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Auction: 177 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 250

Canada - Semi Official Airmails
1924-30, Semi-Official airmail top quality balance of consignment,
with 44 covers, representing a wide range of airlines and flights, including 1924 Estevan-Winnipeg promotional flight (CLP5); 1924 Laurentide Air Service Haileybury to Rouyn Lake (CL2) and three further flights (CL3, CL4x2); 1925 Northern Air Service, Rouyn Lake to Haileybury, both signed by pilot Bill Broatch, one showing the “blue dot to left of monogram” variety (CL5/5b); Jack V. Elliot Air Service, 1926, three covers, one Red Lake to Rolling Portage, one unusual Rolling Portage to Red Lake & returned, the third showing the “White Spot” variety (CL6/7); 1926 Elliot-Fairchilds Air Service (CL9); 1926 Elliot-Fairchild Air Transport, two covers, one signed by pilot Glyn Burge (CL10/11); useful run of Patricia Airways types, including 1927 Roessler cover (CL13); 1927 Haileybury to Rouyn (CL14); 1926 Style 2), three covers, all different flights, one pilot-signed by H.A Oaks (CL18); 1927 Haileybury to Rouyn (CL24); 1927 Red Lake to Sioux Lookout and Red Lake to Rolling Portage (CL25); 1928 Red Lake to Narrow Lake and Gold Pines to Sioux Lookout (CL25a); 1928 Gold Pines to Sioux Lookout (CL25b); 1927 Red Lake to Sioux Lookout (2), Sioux Lookout to Gold Pines, and Red Lake Roessler cover (CL25c); 1928 Jackson Manion to Sioux Lookout (CL26e); 1927 Red Lake to Sioux Lookout (CL27); 1927-8 Western Canada Airways, five different flights (CL40); 1927-8 Yukon Airways & Exploration, five different flights, three pilot signed (CL42); 1930 Cherry Red Airlines Christopher Lake to Prince Albert & Lac La Ronge (CL46); 1928 British Columbia Airways Vancouver to Victoria (CL44); and 1930 Commercial Airways Edmonton to Fort McMurray (CL49), a wonderful assembly with more than fifteen examples with semi-officials on front, uncommon as such, an typically select quality throughout, an excellent opportunity to begin or expand a collection of this fascinating field.
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Sold for
$2,700

Starting price
$1200