Government Covers

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Cover	Catalogue # American Air Mail Society	Price U.S. $	Description
	2807	$110.00	Return flight from Etang du Nord on Grindstone Island March 6, 1928. Cover is from the Post Office to the Postmaster at Halifax. Inside of envelope shows it was made from post office material. Rare and Unusual.
	2807d	$100.00	Charlottetown to Grindstone Island 1928 winter flight. Postmarked Charlottetown March 11th 1928 & with a Grindstone Island March 11, 1928 receiver on the back. A very scarce early flight cover. Mail was placed on the regular Moncton - Grindstone Island flight when it stopped in Charlottetown on March 11th.
	2807 VAR	$100.00	Cover flown from Grindstone Island (postmarkrd FE 7 1928) to Moncton, where it received a MR 2 1928 receiver. Has a Moncton MR 3 1928 CDS on front from when it was placed on the March 3rd flight to Charlottetown, where it received a MR 3 1928 receiving CDS on the back. Probably flown on flight 2807b, the Sackville to Charlottetown leg.
	2807 VAR	$125.00	Cover mailed at Charlottetown March 10, 1928 at 2pm. Arrived Moncton 5pm the same day (back stamp). Returned to Charlottetown March 14 & rated 4 cents postage due as the cover was mailed without any stamps. An interesting variety from these scarce flights.
	2843	$75.00	September 5th - 8th Ottawa to Vancouver flight. Very small tear at top in the blue stripe & a small piece of back flap is missing.
	2853c	$85.00	Swollen Breast variety on C1 on a December 10th 1928 first flight cover from Winnipeg to Edmonton. A scarce variety on cover.
	2917c	$40.00	March 5th 1929 first flight cover from Fort McMurray to Fort Good Hope. Fort Good Hope March 6 receiver on back.
	2923	$40.00	Flight from Wabowden to Norway House, May 5, 1929.
	2923a	$40.00	Flight from Wabowden to Cross Lake, May 6, 1929.
	3031a	$60.00	This was an emergency flight after a washout on the Northern Alberta Railway disrupted communication. Cover flown from Mirror Landing to McLennan on June 17, 1930. Cover is signed by both the pilot, Charles Becker & R.W.Hale the postal service inspector who was also on the flight.
	3055b	$55.00	September 27, 1930 flight from Bradore Bay to Montreal. Has the Montreal "By Seaplane" receiver on back. Cover is a #10 size w/Postmaster General crest on back flap.
	3065a	$45.00	Flight from North Sydney to Saint John's, November 12, 1930. Minor tear to & mark on back flap.
	3101b	$45.00	Registered envolope RE1 used for the January 15th first flight from Calgary to Lethbridge, signed by the Calgary postmaster. Addressed to Los Angeles.
	3225	$50.00	July 3, 1932 Vancouver Air Show cover.
	3231	$60.00	Canada 192 - 194 plus C4 on a July 12th 1932 registered first day cover flown from Ottawa to Bradore Bay to conect with the S.S. Empress of Britain. This was a practical demonstration for delegates at the Imperial Conference.
	3235 SOLD	$230.00	Von Gronnau's Around-The-World flight cover flown from Montreal to Chicago July 29,1932. Usual Chicago Aug.4 1932 bachstamp.
	3305	$50.00	February 7, 1933 first flight cover from Charlottetown PEI to Grindstone Island. Cover is addressed to a passenger on the Lady Rodney steamship at Nassau, Bahamas. The 15 cent rate is paid by #'s 192, C3 & C3i the swollen breast variety. An attractive cover to a scarce destination.
	3331 SOLD	$300.00	Cover flown by the squadron of Italian planes led by General Italo Balbo. The $1.45 rate paid for the cover to be flown from Shediac N.B. to Chicago July 14 1933. Chicago July 15 1933 backstamp. Only 289 pieces flown.
	3331a SOLD	$320.00	Montreal to Chicago July 15, 1933 cover flown by the Italian squadron of General Italo Balbo. The $1.45 rate is paid by a $1.00 Mt. Edith Cavell, 2x20 cent Harvesting and a 5 cent UPU meeting. A great multi-coloured cover.
	3337 SOLD	$840.00	July 27, 1933 Edmonton to New York cover signed by Jimmy Mattern when he landed in Edmonton during his round-the-world flight. Cover postmarked Edmonton July 27, 1933 & backstamped New York August 9th at 2:00p.m. One of the scarcest Canadian flight covers.
	3413	$60.00	Experimental service between Aklavik & Dawson on June 28th, 1934. Approx 120 covers flown (as per The Air Mails of Canada & Newfoundland).
	3903al	$70.00	March 1st 1939 first flight from Vancouver to Montreal addressed to Denmark & franked with C1, C2 & C4. Great registered franking & a scarce destination.

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Cover

Catalogue #
American
Air Mail Society

Price
U.S. $

Description

2807

$110.00

Return flight from Etang du Nord on Grindstone Island March 6, 1928. Cover is from the Post Office to the Postmaster at Halifax. Inside of envelope shows it was made from post office material. Rare and Unusual.

2807d

$100.00

Charlottetown to Grindstone Island 1928 winter flight. Postmarked Charlottetown March 11th 1928 & with a Grindstone Island March 11, 1928 receiver on the back. A very scarce early flight cover. Mail was placed on the regular Moncton - Grindstone Island flight when it stopped in Charlottetown on March 11th.

2807 VAR

$100.00

Cover flown from Grindstone Island (postmarkrd FE 7 1928) to Moncton, where it received a MR 2 1928 receiver. Has a Moncton MR 3 1928 CDS on front from when it was placed on the March 3rd flight to Charlottetown, where it received a MR 3 1928 receiving CDS on the back. Probably flown on flight 2807b, the Sackville to Charlottetown leg.

2807 VAR

$125.00

Cover mailed at Charlottetown March 10, 1928 at 2pm. Arrived Moncton 5pm the same day (back stamp). Returned to Charlottetown March 14 & rated 4 cents postage due as the cover was mailed without any stamps. An interesting variety from these scarce flights.

2843

$75.00

September 5th - 8th Ottawa to Vancouver flight. Very small tear at top in the blue stripe & a small piece of back flap is missing.

2853c

$85.00

Swollen Breast variety on C1 on a December 10th 1928 first flight cover from Winnipeg to Edmonton. A scarce variety on cover.

2917c

$40.00

March 5th 1929 first flight cover from Fort McMurray to Fort Good Hope. Fort Good Hope March 6 receiver on back.

2923

$40.00

Flight from Wabowden to Norway House, May 5, 1929.

2923a

$40.00

Flight from Wabowden to Cross Lake, May 6, 1929.

3031a

$60.00

This was an emergency flight after a washout on the Northern Alberta Railway disrupted communication. Cover flown from Mirror Landing to McLennan on June 17, 1930. Cover is signed by both the pilot, Charles Becker & R.W.Hale the postal service inspector who was also on the flight.

3055b

$55.00

September 27, 1930 flight from Bradore Bay to Montreal. Has the Montreal "By Seaplane" receiver on back. Cover is a #10 size w/Postmaster General crest on back flap.

3065a

$45.00

Flight from North Sydney to Saint John's, November 12, 1930. Minor tear to & mark on back flap.

3101b

$45.00

Registered envolope RE1 used for the January 15th first flight from Calgary to Lethbridge, signed by the Calgary postmaster. Addressed to Los Angeles.

3225

$50.00

July 3, 1932 Vancouver Air Show cover.

3231

$60.00

Canada 192 - 194 plus C4 on a July 12th 1932 registered first day cover flown from Ottawa to Bradore Bay to conect with the S.S. Empress of Britain. This was a practical demonstration for delegates at the Imperial Conference.

3235
SOLD

$230.00

Von Gronnau's Around-The-World flight cover flown from Montreal to Chicago July 29,1932. Usual Chicago Aug.4 1932 bachstamp.

3305

$50.00

February 7, 1933 first flight cover from Charlottetown PEI to Grindstone Island. Cover is addressed to a passenger on the Lady Rodney steamship at Nassau, Bahamas. The 15 cent rate is paid by #'s 192, C3 & C3i the swollen breast variety. An attractive cover to a scarce destination.

3331
SOLD

$300.00

Cover flown by the squadron of Italian planes led by General Italo Balbo. The $1.45 rate paid for the cover to be flown from Shediac N.B. to Chicago July 14 1933. Chicago July 15 1933 backstamp. Only 289 pieces flown.

3331a
SOLD

$320.00

Montreal to Chicago July 15, 1933 cover flown by the Italian squadron of General Italo Balbo. The $1.45 rate is paid by a $1.00 Mt. Edith Cavell, 2x20 cent Harvesting and a 5 cent UPU meeting. A great multi-coloured cover.

3337
SOLD

$840.00

July 27, 1933 Edmonton to New York cover signed by Jimmy Mattern when he landed in Edmonton during his round-the-world flight. Cover postmarked Edmonton July 27, 1933 & backstamped New York August 9th at 2:00p.m. One of the scarcest Canadian flight covers.

3413

$60.00

Experimental service between Aklavik & Dawson on June 28th, 1934. Approx 120 covers flown (as per The Air Mails of Canada & Newfoundland).

3903al

$70.00

March 1st 1939 first flight from Vancouver to Montreal addressed to Denmark & franked with C1, C2 & C4. Great registered franking & a scarce destination.

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