Lot 741 Collection of twenty folded letters and covers from Waterloo County, 1845 to 1873, with items from Waterloo, Preston (x2 diff.), Wilmot, Woolwich, New Aberdeen (ERD), Petersburg (in green, ERD), Berlin, Ayr, New Hope, New Hamburg (LRD), Doon (ERD, on a folded money letter), Wellesley, Hawkesville (on a 5c Beaver registered cover), Freiburg (LRD), Crosshill (two different), Conestoga, St Agatha (on an 1870 3c Small Queen registered cover) and Mannheim (the only recorded example of this instrument). All on Michael Rixon pages, overall very fine and all scanned online. Estimate C$350, sold for C$850.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
Waterloo
Lot 1096, 1828 folded letter with STANSTEAD straightline postmark, Waterloo to Hatley L.C., sold for C$1,111
Lot 1096 1828 Folded Letter with STANSTEAD Straightline Postmark, mailed on Dec.25.1828 to the Postmaster of Hatley L.C. The inside is a long three page letter datelined Waterloo Dec.17.1828, and because the post office in Waterloo only opened in 1836, the letter had to be mailed at Stanstead (on Christmas Day), about 50km away. A very fine and clean folded letter with a very fine strike of this rare straightline postmark, with only three or four known. Estimate $300, sold for C$950.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
Lot 548, Province of Québec 1843-1861 group of four stampless registered covers, sold for C$380
Lot 548 Québec 1843-1861 Group of Four Province of Québec Stampless Registered Covers, 1843 FL Pointe à Cavagnol LC (rare postmark) to Montréal with FREE and MONEY LETTER handstamps in red; 1843 FL Chambly LC to Montréal with PAID and MONEY LETTER handstamps in red; Windsor Mills LC to Sherbrooke with REGISTERED (small letters) and PAID 3 handstamps in red; and 1861 cover St Hyacinthe CE to Waterloo through Granby, with boxed REGISTERED and PAID 5 in black, plus enclosure. A very fine group. Estimate $150, sold for C$325.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
