Lot 1152, Extensive Collection of Bruce County postal history in eight volumes, sold for C$8,190

Lot 1152, Extensive Collection of Bruce County postal history in eight volumes, sold for C$4,914Lot 1152 Extensive Collection of Bruce County Postal History, in eight volumes, with a total of 722 covers and cards. Items are neatly displayed on pages with in-depth descriptions of the rates, routes and postmarks, as well as information on each post office, from Aberdour to Willow Creek, showing opening and closing dates (some were only open for a very short period), sometimes a picture of the post office, etc. It is immediately evident that this collector sought the best possible strikes for each postmark (with early and late dates), and was conscientious about quality of each item he added to the collection. There are sometimes reproductions of the postmarks appearing on the back of some covers. There are too many good items to describe here, so we have selected a few scans for Stamp Auction Network, and have also scanned every page on our website, not only for our customers’ viewing enjoyment, but for preservation’s sake. This collection is loaded with goodies, such as stampless, Cents, Large Queen, Small Queen covers, a good quantity of registered material, either with single frankings (eg. 8c SQ) or with Registration stamps, and we note some very nice early Money Letters. We note covers, stationery cards, picture post cards, registration receipts, etc., and we note all sorts of postmarks including pre-instrument manuscripts, r.p.o. broken circle (many manuscript, some with inverted or reversed indicia), c.d.s., duplex, registration and much more. A lovely collection, well worth a close look. Estimate $4,000, sold for C$7,000.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.