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Bidboard #
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1922
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Lot #
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192
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Catalogue Value or Estimate:
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$950.00
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Price Realized:
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$260
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Canada Covers
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BC British Columbia Postal History. Historical group of 20 covers (no letters) from the correspondence of Historic / notable British Columbia family’s Crease / O’Reilly / Helmcken 1876-1910. First, two covers 1881 & 1889 from UK to Honorable Justice Crease (lawyer, politician and first Attorney General of BC). Second, 8 covers address to Peter O’Reilly (and family) at Victoria (Point Ellice), Yale and Ashcroft. O’Reilly was (among other things) a Gold Commissioner & Indian Reserve Commissioner. Lastly, 10 covers addressed to John Sebastian Helmcken (and family) at Victoria. Helmcken, a physician & politician was one of the most influential British Columbians of his time and played a pivotal role in BC joining confederation. Each cover is sleeved and reasonably priced. A nice chance for a BC collector to pick up a group of covers so large from these prominent families, or for a dealer to bolster their inventory of early BC postal history. Total retail as marked =
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