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Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/canadianstampnews stamp news Follow us on Twitter @trajanpublisher Volume 39 • Number 15 November 18 - December 1, 2014 $3.50 Second example of great rarity sells in Nova Scotia auction By Bret Evans Arfken small queen postal history col- ne of the great discoveries in re- lection, and the Ian McTaggart-Cowan Ocent years, the third-known ex- collection of Canadian revenues and ample of the two-cent large queen on wildlife conservation stamps. laid paper, sold for $215,000 plus taxes Among the commonwealth issues and fees at Eastern Auction’s general was a Falkland Islands six-pence, from sale, held Oct. 17-18 in Halifax, N.S. 1964, marking the 50th anniversary of It was the second time in less than the First World War Battle of the Falk- 12 months that an example of the land Islands, with the HMS Glasgow stamp, the greatest rarity in Canadian vignette error, Scott 151a. There are philately with only three-known cop- only 25 known examples, all from a ies, was offered. single sheet. Described as VF with The stamp being sold in October original gum, the stamp sold for was the third, and was only discov- $35,000, right on the pre-sale estimate. Quebec conference delegates are featured in the photo on the first-day ered in 2013. A well-travelled cover was mailed in cover honouring the founding of Canada. At that time, the discovery made 1923 from the United States to France, front-page news. U.S. collector Mi- but was short paid. It was redirected to chael D. Smith found the stamp in an Belgium and the Netherlands, and then American Philatelic Society sales book, crossed back to Montreal, where it was where it was listed as the common placed in the dead letter office, and fi- Tracing national roots version, printed on wove paper. nally returned to the U.S. The original One of the other two examples went address is almost obliterated with a on the auction block this past Febru- range of dispatch and arrival markings, ary. It was part of the Brigham Collec- including postage dues from three dif- with a stop in Quebec tion, having previously been in the fa- ferent countries. Estimated at $200, it Canada Post’s tribute to the path of tember, it continues the story of the mous Ferrary collection. It sold for sold for $260. Confederation continues, with a com- first steps in the foundation of our $475,000. The second-known example, An imperforate pair of Nova Scotia memorative envelope to celebrate the country, through archival photo- once part of the famed du Pont collec- shilling stamps, violet on bluish paper Quebec Conference. graphs, art and documents. tion, has been in a private collection from the first printing, Unitrade 7, Along with the Charlottetown Con- The envelope showcases a photo- since 1986. shows a fine oval mute grid cancella- ference envelope issued this past Sep- graph of the conference delegates All three examples are postally tion and a portion of a transit mark present at the Quebec Conference. used, and all appear linked to Hamil- from 1852. It sold for $5,250. “On Oct. 10, we celebrate the 1864 ton, Ont. The Newfoundland section has a Publications Registration Mail No. 09136 AgreementNo. 40069699 No. RegistrationMail Publications 09136 Quebec Conference, reliving a key The sale, one of three being held by large selection of airmail overprints. moment in the creation of Canada,” the firm over a three-day period, also Another scarce mail was a 1930 Trail says Jim Phillips, director of Stamp included the Joel Stern collection of of the Caribou 36 cents, with 50-cents Services at Canada Post. Canadian used multiples. Other collec- overprint from Columbia flight, In the fall of 1864, delegates met tions represented include the George Unitrade C5. Only 300 stamps were twice with the ambitious goal of unit- printed and many were used on mail, ing the British North American colo- making the Mint examples such as this nies. The second conference, held in one scarce. It sold for $6,000. Quebec, resolved many of the com- Lot 997 was a strip of three Prince plex challenges raised during lively Consort six-pence stamps, Unitrade 10. discussions in Charlottetown. The horizontal strip is on the scarce Delegates represented the Province thick soft paper, printed in reddish of Canada (roughly present-day On- purple with each stamp cancelled with tario and Quebec), Nova Scotia, New a pen and ink X. Once in the du Pont Brunswick and Prince Edward Is- “Foxbridge” collection, it received a land. Continued on page 17 From Oct. 10 on, Quebec Confer- ence delegates debated and eventu- So far this year, two of the three- ally approved 72 principles that still known examples of this stamp largely define Canada today. The cre- have been sold at auction, the ation of these Quebec Resolutions was second just last month in Halifax. Continued on page 5 JOLLY ADDITIONS

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EDITORIAL POLICY: Canadian Stamp News is a hobby magazine endeavouring to for just a few bucks a month. forced to allow private systems, or that private posts will be a common bring worldwide philatelic news and views to its readers with the major emphasis on Canadian philately. Opinions expressed in signed columns, stories, and letters are I’m not sure who will take advan- even to privatize their own operations, sight in just a few years. My only real not necessarily those of Canadian Stamp News. tage of this service. Presumably those since EU bureaucrats find the idea of a regret is that they probably won’t go Auction and sales reports: CSN staff or assigned contributors write pre- and post-sale articles. Writers conduct interviews as needed and use information pro- who have difficulty getting out, or feel government-run postal monopoly dis- through the hassle of using stamps, vided by the auction house as source material. As with all news articles, story selection, which sales to cover, and final placement in the magazine are news they are too busy, or just find they tasteful. just charge a bulk fee. W decisions made by the editor(s). Statements regarding sales are verified against prices realized. Lots that fail to meet reserve, or are bought by the consignor or their agent, are considered non-sales for the purpose of reporting. From time to time, CSN staff may request a copy of the invoice covering the auction transaction. Due to the public nature of auction transactions, this should not be needed often, but will be required in private treaty sales. Any information other than the price will Holiday postage stamps celebrate Santa and tradition be kept in confidence. Attributions and values: Items attributed or values in CSN editorial content are offered as a service to our readers. In no way should they be construed to be an Canada Post’s 2014 Christmas swering letters, handing out gifts, or stamps and the U.S. and international endorsement or official opinion on a specific item. Readers looking for definitive answers should seek the services of a professional philatelist. While we strive for stamps include three depictions of simply expressing peace and serenity, stamps each in booklets of six. A sou- accuracy, errors or mistakes can occur. As a matter of policy such errors or mistakes, when discovered, will be corrected in the next available edition. Santa Claus as well a single religious Santa is endearing, merry and time- venir sheet of all three stamps is also LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Canadian Stamp News welcomes letters to the editor. stamp. less.” available. These stamps have simu- Letters must be signed and include the author’s address and phone number for pos- Santa stamps are available in three All three Santa stamps (domestic, lated perforations and use PVA gum. sible verification. CSN reserves the right to edit letters. REPRINT RIGHTS: Canadian Stamp News assumes that letters to any department and rates, a permanent-rate domestic, U.S. and international) measure 22 The official first-day cover was can- all unsolicited material submitted are contributed gratis and are for publication unless $1.20 US and $2.50 international rates. mm x 24 mm, are pressure sensitive, celled in Saint-Nicolas, Que. otherwise stated. Solicited material will be deemed accepted upon publication. Payment will be made two months following publication. Canadian Stamp News Each stamp shows Santa performing and are printed by Lowe-Martin The stamps are self-adhesive with reserves the right to edit, alter, or decline all material submitted, solicited or unsolicited. his many important tasks. using lithography in six colours. The simulated perforations and are sold PRIVACY POLICY: Occasionally, Canadian Stamp News makes its subscriber list available to other reputable companies with offers of goods and/or services specific “In each of the three figures, the Santa stamps were designed by in booklets of 12 domestic, or six U.S. to collectors. If you wish not to be part of this service, please phone or fax us, or e-mail [email protected]. You can also request a copy of our Privacy Policy, or see it kindness and generosity of Santa L’Heureux and illustrated by Chris- or six international. online at www.trajan.ca. emerges,” said stamp designer tiane Beauregard. 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4 November 18, 2014 • CaNadiaN Stamp NewS • www.canadianstampnews.ca turer. New boxes are being made by some requests to track mail were ap- Signed Florence Manufacturing in Manhattan, proved without adequate oversight what’s Kan., one of only three companies (all while others didn’t receive immediate sealed U.S.) licensed to make the design Can- attention. inside ada Post wants. For the last 25 years, delivered community mail boxes used by Can- ramping Up for CHriStmaS Volume 39 • Number 15 ada Post have been made by Quebec- With more Canadians doing their Union to go to CoUrt based Rousseau Metal. holiday shopping online, Canada Post Canadian Union of Postal Workers is anticipating more parcels than ever November 18 to is spearheading a legal challenge to the WHen it rainS, it poUrS before. Starting on Nov. 2, the corpora- December 1, 2014 attempt to end home mail delivery. As if that isn’t enough, the federal tion started running mail sorting and The union has announced plans to file New Democratic Party has called on processing on a 24/7 basis, with 3,000 a challenge under Canada’s Charter of the federal auditor general to conduct seasonal workers, and began parcel Rights and Freedoms, asking the court a detailed review of Canada Post. The delivery on weekends. Air and road regulars to put a stop to Canada Post’s termina- department normally does a detailed transportation suppliers have also in- tion of home mail delivery. The chal- review of all Crown corporations creased capacity. CSN MARkETPLACE lenge will also argue that this decision every five to seven years, with the last Are you buying or selling? ...... Page 19 is beyond Canada Post’s authority and one of Canada Post being done five StampS do good Work should be made by the Parliament of years ago. Oxfam Canada has reported that in SHOw AND BOURSE Canada. Canada Post has expressed 2013 the organization raised $22,000 Check out the shows confidence that its plan to eliminate Speaking of aUditS through the sale of kiloware stamps. in your area ...... Page 23 home delivery will stand up in court. An internal audit of the United Of that amount $2,000 went to Philip- States Postal Service (USPS) claims the pines Typhoon Relief, and the remain- not made in Canada organization approved some 50,000 re- ing amount to two projects in East Af- It seems people just don’t like to see quests from law enforcement officials rica. Since the stamp program was in- columns the end of home delivery. The corpora- and its own inspectors in 2013 to track stituted more than 30 years ago, it has tion has also come under fire for Americans’ mail for security and crim- raised more than $312,000. For more STAMPING GROUNDS awarding the contract for its new com- inal purposes. According to the New information on the program go to U.S. collector not amused munity mailboxes to a U.S. manufac- York Times, the audit suggested that www.oxfam.ca/stampoutpoverty. by Canadian comedian stamps ....Page 6

DELTIOLOGY Canada post has issued one Canadian Highlanders a potent religious-themed stamp this year. Holiday... force during First World War ...... Page 8 Continued from previous page FIRST-DAY COVERS It is self-adhesive with simulated Canada launched its OFDC The three stamps are sold on a sou- perforation and was printed by Lowe- venir sheet. The sheet has water-acti- Martin using lithography in seven col- business with maple leaves ...... Page 10 vated adhesive and 14+ perforations. ours. The stamp was designed by Lou- The official first-day cover shows a ise Methe from the painting Virgin and PHILATELIC BOOkSHELF wintry rural scene and has a dove Child by Flemish baroque painter Hobby’s literature has cancel from Saint-Nicholas, Que., Abraham Janssens van Nuyssen. The firm foundation ...... Page 11 dated Oct. 23. stamp is available in booklets of 12. The fourth stamp, also a perma- The official first-day cover has a PHILATELIC PROFILE nent-rate domestic stamp, features a Quebec City cancellation, dated Oct. Bumps in the night detail from the 17th-century painting 23. A winter scene of Quebec City is inspire illustrator ...... Page 14 in the part of the collection at Basilica shown in the cachet with the date Cathedral Notre-Dame de Québec in 1664-2014 marking the 350th anniver- NEw ISSUES Quebec City. sary of the parish. W From around the world ...... Page 18

The result was a compromise that The conference also saw delegates LOOkING BACk divided authorities and responsibili- reach consensus on the form of gov- Charlottetown was hopping Conference... in 1964 ...... Page 22 ties between the federal and provin- ernment for Canada, with a constitu- Continued from page 1 cial governments. tional monarchy, an elected House of The decision was not a given, as op- Commons, and appointed Senate. guided by a determined Sir John A. position to union was strong in some Isabelle Toussaint designed the did yoU knoW? Macdonald, who later drafted the regions, most notably in the Quebec Conference commemorative On this day – November 18 – British North America Act during the Maritimes, where anti-Confederation envelope, of which 8,000 were printed in 1883, North American rail- final round of debate in London, Eng- parties existed and even ran candi- by Lowe-Martin Group. It measures ways adopted Sir Sandford land in 1866-67. dates in the 1867 federal election. 170 mm by 115 mm, slightly smaller Fleming’s system of one-hour A major source of disagreement was In that election, the Anti-Confeder- than an official first-day cover. The time zones that remains in force the issue of provincial rights. ate party of Nova Scotia won 18 out of envelope is cancelled in Quebec. today. His standard time Macdonald favoured a strong central 19 possible seats. They also formed Among the famous Canadians par- scheme began at midnight At- government, while delegates from the provincial government the same ticipating were George Brown, lantic time in Nova Scotia and outside of Ontario wanted strong pro- year on a policy of seceding from Can- Thomas D’Arcy McGee, George-Eti- the eastern seaboard of the U.S. vincial rights. ada. enne Cartier, and Charles Tupper. W Although Canada Post has not commemorated Fleming for Like us on Facebook at this accomplishment, he is nev- ertheless linked to postal his- www.facebook.com/canadianstampnews tory as the designer of the first Canadian stamp, known as the Follow us on Twitter @trajanpublisher three-penny beaver.

November 18, 2014 • CaNadiaN Stamp NewS • www.canadianstampnews.ca 5 U.S. collector not amused by Canadian comedian stamps nadian commemorative. That practice remained largely successful well into the mid-20th Stamping century, when photolithography largely replaced steel-engraved stamp printing. Grounds The inevitable, however, happened 56 years ago. By Ian Robertson The Canadian Nursing Asso- n American stamp maga- depiction met McDonald’s cri- ciation 50th-anniversary com- zine reader recently called terion. memorative made front-page forA the U.S. to boycott any in- By refusing to admit covers news in 1958, but not for its at- coming mail franked with bearing the four Great Cana- tractiveness. Instead, the young woman commemoratives depicting liv- dian Comedian stamps, “we five great Canadian who posed for a portrait photo ing Canadians. can honor the principles of our Comedian while wearing a nurse’s uniform He wasn’t joking. aged philatelists,” he con- commemoratives issued and cap was quickly identified In a letter to the editor of cluded. in august feature four as Florence Sullivan, a federal Linn’s Stamp News, Jerome Mc- Until nine years ago, the only living stars. Donald, of Brookeville, Md., living people deliberately al- government typist. wrote: “Only dead people lowed on Canadian postage While the engraved stamp did should be honoured on stamps. were royalty. mously featuring former Cana- ized portrait of the determined not name her, and Sullivan’s Only then can we judge their After 1957, the last time dian prime ministers and gov- Winnipeg native and Surrey, name was not mentioned in of- worthiness.” Queen Elizabeth and her hus- ernors-general, a long-standing B.C. resident in mid-stride were ficial Post Office Department lit- McDonald was objecting to band, Prince Philip, were rule required non-royals to be a major hit in 1982. erature, there was no mistaking Canada Post’s promotion of shown together on a Canadian dead at least 10 years before a For his bravery in taking to the identity of the “nurse” on the first-class rate commemoratives commemorative, decades Canadian stamp featuring them the highways and byways of five-cent commemorative for that feature Jim Carrey, Mike passed before any other mem- would be issued. Canada in a cut-short marathon those who knew her. Myers, Catherine O’Hara, and bers of their family appeared Terry Fox changed all that. designed to raise awareness of Newspaper reader reactions Martin Short, all living Cana- on our stamps: Elizabeth the A major public and media cancer after one leg was re- varied from shock to glee to puz- dian stars who made it big in Queen Mother for her 90th campaign calling for a com- placed with a prosthesis, Fox zlement, but someone in the post the United States. birthday in 2000; the current memorative showing the late was also depicted on one of 68 office’s art department surely Olivier Guimond, the fifth monarch’s grandson, Prince runner and cancer victim re- first-class 46-cent 1999-2000 Mil- had some explaining to do. person featured in a set of five William, with his bride Cathe- sulted in a stamp issued 9½ lennium stamps that recalled Strong efforts continued to be “P” for permanent 85-cent rine, the Duchess of Cambridge, months after he died on June noteworthy contributions to made to avoid future embarrass- stamps issued on Aug. 29, was in 2011; and the couple with 28, 1981, one month to the day Canada. ment. not mentioned in the letter. But their first-born baby, Prince before his 23rd birthday. Talk about worthy; since his But whenever subsequent so- then, the popular Quebec bur- George, in 2013. The 47.1 million 30-cent, first- death, the annual Terry Fox Run called mistakes happened – and lesque, then TV performer, Until 32 years ago, except for class commemoratives that re- has raised more than $600 mil- they did – cheeks blushed at died in 1971, at age 57, so his commemoratives posthu- produce a multicoloured, styl- lion for cancer research. Post Office Department head- Objections to the stamp being quarters. Excuses were offered. issued before 1991 were raised, Defences were raised. Bureau- but it was so widely supported crats considered updating their that postal officials began seri- job resumes. ously looking at easing their re- The best explanation was that strictions. recognized but not-featured living people merely represented a from ‘oopS’ to ok worthy topic. for LiVing non-royaLS Sounds good to me. on StampS Here are three examples: Designers also attempted to • Journalist Charles Lynch avoid using images of anyone (1919-94) is easily spotted on the who could be identified on a Ca- 1992 “War Reporting” commemorative. • The use of a photo-identity card on a 1995 stamp recalling the Nazi persecution of Jews in Europe from 1933-1945 had a wonderful outcome: Florida resident John Prince, a stamp collector, recognized Robert Engel, 73, a schoolmate in pre-war Berlin, Germany, who disappeared one day in 1937, and the two men were subsequently reunited. • Ottawa bagpiper John-Hugh MacDonald was easily recognized on a 1997 stamp issued to

a terry fox stamp was issued in 1982, a year after his death.

6 November 18, 2014 • CaNadiaN Stamp NewS • www.canadianstampnews.ca “In England, aside from a few There is an obvious solution in future be exposed for some ac- rare and controversial excep- for folks such as McDonald of tivity that will be judged as dis- tions, the only living people de- Maryland. If you don’t like a tasteful, dishonourable or even picted on stamps are members of stamp, regardless of your reason, criminal. the Royal Family,” he added. don’t buy it. And, once issued, a stamp “The Royal Mail might print Boycotting all mail with cannot be recalled for having de- postage featuring still-living stamps featuring living non-roy- veloped a dark cloud over the Beatles, Shakespearean actors als is going a bit overboard, subject. and cricket players, but certainly don’tchathink? But if we accept the argument not the suburban-Toronto-bred Also, what about the cost of that they should be issued only government secretary man responsible for The Love hard-working U.S. posties using posthumously, can we defend florence Sullivan was Guru.” their eagle eyes to spot the occa- medals and other public orders the model for a Canadian Summing up, Hopper wrote: sional offensive Canadian stamp being awarded to people while nursing association 50th- “Fortunately for Mr. Myers, his among billions of letters they they are still alive? anniversary stamp in 1957. home country happens to be one sort each day? What about the An opponent of recognizing She was the first living of the most freewheeling issuers sanctity of private mail and a living people for their worthy non-royal identified on a of coins and stamps in the entire former mp ellen fairclough person’s right to use whatever public contributions may well Canadian stamp. developed world.” was supposed to be the legitimate stamps are available argue that only the dead should Canada’s stamp subjects are first living non-royal to be for use as postage? be so-honoured. vastly different from those is- honoured on a Canadian On a final note, McDonald’s They will likely cite the rare commemorate the 50th Glen- sued by myriad tiny islands and stamp, but she died before point about “worthiness” is ob- cases of Conrad Black, Ben John- garry Highland Games held in developing country post offices the 2005 stamp was issued. viously aimed at a concern that son and Russell Williams. Maxville, Ont. that churn out vast quantities of someone being honoured may Appointed an Officer of the Then the rules were eased. stamps aimed at thematic collectors were 20 Harry Potter movie eventually turn out to be not so Order of Canada in 1990, Baron Ellen Fairclough (1905-2004), tors, with such subjects as planes, commemoratives released in late worthy. Black of Crossharbour had it re- the first woman appointed to trains, automobiles, cats, dogs, 2013, and a Janis Joplin com- Will an author be exposed scinded this January, after the serve on a federal cabinet, was ships, butterflies, fish, movie memorative issued last August. some day for having plagiarized wealthy former newspaper mo- supposed to be the first living stars, rock stars and U.S. presi- The legendary blues singer, another writer’s work? gul’s release from a U.S. prison. non-royal featured on a Cana- dents, to name a few. who struck a memorable musical Did a scientist forget to credit He still denies guilt, but the au- dian stamp. Regardless of whether any of chord with many of her fellow a lowly laboratory assistant’s thor and columnist’s 2007 mail Work was well under way, but the actors or musicians featured young Americans — who re- contribution to his or her Nobel fraud and obstruction of justice the Hamilton, Ont. senior died on the yearly output of souvenir member her fondly despite the Prize-winning discovery? convictions were upheld by an almost seven months before the sheets and stamp sets ever set passage of 44 years — died of a Did Britain take an enormous American court in 2011 follow- 50-cent commemorative was is- foot in those countries, the phila- heroin overdose at age 27 in Oc- chance that no athletes used per- ing his successful appeal of sev- sued on June 21, 2005. telic volume produced in tober 1970, following a down- formance-enhancing drugs when eral other charges. The honour instead went to co-operation with agencies that ward spiral of drug use, partying it issued computer-generated Johnson was invested as a Oscar Peterson, a renowned jazz make most of the printing ar- and heavy drinking. stamps of winning Olympic ath- Member of the Order of Canada musician. rangements – all designed to Answering critics, USPS letes in 2012? in 1987, the year he won a 100- On Aug. 15, 2005, a 50-cent raise much-needed cash for the spokesman Toni DeLancy told Did an actor have an affair metre race in the World Champi- commemorative reproducing a involved postal administrations Times reporter Marianne Levine, with another thespian? Oops, onship held in Rome, and 17 photograph of the Mississauga, – keep presses busy. “We need to change and improve let’s not go gently into that good months before he won the 100- Ont. resident’s big, smiling face When Hopper interviewed to serve the changing needs of night. metre final at the Summer Olym- with an appropriate enlarged pi- Bret Evans about the living co- the American public. Those cur- There is, of course, always a pics in Seoul, South Korea. Even ano keyboard in the background, median stamps, the Canadian rent Americans that we want in- chance that someone recom- Prime Minister Brian Mulroney was released to mark his 80th Stamp News managing editor terested in stamps, these are mended for a meritorious award phoned to congratulate him. birthday. said, “In the United States, it’s probably the images they want in this or any other country may Continued on page 9 Peterson, who grew up in still pretty much inconceivable to see.” Montreal, participated in the that this kind of a thing would $BUYING NOW!! stamp launch, 28 months before happen. In Canada, it’s a little to Be or not to Be? Canadian & Provinces he died on Dec. 23, 2007. more free and easy. 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November 18, 2014 • CaNadiaN Stamp NewS • www.canadianstampnews.ca 7 Canadian Highlanders a potent force during First World War

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By Mike Smith

ccording to Lenard Babin’s turned them into souvenir post- Cap Badges of the Canadian cards for mailing home to fam- AExpeditionary Forces 1914–1919, ily, friends and sweethearts. 28 Canadian Highland Battal- Burton also solicited photos ions were part of the Canadian from outside his studio as an ad Expeditionary Force (CEF) dur- on the back of the McKenzie ing the First World War and card says: “Try one dozen. Send about 50 Canadian battalions your photo. Work guaranteed.” had pipe bands. Since each CEF When putting together my battalion contained approxi- latest handbook on Canadian mately 1,100 soldiers, Scottish- patriotic postcards, my buddy Canadians certainly did their Wayne Curtis introduced me to bit to help defeat the kaiser. In a series of First World War cards this article then, I’m going to made by a previously unre- figure 4. Canadian Highland officers on Salisbury plain, england are seen in this ‘Scotties showcase some of the more in- corded British publisher with from overseas’ gem by raphael tuck & Sons. teresting First World War Cana- the initials “AYAY.” Since I al- dian Highlander postcards that ways catalogue patriotic post- I’ve come across in the past few cards by publisher, Curtis’ four- nadian example portrays a Oilettes and all the other Cana- “Scotties from Overseas” and years. card AYAY group ended up Highlander (see Figure 3). The dian-themed cards published shows the Highlanders both at I can’t imagine what it would right near the front of my book. card is from Tuck Series 2357 by the iconic company, I highly work and play. The Figure 4 be like to be a soldier in any The Curtis cards on numbered and is one of the more than recommend a tour of the postcard, which pictures three army and have to face a foe like D.5, D.9, D.10 and D.11 on the 28,000 high quality “Oilettes” tuckdb.org website co-founded officers in their khaki kilts, is Lucknow, Ont.’s Maj. Roderick back, which suggests that there produced by the company be- by Richard Moulton of Victoria, one of the gems from this Ban McKenzie (see Figure 1). are at least eight more cards ginning in 1903. The Canadian B.C. group. McKenzie’s real photo postcard from this series to discover. Red Ensign, “The Maple Leaf When it came to promoting Note that Salisbury Plain, says that this 31-year-old Cana- With the exception of the pub- For Ever” slogan and the robust Canadian troops, Raphael Tuck which is in Wiltshire, England, dian Highlander was 7-foot-2½ lisher initials, the D-prefix num- Highlander on the card make it & Sons certainly didn’t stop at was the primary training area and weighed 23 stone, 4½ bering and the words “World as patriotic as they come. Note Series 2357. There are at least for the British Army during the pounds. In other words, his en- War Series” on the backs, there’s that as explained in previous five more series of Canadian- First World War. Thousands of emies would be confronted by not much more I can say about articles, Oilette was a term themed postcards by Tuck Canadian and other British Em- a kilt-wearing, claymore-wav- these postcards except that trademarked by Raphael Tuck found in most First World War pire troops trained there before ing, 326-pound giant! McKen- they’re terrific (see Figure 2). & Sons for postcards the com- collections. My favourite is Se- being shipped to the Western zie’s photograph, by the way, Given the importance of the pany reproduced from original ries 4320, which contains excel- Front. When the troops had was taken by Frank Burton of Canadian Highland battalions paintings. Their outstanding lent sepia-toned images of some time off, I’m sure they Blackburn, England. Like many to the CEF, it’s not surprising quality and brilliant colours troops from a Canadian High- took a few tours of Stonehenge, British photographers during that in a series of Raphael Tuck make them sought after by col- land battalion (or battalions) in which is also in Wiltshire. In the First World War, Burton & Sons cards paying homage to lectors all over the world. For camp on Salisbury Plain. The fact, card number D.10 in the took photos of soldiers and British Empire troops, the Ca- more information on Tuck series is appropriately subtitled mysterious AYAY series discussed earlier shows a column from the 10th Calgary Battalion marching past the ancient Druid monument. W

(from left to right): figure 1. major roderick mckenzie, a Canadian Highland ‘giant,’ is shown in this real photo postcard published in england by frank Burton of Blackburn. figure 2. this great postcard by an unknown British publisher with the initials ayay shows ‘a Canadian Highlander in full- war paint.’ figure 3. a Canadian Highlander is shown on this patriotic ‘oilette’ postcard by raphael tuck & Sons of London, england.

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covers notes, “For this issue, the Can- ada Post Office is offering an By Gary Dickinson Official First Day Cover.” The anada’s Post Office De- munity in 1969 that the post same wording appeared in the partment entered the first- office was about to enter the summer leaf stamp brochure, Cday cover business in a small FDC field in a major way. Al- but by the autumn issue a way in 1949 when it published though private cachet makers firmer commitment was re- the first of its series of eight re- protested this perceived intru- flected by the note: “The De- placement and presentation sion into their existing market, partment’s specially designed covers. These were used to re- their protestations were over- first day covers may be pur- place covers submitted for ridden and the Post Office De- chased by completing the or- day-of-issue servicing by col- partment proceeded with its der form for official first day lectors, but which were dam- plans, with the initial product covers….” aged in transit, or to send news slated to be the first stamp in The spring FDCs also in- and information about new the four seasons of the maple clude a promotional piece for Canadian stamp issues to peo- leaf series. the maple leaves series, part of ple living abroad. Galetta, Ont. artist Alma which is shown in Figure 5. Of Its Type 1 cachet was used Duncan was commissioned by interest here is that only the the longest, from the beginning the post office in 1970 to design artwork for the four stamps in 1949 until 1963. The cover the series of four stamps, was illustrated, perhaps in an- shown in Figure 1 was the pen- which turned out to be quite ticipation that there might be a ultimate usage and is franked attractive. The autumn leaves rate increase that year, which with the $1 Export stamp (Scott issue, for example, was se- in fact occurred on July 1, 1971 figure 4. a Canada post office department brochure when the domestic letter rate #411) issued on June 14, 1963. lected as the Stamp of the promotes the spring stamp. Replacement and presentation Month by the Scott Monthly for letters less than one ounce covers were discontinued in Journal in September 1971. was increased from six to 1974 as the post office had The designs for the four ca- of Toronto Press and resident colour of the first three cachets seven cents. moved more substantially into cheted FDCs for the maple of Dundas, Ont. The initial ca- is present on the stamps, but it Another stuffer in the spring the FDC business by that time. leaves series were contracted chet for the spring season, differs on the final, winter ca- FDC provided additional de- Word began to spread to William Rueter, a graphic shown in Figure 2, depicts a chet. tail about the Post Office De- throughout the philatelic com- designer with the University rural scene with a wooded The post office accompanied partment’s plans for FDCs homestead. It was printed in the spring issue with a variety (Figure 6). This one mentions black and a yellow-green that of promotional materials in- both the stamp and cachet de- matched the colour of the grass cluding a brochure in its cus- signers, and notes that, “We on the stamp. tomary format, which was en- are planning to introduce at- Rueter’s other three cachets closed in the FDCs. Shown in tractive, tastefully designed follow the same theme as the part in Figure 4, this brochure Continued on page 17 first, moving across the land- figure 1. this post office’s scape gradually from left to presentation cover was mailed right as shown in Figure 3. The to poland and redirected final cachet departed slightly locally. from the earlier three in that the scene it depicts appears not to be an extension of the previous ones. In addition, the main

figure 2. the first Canada post office department cachet was designed by William rueter. figure 5. promotional material for the four issues was enclosed in the spring fdC without the complete stamp designs.

10 November 18, 2014 • CaNadiaN Stamp NewS • www.canadianstampnews.ca Hobby’s literature has firm foundation the 2014 Stanley Gibbons Great Britain Concise Catalogue goes deeper Philatelic into the subject of post & go stamps than previous BookshelF editions.

By Michael O. Nowlan journal totaling 34,272 pages in he Stanley Gibbons Great Brit- theless, this review supports the an electronically searchable for- ain Concise Catalogue for 2014 addition of the Deering tables mat. This archive is housed in a Tis the 29th edition of this popu- because the technological evolu- 16-gigabyte flash drive and lar listing. What will add excite- tion practically demands it. plugs into USB ports in both PC ment for collectors of Britain and It is also important to note and Apple computing devices. especially those whose focus is other additions to the Concise It is available from ATA, PO Box on the Machin stamps as well as that expand it usefulness. New 8, Carterville, IL 62918-0008 for the Post & Go stamps is a new plate and cylinder flaws have $99 US, postpaid. feature in the catalogue. been added, including a number Among the informative items In the usual press release ac- of Wilding varieties, and booklet in this issue of the Review is companying the Concise, the panes are now listed up to 1952. “John K. Tiffany and the Sup- Stanley Gibbons publicist says The editors included a major pantschitsch Index of 1892-94” “there is little doubt that the two change for 2013, which was the by Brian Birch. Tiffany was the fields which are most exciting renumbering of the Y series first to compile a bibliography Great Britain collectors at the Machins “for the benefit of any- of philatelic literature (1874) in moment are Post & Go stamps one who missed it last year.” the United States, but John Ed- and Machin date- and source- The Concise continues to in- ward Gray did so in England as codes – and after a bit over five clude the usual items relating to early as 1862. Victor Sup- years, both are developing into philately, pricing, altered cata- pantschitsch did so in Germany subjects of considerable com- logue numbers, the commemo- in 1892. Among Birch’s com- plexity.” rative design index, and, of ments: “by the mid-1880s the I will not go into the complex- course, all issues from the Penny number of periodicals devoted ity. That, after all, is the field of Black of 1840 to last March 26. to the hobby had outstripped the specialist, but I will welcome And, don’t forget, the lay-flat all other forms of publication.” the decision of editors Hugh Jef- binding is still an important fea- line of philatelic literature, I plans to visit any of the clubs That statement illustrates how feries and Vince Cordell of the ture for ease of use. have several items that empha- within the association. the history of philately and its Concise to include “handy refer- A catalogue cannot rest on its size that theory. Philatelic Literature Review literature had a prominent place ence tables to help identify the laurels, but must keep pace with Grand News, the official jour- continues to inform on a wide in society well over 100 years various date- and source-code new developments, new ideas, nal of the Grand River Valley variety of literature issues in its ago. combinations that exist and also and progress. 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Bumps in the night inspire illustrator Weber’s Brooklyn studio space is part of a building that used to house a pencil factory. Philatelic Photo by Reynard Li proFile • Quebec’s Château Frontenac: By Carolyn Mullin The hotel’s namesake is said to ot only does Sam Weber the Alberta College of Art and wander hotel halls in his 17th- like to contemplate what Design in Calgary. century garb. Nmonsters lie in wait under the “The video communication • P.E.I.’s Northumberland Strait: bed, he spends time honing his program at ACAD was really A burning ship is often spotted art so that he may better depict good at the time I was there, between New Brunswick and them. and I really liked what they Prince Edward Island. As The New York-based illustra- were presenting,” he recalls. would-be rescuers approach, tor grew up listening to tales “They had amazing conceptual the ship disappears into the from the Grimm brothers – the illustrations, so it occurred to mist. originals, he notes, not the me that commercial art would When not designing for Can- “Disney” versions – thanks to be the way I’d like to go.” ada Post – something Weber parents who immigrated to Graduating from ACAD in says he will be thrilled to do in North America from Germany 2003, he was accepted into the the future – much of his work before he was born. two-year master’s program at comes from designing illustra- “I’ve always liked monsters the School of Visual Arts in duce an eerie effect, often evok- projects by sketching with pen- tions for magazine and book and scary things, and I think New York. ing feelings of fear (or worse), cil and paper. The five themes covers. While he likes to pro- those tales influenced that. On graduation with his MFA, awe, and intrigue in the were already set, to represent duce paintings so that he has They are so dark without being a colleague’s connections put viewer. different regions of Canada, something tangible to view overly tragic,” he explains. him in the right place at the He is regularly commis- and Context Creative already from his labours, the increasing Weber knew from an early right time and he was hired as sioned to create illustrations for had an amazing file of research proliferation of e-publishing age that art would be his call- the assistant to the art director book covers of new and reis- on the stories before Weber and the nature of communica- ing. Born in Alaska, his parents of the New York Times. “Origi- sued classic works, for authors joined the project, he said. tion in North America means moved to Deep River, Ont. be- nally I thought I would move such as Stephen King, or for The final paintings are a com- that digital images are often fore his first birthday. In those back home to Canada, but the classics such as Lord of the Flies. bination of media, he says, in- called for in his commissions. earliest days, he showed an af- opportunity here was just too So when Canada Post initi- cluding digital elements added “With the advent of the In- finity for drawing animals, in good.” ated the “Haunted Canada” se- through Adobe Photoshop, but ternet it is easy to reach book part influenced by his father’s Weber worked part-time as ries project three years ago with starting with acrylic and publishers, so even with e- love of Robert Bateman, but the assistant, giving him a Context Creative, Weber watercolour painting. books the cover illustration is also because of the family’s res- steady income as he entered the seemed like a natural fit for the “I like to combine mediums still used as a marketing tool. I idence near forests and fields. world of freelance illustration. subject matter. because they evoke different feel very lucky to be part of this He spent his junior high The connections he gained dur- Context Creative’s Lionel Ga- viewings and atmospheres. The business, and I seem to have years in Newfoundland; his ing his years at the Times al- doury contacted Weber to see if computer is great for lighting steady work from those who family moved to Edmonton in lowed him to go solo when he he would be interested in con- and for controlling colour; the want fantasy, horror, or science time for him to attend high left the position in 2007. tributing to the project. textural, rough, organic or fiction themes.” school. With the encourage- Today, most of Weber’s work “It sounded like a dream job, smoky elements come from tra- Ironically for his vocation, he ment of his art teacher, he made involves paintings created in a so at the time I just figured it ditional tools. Once it is all shares studio space with a fel- the decision to pursue a living variety of media, mixed with wouldn’t work out, that it was combined on the computer it low illustrator in Brooklyn, in a from the arts, and enrolled in digital manipulation, to pro- too good to be true. I put to- seems like it was meant to be section of what was once a pen- gether some sketches, and we that way.” cil factory, at the turn of the worked one up into full colour. Weber also used real models century. It was such an exciting oppor- for the Alberta ghost bride and He has returned to tradi- tunity, and amazingly, it the Comte de Frontenac, infus- tional artwork in the past few worked out.” ing the finished work with per- years for his own creative plea- Weber created five paintings, sonal emotion, he notes. sure, working with oil paint- starting as he does with most According to Canada Post, ing. this year’s five permanent-rate “I just love to have the physi- “Haunted Canada” stamps de- cal object, an original painting pict: at the end of the process, that I • Alberta’s Ghost Bride: The can hang, or show, or even sell, ghost of a 1920s bride who died that has been 100 per cent tradi- in the Fairmont Banff Springs tionally made.” W Hotel is said to inhabit the hotel to this day. This hobby is full of interesting • Saskatchewan’s St. Louis people and we’d love to help our Ghost Train: Believers say a readers get to know more of them. ghostly glowing light is a CNR If you know somebody who conductor who lost his head to should be profiled on this page let a passing train in the 1920s. us know. Call us at 905-646-7744, Sam Weber’s illustrations • Ontario’s Fort George: Phan- ext 227 or send an email to bret@ are depicted on the Haunted tom footsteps and ghosts make trajan.ca. Please be sure to include Canada permanent stamps. this one of the most haunted some contact information, and some places in Canada. reasons for your nomination.

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CONFIRMED UNCONFIRMED CSDA $52 per issue $1,352 Roy's Stamps $546 Medallion Stamps $21 $546 Moody Blue Stamps $546 John Shefﬁ eld $546 (charge credit card) West Nissouir $21 $546 An essential resource HPK $182 (x3) $546 for the advanced Rousseau $546 and beginning collector Maresch $2,080 Collectors Exchange $546 1-800-408-0352 All Nations $21 $546 103 Lakeshore Rd., 202, St. Catharines, ON L2N 2T6 Hugo Deshaye $546 Jace Stamps $546 Lot 39 featured a block essay only one sheet of this error of six two-cent Queen Victoria, stamp is known to exist. Auction... printed by Canadian Bank Note Continued from page 1 in green on thin Japanese paper Westminster, B.C., franked with Green Foundation Certificate in showing the running horse a two-and-a-half-pence dull 1994. At that time it was attached overprint and sample rose cancelled at origin and a to a cover fragment addressed to handstamp. Previously in the grid 35 cancel in blue. It repre- France. The strip has been lifted, Vincent G. Greene collection, it sents the commonest of all but the lot still includes the frag- sold for $4,000, again double postal cancellations on B.C. co- ment. It sold for $6,500. the estimate of $2,000 plus. lonial stamps of that era, and A modern error was an exam- The sale also included an im- yet this is the only cover with a ple of the famous 1959 five-cent perf pair of 10 pence Cartier, two-and-a-half-pence stamp, Seaway invert, Unitrade 387a. Unitrade 7a, blue on thick white one of the workhorses of B.C. With original gum which has wove paper, with full intact Philately. Estimated at $2000, it been “overall sweated and original gum with hinge marks. sold for $1,250. lightly redistributed,” it was de- The lot sold for $28,000. A pris- Minuse and Pratt handbook on In the colonial era, post offices Among the private courier scribed as F to VF, and sold at tine example of the Prince Al- essays, or present in the 1990 in B.C. were issued numbered items was a letter from Victoria, $5,750. bert 10-cent black brown, American Bank Note Company cancels, however how a number Vancouver Island to San Fran- The two other sales were the Unitrade #16, front printing or- archives sale. Estimated at was selected and when it was cisco in 1871 with a B.C. three- Harvey Poole collection of Can- der 1A, the first printing, attrib- $10,000 plus, it sold for $6,250, put in use was not documented, pence bright blue on a Wells ada and British North America, uted to the Philipp von Ferrary and was the first complete set forcing researchers to resort to Fargo Victoria and B.C. PAID and the Jack Wallace Collection and Dale-Lichtenstein collec- of this issue to be sold by the scanning covers for clues. envelope. From the Gerald of British Columbia and Vancou- tions, sold for $6,250. firm. There was an interesting Wellburn sale, it sold for $675. ver A complete set of large die Among the back of the book cover mailed from Nanaimo, For more information go to The Poole collection, first proofs of the 1946 peace issue, items, a lot of semi-official air- Vancouver Island, to New www.easternauctions.com. W started in the 1950s, was strong Unitrade 268-273, printed in is- mails included a few mint in essays, proofs and imperfs. sued colours on India paper panes and different singles rep- A presentation booklet of Vic- sunk on full-size cards, in- resenting Western Airways, Pa- toria Jubilee stamps, estimated cluded some stamps, the 10- tricia Airways, Klondike Air- Leaves... at $1,000, sold for double that cent, 14,-cent, 20-cent, and $1 ways and Cherry Red Airline Continued from page 10 amount. values were not listed in the sold for $1,800, well above the estimate of $1,250. official first day covers, as a Jack Wallace was a collector regular service in the near whose interests spanned colo- future,” and that “Harmoni- nial British Columbia and Van- ously styled covers will be couver Island, as airmails and offered with the other stamps British Colonies. in the series on The Maple in An avid postal historian, he Four Seasons.” worked with the late Gerry The inserts in the FDCs Wellburn to attempt to identify indicated a “limited edi- figure 6. the post office all the B.C. numeral cancels. tion” printing of 50,000 for revealed its plans for Prior to joining Confedera- the spring and summer fdCs in a stuffer for the tion in 1871, Vancouver Island stamps, but this had in- spring cover. and British Columbia were first creased to 75,000 for the au- two, and then one separate col- tumn and winter issues. Al- ony. As such they ran a separate though this was an indica- half of the total market for this cover, a Barnard’s express paid with a Victoria postal system, and relied on a tor that the post office’s cov- Canadian FDCs and sig- handstamp in black and paid oval handstamp in the large number of private express ers were being well re- nalled the inevitable demise corner, sold for $3,250, more than double the pre-sale services, particularly to and ceived, it also meant that of private cachet making in estimate of $1,500. from the gold fields. they had captured about Canada. W

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fluctuated due to factors such as over-fishing, pollu- tion and protectionist policies. The 46p, 56p, 62p and 91p stamps show scenes from BritiSH antarCtiC territory the 19th century, while the 70p and 82p show scenes The Antarctic Marine Food Web is shown on four from the 20th and 21st centuries. stamps and a souvenir sheet to be released by British great Britain Antarctic Territory in mid-November. Great Britain released seven self-adhesive Christmas For the study of food chains and food webs in gen- stamps on Nov. 4, along with a water-activated minia- eral, the Southern Ocean makes an excellent case- ture sheet of all seven. study; the feeding relationships are relatively simple, Royal Mail’s Christmas stamps feature secular and the diversity of species is not particularly high, and religious imagery in alternate years. The 2014 Christ- some food chains consist of few trophic levels. mas stamps feature a series of outdoor Christmas The four single stamps depict: phytoplankton (65p), scenes. These charming mini tableaux depict various krill/squid (75p), penguins/flying birds (£1), and leop- British family traditions – from carol singing and ice ard seal (£1.20). skating to posting cards and buying trees. CoCoS (keeLing) iSLandS Cocos (Keeling) Islands is honouring the first en- gagement by a warship of the fledgling Royal Austra- lian Navy with two stamps being issued Oct. 14. The Battle of Cocos took place on Nov. 9, 1914 when the Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney responded to an attack by the German light cruiser SMS Emden on a communications station at Direction Island in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. A 70c stamp shows the HMAS Sydney of the Royal Australian Navy, while a $3.50 stamp shows the SMS Emden of the Imperial German Navy.

aUStraLia An Oct. 7 stamp issue from Australia features four of Australia’s metropolitan racecourses, on which the lion’s share of Australia’s Group 1 races are run. Eagle Farm is Queensland’s foremost racing venue neW ZeaLand and home to the Brisbane Racing Club. It was estab- New Zealand released seven gummed and six self- lished in the Brisbane suburb of Ascot in 1863 and has adhesive stamps on Nov. 12 featuring characters and hosted race meetings ever since. events from The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. Royal Randwick, home of the Australian Turf Club, The Hobbit was written by J.R.R. Tolkien and set 60 is Australia’s oldest major racecourse, established as years before the events of The Lord of the Rings. Sandy Course in 1833. Located in Adelaide, Morphettville is home to the JerSey gUernSey South Australian Jockey Club and is the hub of the The colourful history of Jersey’s oyster industry is A Nov. 11 release from Guernsey is highlighting sto- state’s horse racing. The first races were run at Mor- celebrated with a set of six stamps issued Oct. 9 as part ries from the Great War, the first of a five-year series. phettville in 1875. of the island’s great heritage. Scenes from both the past This year’s stamps feature the stories of Private Yves Flemington is the oldest continuing metropolitan and present are depicted on this set stamps and minia- Cataroche (41p) and Major George Le Page (54p); Doro- racecourse in the country, with races run every year ture sheet. Jersey’s huge tidal range provides the per- thy Nicolls (55p); Lieut. Frank de Mouilpied Lainé (66p) since 1840. The centrepiece of its spring racing carnival fect opportunity to produce some of the most stunning and his brother 2nd Lieut. Thomas de Jersey Lainé; Sal- is the Melbourne Cup, Australia’s premier race, which natural produce in Europe. While oyster fishing has vation Army worker Ada Le Poidevin (74p); and Ada’s was first run here in 1861. existed in Jersey for centuries, the state of industry has cousin, Private Latimer Le Poidevin (83p). W 18 November 18, 2014 • CaNadiaN Stamp NewS • www.canadianstampnews.ca GREAT BRITAIN MINT NH • AUCTIONS• Featuring strong listings of Canada, 1201-4 .... 2.75 1314-7 .... 2.90 1451-3 .... 2.55 NFLD, British Commonwealth For complete details about advertising here call: 1205-8 .... 2.70 1318-21 .. 2.95 1454-7 .... 3.15 1209-12 .. 2.70 1322-5 .... 3.25 1458-62 .. 3.65 FREE CATALOGUE 905-646-7744 ext. 225 or email: [email protected] 1213-6 .... 2.85 1327-0 .... 3.75 1463-6 .... 3.15 NORTHWESTERN PHILATELIC AUCTIONS, INC. 1217-21 .. 2.45 1331-5 .... 2.50 1468-72 .. 3.65 P.O.Box 117, Stn Main, Penticton, BC V2A 6J9 Or write to: P.O. 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Looking Back

By Ian Robertson a 1935 stamp his year’s 150th anniver- The screening was part of a commemorates the sary of the Charlottetown series of events organized Charlottetown Conference. ConferenceT that led to Cana- across the island province to dian Confederation in 1867 in- celebrate the 100th anniver- cluded more than 150 special sary of the meeting of Fathers The 15 Maritimers were per- events on Prince Edward Is- of Confederation in Charlotte- this photo of the fathers of Confederation at the 1864 suaded to participate in another land. town. Charlottetown conference was used on a 1935 stamp. conference, which was held from Parks Canada on May 30 un- The island was hopping all Oct. 10 to 27 in Quebec City. veiled a numerical “1864” year with celebrations. Though reluctant to join Can- sculpture next to the Province They included events fea- memoraBLe firSt Later, in Charlottetown, we ada, the P.E.I. participants also House National Historic site in turing music, period costumes, ViSit to pei visited the beautiful Provincial agreed to attend. the province’s capital. food, storytelling and agricul- I made the first of two visits Building, where the Victorian- Newfoundland, which did PEI 2014 organizers unveiled tural displays, plays, concerts, to Prince Edward Island in mid- style conference room has been not join Confederation until a numerical “2014” structure historic architecture walks and 1964, when my dad and mom maintained much as it looked 1949, sent two observers to the on the city’s waterfront near re-enactments, displays of sail- took my sister and I on a three- when delegates sat around the Quebec meeting. None came Founder’s Hall and the future ing ships, genealogy, photog- week Maritimes road trip that long, rectangular table debating from British Columbia, the west- location of the PEI 2014 Cele- raphy, quilt-making, art and also included parts of New the merits of a union that re- ern-most British North America bration Zone, where numerous commemorative projects. Brunswick and Nova Scotia. sulted in the Dominion of Can- colony. activities were later held. In addition to a gardening Charlottetown was busy ada being created almost three Macdonald, who became During the unveiling event, competition, trees were with centennial events. The years later. Canada’s first prime minister the Confederation Players per- planted in each county to cre- streets we explored were three years later, argued for a formed a historical re-enact- ate 10-acre forests. packed with visitors. CoLoniaL deLegateS, “legislative union” representing ment and led a walking tour For a province well-known There were no rooms left in and a neW CoUntry all parts of the future country, from Province House to the for its red-jacket potatoes, any regular facility, but a The Charlottetown Confer- while representatives from Que- waterfront, with visitors of- there was also the PEI Potato friendly hotelier liked our looks ence, which lasted from Sept. 1 bec and the Maritimes preferred fered photo opportunities with Pitchin Championship in early and offered us his daughter’s to 9, 1864, was arranged for stronger provincial rights. actors in period costume por- November in Vernon, which apartment. She and her family representatives from Upper In the end, despite some re- traying Fathers of Confedera- included a crafts fair, live mu- were away, so we had much Canada and Lower Canada – luctance remaining, only P.E.I. tion. sic, plus horse and wagon more space than in a rented the future provinces of Ontario balked at joining the new coun- Earlier, in March, visitors to rides. motel room. and Quebec that had become try, which was approved by the the Acadian Museum in Mis- Later that month, a meeting The highlight of our stay the Province of Canada – plus British government in London, couche, P.E.I. were shown The of teachers was organized for there was a supper my mom New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, England at a conference in 1866 Hundredth Summer, a 50-min- a two-day national conference and sister prepared after buy- and Prince Edward Island. that resulted in the British North ute National Film Board movie at the University of Prince Ed- ing four fresh lobsters from All were British colonies at America Act on July 1, 1867. about centennial celebrations ward Island in Charlottetown fishermen at the city docks. the time. Prince Edward Island joined 50 years earlier in the villages to discuss Canadian history My sister and I had never The proposed union, which Confederation on July 1, 1873. of Miscouche, North Rustico, and social study lessons. tasted lobster, so they were a Britain preferred as a way to And the rest, as they say, is and Victoria-by-the-Sea. Finally, on Dec. 31, in the real treat, enjoyed along with make the future provinces less history. “The film is lively with pa- seaside city of Summerside, a fresh potatoes and vegetables reliant on Crown support, orig- rades, bands, choirs, people in “family-friendly” finale on prepared on top of the stove in inally was to include only the 1964 Stamp historical costumes as well as New Year’s Eve is being orga- the apartment kitchen. Maritime provinces, though The stamp issued on July 29, the opening of the Acadian nized to “look back and pay We drove around quite a bit Newfoundland requested par- 1964 (Scott #431) combines old- Museum in August 1964,” ac- tribute to a spectacular cele- of the island province during ticipation too late for its repre- style engraving with a modern- cording to the Journal Pioneer bration 150 years in the mak- our visit and stayed in a rented sentatives to reach Charlotte- istic view of Province House, of Summerside, P.E.I. ing.” cabin at Summerside, where town in time. plus new structures. my sister and I got our first Instead, when organizers Based on a design by prolific taste of sea spray and walks were informed that representa- stamp artist Ephrum Philip along the sandy shore. tives from the Province of Can- Weiss, of Ottawa, the single When I returned with a ada wanted to attend, the meet- colour black commemorative cousin several years ago, I ing was delayed until their ar- “illustrates the new Fathers of wanted to see Cabot Beach rival. Confederation Memorial which again. Over the course of those his- has been constructed in Char- On my first visit, we drove toric eight days, led by lottetown to mark the centenary there at night, which gave us a George-Étienne Cartier and of the historic meeting,” accord- very different appreciation for John A. Macdonald, the 11 ing to a Post Office Department its broad sandy shoreline under mainland delegates dominated press release. starlight. proceedings in Province House “At the left is the Provincial The second time was under a with proposals for unification Building, site of the original con- a first-day cover for the five-cent Charlottetown 1964 bright sunny sky, with light with the Maritimes provinces. ference. The new complex con- centennial stamp sports a postmark from the prince winds tickling the tall grass be- The original agenda, for a union tains many public buildings in- edward island capital. side a pathway leading to the of just the Atlantic colonies, cluding a library and an audito- beach. was not formally discussed. rium, all of modern design.”

22 November 18, 2014 • CaNadiaN Stamp NewS • www.canadianstampnews.ca The Charlottetown Conference’s centennial was marked with a five- cent commemorative Show & Bourse issued in 1964. Nov. 7 – 8, Hamilton, ON North Toronto Stamp Club. For more information, contact Ernie Fall Stamp Show, Bishop Ryan High School, 1824 Rymal Rd. E. Nyitrai, email [email protected]. Website: http:// Shown from a vantage point Hours: Fri. 7:30 p.m. auction and G.R.V.P.A. club sales circuits, Sat. www.northtorontostampclub.ca. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Twenty-dealer bourse, youth booth, silent auc- high above the square, the fin- tion, circuit books and light food with refreshments available. Nov. 29, Vernon, BC ished design by Harvey chives database were submit- Sponsor/Affiliate: Hamilton Stamp Club. For more information Vernon Stamp Show & Bourse, Schubert Centre, 3505 30th Thomas Prosser and steel en- ted by Weiss, who is credited contact Steve Forten, email [email protected]. Website: http:// Avenue Hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free admission, philatelic dis- www.hamiltonstampclub.com. plays, door prize, stamp auction, Okanagan Mainline Philatelic graving by Canadian Bank with a suggestion that resulted Association. For more information, email [email protected], tele- Note Company, Limited in the finished stamp’s art- Nov. 8, Brighton, ON phone 250-542-4127. (CBNC) master engraver Yves work. South – Central / Eastern Ontario Stamp, Postcard & Coin Fair, Nov. 29 – 30, Boucherville, QC Baril provides an excellent One of his unaccepted draw- Prince Edward Community Centre / Hockey Rink Complex, 75 Elizabeth Street (Hwy #2 East). Show hours 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Coin and Stamp Show, De Mortagne School, 955 De Montarville overview of the buildings. ings, an essay that combined Our 38th year in business, with over 1 million worldwide stamps, Blvd. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days. Free admission and parking, 35 dealers in attendance, Stamp auction Saturday at 11 Lettering, including “1864- ink and gouache on paper, postcards, covers, coins and notes. Related hobby supplies also a.m., coin auction by Lower Canada Auctions at 2 p.m. Club infor- 1964” at the top, “CANADA” shows the Provincial Building available, many at discounted prices. Free admission and parking. mation and draw prizes, food service available. Sponsored by For more information, email [email protected]. at the bottom, and “CHAR- with tall Greek-style pillars ANPB. For more information, email [email protected], tele- LOTTETOWN CONFER- stretching toward the struc- Nov. 8, Moncton, NB phone 450-655-4433. Website: http://www.anpb.net. ENCE/CONFEDERENCE DE ture, along with similar text Moncton Stamp Fair, Royal Canadian Legion, 100 War Veterans Dec. 6, Moncton, NB Ave. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admission and parking. For CHARLOTTETOWN” set ver- used on the stamp. Moncton Stamp Fair, Royal Canadian Legion, 100 War Veterans Ave. more information, contact Paul Bourque, telephone 506-875- tically with letters placed side- The second proposal by the Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admission and parking. For more 2684. ways on the outer left and artist best known as Philip information, contact Paul Bourque, telephone 506-875-2684. Nov. 8, Essex Junction, VT right margins, was engraved Weiss is closer to the commem- Dec. 7, Brampton, ON CHAMPEX 2014, Champlain Valley Exposition, 105 Pearl Street. by Donald J. Mitchell. orative. Brampton Coins, Stamps and Trading Cards Show, Century Thirty-fifth annual stamp show sponsored by the Chittenden Gardens Recreation Centre, 340 Vodden St. E. Hours: 9 a.m. to The CBNC printed 29.31 It shows the Provincial County (Vermont) Stamp Club. For more information, email 4:30 p.m. Free parking, admission $3, under 14 free. Coins, med- million of the attractive stamps Building on the left, with mod- [email protected], telephone (518) 962-4558. als, tokens, paper money, trade dollars, supplies, stamps, trading on panes of 50. ern buildings on the right and cards, children’s tables. Funds raised for children’s charities. Numerous cachets were the square in between. Instead Nov. 8 – 9, Quebec City, QC Postalia automne 2014, SFPQ, 5100, boul. des Gradins Exposition Sponsor/Affiliate: Rotary Club of Brampton. For more information produced for first-day covers, of an overview, the timbres, histoire postale, monnaie, cartes postales, vieux papiers, contact Willard Burton, B W Coin, telephone 905-450-2870 or with most postmarked in Ot- watercolour, pencil and bourse philatélique. Plus de 20 marchands, experts sur place, 416-254-6569. Website: http://bwcoin.com. tawa, although some were ser- gouache drawing shows the conférences, achats-ventes-échanges. For more information, Dec. 20, Burlington, ON viced in Charlottetown. structures from the ground email [email protected], telephone (418) Burloak Stamp Fair, Seniors Centre, 2285 New St. Hours: 9 a.m. to 521-2649. Website: http://www.s-p-q.org/. The most attractive first-day level. 2 p.m. Eighteen years of regular monthly shows on the third cover, by Rosecraft, repro- Nov. 14 – 16, Mississauga, ON Saturday of every month. Six to nine dealers, active buyers, and The Canadian Stamp Dealers’ Association National Postage Stamp always something new. For more information contact Steve duces a photograph of the del- ARTIST DESIGNED NINE Simon, telephone 905-575-2950, email [email protected]. CANADIAN STAMPS Show, The International Centre (Hall 3), 6900 Airport Rd. Dealers egates to the 1864 Charlotte- from across Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States, town Conference, which was Dec. 20, St Catharines, ON Born in 1924 in Montreal, including Canada Post, society and club information, stamps for Best Western Stamp Show, Niagara Room, Best Western Hotel, also used for the central de- Weiss enrolled in Saturday kids, hourly draw prizes, and much more. Sponsored by the CSDA. QEW at Lake Street. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free parking, free sign of the engraved 13-cent morning children’s classes at Hours: Fri., 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sun., 10 a.m. admission and free appraisals. Specializing in the stamps and stamp (SC #224) issued in a set to 3 p.m. New location! Early bird admission $10 from 10 a.m. to covers of Canada and the British Commonwealth. Sponsor/ the Art Gallery of Toronto, 11 a.m. Friday, free admission starting 11 a.m. Friday and for the of 1935 definitives. Below the where he was taught by Arthur Affiliate: Roy’s Stamps. For more information contact Roy Houtby, rest of the show. Free parking. For more information, email telephone 905-934-8377. grouped image is an engrav- Lismer, a member of the fa- [email protected]. Website: www.csdaonline.com. ing of the long table in the mous Group of Seven. Jan. 16 – 18, 2015, Toronto, ON Nov. 15, Burlington, ON conference room. After serving overseas in the Unipex Coin & Stamp Show, Toronto Plaza Hotel, 1677 Wilson Ave. Burloak Stamp Fair, Seniors’ Centre, 2285 New St. Hours: 9 a.m. (HWY 401 & 400) More details to follow. For more information, The Unitrade Specialized Cat- Canadian Army Intelligence to 2 p.m. Eighteen years of regular monthly shows on the third email [email protected], telephone 416.242.5900. alogue of Canadian Stamps lists Corps from 1943 to 1946, the Saturday of every month. Six to nine dealers, active buyers, and no varieties for this commem- young artist attended the On- always something new. For more information contact Steve Jan. 24, 2015, St Catharines, ON Simon, telephone 905-575-2950, email [email protected]. CATHEX, Grantham Lions Club, 732 Niagara St. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 orative. tario College of Fine Arts in p.m. Sixty-sixth annual exhibition and bourse, exhibits, 12 dealers, Several alternate designs Toronto. Nov. 15, Fredericton, NB club circuit, youth/beginners table, lunch counter. Free parking. were considered, including Weiss, who was also a sculp- Fredericton District Stamp Show and Sale, Fredericton High Sponsor/Affiliate: St. Catharines Stamp Club. For more information one by Ernest Roch, which tor, later taught figure and School Cafeteria, 300 Priestman St. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. contact Stuart Keeley, email [email protected], tele- Maritime dealers, exhibits, youth table with free stamps, Canada phone 905-227-9251. Website: http://stcatharinesstampclub.ca. shows a stylized light green landscape painting at a college, Post, door prizes and silent auction. Free parking and admission. Maple Leaf standing against a while working in the federal Sponsor/Affiliate: Fredericton District Stamp Club. For more infor- Jan. 24 – 25, 2015, Montreal, QC dark blue background, with public service, including as mation contact Ron Smith, email [email protected], tele- International Stamp Show of Longueuil, Sandman Hôtel, 999 rue text similar to what was used phone 506 453-1792. Sérigny Hours: Sat. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sun. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free general director of the Office admission and parking $5.00. Sponsor/Affiliate: Canada Post. For on the issued stamp. of Design, Department of In- Nov. 21 – 22, Montreal, QC more information contact Patrick Chalifoux, Box 84, Ste-Julie, Two other unused designs dustry, Trade and Commerce International Stamp Show of Montreal / EXUP37, Saint-Mathieu Québec, J3E 1X5 For more information, email timbratheque@ on the Canadian Postal Ar- from 1965 to 1970, before be- Center, 7110, 8e avenue. Hours: Friday. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sat. 10 hotmail.com, telephone 450-223-0082. Website: http://www. a.m. to 5 p.m. Free admission and parking. Sponsor/Affiliate: timbratheque.com. coming secretary general of the Canada Post. For more information contact Patrick Chalifoux, National Design Council Sec- Box 84, Ste-Julie, Québec, J3E 1X5 For more information, email Feb. 22, 2015, Don Mills, ON retariat. [email protected], telephone 450-223-0082. Website: Toronto Postcard Club 34th Annual Show, Japanese Canadian Over his 30 years with the http://www.timbratheque.com. Cultural Centre, 6 Garamond Ct. Toronto Postcard Club 34th Annual Show, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, 6 Garamond Ct. Hours: government, Weiss designed Nov. 22, Toronto, ON 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Forty tables of vintage postcards for sale. nine Canadian stamps. North Toronto Stamp Club Show, Yorkminster Park Baptist Admission $7, TPC members $5. Near Don Mills Rd. & Eglinton, In addition to his stamp de- Church, 1585 Yonge St. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admission, TTC accessible, free parking. Website: www.torontopostcardclub. sign drawings, the Library and about 40 free parking spaces on site, easy subway access (St. com/toronto-postcard-show/ For more information, email info@ Clair subway station), wheelchair access. Sponsor/Affiliate: torontopostcardclub.com. Website: www.torontopostcardclub.com Archives Canada has 350 other pieces of art by Weiss. W SHOW ORGANIZERS: How to list: Simply fill out the form found at www.canadianstampnews.ca or mail, fax or email your information to Trajan Publishing (S&B), P.O. Box 28103, Lakeport P.O., 600 Ontario St., St. Catharines, ON L2N 7P8, fax (905) 646-0995, email [email protected]. Please include: date of show; site of event, street, city, prov.; official name of event; organization sponsoring or affiliated with the event; hours; admission charge; if exhibits are present (display or competitive), Ephrum Philip Weiss is the contact person’s name, address, postal code, telephone number. If you wish 50 copies free and you pay shipping and handling designer of nine Canadian only, please include complete address for shipping (not a box #). Two show dates per year will be listed for free (subsequent show dates will cost $15 per listing). stamps.

November 18, 2014 • Canadian stamp News • www.canadianstampnews.ca 23 OLD TIME BARGAINS #842 For this back page I have selected twenty-one attractively priced special offers from the Provinces. Select those you need and place your order today by phone, fax, mail or email! There are no additional charges for shipping or sales taxes and installment terms are available if needed on larger purchases. The new 2015 Unitrade catalogue is expected shortly and we are taking advance orders at just $49.95 postpaid. The 2015 Scott catalogues are now on hand at just $99.95 per volume postpaid. Have something nice for sale? If you do, please get in touch. We pay the highest prices for specialized collections and individual rarities of not only Canada and Provinces, but U.S.A., British and Foreign material as well.

SPECIAL OFFER #15,852 SPECIAL OFFER #15,859 SPECIAL First, how about this scarce plate proof from Two old timers from Prince Edward Is- OFFER the fi rst issue of New Brunswick? It is the land are included in this offer. The two #15,866 six pence (Scott #2) printed in black. Only pence and three pence are a great way to one sheet ever existed. I have one only very start the issue (Scott #5-6). Condition Here’s an error you fi ne single in stock at just $369.00. is F-VF NH and list price is $34.00. My may not have seen price is just $19.95. before – the 10¢ Salmon from the fi rst Resources Issue (#193iii) with a scarce double perforation error. It was listed for the very fi rst time in the 2007 Unitrade Specialized Catalogue, after com- SPECIAL OFFER #15,853 SPECIAL ing to light in the amazing collection of Sir Gawaine Baillie. All Next here are four nice unused known are rather poorly centered. A pair shows the error to best OFFER advantage. List price for a pair is $300.00. My price is $139.00. singles from New Brunswick #15,860 (Scott #6,7,8,11). These are SPECIAL OFFER #15,867 without gum as usual owing Next here are fi ve to a great fi re at the main post nice mint singles Next here is a scarce imperforate pair of the offi ce in the 1860s. List price from Prince Edward 14¢ Newfoundland Dog (Scott #194a). List for these in F-VF condition is Island, also in F-VF NH condition (Scott #11-12, 14-16). List price price for a VF NH example is $300.00. My $110.00. My price is $49.50. for these is $105.00. My price is $49.95. price is just $179.00.

SPECIAL OFFER SPECIAL OFFER #15,861 #15,854 Here’s a shade you don’t often see – the yellow Next are three very interesting of- green in the 1¢ Prince of Wales (Scott #45a). My fers on plate proofs of New Bruns- price for a F-VF NH mint single is just $49.00. SPECIAL OFFER wick. First here is #8Pii, printed in the issued colour with SPECIMEN #15,868 at left. A very fi ne block of four Here is a popular set– the 1933 lists at $160.00. My price just $79.00. Sir Humphrey Gilbert issue A pair is also available at $39.95. (Scott #212-225). The long set SPECIAL OFFER #15,862 of fourteen stamps has beautifully engraved designs on a variety I recently picked up a very nice old time of subjects. List price for a complete set of VF NH mint singles is stock of the 2¢ Orange Newfoundland $380.00. My price just $229.00. codfi sh (Scott #48). Nineteenth century mint Newfoundland stamps are very hard to fi nd in fresh mint NH SPECIAL OFFER #15,855 condition. A F-VF NH example lists at $95.00. My price is just SPECIAL OFFER $49.95. Here is a nice proof block of the ten #15,869 cent value (#9P). List price for a VF Another omnibus set was block is $240.00. My price is $119.00. SPECIAL OFFER #15,863 released in 1937 (Scott #230- I also have pairs at $69.50 or singles at The 3¢ value of the Royal Family issue of 232) to commemorate the Coronation of King George VI. List $39.95. Newfoundland has a shade variety that is price for a F-VF NH mint set is $13.00. My price is just $7.95 for quite elusive – Scott #83c. I picked up some singles or $29.50 for blocks of four. nice mint singles recently. A VF NH example lists at $120.00. My price is just $69.95 for a SPECIAL OFFER single or $269.95 for a block of four. #15,870 SPECIAL OFFER Newfoundland issued an attrac- #15,856 tive set of eleven pictorials for Next here is the 12½¢ SPECIAL the Coronation of King George Steamship #10Pii. A OFFER VI in 1937 (Scott #233-243). List very fi ne pair has a list price of $160.00. These were printed in the price for a F-VF NH mint set is issued colour with SPECIMEN at top. My price is just $79.95. #15,864 $75.00. My price is just $29.95 This offer makes while they last! SPECIAL a nice start on the re-engraved SPECIAL OFFER #15,871 OFFER Publicity Issue. #15,857 The 1¢ to 10¢ values are all included in VF NH mint condition Here is an interesting variety – the 1¢ (#163-169). List price is $100.00. My price is $59.95 for singles or “Fishhook” from the 1937 Long Coro- Here are fi ve values $239.00 for blocks of four. nation Issue (#233i). It consists of from the Nova Sco- crossed lines in the mouth of the cod- tia 1860 Cents Issue fi sh. It occurred only twice in a sheet (Scott #8-9, 11-13). SPECIAL of 100 stamps! A VF used single lists at $15.00. My price $9.95. Condition is fresh F-VF NH mint and list price is $122.00. My This item is very hard to fi nd in used condition. price is $69.95. These stamps are amazingly fresh after 150 years. OFFER #15,865 SPECIAL OFFER Here is a complete #15,872 SPECIAL OFFER #15,858 set of the New- Here’s another nice item from foundland second Here’s one to add luster to your collection -- Newfoundland – the fi nal Publicity Issue a nice plate proof of the ten cent Nova Scotia defi nitive set released before in mint blocks of (#12P). It is printed in the issued colour on joining confederation in 1949. four S(Scott #163- card mounted india paper. List price for a VF List price for the complete set 171). Being a depression-era issue not many were laid aside by example is $60.00. My price is just $26.95 for a of fourteen stamps (#253-266) dealers of the day, especially in blocks. Condition is F-VF LH and single or $49.95 for a pair. in F-VF NH mint condition is list price is $660.00. My price is just $379.00. $34.00. My price is $19.95.

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