A Century of Memories Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/8/2009
Among the great finds in this magnificent hockey stamp collection is an original Maurice Richard signed first day of issue envelope. The Rocket himself has signed the cover of an envelope dated December 13, 1976 commemorating the launch of his French language biography, Maurice Richard: L'Idole d'un Peuple. Eight first-day-of-issue envelopes postmarked January 23, 1956 feature a Canada Sports Series hockey stamp that is also on a final game at Maple Leaf Gardens envelope postmarked February 13, 1999. Lebeau, Bellows and Schneider are featured among seven of the 45 blank envelopes postmarked June 9, 1993 - the date of the Canadiens last Stanley Cup win - each with a Stanley Cup centennial stamp. The same stamp also has a first-day-of-issue envelope, as do Soviet stamps for the 1972 and 1976 Winter Olympics. Too numerous to detail here are a couple of bundles of various souvenir postmarks such as the Islanders' fourth straight Stanley Cup and the Rangers' 1994 Cup win, to name but a few. Glorious original Canada Post NHL All-Star collections are housed in a black binder. This intriguing and extensive stamp collection features two more black binders containing pages filled with hockey-themed postage stamps from countries around the world, including Afghanistan, Ghana, Laos, Tanzania and Vietnam!
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