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Bidboard #
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1905
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Lot #
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98
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Catalogue Value or Estimate:
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$150.00
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Price Realized:
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$110
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Canada Cover
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Victoria-Vancouver First Flight. July 23rd 1923 BC Airways first company Flight from Victoria to Vancouver, prior to the receipt of the Semi-Official stamp #CL44, hence the AAMC listing as #(CL44)-2800. There were 396 covers flown in total, with 200 addressed to the Chamber of Commerce and 100 to the collector C.S. Ernst. This particular cover is from George H. Gardiner, the Victoria Postmaster to P.T. Coolican, the Assistant Deputy Postmaster General in Ottawa. The 2c postal stationery envelope includes the contents, which is a signed personal greeting letter on official Post Office stationery. There is a purple "GENERAL SUPERINTENDANT of POST OFFICE JUL 28 1928" boxed receipt stamp at the bottom of the letter. This cover destination and contents represent a very scarce portion of the mail carried on this American Airmail Catalogue listed first flight. Estimate
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