Happy Labor Day!!!

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1 Happy Labor Day!!! This list contains some very unusual and desirable material. I encourage you to look carefully and enjoy. The list includes Lower Canada letters, POWs, penny taped, George V 1935 and general postal history. Prices are in Canadian funds. Payment by credit card, cheque, etc as usual. Taxes are extra, if applicable. Unsubscribe - If you do not wish to receive my notices please respond with "Unsubscribe" or "Remove" in the subject header. Have a great day!!! Hugo Item Scott O26a with certificate Scott O26 and O26a, in pair, used, VF, one without G position 31 postmarked Ville St. Georges Que 11 Oct 1952 with Vincent Graves Greene certificate No Rare especially used and dated. Unitrade $ Price $ SOLD

2 Item House of Commons FREE c1884, House of Commons free franked wrapper with rimless HofC Free Canada Davis CH-4 or CS HC-16 to St. Lambert Quebec. The wrapper is signed by Francois Bechard (MP for Iberville and St. John and Senator for De Lorimier). Bechard was a Quebec farmer and political figure. He was born in Mount Johnson LC. He served as a major in the local militia and was mayor of Saint-Grégoire. Rare postmark and rare signature. $500.00

3 Item Isle Verte LC Postmaster free 1839, Postmaster free franked folded cover to Quebec. Signed by Louis Bertrand, PM ( ). Bertrand was the Isle Verte general merchant and major landowner. He was the owner of the mill, the sawmill, the dock and numerous boats. He represented Rimouski in the House of Assembly of LC from 1832 to 1838 and was elected as the first mayor of L'Isle-Verte in $ Item Contrecoeur CE 1866, stampless cover from Contrecoeur CE (Vercheres county) paid 5 to Montreal. Cover slightly reduced at top. A very scarce office. $75.00 SOLD

4 Item Buckingham CE (Papineau) 1848, stampless folded family letter from Buckingham CE (Papineau county) 7d collect to Perth UC. Bytown and Smiths Falls transit b/s. The letter is from Mrs Wilson to her sister Mrs Thompson. Nice backstamps. $60.00 SOLD

5 Item Manningville LC (Huntingdon) 1867, stampless cover from Manningville CE to Napanee CW. Originally rated 7 collect and rerated paid 5. St. Remi and Montreal transit and Napanee receiver (b/s). $75.00

6 Item St. Esprit LC (Montcalm) 1856, stampless cover from St. Esprit LC rated 3d collect to Mascouche. Montreal and L Assomption transit (b/s). Philip Mount was the Postmaster and Commandant of the 2 nd Battn of the Leinster county in Mascouche. Mascouche is an off-island suburb of Montreal. Exhibit quality. $ Item Surface rate to Russia 1933, 6 Airmail (C3) tied by Thetford Mines Que roller cancel on cover paying 5 UPU letter rate to Russia. 1 overpaid and airmail handstamp crossed out. Russia internal transit and receiver b/s. $100.00

7 Item UPU to England 1892, 2 SQ tied by St. John NB squared circle precursor on 1 stationery card paying 2 UPU postcard rate to Liverpool England. The theory is that the sender thought the 2 SQ was needed to ensure the 2 UPU rate is accepted with a domestic card. See image for condition. $ Item Three Riv. & Que CPR M.C. RPO 1896, 3 SQ tied by purple Three Riv. & Que CPR M.C. RPO (Gray QC- 541 RF F) on cover to US Slightly reduced at right. $75.00 SOLD

8 Item Ring-7 St. John NB 1871, 6 Large Queen tied by 2-Ring-7 from Saint John NB on cover paying 6 letter rate to US. (no backstamp). $ Item Dundas Ont squared circle 1897, Dundas Ont squared circle (WTW) on 1 stationery card to Toronto. The message is about a Bradley's Arnold Latin prose and Fletcher & Henderson s Latin prose books. $25.00

9 Item Wine and liquor merchant Montreal 1893, 3 SQ tied by Montreal duplex cancel on N. Quintal & Sons wholesale grocers advertising cover to Ottawa. Quintal was a wine and liquor merchant as well as a Europe/US/Asia importer. $125.00

10 Item Very late 6 airmail rate 1932, 1 Arch, 3 Provisional and 6 Ottawa Conference (2) tied by Lennoxville cds on cover paying 16 airmail registered letter rate to US (6c airmail + 10c registration). Montreal transit and receiver (b/s). The airmail rate increased to 8 on August 1 st. A very late 6 airmail rate and nice keyhole. $40.00 SOLD Item Airmail to US, shortpaid 1932, 6 Ottawa Conference tied by Quebec Que machine cancel on cover underpaying 8 airmail letter rate to Cleveland Ohio. (2 short, 4 due). $50.00 SOLD

11 Item Staffa Postmaster and merchant 1899, 2 Leaf tied by grid cancel from Staffa Ont (Perth) on J. Hamiton & Son general merchants c/c cover to Hamilton. J. Hamilton was the postmaster also ( ). $25.00 Item Scotch Village NS (Hants) 1920, 3 Admiral tied by faint grid cancel from Scotch Village NS on Sharples (suction-feed cream separator) advertising cover to Ontario. $75.00

12 Item Shawbridge Que roller #1 1924, 1 Admiral pair tied by Shawbridge Que roller #1 type 4 on PC to US. Terrebonne county post office. $20.00 Item Victoriaville Que (Keyhole) 1927, 2, 12 Confederation tied by Victoriaville Que roller cancel on cover paying 14 double registered letter rate to US. Levis & Richmond RPO and Montreal transit (b/s). Slightly reduced at right. $25.00

13 Item Montreal importers and grocers 1915, 1 Wartax, 2 Admiral tied by Montreal machine cancel on Henri Jonas & Co advertising cover reverse showing military dressing for leather goods. $75.00

14 Item Bow Island Alberta 1937, 3, 10 Pictorial tied by Bow Island Alberta cds on cover paying 13 registered letter rate to US. 3 diff RPOs b/s. $30.00 SOLD

15 Item HMS Apollo cover 1936, 3 Pictorial tied by Vancouver machine cancel on HMS Apollo visits Vancouver cover with oval Master-at-Arms in front. $25.00 SOLD Item Kamloops 125 th Anniversary 1937, 3 Pictorial tied by Kamloops BC machine cancel on th Anniversary cover to Calgary. Back flap off. $20.00

16 Item Lady Rodney Nassau Bahamas 1935, 1 Pictorial (2) tied by faint Nassau Bahamas cds (plus a free strike LR) on postcard mailed on CNS Lady Rodney to US. Reverse is a boring picture of a lady talking to a donkey (Now listen to me, she says). $35.00 SOLD Item Vancouver welcomes warships 1936, 3 Pictorial tied by Vancouver machine cancel on HMCS Vancouver cover with cachet showing a Navy Officer Vancouver Canada welcomes the warships of the world. $30.00 SOLD

17 Item Sydney NS radio stations 1944, 4 War issue (pre-affixing fault) tied by Sydney NS blackout on Radio Stations advertising cover to Ontario. $35.00 SOLD

18 Item Refugee Camp I Ile-aux-Noix 1941, 3 Mufti tied by Base APO Canada machine cancel on refugee Camp I St. Paul Ile-aux-Noix Que censored cover to US. $90.00 SOLD

19 Item POW 44 Grande Ligne Que 1943, 10 Parliament, 20 Corvette tied by POW 44 cds on POW folded letter paying 30 airmail letter rate to Germany. Double censored. $90.00 SOLD Item Montreal permit No.396 c1940, 1 permit No.396 on cover paying 1 printed matter rate, not accepted at the 1 rate, drop letter rated and 4 postage due. $30.00

20 Item hotels dead letter 1937, GB1½d tied by London machine cancel on cover to Rockefeller Plaza New York redirected to Chesterfield Hotel New York and to Bond Hotel in Montreal. Not known and sent to Ottawa DLO via Montreal clerk. $50.00 SOLD

21 Item Tunisia to Owen Sound Ont 1928, 5c Kairouan pair tied by Bizerte Tunisie cds on cover to Owen Sound Ontario. Please advise your correspondents of your present address redirected to London Ont. $15.00 Item Scarce pointing finger 1959, 5 meter from Montreal on Bank of Montreal cover to Cherryville BC. Returned for better direction with the scarce pointing finger with this cover not to be used again at base. Montreal clerk b/s. $15.00

22 Item Found in an empty bag 1999, 45 cover from Laval Que to Montreal found in an empty bag, cleared at Cranbrook BC signed by the Ops supervisor with Cranbrook Klussendorf machine. Pretty cool modern cover. $20.00 SOLD Item Penny taped and tied (1 of 4) 1999, 45 stamp and an actual real penny taped and tied by jet spray cancel on cover paying the new 46 rate from St. Constant Que to Montreal. $15.00 On March 29, 2012, the federal government announced in its budget that it would withdraw the penny from circulation in the fall of The budget announcement eliminating the penny cited the cost of producing it at 1.6. The final penny was minted at the RCM's Winnipeg, Manitoba plant on the morning of May 4, 2012

23 Item Penny taped and tied (2 of 4) 1999, 45 stamp and an actual real penny taped (not tied) with jet spray and machine cancel on cover paying the new 46 rate from Rouyn Que (Abitibi) to Montreal. $15.00 Item Penny taped and tied (3 of 4) 1999, 45 stamp and an actual real penny taped and tied by machine cancel on cover paying the new 46 rate from Chicoutimi Que to Montreal. $15.00 SOLD

24 Item Penny taped and tied (4 of 4) 1999, 45 stamp and an actual real penny taped and tied by jet spray cancel on cover paying the new 46 rate from St. Gerard Que to Montreal. $15.00 SOLD Item Lac Saguay Que special delivery 1947, 1 War (4), 10 SD tied by Lac Saguay Que split ring (Labelle county) paying 14 special delivery rate to Kitchener. Kitchener is listed in the special delivery service list. Very unusual special delivery cover from a northern Quebec P.O. (North of Mont Tremblant / East of Mont Laurier). $40.00