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www.canadianstampnews.ca An essential resource for the CANADIAN advanced and beginning collector Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/canadianstampnews Follow us on Twitter @trajanpublisher STAMP NEWS Follow us on Instagram @trajan_csn Volume 44 • Number 24 March 17 - 30, 2020 $5.50 ‘Thanks for the Smokes’ Long-time reveals soldiers’ popular solace Unitrade By Jesse Robitaille Freedom to Smoke: Tobacco Con- Now considered a deadly sumption and Identity, and the habit killing nearly 40,000 Cana- main channel of proliferation editor has dians a year, smoking was was the mail. widely popular in decades past, The troops” “special including during the world need” was the cigarette, wrote deep hobby wars, when Canada’s annual Iain Gately in his 2001 book, La cigarette consumption exceeded Diva Nicotina: The Story of How two billion for the first time. Tobacco Seduced the World. The First World War “legiti- “Their slightest wish should roots mized the cigarette,” according be gratified, and in 18 out of 20 By Jesse Robitaille to Jarrett Rudy’s 2005 book, The Continued on page 38 This is the first story in a multi- part series exploring the recent history of the Unitrade Special- ized Catalogue of Canadian Stamps. n avid collector of modern Canadian stamps and pur- veyorA of all things philatelic, Robin Harris was seemingly Unitrade catalogue editor Robin Harris, of Manitoba, has made for the role of editor of been an active collector since the late 1960s. Unitrade’s long-running stamp catalogue. Published annually for more Harris, who added the previous 2005. A month later, it received a than two decades, the Unitrade editor was an employee of To- gold medal at Canada’s Seventh Specialized Catalogue of Canadian ronto’s Unitrade Associates National Philatelic Literature Ex- Stamps owes much of its evolu- who “wasn’t involved with hibition, which was held in con- tion to long-time editor Robin stamps.” junction with that year’s Harris, of Manitoba, who started There were dozens of updates Stampex in Toronto. Charles Livermore (left), secretary of the British North in that role in late 2004. made to the 2006 catalogue – “A lot happened that year,” America Philatelic Society (BNAPS), stands with Chris “It’s been a joy to be the edi- Harris’ first at the helm – which said Harris, who added many Anstead, co-chair of BNAPS’ St. Lawrence Seaway tor for these last 15 years,” said began shipping in September Continued on page 31 Regional Group at Orapex in Ottawa. 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Contact Mary-Anne for complete details: [email protected] • 289-362-4906 2 March 17, 2020 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca Formed in 1891, stamp club in nation’s capital is Canada’s oldest By Ian Smillie A.T. “Gus” Sesia, who served The first meeting of the Ottawa Philatelic Society he first meeting of the Ot- as OPS president in 1950, was (OPS) was held on Nov.