May 13, 2010 Email Price List

The following items are available subject unsold. Prices are in Canadian funds. Payment can be made by cash, cheque, money order, draft or VISA. Payment in C$, US$, GBP, Euros. Email bill@longleyauctions.com to order.

Item 1. First Packet Principle.

#39 6¢ Small Queen tied by cork hs on cover from Victoria, Brit. Col. (JY 3 73) to Folkstone, England, via closed bag through the US, re-entering Canada at Windsor, Ont (JY 17 73) bs and Hamilton, Ont bs (JY 18). At this point the post office determined that the mail wouldn’t make the July 19 sailing of the Allan line “Polynesian” and thus sent the cover via Boston and the Cunard “Helca” leaving July 22. Under the first packet principle, the post office rated the cover only single deficiency for the con-venience of catching the earlier sailing. The cover is rated “1”d Stg collect (2¢) which represents the difference between the 6¢ Allan line rate and the 8¢ Cunard rate via the US. This is the first Small Queen era First Packet Principle cover that I have handled. $550

Now Available:“Catalogue of Western Canadian Ship Way Letter Cancellations”, Bill Topping, 2010, pp. Postpaid price $23 within Canada, $25 to USA, $27 to overseas. An update of the steamer listings from Lud-low’s RPOs (1980). 350 separate listings, including rarity factors. Double the number of listings in Ludlows. Order now.

Item 2. Uprated domestic postal card letter rated due to picture attached.

#35 1¢ Small Queen grid cancelled on uprated domestic postal card 1¢ attempting to pay 2¢ postcard rate, but picture of Niagara Falls on the reverse was not allowed and thus letter rated 5¢, short paid 3¢ “T” 15 centimes, “3d” due in England. From hamilton, to Liverpool, 1894. $150

Item 3. 1890 Registered Drop Letter in Circular Form.

#36, 42 2¢, 5¢ Small Queen tied by grid hs on York Division court notice from Toronto (JU 20 1890) to local address paying 7¢ registered drop letter rate. $150

Item 4. 1982 Triple Weight Registered to England.

#42 5¢ Small Queen (4) tied by oval “R” on cover from Belleville, Ont (OC 3 92) to London, England paying 20¢ triple weight registered letter rate. Oval Registered Liverpool and London hs. $400

Item 5. 1897 Ingersoll Packing Company Advertising Cover.

#53 3¢ Jubilee tied by London and Niagara Falls Ry PO (JY 6 97) on Ingersoll Packing Co advertising cover with fantastic all-over back advertising showing factory. $225

Item 6. Stamp Card.

Small stamp card with reverse promotional text from “Biscuits Germain Lyon”, and text “La Poste au Canada”. Chromographed by A. Sencaut, Roubaix. $20

Item 7. 1899 1¢ Printed Matter to Belgium.

#75 1¢ Numeral tied by Montreal type 8 flag (OCT 7 99) on Mail Souvenir card to Antwerp, Belgium bs (Oct 17 99). The card is an accordian style fold-put showing pictures of Montreal. Scarce. $125

Item 9. 1921 15¢ Registered to Poland.

#104(4), 106(4) 1¢, 2¢ Admirals tied by Victoria, BC “3” roller on 3¢ stationery envelope to Lodz, Po-land, bs (Oct 19 20) paying 15¢ registered letter rate. Small cover tear at top left. Scarce. $100

Item 8. J.C. Wilson Sports Advertising Cover.

#78 2¢ Numeral tied by Crystal Beach, Ont (Aug 2 99) on J.C. Wilson advertising cover showing GOLF and HUNTING, to Buffalo, NY. The cover is trimmed and opened for display but this is an es-pecially rare usage of the ENVELOPE from this sports series. You occasionally see the similar post-cards but they are often unused. This is a rare example of a used envelope from this series. I have never had an envelope (mint or used). Have I said “rare” often enough to make my point? $350

Item 11. 1927 Montreal “H” duplex. to Switzerland.

20¢ Harvester, 1¢ Arch, 5¢ Ottawa (small tear) tied by Levis, Que (AU 9 32) on parcel tag to Sweden. A most unsual use and the first example of any of these issues on a tag to Sweden. $100

Item 10. 1912 10¢ Registered to France.

#111 5¢ Admiral(2) tied by grid hs on cover from St. Jean .. Que (SP 28 12) on cover to Bagnolet, France with two keyhole registered hs, reverse with Montreal, Paris, etc bs. $50

Item 13. 1937 15¢ UPU Registered to Belgian Congo.

#218, 224 2¢, 13¢ Pictorial tied by Wallaceburg, ON duplex (SP 14 37) on cover to Augo, Belgian Congo, redirected to Aketi, with Buta and Aba bs. 15¢ UPU Registered. Rare. $150

Item 12. 1933 UPU Preparation cancel.

#202 5¢ UPU stamp with UPU preparation cacenl (Juin 28 1933) on Ottawa postcard to Switzerland.An amazing example of personal mail from the UPU. Citizens, collectors etc were not permitted to use the postal facilities. The few examples that do show up are often “philatelic”. This is the first that I have seen as a postcard and not a souvenir. $150

Item 14. 1940 25¢ Airmail to Venezuela.

235 5¢ Mufti, #148 20¢ Historical (late use) tied by Toronto roller on airmail cover to Venezuela $40

Item 15. Shortpaid to Aden.

#267 4¢ War coil tied by Toronto machine (Jan 22 1948) on cover to Steamer Point, Aden, shortpaid and “T / 6” hs. A very rare destination, especially so as shortpaid mail. $75

Item 16. 1946 Airmail Censored to Austria.

255, 257, 260 5¢, 10, 20¢ War tied by Seafort, Ont (Jan 29 46) on cover to Vienna, Austria, airmail, American censor tape and purple censor hs “194”. $25

Item 17. 1954 6¢ Surface Rate to Sweden

#342 6¢ Wilding tied by Vancouver slogan (Nov 24 54) on cover to Legelund, Sweden. Scarce 6¢ surface rate, unsealed backflap. (Cover image reduced slightly to fit page). $75

Item 18. 1961 Compulsory Registered to Holland, Postage Due.

#341 5¢ Wilding #351 10¢ Kayak tied by Quebec slgogan (3 X 1961) on #10 cover to Amsterdam, Holland. In Netherlands registration label attached and 50¢ blue postage due tied. The company Real dealth with financial transactions from overseas. The cover was compulsory registered and the regis-tration fee rated postage due (50c). This is only the second such example I’ve handled. $125

Item 19. 1916 Passed by Internment Censor, Brandon, Man.

1916 Brandon, Manitoba (Jul 4 1916) machine cancel for Brandon Summer Fair, no postage, and purple “Passed by Internment Censor Jul 3 1916 Brandon, Man.” to Germany. POW mail. $150

Item 20. L9e 2¢ on 3¢ lettercard.

#L9e 2¢ on 3¢ lettercard, setting 2, rare perforation B, unused. $150

Item 21. 1932 SS Ungava.

#167 3¢ Arch tied by Montreal split ring (Jul 3 32) on cover with purple boxed “Eastern Arctic Mail Service Jul 9 1932 Hudson’s Bay Co. S.S. ‘Ungava’ “, return notation and similar boxed hs but this time Jul 21 presumably on return trip out. Most peculiar. $150