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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 45 • Number 10 September 1 - 14, 2020 $5.50 Postage dispensers date back to early 20th century in Canada By Jesse Robitaille Philatelic Society and Canadian Dickie emigrated from Eng- This is the first story in a three- Aerophilatelic Society. land in 1888 at the age of 12 part series exploring the history From 1902-10, mail volumes and began working for New of kiosk stamps. in Canada increased by about Zealand’s Post and Telegraph Before Canada Post began 90 per cent, Bartlet added. That Department (now New Zea- using its current stamp-dis- decade, the Post Office Depart- land Post) three years later. By pensing “kiosks” about five ment began exploring auto- 1904, while working as a clerk years ago, few people – collec- mated vending machines to in the foreign mail branch, he tors among them – were aware dispense its stamps. envisioned a machine that of the postal service’s earlier at- A solution came on the scene could dispense stamps as effi- tempts at vended postage. in 1905, when New Zealand’s ciently as – or better than – a Since the turn of this century, Robert Dickie created the person. the evolution of Canada’s mod- world’s first stamp vending “For some months, the idea of A complete sheet of Newfoundland’s 1921 Halifax airmail ern kiosk stamps has been machine. a machine to sell postage stamps overprints is offered as Lot 294 of Eastern Auctions’ Oct. closely watched by philatelists. Continued on page 19 2-3 public sale. It carries a catalogue value of $18,125. But earlier iterations of vended postage were tested by Cana- da’s Post Office Department (a Newfoundland rarities, predecessor to today’s Canada Post) as early as 1910. “Volumes of mail really forgeries garner interest picked up at the beginning of that century,” said David Bart- in next Eastern sale let, who’s a long-time collector, award-winning exhibitor and By Jesse Robitaille cluding a strong section of active member of the Calgary This is the first story in a decimal-era Newfoundland stamps and postal history, two-part series highlighting From left to right: The two- more than 400 lots will cross Eastern Auctions’ Oct. 2-3 cent red Admiral is shown the block in the first session public sale. as a start strip; a pre-cancel of Eastern Auctions’ next With a spotlight on British strip; a paste-up strip; a roller public sale. North America (BNA), in- cancel strip; and an ‘Ottawa The first of three sessions – 14’ strip. Photo by Dave Bartlet.

Publications RegistrationMail No. 09136 Agreement No. 40069699 offering Lots 1-416 – will kick off on Oct. 2 at 1:30 p.m., with another session later that eve- ning and a final offering the Next Canada Post issues following day. “The main strength is in Newfoundland’s decimal pe- coming in September riod, which ran from 1865 to 1897,” said Yohann Tanguay, By Jesse Robitaille The Crown corporation’s 10, Canada Post also plans to stamp specialist and chief de- Following a four-month latest issues came this release another six 2020-dated scriber with the New Bruns- stamp-issuing hiatus, Canada spring, with a seven-stamp issues, including: wick-based auction house. Post is set to make a philatelic set marking the Group of • the Canada Post Com- Following a 76-lot world- comeback on Sept. 10 with the Seven’s centennial on May 7 munity Foundation semi- wide section, BNA will take release of its five-stamp “Med- plus a pair of stamps mark- postal stamp on Sept. 21; centre stage from Lots 77-353 ical Groundbreakers” set. ing 100 years of radio history • an issue marking the an- with a range of classic The set, announced last fall on May 20. nual five-day Hindu festival stamps, specialized large lots as part of the 2020 stamp pro- Two sets featuring ballet of lights, Diwali, on Oct. 15; and collections. The New- gram, will “honour the life- legends and vintage travel • a single stamp featuring foundland section – running saving contributions of some posters are also postponed to the “evocative” work by First from Lots 140-353 – is high- of Canada’s most respected a later date due to the CO- World War artist Mary Riter lighted by the Don Steele healthcare researchers,” ac- VID-19 pandemic. Hamilton on Oct. 28; Collection of 1865-97 “Cents” cording to a statement issued Following the Medical by Canada Post. Groundbreakers set on Sept. Continued on page 15 Continued on page 14 FIND DEALERS YOU CAN TRUST! These dealers are members of the Canadian Stamp Dealers’ Association. They have subscribed to a high standard of business ethics. When buying or selling, looking for our logo will ensure you are dealing with a professional member of our association. For further information on our members, code of ethics, and other Association information, please visit our web site www.csdaonline.com or contact us for a Membership Directory. While there, be sure to visit the Classified Ads section for great deals from our members.

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2 September 1, 2020 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca Antique postcards in white border, linen era the Photogelatine Engraving Co. (also known as “PECO”). PECO was established in 1922, and by the look of its FREE GIFT WITH EVERY ORDER! earliest cards, it appears to have bought out Heliotype, DELTIOLOGY printing presses and all. Over three decades, PECO pub- By Mike Smith lished thousands of post- or simplicity’s sake, I often ing the war and by 1920 had cards of communities across say the bulk of my collec- added numerous city and town Canada, even venturing as tionF is from the “classic era.” views to its repertoire. The ear- far afield as the British West This is a 24-year timeframe liest Heliotype cards have a Indies. And during the Sec- (1895-1919) made by combin- monotone sepia finish, like the ond World War (1938-45), it ing four smaller periods in the example shown in Figure 1. All was one of the country’s history of the Canadian private Heliotype cards recorded have most prolific publishers of postcards – the pioneer era four white borders, which was war-themed cards (see Figure (1895-1901), the golden age the norm for postcards printed 2). (1900-14), the First World War in Canada and the United In late 1946, PECO moved (1914-18) and the Paris Peace States in the decades following to Toronto and duked it out Conference (1919). the war (hence the era’s name). with well-established pub- lishers such as the Post Card and Greeting Card Co., Ca- nadian Royalties and Valen- tine-Black (previously Valen- tine & Sons). Some particularly interest- ing cards by Canadian Royal- ties are worth noting here. In the late 1920s, this firm pub- lished a lengthy series of On- tario and British Columbia view cards mostly made from photographs taken by the railway companies. The cards are wider than the standard-size postcards of Figure 1: A circa 1920 Goderich, Ont., postcard produced by the day (155.50 millimetres Ottawa’s Heliotype Co. features a monotone sepia finish. versus 139.70 millimetres), are in colour, have a bevy of Some collectors like to extend ‘PECO’ ESTABLISHED patriotic symbols on their the pioneer era to the advent of IN 1922 backs (maple leaves, beaver, the divided-back postcard in After 1920, Heliotype etc.) and don’t have the era’s 1903-04; however, one of Cana- dropped off the radar, and typical white border. In other da’s pioneer postcard experts, identical-looking cards began words, they’re intriguing the late Bill Angley, of Toronto, to appear on the market from enough to have caught the used Queen Victoria’s death in another Ottawa company – Continued on page 4 1901 (i.e., the start of the Ed- wardian era) as the end of the pioneer era. This works for me. About 10 per cent of my col- lection is made up of cards pub- lished outside the classic era, mostly from 1920 until the 1950s, and almost all were printed in Canada. With the un- availability of European-made cards for the Canadian market during and after the First World War, domestic printer-publish- ers scrambled to fill the void. One of the earliest was the He- liotype Co., of Ottawa. Heliotype first appeared in Figure 2: The famous Dionne quintuplets give a patriotic The Ottawa City Directory in salute in a circa 1940 postcard by Ottawa’s Photogelatine 1915. The company began pub- Engraving Co., also known as PECO. lishing military postcards dur-

September 1, 2020 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca 3 “I went – had to go – and it was a CANADIAN great show,” said Schultz, a Pennsyl- Philatelic vania resident, about attending Cana- STAMP da’s third international philatelic ex- COMMENTARY hibition in 1987. NEWS “I came to Toronto, and it was at PUBLISHER / EDITOR: By Jesse Robitaille Exhibition Place – the Automotive Mike Walsh (Ext. 228) [email protected] CONSULTING EDITOR: Ian S. Robertson Building – and typical of Canada, it’s CONTRIBUTORS: John Conrad, Gary Dickinson, Robin Harris, a giant building with 9,000 people ar- Randy Heimpel, Richard Logan, Peter Mosiondz, Chad Neighbor, A philatelic tale of two nations riving on the first day, and there’s Hans Niedermair, Everett Parker, David Piercey, Tony Shaman, Mike Smith, Lewis E. Tauber fter covering conventions, club lector Bill Schultz at last year’s Orapex. only one door open, so let’s queue up ADVERTISING: [email protected] Mike Walsh (Ext. 228), meetings and other stamp-related This issue, let’s revisit the nation’s capi- 9,000 people. There are 57 doors to Jim Szeplaki (Ext. 223) Aevents for more than half a decade, my tal for another Schultz story, this one get in, and they have one door open.” CIRCULATION: [email protected] (Ext. 225) notes are a treasure trove of philatelic about the affable collector’s home Once he made his way inside, COMPOSITION & DESIGN: [email protected] stories. country of the United States. Schultz ventured through the bourse Production Co-ordinator – Jim Szeplaki (Ext. 223) Mary-Anne Luzba - [email protected] Some tales will remain off the record, The differences between Canada and before going upstairs to a balcony OFFICE: [email protected] but others – like the one I’m about the its southern neighbour are many. In the overlooking the exhibition hall. Accounts Receivable (Ext. 230) tell – are made for sharing. time of Trumpian politics, those distinc- “I’m standing on the balcony and PRINT SUBSCRIPTIONS: GST #10638 6139 RT Canada: $49.99 for one year (26 issues) plus applicable tax; I think it’s safe to say most collectors tions are more apparent now than ever; look down to a mass of humanity. $93.99 for two years (52 issues) plus applicable tax; This far end is the Canadian post of- $134.99 for three year (78 issues) plus applicable tax; currently have a hole in their heart however, a country’s leader isn’t al- U.S.A.: $61.99 for one year (U.S. funds); where stamp shows used to be. 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Can you guess what Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: Circulation Dept., Postcards... PO Box 25009 Rose City RO, Welland, ON L3B 6G9, Continued from page 3 happens next? e-mail: [email protected] “Pandemonium is We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada. eye of many collectors, including prevalent about this CA- Funded by the Government of Canada me (see Figure 3). PEX souvenir sheet – a joint issue between the EDITORIAL POLICY: Canadian Stamp News is a hobby magazine endeavouring to ‘LINEN’ POSTCARDS bring worldwide philatelic news and views to its readers with the major emphasis two countries,” said on Canadian philately. Opinions expressed in signed columns, stories, and letters are IN THE 1930S Schultz. “I looked down not necessarily those of Canadian Stamp News. Auction and sales reports: CSN staff or assigned contributors write pre- and One of the largest producers of at the Canadian end, and post-sale articles. Writers conduct interviews as needed and use information pro- Figure 3: A circa 1929 Canadian vided by the auction house as source material. As with all news articles, story white-border postcards south of the there are 2,000 people in silence, per- selection, which sales to cover, and final placement in the magazine are news border was Curt Teich, of Chicago. Royalties postcard depicts the decisions made by the editor(s). Statements regarding sales are verified against fectly lined up. Then I looked down prices realized. Lots that fail to meet reserve, or are bought by the consignor or In 1931, the innovative German- Royal Military College of Canada their agent, are considered non-sales for the purpose of reporting. From time to at the U.S. side, and there are fights time, CSN staff may request a copy of the invoice covering the auction transaction. born printer would revolutionize the in Kingston, Ont. breaking out with people hitting each Due to the public nature of auction transactions, this should not be needed often, but will be required in private treaty sales. Any information other than the price will North American postcard business other with briefcases full of money be kept in confidence. lustrators also created cartoon linens, Attributions and values: Items attributed or values in CSN editorial content are with the introduction of the so-called because they’re going to buy every offered as a service to our readers. In no way should they be construed to be an “linen” postcard. Teich’s linen cards the popular large-letter linens (see endorsement or official opinion on a specific item. Readers looking for definitive souvenir sheet. And I said, ‘There are answers should seek the services of a professional philatelist. While we strive for were made on high-speed presses Figure 4), advertising linens and nu- the two countries.’” accuracy, errors or mistakes can occur. As a matter of policy such errors or mis- takes, when discovered, will be corrected in the next available edition. using vibrant inks, a five-colour merous other varieties. In fact, ac- Indeed, us Canadians view the LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Canadian Stamp News welcomes letters to the editor. printing process and high rag-con- cording to the 2002 book Linen Post- queue as “a universal sort of truth,” Letters must be signed and include the author’s address and phone number for pos- sible verification. CSN reserves the right to edit letters. tent paper stock. The rough texture cards, Images of the American Dream according to Vancouver’s J.J. 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4 September 1, 2020 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca ment of Agriculture, plus all 50 state ters to my friend ‘pen pals’ around WHAT’S SIGNED governments, issued similar warn- the world. I like checking ings after hundreds of people south the mail and receiving a letter or invi- SEALED of the border also received unre- tation,” wrote Vanessa, the contest INSIDE quested packages. winner, whose design is featured on DELIVERED the personalized stamps. Sheets of 26 Volume 45 • Number 10 FELDMAN TO HOST domestic-rate stamps, complete with COVID CHARITY AUCTION a souvenir enlargement, are available The Swiss-based auction house Da- for $50 from the TFPO postal counter September 1 to vid Feldman has partnered with Mé- or online at bit.ly/3fHQBrH. TFPO is September 14, 2020 decins Sans Frontières (MSF) – also a full-service post office, museum known as Doctors Without Borders and National Historic Site located at – for a “Rarities of the World” charity 260 Adelaide St. E. in Toronto. While auction to be held this October. its museum program has been sus- Features “Should you wish to be part of this im- pended due to COVID-19, the post portant project to help mitigate the im- office remains open Monday to Fri- Newfoundland rarities, pact of the virus, I will be delighted to day from 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Saturday forgeries garner interest SUSPICIOUS SEEDS assist you for all the necessary steps to from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; and Sunday in next Eastern sale...... Page 1 ARRIVE IN MAIL proceed,” said Bill Schultz, of West from noon-4 p.m. The Canadian Food Inspection Chester, Pa., who recently joined Postage dispensers date back Agency (CFIA) has launched an in- the David Feldman firm as an auction 11 CANADIANS to early 20th century in Canada....Page 1 vestigation after hundreds of Canadi- agent for Canada and the United EXHIBIT AT SAVPEX Next Canada Post issues ans received unsolicited packages of States. “We are currently searching for Seven Canadian exhibitors entered coming in September...... Page 1 seeds in the mail. Since July, more consignments, including single items 11 single-frame exhibits as part of the than 750 people from all 10 provinces or small assemblies, with a minimum South African Virtual Philatelic Exhibi- – but none of the three territories – estimated value of €1,000/US$1,000, tion (Savpex) this summer. The exhibi- have contacted the CFIA regarding where David Feldman S.A. will donate tors included Don Hedger, of Toronto, the suspicious seeds, which cover a the total of the vendor’s commission to who submitted three exhibits; Sylvia Regulars range of plant species, including to- MSF.” For more information about the Ficken, of St. John’s, N.L., who submit- CSN MARKETPLACE mato, strawberry, rose and citrus. charity auction, which will be held in ted two exhibits; David McLaughlin, Are you buying or selling?...... Page 16 They have arrived in Canadians’ mail Geneva, Switzerland, visit davidfeld- of Pickering, Ont., who also submitted from various countries, including man.com/msf. a pair of exhibits; Sam Chiu, of To- SHOW AND BOURSE China. “Do not plant seeds from un- ronto; Michel Houde, also of Toronto; known origins,” reads a July 28 state- Darcy Hickson, of Brandon, Man.; and Check out the shows ment issued by the CFIA. “Unauthor- John McEntyre, of Montréal. The top- in your area...... Page 19 ized seeds could be the seeds of inva- scoring Canadian exhibitors were Chiu sive plants, or carry plant pests, and Hickson, who scored 92 points which can be harmful when intro- with their postal history entries. To duced into Canada. These species can view the exhibits, visit sapa.africa/ Columns invade agricultural and natural areas, publications/#exhibits. To view the DELTIOLOGY causing serious damage to our plant palmares, visit bit.ly/2XL94h5. resources.” The CFIA continues to ‘MAIL MATTERS’ Antique postcards in white collect information on the packages, TFPO DESIGN CONTEST FIP COMMISSION border, linen era...... Page 3 including their contents, sender, re- Toronto’s First Post Office (TFPO) VIRTUAL SEMINARS turn address, postmarks and labels. is offering a limited run of Picture A series of five online seminars fo- PHILATELIC COMMENTARY One theory is “an e-commerce busi- Postage stamps featuring a design by cusing on postal history exhibiting A philatelic tale ness is trying to boost online sales by an 11-year-old letter writer and mail will be held by the Postal History of two nations...... Page 4 sending unrequested products to cus- aficionado. This spring, TFPO hosted Commission of the Fédération Inter- tomers and posting fake positive re- the 2020 “Mail Matters” design con- nationale de Philatélie (FIP) through STAMPING GROUNDS views, also known as ‘brushing,’” ac- test, which invited young artists to October. The first seminar was held Special markings can yield cording to an Aug. 6 statement from draw the post office turned museum on Aug. 16 by Henrik Mouritsen, au- interesting postal history tales...... Page 6 the CFIA. The United States Depart- in their own style. “I like to write let- thor of the six-volume Danish Postal History 1875-1907, who explored rar- PHILATELIC BOOKSHELF PICTURE POSTAGE GIVES THANKS ity and condition. The second semi- Letters from Santa details A collector in Kelowna, B.C., has designed and issued what he believes is nar will be held on Sept. 6 with Chris niche collecting area...... Page 8 the first Canadian stamp thanking healthcare workers for their role in combat- King – a Fellow of the Royal Phila- ting COVID-19. “One of my daughters works in the Kelowna General Hospi- telic Society London and signatory LOOKING BACK tal, so I can appreciate some of the difficulties and stress nurses and doctors of the Roll of Distinguished Philate- are faced with every day,” said Peter Lepold, publicity chair of the Kelowna lists (RDP) – highlighting exhibit Stamp issued for 50th and District Stamp Club (KDSC). Inspired by Bonnie presentation. On Sept. 20, fellow anniversary of Canada’s mass Henry, the B.C. provincial health officer who has become RDP signatory Dan Walker, of polio vaccination...... Page 12 “one of the most popular and respected citizens in our the United States, will explore province,” Lepold designed a Picture Postage stamp using treatment. On Oct. 4, Mouritsen NEW ISSUES her mantra, “Be kind, be calm, be safe.” KDSC President will return with another talk on From around the world...... Page 18 Ed Haasdyk visited Victoria in August and dropped off importance. The final seminar some of the personalized stamps, plus a specially designed will be hosted on Oct. 18 by An- cover, at Henry’s office “to show her our appreciation,” drew Cheung, of Hong Kong, Lepold added. While Canada Post hasn’t joined dozens of who will highlight knowledge other countries in issuing an official COVID-19 stamp, the and research. To register for the Crown corporation began applying a bilingual slogan can- seminars, contact Cheung, secre- cel – “Personnel soignant, merci / Thanks, healthcare tary of the FIP Postal History workers” – to all lettermail this May. Commission, at amtc911@yahoo. com.hk.

September 1, 2020 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca 5 Special markings can yield interesting postal history tales A 1954 cover from Kamloops, B.C., to Rambro, Ont., features a two-line Stamping marking reading, ‘No Such Post Office in Ont / Returned GROUNDS for better direction.’

By Ian Robertson special “Carrier” postmarks pecial markings on covers delivery markings, including bearing their office’s names. and postcards provide inter- “Post office closed” and “No No longer used, Canada’s estingS additions to postal his- Such Post Office.” last Postage Due stamps were tory collections. A 1954 cover from Kamloops, issued in the late 1970s. Terms at varying times start- B.C., was addressed to Rambro, ing in the late 19th century and Ont., which I found no record Edmonton, Alta.” handstamp A cover postmarked in To- MODERN ROUTING still plentiful in the mid-1900s of in Ontario Post Offices, a 1988 was applied on the reverse ronto on Sept. 19, 1946, and LABELS & MARKINGS tell interesting stories. book by Robert Smith. The only side. clearly addressed to Hamil- A 2006 airmail cover mailed Examples include “For- close reference I found online The H.J. Heinz Co. branch ton, New Zealand, in the Pa- from Canada to Jamestown on warded,” “Missent to,” “Too was to Rambro Creek, a creek opened in Leamington in cific Ocean, ended up half- the island of St. Helena, Late,” “Not at Address,” “Not southwest of Roseland, which 1909 was sold in 2014 to way around the world and franked with a $1.49 Christ- Called For,” “Not For Ru- had a post office near Jackson’s Highbury Canco, which re- marked “Missent to Ber- mas commemorative featuring ral Route,” “Returned For Bet- Point, Ont., between 1925 and newed its agreement five muda,” which is in the Atlan- a skier, had to be rerouted af- ter Direction,” “Returned for 1955. years later to produce a vari- tic Ocean. Oops! ter a rubber stamp stating Postage,” “Returned for War In a second case, a 1959 Ed- ety of Kraft Heinz products at More than a century ago, a “Missent to Iceland” was ap- Tax,” “Unclaimed” and “Ad- monton cover addressed sim- the facility. “Dead Letter Office” notifica- plied. dress Unknown.” ply to Heinz Baby Foods in A postcard mailed in 1953 tion was applied if an item of Iceland, in the north Atlan- “Too Late,” by the way, was Leamington, Alta., should have from Portland, Ore., couldn’t mail could not be delivered or tic Ocean, is nowhere near St. applied to an envelope or card been addressed to Leamington, be delivered because the sender was sent back to the sender. Helena, which is part of the brought to a post office after its Ont. Without a proper street or forgot to include a community Such covers or cards were British Overseas Territory that daily deadline, with the mail box address, it was marked name with the street address stored before being eventu- also includes Ascension and pouch already collected for de- “No such post office in prov- and “Sask. Canada.” A postal ally destroyed. Tristan da Cunha islands in livery to a regional sorting and ince named.” With the return worker applied a “No Post Of- One example I spotted, a the South Atlantic Ocean. forwarding centre. That mark- address on the back, the cover fice Stated” single-line marking 1909 Halifax, N.S., postcard The sender clearly wrote ing advised recipients about could have been returned to the at the bottom, below a large marked “Returned for Post- “South Atlantic Ocean.” An- why an item of mail took lon- sender, but someone who rec- oval “Regina, Sask. Directory” age” plus “Dead Letter Of- other oops! ger than expected to arrive. ognized the Windsor-area com- postmark. fice,” was resent to Calgary When modern mail requires While recently surfing eBay munity’s name wrote “Try The passage of time has not after a one-cent King Edward a detour, posties usually apply listings, I also spotted several Ont.,” and a “Despatch Branch eliminated interesting postal VII definitive was applied. pre-printed self-stick labels more unusual interrupted mail Directory Service Terminal ‘A’ markings. In other cases, posties ap- with new delivery instruc- plied “Postage Due” mark- tions, or use rubber stamps ings to covers lacking postage that include a variety of op- or with less than the required tions, with the appropriate fee, with a carrier expected to one marked by a pen stroke. collect double the missing Rerouting instructions may postage. be accompanied by additional A Postage Due stamp or text providing clues about combinations of them were why the item was returned or often applied, but sometimes reposted elsewhere, includ- the fee was written with a ing services suspended for pencil or pen. Some posties various reasons including war cancelled those stamps with and postal strikes either in the

A 1909 Halifax postcard is returned for postage and marked with a ‘Dead Letter Office’ handstamp plus a special postmark before being resent to Calgary.

6 September 1, 2020 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca kilometres northeast of the cap- homes and report to shelters, “As the floodwaters retreated ital city of Tokyo, about 30 with at least 100,000 more evac- back to the sea, they carried kilometres below the north Pa- uated within two days, the with them enormous quantities cific Ocean and 130 kilometres CNN news agency reported. of debris, as well as thousands east of Sendai. “The Japanese Nuclear and of victims caught in the deluge, Sendai is the largest city in Industrial Safety Agency an- Pletcher and Rafferty reported. the Tōhoku region, a northern nounces that radiation near the “Large stretches of land were part of the country’s main is- plant’s main gate is more than left submerged under seawater, land, Honshu. eight times the normal level.” particularly in lower-lying ar- “The earthquake was caused One wave measuring up to eas.” by the rupture of a stretch of the 11 meters swamped the coast That night, a 6.2 magnitude subduction zone associated and flooded parts of Sendai, in- aftershock struck the Nagano with the Japan Trench, which cluding the city’s airport and and Niigata prefecture, accord- A 2006 airmail cover to St. Helena Island, clearly addressed separates the Eurasian Plate surrounding countryside. An- ing to CNN. to the ‘South Atlantic Ocean,’ features a ‘Missent to Iceland’ from the subducting Pacific other wave continued 10 “The Japanese government handstamp. Plate,” Kenneth Pletcher and kilometres inland after causing estimated that the tsunami John Rafferty wrote on the En- the Natori River, which sepa- swept about five million tons of country of origin or the desti- quake,” the accompanying Ja- cyclopedia Britannica website. rates Sendai from the city of debris offshore, but that 70% nation country, plus the more pan Post note, in English, ex- “Hundreds of aftershocks, Natori, to overflow. sank, leaving 1.5 million tons common notation, “Moved, plained. dozens of magnitude 6.0 or Several other communities floating in the Pacific Ocean. address unknown.” A piece of paper with Japa- greater and two of magnitude were also heavily damaged, The debris was not considered nese characters on the face was 7.0 or greater, followed in the with about six million house- to be radioactive.” pasted over the address, par- days and weeks after the main holds in Japan left without elec- Explosions continued at the tially obscuring three Canadian quake.” tricity and one million without Fukushima Daiichi nuclear commemorative stamps ap- Reaching speeds up to 800 water. Continued on page 9 plied by the sender. km/h, a tsunami followed what A Japanese postmark was is called the Great Sendai Earth- applied beside a rectangular quake or the Great Tōhoku box containing light green text Earthquake. Large waves in French – “RE- crashed into homes and other TOUR NON RÉCLAMÉ,” buildings. Long a puzzle for which translates as “Return not Casualty reports ranged from #1 RESOURCE FOR STAMP COLLECTORS OF ALL AGES AND INTERESTS collectors, CSN last year claimed.” 18,000-20,000 people killed dur- identified the contemporary Intrigued, I couldn’t resist ing the devastation plus post- Order your one-year Canadian Stamp News circular ‘PC’ hand-applied seeking more details on the In- disaster health issues, with an- subscription and we’ll send you the postmark stands for Postes ternet and am sharing some of other 2,500 missing. 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September 1, 2020 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca 7 Letters from Santa details niche collecting area David Hanes’ 2019 book Letters from Santa, detailing Eaton’s Christmastime response Philatelic to 20th-century children’s letters, is published by BOOKSHELF the British North America Philatelic Society. By David Piercey

he variety of what one too; many a child would from Toronto’s Robert may collect in Canadian spend hours pouring over the Simpson Company – also philatelyT is quite astounding. catalogue in deciding what known as Simpson’s – which Far beyond stamps and they could wish for at Christ- was the main competitor to their covers, there is a myriad mastime. Eaton’s at that time. Currently, of other collecting opportuni- Children, being children, only two designs are known ties. Even more astounding, would then occasionally and have been ascribed to however, is the depth and write letters to Santa, ada- 1928-30. It is currently un- specialization one may pur- mantly expressing their good known whether other years sue in any collecting area to behaviour and including and designs may yet be found the point one may ask one- their itemized list of hoped- or if the Simpson’s archival self, “Why didn’t I think of for presents. If properly files in Winnipeg will yet be collecting that?” posted, such letters would open to philatelic researchers. Case in point are the Santa quite often end up at the Ea- Hanes’ 93-page book con- Claus letters first produced in ton’s corporate office by de- cludes with a chapter on the Canada in about 1909 by the fault as postal officials had Santa Claus letters produced T. Eaton Company of To- little other recourse as to by Canada’s Post Office De- ronto. Eaton’s, as it’s com- where to deliver the chil- partment (now Canada Post) monly referred to, then had dren’s letters. starting in 1972. Apparently a in Toronto one of the largest Corporate common sense, self-initiated project initially footprints of any retail store good customer relations and begun by postal workers in in North America. Combined a desire for sales led to Ea- the Quebec region, Belleville, with its second major store in ton’s answering these letters. Ont., and Halifax, N.S., and in Winnipeg and a large mail- With a special touch, they in- response to the number of order department, Eaton’s dicated the letters came di- letterhead, indicating they stead due to the convenience Santa Claus letters found pil- provided a far-reaching ser- rectly from Santa himself, al- had come from Santa himself afforded. ing up in the dead-letter of- vice to much of Canada. beit channelled through Toy at Toy Land. Each year after- fices, six different letter de- Eaton’s was famous for its Land. ward, the letterhead would be LETTERS SHOWN signs and their envelopes annual Toronto Santa Claus These response letters from redesigned and changed, be- BY DATE have been reported. 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Stamp issued for 50th anniversary of Canada’s mass polio vaccination

A 50-cent commemorative marking the 50th anniversary of Canada’s mass polio vaccination efforts was Looking issued by Canada’s Post Office Department (now BACK Canada Post) in 1955.

By Ian Robertson Hardest-hit survivors could s a boy going to a rural he wrote in 1996 for only walk with the aid of leg Aschool more than half a cen- CONNTACT, the Employee braces and crutches, plus years tury ago, I remember when we News publication for Connaught of painful rehabilitation. Some lined up in the lone classroom Laboratories Limited. were impacted, in varying de- one day to receive a polio vacci- Dr. Salk (1914-95), head of the grees, for the rest of their lives. nation from a nurse. Virus Research Laboratory at the More than half the children af- The subsequent dime-sized, University of Pittsburgh, in Pitts- flicted by one of the three strains slightly-indented white mark left burgh, Pa., began researching of polio were less than five years by a broken vial-applied scratch more than 70 years ago to find a old, but more than 90 per cent is still visible on my upper left cure for polio, which spread per- cells resulted in the “Toronto polio cases were traced to vac- “show no signs of illness at all,” arm. son to person and infected peo- Method,” after final develop- cine supplies from a California the Encyclopaedia Britannica no- “Polio is a contagious viral ill- ple’s brains and spinal cords. ment by Dr. Leone Farrell. laboratory, he added. The U.S. tes. ness that in its most severe form He discovered “that dead po- “In 1952, Connaught’s ‘199’ program was cancelled, but with “Since the 1960s, thanks to causes nerve injury leading to lio viruses injected into a patient gave Salk confidence to finally no problems in Canada, vaccina- widespread use of polio vac- paralysis, difficulty breathing would induce the formation of test his vaccine on children,” tions “continued without inci- cines, polio has been eliminated and sometimes death,” the Mayo antibodies,” according to text on Rutty noted. dent.” from most of the world,” accord- Clinic in the United States notes the back of a first-day cover pro- The laboratory eventually ing to the encyclopedia editors, on its website. duced by Fleetwood in 1999 to shipped 3,000 litres of three CANADIAN EFFORT who add the disease is now en- Based on the Greek meaning bear a U.S. 33-cent polio vaccina- types of poliovirus fluids to De- KEY AID FOR SALK demic in only three countries – “inflammation of the gray mar- tion commemorative in the troit and Indianapolis for pro- “This Canadian experience Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nige- row,” poliomyelitis only affected “America in the 20th Century” cessing. Tests were conducted on meant a great deal to ria, which almost eliminated it humans, Christopher Rutty series. 1.8 million children. Salk,” Rutty wrote. by 2015. wrote in The Canadian Encyclope- Dr. Andrew Rhodes (1911-95) “The success of the Canadian Since 1988, reported polio dia. led a comprehensive polio re- program also played a major role cases have dropped by more The virus was known as “The search program at Connaught, in ensuring the future interna- than 99 per cent worldwide, Crippler” and “infantile paraly- starting in 1947, Rutty wrote. tional use of the IPV (Inactivated adds the encyclopedia. sis.” “With a research team that in- Polio Vaccine) vaccine in the “It hit Canada harder than cluded long-time employees control of polio.” CHILDREN PLAYING anywhere else” after becoming Frank Shimada and Eina Clark, The anticipated impact of “po- WITHOUT LEG BRACES an increasing epidemic in the along with researchers at the lio season,” plus continuing epi- A 50-cent commemorative cel- late 1880s, Rutty noted. Hospital for Sick Children, demic fears combined with the ebrating “Mass polio vaccination Particularly virulent starting Rhodes investigated the complex social and political impact, re- in Canada” in 1955 pinpointed in the late 1920s, successive polio problems of polio’s epidemiol- sulted in provincial governments the exact year in which my epidemics peaked in a national ogy and diagnosis,” he conti- A 1999 U.S. commemorative improving free medical and hos- schoolmates and I received our crisis in 1953. nued. shows a doctor giving pital services. This was followed inoculations at S.S. No. 6 & 7, “By that time, however, scien- “This work was funded by a young girl a polio by new federal standards and Ramsay Township, west of Ot- tists at Connaught Medical Re- Canadian life insurance compa- vaccination. control of vaccines into the tawa. search Laboratories of the Uni- nies and Federal Public Health 1960s. Designed by Debbie Adams, versity of Toronto had made key research grants, though more During the height of the infes- the 50th anniversary stamp is- discoveries that enabled Ameri- quietly by the National Founda- Dr. Salk’s subsequent findings tation, which occurred most of- sued on Sept. 2, 2005, shows six can medical researcher and vi- tion for Infantile Paralysis were published in 1953 in the ten as a summer epidemic children in silhouette, playing rologist Jonas Salk to prepare the (NFIP), better-known as the U.S. Journal of the American Medical mostly affecting children of after discarding their leg braces. first polio vaccine,” Rutty added. March of Dimes. Without Con- Association the year after 58,000 young adults, about 0.5 per cent Each youngster is depicted in The research lab “also solved naught’s ‘Herculean’ effort, as new cases were reported. of those who contracted the dis- a different bright colour with at the problem of producing the Jonas Salk described it, there Following tests on more than abling and life-threatening virus least two appearing to be using a vaccine on a large scale.” would not have been a trial, or a 650,000 children in 211 health developed varying degrees of soccer ball. “While the grim terror of polio practical vaccine in the first districts in 44 states, the vaccine paralysis after motor nerve cells A pair of empty leg braces is epidemics worsened, research place.” was federally licensed in April were destroyed. on the lower left, beside “CAN- progress remained deadlocked,” Experiments by a Rhodes 1955 by the U.S. Public Health Some victims had to be placed ADA” in different colours, plus team member, Dr. Arthur Frank- Service. inside an iron lung to help them the denomination. lin, resulted in a first-time syn- Needless to say, the wide- breathe. thetic nutrient base produced spread use of what became Between five per cent and 10 with about 60 chemical ingredi- known as the Salk vaccine per cent of patients died from as- ents by two associates, Dr. Jo- changed the world for the better. phyxiation. seph Morgan and Helen Morton. “The Canadian trial was just Successful tests using Me- starting, but unlike in the U.S., A poliomyelitis vaccine, dium 199 and monkey kidney the federal and provincial gov- inactivated using formalin, ernments shared the full cost of was produced by Connaught A 2006 U.S. commemorative the vaccine and distributed it Medical Research features a portrait of medical free to children,” Rutty wrote. Laboratories at the University scientist Dr. Jonas Salk, who The program suffered a set- of Toronto in 1955. Photo perfected the polio vaccine. back, however, when about 80 courtesy of Canadian Encyclopedia.

12 September 1, 2020 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca The Canadian Bank Note In 1942, he started at the Uni- tional Institute of Neurological Company used 10 lithographic versity of Michigan with a re- Disorders and Stroke. transfer colours and Tullis Rus- search fellowship and soon be- In 1980, Brazil accepted Dr. Sa- sell coated paper to print 2.5 mil- came an assistant professor of bin’s offer of help during a polio lion artistic commemoratives on epidemiology. epidemic. panes of 16 with regular pin per- Through a friend and mentor, Adopted by many countries forations and moisture-activated Dr. Salk learned the methodol- and international organizations, gum. ogy of vaccine development. the South American country’s The 2020 Unitrade Special- Financially backed by what program of country-wide vacci- ized Catalogue of Canadian Stamps became the March of Dimes Birth A 2006 Artcraft first-day cover nations is credited with eliminat- does not list any varieties. Defects Foundation, his appoint- is franked with a U.S. stamp ing poliomyelitis in the Western Medicine and health are a ment as director of the Virus Re- commemorating Dr. Albert Sabin. Hemisphere by the early 1990s. popular subject for search Laboratory of the Univer- Dr. Sabin continued to pro- commemoratives, and several sity of Pittsburgh School of Medi- vide advice to several countries, postal agencies around the world cine resulted in him developing Born in 1906 in Bialystok, Po- For three decades, Dr. Sabin including the U.S. Surgeon Gen- have issued polio-related stamps, techniques that would lead to a land, his parents brought him to discussed vaccine research with eral, until his death in George- including Argentina, Bangla- polio vaccine. the United States in 1920. scientists and government offi- town, D.C., in 1993 following desh, Bophuthatswana, Brazil, In addition to testing his “kil- After studying at New York cials worldwide, lobbying for an heart failure at the age of 86. Denmark, Ethiopia, France, Ger- led” polio virus vaccine on him- University, planning on fulfilling oral vaccine to be administered The Sabin Vaccine Institute in many, Ghana, Gibraltar, Hondu- self, Dr. Salk recruited his labora- his family’s wishes to become a to entire populations at one time. Washington, D.C., a non-profit ras, India, Kuwait, Laos, Leba- tory scientists, his wife and their dentist, he switched to medical Support from Rotary Interna- organization promoting global non, Libya, Mali, Marshall Is- children, the institute notes on- research, specializing in infec- tional came in 1979 with the es- vaccine development, availabil- lands, Mexico, Nepal, New Cale- line. tious diseases. tablishment of the Global Polio ity and use, was established in donia, Norway, Pakistan, São “All developed anti-polio anti- With a doctor of medicine de- Eradication Initiative, help from his honour that year. Tomé and Príncipe, Serbia, Tan- bodies and experienced no nega- gree in 1931, Dr. Sabin trained at numerous governments, plus the Notified of his long-standing zania and the United States. tive reactions to the vaccine.” Bellevue Hospital in New York World Health Organization, the rival’s death, Dr. Salk was Several stamps have featured By 1962, seven years after and the Lister Institute of Pre- Centers for Disease Control and quoted by Burt Folkart in the Los the Rotary International logo to widespread immunization pro- ventive Medicine in London, Prevention, the United Nations Angeles Times calling it “a great honour its worldwide anti-polio grams were launched in the England. Children’s Fund, plus the Bill loss. . . . His contributions to- March of Dimes campaign. United States, the average num- Back in New York by 1935, he and Melinda Gates Foundation, ward the control of polio will en- ber of cases dropped from more became a research assistant and Dr. John Sever, who first met dure long in the future.” than 45,000 in 1954 and 1955 to later an associate at the Rocke- Dr. Sabin at a medical conference The only Nobel Prize granted 910. feller Institute for Medical Re- in the early 1960s, wrote in 2018. for poliomyelitis vaccine re- Rightfully regarded as a hero search, “where he was the first “Through this extensive part- search, Folkart wrote, went in around the world, Dr. Salk fur- researcher to demonstrate the nership, Sabin’s spark of breath- 1954 to a Boston research team ther endeared himself by refus- growth of poliovirus in human taking ambition flamed into a headed by Dr. John Enders, who ing to obtain a patent – and never nervous tissue outside the beacon of cooperation, profes- discovered how to grow the vi- earned any money from his dis- body,” according to the Encyclo- sionalism, and hope,” wrote Dr. rus in a test tube. New Caledonia issued a covery. paedia Britannica. Seven, who’s the vice-chairman His discovery was a major in- commemorative as part of an As a result, the Salk vaccine Dr. Sabin then joined the Chil- of Rotary’s International PolioP- road for the vaccines developed anti-polio campaign in 1988. was widely produced. dren’s Hospital Research Foun- lus Committee and former chief by Salk and Sabin, he noted. W At La Jolla, Calif., he founded dation at the University of Cin- of infectious diseases at the Na- The U.S. Postal Service put a the institute named after him in cinnati, in Cincinnati, Ohio, as an 33-cent commemorative on sale 1963, financed by a $20 million associate professor and began A 2017 Lebanon in 1999 to celebrate the an- National Science Foundation working on an oral polio vac- commemorative depicts a nouncement of Dr. Salk perfect- grant plus support from the cine. child receiving an oral anti- ing the polio vaccine. It shows a March of Dimes. He proved the disease was polio medicinal droplet to doctor vaccinating a young girl. In the years before his death, spread through the bloodstream mark the 30th anniversary Seven years later, the United Dr. Salk was searching for a vac- after someone’s digestive tract of the country’s vaccine States also released a small-for- cine against AIDS. was infected by droplets ex- program. mat engraved 63-cent commem- He died in La Jolla at the age pelled from an infected person’s orative featuring Dr. Salk’s por- of 80. mouth or by feces ingested from trait plus an 87-cent commemo- Dr. Salk’s numerous honours contaminated food or unwashed rative depicting Dr. Sabin. include the Presidential Medal of fingers. Numerous countries also is- Freedom, which was awarded in Instead of using the killed in- sued non-denominated perfo- 1977. jected virus, Dr. Sabin’s live, rated Easter Seals to raise funds While he never received a No- weakened version was tested on for children crippled by polio. bel Prize, the Salk Institute for millions of people for two years, Biological Studies has trained starting in 1958, in what was DR. JONAS SALK five Nobel Laureates, Tech Times then the Union of Soviet Socialist Born in New York city about notes on its website. Republics (USSR). Approved for two weeks before the First His best-known quote is me- use in 1960, a year after success- World War ended, Salk was the morialized at the institute: “Hope ful clinical trials in Toluca, Mex- eldest of three sons for Russian- lies in dreams, in imagination ico, the vaccine administered via Jewish immigrants Daniel and and in the courage of those who a sugar cube or with syrup was Dora Salk. dare to make dreams into real- licensed for use in the United As his family’s first member to ity.” States. attend college, their son earned The American medical re- his medical degree from the New DR. ALBERT SABIN searcher was impressed by how York University School of Medi- The next major development polio’s spread was all but eradi- cine in 1939 and became a scien- in anti-polio research – an inex- cated in Cuba by a program of tist physician at Mount Sinai pensive oral vaccine replacing mass vaccinations instead of be- Hospital, according to the Salk the need for injections – is cred- ing based on a child’s age, which Institute for Biological Studies. ited to Dr. Albert Bruce Sabin. was a standard used elsewhere.

September 1, 2020 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca 13 It’s an “exceptional essay cent Graves Greene Philatelic of the utmost rarity, ideal for Research Foundation certifi- Auction... exhibition,” he added. cate, it carries a catalogue Continued from page 1 In Very Fine (VF) condi- value of $3,000-plus. issues, including 20th-cen- tion, it’s estimated at $1,500- tury proofs, varieties, plus. SOUGHT-AFTER imperforates, revenues and ‘TYPE C’ SURCHARGE pioneer airmail stamps. HARP SEAL STAMP An 1897 Newfoundland “From the numerous emails HARD TO FIND one-cent-on-three-cent grey- and phone conversations we The first print- lilac provisional surcharge have had with our regular ing of New- (Scott #77) will be offered as buyers as well as our consign- foundland’s Lot 215. ors, they are patiently awaiting An 1857 ‘Die II’ engraved die essay for Newfoundland’s 1880 five- In position 50, the mint our sale,” said Tanguay. “It three-pence Heraldic issue will cross the block as Lot 147 cent Harp Seal stamp (Scott single includes the “sought- will be a noticeably larger auc- with an estimate of $2,500-plus. #53) in pale dull blue will after” Type C surcharge, Tan- tion in terms of volume thanks cross the block as Lot 199. guay said, adding the exam- to the numerous specialized Described by Tanguay as ple is “very well centred larger lots, collections and es- Printed in black on card- is surrounded by “full to “one of the colony’s hardest with brilliant fresh colour tates that were entrusted to us mounted india paper, the large margins.” stamps to obtain in premium and full original gum.” since March.” stamp-sized essay features the Robert Pratt’s 1981 hand- never-hinged condition,” the “A total of 792 panes were Closing out the first session corrected lower left “3” plus book, The Pence Issues of New- example to be offered this surcharged for issue on Oct. is a 63-lot offering of BNA other “small differences not foundland 1857-1866, notes October is an “impressive 12, 1897. Type C was found fakes and forgeries running present in the final die for the only four sheets of 120 mint example of the distinc- only on positions 49 and 50 from Lots 354-416. Again, the issued stamp,” Tanguay said. stamps were originally tive first printing,” with dif- for a total of 1,584 printed.” Steele Collection, which was “One major trait not found printed due to an error of ferent colour, paper and gum In VF-plus NH condition formed over the past 30 on the plate proofs and issued colour allegedly prepared for than the more common later and accompanied by a 2020 years, comprises many of these stamps is the lack of the outer use and never issued. printings. Greene Foundation certifi- items. Originating from past delineation line surrounding “Only a small number “Without any doubt one of cate, it has a catalogue value reference collections, some of the central vignette trefoil.” have survived,” Tanguay the finest examples ever to of $3,750. the items’ provenances include “We would like to point out added. come to auction – much the “Reval” Collection offered that no actual die proof of the Unused, without gum and scarcer than catalogue values ‘WORLD-CLASS by Toronto auctioneer Jim final die is known in private in “flawless” condition, the indicate,” he added. AIRMAIL RARITY’ Hennok in 1990; the Carl Wal- hands,” according to the auc- stamp is signed in pencil on In Extra Fine (XF) Never- Newfoundland’s famed ske Collection offered by Cali- tion catalogue, which adds the reverse by late Swiss ex- Hinged (NH) condition and “Hawker” transatlantic fornia’s Schuyler Rumsey Phil- “only a few” Die I and Die II pert Peter Holcombe, whose accompanied by a 2020 Vin- flight stamp (Scott #C1), de- atelic Auctions in 2010; and the die essays are believed to exist. certificate accompanies the scribed by Tanguay as a Ed Wener Collection offered It’s expected to bring lot. It carries a catalogue “world-class airmail rarity,” by Eastern Auctions in 2012. $2,500-plus. value of $16,000. is set to cross the block as Lot “This is the strongest and 289. most comprehensive showing ANOTHER RARE ESSAY While 200 of Newfound- of fakes and forgeries we will ‘IDEAL FOR EXHIBITION’ land’s 1919 three-cent red- have ever offered at auction – Another engraved die es- brown stamps were over- and in a separate section in the say, this for Newfoundland’s printed for the iconic catalogue,” said Tanguay. “In 1865 five-cent “Harp Seal” Hawker flight, only 95 were addition to the crude and more stamp (Scott #25), will be of- used for franking mail. run-of-the-mill lithographed fered as Lot 163. The first printing of “Only 87 mint examples forgeries produced by the Printed in brown on india Newfoundland’s 1880 five- were accounted for shortly Spiro brothers, of Hamburg, paper measuring 38 cent Harp Seal stamp will after issue and no doubt the collection has many not- millimetres by 29 be offered as Lot 199. It fewer survive today,” he often-seen engraved Oneglia millimetres, the essay shows has a catalogue value of of said, adding the example to and many dangerous forgeries An imperforate 1861-62 “nearly all of the elements” $3,000-plus. be offered this October dis- that are ideal for reference.” Newfoundland one-penny found on the issued stamp Tanguay and his colleagues reddish-brown stamp on but reads “PROVINCE OF have seen similar examples medium hard wove paper is NEWFOUNDLAND” in- “still lurking undetected in offered as Lot 160. It has a stead of “FIVE 5 FIVE” at the many collections out there,” he catalogue value of $16,000. top, Tanguay said. It’s be- said, “highlighting the impor- lieved to be the finest of only tance of studying your stamps ‘VISUALLY STRIKING’ four known five-cent die es- and by having a reference col- COLOUR ERROR says in brown. lection.” Described by Tanguay as “We believe examining an “unusually choice exam- closely forgeries, studying ple,” an imperforate 1861-62 their method of printings, pa- Newfoundland one-penny pers, inks can someone truly reddish-brown stamp on appreciate and understand medium hard wove paper genuine stamps.” (Scott #16) will cross the block as Lot 160. RARE DIE ESSAY A rare mint single, it fea- FOR HERALDIC tures the “characteristic An engraved die essay for An 1857 “Die II” engraved traits of this very elusive er- Newfoundland’s 1865 five- die essay for Newfoundland’s ror of colour, which is unlike cent ‘Harp Seal’ stamp is An 1897 Newfoundland one-cent-on-three-cent grey-lilac three-pence Heraldic issue any of the other one-penny expected to bring $1,500- provisional surcharge with a catalogue value of $3,750 will (Scott #3) will be offered as Lot stamps issued,” added Tan- plus as Lot 163. be offered as Lot 215. 147. guay, who noted the design

14 September 1, 2020 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca AUCTION DETAILS have seen a significant rise in United States have also been Eastern Auctions’ Oct. 2-3 public sale will be held in the Releases... parcel volumes since mid- delayed by about a week due Admiral Room of the Lord Nelson Hotel on 1515 South March. to what Canada Post calls “un- Park St. in Halifax, N.S., across three sessions. Following Continued from page 1 With COVID-related restric- precedented volume” across the first session earlier in the day on Oct. 2, the second tions easing across the country, both the Canadian and U.S. session will offer Lots 417-735 starting at 6:30 p.m. The • a set of religious Christ- however, businesses are re- postal networks. final session, offering Lots 736-1185, will begin the follow- mas stamps showing Nativity opening and more people are ing day at 1:30 p.m. Lot viewing, by appointment only, will scenes on Nov. 2; able to leave their homes. ANNUAL MEETING be available in the Admiral Room on Oct. 1 from 9 a.m.-7 • secular holiday stamps “Service levels are improv- ON SEPT. 10 p.m. and Oct. 2-3 from 9 a.m.-noon. For all inquiries, in- featuring the work of folk art- ing, and as we move forward, Canada Post will hold its cluding the latest health protocols and booking appoint- ist Maud Lewis on Nov. 2; and we will continue to put the 15th annual public meeting on ments, contact Sharon Willet at sharon.willett@easter- • a Hanukkah stamp com- safety of our people and cus- Sept. 10, the same day the nauctions.com. For more information or to browse the memorating the rededication tomers first, following the ad- Medical Groundbreakers set is auction lots, visit easternauctions.com. of the Temple of Jerusalem in vice of Canada’s public health issued. 165 BC on Nov. 5. experts,” said Chartrand. “In the past, we have held Similar to provinces across this event in cities across Can- SEMI-POSTAL “Only 560 sheets of 25 the country, the Crown corpo- ada, but in the interest of safety & FUTURE DETAILS were printed,” said Tan- ration has entered “a new during COVID-19, this year’s guay, who added four This year’s Community phase in our efforts” to deliver event will be a live webcast sheets were inverted. “It has Foundation semi-postal stamp the mail, according to a July 29 only,” according to an Aug. 7 been documented that 5,000 is designed by Vancouver’s statement. Some of its pan- statement from the Crown cor- letters were franked with Subplot Design. demic-related changes will be poration. this stamp, from Nov. 16-26, It features an illustration by phased out while others 1921. A very small percent- Montréal-based artist Isabelle will be modified or main- age of the remaining sheets Arsenault depicting “a diverse tained. survive.” community of animals living In April and May, de- The sheet on offer this Oc- peacefully in a bountiful tree,” spite a significant drop in tober features all six over- Valérie Chartrand, media rela- direct-advertising mail, print types across its 25 tions officer with Canada Post, Canada Post reported stamps. told CSN this August. “Christmas-level” parcel Catalogued at $20,000, In VF-XF NH condition “It reminds us that, despite volumes – unprecedented Newfoundland’s 1919 and accompanied by a 2020 our differences, we have the for spring months – as ‘Hawker’ flight five-line Greene Foundation certifi- power to come together, live in the overwhelming ma- overprint will cross the cate, this lot has a catalogue harmony and enrich each oth- jority of Canadians were block as Lot 289. value of $18,125. er’s lives.” forced to stay home. It’s Canada Post’s ninth an- “In June, we deliv- 1900 ‘PARIS ESSAYS’ nual semi-postal stamp, and ered 75 per cent more plays “the characteristic Rounding out the session- each 10-stamp booklet will parcels than we did in colour and clear impression one highlights is a horizon- carry a $1 surcharge while each June 2019, but we have associated with the very lim- tal strip of four 1900 “Paris official first-day cover – each seen parcel volumes ited print run of only 200 Essays” produced by Mas- with a single stamp – will have start to come down stamps, possessing intact sachusetts forger William a 10-cent surcharge. The extra slowly in July as stores perforations and full origi- Hale. funds go towards the Canada reopen. At the same nal gum with the customary Post Community Foundation, time, we have been able Printed in black on Canada Post will issue ‘J.A.R.’ initials of Postmaster which has donated about $9 to make significant progress in gummed wove paper, the its annual Community General Dr. J. Alex Robinson million to more than 775 orga- reducing backlogs, resulting in strip is imperforate verti- Foundation semi-postal on reverse.” nizations since 2013. shorter delays for customers,” cally between the two se- on Sept. 21. It’s designed In Fine-plus Lightly The next issue Canada according to the July 29 up- tenant pairs of stamps, by Vancouver’s Subplot Hinged condition, the stamp Post’s Details magazine, which date, which added parcel de- showing four different de- Design with an illustration carries a catalogue value of will feature the Medical lays “of up to a few days signs and denominations. by Montréal-based artist $20,000. It’s accompanied by Groundbreakers and semi- should continue to be ex- Illustrated in Winthrop Isabelle Arsenault. a 1980 BPA Expertising cer- Boggs’ 1942 book, The Post- postal issues, will be available pected for domestic parcels.” tificate plus a 2019 Greene age Stamps and Postal History in mid-September “as we hope Parcel service guarantees Foundation certificate. of Newfoundland, and de- our magazine will return to a are still suspended as physi- scribed by Tanguay as “a more regular schedule,” Char- cal-distancing measures con- The event will kick off at AIRMAIL OVERPRINT rare and desirable item,” it’s trand said. tinue across Canada Post’s 1:30 p.m. ET with statements INTACT SHEETS expected to bring $500 as While the third and fourth operations, including in from Doug Ettinger, president 2020-dated issues of Details plants, depots, post offices and A complete sheet of New- Lot 391. W and CEO; Wayne Cheeseman, foundland’s 1921 Halifax air- magazine were published on- during deliveries. chief financial officer; Susan mail overprints (Scott #C3/ The series’ final story will ex- line in April and May, respec- “Knock, Drop and Go” de- Margles, chief people and C3j), believed to be among plore the auction’s Canada sec- tively, a special recap edition is livery will also continue with safety officer; and Suromitra the best intact examples, will tion, including the Thomas slated to be mailed this Au- minor modifications, and the Sanatani, acting chair of the be offered as Lot 294. Douglas McKee Collections. gust. 15-day limit for holding par- board of directors. They’re “There will be a special edi- cels at post offices has been re- slated to provide an overview tion bringing these two issues stored. of the company’s performance together in print, which will be Lastly, Canada Post has in 2019. mailed to collectors starting stopped new sign-ups for its Viewers, who can register at Aug. 14,” she added. free “Hold Mail” and “Mail bit.ly/2PDYbZI, will also have Forwarding” services as of an opportunity to ask ques- SERVICE LEVELS Aug. 1. tions. Questions can be submit- IMPROVING Internationally, delivery is ted in advance Postponed stamps are just still suspended to more than A forged horizontal strip of four 1900 ‘Paris Essays’ is via corporateevents@ the beginning of Canada Post’s 110 countries as of Aug. 7. expected to bring $500 as Lot 391. canadapost.ca or asked during pandemic problems, which Since May, deliveries to the the live webcast. W

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September 1, 2020 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca 17 cluding in bushland and protected areas. The bushfires South Georgia environment and wildlife are not dam- were responsible for the conservatively estimated loss aged during flights. New of 1.25 billion animals, bringing many native animal In South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and plant species ever closer to the brink of extinction. the use of UAVs is restricted to government-autho- ISSUES Almost as soon as the fires began, conservationists, rized projects; however, they offer a different view on Around the World with Robin Harris scientists, government agencies, land managers, wild- the world and have huge potential to collect valuable life rescue and rehabilitation groups plus individual data in less time and while causing less intrusion than carers galvanized into action to rescue and rehabilitate multiple people in the field. In recent years, several animals. They quickly put in place provisions, includ- projects have been supported to use them. ing triage centres, evacuations, appropriate supple- As many of South Georgia’s coastal areas are mentary food and water drops, feral predator controls crowded with wildlife, particularly during the breed- and fencing of remnant vegetation, to support the re- ing season, one early application of UAVS saw the ve- covery of wildlife. Data collection and monitoring was hicles used to conduct surveys. By flying at a safe also increased to determine the severity of the impact height above the beaches and bays, operators were on various species. It is a long road to recovery for able to get a unique bird’s-eye view. This made it pos- many animals, but the stories of success provide a sible to accurately count the number of animals with- source of optimism for the survival of Australia’s out causing any disturbances by walking on the beach much-loved wildlife. or approaching it in a boat. The incredible footage of the South Georgia land- LIECHTENSTEIN scape and its wildlife is also used for outreach and Liechtenstein will mark the 500th anniversary of the media projects. The use of UAVs allows filmmakers to death of Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino – commonly show wildlife as it has never been seen before. As ani- known as Raphael – with a souvenir sheet Sept. 7. mals are unaware of the UAVs flying many metres The souvenir sheet features one of Raphael’s famous above them, they behave naturally while researchers works as well as a self-portrait of the artist and archi- gain insight into their world. tect, who lived from 1483-1520 and is widely consid- ered among the most important artists of the Italian High Renaissance. In addition to his career as a painter FALKLAND ISLANDS in Florence, Italy, and at the papal court in nearby A set of Falkland Islands stamps issued on Aug. 10 Rome, he also became the site manager of St. Peter’s features the five species of penguin that breed on the Basilica and supervisor of Roman antiquities. During remote South Atlantic Ocean archipelago. his lifetime, he was known only by his first name, and The images of the penguins in their natural environ- even today, few people know his full name. ment are paired with a matching circulation coin fea- Raphael painted the fresco The School of Athens for turing a close-up view of the head of each of the beau- Pope Julius II between 1510 and 1511 in the Vatican’s tiful seabirds. The five species include the macaroni “Stanza della Segnatura,” the original room where doc- penguin, gentoo penguin, king penguin, Magellanic uments were signed within the Papal apartments. The penguin and southern rockhopper penguin. painting, which is about nearly eight metres wide, The Falkland Islands has issued its own coins since shows a monumental interior in which a gathering of 1974, and this was recognized on a previous issue of eminent scientists and philosophers from the Antiquity the territory’s postage stamps. The obverse of the 2018 to the Renaissance is taking place. The title of the paint- penguin circulation coins features the Pobjoy Mint’s ing refers to the outstanding philosophical school of effigy of Queen Elizabeth II. thought of ancient Greece. In the spirit of the Renais- sance, the fresco celebrates ancient thought as the ori- gin of European culture, its philosophy and sciences.

GUERNSEY & ALDERNEY Guernsey and Alderney both released stamp sets on Aug. 19 entitled “Guernsey Together” and “Alderney Spirit,” respectively. The stamps were designed by local school children to reflect the positive aspects of the COVID-19 pande- mic. It marks the fourth time in the 50-year history of Guernsey’s postal service that children were invited to design stamps. Guernsey Post will donate all proceeds from the sale of its stamps equally between various charities, includ- ing the Guernsey COVID-19 Response Appeal; the AUSTRALIA Social Investment Fund’s COVID-19 Community The stamps in Australia’s Aug. 4 issue show six ani- Charity Appeal; and Alderney’s Helping Hand Ap- mal species identified for immediate conservation SOUTH GEORGIA & peal, which provides interim support for members of management in the wake of the catastrophic 2019 SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS the community struggling as a result of the pandemic. bushfires Aug. 5 saw the release of a set of stamps from South The issue is also this year’s release for Stamp Col- Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands featuring lecting Month, which Australia marks every August. unique perspectives gained through the use of small Last August, Australia experienced a long season of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). intense and extensive bushfires – one of many local ef- Coming in a range of sizes, the UAVs used in South fects owed to climate change. The fires began ravaging Georgia are typically less than seven kilograms and Queensland and New South Wales before spreading to are powered by batteries. The advanced computer sys- the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and South tems and sensors mean they can be programmed to fly Australia. Eventually, every state and territory had detailed flight paths, keep steady in turbulent winds some level of bushfire impact. Some 12 million hect- and even return to their home station when the batter- ares burned across town, rural and remote areas, in- ies run low. These safety features are vital to ensure the

18 September 1, 2020 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca By the late 1930s, more than “I have not found a lot of show called “Postal Confe- “If you lived in southern On- Kiosk... 18,000 of Dickie’s vending ma- stuff that I can prove has been rence 95” at Toronto’s Royal tario in 1998, you could get the chines were being used across dispensed,” he said, adding he’s York Hotel. book of panes out of the CIBC Continued from page 1 Britain. aware of a dispensing machine The three-day event, which bank machines,” said Bartlet, (by means of a coin in the slot) used in the Hamilton area from was attended by businesses who added there are two became an obsession with me,” VENDED POSTAGE the late 1930s. “It’s a functional from across Canada and postal known varieties. Dickie wrote in an unpublished IN CANADA machine, but there’s no pinholes administrations from around Later that year, on Dec. 28, a 1948 autobiography, as quoted In 1907, two years after Dickie in them. What you normally the world, featured prominent rise in the domestic postal rate in the March 1981 issue of The completed his prototype, Cana- tend to see is a curved cutting industry representatives speak- to 46 cents resulted in a new Kiwi, the official journal of the da’s Post Office Department be- because when you turned the ing on the use of effective mail pane of stamps, albeit with a New Zealand Society of Great gan considering if it, too, could crank and the stamps came out, technologies, direct mail, man- similar design, distributed from Britain. use machinery to dispense its you could tear them off.” agement techniques, marketing CIBC ATM machines. “I kept banishing the idea stamps. In Ottawa in 1944, the trends and mail-related busi- from coming into being, but at Three years later, the depart- “MAILOMAT” machine was ness activities. FIRST COMPUTER last the urge would not let me ment order 50 vending ma- also used for the first time. More Among the booths was a KIOSKS IN CANADA sleep, and for peace of mind chines from Kermode and representative of automation U.S. Postal Service self-serve A decade later, Canada’s first started working on the making Fawns – a company owner by than an explicit dispenser of kiosk, which printed the con- computerized kiosks were also of the model.” Kermode and her sister Katrine stamps, the machine was used temporary Canadian domestic used in southern Ontario, Bart- Similar to existing machines Fawns – for testing. by customers, who chose the rate, Bartlet said. let said. used to dispense tickets since The department then asked correct rate – from one cent to 33 “It was a sample of the way From Sept. 30, 2008, until Jan. the 1880s, Dickie’s prototype the American Bank Note Com- cents – and then inserted an en- they would print the 45-cent 9, 2009, six locations ran trials of was completed in 1905. By June pany in New York to test the velope or postcard, to which a rate,” he added. the Pitney Bowes computerized of that year, the first model of machines using sheets of perfo- machine cancel would be ap- In April 1998, Canada Post dispenser. his automatic stamp-vending rated and gummed one- and plied. issued a pane of 18 self-adhe- “What they dispensed wasn’t machine was tested at a post of- two-cent Edward VII stamps. Three years later, one of these sive 45-cent stamps – printed a stamp,” added Bartlet. “It was fice in the capital of Wellington. “They were demonetized by machines was also featured at by Avery Dennison – as a one- a machine-generated label.” After a two-week trial period, defacing them with either roller the Canadian National Exhibi- year trial with the Canadian After the first computerized the machine was upgraded to cancels or pre-cancels,” said tion in Toronto. Imperial Bank of Commerce kiosks ran their course in 2009, prevent people from making im- Bartlet. “They then tore them “Basically, you dialled the (CIBC). The stamps were ini- it would be more than three proper payments using foreign into strips and stuck them to- rate you wanted and then put tially available through the years before more kiosk-style objects, such as lead discs, in- gether into rolls.” your money and your envelope philatelic counter on April 14 dispensers were used in Can- stead of coins, and another test Strips are known with the into the ‘MAILOMAT,’ and it of that year, but starting six ada. W began in July. In the following “Ottawa,” “Ottawa 1” and “Ot- would put a machine cancel on days later, they were also sold two weeks, the machine sold tawa 14” parcel rollers applied it.” at 22 CIBC automated teller In an upcoming issue of CSN, the nearly 4,000 one-penny stamps, both vertically and horizontally, On Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 1995, machines (ATM) across south- series’ second story will explore according to The Kiwi article. Bartlet added, while the “T bar” Canada Post hosted a trade ern Ontario. Canada’s modern kiosk stamps. In his role with the foreign pre-cancel was applied horizon- mail branch, Dickie then made a tally. business trip to San Francisco, The department continued its where he brought his stamp- efforts to enhance distribution vending machine with the goal using “Admiral” stamps and the SHOW & Bourse of securing a U.S. patent. There, same process of cutting sheets Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, many shows, auctions, club meetings and other he met Georgine Kermode, a and pasting them together into philatelic events are being cancelled. For the most up-to-date information, visit CSN’s wealthy Tasmanian business- rolls. online ‘Events’ listings at canadianstampnews.com/events or contact event organizers. woman, with who he struck a “The two-cent red had three deal. While Dickie sold the ma- forms of backstamps on them, AUG. 20 – 23, HARTFORD, CT SEPT. 19, MEDICINE HAT, AB Great American Stamp Show 2020, **CANCELLED** For more Medicine Hat Coin & Stamp Club 12th Annual Fall Show, Medicine chine in the United States, Brit- and two of them are more or less information. Website: stamps.org/great-american-stamp-show. Hat Exhibition and Stampede Grounds (Higdon Hall), 2055 21 Ave. ain, New Zealand and Australia, readily available,” added Bartlet. S.E. The Medicine Hat Coin and Stamp Club’s Fifth Annual Spring SEPT. 4 – 6, DARTMOUTH, NS Kermode acquired the patent Show will feature more than 40 tables of coins and stamps with In 1918, after some issues BNAPEX 2020, **CANCELLED** For more information, email vendors from across Alberta and Saskatchewan. Buy, sell or rights for all other countries. with dispensing the coils, an- [email protected], telephone 902-864-3976. Website: trade, and vendors welcome. The show will be open from 10 An updated model was then www.bnaps.org other test was done with a large a.m.-4 p.m., and admission is $2 (children are free with an adult). installed in the British House of two-hole punch in the perfora- SEPT. 5, MONCTON, NB Door prizes will also be offered. For more information, email Commons, where the public tions. Brunpex 2020, **CANCELLED** For more information, email [email protected], telephone 403-526-5158. Website: www. could test its stamp-vending ca- “You can find a whole slew of [email protected], telephone 506-387-4462. Website: mhcasc.ca/. www.fundystampclub.ca/. pabilities. varieties,” he said, adding the SEPT. 19, MERRICKVILLE, ON “Frock-coated members various “Ottawa” parcel rollers SEPT. 12 – 13, MISSISSAUGA, ON Eastern Ontario Postcard and Ephemera Show, Community stopped and stared as they are visible underneath the tab. Fall 2020 National Postage Stamp & Coin Show, **CANCELLED** Centre, 106 Read St. The 25th annual Postcard & Paper Show passed through the lobby,” reads For more information, email [email protected], telephone 1-800- will feature thousands of vintage postcards and related paper “You can actually see them quite 408-0352. Website: www.stampandcoinshow.com/. a story published by The Domin- ephemera from about 30 dealer tables. Sponsored by the easily if you move them under a Eastern Ontario Postcard Club, the show boasts free admission SEPT. 12, BURNABY, BC ion newspaper in New Zealand light.” and free parking and is open from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. For more Coins, Stamps & Collectibles Show, **CANCELLED** For more on May 14, 1960. “Like children information, email [email protected], telephone 613- On the Admiral issues be- information, email [email protected], telephone 604-336-1828. 345-7598. at the fair, the venerable Ed- tween about 1918 and 1920, Website: northshorenumismaticsociety.org/. wardians could not resist the there are another two coil types, SEPT. 19, CAMBRIDGE, ON temptation to try out the world’s SEPT. 19, ST. CATHARINES, ON Bartlet added. Best Western Stamp Show, Best Western Hotel (Niagara Room), Cambridge Stamp Show, Armenian Centre, 35 International first practical stamp-selling ma- “There’s a ‘Gripper,’ which 2 North Service Rd. Held five times a year, the Best Western Village Dr. The Cambridge Stamp Club’s annual show will be chine.” has ‘V’ notches that made it eas- Stamp Show runs from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., with free admission, free open from 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m., with 10 dealers, circuit books and a silent auction. Admission and parking are free, and everyone At the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific ier to tear, and there are pinho- parking and free appraisals. The show is sponsored by dealer Roy’s Stamps, specializing in the stamps and covers of Canada is welcome. A lunch counter is also available. For more informa- Exposition, a world’s fair held in les.” and the British Commonwealth. For more information, email tion, email [email protected], telephone 519-742-5892. Seattle in 1909, Dickie earned a [email protected], telephone 905-934-8377. Website: www.cambridgestampclub.weebly.com/. gold medal for his vending ma- POST-1920S chine, hundreds of which would THROUGH WWII SHOW ORGANIZERS: How to list: Simply fill out the form found at www.canadianstampnews.ca or mail, fax or email your information to Trajan Publishing (S&B), PO Box 25009 Rose City RO, Welland, ON L3B 6G9, fax (905) 735-1909, email jims@trajan. be ordered for use in New Zea- Finding dispensed stamps ca. Please include: date of show; site of event, street, city, prov.; official name of event; organization sponsoring or affiliated with the land and England in the follow- dated post-1920s is “very, very event; hours; admission charge; if exhibits are present (display or competitive), contact person’s name, address, postal code, tele- phone number. Two show dates per year will be listed for free (subsequent show dates will cost $15 per listing). ing years. difficult,” Bartlet said.

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SPECIAL OER SPECIAL OER SPECIAL OER Here is an excellent offer on an old time New- From the popular Large Queen issue here is foundland stamp, Scott #22, the eight pence Fourteen great offers on early Ca- a nice proof of the 15¢ top value (Scott #29P). rose. Condition is post offi ce fresh and VF NH nadian plate proofs follow, and all This is the key value of the set. List price is mint. List price is $240.00+. My price is just at very attractive prices. First here $1,000.00. My price is $495.00. $149.00. is the six pence red lilac (#2TC). In my opinion, this colour would have been preferable to the one they issued. And like all proofs of SPECIAL OER course the impression is fresh and clear. List price for a very fi ne pair is $500.00. My price is $229.00. SPECIAL OER Here’s one of the toughest Newfoundland I have just one proof in stock of the 5¢ Small stamps to fi nd in decent condition -- Scott #33 Queen (Scott #38P). It is in very fi ne condition -- the 3¢ vermillion Queen Victoria. List price SPECIAL OER and carries a list price of $600.00. My price is just for a VF unused single is $600.00. My price is $369.00. $329.00. Next is this six pence Prince Albert proof print- ed in grey with a SPECIMEN overprint in or- ange (#2TCv). List price for a very fi ne single is SPECIAL OER $300.00. I have one in stock at just $149.00. SPECIAL OER Newfoundland experimented with different Next is this plate proof of the 5¢ Leaf Issue perforations in the 1800s and issued a set of of 1897-1898 (#70P). A very fi ne single lists at four that were rouletted. Here is the 3¢ blue SPECIAL OER $300.00. I have one in stock at $129.00 and also from that set (Scott #39) in XF unused condi- a pair at $219.00. tion. List price is $600.00. My price is $329.00. This special a proof pair of the half penny Queen Victoria in the issued rose colour (#8P). List price for SPECIAL OER a very fi ne pair is $600.00. SPECIAL OER Here’s an item I have never previously Next here’s one that I always need for stock, the My price is $249.00. A sin- gle proof is $129.00. sold, a rare proof of the 2¢ Queen Victoria 1¢ green Prince of Wales (Scott #45). List price embossed portrait in scarlet used on postal for a F-VF NH mint single is $83.00. My price stationery (#EN13P). It is printed on laid is $46.50. paper. I have just one available, in very fi ne condition, and priced at $195.00. SPECIAL OER SPECIAL OER Here is the same proof but with More Newfoundland follows now, starting a SPECIMEN overprint in green- with a great offer on a nice F-VF NH mint ish black applied by the printer SPECIAL OER single of the half cent dog in the black colour (#8Pi). List price for a very fi ne These next two specials (#58). List price is $38.00. My price is $12.95. pair is $600.00. Due to a special feature plate proof pairs Or take a pack rat lot of fi ve for just $49.95. It purchase my price is $195.00 only. of the attractive $2.00 bill is unusual to see these in such nice condition. A single is $99.00 while a block of stamp. The fi rst is printed four is just $379.00. in the issued colours of red and violet. Condition is SPECIAL OER very fi ne and price is just SPECIAL OER $149.00. Next is an attractively priced proof offer from the 1859 Cents Issue. It is a very fi ne example of the 1¢ deep rose (#14P) on card mounted india paper. List price is $250.00. My prices is $99.00 for a single or $195.00 for a pair. SPECIAL OER A nice companion to the previous offer is this trial Next here is the 1928 Pictorial Issue (Scott #145-159). The small colour proof pair of #FB35 format of the Pictorial Issue which preceded this set was aban- SPECIAL OER printed in blue and black. doned in favour of a larger sized stamp. Nicely centered exam- Price for a very fi ne pair is Plate proofs of the 5¢ are always desirable only $149.00. ples are very hard to fi nd; however, I just purchased a couple of because of their topical appeal. They are al- fresh VF NH sets for stock. List price is $400.00. My price is ways needed to complete sets. Here is a VF $229.00. pair of #15P. List price is $600.00. My price is $249.00. SPECIAL OER Next here is a set of plate proofs of SPECIAL the 1¢ to 8¢ Scroll OER Issue of 1928-1929 Back in the 1920s a (#149P-154P). All man named Eppstadt SPECIAL OER are in very fi ne was one of the fi rst to Here’s a new offer on a scarce condition and popularize the collect- classic proof -- #18P – the 12½¢ the price is just ing of Canadian fi rst Queen Victoria issued way back $396.00. (Pay in day covers. He pro- in 1859. List price for a very four monthly duced a beautiful multi-coloured cacheted envelope, which has fi ne pair is $700.00. My price is installments of been sought after by collectors ever since. Here is the 2¢ green $329.00. A single is $179.00. $99.00 each if you Confederation Issue of 1927 (#142) on one of his covers. List price wish.) is $150.00+. My price is just $79.95.

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