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Bidboard #
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1957
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Lot #
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189
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Catalogue Value or Estimate:
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$350.00
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Current Bid:
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$230
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Canada Covers
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Yukon Airways and Exploration Co. Ltd, specialized holding. An "above and beyond" offering, which includes an April 18th 1928 Wernecke, Yukon 1928 flight cover, an unused "Yukon Airways & Exploration" airmail label, a period photograph showing the "Queen of the Yukon" airplane during a text flight at San Diego (1927), mint LH example of the regular stamp (CL42, catalogue $45.00), mint LH example of the "ArRWAYS" variety (CL42a, catalogue $550.00), a reverse die-proof (catalogue $450.00), the USA Lindbergh airmail stamp single (from which the Yukon design was inspired), the reference book "Yukon Airways and Exploration Company Limited" by William Topping (1996) and lastly a "punch cancelled" example of CL42 which was handed out as a souvenir by the stamp designer at events hosted after the airline ceased to exist (story outlined in the beforementioned book by Topping). Estimate =
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