Category: World History

Crimea 1854/56 Silver War Medal w/ Sebastopol Bar named on edge

Realized $346 Crimea 1854/56 Silver War Medal w/ Sebastopol Bar named on edge Lot 200 in our...

Isle of Man dual Censored WW1 POW Cover to Germany

Prisoners of War – No Stamp Required Lot 151 Isle of Man dual Censored WW1 POW Cover to...

Canada #PWF4 VFNH 1944 P.O.W. Free Frank

Canada #PWF4 VFNH 1944 P.O.W. Free Frank $800 Lot 84 in our auction Saturday 30th April 2022

Zeppelin Over Antwerp Unused Artist-signed 1914 colour Postcard

Zeppelin Over Antwerp Unused Artist-signed 1914 colour Postcard Lot 132 in our auction Saturday...

Titanic Unused Bamforth & Co. Nearer my God to Thee Postcard, aging

Titanic Unused Bamforth & Co. Nearer my God to Thee Postcard, aging Lot 185 in our auction...

Austria #M1-M21 F/VF Used 1915 Occupation Set (21)

Austria #M1-M21 F/VF Used 1915 Occupation Set US$432 (21) Lot 14 in our auction Saturday 16th...

Cape of Good Hope #180 13 Apr 1900 3d Blue Siege of Mafeking Cover

Siege of Mafeking cover rediscovered A newly rediscovered Siege of Mafeking cover franked with a...

Alaska Hurricane 135 Squadron August 1942 10×8″ RCAF Photo

Alaska Hurricane 135 Squadron August 1942 10×8″ RCAF Photo, ph Lot 1 in our auction...

George V Speaking to his Officers Unused WWI Postcard

George V Speaking to his Officers Unused WWI Postcard Lot 130 in our auction Saturday 4th December...

India #206 F/VF Never Hinged 1948 10R Gandhi

India #206 F/VF Never Hinged 1948 10R Gandhi US$500 Lot 146 in our auction Saturday 11th September...

Germany #MC1 6 Ja 1943 Luftfeldpost Cover from Stalingrad

Germany #MC1 6 Ja 1943 Luftfeldpost Cover from Stalingrad, tear Lot 124 in our auction Saturday...

France #15 Siege of Paris 28 Oct 1870 Balloon Post FLS

France #15 Siege of Paris 28 Oct 1870 Balloon Post FLS Lot 94 in our auction Saturday 4th...

Germany 13 Dec 1941 Berlin unaddressed Churchill caricature Card

Germany 13 Dec 1941 Berlin unaddressed Churchill caricature Card Lot 141 in our auction Saturday...

Boer War 12/20 Dec 1901 S.A.C. 4d readdressed B.C. Cover and contents

Boer War 12/20 Dec 1901 S.A.C. 4d readdressed B.C. Cover & contents Lot 14 in our auction...

1979 Iranian Hostage Crisis Cover and Letter to B.C. w/ documentation

1979 Iranian Hostage Crisis Cover & Letter to B.C. w/ documentation Lot 84 in our auction...

Boer War 11 Ja 1900 Orange River 1d Cdn Contingent Letter Card

Boer War 11 Ja 1900 Orange River 1d Cdn Contingent Letter Card Lot 14 in our auction Saturday 17th...

View Book of the Alaska Highway 1943 6×9″ 16 pgs plus 4 real photos

View Book of the Alaska Highway 1943 6×9″ 16 pgs plus 4 real photos Lot 1 in our...

Kenneth Mackenzie 1847 Letter

Kenneth Mackenzie, a close relative of Sir Alexander Mackenzie co-founded the Columbia Fur Company...

Canada #MR4 XF Never Hinged 1916 War Tax Beauty

Canada #MR4 XF Never Hinged 1916 War Tax Beauty $120 Lot 76 in our auction Saturday 13th March...

Canada Unc 1944 Crain watermarked $25 War Savings Certificate

Canada Unc 1944 Crain watermarked $25 War Savings Certificate Lot 199 in our auction Saturday 6th...

Canada 28 Sp 1943 P.O.W. Camp 133 Censored Postcard to Germany

Canada 28 Sp 1943 P.O.W. Camp 133 Censored Postcard to Germany Lot 52 in our auction of Saturday...

Switzerland #B130 6 Mar 1943 Censored Registered Cover to Austria

Switzerland #B130 6 Mar 1943 Censored Registered Cover to AustriaLot 173 in our auction Saturday...

Panama Railroad Collection in 49-pg Gerald Wellburn Album

The Panama Railroad Collection is the first Gerald Wellburn album offered intact by All Nations...

Shanghai incoming 24 Jan 1941 25pf Censored Cover via Siberia

Shanghai incoming 24 Jan 1941 25pf Censored Cover via SiberiaLot 99 in our auction Saturday 19th...

Saar #B69-B83 31 Dec 1949 Set on Registered Cover (5)

Saar #B69-B83 31 Dec 1949 Set on Registered Cover (5)Lot 166 in our auction Saturday 18th April...

1914/45 Group incl named to J. Luker J10350 AB Royal Navy HMS Hood

1914/45 Group incl named to J. Luker J10350 AB Royal Navy HMS Hood Lot 200 in our auction Saturday...

Prince Edward signed 6 Jan 1797 Halifax Treasury Voucher ex Wellburn

6 Jan 1797 Halifax Treasury Voucher (Payment for laborers at Annapolis Royal )signed by ‘Edward’ – Prince Edward, duke of Kent, 4th son of George III and father of Queen Victoria Lot 122 in our 1250th milestone auction, Saturday 29th February 2020

News: 1865 ledger from Hastings Mill, John Mackie article in Vancouver Sun

Most people think Vancouver started in Gastown. But the early city actually sprang up a few blocks...

Panama Canal Opening 1914 Commemorative Medal

Panama Canal Opening 1914 Commemorative Medal, sometimes called Dollar, with Prosperity to All...

G.B. #1 1844 Cardinal Newman F.L.S. to Ambrose Phillipps

G.B. #1 1844 Cardinal Newman F.L.S. to Ambrose Phillipps on page Lot 122 in our weekly auction...

Duke of Wellington 26 Oct 1830 Signed Letter on page, ex Tanne

Duke of Wellington 26 Oct 1830 Signed Letter on page, ex Tanne Lot 1 in our auction Saturday 21st...

Frederick III King of Prussia as Prince Regent signed note, mount mks

Frederick III King of Prussia as Prince Regent signed note, mount mks Lot 1 in All Nations auction...

Frederick (Grand Old) Duke of York 1819 Signed Warrant Portion

Frederick (Grand Old) Duke of York 1819 Signed Warrant Portion Lot 1 in our auction A1221 Saturday...

1939/1945 named R.C.A.F. Silver Memorial Cross, plaque, photo

1939/1945 named R.C.A.F. Silver Memorial Cross, plaque, photo Lot 184 in our auction this Saturday...

1914 Cover Recovered by Divers from Wreck of S.S. Empress of Ireland

Cover Recovered by Divers From Wreck of S.S. Empress of Ireland , Postmarked Andover, N.B. May 25 1914, stamp likely soaked off in wreck

8 Dec 1941 Force C 5c Cover to Montreal w/ 5 Dec Christmas Card “Detained in Hong Kong by Japanese”

Lot 160 8 Dec 1941 Force C 5c Cover to Montreal w/ 5 Dec Christmas Card “Detained in...

Winnipeg Grenadiers booklet, Force C 22 Nov 1941 letter

Force C 22 Nov 1941 4 pg letter, Winnipeg Grenadiers booklet & clippings Lot 22 in our 30th March 2019 auction #winnipeggrenadiers #canadianactiveservice #fallofhongkong

8 Dec 1941 Detained in Hong Kong by Japanese Force C Cover to Winnipeg

8 Dec 1941 Detained in Hong Kong by Japanese Force C Cover to Winnipeg Lot 142 Auction 30th March 2019

Boer War WW1 Medals Group named to M. Forrest Scottish Horse (4)

Boer War WW1 Medals Group named to M. Forrest Scottish Horse (4 medals) Lot 196 1200th Auction 9th March 2019

Cover 3 Dec 1941 Detained in Hong Kong by Japanese Censored C.A.O.

Cover 3 Dec 1941 Detained in Hong Kong by Japanese Censored C.A.O. and delivered after the war’s end in September 1945 to Mrs M.E. Smith in Winnipeg. Shortly after sending the letter in December 1941, the sender died defending Hong Kong from the Japanese.

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