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Bidboard #
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1923
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Lot #
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152
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Catalogue Value or Estimate:
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$160.00
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Price Realized:
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$325
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Canada Covers
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BC British Columbia Coastal Steamships. Grand Trunk Pacific Coast Steamship Company (GTR) ship SS Prince George. A half-dozen pages from the collection / exhibit of Bill Topping, still mounted on his original pages as he presented them. The pages feature 1 postcard, 3 cancels on stamp or piece and four ship cancels on cover or postcard. Of note, is the 1912 Steamship Oval cancel "error" with R.O.P instead of the intended "RPO". The SS Prince George stayed in service til 1945 when it was destroyed by fire at Ketchikan, Alaska. Estimate =
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