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Collections and Lots Worldwide Covers bulk lot

Collections and Lots Worldwide Picture postcards

Collections and Lots Worldwide Covers bulk lot

Lot 934

150.00 CAD

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British Guiana, 1900s/1960s, postmark and postal history collection in two large binders, comprising 100+ covers and several hundred

British Guiana, 1900s/1960s, postmark and postal history collection in two large binders, comprising 100+ covers and several hundred stamps, neatly arranged by postmark type and city with numerous collector's notes throughout, together with some mint sets and a stockbook of duplicates, overall fine or better.

Lot 946

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200.00 CAD

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Germany, 1914-1918, World War I Feldpost postal history collection, an extensive holding of over 260 covers and cards, neatly arranged in a

Germany, 1914-1918, World War I Feldpost postal history collection, an extensive holding of over 260 covers and cards, neatly arranged in a binder, including approximately 50 covers, several with original enclosures, with a broad array of feldpost markings and regimental cachets, notabe diversity of postmarks and regimental represented, note also Belgian Occupation frankings, military scene and photo postcards, typical mixed condition as expected for wartime mail, with many fine items throughout, a varied collection offering substantial potential for further research, ideal for the German military postal history enthusiast.

Collections and Lots Worldwide Picture postcards

Collections and Lots Worldwide Covers bulk lot

Collections and Lots Worldwide Picture postcards

Lot 961

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500.00 CAD

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Great Britain, 1882/1909, collection of more than 400 postcards with squared circle postmarks, including a few geometric cancels, displayed

Great Britain, 1882/1909, collection of more than 400 postcards with squared circle postmarks, including a few geometric cancels, displayed on stock sheets and in an album with basic postmark identifications noted, about a third of the cards loose, accompanied by some useful reference literature, condition mixed in places though better than usually encountered and fine to very fine overall, light tobacco smell, a desirable grouping for the specialist and a ready-made dealer stock for resale.

Collections and Lots Worldwide Covers bulk lot

Collections and Lots Worldwide Postal stationery

Collections and Lots Worldwide Picture postcards

Collections and Lots Worldwide Covers bulk lot

Lot 973

80.00 CAD

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United States, 1880s/1900s machine cancellation group, with sixty five early cancels on cover or stationery/postcards, including 1893

United States, 1880s/1900s machine cancellation group, with sixty five early cancels on cover or stationery/postcards, including 1893 World's Fair, Washington machines on penalty envelopes or cards including the Department of the Interior and House of Representatives, Philadelphia 1899 National Export Exposition, 1903 St. Louis World's Fair, various different types from larger cities including Boston and New York, over a dozen flag cancels, mixed condition, some with faults, but chiefly fine or better strikes.

Collections and Lots Worldwide Postal stationery

Collections and Lots Worldwide Picture postcards

Collections and Lots Worldwide Postal stationery

Lot 977

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200.00 CAD

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Worldwide, early to late 19th century postal history collection, of 87 items comprising stampless covers and postal stationery, organised

Worldwide, early to late 19th century postal history collection, of 87 items comprising stampless covers and postal stationery, organised alphabetically from Argentina to Trinidad on custom descriptive pages in a three-ring binder, covering a wide geographic range including European nations, Central and South America, the Middle East, and the British Commonwealth with several covers addressed to Canada, showcasing a broad variety of cancellation types, transit markings, and historical rates, covers apparently unchecked for contents, condition varies, generally fine.

Collections and Lots Worldwide Picture postcards

Lot 978

40.00 CAD

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Worldwide, early 1900s, eclectic thematic postcard collection, comprising just over 200 items, showing a wide variety of mostly unused

Worldwide, early 1900s, eclectic thematic postcard collection, comprising just over 200 items, showing a wide variety of mostly unused cards housed in plastic holders, noting twenty-five embossed holiday postcards with animals, eight Cyrano de Bergerac scenes, fourteen scenes from D’Annunzio’s Gioconda film, twenty unsigned artistic cards, thirty-five from the Netherlands, fifty-five Italian topographical city views, thirteen Salon de Paris cards, seventeen Quo Vadis – Mastroianni designs, and twenty-five depicting French Missions in Africa, a colourful and appealing lot ideal for the collector or dealer alike and readily divisible into attractive themed groups.

Collections and Lots Worldwide Covers bulk lot

Collections and Lots Worldwide Postal stationery

Collections and Lots Worldwide Covers bulk lot

Lot 979

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150.00 CAD

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Worldwide, 1930s/1980s, first flight and flight-event cover collection comprising about 180 items with strong Latin American content,

Worldwide, 1930s/1980s, first flight and flight-event cover collection comprising about 180 items with strong Latin American content, neatly housed in two albums and focused on aviation-themed material, principally cacheted First Flight covers and special-event airmail commemorations, with notable concentration in Latin and South American routes including Argentina, Mexico and Cuba, alongside solid representation from Czechoslovakia, Australia, the United States, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines and former British African colonies, the Latin American section particularly appealing for its colourful multi-franked covers, many addressed to Cuba, with cachets marking early Pan American Airways and Aeropostal routes, European and Asian material includes cacheted flights from both Eastern and Western Europe together with post-war inaugurations from Japan, Malaysia and the Philippines, cachets generally official or airline-issued with clear cancellations often paired with matching route or aircraft vignettes, condition fine to very fine with crisp strikes and minimal faults, an attractive holding.

Lot 980

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150.00 CAD

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Worldwide, 1940s/1980s, first flight and flight-related cover collection comprising about 230 items, housed in two albums and spanning

Worldwide, 1940s/1980s, first flight and flight-related cover collection comprising about 230 items, housed in two albums and spanning routes from Europe, the United States, India, Japan, Hong Kong, the Scandinavian countries and numerous former British colonies, with particular strength in 1960s Lufthansa flights, the material largely consisting of official or semi-official cacheted First Flight covers complemented by special-event mail marking airline inaugurations, new routes and aviation anniversaries, showing clear airmail markings, attractive multi-country frankings and bright cachets often tied by matching cancellations, with several registered or express examples and others bearing auxiliary markings from major international hubs, overall fine to very fine with strong visual appeal.

Collections and Lots Worldwide Postal stationery

Lot 981

80.00 CAD

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Worldwide, 1940s/2000s, accumulation of about 500 covers, a real smorgasboard of FDCs, postal stationery and commercial mail from around

Worldwide, 1940s/2000s, accumulation of about 500 covers, a real smorgasboard of FDCs, postal stationery and commercial mail from around the world, many lovely frankings, colourful items of topical interest, etc, generally quite fresh throughout, an ideal sorting project, or stock for the online or show dealer.

Collections and Lots Worldwide Postal stationery

Collections and Lots Canada and Provinces

Collections and Lots Canada and Provinces Collections

Lot 982

80.00 CAD

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Worldwide, 1950s-2010s, aaccumulation of about 500 covers, a real smorgasboard of FDCs, Aerogrammes, postal stationery and commercial mail

Worldwide, 1950s-2010s, aaccumulation of about 500 covers, a real smorgasboard of FDCs, Aerogrammes, postal stationery and commercial mail from all corners of the globe; a delightful organizing project for the intrepid collector or online or club dealer, overall fine-very fine.

Collections and Lots Canada and Provinces

Collections and Lots Canada and Provinces Collections

Collections and Lots Canada and Provinces

Lot 1044

375.00 CAD

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British North America, 1851/1944, mint and used accumulation, on nine pages, mostly mint, with a few never hinged throughout, showing

British North America, 1851/1944, mint and used accumulation, on nine pages, mostly mint, with a few never hinged throughout, showing particular strength in modern Newfoundland and New Brunswick, also with a pleasing representation of Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia; little duplication excepting the 1860 New Brunswick 5c issue in various shades (about 125 copies), all appearing hinged; includes 1851 1d used Nova Scotia with three clear margins, 1851 3d used Nova Scotia, nicely centred with clear margins all around, as well as additional better items; minor faults on some earlier issues, fine or better overall, a lot worthy of close inspection; also includes 14 forgeries and a Nova Scotia 3d on piece, all stamps shown on our online scans.

Collections and Lots Canada and Provinces Collections

Lot 1045

250.00 CAD

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British North America, 1857/1949, attractive mint collection, comprising 274 stamps, of which 253 are Newfoundland issues, neatly mounted

British North America, 1857/1949, attractive mint collection, comprising 274 stamps, of which 253 are Newfoundland issues, neatly mounted in hingeless Lighthouse pages, the Newfoundland section featuring a fresh 1860 3d green with three clear margins and original gum, several well-centred issues of the late nineteenth century, then highly complete from 1897 onward, with many complete or near-complete sets including 1910 John Guy (lithographed and engraved), 1911 Royal Family, 1919 Caribou, and others, approximately 25% never hinged, a pleasing and well-organised collection well suited for continuation, fine to very fine overall.

Collections and Lots Canada and Provinces

Collections and Lots Canada and Provinces Collections

Collections and Lots Canada and Provinces

Lot 1046

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200.00 CAD

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British North America, 1857/1947, dealer stock of many hundreds, with emphasis on Newfoundland including Heraldic (no gum) and more than

British North America, 1857/1947, dealer stock of many hundreds, with emphasis on Newfoundland including Heraldic (no gum) and more than two stock pages of First Cents issues and shades, neatly set out on 19 double-sided pages of a 32-page stockbook, with duplication of up to a dozen or more of many of the Newfoundland issues including postage dues and air mail, lesser so with New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island; more than half this accumulation is mint, with some never hinged throughout, the 19th-Century issues are hinged or with no gum, five pages of Newfoundland and New Brunswick revenues accompany, usual mixed condition among the earlier stamps, largely fine or better.

Lot 1047

150.00 CAD

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British North America, 1860s–1947, accumulation of mint and used, comprising several hundred stamps in black mounts on loose album pages,

British North America, 1860s–1947, accumulation of mint and used, comprising several hundred stamps in black mounts on loose album pages, with heavy emphasis on Newfoundland, approximately half mint with some never hinged, the mint material as early as the 1897 Royal Family issue, including a mint 1911 John Guy engraved set of six lightly hinged and nicely centred, a small Caribou study group to 15c, and approximately 75 Newfoundland T.P.O. and R.P.O. cancels including four covers, condition mixed on early issues, representative photos available online.

Collections and Lots Canada and Provinces Collections

Collections and Lots Worldwide

Collections and Lots Canada and Provinces Collections

Lot 1049

150.00 CAD

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Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick, 1861–1872, grouping of 20 stamps, a mix of mint and used, including the P.E.I. 1861 3d blue with

Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick, 1861–1872, grouping of 20 stamps, a mix of mint and used, including the P.E.I. 1861 3d blue with rough perforations as usual, a full fresh set of reprint die proofs of the 6d in ten prepared colours, New Brunswick Cents issue complete, and a 1860 5c green Queen Victoria cover, some typical imperfections, a convenient near-complete run of the P.E.I. issues, overall fine or better.

Collections and Lots Worldwide

Lot 1193

200.00 CAD

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Worldwide, 1850s–1950s, mint and used collection in two Master Global albums, extensive worldwide holding housed in two large Master

Worldwide, 1850s–1950s, mint and used collection in two Master Global albums, extensive worldwide holding housed in two large Master Global albums, comprising many thousands of stamps from mid-19th century classic issues through the mid-1950s, arranged alphabetically by country, with representation throughout Great Britain and Commonwealth, Europe, Asia and other areas, chiefly common material and short sets, though with better items noted, showing particular strength in French Colonies, Belgium, Brazil, Saar, St. Pierre et Miquelon, and Switzerland, with a useful range of early imperforates, 19th-century perforated definitives, and early 20th-century commemoratives, mint hinged and used throughout, condition variable as to be expected with some early faults though many later issues fine-very fine; a substantial and useful old-time worldwide collection ideal for continuation or breakdown.

Lot 1194

450.00 CAD

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Worldwide, 1880s–1980s, former dealer stock, eclectic accumulation of many hundreds of stamps, chiefly European, approximately half mint

Worldwide, 1880s–1980s, former dealer stock, eclectic accumulation of many hundreds of stamps, chiefly European, approximately half mint and half used, housed in more than 100 small glassines, stock cards, and manila stock sheets, together with an estimated 100 souvenir sheets, many cancelled to order, with several pleasant surprises throughout including the 1898 Netherlands 10g orange, 1933 Liechtenstein set of three, 1950–53 Austria airmail “Rooks,” and many other better sets, earlier material with the usual minor faults, some items meriting close inspection for potential dubious postmarks, our online photos illustrating roughly one-third of the lot, including some of the better material, overall fine or better.

Lot 1195

200.00 CAD

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Worldwide, 1859/1997, mint and used sets and singles in approval cards, many hundreds catalogued by Scott, priced and organised in boxes by

Worldwide, 1859/1997, mint and used sets and singles in approval cards, many hundreds catalogued by Scott, priced and organised in boxes by country, mostly in catalogue order, including Belgium (1865–1961) mostly used with some back-of-the-book, Canada (1859–2016) with multiples of used Queen Victoria Maple Leaf and Numeral issues and 1897 Jubilees on cards ideal for study, France (1849–2011) strong with many mint hinged semi-postal sets (1922–1972), precancels and a nicely cancelled Scott C15 (c.v. $310), Switzerland (1862–1986) with Europa series complete 1957–1989 mostly mint never hinged and semi-postals (1928–1989) on about 60 cards largely never hinged, Hungary (1871–1981) with regular, semi-postals, airmail and dues, and over 200 cards of Egypt (1866–1997) including semi-postals, airmails and military issues, overall fine or better, a strong selection ideal for the show dealer or stamp club trade.