In the same section of Canada we find an interesting sequence of Locals and fantasy issues. A close examination will be worthwhile for Lot 720 (52 items of the International Letter Express), Lot 721 (68 College stamp bogus issues), Lots 722 and 726 (two lots of Labrador USA labels), Lot 724 (eight items of Barnard’s Cariboo Express), and Lot 725 (modern postal strike labels on and off cover).
Lot 723 — Canada Local Delivery bogus issues The popularity of local delivery services, especially in the USA, which issued legitimate stamps to indicate pre-payment led to imitations to sell to collectors. Here is a collection of 30 stamps plus one damaged. Also the definitive 125-page study by David Sessions. Includes Baldwin’s Railroad black on pink laid paper and on wove paper (unlisted), Bancroft’s City Express dark blue, medium and ultramarine on white wove and blue on pale purple on horizontal laid paper, Le beau bistre brown, Bell’s Dispatch (nine examples of these, eight with partial to full original gum, never hinged), Grand Trunk newspaper black on yellow, Ker’s City post three examples, Whittely’s Express brown on white, brown on orange and black on red orange, Winslow Express – five examples, two cut to shape (30 items), generally fine.
Next week we will feature locals and propaganda labels from Europe.