#366, jan 20, 2020item 366 -29 – geovi unpaid to st. lucia 1951, geovi era cover from montreal...

Hugo Deshaye (Philatelist) Inc. Postal History and Postcards

#366, JAN 20, 2020

Dear collector friend, http://www.hdphilatelist.com/EPL366.pdf My latest retail price list is online at the link above. A nice list with advertising covers, a rare Korean War registered cover, a detained in Hong Kong, a Gage perfin SQ cover, QEII era and POW. Payment by credit card, cheque, etc. Taxes are extra, where applicable. Unsubscribe - If you do not wish to receive our email notices please unsubscribe at the link below. Have a great week! Hugo

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http://www.hdphilatelist.com/EPL366.pdf

http://www.hdphilatelist.com/EPL366.pdf


Item 366-01 – Detained in Hong Kong – 1941, HK 15c, 5c tied by Victoria cds on cover to Winnipeg, large boxed handstamp “Detained in Hong Kong, By Japanese, from December 1941 to September 1945’’. Triangular purple “passed by censor 137” (b/s). Greeting card accompanies with “Major K G Baird The Winnipeg Grenadiers Force C Canadian Army Overseas” and has a short message to Orville for the new year. Major Baird, was in charge of a reinforcement unit, Wan Chai Gap. He was a POW at Shamshuipo, North Point and Argyle Street and received the Colonial Auxillary Forces Long Service medal. His information is available at the Hong Kong Veterans Association website including a picture of him. Also accompanying the cover is a copy of the Mutual Life Assurance publications “The Agent’s Bulletin” which tells his story of service, capture and repatriation. The issue is dated October 1945 and illustrates both the cover and Christmas card. Mailed the day before the Battle of Hong Kong and detained until the war was over. $1,850.00


Item 366-02 – 5¢ UPU to Norway – 1908, 5¢ Edward tied by Quebec International machine cancel on cover paying 5¢ UPU letter rate to Norway (b/s). $100.00

Item 366-03 – O29, E01 official special delivery – 1953, 4¢ and 10¢ special delivery (O29, E01) tied by Riverview Heights NB cds on Veterans Affairs cover paying 14¢ special delivery rate to Moncton (b/s). $100.00


Item 366-04 – Wilson 9¢ double Empire registered – 1900, 2¢ (2), 5¢ Numeral tied oval registered cancel on J.C. Wilson Soldiers of the Queen with OFS and Transvaal provinces listed at base paying 9¢ double weight Empire registered letter rate to England (b/s). A very elusive double rate registered Wilson cover. Ex Palmer. $400.00

Item 366-05 – Zéphirin Paquet – Quebec City – 1897, 3¢ Jubilee on Zéphirin Paquet advertising cover paying 3¢ letter rate to Fraserville (Riviere-du-Loup b/s). Paquet was an icon in Quebec City. He was in fur processing and the making of straw hats as well. It employed a total of 250 workers. He is listed in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Ex Bursey. $80.00


Item 366-06 – Rock City Tobacco – 1903, 2¢ Numeral (oxidized) tied by Quebec International machine cancel on Rock City Tobacco Co. advertising cover (with back advertising) paying 2¢ letter rate to Mahone Bay N.S.. Little nick at UR. Ex Hogg. $50.00 SOLD


Item 366-07 – Provincial Exhibition – 1904, 2¢ Edward tied by Halifax International machine cancel on Nova Scotia Provincial Exhibition advertising cover (very scarce design) to Cape Breton. Small tear at left. $80.00 SOLD

Item 366-08 – F.T. Thomas – Quebec City – 1897, 3¢ Jubilee tied by Quebec duplex cancel on F.T. Thomas merchant advertising cover paying 3¢ letter rate to Fraserville (Riviere-du-Loup b/s). Slightly reduced at right (due to opening). Ex Bursey. $50.00


Item 366-09 – Machinery and Mill Supply – 1910, 1¢ Edward tied by 3rd class Montreal Station B International machine (A rare one) on Canadian Fairbanks Co. Machinery, Mill Supply, Valves, Fittings etc advertising cover paying 1¢ 3rd class to Athens Ontario. A scarce postmark. $50.00

Item 366-10 – W.J. Gage & Co – perfin – 1892, 3¢ SQ with W.J.G. perfin tied by Toronto Orb cancel on W.J. Gage & Co advertising cover paying 3¢ letter rate to Nova Scotia. Lovely! $250.00 SOLD


Item 366-11 – $1.38 registered money packet – 1903, 50¢ Widow Weed (3), 1¢ Numeral, 2¢ and 5¢ Edward tied by large oval ‘’Registered Halifax’’ on linen lined packet front paying $1.38 registered money packet to Union Bank of Halifax in Sydney Mines Cape Breton. Very scarce Widow Weed item. $350.00

Item 366-12 – Bank of commerce, registered – 1927, 5¢, 20¢, $1 Admiral tied by boxed registered handstamp on Canadian Bank of Commerce money packet tag from Montreal paying $1.25 registered money packet to Clarenceville Que. Nice! $75.00


Item 366-13 – to Canadian soldier – South Africa – 1904, 2¢ Edward (2) tied by Vancouver duplex cancel on cover paying 4¢ double Empire letter rate to Garnet MacKenzie Odlum, Pretoria, South Africa. Odlum was serving with the 2nd Battalion Royal Canadian Regiment of Infantry. Reverse with annotation ‘’Dad mailed this after Garnet died’’, redirected to Johannesburg, Transvaal etc, unclaimed and returned to Canada via the Pretoria DLO and the Dead Letter Office in Ottawa. Very unusual. $350.00


Item 366-14 – Hearts illustrated – 1912, 2¢ Edward tied Stettler Alberta cds on The Heart of Alberta beats’em all promotional cover with back advertising paying 2¢ letter rate to Winnipeg. A rare one!. $150.00


Item 366-15 – Radio Station card from Sask – 1925, 2¢ Admiral tied by Forget Saskatchewan cds on Henry Field Seed Co. Radio Station card with musicians illustrated, message about prize winner, paying 2¢ postcard rate. $40.00 SOLD

Item 366-16 – Nova Scotia Provincial Exhibition – 1899, 2¢ Numeral tied by Halifax duplex cancel on NS Provincial Exhibition with flag illustrated paying 2¢ letter rate to Summerside PEI. $75.00


Item 366-17 – Korean War, registered, returned – 1951, 4¢ Postes/Postage, 20¢ Peace tied by CFPO 26 cds on cover from Pusan Korea paying 24¢ registered letter rate to Horseshoe Bay B.C. (MOTO b/s). Return address CFPO 5000 in Vancouver as required. CFPO 26 registration handstamp listed as RF E in Sayles book (C25, page 128). Readdress label to Colebrook NB etc including ‘’deceased’’. “Returned to Canada” and “Returned to” hs. Reverse with Halifax, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Halifax & Digby RPO, CFPO 5000, Canadian Base PO Registration section Vancouver (x2), Postal Tracing Section HQ, scarce three line “No 8 Personnel Depot Fort Osborne Barracks, Winnipeg Man” on sealing tape. Return address is No. 2 Cn Ord. Lia Bt, CAPO 5000. A rare registered cover from the Korean War. $175.00 SOLD


Item 366-18 – *Jansen* Sask MOOD – 1936, 1¢ Pictorial tied by Lanigan Sask cds on unsealed cover paying 1¢ printed matter rate to Jansen. Refused at the rate and letterrated and charged 4¢ postage due with J17 tied by Jansen MOOD. $25.00

Item 366-19 – Vancouver wicket – 1949, 1¢ War tied by Grand Fork BC duplex cancel on shortpaid postcard to Vancouver (Station F receiver). 4¢ postage due stamp tied by P.O. Vancouver ‘’Wicket’’ handstamp. $25.00 SOLD


Item 366-20 – MPO 1001 Shilo Manitoba, registered – 1941, 3¢ Mufti, 10¢ Chamber tied by Shilo MPO 1001 cds on cover paying 13¢ registered letter rate to Winnipeg. MPO registered covers are very scarce. $75.00 SOLD

Item 366-21 – Forwarded from Victoria Hotel, PEI – 1922, 2¢ Washington tied by Detroit Michigan machine cancel on The Windsor Hotel Montreal cover to Charlottetown PEI, redirected with hotel label to Moncton. $30.00 SOLD


Item 366-22 – Newmarket fancy ‘’N’’ Lacelle 640 – 1881, 2¢ RLS on cover with two neat fancy ‘’N’’ in grid listed as Lacelle 640 (recorded from Sep 1881 to Jan 1882) paying 5¢ registered letter rate to Arlington through Toronto, Alliston and Nor.Railway No.1, H&N.W. Railway etc (b/s). $250.00 SOLD


Item 366-23 – 5¢ UPU to Germany – 1899, 1¢ Jubilee, 2¢ Map (muddy water effect, deep green) on 2¢ postal stationery envelope paying 5¢ UPU letter rate to Germany (b/s). $100.00

Item 366-24 – Purkis patriotic – 1945, 1¢ War tied by Charlottetown PEI machine cancel (Clothing slogan) on Purkis patriotic cover to Vancouver. $15.00 SOLD


Item 366-25 – Censored in Ireland. 1944, 10¢ Parliament tied by Cranbrook BC machine cancel on censored armed forces air letter to Ireland. Censored in Ireland as well. $30.00

Item 366-26 – 10¢ to Venezuela 1951, 10¢ Fur tied by Ottawa Ont machine cancel on cover paying 10¢ airmail letter rate to the Embassy of Canada to Venezuela in Caracas (b/s). $20.00 SOLD


Item 366-28 – Booklet stamps 1916, 1¢ Admiral (3 stamps, from booklet) tied by Field Post Office Niagara Camp Ont cds on cover paying 3¢ letter rate to Toronto. $40.00

Item 366-29 – GEOVI unpaid to St. Lucia 1951, GEOVI era cover from Montreal mailed unpaid to St. Lucia BWI, taxed 24 centimes UPU converted to 8c postage due with stamp tied by Castries cds. $75.00 SOLD


Item 366-30 – Aerogramme to Israel, special delivery – 1984, 3¢ Lantern (2), $1 Fundy tied by Montreal cds on 64¢ aerogramme mailed special delivery to Israel (b/s). Very unusual. $35.00


Item 366-31 – Newmarket fancy ‘’N’’ Lacelle 640 ERD – 1881, 1¢ stationery postcard from Newmarket Ont with fancy ‘’N’’ in grid listed as Lacelle 640 (presumably the earliest recorded date, June 29 1881) to Toronto. $125.00 SOLD

Item 366-32 – Deloraine Manitoba, shortpaid – 1903, 1¢ Numeral tied by Deloraine Man duplex cancel on shortpaid cover to Hamilton, insufficiently prepaid 2 and 2 h/s. Scarce handstamp. $30.00


Item 366-33 – To Egypt, double censored – 1943, 4¢ War tied by Montreal machine cancel on double censored cover to Egypt (b/s). Foxing. $50.00 SOLD


Item 366-34 – Farmersville CW (Leeds) – 1872, 3¢ SQ tied by target cancel on cover from Farmersville CW (Leeds county, basal ‘’A’’) paying 3¢ letter rate to Whitby via Brockville (b/s). $45.00

Item 366-35 – Mitford Alberta (RF D) – 1898, 3¢ Maple Leaf tied by Mitford Alta (1889-1915) split ring on cover paying 3¢ letter rate to Toronto (b/s). Cochrane Alta transit (b/s). $75.00 SOLD


Item 366-36 – 1¢ Macdonald precancel – 1979, 1¢ Macdonald block of 10 (586xx) precancel and tied by roller cancel on postage due card from Hamilton. $25.00

Item 366-37 – $1.00 single use on insured tag – 1977, $1.00 Vancouver tied by St. Mary’s Newfoundland POCON handstamp on Woollen Mills insured parcel tag with 50¢ postage due to PEI. Very unusual postage due item and lovely $1.00 single franking. $50.00


Item 366-38 – Wilding precancel – 1964, 2¢, 3¢ (2) Wilding precancel on cover mailed from Kalamazoo Michigan to Midland Ontario. $15.00

Item 366-39 – 2¢ Laurier 1 bar tag on cover – 1977, 2¢ Laurier with 1 bar tag and 8¢ QEII tied by South Baymount Ont cds on window envelope and unknown destinations. $15.00


Item 366-40 – St. John’s registered free frank – 1954, district director of postal service registered free franked cover to Halifax (b/s). $25.00

Item 366-41 – Germany to Camp 23 Monteith – 1945, POW free franked postcard from Germany to Internment Camp 23, Monteith Ontario, censored No.40 and Base-APO Ottawa receiver. $50.00 SOLD


Item 366-42 – Germany to Camp C and Camp F – 1941, German cover from Bad Wilsnack to Internment Camp C Gravenhurst Ontario, the addressee had been transferred to Camp F at Fort Henry in Kingston. In Sept 1939, Fort Henry was a receiving station and temporary internment centre until the camp at Petawawa was ready for occupancy. Fort Henry opened as a camp on June 29, 1940 with the arrival of 600 enemy merchant seamen and German merchants from West Africa. The camp closed on Dec 20, 1943. $100.00 SOLD


Item 366-43 – Swinemende Poland to civillian – 1944, double censored folded letter from Swinemunde Poland to a civilian internee in Canada, located at Camp 33 Petawawa Ontario. $80.00


Item 366-44 – Toronto steamboat, eastbound – 1843, stampless folded letter from Toronto to Montreal, put aboard steamboat with straightline “STEAMBOAT” to Kingston, rated 2/4 collect (double 1/2 rate from 301-400 miles). The letter from W Wilson, cashier Bank of Montreal, Toronto describes various banking transactions and drafts. The steamboat marking was only applied on eastbound mail. $400.00

Item 366-45 – Onslow LC (Pontiac, closed in 1884) – 1858, stampless cover from Onslow LC (Pontiac county) to Toronto. Rated 3d collect and rerated free in Ottawa. City of Ottawa Changeling marking (b/s). A rare Lower Canada postmark. $125.00 SOLD


Item 366-46 – 10¢ double UPU, 8 redirections- 1905, 2¢ Edward (5) tied by Montreal duplex cancel on cover paying 10¢ double weight UPU letter rate to France, to Belgium and to England. $150.00

#366, jan 20, 2020item 366 -29 – geovi unpaid to st. lucia 1951, geovi era cover from montreal...

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