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Lot 654, Group of Roughly 625 Norway Covers and Cards, 1880s-1970s, sold for C$1,638

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Lot 654, Group of Roughly 625 Norway Covers and Cards, 1880s-1970s, sold for C$1,638Lot 654 Group of Roughly 625 Norway Covers and Cards, 1880s-1970s, loose in a box, with the possibility of material on either side of the given range. The lot contains a wide variety of material, noting mostly commercial mail including postal stationery, military mail (with mostly German and a few British censor tapes and markings), advertising mail (many are illustrated), parcel receipts, postage due, airmail (including a few first flights), first day covers, and more, paying registration, express, airmail, domestic and international rates (noting Iceland, Sweden, Great Britain destinations), with a variety of town postmarks and postmark types, directional markings, etc. A nice lot for the postal history collector, as the owner collected interesting and unusual material. Online photos show an overview. We note a few small faults with a few of the covers including corner bends and a few tears. Overall fine to very fine. Estimate C$500, sold for C$1,400.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.

Lot 568, Group of forty-eight WWII Canadian Airmail covers with O.A.T. handstamps, 1942-45, sold for C$643

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Lot 568, Group of forty-eight WWII Canadian Airmail covers with O.A.T. handstamps, 1942-45, sold for C$643Lot 568, Group of forty-eight WWII Canadian Airmail covers with O.A.T. handstamps, 1942-45, sold for C$643Lot 568 Group of 48 WWII Canadian Airmail Covers with O.A.T. Handstamps, 1942-1945, loose in a box, with various boxed and oval O.A.T. handstamps, paying primarily 30c and 40c rates (note a few 10c rates with solo frankings), primarily to Switzerland, Sweden, and France, along with Norway and Iceland. The covers are franked with 1938 Pictorial and War issues, noting blackout and machine cancel types, along with a variety of censor tapes and handstamps. We note some duplication of rates and destinations, online photos show an overview. Overall fine to very fine. Estimate C$150, sold for C$550.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.

Lot 1512, Group of 56 First Flight and Air Mail covers and cards from European Countries, sold for C$1,170

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From Lot 1512, Group of 56 First Flight and Air Mail covers and cards from European Countries, sold for C$1,170Lot 1512 Group of 56 First Flight and Air Mail Covers and Cards, 1920s-1930s, from European Countries: Latvia (x2), Hungary (x4), Poland (x6), Ethiopia (x1), Romania (x2), Greece (x4), Iceland (x1), Norway (x3), Sweden (x1), Denmark (x1), Yugoslavia (x1), Austria (x6), Estonia (x1), Persia (x2), Palestine (x1), Saar (x7), Egypt (x3), Belgium (x4), Portugal (x3), French Morocco (x3). Many of these were in Mr. Pont’s exhibit and feature interesting frankings, rates, destinations (many to India, etc), cachets, and more. Some were affected by humid storage, still overall fine to very fine. Viewing highly recommended to better appreciate the scarce material in this lot, many scans available online. From the The Leon Victor Pont Collection of Early India, New Zealand and Worldwide Pioneer Flight Covers. Estimate $500, sold for C$1,000.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.

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