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Brazil-Canada 1945

Diamond shape commemoratives 3 x 40 ctvos on registered envelope to Nova Scotia, inspected twice by censors and sealed with Brazilian & British censor tape; various b/s including 3 T.P.O.s; forwarded and mis-routed (?) in the post; cancellation on stamps unclear but presumed to be Brazil

Reference: 1209

QV 1c yellow cancelled circle of bars and s/r cds, St Catherines, 15 August 1894; h/s 'Not called for' and 'Returned to'; arrival d/s St Catherines, 31 August 1894; no b/s; 1c used alone for the local rate; 2 different cds of the same town

Reference: 1178

Canada 2 x 3c Royal Visit issue (SG 374) cancelled Hamilton 26 August 1940, with censor's sealing strip 5636: Lundy 2 puffins orange cancelled by green Lundy slogan d/s and s/r cds 21 September 1940: a most unusual combination

Reference: 1168
Canada special delivery 1939

Envelope with KG VI 2c + 20c special delivery stamp (SG 510) cancelled s/r Vancouver BC 30 May 1939; no b/s, local delivery; scarce use on envelope

Reference: 1123
Ireland to Canada

Ireland SG 79,80; on plain envelope from Baile Atha Cliath 8 March 1844 to Vancouver, Canada; inspected by Irish and British censors, with pink sealing tape 'AN SCRUDOIR D’OSCAIL 160' and 'Opened by Examiner 3962'; bilingual Air Mail label; no b/s, scarce & attractive combination

Reference: 1047
GB 'Compac' FDC to British Columbia

7 copies of the Compac Cable stamp (SG 645), including block of 4, on envelope from Yeovil 3 December 1963 to Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada; unusual FDC, by airmail

Reference: 1031
Canada to Bulgaria 1933

5c Royal William commemorative (SG 331) cancelled with slogan d/s 'Place Home Address on All Mail'; from Winnipeg, 13 September 1933, to Pleven, Bulgaria; readdressed to Sofia; h/s Sofia 25 Sept, Pleven 26 Sept, Sofia 30 Sept 1933

Reference: 824
Canada underpaid to USA

Canada 4c QEII cancelled Winnipeg 1 December 1960 to York, Pennsylvania; underpaid with postage due cachet T/6 cents in circle, on airmail envelope; US POSTAGE DUE label green on buff 'York PA, 5 Dec 60' 06 cents to pay; green h/s USA; b/s Nov 27 1960 in green; nice airmail postage due item

Reference: 799
USA and Canada mixed franking 1914

Mixed franking Canada KGV 2c + 2 x 1c USA pictorial, cancelled s/r cds Los Angeles; to Pasadena, CA, 5 February 1914; no b/s

Reference: 738
GB Postal Strike Mail to Canada

envelope from London to Toronto during the British Postal Strike of 1971; with Special Courier Mail strike label, cancelled "Authorised by Ministry Post and Telecom 27171, Special Courier Mail"; Canadian stamp added in Toronto and cancelled Toronto 12 Feb 1971; no b/s

Reference: 696
St Vincent Registered envelope 1953

St Vincent Coronation 6 x 4c (2 on reverse) + KGVI 6d pictorial on registered airmail envelope, cancelled with s/r cds Kingstown St Vincent 18 June 1954, Registration GPO Trinidad 20 June, large red cds Montreal Registered 23 June, large purple d/s REGISTERED cds MONTREAL PQ 23 June 1953; a nice combination

Reference: 661
GB FPO 452 Canadian Forces in Italy

GB KGVI 3d, cancelled Field Post Office 452 Canadian Forces in Italy (Mediterranian Force) on Forces Air Letter, to Wakefield; VF crowned shield censor h/s 5536 in blue, top sealed with PC90 censor tape, Opened by Examiner 2332; no b/s

Reference: 633
CANADA SPECIAL DELIVERY 1935

2 x 3c KGV definitive + 20c Special Delivery (SG 321, Spec Del S8)on envelope Regina to Quebec, cancelled with duplex cds 20 August 1935; MS 'Special' above Airmail sticker & purple h/s 'Special Delivery'; b/s Airmail Field Chicago Ill 22 Aug 1935, Montreal S 22 Aug, Quebec 23 Aug 1935; closed tear to top of envelope

Reference: 512
CANADA IMPERF X PERF COIL ISSUES 1935

KGV definitives 1c, 2c, 2c imperf x perf 8 printings (SG 221, 304, 306) on pre-printed envelope to a stamp dealer, Regina to London 6 August 1935, scarce use

Reference: 497
GB REGISTERED ENVELOPE 1942 WITH BPA EXPORT CONTROL CACHET

Registered envelope franked with 2 x 2½d + ½d KGVI definitives, pale colours, cancelled with oval 'Newman St Registered B.O.W 1' in violet, with oval cachet 'Passed by British Philatelic Association Berners St' & signed; to Toronto. Canada 17 June 1942; red crown 'tombstone' censor cachet 'Passed per 34'; b/s Toronto 11 July 1942; under the regulations for the export control of cash or valuables

Reference: 456
CANADA SPECIAL DELIVERY TO JAMAICA NEW YORK 1932

2 x KGVI 3c (SG 359) + 10c/20c Special Delivery issue (SG S11) cancelled Toronto Postal Terminal 4 15 April 1939, on Airmail envelope to Jamaica New York; b/s large s/r cds Jamaica NY (Reg'd) in purple 16 April 1939; to & from stamp dealers Marks & Kessler; slight faults to envelope

Reference: 417
CANADA MULTI-FRANKED CENSORED AIRMAIL TO GB 1941

6 x Canada KGVI 5c (SG 361) on airmail envelope cancelled Hamilton 19 February 1941; censored with sealing tape 'Opened by Examiner 479' a second m/c d/s cancels 3 stamps, a striking cover

Reference: 368
CANADA PRECANCEL ON DECORATIVE ENVELOPE c1948

Canada KGVI King's Head 1c green marginal precancelled with two pairs of bars & 5850, on envelope with illustration of Station 'B' Winnipeg, to USA, 1c printed matter rate c 1948

Reference: 333
CANADA METER MARK WITH RED CROSS MOTIF 1952

Mexican picture postcard with Canada bi-lingual 2 cents meter mark and illustrated slogan 'Help the Red Cross' Ottawa 31 March 1952; text refers to Scout camps

Reference: 310
USA MULTI-FRANKED ENVELOPE REGISTERED TO CANADA 1925

US 3 x 1/2c, 2c, 3c, 6c, 9c on 1c blue PS envelope, registered from Cape Charles VA to Vancouver, BC 13 November 1925 (22½c rate); backstamped Postal Station B Vancouver 19 November 1925, a colourful cover

Reference: 242
GIBRALTAR: 1904 PICTURE POSTCARD TO CANADA POSTED IN ITALY.

1904 picture postcard of General Eliott's Monument, Gibraltar sent to Toronto. The GB stamp is un-cancelled but the Italian stamp is cancelled by partial GENOVA squared circle postmarks with a TORONTO CANADA postmark dated 7.APR.1904

Reference: 260H
GERMANY: 1946 ZONAL POSTAL STATIONERY AND CANADA: AIRMAIL COVER WITH CFPO 45 PMKS - BOTH FROM WERL.

1946 - 12pf postcard with WERL (KR SOEST) 2 postmark dated 29.8.46.

1955 Airmail cover to Calgary with stamps cancelled by partial CFPO 45 = Werl, Germany postmarks dated 19.I.55.
Faults!

Reference: 076H
PERU: 1952 REGISTERED ITALIAN EMBASSY COVER TO CANADA.

1952 registered airmail cover to the Italian Embassy in Ottawa. The stamps are cancelled by a PERU LIMA postmark dated ?.ENE.1952 and there is a boxed CORRESPONDENCIA DIPLOMATICA - FRANQUICIA POSTAL cachet.
On the reverse are LIMA, MONTREAL and OTTAWA postmarks.

Reference: 060H
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