Lot 962 Canada #CL13 1927 Patricia Airways and Exploration Limited Commercial Cover, from Cobalt to Pine Ridge, Ontario. Mailed Cobalt MAR.18.1927, arrived at Rouyn P.Q. MAR.20 and has backstamps from Rolling Portage and Sioux Lookout on MAR.24. Opening faults at right and some creases and minor staining. Scott CV$250, sold for C$180 plus buyer’s premium.
Quebec
Lot 915, Canada 1877 Small Queen mourning cover to Scotland, sold for $196
Lot 915 Canada #35vii, 37ii 1877 10c Pre-U.P.U. Double Weight Cover to Scotland, mourning cover franked with 1c (two pairs) and 3c (2 singles), perforated 11½x12, tied by duplex cancels, paying the 10c double weight pre-U.P.U. preferred rate. Mailed at Québec AUG.10.1877 to Glasgow, Scotland (AUG.23). Faults, including missing backflap, edge wear, small tears and ageing, still a scarce franking for this rate. Estimate $150, sold for C$170 plus buyer’s premium.
Lot 10, Canada 1857 three penny red and six pence slate grey imperfs on folded letter Montreal-Quebec City
We begin our highlights of Auction #20 with this lovely cover.
Lot 10 Canada #4, 5 1857 3d red and 6d slate grey Imperforates, on folded letter mailed from Montreal (dated AUG.4.1857 – note spelling on cancel MONTHEAL) to Quebec City. Both 4 margin stamps are tied by 4-ring #21 cancels. A lovely triple weight rate cover, which has had its 3d stamp removed to iron out a crease to improve appearance, then replaced. Ex. Carrington and Daniel Cantor collections and accompanied by a 2011 Greene Foundation certificate. We note that because the stamp was removed to iron out a crease, the certificate is pink as per Greene Foundation regulations. Estimate $3,500
Lot 1304 — 1847 stampless Transatlantic letter from Quebec to Normandy, sold for $345
Lot 1304 1847 Stampless Transatlantic Letter Quebec to Upper Normandy France, rated with script “55” notation. Handstamped with multiple PAID markings. Contents indicate the letter was drafted on 18.DEC.1846. It bears no Canadian postmarks, but shows clear Manchester JA.18.1847 double split-ring and PAID 19 JA 19 1847 cds of London. From thence it travelled to Calais (20.JANV.47), Abbeville (21.JAN.47), and finally its destination in Upper Normandy (Seine Inférieure). The contents indicate the letter was written by the Mother Superior of the Canadian Branch of the “Chanoinesses régulières hospitalières de la miséricorde de Jésus,” a French Catholic religious order. The letter includes three pages of contents, almost entirely readable. An attractive item, in very fine condition, and of historical interest. Estimate $200, sold for $300 plus buyer’s premium.