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Postage Due Covers

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Postage Due Covers: 1 to 2021 to 22

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280380/SUCC.-STN. "B"/24 I 1983/HULL, (QUE)/J8X 3X0 Pocons tie 2 x #J35, 33 x #J37, and 10 x #J38 = 7.48 postage due tied to both sides of a Canada Post postage due label. Probably payment for business reply bulk mail. Staple affects 4 stamps, fold along one set of perforations.

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Lot Number: PD-07284
Canadian Dollars: 40
US Dollars: 40

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280380/SUCC.-STN. "B"/21 I 1983/HULL, (QUE.)/J8X 3X0 POCON free srike + strikes tie 40 x 5’ red postage due #J32 to both sides of Canada Post postage due receipt. Two pairs of staple holes affect 4 stamps. Probably pays for business reply mail.

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Lot Number: PD-07210
Canadian Dollars: 20
US Dollars: 20

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280380/SUCC.-STN. "B"/30 XII 1982/HULL (QUE.)/J8X 3X0 POCON's tie red postage dues #J30, J38, and 24x#J39 to postage due receipt, to total 5.51 postage owing. Staple hole on two of top stamps. A most unusual high rate of postage due, perhaps for bulk or business reply mail.

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Lot Number: PD-06696
Canadian Dollars: 35
US Dollars: 35

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PORT ARTHUR/ONT. SEP/9/1952 purple ink large CDS ties 2’ postage due #J16 to cover with #286 tied by FORT WILLIAM/ONT. SEP 10/1952 machine cancel to Port Arthur, no b/s. Attractive cover.

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Lot Number: PD-06532
Canadian Dollars: 20
US Dollars: 20

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TORONTO ONT./1957/AUG/31/21 horiz. roller cancel ties 5x#337 to cover to SOUTH AFRICA, has S.A. cancels, returned 'Unknown', rated 5’ postage due and has UNDELIVERABLE MAIL OFFICE MONTREAL 13 XI '57 meter impression on back. Bit of aging from its travels, but what a super cover!

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Lot Number: PD-06356
Canadian Dollars: 50
US Dollars: 51

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VANCOUVER/B.C. OCT 10/1938 machine cancel ties 4’ due #J17 to 4’ business reply permit cover to Vancouver, under the 4’ due stamp is ROB. & A'HEAD R.P.O./-B.C.- #W-131a, no b/s. Wee tiny bit of aging.

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Lot Number: PD-06347
Canadian Dollars: 20
US Dollars: 20

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DUNCAN/B.C. 25/SEP/1973 large CDS ties block of 12 10’ Landscape definitives #594 to back of a Canada Post postage due card for $1.10, thus an overpayment of 10’.

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Lot Number: PD-06346
Canadian Dollars: 35
US Dollars: 35

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'POST OFFICE/ENQUIRY/date/WICKET/VANCOUVER, B.C.' Large red ink CDS on front of two 1958 covers rated postage due to Vancouver, each large CDS is a diff. hammer, noticeable in the different size letters. Wee bit of aging on both.

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Lot Number: BC-06227
Canadian Dollars: 15
US Dollars: 15

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KAMLOOPS/B.C. 21 XI/79 CDS ties 2x#725 + 844 + 643491/21 XI 1979/KAMLOOPS/B C POCON ties 16’ postage due #J37 to registered cover air mail to PALMERSTON/COOK ISLANDS 20 JN 80.6 CDS on front, returned, unclaimed. Wealth of markings front & back. Pays proper rate of $1.50 reg'd. + 35’ airmail (17’ + half the postage due = 8’) but philatelic inspired. From my own collection of oddities.

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Lot Number: PD-05824
Canadian Dollars: 40
US Dollars: 40

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TRAIL/B.C. FE 8/26 duplex #DBC-382 on unfranked cover to Winnipeg rate large '4' for postage due, no b/s. Wee bit of aging.

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Lot Number: PD-05560
Canadian Dollars: 18
US Dollars: 18

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CAMPBELL RIVER/B.C. PM/26 I/60 CDS ties 3x#337, #341 to 'Shortpaid Mail' notice for 8’, addressed to Postmaster at Campbell River. Nice Wilding issue item.

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Lot Number: PD-04985
Canadian Dollars: 15
US Dollars: 15

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POST OFFICE/ENQUIRY BRANCH/DEC 5 1938/VANCOUVER, B.C. blue ink boxed marking ties 4’ postage due #J17 to 4’ postage paid permit cover to Vancouver, CDS partly under the due is IOCO/B.C. DE 7/38, no b/s. Wee bit of aging.

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Lot Number: PD-04835
Canadian Dollars: 20
US Dollars: 20

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LONDON-S.E./- 3/SP 1/60 duplex with S.E./12 in killer bars nice strike ties 6d GB #27 to cover to GUELPH/U.C. SP 15/60 split ring weak b/s. Has postage due markings applied in Canada inc. 'UNPAID 5' and Large '2' with a large 'S' applied over the '2'. Bit of aging, but super item!

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Lot Number: FOR-04779
Canadian Dollars: 150
US Dollars: 152

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VANCOUVER/B.C. 13 XII '62 postage due meter tape for 49’ affixed to facing slip, pen cancel. M/s 'U.I.C.' and some staple holes at the top. These are not common!

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Lot Number: PMP-04769
Canadian Dollars: 30
US Dollars: 30

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MAHONE BAY/N.S. APR ?/?? purple ink MOOD light strike ties 2’ postage due #J16 to cover with #218 tied by MAHONE BAY/N.S. CDS light strike, date unreadable, no b/s. Cover is unsealed.

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Lot Number: PD-04527
Canadian Dollars: 10
US Dollars: 10

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MALTA Postage due #J35 tied by VALLETTA/MALTA AUG 6/79 CDS to front of commercial use cover from TOFINO/B.C. 30 VII/79 weak date CDS socked-on-the-nose and just ties #813. Also has light MALTA machine b/s dated 6 AUG/1979.

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Lot Number: FOR-04337
Canadian Dollars: 35
US Dollars: 35

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REVELSTOKE/B.C. MAY 17/1967 machine cancel ties #453 to cc cover to PHILIPPINES, rated postage due, and returned, unclaimed, no b/s.

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Lot Number: QEII-03954
Canadian Dollars: 30
US Dollars: 30

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ARMSTRONG/B.C. 18/I/1978 large CDS ties #587, 718 to 'Short Paid Mail' receipt to a rural route for 22’ postage due. Unusual!

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Lot Number: PD-03776
Canadian Dollars: 15
US Dollars: 15

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BARRIE 1/NOV 12 1954/ONT. str. line marking ties 5’ postage due #J18 to cover w/#327 tied by BURKS FALLS/ONT. AM/NO 1/54 CDS to Barrie, no b/s. Unusual cancel ties the due stamp, and use of 5’ due when the postage due marking calls for 4’ due. You figure it out!

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Lot Number: PD-03345
Canadian Dollars: 25
US Dollars: 25

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644536/Sub-Aux Mt. Tolmie/8 X 1978/VICTORIA/B.C. POCON ties $1.38 in Red dues #J34a, 3xJ35a, and 2xJ50 to Canada Post 'Postage Due Receipt'. Finding the 50’ value used on cover or document is very rare!

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Lot Number: PD-02590
Canadian Dollars: 50
US Dollars: 51

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