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Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/canadianstampnews Follow us on Twitter @trajanpublisher STAMP NEWS Follow us on Instagram @trajan_csn Volume 44 • Number 02 May 14 - 27, 2019 $4.50 ‘Must have’ 1870 Rise of non-traditional themes Small Queen die corresponds with lettermail’s decline By Jesse Robitaille 1851, the Province of issued its This is the first story in a two-part se- first stamp, which was also the world’s proof to highlight ries highlighting the transition away first thematic stamp, this depicting the from traditional philatelic themes and industrious beaver; however, until about towards thematic collecting. the turn of this century, thematic issues Sparks sale Only recently earning the consider- were few and far between. ation of serious philatelists as a legitimate Aside from the first U.S. stamps, By Jesse Robitaille collecting niche, thematic stamps trav- which, unsurprisingly, depict former Described by auctioneers as a elled a hard-fought road before coming presidents Benjamin Franklin and George “must have for any serious to the philatelic forefront with the com- Continued on page 22 Small Queen collector” and a mercialization of the U.S. Postal Service boon to exhibitors of the long- (USPS) about 20 years ago. running series, an 1870 one-cent Of course, Canada is no stranger to Small Queen large die proof is thematic issues. Nearly 170 years ago, in expected to bring $10,000 at auction this May. Traditional themes of U.S. stamps To be offered as Lot 67 of include important historical events Sparks Auctions’ four-session like the American, the 200th “Sale 30,” the black die proof is anniversary of which was marked sunken in and pasted to a card An 1870 one-cent Small Queen large on a 13-cent stamp from the 1977 measuring 51 millimetres by 77 black die proof is expected to bring ‘Bicentennial’ series. millimetres with 10 guidelines around $10,000 as Lot 67 of Sparks Auctions’ the design and lathework at the bottom. four-session ‘Sale 30’ on May 22-25. “This is a very rare item, and anyone Critics question Nanaimo bar’s ratio who puts it in an exhibit is surely to have better results,” said Stéphane research and have knowledge of the By Jesse Robitaille Cloutier, director of lotting and consign- printing process,” said Cloutier, who Controversy arose quickly this April as aficionados of the three-layer, no-bake ments for the Ottawa-based auction added exhibitors receive points for rar- bar with a proudly Canadian name was depicted on a stamp with purportedly house. ity, knowledge and research “and an problematic proportions. “For one thing, it demonstrates item like that would definitely help.” One of five Canadian desserts celebrated in the “Sweet Canada” series issued by knowledge. If you’re showing die One of only four believed to exist, the Canada Post on April 17, the Nanaimo bar is just as rich in Canadiana as it is in proofs, plate proofs or pre-production die proof belongs to the John Hillson sweetness. First appearing in the 1950s in its namesake city and ferry port on the material – it shows you’ve done your Collection, which will be offered from east coast of Vancouver Island – Nanaimo, B.C. – the bar is comprised of a crumbly Lots 1-559 and features high-quality base beneath custard filling and chocolate ganache icing.

Publications Registration Mail No. 09136 AgreementNo. 40069699 Small Queens, Canadian revenues, Brit- “I’ve only had a few,” said collector Robert Timberg, who’s also the executive ish line-engraved issues and more from manager of The Royal Philatelic Society of Canada, “and they haven’t looked like across the Commonwealth. the one in the stamp.” It’s slated to cross the block during a Criticism about the stamp’s design focuses on the allegedly inaccurate ratio of its single-day auction on May 22 with a three layers as well as its seemingly discoloured centre filling, which should be a separate catalogue. distinctive yellow owing to the recipe’s use of custard powder. “The Hillson Collection is something “It’s missing the yellow colour in filling only found from custard powder, and that doesn’t come around very often be- yes, there’s way too much of it,” said Ottawa-based pastry chef Adam Cenaiko. cause of the high quality he bought for “The bottom layer is suspicious as well; no chocolate or walnuts?” his collection. He only bought very Provincial politicians, including ’s Solicitor high-quality items; if you go through General Mike Farnworth and Minister of Municipal Affairs the sale, you’ll see there are al- and Housing Selina Robinson, also voiced concerns. most no faults,” said Cloutier. Continued on page 17 “He was a man that enjoyed a good-looking stamp.” Criticism about one of five ’Sweet Hillson authored two edi- Canada’ stamps, this celebrating the tions of The Small Queens of Nanaimo bar, quickly arose after its Canada handbook before co- release on April 17. The debate focuses writing Canada’s Postage on the allegedly inaccurate ratio of the Stamps of the Small Queen Era, bar’s three layers and its seemingly 1870-1897 with long-time col- discoloured centre filling, which should be a distinctive yellow colour. Continued on page 11 Make every stamp issue part of your collection Create a standing order Creating a standing order means you won’t miss a single stamp issue. Use our standing order service to pre-select stamp products from Canada Post’s annual stamp program –and you’ll never have to worry about sold-out issues. Your standing order is automatically processed and shipping is free.

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4 May 14, 2019 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca atelic Library (HSPL). Located at 10 ($151 million) compared to 2017. WHAT’S SIGNED Summerhill Ave. in downtown To- Transaction mail volumes fell by 6.2 ronto, the library is part of the Toronto- per cent (187 million pieces) in 2018 SEALED based Vincent Graves Greene Phila- compared to 2017. Canadians mailed INSIDE telic Research Foundation. Its regular 2.4 billion (44 per cent) fewer pieces of DELIVERED hours of operation are Monday mail in 2018 than in the peak year of Volume 44 • Number 02 through Thursday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 2006. This is contrasted by Canada This spring, the library will also open Post’s current core strategy – to be the its doors on two Saturdays – May 11 country’s parcel-delivery leader – May 14 to from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and June 8 from which saw the parcel business con- May 27, 2019 10 a.m.-6 p.m., the latter of which will tinue to grow in 2018. Parcels gener- coincide with the nearby North To- ated 38 per cent of the segment’s reve- ronto Stamp Club Summer Bourse. nue in 2018 compared to 34 per cent in The library is also set to extend its 2017 and only 21 per cent in 2011. Last hours on two Wednesdays – May 22 year, parcel revenue increased by $308 and June 26 – when it will remain open million (13.6 per cent) while volumes Regulars until 7 p.m. The HSPL is also available increased by 54 million pieces (21.7 per for use by appointment, and its cata- cent) compared to 2017. For more in- logue is searchable via greenefounda- formation, visit canadapost.ca. CSN MARKETPLACE tion.ca. The library’s collection holds Are you buying or selling?...... Page 20 PENCE COVER CENSUS more than 10,000 items, including APS YOUTH SCHOLARSHIP AVAILABLE ONLINE nearly 7,000 books and 600 journals, DEADLINE MAY 15 A comprehensive census of more among the highlights of which is the The American Philatelic Society SHOW AND BOURSE than 3,000 covers from Canada’s world’s best offering of British North (APS) is now accepting applications Check out the shows “Pence” issue is the latest addition to American reference material. To sign for its 2020 Young Philatelic Leaders in your area...... Page 23 the British North America Philatelic So- up for the library’s Friends of the Fellowship (YPLF). The YPLF provides ciety (BNAPS) Online Resources and Harry Sutherland Newsletter and re- its fellows with a year-long experience Exhibits (ORE). Compiled by Wayne ceive the latest updates, email library@ travelling to two APS national shows Smith and published on the ORE this greenefoundation.ca or call 1-416-921- plus the American Philatelic Center for April, the 1851-59 cover census is pre- 2073. the annual Summer Seminar on Philat- sented in two ways – by stamp/paper ely. Along the way, there are countless Columns variety as well as by rate. First, the $270M 2018 LOSS opportunities to learn from experi- stamp/paper variety listing highlights FOR CANADA POST enced collectors, exhibitors, writers LOOKING BACK the number of covers known for each Canada Post reported a before-tax and dealers. rate paid by the stamp. Secondly, the loss of $270 million for 2018, citing the During the year, Fellows with the Backwards ‘Admirals’ were rate listing highlights the number of costs of resolving a long-running pay YPLF will: receive a free one-year APS printers’ samples, not stamps...... Page 6 covers known for each way to pay the equity dispute plus the impact of last membership; meet and make friends rate. The census includes information fall’s labour disruption as “non-recur- with Fellows and alumni Fellows; unearthed since 1984, when Charles ring” contributing factors. “Had it not choose a track upon which to focus a PHILATELIC BOOKSHELF Firby compiled his final census of cov- been for these non-recurring factors, year of study; learn from an adult Walsh’s BNA catalogue lauded ers from the “Pence” and “Cents” is- Canada Post would have recorded a mentor and other philatelic leaders; for ‘uniqueness of his approach’...Page 8 sues. Picking up from Firby’s previous profit in 2018,” reads a recent state- complete and present a research proj- update, Smith referenced “three very ment issued by the Crown corpora- ect on a chosen philatelic topic; operate large auction catalogue libraries” along tion. 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May 14, 2019 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca 5 Backwards ‘Admirals’ were printers’ samples, not stamps A set of ‘Reverse Admirals’ in all four colours – carmine, black, blue Looking and green – was offered recently on eBay for $500. BACK Close examination resulted By Ian Robertson in them being branded by some observers as photographs or he subject of this column ers – either privately-owned or “reproductions.” has – appropriate to the government agencies – from Some writers dismissed T“Looking Back” title – special original engravings. They were them as outright fakes pro- meaning when you consider submitted for consideration duced “to extract money out of the accompanying images. prior to a definitive or com- gullible collectors,” one author- At first glance, the illustra- memorative being approved by itative Admiral specialist tions may appear to be exam- officials for subsequent stamp wrote. ples of a three-cent denomina- production. I bought one several years tion from the popular, much- Essays are unaccepted stamp ago, and after spotting exam- studied “Admiral” series of designs submitted as artwork, ples in a recent Vance Auctions Canadian definitives featuring engravings or printed impres- catalogue, I decided this would an engraved portrait of King sions taken from dies or partial be a good subject for a column. wearing an Admiral dies, according to the Musson Several writers on the Stamp of the Fleet uniform. They were Stamp Dictionary. Community Forum website introduced in late 1911. In the case of what are now made observations and asked The key to the illustrations known as the “Eckerlin Admi- questions showing the item’s not being stamps is the fact the rals,” they were produced more origins remain a puzzle to king’s portrait and the text are than 90 years ago by a firm in many collectors. reversed. Germany seeking printing con- The Eckerlin examples Conclusions about their ori- I began surfing the Internet, Offered for sale occasionally tracts from the American Bank were printed in four colours gins took a long while to sur- concentrating on reports pub- by dealers, including from time Note Company (ABNC) in – carmine, dark blue, dark face, resulting in an ongoing lished by leading philatelic or- to time in auction catalogues, New York to print stamps. green and black – and most mystery with numerous theo- ganizations. Quite a few arti- they have been described as Introduced in 1918, the three- are “imperforate all around, ries published in articles and cles have been published, with printers’ proofs and less often cent Admiral was first printed but a small number of perfo- journals starting in the early the most recent ones providing as essays. with brown ink (Scott #108). A rated examples are known,” 1950s. the best information. Those terms in their case, dark red colour well-known in Charles Neyhart wrote in his Most were mistaken, accord- It is an interesting story. however, have been shown to the hobby as “carmine” was 2013 article, “The ‘Backward’ ing to published findings in re- not match philatelic definitions. used to produce that denomi- Admiral,” for the Northwest cent decades. MOVING FORWARD Classic-era stamp proofs nation starting five years later Philatelic Library in Portland, ON ‘BACKWARD ADMIRALS’ were printed by security print- (SC #109). Ore. ADMIRAL SERIES New Brunswick dealer Gary The Canadian stamp series Lyon has been credited with was printed by two methods, lifting the veil. first between December 1911 In a 2002 article in Maple and December 1922 on damp- Leaves, the journal of the Cana- ened ungummed paper and dian Philatelic Society of Great then on dry gummed paper, Britain, David Sessions credited Randall W. Van Someren wrote the owner of Eastern Auctions in the “Guide to the Admiral with unravelling the mystery. Stamps of Canada.” Material Lyon provided The 2019 Unitrade Specialized came from ABNC archives, Catalogue of Canadian Stamps which were sold at six auctions notes the same printing meth- between 1987 and 1992. ods with an accompanying They consisted of “several comparison illustration. pieces of written correspon- The engraved portion during dence,” Neyhart added. “It was early printings of the Admirals substantially correct that this measures 17.5 millimetres wide was an attempt by a German and 21.5 mm tall, with the en- printing company to promote a graving on dry-printed ver- sions measuring 18 mm by 21.5 mm. The “Backwards Admirals” are larger – 21 mm by 25 mm – and they were also not en- graved, which was another im- portant early-detected clue.

A three-cent Admiral definitive printed in carmine – deep red – was introduced in 1923.

6 May 14, 2019 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca proprietary printing process to In 1930, Ecklin’s agent, staff could produce a high- A three-cent red ‘Reverse an established American secu- Frank Walsh, delivered sam- quality printing plate, Ecker- Admiral’ was offered recently rity printer.” ples of the “Reverse Admirals” lin advised the ABNC. on eBay for $79.95 Cdn. Quoting the Field Guide to to the firm’s New York head As a result, he had an artist the Cinderella Stamps of Canada, a office. redraw a three-cent Admiral, contributor to stampboards. Treadwell advised the com- “from which a photograph Some auction catalogues in- com wrote: “They were pre- pany’s president, D. E. Wood- was taken and subsequently clude a “hypothetical designa- pared in 1929 or 1930 by a Dr. hull, he did not consider them processed,” Neyhart wrote. It tion such as 109E or Eckerlin of the German firm to be of good enough quality was printed in an enlarged 109P,” Neyhart notes. Herbst & Illig, and presented to for the U.S. firm to strike a size, “to avoid confusion with Some describe them as a the American Bank Note Com- deal with Herbst and Illig, the real issue.” “Victory-Kidder trial essay” or pany in New York, to demon- Neyhart wrote. The Reverse Admiral “Victory-Kidder proof” be- strate the German firm’s new A letter from Eckerlin, sheets Eckerlin submitted cause “Victory-Kidder Ma- process of rotary intaglio print- which was translated had 90 subjects, nine columns chine” was written in pencil at ing claimed to be on par with from German to English by wide by 10 rows deep, with the bottom of an often-illus- Prices for Reverse Admirals steel engraving, but much Walsh, confirmed the intaglio the ninth column only par- trated block of six printed in have “stabilized” in recent cheaper. process used to produce the tially printed vertically in or- blue. years, but Neyhart warned ex- “The ‘essays’ were reversed samples “was rotary photogra- der “to accommodate the en- A British-made printing amples offered outside regular and enlarged to avoid any im- vure in which the source of the tire ninth column and all of press by that name was manu- channels, including on eBay, plication that they could be con- printing plates was a photo- the tenth.” factured in the 1920s, but “there are often “overpriced.” sidered counterfeits, and are graph of the subject that was Despite the German firm’s is no real evidence that the Re- One contributor to stamp- not true essays of the KGV Ad- then subjected to a multi-step faster printing process, the verse Admirals were printed by boards.com recently offered a miral stamps. They appeared photo-mechanical-chemical ABNC concluded the sam- that firm or by Herbst & Illig on wide-margined example on the market about 1951.” conversion process. ples would not thwart coun- a Victory-Kidder printing printed in dark blue for $60 terfeiters. press. The source of the hand- Cdn. Examples of Herbst and Il- written note is unknown.” He quoted prices of $450 lig printings of unreversed On a cautionary note, the Cdn. each for two blocks of and reversed British one- handwritten scrawl on the bot- four, reported in a 2015 penny definitive essays, fea- tom of the block has often been Brigham sale in Toronto, and turing King Edward VII, are reported as Victory-Kidden, $850 for a block of nine, plus occasionally offered for sale. but in notes accompanying additional buyer’s premiums. I have also seen examples Neyhart’s article, he wrote Those listings are also posted in online auctions of Eckerlin close inspection of a high-reso- on stampauctionnetwork.com. essays of Hungary definitives lution scan marches the British A Canadian auction website produced by that firm. press-making firm’s name. shows three blocks of four They are regarded as sam- “No one knows how many printed in red, blue and black ples produced for attempts of these reproductions are actu- Continued on page 9 by Dr. Eckerlin to obtain ally in the market,” he added. stamp-printing contracts from post office officials in $BUYING NOW!! those countries. aadia Poices In his summary, Sessions IEIATE PAYENT ALL TRANSATIONS ONIENTIAL notes while the ABNC did DI II not adopt the Herbst and Illig IT TW rotary photogravure printing WANTED CALL TOLL FREE: 1-800-615-2596 method, “the process, or TO BUY OR SELL something very similar, has isit O esite At www.itStamp.ca Eail iocitstamp.ca subsequently been used around the world.” City Stamp Montreal (Robert Cooperman – Philatelist) 1134 St. Catherine Street West, Suite #865 ® A 1924 sample printing of a British one-pence King Edward Since his article’s publica- Montreal, Quebec H3B 1H4 Canada PayPal VII definitive was produced by Herbst and Illig, of Frankfurt, tion 17 years ago, computer- Germany, in an attempt to attract printing contracts. driven offset lithography has become the predominant method used for worldwide In 1928, Neyhart wrote, Dr. “In short, the recesses on stamp production. Eckerlin, a director of the the copper plates were acid- Frankfurt-am-Main firm, con- etched instead of being line- WHAT TO CALL THEM? tacted Henry Treadwell, the engraved on steel as was “What to call the subject ABNC’s engraving division standard in security printing has proven problem- vice-president, who requested at the time,” Neyhart added. atic,” Neyhart rightly notes. samples to determine their po- In his article, Sessions A stamp is a stamp. An es- tential. wrote “they are clearly not say is an essay. A die proof is The New York executive pro- straightforward photographic a die proof. A stamp over- vided vignette printing proofs reproductions, as the back- printed “Specimen” or the plus an experimental sheet of ground lines to the portrait same term in another lan- three-cent Admiral definitives. differ in number from those guage is a stamp overprinted Dies for Canada’s first King on the genuine stamp. How- for distribution to a country’s George V stamps were printed ever, the popular story postal staff or to foreign post by ABNC engravers followed seemed unlikely, so there offices in order to show what by the production of perforated they have rested – until now.” a new issue looks like on in- panes for post office use by its The German firm required coming mail. Ottawa subsidiary, which be- a pen-and-ink line drawing in As for the Reverse Admi- came the Canadian Bank Note order to make a production rals, the debate will – no Company in 1923. photograph from which its doubt – continue.

May 14, 2019 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca 7 Walsh’s BNA catalogue lauded for ‘uniqueness of his approach’ Now in its 11th edition, the British North America Specialized Stamp Catalogue Philatelic by Newfoundland’s John Walsh covers Canadian issues to 1951 in addition to BOOKSHELF the various stamp-issuing entities of British North By David Piercey America. few issues ago I reviewed For example, one of his ma- Newfoundland philately jor contributors is Julian Gold- Pricing – in U.S. dollars – is expertA John Walsh’s 2018 New- berg. The catalogue concludes provided for not only very foundland specialized cata- with two chapters based on fine mint, never hinged, used logue; now, let’s turn our atten- Goldberg’s research. The first and on cover but also for in- tion to his British North Amer- chapter is a full exposition on scription or plate blocks by ica (BNA) specialized catalogue. Canadian postage stamps position, too. Often, when The 2018 British North Amer- printed by the Stickney rotary quantities issued are known, ica Specialized Stamp Catalogue press – those being the “Arch” this is indicated, even for eso- covers the remaining stamp-is- and “Maple Leaf” – as well as teric and rarely encountered suing entities of BNA, including the “Medallion” issues printed material. New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, by the rotary press. It’s illus- , British trated with examples showing A USEFUL HANDBOOK Columbia and Vancouver Is- the gum breaks and other Walsh’s catalogue is not land, plus Canadian issues to printing characteristics. only highly detailed in the ar- 1951. Now in its 11th edition, The second chapter is about eas it covers, but it also proves the catalogue has been pub- intaglio printings and line per- to be a useful handbook, too. lished by Walsh, who’s the forating perforators also used The handbook nature of owner of Walsh’s Philatelic Ser- in this period. It gives a fuller this catalogue comes through vices, every few years since explanation of “wet” and “dry” in the many additional chap- 1988. It’s only only been avail- printing methods. There is ters covering not only Cana- able as an electronic edition even a smaller section by Gold- dian forgeries and Canadian since 2010, when it marks its berg entitled “Discovery of postal stationery but also the eighth edition. Stamp Perforation Changes full variety of federal and pro- For the Canadian collector, that Started in 1962,” which de- vincial revenue stamps, reve- this catalogue is a strong alter- scribes the 11.85 versus the nue rates for the various doc- native to the Unitrade Specialized 11.95 perforations that can be uments they were intended to Catalogue of Canadian Stamps as found on certain issues up to be applied to, semi-official air- it delves into further specialized 1967 with either set of perfora- mails including used on cover, areas not otherwise easily avail- tions, depending on the partic- first flights (to 1996), Colum- able to the interested collector. ular perforating machine being postal issues and their variet- each colony, and collectors of bian SCADTA stamps and the Walsh has utilized the expertise used. ies but also for its listing of the colonies’ pre-production Bahamas special delivery of a variety of well-known Ca- known , of post of- material will find illustrations overprint. nadian philatelists to provide VARIETIES, POSTMARKS, fices and of postal rates of of much of what is currently The chapter on Canadian such further specialized infor- FORGERIES each colony. known to exist either in pri- booklets is also quite informa- mation and is to be credited For the collector of BNA col- Collectors of forgeries will vate hands or in museums and tive, and I even found it illus- with the thoroughness and onies, this catalogue is invalu- be impressed with a compre- archives. trates the varieties of the cov- uniqueness of his approach. able in recording not just the hensive section of forgeries for Walsh utilizes his own num- ers found on the very scarce bering system, which is based 1928 “Scroll” issue “farmers’ on a stamp’s design, and lists booklet,” something I don’t all known variations of the believe having seen illustrated BNAPEX 2019 same design, whether of per- before in other catalogues. foration, of shade, of over- Postal historians will find OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA printing, of plate flaws or of an informative 20-page sec- the myriad of other possibili- tion on Canadian postal rates st 71 Annual Convention, ties. All stamps of the same (to 1951), which is particu- Exhibition and Bourse design are thus grouped to- larly helpful in understand- gether so the collector can see ing the various pre-stamp British North America Philatelic Society what is available for each de- rates. There are also rates on sign (rather than the tradi- early covers to the West In- Friday, August 30 • 10 am - 6 pm tional method of hunting dies as well as the various throughout the full catalogue). early airmail rates to different • 10 am - 5 pm This system then illustrates parts of the world, particu- Saturday, August 31 not only the variations in the larly during and just after the issued design but also the pre- Second World War. Sunday, September 1 • 10 am - 3 pm production essays, die proofs, There is also a chapter on plate proofs and even reprints. “Canada Dignitary Booklets,” Delta Hotel • Ottawa City Centre Tables are provided sepa- those specially-produced rately, matching his numbers post office presentation book- 101 Lyon Street • Ottawa, ON K1R 5T9 to both Scott and Gibbons num- lets provided to dignitaries For hotel reservations use Group Code: BNAPS bers for ease of reference and and politicians at various comparison. Continued on page 11

8 May 14, 2019 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca example offered by a Saskatch- salesman’s sample of a printing Samples... ewan seller for a fixed price of process that was independent $79.95 Cdn., with free shipping. of the 3-cent stamp.” Continued from page 7 It was described as a “reversed Far beyond the scrutiny of imperf litho proof.” philatelists, Neyhart con- that sold for $130 Cdn.; a block An Ontario seller wanted cluded they were probably of 30 in black that sold for $210; $500 plus $2.60 shipping for a produced as “a matter of and a block of 24 in green with set printed with all four working convenience to both slight tears and a crease that colours, described as “essays.” parties. sold for $170. In Ottawa, a dealer listed a “This notwithstanding, it Another Canadian website vertical pair printed in carmine would not surprise me if Ad- was offering a black “plate at $350, with free shipping. miral specialists incorporated proof” Reverse Admiral for $90 In Britain, a seller offering copies of the reproduction into and a pair at $100. three wide-margined examples their collections as an informa- While recently searching the printed in different colours tive adjunct.” web, I spotted six listings on sought the equivalent of $218 They can also be defined as eBay. plus $17.50 shipping each. curiosities or an admirable ad- A block of eight ‘Reverse Admiral’ rotogravure prints The most inexpensive was a As for what to call them, junct for someone interested in produced in Germany feature the ‘Victory-Kidder Machine’ beautiful wide-margined red Neyhart preferred this term: “A the series. W press notation in pencil on the bottom margin. Auction ACTION o complete iomatio o adetisi o this pae Phoe a Email imstaa.ca o ite to P.O. o Laepot P.O. Otaio St. St. athaies ON LN P

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May 14, 2019 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca 9 Great postcard finds at K-W Stampfest

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By Mike Smith

lthough I was unable to at- At the K-W Stampfest, at least tend the Spring 2019 Na- three of the 16 dealers had post- Ational and Coin cards, so I had a heyday. Show this March, I did make it The first item I found was a to K-W Stampfest in Waterloo, terrific Canadian patriotic post- Ont., a few weeks later. card (Figure 1) published by And why, you may ask, England’s Birn Bros. around should a postcard collector be 1907. interested in stamp shows? Birn Bros. was responsible for One of the reasons is I’ve al- at least 500 different Canadian ways been very fond of patriotic postcard designs dur- stamps. I started a collection at ing the golden age (1900-1914). age 10 and added to it for Needless to say, like many high- more than 40 years. quality postcards of the period, Figure 2. The steel plant in Sydney, Cape Breton is shown on a circa 1905 Incidentally, the first stamp I they were all printed in Ger- postcard by Moncton’s P. D. Ayer & Co. collected was on a postcard many. sent to me by a favourite uncle Another great find at the K-W vacationing in the Caribbean. Stampfest is shown in Figure 2. I published the comprehen- Buchanan wouldn’t have missed As often is the case with neo- This Canadian Red Ensign post- sive Warwick Bros. & Rutter this little gem. phyte collectors, in my igno- card was published by Monc- Picture Postcard Handbook In my previous CSN article I rance I destroyed the postcard ton’s P. D. Ayer and Co. around 1903-1912 in 2007. That’s mentioned Stedman Bros. was in order to mount the stamp in 1905. around eight new discover- my go-to publisher these days. I an album. And much worse, I Peter Douglas Ayer is a ies a year – an extremely also note it’s only recently come did the same thing with a favourite among patriotic post- low number when com- to light Stedman Bros. made hoard of Large Queen covers card collectors because he re- pared to the cards that sur- many of its own postcards right discovered in a friend’s attic. I leased 11 different patriotic se- faced after my other hand- in Brantford, Ont., at the firm’s still shudder when I think of it. ries during the golden age. Be- book projects. stationery plant. The main reason I try to at- cause more and more of this The Figure 4 postcard is not tend stamp shows, however, is publisher’s regular view cards Figure 3. A Warwick one of those, however. Found at quite a few stamp dealers also turn up all the time, I’ve put Bros. & Rutter kangaroo dealer Dave Moore’s table, this carry antique postcards. In ad- him on my list as a handbook postcard is part of particular item is from a lengthy dition, more and more post- candidate. a scarce circa 1907 series of “Name Cards” im- card dealers are invited to Unfortunately, digging up in- Riverdale Zoo series. ported by Stedman Bros. from stamp shows, and this cross- formation on P. D. Ayer and Co. A total of 10 different Germany’s Paul Finkenrath. pollination works great for col- has been a bit of a challenge. cards are known. Finkenrath cards are often re- lectors. One of the things I do know ferred to as “PFBs” because of about Ayer is he men- the PFB (Paul Finkenrath, Ber- tored another impor- I was convinced that the lin) logo on the backs. tant postcard pub- McCoy postcard handbook. Riverdale Zoo kangaroo post- Besides the logo, the Figure 4 lisher – Lonzo Mc- Hooking up with Douglas was a card shown as Figure 3 was un- card also has “Series 2834” writ- Coy, founder of godsend as she is also Lonzo listed I until I checked it in the ten on the back. I will certainly Moncton’s McCoy McCoy’s niece. handbook. I should have known be watching for more of these. W Printing Co. I One of my favourite Cana- learned this wonder- dian publishers – Warwick Bros. ful little tidbit from and Rutter, of Toronto – was also Althea Douglas, a one of Canada’s biggest. Besides popular Canadian being the reigning domestic genealogist who champion with respect to out- helped me im- put, this firm published more mensely with my than 30 series of patriotic post- cards. Thanks to decades of collect- Figure 1. A ing and recording Warwick military-themed Bros. and Rutter cards by the To- Christmas ronto Postcard Club’s Bill Bu- card showing chanan, we also know there are Canadian cavalry more than 7,300 different post- was published cards in this firm’s repertoire. As circa 1907 a testament to Buchanan’s dili- Figure 4. Brantford, Ont.’s Stedman Bros. imported and by London, gence, less than 100 unlisted wholesaled a pretty little postcard circa 1908. It was England’s Birn Warwick Bros. and Rutter post- printed in Berlin, Germany, by Paul Finkenrath. Bros. cards have surfaced since he and

10 May 14, 2019 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca An 1894 registered wide stamps in 94 global Intercolonial Railway of stamp albums with slipcases Auction... Canada ‘perfin’ cover mailed “as received and left entirely Continued from page 1 from Boundary Creek, intact,” said Cloutier. With a lector and exhibitor Ted Nixon, N.S., to Moncton, N.B., is pre-sale estimate of $15,000, who’s also the chair and trea- expected to bring $1,500 as Lot 2546 includes a mix of surer of the Greene Founda- Lot 283. It’s franked with a mint and used stamps plus tion. three-cent Small Queen and “lots of never hinged in Hillson was also named a a five-cent registered letter mounts.” Fellow of the Royal Philatelic stamp, both of which include “Most of the stamp-issuing Society of London and British the ‘ICR’ perfin, which is countries of the world are North America Philatelic Soci- rarely found on cover. represented in this collection, ety before his death in 2017. with many countries being Other highlights of the Hill- quite extensive,” said son Collection include Lot 32, a ful of which are known to exist “He counselled beginners on encing Lots 1629 and 1630, Cloutier, who added Sparks used 1880 15-cent deep violet on cover. how to collect and exhibit, each of which offers a set of has never offered an intact Large Queen on thick carton “A fresh and very fine cover, pleased that he could help three 1915 “War Tax” Admi- collection of this size before. paper. With a Montréal cancel, with many rare or ideal attri- other collectors and promote rals (SC #MR2B-MR2D). “It’s also unreserved, which the stamp is described by butes,” it has a pre-sale esti- postal history, all the while re- Both sets include five-, 20- is important to mention, so Cloutier as an “extremely fine mate of $1,500, Cloutier said. maining anonymous,” said and 50-cent denominations, bidding started at $5.” and fresh stamp without any of Cloutier, who added Liptak’s each of which is in mint The sale, which is one of the faults normally seen on this FOUR NAMED work “fuelled his ongoing hinged condition. three major auctions hosted difficult paper.” COLLECTIONS drive to tell the history of Can- “I’ve never seen this stamp The upcoming 2,584-lot sale, ada’s mail and provided in- in such a high quality,” he which is Sparks largest auction tense satisfaction when he added. to date, will feature four named found covers that told the It has a catalogue value of collections. story.” $2,000. “Not only because of the Highlights of the Liptak Col- Also belonging to the Hillson number of lots but also because lection include Lot 663, a 1924 Collection is Lot 283, an 1894 of the quality and variety, Rouyn-to-Haileybury flight registered Intercolonial Rail- there’s something for all col- cover mailed from Rouyn way of Canada perforated ini- lecting interests and budgets,” Lake, Qué., on Oct. 22, 1924, A set of three 1915 five-, 20- and 50-cent ‘War Tax’ tials (or “perfin”) cover. Mailed said Cloutier, who added it’s and addressed to London, Eng- Admirals overprinted with ‘INLAND REVENUE WAR on Oct. 30, 1894, from Bound- Sparks first four-day sale. land. Franked with Admirals TAX’ plus the word ‘Sample’ in purple cursive writing is ary Creek, N.S., to Moncton, The Andrew Liptak Collec- totalling four cents and with a expected to bring $750 as Lot 1629. N.B., the cover is franked with tion, which will be offered Laurentides Air Service 25-cent a three-cent Small Queen and a among Lots 601-1017, features red stamp on the back, this five-cent registered letter material from not only Canada cover is described by Cloutier The first set is overprinted by Sparks each year, will be stamp, both of which include but the Netherlands, India, as “very fine.” It has a cata- with “INLAND REVENUE held May 22-25. the “ICR” perfin, only a hand- Great Britain, Hungary and logue value of $375. WAR TAX” plus the word “Don’t forget that all our more. Other collections on offer in- “Sample” in purple cursive sales are conducted in Cana- Liptak, who died in 2014, is clude the 750-lot Windsor Park writing. dian dollars, with an industry perhaps best known for his Ca- Collection, which features The second set is over- low 15 per cent buyer’s fee,” nadian blog “Postal History modern Canadian varieties, printed with “WAR TAX” plus added Cloutier. Corner,” which is still online at plus the nearly 300-lot Ames the word “Sample” in purple For more information postalhistorycorner.blogspot. Collection of Canadian Admi- cursive. about the upcoming Sparks com. ral stamps. Both lots have a pre-sale es- sale, visit sparks-auctions. “The Ames Collection also timate of $750. com or stampauctionnet- has a lot of things you don’t Rounding out the high- work.com/IK/IK30.cfm. A used 1880 15-cent deep W often see,” said Cloutier, refer- lights is a collection of world- violet Large Queen on thick carton paper and with a Montréal cancel will be offered as Lot 32 with a catalogue value of $2,000. Check This Value! Bi-monthly issues of The Canadian hilatelist, Walsh manages to improve our international award-winning magazine. Catalogue... his catalogues with each edi- Sales Circuits – A great opportunity to both buy tion, adding new information and sell. Find new stamps to add to your collec- Continued from page 8 each time. 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Fire-ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral could take years to restore Front pages of newspapers in France and Britain report on the recent devastation to Notre Dame Cathedral Looking during April 15, 2019 fire. BACK Crowned in the cathedral three By Ian Robertson years later, he was married there to Marie-Louise of Austria in espite one of the world’s of Parisiennes and visitors onto 1810. largest and historic cathe- nearby streets, bridges and More intense restoration, in- dralsD having most of its roof building balconies. The smell of cluding work on the famous destroyed in an apparently ac- smoke could be detected in arched “flying buttresses” and cidental fire, reconstruction homes and other buildings sev- the narrow rooftop spire, began plans and financing have been eral kilometres from the city’s after the publication of Victor pledged. centre. Hugo’s famous 1831 novel, Notre Work began on Notre Dame As the air cleared, onlookers Dame de Paris, better-known as de Paris 856 years ago, and the were relieved to see the two The Hunchback of Notre Dame. magnificent landmark survived 69-metre-tall stone towers built In 1905, ownership of all ca- previous fires, damage during in the 1200s were intact. The ca- thedrals in France was trans- the French Revolution, wars thedral’s bells are in the towers. ferred to the state. and a more recent police- Its 8,000-pipe 18th-century rain from causing further dam- mable roof and the highly flam- The Catholic Church retained quashed bomb plot. organ was also saved. age and shored up the wall. mable interior.” exclusive rights to use Notre According to last year’s Paris Though many historic paint- Engineers and architects will Engineers must determine if Dame in perpetuity. Unsubsi- Digest, about 12 million people ings were smoke-damaged, benefit greatly from extensive the vault’s roof was weakened dized by the government, the visit annually. most of the antiquities sur- documents prepared by histori- and cracked, which could re- diocese was required to pay for The survival of Notre Dame vived, thanks to the effort of ans and archeologists over the quire its removal and rebuilding, security, heating, cleaning and to – French for “Our Lady” and firefighters, priests and munici- past centuries. In recent years, the article added. keep its doors open for the pub- consecrated to the Virgin Mary pal workers who formed a hu- minutely detailed three-dimen- In other welcomed news, fire- lic, when possible. – has been credited to efforts by man chain in order to get the sional laser-scanned re-creations fighters removed the iconic about 500 firefighters. treasures to safety. of the interior were also made. Crown of Thorns, a wreath made President Emmanuel Macron “We had to get them, in the Conspiracy theorists flooded of rushes and tied with gold fila- praised their “extreme courage smoke, as debris was falling,” social media with predictably ment, from its glass display case. and great professionalism.” General Jean-Claude Gallet, of unsubstantiated opinions. But Brought to the cathedral around It took several hours to the fire brigade, told a televi- the Paris prosecutor’s office 1801 after being kept in another quench the flames, which sion crew. soon announced its investiga- Paris church for several centu- erupted on Monday, April 15. Church officials were also tors determined the blaze was ries, the faithful believe Jesus Experts concluded the stone thankful about a dozen copper accidentally caused by an elec- Christ was made to wear it dur- and wood beam building statues on the roof were re- trical short-circuit related to on- ing his crucifixion. would have been gutted within moved for cleaning several going roof and spire repairs Notre Dame’s three beautiful another 30 minutes. days before the inferno. worth six million euro (about $9 stained-glass rose windows re- Flames felled the 13th-cen- By mid-week, more than $1 million Cdn.) mained in place, but experts will tury oak lead-covered roof and billion was pledged by corpo- Services for several hundred examine them to determine if the toppled the narrow 19th-cen- rations, individuals and several worshippers and tourists were lead joints were damaged by tury, 19-metre, 750-ton oak countries for restoration, which underway when a smoke alarm thermal waves. This 1964 France spire above the main altar. Macron announced he wants sounded at 6:20 p.m. Another 23 Full-scale construction began 60-centimes commemorative One firefighter was reported completed by 2024. minutes passed before a second on the Île de la Cité in 1163 un- features a stained glass seriously injured and two po- Some planners expect the is- alarm sounded and smoke in der the Bishop of Paris, Maurice window showing Madonna lice officers were hurt, the land-based cathedral will be the roof was detected. de Sully, after the demolition of a and Child. Metro UK newspaper reported. closed for about six years while “Everyone was immobilized previous church, the Gothic The sounds of sirens as “les others suggested full restora- by shock for maybe a minute,” structure was mostly completed In 1963, then again between sapeurs-pompiers” rushed to tion could take decades. Johann Vexo, who was in the or- within a century, though work 1991 and 2000, centuries of soot battle flames that lit the night Over several days, work gan loft, told the Ouest-France continued for almost 200 years. and grime were removed from sky with a bright orange-and- crews erected temporary metal newspaper. In 1432, 10-year-old King the discoloured stone masonry yellow glow brought hundreds and plastic coverings to stop He said everyone left safely Henry VI of England was façade, and many sections were within a few minutes, without crowned as King of France in the replaced. panicking. cathedral. Rioters damaged On Dec. 12, 2012, a year of cel- Tom Nickson, a senior medi- some statues 116 years later, after ebrations began to mark the eval art and architecture lec- which two kings ordered altera- 850th anniversary of the first turer in London, England, told tions starting in the 1600s. building block being laid. Associated Press news service re- Vandalized and plundered The Guardian newspaper re- porters the purpose-built stone during the decade-long French ported an international competi- vault “acted as a kind of fire Revolution that began in 1789, tion to redesign the roof and door between the highly flam- with the Goddess of Liberty re- spire will be held, and Macon placing the Virgin Mary on sev- announced a national recon- A modern colour photo eral altars for non-religious ac- struction fund would be estab- postcard shows the Notre tivities, part of the cathedral be- lished. Dame cathedral in Paris, came a warehouse for food stor- While efforts will be made for France, before the April 14- age. complete and accurate restora- 15, 2019 fire that destroyed Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte tion, the lack of trees in Europe the roof and spire. sanctioned restoration in 1801. large enough to match the size

14 May 14, 2019 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca More than 1,500 passengers OceanGate announced its six- first-class ticket aboard in mentality, Wainwright was and crew members died, either week-long luxury tours will 1912. quoted saying. aboard the $7.5 million luxury make use of an aptly-named Other submersibles reportedly Since he was paid less than a vessel or from hypothermia, af- submersible as part of the first carried scientists and paying cent per word while first work- ter jumping into the frigid wa- manned survey since 2005, Cana- passengers to the wreck site for ing in 1920 for The Toronto Star ter or succumbing following dian Press reporter Holly McKen- lower fares after it was discov- Weekly, a magazine supplement, their rescue from lifeboats. zie-Sutter wrote. ered, with less than 200 recorded she said the future author devel- Debris covered the ocean’s The Everett, Wash.-based visitors aboard subs by 2017, the oped a “more verbose style” floor for several kilometres, company cancelled a 2018 dive history.com website reports. than the better-known sparse with the bow and stern sections due to storms. The most controversial visit language of his novels. about 0.6 kilometres apart. Its sub, the Titan, will be based included a U.S. couple’s wed- After leaving Paris, he and his The rear decks collapsed on a support ship. Passengers ding ceremony, which was per- wife settled into the 102-square- upon impact while the bow was will arrive by helicopter from St. formed after their submersible metre unit. left with several intact interiors. John’s, N.L., in June, the com- landed on the bow’s deck in “We’ve come to the right place About 710 people survived. pany says. 2000. to have a baby, because that is Most were taken aboard the “What we’re doing is some- Groups are required to follow the spécialité de ville – the spe- RMS Carpathia, whose captain thing that’s going to add to the National Oceanic and Atmo- ciality of the city,” Hemingway France issued this stamp responded to appeals by Titanic historical record of the Titanic – spheric Administration under- wrote. “They don’t do anything featuring Notre Dame radio operator John George what is it like now, how is it de- water cultural heritage guide- else.” Cathedral in Paris in 2004. “Jack” Phillips, with 13 more caying, what kind of marine life lines “to ensure they don’t dam- The famous tenancy was survivors later found alive in is there,” Stockton Rush, Ocean- age the site,” history.com notes. known for many years, but list- one of the liner’s collapsible Gate’s chief executive officer and ing agent Andrew Harrild, of of original roof timbers means lifeboats. co-founder, told the news ERNEST HEMINGWAY’S condos.ca, told the Canadian alternate materials will be The body of Phillips, who agency. TORONTO HOME FOR SALE Press the exact unit wasn’t needed. joined the ship that March and Scientists predict erosion could A mid-Toronto two-bedroom- known until about 2014, when France’s first stamp featuring stayed at his post until the end, render the rusting relic unrecog- plus-den condo unit briefly an American found the original the exterior was released in 1947. was not recovered. nizable within several decades. rented by famed American nov- $85 monthly lease in the The engraved 10-plus-six-franc Nine weeks old at the time, Caused by iron-eating elist Ernest Hemingway went on Hemingway Collection at the semi-postal was printed in dark , the last living named “ titanicae,” ici- the market in April. Kennedy Library in Boston, grey-green. survivor, died on May 31, 2009, cle-shaped “rusticles” now coat The Nobel Prize-winning au- Mass. The country’s first Notre at age 97. much of the hull and interior. thor, short-story writer, journal- The $1,020-a-year lease was Dame commemorative, featur- ist and sportsman lived in Unit signed on Oct. 1, 1923 – then was ing the Madonna and Child on 19 of 1597-99 Bathurst St. for six cancelled in January 1924 so the one of the three rose stained- months almost a century ago couple and their baby could re- glass windows, went on sale in while he was a Toronto Daily turn to Paris, where Hemingway 1964. It and a peasant farmer Star reporter, the Canadian Press met influential writers and au- with a scythe depicted on an- reported. thors. other stained-glass rose window Hemingway and his first of Modernized Unit 19 in the were depicted on two 2013 four wives, Hadley Richardson, four-storey brick-and-stucco stamps plus a two-stamp souve- who reportedly didn’t want to building was listed for sale at nir sheet. deliver her first child in Paris, $730,000, plus $911 monthly Other countries that produced were in Canada’s largest city condo fees. commemoratives based on the when John Hadley Nicanor Located near several popular historic edifice include Ajman, “Bumby” Hemingway (1923- ravine trails, the spacious unit in Chad, Czechoslovakia, Domi- 2000) was born. “The Hemingway” was bought nica, Guinea-Bissau, Luxem- After working as the daily pa- in 2017 for $511,000, Tess Kalin- bourg, Madagascar, Monaco, Canada issued this 2012 souvenir sheet for the 100th per’s Paris-based European cor- ows reported in The Toronto Panama, Romania, Russia, San anniversary of HMS Titanic’s fateful maiden voyage before respondent, “he almost immedi- Star. Marino, Serbia, Togo, the United sinking in the Atlantic Ocean near Newfoundland. ately regretted” returning, Kait- A 1985 Toronto Historical Nations, and Yugoslavia. lin Wainwright, director of pro- Board plaque mounted outside Just over half the 333 recov- Each dive aboard the five-per- gramming for Heritage Toronto, the former Cedarvale Mansion’s TITANIC TOURIST TICKET ered bodies were buried in son titanium-and-carbon-fibre told the news agency. main entrance honours the au- COSTS $168,000-PLUS three Halifax, N.S. cemeteries. submersible will last eight hours, Hemingway preferred the thor of seven novels, including Visiting the sunken RMS Ti- The rest were claimed by rela- OceanGate says. livelier atmosphere of France’s The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell tanic is possible starting next tives. Called “mission specialists,” capital, and “really struggled” to Arms, which was based on his month – for just over $168,000 a Depicted on numerous paying passengers aged 20 to 70 with the “Toronto the Good” Continued on page 23 ticket – a U.S. company recently commemoratives, including will help gather data, learn un- announced. five Canada issued in 2012, the derwater photography and so- Well-heeled tourists and re- wreck was discovered on Sept. nar operation, McKenzie-Sutter searchers will be able to view the 1, 1985, by a Franco-American reported. They will also be in- shipwreck as close as a small expedition led by marine ar- vited to work on a virtual reality submersible submarine can get. chaeologist , a project designed to “reconstruct The 46,328-ton, 269-metre- retired U.S. Navy officer. the hull and eventually bring long pride of the White Star Line Thousands of artifacts were the wreck site to a wide audi- in Great Britain was on its later removed, with many dis- ence.” maiden voyage when it struck played at museums, in exhibits RMS Titanic became eligible an iceberg at 11:40 p.m. on April taken around the world, and at for the United Nations Educa- 14, 1912. a Las Vegas, Nevada hotel and tional, Scientific and Cultural At 2:20 a.m. on April 15, the casino. Documentaries and a hit Organization’s “Convention on 1997 movie, Titanic, co-pro- the Protection of Underwater world’s largest passenger liner A listing agent says Ernest Hemingway paid $85 a month duced and co-edited by Kapus- Cultural Heritage” status on the broke in half and sank 3,784 me- for an apartment in this Toronto building in the 1920s, kasing, Ont.-born filmmaker tragedy’s 100th anniversary. tres below the Atlantic Ocean’s which is about to be listed for $730,000 with monthly surface, about 600 kilometres off James Cameron rekindled inter- OceanGate says its $168,000 condo fees of $911. Photo courtesy Google Maps. southeastern Newfoundland. est in the long-ago disaster. fee is equivalent to the price of a

May 14, 2019 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca 15 Hard Brexit could mean bad news for parcels industry, its customers

This envelope, mailed without any postage, was given a boxed notice where it Commonwealth was mailed, eastern England. The addressee most likely received a card with a notice COMMUNIQUÉ to pay and probably didn’t receive the envelope until By Chad Neighbor two pounds were handed over. Such envelopes often ritain’s departure from the let,” said David Jinks, the firm’s receive a bright yellow European Union (EU) is not head of consumer research. notice-to-pay label. Bexactly on the scale of nuclear “The European Commission war, but a parcels trade organi- recently warned that increased zation is drawing parallels be- border controls will mean collected. Indeed, I’d happily tween Brexit and the height of transport between the U.K. and have paid the money due for the Cold War. EU will be ‘severely impacted,’ several of the envelopes, which ParcelHero, an online parcel with the possibility of ‘signifi- would be real conversation delivery and advice service, is cant delays.’ The technical no- pieces of modern postal history. describing the U.K. govern- tice’s assertion that the govern- These days, the Royal Mail ment’s advice about dealing ment will have stockpiled six age small- and medium-sized up in price at least twice the collects a set fee for postage due with the effects of a no-deal weeks’ worth of medical sup- business could face an extra rate of inflation. It is also possi- items based on their category of Brexit – also known as a “Hard plies to cope with border dis- $250,000 a year in shipping ble delays in letter services letters or packages regardless of Brexit” – on the burgeoning ruption simply creates more costs while suffering from de- could occur. the shortfall involved. Indeed in parcels sector is “as reassuring worries than it calms,” he lays linked to extra red tape this case the workers got off as nuclear attack advice to shel- added. and tariffs. The transition will POSTAGE DUE lightly, as the £1.50 charge is for ter under a table.” “If that’s the level of delays be simplified at least by the fact IN THE NEWS underpaid items. A sum of £2 is “The advice that people and anticipated for urgent medi- Britain never gave up the The sending of mail does not supposed to be collected for un- businesses shipping items to cines, what will the situation be pound and moved to the euro. figure often in newspaper head- paid letters with £3 due for un- the EU should ‘Engage the ser- like for normal goods?” In addition, British collectors lines these days, especially in derpaid or unpaid small parcels. vices of a customs broker, ParcelHero has been wary of have seen price hikes of five the specialized area of postage CHEMICAL ATTACK freight forwarder or logistics Brexit for years and was one of per cent and more on supplies due envelopes, but that is ex- SUSPECTS provider to help, or alterna- relatively few organizations because of Brexit. The uncer- actly what happened recently in tively secure the appropriate giving specific warning before tainty about the effects of Euro- Scotland. As I reported in a previous software and authorisations’ is the referendum took place in pean withdrawal on the busi- The Dundee Courier devoted column, the attractive town of reminiscent of Government ad- 2016 of potential pitfalls. ness sector has weakened the most of a page in February to a Salisbury in southwest England vice to ‘Use tables if they are In that year, the group pound. This means imports story that laid-off hotel staff and its well-known stamp shop large enough to provide you all warned of possible price in- from the continent, where were sent forms they needed to were rocked by the apparent with shelter’ from 1980’s Protect creases of 30 per cent for many many quality products are claim unemployment benefits in nerve agent attack on a former and Survive government book- consumer items and the aver- made or designed, have gone envelopes without stamps on Russian agent and his daughter. them. The long-established Workers at the closed Ban- Dauwalders stamp shop was ner’s Hotel in Markinch, north near the scene and had several “Are you looking for of Edinburgh in Scotland, were hectic days but was not forced to sent the forms after they walked close. collections or large lots?” out in November after failing to The shop’s closed-circuit se- receive their wages. (The cen- curity footage, however, has re- tralization of postal handling vealed the two suspects stopped If you like to buy your stamps by the book full, means one common source of outside the shop and examined or by the box full, you are going to enjoy our regular news, the origin of postmarks of the well-stocked window dis- play. The Philatelic Exporter auctions. 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Souvenir sheet official for her paintings of food. first-day covers cancelled in two “We understand there are its two top layers were “likely sert for this country, up there what’s believed to be an early of the desserts’ namesake cities, some strong views on the layer developed by a member or with the famous butter tart and adaptation of an English Nanaimo and Saskatoon, are proportions. But we also under- members of the Nanaimo Hospi- the other desserts.” steamed pudding. The delightful also available. stand there are many views of tal Auxiliary, and the first known “grunt” in the name captures the For more information about these beloved treats across the recipe was published in 1952 in FIVE DELECTABLE sound berries make as they sim- the “Sweet Canada” stamps, country. That factored in to our that group’s cookbook,” New- DESSERTS mer around the dough. It has visit canadapost.ca. 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May 14, 2019 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca 17 published papers are regularly cited today, showing her ongoing contribution to understanding the Uni- New verse. Mt. Tinsley in Fiordland was named in her hon- our. ISSUES Active comet and nova-hunters, Alan Gilmore and Around the World with Robin Harris Pamela Kilmartin ($1.20) discovered 41 minor planets. They also established a programme for tracking near- Earth asteroids and southern comets from New Zea- land. Alan is also a member of the prestigious Interna- tional Astronomical Union. Charles Gifford ($2.40) was New Zealand’s most outstanding astronomer in the first half of the 20th century. Using mathematics, he showed the Moon’s craters were made by meteorite impact. AUSTRALIA Albert Jones ($3) made more visual brightness esti- Australia celebrated the 93rd birthday of Queen mates than anyone in history. With a telescope he built Elizabeth II with two stamps released April 9. in 1948, he looked at more than 500,000 stars and dis- The stamps in this year’s annual “Queen’s Birth- covered two comets and a supernova. day” stamp issue depict Her Majesty at two recent Pioneer of world’s space exploration, William public events – a trip to West Sussex in late 2017 and a Pickering ($3.60) launched the first U.S. spacecraft. He BAHAMAS Royal Air Force centenary flypast in July 2018. In both was instrumental in the success of the Apollo pro- A set of four stamps celebrating marine life was re- photographs, she is wearing a diamond brooch known gramme and the Voyager missions and retired to see leased by the Bahamas on April 18. as the Jardine Star brooch. Given to the Queen in 1981, Viking 1 on its way to Mars. Mount Pickering Summit, The Bahamas Marine Mammal Research Organiza- this late Victorian brooch takes its name from Lady in Fiordland, was named in his honour. tion (BMMRO) is a Bahamian non-profit organization Jardine, who bequeathed it to her. An accompanying 3D lenticular miniature sheet is a whose mission is to promote the conservation of ma- The eight rays of the star are each separated by a celebration of the world’s achievements in space ex- rine mammals in the Bahamas through scientific re- single collet diamond, and the large central stone is ploration. The four stamps feature spacecraft Voyager search and educational outreach. Since 1991, the surrounded by smaller diamonds. Although in recent 1, which reached interstellar space; the Space Shuttle, BMMRO has been conducting boat surveys primarily years the Queen – whose birthday is April 21 – has America’s reusable spacecraft that launched many sat- around Abaco Island to document the occurrence, dis- worn this brooch on several occasions (suggesting ellites, including the Space Station; the first Moon walk tribution and abundance of marine mammals in the great affection for it), little information is known about on July 20, 1969; and the lightweight craft Apollo Lunar Bahamas. The majority of species found here are deep- this piece. The identities of the designer and maker of Module, used to transport astronauts to the Moon’s diving toothed whales inhabiting the pelagic waters the brooch are also unknown. surface. The Solar System, a comet, nebula and the surrounding the shallow Bahama banks. galaxy with exoplanets – and New Zealand’s history- The subjects of these four stamps include: melon- making “Electron” rocket – form the background to headed whales (15 cents); the West Indian manatee (50 the stamp sheet. cents); killer whales (65 cents); and Cuvier’s beaked whales (70 cents).

NEW ZEALAND New Zealand released a set of six stamps and a len- ticular souvenir sheet on May 1 to celebrate six of New LIECHTENSTEIN Zealand’s astronomers, cosmologists, discoverers and rocket scientists. The 50th anniversary of the first moon landing is the The six stamps have been topped off with a sprin- subject of two stamps to be released by Liechtenstein kling of crushed meteorite and together form a rocket on June 3. ship shape when formed in a vertical se-tenant strip. Fifty years ago, on July 21, 1969, two astronauts Immersed in a clear, unpolluted southern sky, New walked on the moon for the first time in human his- AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC TERRITORY Zealand has more stars and galaxies accessible to the tory. Philately Liechtenstein is issuing the two com- March 26 saw the release of four stamps from the naked eye than in most parts of the Northern Hemi- memorative stamps – “Astronaut” (1.80 francs) and Australian Antarctic Territory in commemoration of sphere. It is unsurprising, then, most of New Zealand’s “Lunar Lander” (two francs) – to mark the anniver- the 50th anniversary of the Casey research station. history has blurred the lines between professional and sary. Designer Renè Wolfinger created the two stamp Casey research station is one of Australia’s three amateur astronomers. It is in this spirit New Zealand- motifs in black and white and colour using collages permanent research stations in Antarctica. The closest ers have helped to advance the world’s knowledge consisting of image and graphic elements. of the continental stations to Australia, Casey is 3,430 about space and space sciences. Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and Michael kilometres southwest of Hobart and 3,837 kilometres Pioneer astrophysicist Beatrice Hill Tinsley ($1.20) Collins launched in a Saturn V rocket from the Ken- south of Perth. Noted for its blizzard and drift condi- was a world-leader in modern cosmology. Her 114 nedy Space Center in Florida on July 16, 1969, as part tions and other extreme weather, Casey is situated in of the Apollo 11 mission. The outward flight to the des- an area of low rocky islands and peninsulas on the tination some 384,403 kilometres away lasted 76 hours, edge of the Antarctic ice cap. meaning they reached the Moon’s orbit on July 19. Casey was officially opened 50 years ago, on Feb. 19, While Collins remained behind in the command 1969. The station’s initial design had the buildings con- module of the spaceship, Armstrong and Aldrin structed in a straight line and connected by an aerody- landed the lunar module Eagle on the moon the next namic corrugated iron tunnel, allowing the flow- day. A few hours later Armstrong was the first human through of the region’s frequent violent winds. to walk on the moon, and shortly afterwards Aldrin In December 1988, the present-day Casey station joined him. After a nearly 22-hour stay, the lunar mod- was opened. It was built with robust concrete founda- ule took off again from the surface of the moon and tions and an external skin of steel-clad polystyrene returned to the mother ship. Altogether, 12 people – all foam, providing a more modern, comfortable and safe from the U.S. – have walked the moon (most recently facility. in 1972).

18 May 14, 2019 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca An updated whale of a story At first, I thought perhaps readers who have the answer can share it with us, but by the Off the Beaten end of the story, an official an- swer was provided. In the case of the blue whale, TRACK there should be little surprise of increased catalogue value if FREE GIFT WITH EVERY ORDER! By Lewis E. Tauber the in-period cancel require- he blue whale (Balaenop- ment is met. After all, tera musculus) has some how many envelopes Tamazing attributes that make would you expect to it especially intriguing. find franked with a It weighs between 80 and $10 stamp to mail it? 180 metric tonnes with a I was not philateli- length of more than 30 me- cally clairvoyant to tres, the likes of which has foresee if I used this never been seen before – even expensive stamp to in the age of dinosaurs. Yet it mail a letter I would can travel at a speed of 33 create what would be- come a modern in- km/hr, making it among the The series’ second-highest stant “scarce” cover. In fact, it fastest whale species. denomination is the $8 was just coincidence. What a surprise when a $10 grizzly bear stamp. stamp depicting a blue whale I had just interviewed Rob- was issued by Canada Post in ert Bateman, Canadian natu- 2010. ralist painter and wildlife con- It may not be generally to the $10 blue whale stamp servationist for my column in known the stamp achieved includes the grizzly bear as the Aug. 2-15, 2011 issue of some noteworthy technologi- the second-highest denomi- CSN. The interview was fol- cal achievements, which nation at $8. lowed up with a letter from when seen under a black The series has a total of me franked with the $10 blue light, for example, gives an nine stamps so far. whale. I can’t recall why I put entirely different picture not a $10 stamp on a regular letter, visible before. This includes a THE BLUE WHALE but I had presence of mind large cluster of the whale’s Let’s focus specifically on enough to request the cover be favourite food along with a the $10 blue whale stamp. returned to me; however, the diver and other security fea- If you skim through the Bateman office started to tear tures to prevent fraud. 2019 Unitrade Specialized Cata- off the stamp as something prized by them before realiz- ing my request to return the cover. The partly torn off corner was taped into place. I re- ceived the cover with an apol- ogetic note with a sense of guilt on my part for having asked this devoted Bateman naturalist office to return it. So The ‘Canadian Wildlife’ series, which has nine stamps I remain grateful to the so far, includes the $10 blue whale stamp as its highest Bateman enterprise for my denomination. having a cover, which other- wise I never would have had. The layout is as a pane of logue of Canadian Stamps, stop These circumstances make this two stamps. According to at the $10 blue whale listing a unique cover in my collec- Canada Post, the number of (Scott #2405). Note, as I did, tion both by association and panes printed was 1,500,000. the used stamp lists at $7.50. I by cancel. Even so, the blue whale is was surprised by the footnote But besides scientific and not to be found on your ev- listing it at $10 – or even more aesthetic interest in the blue eryday mail. than the face value – if used whale, collectors of Canada’s With the blue whale being with an “in-period” cancella- highest face value definitive the largest creature in the ani- tion. postage stamp will search for mal kingdom, Canada Post But do you know what “in- it on first-day cover and thought it appropriate to period” means? search for the non philatelic make the stamp the largest Catalogue editor Robin in-period usage on cover. The and highest denomination it Harris notes canceled “in-pe- special catalogue listing for has ever produced. The size is riod” examples may sell for in-period usage can continue 128 millimetres by 49 more than the mint price. to attract collectors who dis- millimetres (horizontal). Since I did not have occasion cover the footnote or in-print Stamp collectors will re- to make that distinction, I was statement in the catalogue in- member the “Canadian Wild- unsure how an “in-period troduction. life” series, which in addition cancel” is determined. Continued on page 23

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May 14, 2019 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca 21 “ Classics,” which “For nearly two centuries, the Thematic... depicted famous comics – such USPS’ main source of income as – some of which was lettermail, but that’s been Continued from page 1 were discontinued decades ear- drastically reduced since the Washington, it’s a similar story lier. 1990s. There has been an in- south of the border. “This was an unusual depar- crease in parcels due to online “Since the 19th century, ture from the usual types of commerce and eBay, but that American stamps have had a themes on American stamps,” still has not compensated for the reputation for having very seri- said Mak, who added the USPS loss of lettermail.” ous or culturally important “could argue these comics were With the decline in lettermail themes,” said collector and important pieces of American and the resulting decline in the award-winning exhibitor Der- history” because they were use of postage stamps, less win Mak, who led a presenta- “well past their most popular young people are collecting tion at the spring show of the period.” stamps, Mak said. National Postage Stamp and “At around the same time this “That creates a decline in Collector, award-winning exhibitor and member of the Coin Show. sheet of stamps was issued, philatelic revenue for the postal North Toronto Stamp Club Derwin Mak explores the “Traditional themes have in- there was a great change in the services – not just in the U.S., commercialization of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) in cluded famous historical figures way Americans were receiving but around the world.” a presentation at the National Postage Stamp and Coin like William Saroyan or de- and sending mail, and I don’t Show this March. ceased presidents like Lyndon mean the introduction of self- THE 1990S AND BEYOND Johnson; important historical adhesive postage stamps. Peo- If they’re no longer collecting Committee and issued 20 Harry and you can also see living peo- events like the American Revo- ple were staring to send more stamps, what are people doing Potter stamps. ple on American stamps, which lution; or important political or and more letter to one another – these days? “This was somewhat contro- is prohibitive, but the USPS ar- social themes like veterans or but not through the post office.” “In the age of email, Twitter, versial, too, because a lot of peo- gued it wasn’t really Daniel breast cancer awareness,” said video games and e-sports, peo- ple couldn’t figure out what re- Radcliffe being commemorated; Mak, who’s a member of THE RISE ple are behind consoles,” said lationship Harry Potter had to it was Harry Potter, but Harry the North Toronto Stamp Club OF THE INTERNET Mak, who referenced the American culture. It’s British, Potter isn’t American, and none (NTSC). With the advent of the Inter- 2015 League of Legends World of the actors were American ei- He also referenced the USPS’ net came the widespread use of Championship. ther.” 1995 Marilyn Monroe stamp, email, which cut deep into the The final round of this multi- See the next issue of CSN for which represented a minor turn- USPS’ bottom line. player video game tournament the series’ second and final story, ing point for that country’s “This really changed the way was hosted in the 15,000-seat this focusing on the U.S. Postal stamp program. the post office did business,” Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin, Service’s 2014 Batman stamps “Movies, for a long time, were said Mak, who added first-class Germany, where the top team and 2016 Wonder Woman stamps considered a rather frivolous mail volumes peaked in the U.S. walked away with $1 million as while exploring the future of subject for commemoration on in 2001 with 103.7 billion pieces 36 million people tuned in to philately through thematic col- American stamps, but around of mail. watch online. lecting. W the 1980s and ’90s, the U.S. be- In 2012, that number had “This is what people are do- With the release of the USPS’ gan to include important movie dropped to 69 billion. ing in high schools and colleges 32-cent Bugs Bunny stamp actors as long as they were very “The USPS has been strug- now; there aren’t any stamp in 1997 came a turning important cultural icons.” gling in the digital era, and it clubs in high schools any more.” point in that postal service’s also coincides with the introduc- In the mid 1990s, amid the stamp program, which has ‘AN UNUSUAL DEPARTURE’ tion of high-speed Internet as rise of the Internet, the USPS be- increasingly honoured pop opposed to dial-up,” he said, gan issuing more stamps with Beyond these traditional culture themes. themes, in 1995, the USPS also adding the last time the USPS pop culture themes. issued a 20-stamp set dubbed turned a profit was in 2006. Another turning point was in 1997, which is generally consid- ered the beginning of the com- mercialization of the USPS be- cause of its controversial Bugs Bunny issue. “It was not a historic charac- ter, but a character still in use by an American company.” Through the 2000s, more pop culture themes were depicted on U.S. stamps, including the 2006 DC Comics issue, the 2007 Marvel Comics issue and the 2007 Star Wars issue. “These types of stamps were controversial among the phila- telic community – especially among more conservative stamp collectors, who thought they were frivolous themes – but even the stamp advisory committee that advises the postal service about what stamps to issue were having some misgivings about some of In 1995, the USPS also issued the 20-stamp ‘Comic Strip these.” Classics’ set, which ‘was an unusual departure’ from what the This century, even more pop culture themes are being depicted In 2013, the USPS bypassed postal service typically featured as a stamp theme, Mak said. on U.S. stamps, including the 2007 Marvel Comics issue. its Citizens’ Stamp Advisory

22 May 14, 2019 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca riod until replacement of that Blue whale... value or design (so the $10 Continued from page 19 blue whale is still in period, and could be for quite some SHOW & Bourse There is more to the story. time). Visit www.canadianstampnews.com/events for the full list of shows posted to date Before going any further, I For Permanent stamps, MAY 3 – 5, WEST ST. PAUL, MB dealers to complete your collection. Canada Post Draw! For more must state a caveat and expla- “technically, any Permanent StampShow ’19, Sunova Centre, 48 Holland Rd. Hosted by the information contact Patrick, email [email protected], nation. I thought it would not stamp is still ‘in period,’ and Winnipeg Philatelic Society, StampShow 2019 will feature 50 telephone 1-450-223-0082. Website: www.timbratheque.com. frames of competitive and non-competitive stamp exhibits, show be very kind to leave unan- could be indefinitely.” Lastly, covers, upwards of 10 dealers and a youth table. Plenty of free MAY 25, BURNABY, BC swered by the end of the story a commemorative (or denom- parking, wheel chair accessible and no admission charge. For Coins, Stamps & Collectibles Show, Nikkei Centre, 6688 Southoaks Cres. Hosted by the North Shore Numismatic Society, the show is the “in-period” question inated) stamp “is ‘in period’ more information, email [email protected], telephone 204-582-1334. Website: wps.mb.ca. open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be 40 tables of coins, stamps, asked at the beginning. Why until next rate change.” banknotes, tokens, medals, postcards, art, pins and more. Admission would I not inquire from the Thus, the blue whale likely MAY 4 – 5, OTTAWA, ON is $2 (free for children age 16 and under if accompanied by an adult). Free underground parking. Japanese restaurant at location. source? has plenty of time to be found ORAPEX 2019, RA Centre, 2451 Riverside Dr. With one of Canada’s largest dealer bourses, a fascinating array of exhibits, and a For more information, email [email protected], telephone 604- “Thanks for the question. “cancelled in-period,” but packed schedule of study group meetings & philatelic gatherings, 299-3673. Website: www.northshorenumismaticsociety.org. Looks like something that even so, I believe it is highly ORAPEX 2019 will offer something for every collector. It is one of Canada’s few national-level stamp shows, and part of the MAY 25, BRIGHTON, ON should be added to the next unlikely to find a used one on 2019 South – Central / Eastern Ontario Saturday Postage Stamp, American Philatelic Society’s “World Series of Philately.” The Coin & Postcard Event, King Edward Community Centre / Hockey edition (i.e. definition of ‘in- a non philatelic envelope. ORAPEX 2019 theme will be “Elizabethan Era Philately.” Show Rink Complex, 75 Elizabeth St. Event hours 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 hours are Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. period’). I spoke with Andrew Enjoy the blue whale chal- p.m. Over 1 million worldwide postage stamps, postcards, cov- Free admission and free parking. For more information, email Chung (rate expert, who says lenge, and if you find one, ers, coins and currency notes. Related hobby supplies also avail- [email protected]. Website: www.orapex.ca. hello by the way),” wrote perhaps you could share your able, many at discounted prices. For more information, email [email protected]. Harris. story. MAY 4, HANOVER, ON Annual Saugeen Stamp Club Show & Exhibition, Hanover Knights MAY 25, OWEN SOUND, ON According to Chung, for Thanks, Robin and An- of Columbus Hall, 963 Bruce Rd. Hours 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free drew. Grey, Bruce, Simcoe & Area Stamp Clubs Circuit Book Club Fair, St. definitives, a stamp “is in-pe- W parking and admission. 12 dealers, judged exhibits, lunch coun- Mary’s High School, 555 15th St. E. Welcome to the first annual ter. Free stamps for kids. If you would like to try the exhibit for the circuit book fair hosted by various clubs in the Grey, Bruce and first time this is the spot. We use 16-page frames and encourage Simcoe area. The show will be open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and new exhibitors. Contact us if you wish to exhibit. For more infor- feature circuit books from different stamp clubs. Door prizes, Cathedral... mation, email [email protected], telephone 519-574- lunch counter, free admission and free parking. For more informa- Continued from page 19 6536. Website: saugeenstampclub.webplus.net/. tion, email [email protected], telephone 519-375-7161. Website: www.owensoundstampclub.org/. experiences as a Red Cross am- MAY 5, TIMMINS, ON Timmins Stamp & Coin Show, McIntyre Complex, 85 McIntyre Rd. bulance driver during the First MAY 25, TORONTO, ON The Timmins Coin Club and the Timmins Stamp Club are proud to NYPEX 2019 Annual Stamp Show, Herbert H. Carnegie Centennial World War, when he was seri- jointly host their annual show on May 4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Centre, 580 Finch Ave. W. Sponsored by the North York Philatelic ously wounded, plus For Whom Free admission and parking. This is Ontario’s most northern coin Society, NYPEX is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The and stamp show and is well attended by collectors from around the Bell Tolls and To Have and show will be in the Skaters Lounge Room. Dealers, door prizes, Northeast Ontario. It features several dealers, silent auctions, silent auction, snack bar available. TTC accessible. Free admission, Have Not. exhibits, club tables and door prizes. Collecting supplies will also ample free parking. For more information, telephone 905-731- He also wrote short stories be available. For more information, email [email protected]. 8380. Website: sites.google.com/site/northyorkphilatelicsociety. and non-fiction books based on MAY 5, STRATFORD, ON JUNE 8, TORONTO, ON his experiences. Stratford Mayday Stamp Show, Army Navy & Air Force Veterans, North Toronto Stamp Club Summer Bourse, Yorkminster Park Born and raised in a suburb of 151 Lorne Ave. E. NEW LOCATION! 36th Annual Show hosted by Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge St. Hours 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Easy sub- the Stratford Stamp Club. Hours are 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Free way access at St. Clair subway station, free admission, 22 dealers, Chicago, Illinois, Hemingway’s admission and parking. Bourse, exhibits, Mayday covers and door more than 100 sales circuit books including recent issues, over father was a doctor, his mother a prizes. Sandwiches, desserts and beverages will be available for 100 ten cents books, members table, door prizes (first prize one concert musician. purchase. For more information, email [email protected]. kilo of stamps) snack bar, wheelchair access, parking at the Website: www.rpsc.org/chapters/Stratford. Church and on nearby streets, families and children welcome. For Taught to hunt and fish by Dr. more information, email [email protected], tele- Clarence Hemingway, young A 1989 U.S. stamp depicts MAY 11, ST. CATHARINES, ON phone 647-990-4073. Website: www.northtorontostampclub.ca. Ernest Hemingway. Best Western Stamp Show, Best Western Hotel (Niagara Room), 2 Earnest studied journalism in North Service Rd. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free parking, free JUNE 21 – 23, MISSISSAUGA, ON school and had his first article admission and free appraisals. Sponsored by Roy’s Stamps, spe- Royal*2019*Royale, Hilton Mississauga, 6750 Mississauga Rd. published in its newspaper in filing stories for a short-lived cializing in the stamps and covers of Canada and the British Canadian Stamp News, the Bramalea Stamp Club and the West Commonwealth. For more information, email [email protected], Toronto Stamp Club are hosting the 91st convention of The Royal 1916. New York newspaper. telephone 905-934-8377. Philatelic Society of Canada (RPSC). With a nominal admission His first job after the First During the Second World War, fee on Friday and Saturday and free admission on Sunday, the World War was as a cub reporter Hemingway was in London and MAY 11, MONCTON, NB show will boast more than 30 dealer tables, a national-level Moncton Stamp Fair, , 100 War Veterans competitive exhibition, society meetings and several insightful for six months with The Kansas Europe. Ave. The Moncton Stamp Fair is held each month from October to seminars. For more information, email [email protected]. City Star. He won the Pulitzer Prize for May. Hosted by the Fundy Stamp Collectors Club, the show runs Website: www.rpsc.org/royal2019. Hemingway returned to Chi- Fiction in 1953 for his novel, Old from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admission, free parking and silent auction. There are usually between four and six dealers, and a live JUNE 22, BRIGHTON, ON cago in September 1920 after a Man and the Sea, and the Nobel auction starts at 1 p.m. For more information, email bourqup@ 2019 South – Central / Eastern Ontario Saturday Postage Stamp, brief stint with The Toronto Star Prize in Literature the following umoncton.ca, telephone 506-875-2684. Coin & Postcard Event, King Edward Community Centre / Hockey Rink Complex, 75 Elizabeth St. Event hours 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 but kept submitting stories while year. MAY 11, SARNIA, ON p.m. Over 1 million worldwide postage stamps, postcards, cov- working as a monthly journal’s After living in Cuba during Lampex 2019, Great Lakes Secondary School (formerly S.C.I.T.S.), ers, coins and currency notes. Related hobby supplies also avail- associate editor. winters starting in 1939, he was 275 Wellington S. Sponsored by the Sarnia Stamp Club. Hours: able, many at discounted prices. For more information, email 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Free admission, free parking, everyone [email protected]. The Toronto paper hired him almost killed in two plane welcome. Dealers, displays snacks. For more information, email in November 1921 as a foreign crashes while on Safari in Africa [email protected], telephone 519-464-2688. Website: JULY 18 – 21, HAMILTON, ON www.sarniastampclub.ca/newLAMPEXshowlocation.htm. PHSC Symposium, Hamilton Sheraton Hotel, 116 King St. W. correspondent. in 1954, which left him with se- Building on the success of the 2018 Symposium, the Postal History Back in Paris, Hemingway vere pain for the rest of his life. MAY 11, SARNIA, ON Society of Canada is proud to announce the third annual PHSC helped edit an influential An alcoholic, depressed by Lampex 2019, TBD The Sarnia Stamp Club’s annual show, Lampex, Symposium. We will visit several different sites of historical inter- est in Hamilton and the Greater Toronto Area, where invited mem- monthly literary journal and several literary friend’s deaths will be moving to a new location this year. 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Free admission, free parking, everyone welcome. Dealers, dis- bers will speak about a variety of postal history topics. We will also travelled throughout Europe. and with his eyesight and writ- plays, snacks. For more information, email sarniastampclub@ host a national-level postal history exhibition as well as a bourse After returning to the U.S. ing skills failing, Hemingway cogeco.ca, telephone 519-464-2688. with 15 dealers, breakout sessions and additional speakers and activities. The activities and meals are available at a nominal cost. with his second wife, Pauline committed suicide on July 2, MAY 24 – 25, CHOMEDEY, LAVAL., QC Admission to the bourse and exhibition is free. For more informa- Pfeiffer, they divided their time 1961, at his home in Ketchum, International stamp show of LAVAL, Place des Ainés de Laval, 435 tion, email [email protected], telephone 905- between Florida and Wyoming. Idaho. Boul. Curé Labelle Fri. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 15 690-3598. Website: www.postalhistorycanada.net. Starting in 1937, Hemingway The 61-year-old was survived SHOW ORGANIZERS: How to list: Simply fill out the form found at www.canadianstampnews.ca or mail, fax or email reported on the Spanish Civil by his fourth wife, Mary Welsh, your information to Trajan Publishing (S&B), PO Box 25009 Rose City RO, Welland, ON L3B 5V0, fax (905) 735-1909, email War for the North American and three sons. [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), contact person’s name, Newspaper Alliance chain. Several countries have issued address, postal code, telephone number. Two show dates per year will be listed for free (subsequent show dates will cost $15 He joined his third wife, Mar- Hemingway stamps, including per listing). tha Gellhorn, in China in 1941, the U.S. W

May 14, 2019 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca 23 OLD TIME BARGAINS #959 There are two main areas of focus on the back page this week. The fi rst is mint NH Newfoundland, with several new specials including some in blocks of four. Canadian semi-offi cial airmails are also on offer, with many scarce stamps in nice condition. Select those you need and order today by phone, fax, mail o email Thee ae o additioal chaes o shippi o sales taes ad istallmet tems ae aailale i eeded. e hae the ew itade catalogue in stock at just $54.95 postpaid. The latest Scott catalogues are also in stock. Have something nice for sale? If you do, please get in touch. We pa the hihest pices o specialied collectios ad idiidal aities o ot ol aada ad Poices t .S.A. itish ad oei mateial as well.

SPECIAL SPECIAL SPECIAL OFFER #18,323 OFFER #18,310 OFFER Late that ea a special ilee Is #18,316 sue (#CL41) was released to mark I Newodlad the th Aiesa o oed had two easos to cel I o de eatio. This is a ae istace o ebrate. The fi rst was the sis o the Re a commemorative semi-offi cial th aiesa o the soces set wee airmail. A F-VF NH single lists at discoe o the colo chaed. The .. pice is . oh aot. The secod was the iamod ilee o ee picted the ew ictoia. A commemoatie set o otee stamps was odeed i alo with a fi rst for Newfoundland. The 1¢ value depicted the Queen. The his mothe wie SPECIAL OFFER 2¢ turned out to be more of a problem however when it was dis- and older daughter (Scott #245-248). I have some nice sets in F-VF coeed that thee wee o ow potaits o the eploe. The NH blocks of four. List price is $51.00. My price is $24.95. #18,324 2¢ stamp actually bears a portrait of his brother, Sebastian Cabot. Eal i Paticia Aiwas Here are the fi rst four values of the set to get you started (Scott SPECIAL OFFER #18,317 Limited eleased this attactie #61-64). List price for these in VF NH mint condition is $39.00. airmail (#CL43) on yellow paper pice is .. locs o o ae .. with oletted peoatios. List price for a VF NH mint single of L is .. pice is .. A loc o o is .. SPECIAL OFFER SPECIAL OFFER #18,325 #18,311 Here’s a stamp that is surpris- The Roal amil Isse il scace the Octoe is oe o m aoite New isse o lodie Aiwas odlad sets ad a peect To mark the 1939 Royal Visit Newfoundland issued a 5¢ commem- (#CL45). A F-VF NH mint sin- one to specialize in. Here are oatie i e o . This was sseetl schaed podc le lists at .. pice is o ales i esh mit ing two more stamps, a 2¢ on 5¢ and a 4¢ on 5¢. List price for the . ol. NH condition (Scott #78, 79, 81 and 82). The half cent was the fi rst complete set of three in blocks of four (Scott #249-251) is $33.00. stamp to picte the te i Edwad III. List pice is .. pice is st . while the last. pice is st .. O mae it . o locs o o. SPECIAL OFFER SPECIAL OFFER #18,318 #18,326 SPECIAL Oe o the most popla collecti a he Red Ailie seed Noth eas i ecet eas has ee aadia OFFER #18,312 e Sasatchewa ad issed this semi-offi cial airmails. These stamps These o ales stamp in 1929 (#CL46). List price is paid postae o special ai seice come from the fi rst .. pice is .. eoe etei ela aadia Plicit Isse o mails. Here is #CL8, issued by Elliot- . Iclded ae SPECIAL OFFER #18,327 aichild Ai Seice i . At the the 8¢, 9¢, 10¢ and time it sold for 25¢. List price for a VF NH mint single is $75.00. I ommecial Aiwas was 12¢ values (Scott #151-154) in nice F-VF NH mint condition. List pice is .. estalished to see Nothe pice is .. pice is .. and the N.W.T. Here is (10¢) black AIR FEE issue (#CL48) SPECIAL OFFER #18,319 in F-VF NH condition. List price SPECIAL OFFER #18,313 Late i Elliotaichilds issed for a VF NH example is $18.75. This special eates the scace die o the this larger format stamp (#CL9), print- pice is . o a sile o 5¢ Caribou Issue of the fi rst Resources set ed i le o a ellow acod. . o a loc o o. of 1932 (Scott #191a). List price for a VF List price for a VF NH single is $60.00. NH single is $30.00. My price is just $14.95 pice is . ol. while the last. SPECIAL OFFER #18,328 SPECIAL OFFER #18,320 I eceme the colo o the ommecial Aiwas stamp A fascinating fi eld of semi-offi cial air- was changed to orange. A VF NH mails is the Paticia Aiwas stamp. SPECIAL OFFER sile o L lists at .. Here is one of the scarcest - #CL20b #18,314 pice is st .. a stle stamp with ascedi tpe Thee ales wee added schae i ed. Ol wee is to the fi rst Resources Issue SPECIAL OFFER #18,329 sued! List price for a VF NH mint single is $1,500.00. My price is The fi nal two Canadian semi-offi - after its initial release – 7¢, st .. 8¢ and 24¢ (Scott #208-210). List price for these in F-VF NH mint cial stamps wee issed aa coditio is .. pice is st .. dia Aiwas Ltd. i . The SPECIAL OFFER #18,321 compa seed othe aeas o SPECIAL OFFER #18,315 Net hee is a stle oletted stamp Western Canada. Here is a VF NH om Paticia Aiwas with a iet mit sile o L. List pice is ed type D overprint in purple (#CL30c .. pice is .. inverted). List price for a VF NH ex- ample is .. pice is ..

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