Canada Unitrade Clp6 Rare London To London Semi-Official Airmail Stamp

Here are some interesting links on Canada Unitrade CLP6 rare semi-official airmail stamp:

https://sparks-auctions.com/2013/02...ial-airmail/

https://stampauctionnetwork.com/f/f8558.cfm

https://spink.com/lot/20012000062

https://www.saskatoonstamp.com/stam...10&pagenum=2

Wow Jogil
Is it true that only 100 stamps were only printed..??

SPINK says..""One hundred of these special stamps were printed bearing the portraits of the aviators Cpt. Terrance B. Tully and Lt. James V. Medcalf, ninety of these were used on cover and loaded onto the 'Sir John Carling' aircraft in London, Ontario;

Robert

Another interesting article:

http://vfnh.com/xxLondonLondon.aspx


As an aside, near the end it talks about him in a bidding war for his own item. It still sounds like he is technically the owner of the item while the auction is going on so would this be the equivalent of shill bidding?

stamps101: Was the banker using his real name? Was the banker related to the printer? All very interesting. See below.

Here's a link to their study group: https://bnaps.org/hhl/n-soa.htm from which was found who was its printing company.

Ray Lawson Lithographic Company, London, Ontario was its printer. For more information about Ray Lawson, see the following: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Lawson

Some information from this link:

"At age 17, he began working as a clerk in a London dry goods business, and later worked as a traveling salesman for a wholesale jeweler, before becoming a traveling salesman for Lawson & Jones Limited, the printing firm co-founded by his father."

"In 1911, following the sudden death of his father, Lawson returned to London and assumed his father's position with Lawson & Jones. In 1913, he borrowed heavily to purchase the shares held by the Jones family and, at the age of 26, became the company's president, director and major shareholder. In addition to printing druggists' labels and calendars, in 1916 Lawson & Jones entered into a profitable arrangement to manufacture cigarette packaging for Imperial Tobacco. By 1920, Lawson had retired the debt he incurred and throughout the depression the company grew by acquiring and consolidating other printing concerns."

"During his career, Lawson was a senior executive or director of 20 Canadian companies, including: president, Lawson & Jones Ltd., president, Canadian Containers; president, Midland Securities, Ltd.; vice-president and director, The Royal Bank of Canada; director, Traders Finance Corporation Limited; director, London & Western Trust Co. Ltd.; vice-president and director, Canada Trust Company Ltd.; director, Huron & Erie Loan and Savings Company; director, Northern Life Assurance Co. of Canada; director, Toronto General Insurance; director, Great Lakes Paper. Eight universities conferred honorary degrees on him. Lawson presided over the launch of the first Pile for the Toronto Transit Commission's Yonge Subway line."

"Ray Lawson was Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1946 to 1952. He was later Canadian Consul-General in New York from 1953 to 1955. From 1948 to 1956, he was the Chancellor of University of King's College, Halifax, Nova Scotia."

Great info & history - I'm a London Ontario boy so always found the story of this fascinating.

A souvenir sheet from 1967 that was printed by the same printer of the original stamp.

https://www.canadarevenuestamps.com...&type=stamps