PHSC Journal Nº 150 ISSN 0714-8305 Summer 2012
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In This Issue Advertisers In This Issue 3 Message from the President 37 Back 2 Paul 5 The Editor’s Word 37 British North America Philatelic Society 7 Secretary’s Report 12 Canadian Philatelic Society of Great Britain 9 Treasurer’s Report 37 Canadian Stamp News 14 Annual Meeting 72 Classified Ads 16 In Memoriam - Maggie Toms 2 Hugo Deshaye (Philatelist) Ltd. 17 In Memoriam - Jim Kraemer 76 Eastern Auctions 18 Favourite Covers 6 Jim Forte 65 Book Review 4,8,49 Greenwood Stamp Company 67 Letters to the Editor 38-39 Gary Lyon (Philatelist) Ltd. 71 Coming Events 73 R. Maresch & Sons 74 Officers 12 Royal Philatelic Society of Canada 13 Saskatoon Stamp Centre 75 John Sheffield Philatelist Ltd. 57 Société d’histoire postale du Québec (SHPQ) 6 Toronto’s First Post Office
Message from the President Stéphane Cloutier
Our 40th Anniversary Annual General positions, to streamline some of our pro- Meeting has now come and gone, and you cedures and to promote our Society. There can read more about it elsewhere in this are also many new website projects under- issue. Back in March our Secretary Chris way. Green stepped down from his position We received lots of very nice feedback and I am happy to announce that Scott to our last issue of the PHSC Journal. Here Traquair has volunteered to fill a most you will find a second installment of our important Secretary-Treasurer position. I members’ favourite, or interesting covers, wish Scott the very best in this new jour- and I hope you will enjoy reading these ney with us, and hope that our members contributions. As mentioned before, this will contribute to making his job easier. will be a four-Journal venture to span our My own term has ended after two 40th Anniversary year. years, and our Directors have voted to I hope everyone is enjoying their sum- extend my Presidency for a further two mer, and taking some time to research and years. My short-term goals are to continue write up some postal history! e work on a detailed job description for all
Summer, 2012 • PHSC JOURNAL • 3 FOR SALE
PICTURE POSTCARDS SHOWING ONTARIO POST OFFICES MANY PHOTOS nnn R. F. Narbonne, OTB, FRPSC Telephone: 1-613-257-5453 or toll-free 1-800-247-5619 (Canada only) GREENWOOD STAMP COMPANY 136 Morphy Street Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada K7C 2B4 n Our Golden Anniversary Year n Celebrating 50 years of service to philately 4 • PHSC JOURNAL • Summer, 2012 The Editor’s Word Larry Goldberg
About This Issue This issue is a continuation of our dis- I think that the issue of the PHSC Jour- play of members’ favourite covers that we nal, Number 149, shows what can happen started in the last issue. You’ll also find if and when we all try. The flow of favou- a report on the annual meeting, year-end rite covers that we received outscored even information, et al. I have a backlog of ar- the most optimistic forecast. In fact, we ticles waiting to be published. If you have are still receiving them, and my guess is sent me an article, we will probably begin that we are approaching 100 submissions. publishing these submissions in our our Obviously, true to the lines of Guest’s Fall issue (#151). poem, we tried and succeeded. I am grate- Editor’s Note for Orapex Meeting ful to everyone who made the effort to Unfortunately, I could not attend the participate. annual meeting, but I did send a note that Let me acquaint you with a couple of Gus Knierim kindly read for me: facts. Number 1, to the best of my knowl- edge, no one has ever won a Pulitzer Prize I have from time to time (for reasons or Nobel Peace Prize for an article in a known only by God and my psychiatrist) philatelic publication. Similarly, no arti- edited journals for sundry societies and cle in a philatelic publication has received study groups. A truth that holds for all as- a critical review in any major metro daily sociations, philatelic or not, is that 90% of newspaper or at anyone’s wife’s book re- the work is done by 10% of the people. It view circle. is a barrier as difficult to surmount as the Number 2, an editor edits. He will four-minute mile, a record that was sur- correct the grammar, restate sentences to passed by Roger Bannister in 1954. enhance clarity of thought, and so on. I look at these sorts of obstructions There is no reason that any member of the in the flow of things and am reminded of Postal History Society of Canada cannot the poem by Edgar Guest, which says in have an article published of which he or its first four lines: she cannot be proud. Number 3, I have a philosophy of writ- Somebody said that it couldn’t be ing. If you cannot hear yourself saying in done, a conversation what you have written, you But he with a chuckle replied should not write it. We all communicate That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would our wishes and desires every day. People be one hear what they are and respond. Think of Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried. writing as an alternative medium for your continued on next page
Summer, 2012 • PHSC JOURNAL • 5 The Editor’s Word (continued from page 5)
Problems: Important! Please read! Let me acquaint you with one of Goldberg’s laws: no major project can be completed without something occurring. In the case of the last issue, two such events took place: I moved my office and a carton was lost, and, a few days later, a hard drive was attacked during a storm and a fatal crash occurred. As a result, some of the covers I re- ceived in February were lost. If you sent me a favourite cover by either email or snail mail and it did not appear in either this issue or the last, please send it again. Both my email and street address appear on page 74 of tbis issue.
HELP WANTED! Brian Cameron has asked to be re- lieved of his duties as Study Group Editor. This is an important post and one that I find very beneficial. Essentially, it re- quires someone to read through a number of journals or bulletins of sundry study groups and provide brief synopses of key articles. Brian has done a great job, but everyone needs a break now and then. Please contact me with your questions and, hopefully, to advise me of your will- ingness to assume this important respon- sibility. e
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6 • PHSC JOURNAL • Summer, 2012 Secretary’s Report Stéphane Cloutier New Applicants: 1512 Hugh Quinlan, Toronto, ON The Membership Committee has ap- 1513 Ed Tittley, Toronto, ON proved the following applications for membership in the Society, and unless the 1514 John Cranmer, Mirfield, UK Secretary receives valid objections in writ- 1515 J. Alex Hadden, Richmond, BC ing within sixty (60) days of the publica- 1516 Michael Burrington, Dalkie, IE tion date of this issue, membership will 1517 Barry D. Magill, Calgary, AB be granted to the persons listed below in New Members: accordance with the constitution, a copy of which is available from the Secretary. The two applicants published in Jour- Listings include name and address, postal nal #149 have been admitted to full mem- history interests, and PHSC sponsor. If an bership status, having met all admission address is not listed, and correspondence requirements. with the applicant is desired, sealed cor- Deceased: respondence may be sent under cover to the Secretary, who will forward it, pro- 0066 Margaret Toms vided the applicable Canadian postage is included. Members are invited to send 0153 Jim Kraemer changes in, additions to, and deletions 0171 Robert J. Frost from postal history interests, and changes 0948 Garvin Lohman of address, to the Secretary, who will have Rejoined: them printed in the following issue of the Journal. C stands for collecting interests. 1276 Peter W. Kritz Resigned: 1509 James Anglin, Victoria, BC 1510 Louis De Nobile, Montreal, QC 1481 Art Bunce 1511 Terrie Woodrow, Scotland, ON
Summer, 2012 • PHSC JOURNAL • 7 WE CAN SELL YOUR CANADIAN OR FOREIGN COVER COLLECTIONS, STAMP COLLECTIONS & ACCUMULATIONS ON CONSIGNMENT FOR THE NOMINAL FEE OF 10 % NO COLLECTION TOO SMALL CASH ADVANCE AVAILABLE Please enquire before forwarding material. nnn R. F. Narbonne, OTB, FRPSC Telephone: 1-613-257-5453 or toll-free 1-800-247-5619 (Canada only) GREENWOOD STAMP COMPANY 136 Morphy Street Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada K7C 2B4 n Our Golden Anniversary Year n Celebrating 50 years of service to philately
8 • PHSC JOURNAL • Summer, 2012 Treasurer’s Report 2011-2012 Scott Traquair
Another year has come and gone. As I We had another very good year as far reflect on my past report many things are as advertising revenue goes. Many thanks unchanged from a year ago and the Soci- to those who advertise in the Journal and ety remains in a good financial position. I would encourage all members to let the We ended the year with another small advertisers know that you saw their ads, surplus. This is good news given the ris- responded to their ads, and/or appreciate ing costs we are faced with on almost all their support. Without the support of the fronts. Postage costs continue to rise and advertisers we would most certainly be although we do take advantage of pur- faced with an increase in dues. chasing discounted postage it is only the In closing I would ask that everyone higher value denominations that are use- please renew on time and as soon as you ful. One bit of good news is that the cost receive your renewal request. Member- of printing the Journal was less this year ships expire on June 30th and it would be for the same number of Journals (4). This great if we could have everyone’s payment is in part due to lower print quantities but by that time. As you are probably aware nonetheless I give Gus a lot of credit for you can renew via PayPal or by sending us controlling the printing costs and main- a cheque. e taining or increasing the number of pages per Journal. Financial statements appear on On the income side of things we con- pages 10 and 11. tinued to see, and appreciate, a steady level of donations. Just a thought - renewal fees will be unchanged this year but if every member was to donate only $3 each we would see our donations almost double.
Summer, 2012 • PHSC JOURNAL • 9 Postal History Society of Canada Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2012
Assets Actual 2011-12 Last Year 2010-11 Canadian Bank Account $ 8,507.79 $ 10,077.99 Investments 40,763.39 40,126.79 Accrued interest on 2-year GIC – – Estimated postage on hand 1,581.73 109.34 Inventory 1,000.00 3,395.60 $ 51,852.91 $ 53,709.72 Liabilities Payable for Expenses Recorded $ 312.50 $ 2,905.75 Prepaid Membership 1,465.00 1,769.30 $ 1,777.50 $ 4,675.05 Equity Life Membership $ 16,245.26 $ 18,920.96 Toop Fund 1,669.23 1,638.23 Steinhart Fund 6,697.27 9,988.87 Membership 25,463.65 18,486.61 $ 50,075.41 $ 49,034.67 Liabilities + Equity $ 51,852.91 $ 53,709.72
Special Funds for Fiscal Year 2011-12 Rich Toop Memorial Fund Alan Steinhart Memorial Fund Opening as of April 1, 2011 $ 1,638.23 Opening as of April 1, 2011 (less book inventory) $ 6,593.27 Donation 10.00 Jarrett Book Sales 20.00 Interest 21.00 Inventory (104 books at cost) 3,395.60 Writedown value of books (2,395.60) Interest 84.00 Total as of March 31, 2012 $ 1,669.23 Total as of March 31, 2012 $ 7,697.27
10 • PHSC JOURNAL • Summer, 2012 Postal History Society of Canada Income Statement April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2012
Budget (11-12) Actual (11-12) Last Year (10-11) Receipts Member Dues $ 10,500.00 $ 10,298.67 $ 10,942.99 Donations 650.00 674.20 572.25 Back Issue Sales – 6.25 444.66 Advertising 2,500.00 2,706.82 2973.00 Interest 550.00 532.13 564.82 Total Receipts $ 14,200.00 $ 14,218.07 $ 15,497.72 Expenditures Printing $ 11,000.00 $ 9,201.25 $ 10,388.00 Production (Philaprint) 595.00 645.00 – Postage 2,000.00 2,236.21 1,878.81 $ 13,595.00 $ 12,082.46 $ 12,266.81 Office $ 400.00 $ 837.79 $ 440.52 Awards 100.00 100.00 – Bank Charges 60.00 100.90 66.07 $ 560.00 $ 1,038.69 $ 506.59 Total Expenditures $ 14,155.00 $ 13,121.15 $ 12,773.40 Total Income (Loss) $ 45.00 $ 1,096.92 $ 2,724.32
Summer, 2012 • PHSC JOURNAL • 11 A warm welcome to The Canadian Philatelic Society of Great Britain
Founded 70 years ago to promote and study all aspects of philately in British North America (Canada and its Provinces), the Society offers its members:- • A quarterly award-winning magazine, ‘Maple Leaves’ • Two auctions a year with many hundreds of lots • An extensive library of published books and articles • Two exchange packet circuits For more information or membership details visit our website at www.canadianpsgb.org.uk or write to the Secretary: John Hillson, Westerlea, 5 Annanhill, Annan, Dumfriesshire DG 12 6TN
Our 2012 convention will be held in Scotland September 19th-22nd, Bridge of Allan, Stirling
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12 • PHSC JOURNAL • Summer, 2012 Summer, 2012 • PHSC JOURNAL • 13 Minutes of PHSC Annual Meeting 2012
Robert Pinet, Chris Anstead, Gus Knierim, Seventeen members were in atten- Rob Leigh and Stéphane Cloutier. dance this year, which is relatively low, President Stéphane Cloutier started by th considering this was our 40 Anniver- giving some statistics on membership: we sary meeting, but the meeting was held now stand at 436 total members, includ- on a Sunday afternoon (to coincide with ing 10 exchange, 75 Life members (in- the exact day of our Anniversary), which cluding 68 who get a Journal in the mail meant many PHSC members had already and 7 who are e-members), 62 E-members left ORAPEX. The attendees were: Mike and 289 regular members who pay to get Powell, Robert Smith, Andy Palochik, Alex a Journal mailed to them. A good propor- Hadden, Paul Varty, Bill Cochrane, Dick tion of our new members join as e-mem- Malott, Mike Millar, David Oberholtzer, bers because of the affordable $15 per year Bob Thorne, Clayton Rubec, Bill Wegman, fee, and the good value it gives. 14 • PHSC JOURNAL • Summer, 2012 There was a discussion about modi- Next, Stéphane announced that he fying the membership application pro- contacted all directors whose term ended cess in order to modernize and simplify this AGM, and all but Andrew Scott have it. When a person applies for member- accepted another two-year term. There ship, there is a three-month waiting pe- were no new nominations from the floor riod until he is accepted as a full member. and all present voted to accept the renew- The three months used to be necessary in al. order to give members time to warn the A short discussion followed to an- Secretary of a possible problem with the nounce that our Secretary Chris Green had applicant. In our present situation, people stepped down from his position, and that apply and pay for membership online, at Scott Traquair had accepted to become which point we give them full access to our Secretary-Treasurer. It was mentioned our website, and we even mail them Jour- that renewal forms will soon be sent out, nals before the three months are over. The and that last year the majority of members whole process can take as little as a few renewed between the months of August to hours. In the end, there were arguments September, and some even 6 to 8 months to use caution as we proceed forward with after the membership expiry date of June this, as legal implications might pursue if 30. This continues to be a major problem, there is a problem with an applicant. The and adds a lot to both the Secretary and Executive will follow up this discussion, Treasurer’s workloads. and our Constitution will be amended ac- A special 40th Anniversary show can- cordingly when a decision has been taken. cel was prepared for ORAPEX, and covers The President then read the year- were available to purchase at the front end Treasurer’s Report, written by Scott desk on the show floor. Traquair. This report is published else- Gus Knierim followed with a message where in this issue. from our Editor, Larry Goldberg, which is The PHSC’s special writing awards essentially a version of his Editorial in this were then announced. The Frank Camp- Journal. bell award for best article not published in All listened as Rob Leigh followed the PHSC Journal went to Kevin O’Reilly for with a short demonstration of what’s new his article “Introduction to the Postal His- and old on our website. tory of Nouveau Québec”. There were two The meeting was then adjourned, and winners for this year’s Stan Shantz award Robert Thorne followed with a presenta- for best article published in the PHSC Jour- tion called “Machine Cancellations – The nal: Pete Jacobi for “Rossland: The Golden Only Constant is Change: an Overview on City” and Andrew Scott for “Early Postal Machines Used in Canada.” e History of B.C.’s Haida Gwaii”. We also announced two honourable mentions for the Shantz Awards: John Robertson and Steven Scriver.
Summer, 2012 • PHSC JOURNAL • 15 In Memoriam Maggie Toms 1910-2012
Maggie Toms (née articles in BNA Topics on that Margaret Wheeler Hill) subject, some of them in col- grew up in Brooklyn, New laboration with George Arfken. York. She came north in She was one of Allan Steinhart’s the late 1930s to work for favourite customers at the To- the Grenfell Mission in ronto shows. Newfoundland, and dur- When she moved to Ot- ing that period she met tawa in 2002 it was necessary her late husband Eric, a to downsize her collections, mineral prospector. After and she decided that she would moving around to loca- collect only postcards. Her in- tions related to Eric’s work terests were rather different when they came to Cana- from those of most collectors da, they settled in Orillia, in that she became fascinated Ont. It was there that Maggie first became by the backs of her cards and what they interested in philately, an interest which told her about the publishers and printers. was sparked when she saw a display of She published a number of articles on that Canadian stamps in a store window. She subject as well. became a long-time member of the Barrie Maggie was an early member of the Stamp Club. PHSC (#66), her name appearing in the Maggie’s philatelic interests were eclec- second issue of The Postal Histo-Mine, the tic. She became fascinated by postmarks, forerunner of the PHSC Journal. She was and collected broken circles, barrels, roll- also a member of BNAPS, the Toronto er cancels, and any other postmark that Postcard Club, the Barrie Stamp Club, and struck her fancy, in addition to postcards the Ottawa Philatelic Society. She passed and Small Queen covers. Her days in New- away on March 7, 2012. Our sincere con- foundland provoked an interest in the dolences to her sons David and Eric. e early transatlantic mails between that col- ony and France, particularly as it involved Our thanks to Leda Pedersen for allowing us the fisheries, and she wrote a number of to use the photo shown here.
16 • PHSC JOURNAL • Summer, 2012 In Memoriam Jim Kraemer 1918-2012
Joseph Edward James Ontario communities be- (“Jim”) Kraemer passed away fore he was appointed as the peacefully in the company of Founding Director of Cana- his beloved wife of 69 years, da’s National Postal Museum Fern Viola (née Weppler) at (1971 to 1981). He served as the Ravines Retirment Home President of the Royal Phila- in Ottawa on Saturday, June telic Society of Canada (1985- 30th, 2012. Born Novem- 1990). He was proud to be a ber 11th, 1918, Jim was the Fellow of the Royal Philatelic proud father of James (Phyl- Society of Canada and the iss), Vaughn (Jamie) and Dar- British North America Phila- rell as well as loving Poppa telic Society. to Jameson and Pop to Jason Most recently, following and Brianna. The eldest of years of genealogical research, eleven siblings, he is survived by his two Jim published a comprehensive history of sisters, Elizabeth and Mary Ann as well as the Kraemer family dating back to 1625. e his brother Hugh. Jim’s life-long passion for collecting Our thanks to Jim’s son, Vaughn Kraemer, stamps led to his interest in researching for allowing us to use the photo shown here. and publishing the postal history of many
Editor’s Note: While I was not acquainted with either Mrs. Toms or Mr. Kraemer, judging from the comments of various members, they will both be sorely missed. I recently lost a good friend and presided at his funeral. The attendees found some solace in this poem, “He Is Not Dead” by Robert Louis Stevenson. While it appears to be gender specific, I trust you can read past that. “He is not dead — this friend — not dead, But in the path we mortals tread, Got some few trifling steps ahead, And nearer to the end; So, that you, too , once past the bend, Shall meet again, as face to face, this friend You fancy dead.
Summer, 2012 • PHSC JOURNAL • 17 Scotland, Brant County Robert Anderson
The folded letter on the facing page, broken circle postmark with serif let- opened to show the front and back, is one ters: proof date May 3, 1842, known of my favourites because it combines sev- used from July 9, 1844 to September eral aspects of postal history: manuscript 2, 1854, red ink used for the postmark postmark and date, rate, route and transit and black ink for the manuscript date; postmarks. • Brantford in Brant County double The Scotland Post Office was opened broken-circle postmark with serif let- December 6, 1852 and is open today. Hen- ters with typeset date: proof date 1839 ry Lyman, Postmaster from December 6, July 2; known used from 1841 May 1852 to 1879, docketed the letter in black 28 to 1855 Jun 26, American 3-let- manuscript with the town name and date, ter month used 1847 and the Brit- Mar 17th 1853 in the upper left corner of ish 2-letter month used from 1847 the cover. This letter is the earliest known to 1855, the postmark inks used are example of mail from the Scotland post black 1839 to 1847, red ink 1847 to office and the only known example of a 1851 and blue ink 1851 to 1855. manuscript postmark from Scotland. The black manuscript notations at the The cover was routed as follows: bottom of the unfolded cover are possibly • Scotland to Oakland dated the name of the sender, John Keller, from March / 17 / 53; Burford (about 7 miles north of Scotland) • Oakland to Brantford dated and dated March 16/23/53. The number MR 17 / 1853, and 1478 is possibly the number assigned the • Brantford to Quebec (receipt) dat- file at the Crown Lands Office in Quebec. ed MR 22 / 1853. There is also a notation that states “Reply The postmark characteristics are: to letter / of 22d ultima” indicating that a • Oakland in Brant County double reply was sent. e
18 • PHSC JOURNAL • Summer, 2012 Summer, 2012 • PHSC JOURNAL • 19 Australian Gold Rush Cover W. Terry Averbeck
I consider this cover special because Small Queens, both Montreal printings it exemplifies many different aspects of perf. 11½ x 12. This 12¢ per ½ oz. rate was postal history: an historic destination, in effect only between August 1878 and the gold fields of Australia; a very scarce March 1879. On November 22, the cover rate, 12 cents per ½ oz., in effect only 8 passed through Windsor, Ontario, the ex- months; an attractive franking, especially change point designated by the Canadian the pale lilac of the first printing of the postal authorities for mail going through 10¢ value; the uncommon “missent mark- Detroit and the United States to Australia. ing” once it reached Melbourne; and the Backstamped San Francisco, Dec.23, it was claim markings showing the allocation of carried from there by the Pacific Mail Line postage among the countries involved. which ran a monthly service to Australia. The Australian gold rushes of the last Arriving in Melbourne January 27, 1879, half of the 19th century had led to a ten- it was MISSENT TO WARRAGUL January fold increase in population and provided 28 and rerouted back through Melbourne the incentive for the great migration to January 29, 1879 to its destination, War- Australia. By the 1870s, Melbourne had rigal Park. become the centre of the gold mining re- The red manuscript “90 Ctms” or 90 gion of Victoria. This cover was sent from Centimes (18¢) is the U.S. claim for car- Guelph, Ontario, November 21, 1878 (faint rying the cover to Australia, with the re- strike lower left corner) to the Australian maining 6¢ paying the Canadian postage gold mining region of Warrigal Park, the to the U.S. Upper Dargo region of North Gippsland. The red manuscript “2” is likely a The 24¢ (up to 1 oz.) double pre-UPU postage due charge for forwarding in Aus- rate is paid by two 10 cents and two 2¢ tralia. e
20 • PHSC JOURNAL • Summer, 2012 Images are shown at 90% of actual size.
Summer, 2012 • PHSC JOURNAL • 21 Interesting Postcard from Niagara Falls Douglas Bates My interesting favourite cover is not from 1862 to 1874. a cover, but the postcard described below As his family residence, he built Rod- and by the following figures. man Hall in stages between 1854-1863, The postcard is addressed to Mm. T. and called it Rodman after his mother’s R. Merritt, Rodman Hall , St.Catharines. maiden name. The Hall is now part of It was mailed from Niagara Falls on Au- Brock University. gust16,1906 and received the next day. The picture side of the postcard is a (Fig. 1.) very common view of Brock’s Monument Thomas Rodman Merritt {1824-11 at Queenston Heights. (Figure 2 on facing Jan. 1906} was a son of William Merritt, page.) who was the entrepeneur/builder of the This card is a favourite because the first Welland Canal among other impor- name Merritt is commemorated by a tant undertakings. number of street and building names in Thomas Rodman was also a major fig- the Niagara area, and because this is the ure in the Niagara area. Among other mat- 200th anniversary of the War of 1812, ters, he was a founder of Ridley College, with Canada’s success therein attributed president of the Imperial Bank, and MP partly at least to General Brock. e
22 • PHSC JOURNAL • Summer, 2012 Fig. 1
Fig. 2 Images are shown at 85% of actual size.
Summer, 2012 • PHSC JOURNAL • 23 Unpaid B.C. Registered Cover Morris Beattie
My passion is the postal history of lumber industry in British Columbia and coastal British Columbia and the busi- mail from their Port Alberni office to Van- nesses using the postal services, particu- couver would have been a regular occur- larly in the first half of the twentieth rence. The corner card was carried by the century. Mining, fishing and forestry Victoria & Courtney RPO and cancelled all played significant roles in the devel- on February 18, 1938. It has a Vancou- opment of the economy and hence the ver back cancel with the same date. Their postal service along the west coast during are several notations on the cover but the this period. This 1938 unpaid registered postage due only amounts to the single cover is one of my favourites as it has mul- deficiency for a registered domestic letter tiple points of interest. Bloedel, Stewart & during this period. e Welch Ltd were a significant force in the
Images are shown at approximately 67% of actual size.
24 • PHSC JOURNAL • Summer, 2012 Rare Duplex Cover John Burnett
Here is an example of an older cover overlooked by judges as being only one of which is on my long list of favourites. three known covers franked with a gutter 1 I have shown duplex cancels as an ex- pair of the /2¢ stamp. I never mention its hibit for a long time. One of my exhibits, rarity when I’m exhibiting duplex can- “Duplexes of the Victorian Era,” contains cels. The look on peoples’ faces is price- this cover. This is just a nice copy of the less when someone does mention it in a duplex of Berlin, Ontario and is always judges critique. e
Summer, 2012 • PHSC JOURNAL • 25 Around-the-World Cover Brian Cameron
This well-travelled cover was launched had already left for England, and so the on its voyage by G.R.L (Guy) Potter in Ot- letter was re-addressed to her club in Lon- tawa on June 27, 1973. The three 1960s don and dropped in a pillar box on or commemoratives with which he paid the about July 9, as documented by a slogan 15c airmail rate to Australia are in charac- machine cancel on the back. Apparently ter with the sender: Guy Potter collected the letter went astray after that, either in everything under the sun, from stamps to the mail stream or at her club, for it was snuff boxes, although his greatest passion not processed again until August 23, after was coins. (He was one of the founders of she had left for home. Her club added a 1 the Canadian Numismatic Society). His 7 /2 p. Machin definitive, and readdressed letter was addressed to his friend Eileen it to Ottawa. The British Post Office ap- Mitchell Thomas, a distinguished Cana- plied both a handstamp and a machine dian lawyer, care of the Law Council of cancel (inset), and the letter made its way Australia in Perth, where she was visiting. back to Mrs. Thomas, long after she had By the time it reached Australia, she been reunited with her old friend. e
Image (above) shown at 75% of actual size.
26 • PHSC JOURNAL • Summer, 2012 My Favourite Cover by W.J. Clark
Image shoiwn at 67%
My favourite cover is a folded letter applied the marking to the document, bearing a manuscript Port Talbot 3rd Sept transmitting information to his superior 19 marking. It is so ranked as much for (in York, though a complete address was the rationale for my acquiring it as for thought unnecessary). For that reason I what it is. attended the auction and purchased this I first saw this repaired cover as a cover. photo in a 1972 auction catalogue. My In May, 1803, Colonel Thomas Talbot pursuit of the postal history of my native commenced the settlement known by his Elgin County, Ontario was in its very early name on the shores of Lake Erie, in what stages. At the time I knew little of the local is now Elgin County. Mahlon Burwell history or the postal history. However, I (1773-1846) was one of the first settlers did know that Mahlon Burwell, for whom and became a close associate and friend of Port Burwell was named, was a surveyor Thomas Talbot. Burwell’s technical abil- and the first postmaster of Port Talbot. In ity qualified him as a land surveyor and my undergraduate civil engineering train- he surveyed several townships and villag- ing, a professor had taught that neatness es, as well as the city of London. When was next to godliness in surveying work. the post office opened at Port Talbot, on The neatness of the manuscript lettering, the currently accepted date of January 6, as much as the name of the addressee, 1819, Mahlon Burwell was named post- convinced me that Mahlon Burwell had continued on next page
Summer, 2012 • PHSC JOURNAL • 27 My Favourite Cover evidently with the distribution of govern- continued from page 29 ment lands, justifies the “Free” mailing privilege Burwell used for this cover. master. He also ran the registry office at It is my understanding that covers Port Talbot, fought as a militia man in the with the Port Talbot manuscript dating as War of 1812, served as justice of the peace, early as April 23, 1819 exist in the Ontario and was twice elected to the Parliament of Archives. Manuscript Port Talbot mark- Upper Canada and once to the Legislative ings both preceded and followed the use Assembly. He was certainly one of the of the Port Talbot handstruck straight line worthies of his generation. device which is known to have been used The original contents of the cover from June 16, 1820 to December 3, 1824. have been removed, but it contains what I The use of the manuscript ceased with the interpret to be a clerk’s record referring to arrival of the 1829 type Port Talbot ham- “with return for lots sold” from Mahlon mer. Burwell “Ent’d in Surveyors letters Book.” I feel fortunate to have been attracted The nature of this information, dealing by the neat lettering. e
NEWFOUNDLAND’S FIRST CACHET COVER by Gary Dickinson
Pioneer Stamp Company of Grand Although this cachet does seem to Falls, Newfoundland proudly proclaimed be the first one produced in Newfound- that it had produced “Newfoundland’s land, it doesn’t appear to be entirely a First Cachet Cover” for the May 12, 1937 local invention. Figure 3 shows a cachet issue marking the Coronation of King produced by Michael Sanders of New York George VI. The cachet, shown in Figure for the same stamp issue, and he also used 1 (on the facing page), was printed in a it for the Coronation omnibus issues of single colour with four different printings other British Empire countries including of green, blue, red, and black. It showS a Canada. The similarities between the two portrait of the King on top of a map of the cachets are too pronounced to be coinci- world showing British possessions. The dental, with the elements and composi- back of the envelope had text indicating tion sharing several common features. It the origin of the cachet, as shown in Fig- was an interesting “first” nonetheless. e ure 2.
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Summer, 2012 • PHSC JOURNAL • 29 Two More World War II Trans-Pacific Covers Lee Dowsley, John Pollard & Gray Scrimgeour In Issue 126 of this journal, on page 3, #29 and in Vancouver by Censor DB/155. Lee Dowsley reported a 1945 cover from John Pollard owns a cover to Prince Ru- Moscow, Russia to Montreal that was cen- pert, B.C. postmarked at Moscow on July sored in Vancouver. He concluded that 26, 1944 (Fig. 2). The cover was handled this cover was carried across the Pacific again by Censor #29 in Moscow and by Ocean by a lend-lease supply freighter, Censor DB/259 in Vancouver, sent to probably to a United States west coast Prince Rupert, and readdressed there to port. This was the first cover reported to Vancouver. The blackout handstamp ap- have crossed the Pacific by this unusual plied on October 6, 1944 on the back of route. Since that time, two more pieces the envelope appears to be from Prince of mail brought from Russia to Canada Rupert. The discovery of two more Russia‒ by lend-lease freighters have been found. Canada apparent trans-Pacific covers veri- Lee found a post card from Moscow (July fies the use of lend-lease freighters for the 25, 1943) to Victoria (Fig. 1). This card was carriage of mail to Canada during World censored in Moscow by Military Censor War II. e
Fig. 1. Post card sent from Moscow to VANCOUVER in 1943
30 • PHSC JOURNAL • Summer, 2012 Fig. 2. Cover sent from Moscow to British Columbia in 1944, censored in Vancouver.
Summer, 2012 • PHSC JOURNAL • 31 Escuminac Flats, Quebec to Seoul, Korea, 1912 George B. Dresser This is one of my favourite covers for istered nurse of the Presbyterian missions two reasons. Covers to Korea during the In September 1906, Miss Shields es- Edward VII period are scarce and the cover tablished the first nursing school in Korea is addressed to Miss Esther L. Shields. within Severance Hospital as a profession- The franking pays the proper 5-cent al institute to train outstanding nurses. UPU rate for ≤ one ounce. The Escuminac This school produced the first nurses in Flats cancel is faint. It has a Kobe Japan Korea in 1910. e 12.2.11 receiver on the back (inset) and a Korea 11.2.15 receiver on the front. (Source: UCLA Online Archive Korean Christianity, Open In September,1897, Miss Esther L. Port Period 1876-1910, http://koreanchristianity.humnet.ucla. Shields arrived in Seoul as the second reg- edu/chronology-/openport)
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32 • PHSC JOURNAL • Summer, 2012 Registered Cover High Value Franking Jack Forbes
Two blocks of ten 5¢ light grey Small type killers in the style of Lacelle #1099. Queen stamps plus a 5¢ registered letter Stockton Station was a small office stamp pay 20 times the rate to the U.K. for opened in 1891. Because of its small size, this registered cover. it is very possible that they did not stock It was mailed from Stockton Station, higher denomination stamps, hence the Manitoba on June 28, 1895.The stamps large multiples. e are cancelled with broken-circles and cross
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Summer, 2012 • PHSC JOURNAL • 33 My Favourite Cover Shirley-Ann Frick
This cover from Victoria, B.C. is one of shown) in my collection. No street ad- the earliest and smallest covers (actual size dress is used, just the name of the city. e
34 • PHSC JOURNAL • Summer, 2012 Interesting 3d Beaver Bisect John Irvine
1 An interesting bisection of the 3d Bea- 7 /2d, thus, a 3d stamp has fallen off over ver, authorized by Nova Scotia’s postmas- time, and the postmark to accompany ter, but mailed from Queenston, U.C. to the Queenston cancel is missing from the Edinburgh, Scotland The cost would be cover. e
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Summer, 2012 • PHSC JOURNAL • 35 Rare Newfoundland Registered Mourning Cover John Jamieson
The 3¢ John Guy (Unitrade 89) ap- This is a legitimate “single stamp us- pears on this registered mourning cover age” because it was a “postage free” cover (King Edward died in May) dated OC being used for government business. The 19/10. It is very rare to see this stamp 3¢ stamp was added to pay the registra- as a single-use franking as there was no tion fee , which was not covered by the common rate for this stamp. Most usage FREE POSTAGE for the Deputy Minister, I have seen is as multiple stamps to make whose stamp appears at the lower left. e up higher rates or to pay the registration, as on the example shown here.
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Summer, 2012 • PHSC JOURNAL • 37 38 • PHSC JOURNAL • Summer, 2012 Summer, 2012 • PHSC JOURNAL • 39 Sometimes You Do Get Lucky Doug Lingard
My favourite cover is my Copland & was $1100. So he opened it to the floor at Company illustrated cover with the Mon- $1,100. I somehow got my hand up and treal ‘K’ Ensign flag cancel. Not only is it won the lot, for $100 more than what was a scarce flag cancel on an attractive cover, going to be my top bid. but it is now considered to be from the A few months later, I was at the large first trial use of the Bickerdike cancelling stamp show outside of Boston attending a machines. However, what really makes it meeting of The Machine Cancel Society. special to me is the way I acquired it. Here, a philatelist whom I had never met This cover surfaced as lot #340 in Jim before came up to me and started scream- Hennok’s December 18, 1993 auction and ing as to how I had stolen his cover on was estimated at $800. Being a public ser- him. On seeking clarification he yelled vant with a wife who did not work, two back “My ‘K’ cancel cover in the Hennok teenage children, and mortgage and car sale”. He then pretended he was going to payments, I did not have enough ‘spare strangle me. Up to this point of time, I change’ to place a serious bid on this lot. had no idea as to why he was acting like So I sold some of my better philatelic ma- this. When he settled down a bit, he ex- terial and raised enough cash to bid up plained how he had placed the $1,050 bid to $1,000 for it plus the buyer’s 10% fee on the lot, but it was in US dollars. Since and our PST/HST of 15% ($1,265 in total). the Canadian dollar was worth about 75¢ I thought that amount would secure the US at the time, his bid should have been lot. When Jim got to this lot, he stopped converted to $1,400 Canadian. If that had and explained what had happened. He been done, I would not have been able had two tie top bids of $1,000 and anoth- to outbid him and he would now be the er bid of $1,050 which had to be reduced owner of my favourite cover. Sometimes to $1,000 as the next bidding increment you do get lucky. e
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Summer, 2012 • PHSC JOURNAL • 41 Unusual Early International Machine Cancel Rob Leigh In early February of 1902, a new post- out the year, beginning on the evening of al marking machine made by the Interna- February 5. A second dater hub was soon tional Postal Supply Co. of New York was introduced reading TORONTO, CANADA delivered to Toronto. It was put on trial across the top, and is much more com- on February 4, and into service on Febru- mon. The cover shown here is unusual ary 5. The dater hub that was used at first and possibly unique: the first dater hub was distinctive, having just TORONTO used with the wavy-line obliterator but at the top and 1902 at the bottom. This without date or time, as appropriate to dater hub was used with a wavy-line oblit- (unsealed) third class mail, presumably erator for only about a week. It was also during the February 5-12 period. e used alone as a receiving mark through-
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42 • PHSC JOURNAL • Summer, 2012 A Late Centennial Cover Glenn McBurnie
This Centennial period cover shows nial booklet which was only in use for 6 the 15¢ international rate. The cover is months.The usage falls two months into postmarked February 1, 1972 in Thomp- the 8¢ domestic rate period so I would son Manitoba . What is exceptional is the assume the sender had left over booklet rate is made up from the $1.00 7¢ Centen- stamps from the brief 7¢ period. e
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Summer, 2012 • PHSC JOURNAL • 43 Karsh Goes to Holland Robert McGuinness
The airmail letter rate to Europe dur- editor of Focus, one of the oldest Dutch ing the period from November 1, 1946 to magazines for amateur photography and 1 April 1, 1951 was 15¢ per /4 ounce. later the author of many books including The ten 3¢ War Issue stamps on the The Complete Amateur Photographer. cover shown here pay a 30¢ double airmail Note the CC marking (sideways just rate to the Netherlands. The cover was above the E of Esq.)of the Transorma sort- cancelled September 28, 1949 with three ing machine in Rotterdam or possibly Ottawa S7 duplexes. It was sent from the Haarlem studio of Yousuf Karsh, the great Canadi- One can only speculate on the origi- an portrait photographer, to Dick Boer the nal contents of the cover. e
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44 • PHSC JOURNAL • Summer, 2012 Stepaside … Extinct NF Outport Carl Munden
My collecting area is Newfoundland Peninsula, no longer exists. Stepaside’s outports and their town cancels. It is nice claim to fame was some damage due to the also, when collateral material can be com- Great Newfoundland Tsunami in 1929. e bined with them. Stepaside, on the Burin
Summer, 2012 • PHSC JOURNAL • 45 Wartime special delivery Bruce Nesbitt Pre-Confederation special delivery service within and from Newfoundland and Labra- dor is one of the more obscure areas of BNA postal history. Among the very few existing special delivery covers from Newfoundland, so far I have been able to identify only this
Image shown at approximately 60% actual size sole example from Labrador.1 base in only five months. After it received It’s my favourite because of the the first military aircraft on 9 December unusual combination of its point of ori- 1941 — one day after the U.S. declared war gin, its apparently unauthorised use of on Japan — it would become the largest Canadian postage in the Dominion of airfield in the Western Hemisphere and the Newfoundland (from 1933 to 1949 ruled busiest airport in the world.2 by a U.K.-appointed Commission of Gov- Given the large purple handstamp on ernment), and its puzzling trip from Lab- the front, the sender was almost certainly rador to Dartmouth, N.S. a member of G Force, Canadian Army gar- The letter was mailed at Goose Bay, rison troops guarding the base.3 The let- Labrador’s only airport, most likely on 3 ter was backstamped by Canadian Army July 1942. With the Commission of Gov- Post Office no. 10, assigned to Goose Bay.4 ernment’s permission, the Canadian feder- Although the CAPO backstamp is dated al government had built the vast RCAF air continiued on next page
46 • PHSC JOURNAL • Summer, 2012 Jul 30/42, I believe that the indicia were the base), now the Canadian Forces Am- reversed; Jul 03 is the most logical date munition Depot Bedford. to explain the routing. Perhaps the rever- After all that, and more than three sal can be explained by the fact that the weeks, special delivery service was not of- Army post office was opened only the day fered on a wartime military base. e before, on 2 July 1942.5 The use of Canadian postage for air Resources mail (6¢) and special delivery (10¢) rather than Newfoundland stamps was autho- 1. Four covers have been reported in the Newfie Newsletter: three rized for CAPO no. 10; the sender was en- in “Special Delivery Service from Newfoundland” (November– December 1989, pp. 1–4) and one in “Note on Newfoundland titled to free postal privileges by surface, Special Delivery” (March–April 1991, p. 5). but both air mail and special delivery re- 6 2. “Goose Bay”,
Summer, 2012 • PHSC JOURNAL • 47 Roll Out the Barrel (Cancel) David Oberholtzer
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This is not a particularly attractive cover Nine years later Jim Kraemer gave the of a Kitchener, Ontario barrel cancel (ham- student a list of the 34 post offices in Cana- mer “a;” rarity factor 60).The postal clerk da that were issued barrel devices. The list apparently got carried away when inking also had a strike of the fake Kitchener barrel the hammer and left a partial fingerprint cancel rubber stamp dated 29 II1956, 6 PM. on the cachet. This cover was the start of my “Barrel This cover was a favour cancel for a 13- Cancel” collection. 47 years later I am still year old, grade-eight student who went to looking for more discoveries to add to the the post office to create a first day cover. collection. e
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Summer, 2012 • PHSC JOURNAL • 49 War Tax Cover to Switzerland R. Parama
This letter (see facing page) was posted to arrive. The early 1916 tends to support in Montreal, JAN 15 / 1916 and sent to this notion, as this is perhaps the earliest Switzerland at the prevailing basic UPU known usage of the 2¢ + 1¢ war tax stamp letter rate of 5¢ for the first ounce. The used to pay the UPU letter rate. postage was paid with a 2¢ carmine sheet form stamp and a 2¢ + 1¢ war tax carmine Perhaps another reason, and the one sheet form stamp making up the required I tend to favour, is that this stamp resem- 5¢ postage in an acceptable manner. The bled a semi-postal stamp. It was only three 2¢ + 1¢ war tax stamp had just been issued years earlier that Switzerland issued what two weeks previous. was to become an annual charity stamp However, upon arrival in Switzerland, series to support the work of Pro Juven- the Swiss postal authorities seemed to tute. In the semi-postal issues the extra have noticed that part of the value of the value indicated on the stamp had no post- 2¢ + 1¢ war tax stamp was war tax and al validity, but rather the amount repre- did not accept this part of the stamp as senting the donation to charity. Perhaps paying postage. The letter was charged the Swiss postal clerk at Basel may have 10 centimes postage due by means of the thought “1T¢” was a similar donation. His “10” in blue crayon, and the amount was confusion was somewhat understandable; collected from the addressee. Presumably, the difference being the semi-postal tax as was similar to the procedure in Canada, was an option, the war tax for payment of the Swiss 10 centime post due adhesive postage for Canadian domestic and other was applied and cancelled at Basel after preferential rate countries, was obligatory. the money was collected. Yet another reason may be that the One wonders why the Swiss postal au- war tax stamp was confused with the thorities chose to take this interpretation. ordinary 2¢ postage stamp, and indeed It may have been because of the early date this was the reason the colour of the war of issue of the war tax stamp. UPU coun- tax stamp was changed to brown later in tries were required to provide samples of 1916. stamps to the other member countries Regardless, use of the 2¢ + 1¢ war tax to demonstrate which stamps had postal stamp in the first two weeks of January is validity and perhaps this sample was yet uncommon to any UPU destination. e
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Summer, 2012 • PHSC JOURNAL • 51 Caverhill, Learmont & Co. 1897 Robert Pinet
My favourite cover is this multico- Crathern joined Crathern & Caverhill, loured lithographed all-over front illus- wholesale dealers in hardware, in 1854. trated advertising cover with a pair of That firm, founded in 1837, was joined orange 1c Jubilees paying the drop letter later by J. B. Learmont and took the name rate, tied by a JUL 21/97 Bickerdike ma- Caverhill, Learmont and Co. from 1884. chine flag cancel. I love this cover for its The Caverhill-Learmont store at 451- dramatic rendition of a duck head seeming 457 St-Pierre Street in Old Montreal still to tear through the envelope in fright as it functioned as a hardware business as of runs from one of the gun shells Caverhill, 1999; it is currently being converted to Learmont & Company sold. condominiums. e Born in 1830 in Montreal, James
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52 • PHSC JOURNAL • Summer, 2012 Lanark County Post Offices Perth-Drummond Township Augustus J. Quattrocchi
This envelope, edged in black, was celled with s 23mm 2-ring 45 mark. Man- mailed from Perth, Ontario to Ferguson uscript “Paid” appears above the stamp. Falls, Ontario on May 29, 1871. A Perth There is no receiving mark on the re- broken-circle postmark appears in the verse side of the cover. e lower left corner. The 3-cent stamp is can-
Summer, 2012 • PHSC JOURNAL • 53 Registered Returning Officer Cover John Rossiter
The image shown here is a portion of is a transit strike dated May 1st on the a REGISTERED RETURNING OFFICER EN- face. VELOPE. This envelope, probably a large The franking pays the 18¢ fee for post- gusset type, has been reduced and likely age and 2¢ registration fee. The 18¢ post- contained provincial election material for age would pay for 72 ounces of miscella- the June 5, 1890 election. neous matter, a rate established in 1875. It is not clear where the point of ori- I would appreciate hearing from any- gin was for this cover. It is backstamped one that can shed a bit more light on rates Toronto, April 30, 1890, and I assume the for large covers used during this period. e destination was London, Ontario. There
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54 • PHSC JOURNAL • Summer, 2012 Interpreting Strange Rates Andrew Scott
Trying to figure out unusual rates is plied. Perhaps the sender thought that the enjoyable work. I especially like strange rate was 3¢ for domestic mail and 10 cents special delivery rates, perhaps because, in for special delivery. In fact, in 1934 it was the distant past, I had a great part-time 20¢ for special delivery but only two cents job working for Canada Post as a special for a “same city” drop letter. The helpful delivery courier. Take these two covers, for postman even left an accounting on one instance: side of the cover: 22¢ owed, 13¢ paid, The first item (below) is shortpaid. leaves nine. Double the deficiency is 18¢ Despite the Nanaimo, BC, return address, due, which is what was charged and col- the envelope was evidently carried to Van- lected here. On the back is a cryptic note: couver, marked “special delivery” with a “For your information and future guid- pink pencil and deposited in the Vancou- ance.” ver mail stream. Postage of 13¢ was ap- continued on next page
Front (left): VANCOUVER/ CANADA 11/JAN 20/47 Back (below): Reverse of cover
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Summer, 2012 • PHSC JOURNAL • 55 Interpreting Strange Rates (continued from page 55) The second example (below), also its postal deficiency, or $1.60. However, shortpaid, is more confusing. This cover according to the datestamp on the back, was mailed on March 31, 1979, the last it was delivered on April 2, by which date day of the 14¢ letter rate. It was also the the letter rate had been increased to 17 last day for the 80¢ special delivery fee. cents and the special delivery fee to $1.00. The envelope had an express label at- Postal authorities decided that $1.80 was tached, but no express postage. It was, due instead, perhaps calculating half the nevertheless, given express service and penalty at the old rate and half at the new should, surely, have been assessed double one, and thus covering all the bases. e
Above: MAR 31 1979 Vancouver Special Delivery Unit 24-hour datestamp
Right: Reverse of cover, with APR 02 1979 Victoria Special Delivery 24-hour
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Summer, 2012 • PHSC JOURNAL • 57 Cents Issue Cover to Miss Smith, London, England Derek Smith
Letters to Miss Smith form an impor- was paid with the very handsome stamp tant part of the known pence period cov- thought to show either the “Royal Wil- ers from New Brunswick to the United liam” or the U.S. steamship “Washing- Kingdom. In fact, five of the 16 N.B-U.K. ton”. covers in the Warren Wilkinson collection This colourful mourning cover to Miss were addressed to her. All were from the Smith is in the same hand as the earlier same unknown person. Those with pence group. It is the only cents period cover stamps were written between 1855 and to her that I have seen. It was mailed 1860. (I think that there are others, but at St. John on July 8, 1861 (back stamp) I haven’t kept track of them from earlier with the stamp cancelled with a “1” grid. auctions.). It was carried on the Cunard steamship The single letter rate from New Bruns- EUROPA which left Halifax on July 12, ar- wick in the pence era was 7½d. Currency. riving at Liverpool on July 22. The letter With the change to the decimal system, reached London on July 23, as noted by the transatlantic rate became 12½¢ and the red circular Paid postmark. e
58 • PHSC JOURNAL • Summer, 2012 My Favourite Cover: Postal History & Pure Romance Peter B. Smith
This cover is a charming mix of scarce had moved to Vancouver to begin nurs- postal history and pure romance. It illus- ing training. On Stuart Island, her mother trates the “way mail” postal service oper- held on to Gilbert’s letter until the next ating on the Union Steamships between Union Steamship stopped, going south, the small islands off the coast of BC in the one week later. This time with its redirect- 1950s. ed address, and with “Way Mail please” If you went on board a Union steam- crossed out, it went through the Stuart ship on one island and asked the purser Island post office and received a strike of to offload a letter at the next island with- the broken circle hand-stamp for January out at any time involving a post office he 14, 1950. could do so. You, the sender, had to write Finding an example of the “Way Mail” “Way Mail” on the envelope, and the system in use on a cover travelling in one purser would apply the ship’s postmark to direction (with “Way Mail” and a Union the letter. steamship handstamp) and by the normal On January 7, 1950 Gilbert Krook postal service (with a post office hand- went on board the Union steamship S.S. stamp) on a return journey, is scarce – es- Catala docked at Heriot Bay on Quadra Is- pecially when it’s on a Union steamship land. Using a Union Steamship stationery item of stationery. envelope obtained on board, he addressed The romance is even more delightful. his letter to Muriel Chapman on Stuart Is- In this letter, Gilbert was writing to his fi- land, one of the ship’s next stops, writing ancee on the next island, and later they “Way Mail please” under the address. were married. I talked to them after they The purser applied the S.S. Catala had been married for many years, which hand-stamp, and the letter was duly off- is how I learned the details of this my fa- loaded with the mail at Stuart Island lat- vourite cover. e er that day. Unknown to Gilbert, Muriel
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60 • PHSC JOURNAL • Summer, 2012 Insufficiently Paid Small Queen Registered Cover Gary Steele
Some covers are a challenge to ex- 23 85 Fig. 2. plain, and this cover is a prime example The correct postage appears to be 5¢ (Figure 1). Mailed at Tioga, Ont. MR 19 85 registration fee, plus 3¢ payment for 1st to Broome Co., N.Y. with just a 2¢ regis- half ounce and 3¢ for 2nd half ounce. At tration stamp and a 3¢ Small Queen nice- various times a registered letter short-paid ly tied with a star fancy cancel on each was instructed to only demand simple de- stamp. ficiency payment. Also, should the first Traveling by train, the cover arrived in half ounce be fully prepaid then a re- Toronto later on the 19th. There, it was ciprocal agreement between the US and recognized as being short-paid and was Canada, the deficient amount was to be marked RETURNED FOR / DEFICIENT charged. The DLO usually did not charge POSTAGE before being forwarded to the double deficiency. Dead Letter Office in Ottawa, received MR continued on next page
Proof Strike SP 21 1883 25mm diameter No dots or hyphens before or after “CANADA”
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This is where the interpretation gets With no return address included the interesting, with the requirement that Dead Letter Office would have opened the registration stamps only pay the registra- letter to try to find the sender’s address. tion fees (up to May 7 1889) and regular If no address of sender were found a no- issue stamps pay regular postage fees. Ei- tice would be sent to the addressee to send ther way, 6¢ postage was paid with a 5¢ funds for payment of deficient postage so registration stamp and a 1¢ Small Queen that the item could be forwarded. cancelled with an Ottawa Dead Letter Of- fice closed circle handstamp on MR 30 85 (See Figure 1).
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62 • PHSC JOURNAL • Summer, 2012 Early Nova Scotia First Day Cover Glen Stirling
On the surface, this appears to be no Not a beautiful cover, but it certainly more than a cut-down cover with the is an interesting one. e seal missing and the perforations cut on the stamp. At first glance, this might be considered a poor example of postal his- tory. However, the postal marking of “MILLS VILLAGE NS - OC 1 1860” I sub- mit as a first day cover of this issue. Nicholas Argenti in his 1962 book, The Postage Stamps of New Brunswickand Nova Scotia, says in a footnote in chapter 23: “The earliest dated cover with the cents stamps, so far recorded, is October 18th 1860”.” I am sure that in the last 50 plus years many covers earlier than this have been found but this is a true first day cover. As to the stamp perforations being cut, one must realize that this was the first issue of Nova Scotia stamps with perfora- tions, and it was the habit of post office workers to cut stamps from sheets with- scissors and not separate with the perfora- tions.
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Summer, 2012 • PHSC JOURNAL • 63 2012 Canadian Snowbird Covers from the Canadian Aerophilatelic Society (CAS)
The Canadian Aerophilatelic Society The envelopes show appropriate lo- (CAS) has just received its 2012 Cana- gos, cancellations and stamps. The CAS dian Snowbird Military Aerobatic flown has done this project for over 12 years. A and autographed envelopes dated 1 July special coloured brochure on the Snow- 2012. The Snowbirds, celebrating their birds is also available free with the pur- 42nd anniversary of operations, flew these chase of any envelopes. envelopes over Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Anyone interested in purchasing these Canada on 1 July 2012 (Canada's 145th envelopes is invited to contact: birthday) to commemorate Her Majesty Major (Retd.) Richard Mallott Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee. Apt. 610 Fifty (50) envelopes, autographed by 1275 Richmond Road each of the nine pilots, were carried in the Ottawa, Ontario K2B 8E3 Tudor aircraft along with 33 sets of nine Canada envelopes, each envelope autographed by or send an email to: [email protected]. an individual pilot. e
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64 • PHSC JOURNAL • Summer, 2012 Book Review Larry Goldberg
The Rates of Postage of Canada 1711 to tem by showing its early development in 1900, Including Some Rules and Regulations great detail. Regarding Rating and Treating of the Mails, Allan used the information in this by Allan L. Steinhart, edited by Gray book to research (and price) early Cana- Scrimgeour. 444 pages, 8½ by 11 inches, dian covers. I do not know why it was not perfect bound (soft cover). ISBN 978- published during his lifetime. It may have 0-919615-40-3. $39.00 plus shipping (for orders and shipping costs, contact been planned for inclusion in the Nation- J. Knierim, P.O. Box 3044, Station C, al Postal Museum series of monographs, Kitchener, ON N2G 4R5; e-mail knierim@ but that didn’t happen. The series was bmts.com . Cheques payable to J. Knierim very short. Allan used the postal rules and accepted, as are PayPal payments at the regulations cited in the book to analyze above e-mail address. early covers. He relied on this information The late Allan Steinhart compiled a when he was building his award-winning typescript that I would not describe as just exhibit of Canadian mail to1865. his “Pride and Joy” but also as his “Bread Gray Scrimgeour has edited the and Butter.” This book is based on archi- available typescript, and added short tran- val information relating to the rating and sition paragraphs at the start and end of delivery of Canada’s mails, from the earli- most chapters. He also completed the doc- est times until the end of the 19th cen- umentation from 1865 to 1900, replacing tury. It starts with a discussion of the Act missing typescript, and compiled a 20- of Queen Anne of 1711, which provided page index. Canada’s first postage rates after British With the publication of this book, rule started, and continues late enough the descriptions of the rates of Canadian to include special delivery and the Impe- postage are now fully available. It belongs rial Penny Post – and it includes almost on the physical bookshelf or electron- everything in between. In style, this book ic bookshelf of every serious Canadian resembles Allan’s well-known books on postal historian. As well as being avail- Admiral rates and on censorship in World able in printed form, the book is available War I; it is a chronological description of to PHSC members at the PHSC web site pertinent government or contemporary as part of the publications of the Allan L. sources. It differs greatly from his other Steinhart Memorial Website. e books in its much wider scope. It provides a basis for understanding today’s mail sys-
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66 • PHSC JOURNAL • Summer, 2012 Letters to the Editor
As one might expect, our last issue ant-Governor of Nova Scotia (1820-1828), provoked a significant amount of com- which covers the period of this mailing. ment. Our thanks to all who offered their Subsequently, Kempt was appointed Ad- comments on the covers in that issue. ministrator of Canada (1828-1830), be- Also, I want to personally thank all tween the governorships of Lord Dalhousie of you who offered compliments on the and Lord Aylmer.” issue. It definitely makes the job worth- while. Brendan Boelke’s Cover (pages 26-7) David Handelman writes: Apologies “ The cancel ‘RR,’ literally double reg- My sincere apologies to Bill Aaroe istered, means AR, that is acknowledg- (page 21) for misspelling his last name. I ment of receipt (double registered is a have no excuse for the error other than translation from Chinese of the characters carelessness on my part. that mean AR ). I just finished organizing While I am apologizing, I would like my Chinese AR accumulation and can see to correct the statement on Bob Smith’s similar marks. cover (page 64). I said that it was shown “The postage at the time was 10¢ for “at 90% of actual size” when, in fact, it is each of the UPU, registration and AR (and shown at 45% of the actual size. in China the AR fee was paid on the cover; second and subsequent weights were 6¢. Paul Binney’s Cover (page 25) So, there are some stamps missing, as the David Ewens offered the following total should be any one of 30¢, 36¢, 42¢ supplemental information on Paul’s cover: etc. Since it is a small cover, I suspect 30¢ “I was struck by Paul Binney’s nice single is correct. Still, a nice AR cover to Nova Scotia stampless with the three dou- Canada. ble circle marks on the front. While he “It was fairly standard to send regis- mentions in his description that the cover tered (and often AR) letters to the local was free franked by a J. Kempt, I was won- Chinese restaurant in Canada with money dering if he was aware of how important to disburse.” that free franking was. “Sir James Kempt, 1764-1854, was a Cecil Coutts’ Cover (page 31) career British soldier who fought in the Michael Millar offers the following American Revolution and the Napoleonic information on the subject cover: Wars, commanding a division at Water- “As a former Railway Mail Clerk I got loo. He rose to the rank of General in the quite excited when I saw the cover that British Army in 1841. He was the Lieuten- Cecil Coutts submitted, and while his de-
Summer, 2012 • PHSC JOURNAL • 67 scription, quite properly, was centred on ing coincidence I happen to have the 1943 the blackout cancellation, my comments Canadian Railway Guide in my library, so will be focused on the backstamps. we can work out all of the routing for this “Allow me to explain. As Railway letter from the actual timetables. Mail Clerks our sortation knowledge was “So, routing question 1 - Letter mailed held to a far higher standard than ordi- at Shelburne, Nova Scotia at 11:15 a.m. nary Postal Clerks. We were required - in going to Toronto, Ontario. What is the order to keep our positions - to pass our correct routing? annual sortation examinations with a “Answer - Halifax, Bridgewater & Yar- score of at least 97%. We were given 1000 mouth train 87, Shelburne to Yarmouth. cards, each one with the name of a post Train 87 (Canadian National) left Shel- office within our work area - i.e. Ontario - burne at 1:58 p.m., arriving in Yarmouth at and we had 30 minutes to sort them into 6:00 p.m. The Clerks on the R. P. O. made a 100 separation miniature sorting case. up a closed bag for the Halifax, Digby & The cards were just slightly larger than a Yarmouth R. P. O. - note there is no Yar- standard business card. 97% meant that mouth backstamp, so this letter did not we could only get 30 wrong! But many pass through the Yarmouth Post Office. R. M. C’s. regularly scored 100%. Postal The bag would stay in the baggage room clerks were only required to get a mark of at the Yarmouth railway station overnight 90%. However, R. M. C’s. of an era earlier and be given to the Mail Clerks on Halifax, than mine also were given a series of ten Digby & Yarmouth train 98 the next morn- questions on “Mail Routing.” Something ing. Train 98 (Canadian Pacific subsidiary, along the lines of “Letter mailed at [A] Dominion Atlantic Railway - or “The D. & at [time] going to [B], what is the correct A.”), left Yarmouth at 8:45 a.m. The Clerks routing for this letter?” Routings would on this R. P. O. made up a closed bag for all be by train and you had to give the the St. John & Montreal R. P. O. that was proper train numbers and connections. put off at Digby at 11:15 a.m., and went The time was important because many across the Bay of Fundy on the ferry to St. Post Offices were served by more than John. The bag was given to the Clerks on one R. P. O. or Baggage Car Service (B. C. the St. John & Montreal train 39, which S.) per day and the time of mailing could left St. John at 7:15 p.m. This train arrived have a very important bearing on what R. at Montreal Windsor Station at 11:10 a.m. P. O. or B. C. S. the bag containing the let- the next morning. This R. P. O. obviously ter was dispatched to. had sufficient volume of registered mail “Mr. Coutts letter provides a classic il- for Toronto that a closed bag would have lustration of what could have been an in- been made up. This bag would have been teresting routing question - and a similar kept in the mail transfer room at Wind- one might very well have been given to sor Station until 7:30 p.m. when it would some Halifax District R. M. C. By interest- have been put on to Montreal, Smiths Falls
68 • PHSC JOURNAL • Summer, 2012 Letters to the Editor (continued) Shelburne, Nova Scotia at 9:00 a.m. going to Toronto, Ontario. What is the correct & Toronto R. P. O. train 36 as a through routing? bag that would not be opened by the Mail “This routing would be Canadian Na- Clerks on the R. P. O. This train arrived tional all the way to Toronto. in Toronto at 9:30 a.m. the next morning. Put on to Halifax, Bridgewater & Yar- The bag was opened and sorted in the mouth train 88 at Shelburne at 11:12 Registration Section at Toronto Terminal a.m., Friday 22 January. “A”, as noted by the Registration Division Arrive Halifax 6:20 p.m. the same day. backstamp with an 11 a.m. time mark. Halifax & Campbellton R. P. O. train 3, “Recap - Apart from the first 86 miles 7:30 a.m., Saturday 23 January. This of its journey, on Canadian National, the was The Ocean Limited with the R. P. letter travelled the rest of the way on Ca- O to Montreal in three parts - Halifax nadian Pacific. & Campbellton; Campbellton & Le- vis; Levis & Montreal. Shelburne to Yarmouth - Halifax, Arrive Montreal Central Station 7:35 Bridgewater & Yarmouth R. P. O., train a.m. Sunday 24 January. Bag held in 87, Friday 22 January. the mail room at Central Station and Yarmouth to Digby - Halifax, Digby & put on Montreal & Toronto R. P. O. Yarmouth R. P. O., train 98, Saturday train 19, depart Montreal 8:55 p.m. 23 January. Sunday 24 January. Digby to St. John, Bay of Fundy ferry, Arrive Toronto 6:30 a.m., Monday 25 Saturday 23 January. January. Had this routing happened St. John to Montreal - St. John & Mon- the Registration Division time mark treal R. P. O., train 39, Saturday 23 likely would have been 9 instead of 11. January, arrive Montreal, Sunday 24 January. “But the bottom line is that with ei- Montreal to Toronto - Montreal, ther routing the letter would still have Smiths Falls & Toronto R. P. O., train been in Toronto on Monday the 25th of 36, Sunday 24 January, arrive Toronto January. Monday 25 January. “So while Mr. Coutts gave a brief com- ment on the Shelburne blackout cancels, “It should be noted that while the ma- for me the backstamps opened up a whole jority of the Canadian R. P. O’s were daily new train (pardon the pun) of thought.” except Sunday, those on the main lines were daily. Delwyn J.J. Jansen’s Cover (page 44) “That was the actual. Now the hy- pothesis. Dale Speirs offers the following “ Routing question 2 - Letter mailed at comment:
Summer, 2012 • PHSC JOURNAL • 69 “… Delwyn Jansen illustrates a 1908 “I believe that there would have been cover addressed to Tilly, Saskatchewan, at least one CPR employee living at Tilley from Humboldt. He wondered why it and perhaps he would have picked up his took the scenic route via Brooks Station, mail at Brooks Station. It was likely that Alberta. As someone who once worked at Brooks Station postmaster that put the the Brooks Horticultural Research Centre, notation Tilly / Saskatchewan on the front I know exactly what happened. Just east of the cover. In such instances one would of Brooks about 25 km is Tilley, spelled expect to find two postmarks for Brooks with an “ey”. (We had subsidiary research Station, one upon receipt of the registered plots there and I visited the place several item and one when it was despatched. times.) Since mail service was by train In this case it seems it was the postmas- in those days, a railway mail clerk obvi- ter that saw the error and treated it as a ously glanced at the cover too quickly and missort. Tilly, Saskatchewan was open in threw it in the wrong bag. The mistake 1908. was discovered at Brooks, which was the “Regardless of the probable misdirec- distributing station for the district, and tion, it is not unheard of to find letters sent back. At that time, Tilley, Alberta, addressed to non-post office points along did not have a post office, which is why this part of CPR mainline. I have have one there are no Tilley handstamps on the cover addressed to Irvine well before it cover shown. It did get a post office in opened as a post office (it opened when 1910 which finally closed in 1992. Brooks in the District of Assiniboia), and appar- is today a thriving city of about 14,000, ently received. I aways wondered how it while Tilley is now a village of about 400 got there. Mr. Jansen’s cover, even if it it people.” was misdirected, supports the notion that there was some sorting to CPR station Rick Parama adds his thoughts on points which did not have a local post of- Delwyn’s cover: fice. Otherwise why would a mail clerk in “Perhaps there may be a simple expla- Saskatchewan direct a registered letter to a nation for the Brooks Station postmark. In none post office point? 1908 there was a station between Brooks “I wonder if others have exam- and Medicine Hat on the CPR mainline ples. There are many cases elsewhere in called Tilley (note spelling with an ‘e’). It Alberta where mail was and did get sent to was about 10 miles southeast of Brooks Sta- non-post office points and there was a for- tion and a non-post office point in 1908. A mal system of mail getting there. I think post office opened there near Tilley station the term is drop bag. (Note Dale Speir’s in 1910 and not surprising called Tilley Sta- comment.)” e tion. Apparently the registered cover was directed for Tilley in Alberta and the clos- est office near the non-post office location of Tilley was Brooks Station.
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