893 with duplex cancel. Backstamp shows received London June 12, 1893.  Nice philatelic corner advertising cover.        $25.00

 U.S.A SC#839 – MASONIC cover with 1¢ Washington coil strip of 3 misperf - MASONIC Temple Shrine Club preprinted cover - dated July 1951 Detroit Mich $15.00

 U.S.A SC#1054 – cover with 1¢ Washington coil strip of 3 misperf - dated Sept 291956 Detroit Mich $15.00

1941 California Clipper Censor cover: July 22, 1941 - Crows Nest N.S.W. Aust. California Clipper Censor cover. Standard double rate cover for the wartime Clipper service. Actually overpaid 1d; first half oz. was 4/-, each additional half oz. 3/11d. Uneventful FAM19 service (Flight 28) departing Auckland August 2 1941. It most likely had left Sydney for Auckland on TEAL Flight AE84 on July 24 $40.00 SOLD

U.S. cover from Cleveland, Ohio USA to Ottawa, Ontario Canada Feb 21, 1947. Cover bears typed address with SC#944 and van Dam #PC5 Red & Brown Grouse Prairie Provinces Conservation Stamp. Back flap address hand stamp Bird Research Foundation, Cleveland, OHIO $20.00

 U.S.A – MASONIC cover with 3¢ Jefferson - MASONIC Temple Shrine Club Detroit, Michigan preprinted cover - dated July 1952 Detroit Mich. with American Bible Society Cinderella "Search the Scriptures" and 2 line PSCC#3410 slogan cancel "Hire the Handicapped, Its good Business" $10.00

 U.S.A – MASONIC cover with 1955 PB meter postage with Shriner's logo indecia - MASONIC India Temple Shrine Club Oklahoma City, OK corner advert preprinted #10 cover - dated Jan 19, 1955 $10.00

 U.S.A – MASONIC cover with 1955 PB green meter postage - MASONIC Khiva Temple Shrine Club Amarillo, TX corner advert preprinted #10 cover - dated Jan 19, 1955 $10.00

 U.S.A – MASONIC cover with 3¢ Jefferson - MASONIC El Jebel Temple Shrine Club Denver, CO corner advert preprinted #10 cover - dated April 18, 1955 $10.00

 U.S.A – MASONIC cover with 3¢ Liberty coil - MASONIC AKDAR Shrine Club Tulsa, OK corner advert preprinted #10 cover - dated SEP 8, 1955 with 4 line slogan cancel Give - Mental Health Fund" $10.00

 U.S.A – cover with 3¢ Devils Tower -dated Nov 6, 1956 Detroit Mich. with "Vote Straight Republican - Let's Back Ike" Dwight D. Eisenhower election cinderella on #8 corner advertising cover $10.00

U.S. REGISTERED cover from Naples, Florida USA to Bass River, Nova Scotia Canada Sept. 14, 1959. Cover bears hand written address with SC#1052(?) and SC#C56 airmail stamp, VIA AIR MAIL hand stamp and boxed REGISTERED hand stamp Canadian NATIONAL REVENUE Duty Free CDS and numerous back stamps. $25.00

U.S. PERFIN cover from Dallas, TX USA to Montreal, Quebec Canada May 11, 1943. Cover bears typed address with SC#877, and SC#899 PERFIN with 2 line GM&N(?) perfin, VIA AIR MAIL hand stamp and 3 line BUY WAR SAVINGS BOND STAMPS slogan cancel. $15.00

U.S. PERFIN cover from New York, NY USA to Bass River, Nova Scotia Canada Mar 6, 1956. Cover bears hand written address with SC#808 and SC#900, both with 2 line N&W(?) perfin, VIA AIR MAIL and 3 line GIVE + RED CROSS FUNDS slogan cancel. $15.00

U.S. PERFIN cover from New York, NY to Bass River Nova Scotia Canada Feb. 26, 1956. Cover bears hand written address with SC#803 pair, and SC#900 PERFIN with 2 line N & W perfin(?) and 3 line NEW HOPE FOR HEARTS SUPPORT THE HEART FUND slogan cancel. $7.00 SOLD

United Nations First Day cover from United Nations, NY USA to Hastings, Michigan Jan 13, 1964. Cover bears handdrawn cachet tied to UN stamp - IMCO (Inter-governmental Maritime Consultative Organization) SC#122 - back of cover handstamp Mrs. Joseph Flum, Rochester, NY $25.00

United Nations First Day cover from United Nations, NY USA to Hastings, Michigan Jan 23, 1967. Cover bears handdrawn cachet tied to UN stamp -United Nations Development Programme SC#164 - back of cover handstamp Mrs. Joseph Flum, Rochester, NY $25.00

United Nations First Day cover from United Nations, NY USA to Hastings, Michigan Sept. 19, 1968. Cover bears handdrawn cachet tied to UN stamp - World Weather Watch SC#188 - back of cover handstamp Mrs. Joseph Flum, Rochester, NY $25.00

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WORLD Covers/Postal Histroy

 Austria Cover SC#609x2, B287 - Mozart x2 + Lawinenopfer 1954 semi-postal on registered cover to England   -$15.00

BAVARIA - Cover with 4 x Bavaria (Bayern) imperf issues with Regensburg June 10, 1920 CDS - Scott #132-35, Mi #104 II B - 107 II B. Likely per favour cancels - $50.00

China - early "Junk" cover to Detroit Michigan. Cover bears SC#258 10¢ stamp - reverse shows Canadian Pacific stationery imprint - $15.00

Shanghai China - 1941 corner advertising cover from Australian Trading Co. Shanghai China to Detroit Michigan USA 3/21/41. Cover bears 4 x SC#347 Dr. Sun Yat-sen $1.00 stamp +10¢ SC#354 +15¢ SC#355 - $55.00

Shanghai China - 1941 advertising cover from The Shanghai Dairy Equipment Co. Shanghai China to Detroit Michigan USA 1/25/41. Cover bears 2 x SC#C19 $2.00 Junkers F-13 Airmail stamp + 25¢ SC#C12 - showing corect PanAm Clipper airmail rate of $3.75 + 25¢ per extra 20gm(x2) weight for Chinese Internal airmai l- $95.00

Greenland registered cover - 1960 Anniversary of the liberation from Germany – includes SC#6, 19-21, 34, B1 - $125.00

 Hungary SC#B311 Souvenir Sheet commemorating European Architectural Heritage Year 1975 + 48^th Stamp Day on Budapest-Mabeosz Sept 21, 1975 airmail cachet cover - $7.00

MEXICO - MASONIC themed postcard to Detroit Michigan. 1954 travel announcement for Shriners - reverse shows travel details for "Official Pilgrimage" to Mexico City and Honolulu - $15.00

- SUDAN 1942 - Camel Post cover from Omdurman via Khartoum - Shellal-Halfa to Paignton Devon, UK - Khartoum APR 18/42 and Shellal-Halfa APR 19/42 receiving backstamps - - $35.00      - new

 Tunisia Day EXPO ’67 FDC Cover Dated June 13, 1967, this cover was cancelled for Tunisia Day at Montreal Canada’s Expo ’67. It has SC#475-8 set on cover with special EXPO ’67 cachet. There is also a multi-language enclosure explaining the day and Tunisia’s ties with Canada. $10.00

  Venezuela Cover to Canada -Rotary Club Cachet including Rotary Club De Barquisimeto Cinderella label - Couple light file folds - $5.00

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