Email Price List September 16, 2011
The following items are available subject unsold. Prices are in Canadian dollars.
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Item #1. 1856 Merrittsville, CW (MY 14) to Marysville, California, rated “9” hs (9d) for the 9d / 15c rate
to California., corssed ou and black “Canada 10 cts” hs applied, overwritten with ms “15” for the correct, 15c rate for a distance over 3,000 miles. Much scarcer than the later 10c rate.
$250
Item #2. Toronto 5 parcel oval ties #35 1c Small Queen on Massey Manufacturing Co to Armadale, Ont paying
1c printed matter rate. Cover torn at top but a scarce parcel oval.
$25
Item #3. 1897 Montreal type 7 flag (Nov. 17 1897) ties #51 1c Jubilee on private postcard from Laidlaw Watson
& Co boot manufacturers, to Port Hope. Advertising on private post cards were not allowed until Dec 9 1897
but the card was accepted at the third class matter rate. Scarce, especially for a Jubilee usage.
$150
Item #4. 1900 Toronto 1c Numeral tied by Toronto “B” flag type 8 to Morrisburg, Ont and redirected to Iroquois. An illegal sized stamp collar. Also interesting is the postcard banner very similar to postal stationery post
cards. Scarce.
$20
Item #5. 1900 1c printed matter rate with Paris, Ont cds (AP 24 00) ties #75 1c Numeral on Bain’s Lactic Acid
advertising pamphlet to Moncton, NB. An 11 page booklet promoting paper dye chemicals.
$40
Item #6. 1900 Mott’s Chocolate advertising cover (clipped upper left corner) with #77 2c Numeral tied by Halifax, NS duplex (Jan 11 1900) to local address. Part back flap off
$25
Item #7. 3c Admiral lathework pair (type B) and 2c Admiral tied by Halifax keyhole registration hs on cover to
Wincanton, England bs (DE 15 19). Scarce.
$200
Item #8. 1c Admiral postal card with illustated advertising showing an electric hammer. Reverse with another
illustration as well.
$40
Item #9. 1953 Halifax to Genova, Italy, 20c subsequent AR card sent after the registered letter had been sent.
Reverse with Genova cds receiver. Stain and hole punch. Scarce.
$60
Item #10. The Arrow newspaper, PBurks Falls Oct 3, 1913 with 1c Admiral tied by grid hs to Toronto, plus 1c
private postcard from the Arrow used in 1913 for subscription renewal. Very scarce.
$125
Item #11. 1959 Hamilton, Ont barrel ties 2c Wilding on “Mail-o-gram”, printed matter.
Item #12. Ministry of Government Affairs booklet with detatchable postcard for discharge soldiers.
$25
$30
Item #13. Group of five WWII cigarette receipt cards,
each with a different design.
$35
Item #14. No 2 District Depot Rehabilitation brochure
for soldiers. (Non-postal).
$15
Item #15. 15c registered letter rate from St. John’s (Jan 18 1928) to London, England. Blue embossed post office cc. Two British registered cds on reverse. Pencil notes on back.
$45
Item #16. 1932 10c War Memorial tied by St. John’s Prevent Forest Fires slogan on Dept of Posts
and Telegraphs cover to USA.
$25
Item #16. Earliest Recorded Date of Censor Tape. 5c Cariboo tied by St. John’s slogan (Sep 2 1939)
on Bank of Nova Scotia cc window envelope with censor tape on reverse and pink datestamp “SEP
2 1939” and initialled. Civil Censorship catalogue listed Sep 2 as earliest date. Britian declared war
Sept 1 and this was used the very next day. A censorship rarity.
$200