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The United States Postal Service There will be two stamps in the has taken the wraps off some of next long-running love stamp series. year’s issues, with the release on Nov. The series started more than 40 4 of selected 2015 stamps. years ago, when a 1973 pop art stamp Cindy Tackett, acting head of USPS was issued based on Robert Indiana’s stamp services, unveiled the ap- iconic design. proved designs, although not all issue The stamps have a similar design, dates were available, and some de- lace-lettering in the form of a heart signs were not yet available. spelling out forever. One stamp has a Flowers will have a strong pres- red background, and the other white. ence, with two wedding stamps and They are designed by Jessica Hische, a set of four water lilies. who also designed the 2013 love The wedding stamps, being offered stamps. They will be issued in Janu- as alternative to the love stamp often ary. So far communities in four Canadian provinces know they will lose home used for invitations, will consist of As with Canada Post, the year will delivery in 2015. black and white drawings, with a red start with an issue for the Year of the heart in the corner of each stamp. Ram. A rose is on the forever USPS per- The design will depict a wooden manent first-class rate stamp, and a candy tray, known as a tray of togeth- tulip will be featured on the 70-cents erness. It is the eighth stamp in the Plans for 2015 home delivery two-ounce rate. current series of 12. The four water lilies are based on The final stamp in the four-year photography by Cindy Dyer of plants War of 1812 series will mark the Bat- cancels becoming clear at the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, tle of New Orleans. in Washington, D.C. All four are for- anada Post has not formally an- While the corporation has yet to ever rate stamps. Continued on page 4 nounced which communities will work out all its details for the next year, Close home delivery in 2015, but the word some communities in Ontario, Sas- is leaking out through local announce- katchewan, Alberta, and British Co- ments. lumbia know their turn is next. Canada Post has confirmed that

Publications Registration Mail No. 09136 AgreementNo. 40069699 No. RegistrationMail Publications 09136 plans, at least in part, include more than 20,000 addresses in the B.C. communities of Victoria, Langford, Col- wood, Saanish, Esquimault, View Royal, Campbell River, and Songhees First Nation. The effected postal codes start with V9A, V9B, V9C, V9W, and V8L. More than 10,000 addresses in Medi- cine Hat, Alta., with postal codes T1A, T1B, and T1C are on the block. In Sask., about 10,000 addresses in the communities of Prince Albert, York- ton, Estevan, and Moose Jaw are included. The postal codes start with S6V, S6W and S6X. Cuts in Ont., will include more than 10,000 homes in Woodstock, Simcoe, and Delhi, with postal codes N2S, N4B, N4T, and N4V. Since the plan to halt home delivery was announced earlier this year, Can- Four water lilies will appear on stamps being issued next year by the USPS. Continued on page 9 JOLLY ADDITIONS

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SPECIAL: Buy Micropscope and its stand & receive FREE SHIPPING! At every step of the progress the canadian athlete gets guidance and criticism, Philatelic and a set of rules to follow. stamp I know exhibiting stamps isn’t an commentary athletic endeavour, but I think the news analogy holds true. ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER & MANAGING EDITOR: By Bret Evans One difference, of course, is that Bret Evans (Ext. 227) [email protected] stamp collecting is emotional, and be- CONSULTING EDITOR: Ian S. Robertson cause it has an artistic component, at CONTRIBUTORS: Peter Butler, John Conrad, Randy Heimpel, Richard Logan, Carolyn Mullin, Chad Neighbor, Hans Niedermair, least some of that judging is going to Michael O. Nowlan, Bill Pekonen, Tony Shaman, Mike Smith, Collectors urged George Speers, Lewis E. Tauber, Mirko Zatka be a bit subjective. ADVERTISING: [email protected] I suspect that is where things get a Mike Walsh (Ext. 228) Bret Evans (Ext. 227), bit messy. Jim Szeplaki (Ext. 223) to take up exhibiting I also suspect that some prospective CIRCULATION: [email protected] Nancy Hodgson (Ext. 225) t took me quite a while to get my But, when I gave the matter a bit exhibitors get scared away by the COMPOSITION & DESIGN: [email protected] head around exhibiting, but I think it more thought, it all sort of made some rules, and by a culture which sees ex- Production Co-ordinator – Jim Szeplaki (Ext. 223) I Mary-Anne Luzba - [email protected] was worth the time and effort. sense. hibitors often complain bitterly when OFFICE: [email protected] The concept of exhibiting is decep- If an exhibitor’s goal is to get bet- they don’t get what they want. I guess Accounts Receivable – Nancy Hodgson (Ext. 225) tively simple: you take some stuff, and ter, then judging is really a form of that would be the equivalent of un- PUBLISHER: Mike Walsh (Ext. 228) [email protected] make a display. Afterwards, some constructive criticism. By trying, and sportsmanlike conduct. SUBSCRIPTIONS: GST #10638 6139 RT judges check it over, and if you’re good paying attention to comments and Is exhibiting perfect? I don’t think Canada: $45.75 for one year (26 issues) plus applicable tax; $80.00 for two years (52 issues) plus applicable tax; enough you get an award. suggestions, an exhibit can be im- so. But over my time at Canadian Stamp $114.00 for three year (78 issues) plus applicable tax; U.S.A.: $49.00 for one year (U.S. funds); Then I discovered there were rules. proved. In that case, it is only fair to News I have seen some changes, more $86.25 for two years (U.S. funds); That’s when things began to get com- the exhibitor that the judges are all and more exhibits are now focusing on Foreign: $184.75 for one year (Canadian funds). plicated. following the same rules. It’s like CANADIAN POSTMASTER postal history, and single frame exhib- Send address changes to Canadian Stamp News, At first the rules seemed a bit silly to playing a sport, if the referee’s don’t its offer a nice entry area for the nov- PO Box 28103, Lakeport PO, 600 Ontario St., St. Catharines, ON L2N 7P8. Publications Mail Agreement No. 40069699 me. I heard horror story after horror have a consistent approach to follow- ice. Registration No. 09136, Postage paid at St. Catharines, ON. story about how some incredible ex- ing the rules, chaos is the natural re- If you haven’t exhibited before, I en- Return postage guaranteed. hibit just didn’t get the right points be- sult. courage you to give it some thought. Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: Circulation Dept., PO Box 28103, Lakeport PO, 600 Ontario St., St. Catharines, ON L2N 7P8, cause it wasn’t philatelic or technical Similarly, expecting an exhibitor to There are plenty of resources, fellow e-mail: [email protected] enough. Then I found out that judges work their way up through several collectors, experienced exhibitors, and We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Periodical Fund of the Department of Canadian Heritage have to go through their own period of tiers of exhibits ensures both success even judges are often more than will- training. and quality at the top levels. ing to offer good advice. To be honest, it seemed a bit like a Again, just as in sports where a The International Society of World-

EDITORIAL POLICY: Canadian Stamp News is a hobby magazine endeavouring to bunch of stuffy old-timers had got to- player starts out as a novice, works wide Stamp Collectors even has a free bring worldwide philatelic news and views to its readers with the major emphasis on Canadian philately. Opinions expressed in signed columns, stories, and letters are gether and figured out a way to resist up to the senior levels, and eventu- web page that takes much of the mys- not necessarily those of Canadian Stamp News. change, and stack the deck in favour of ally gets to go to the top levels. You tery out of exhibiting. It can be found at Auction and sales reports: CSN staff or assigned contributors write pre- and post-sale articles. Writers conduct interviews as needed and use information pro- their own biases. I figured exhibiting don’t get to represent your country at http://www.iswsc.org/exhibit.shtml. vided by the auction house as source material. As with all news articles, story selection, which sales to cover, and final placement in the magazine are news was supposed to be fun, and too many the Olympics until you qualify at the Check it out, you may just become decisions made by the editor(s). Statements regarding sales are verified against prices realized. Lots that fail to meet reserve, or are bought by the consignor or rules seemed to be a bit of a buzz-kill. national level. inspired. W their agent, are considered non-sales for the purpose of reporting. From time to time, CSN staff may request a copy of the invoice covering the auction transaction. Due to the public nature of auction transactions, this should not be needed often, but will be required in private treaty sales. Any information other than the price will The final War of 1812 stamp marks be kept in confidence. Attributions and values: Items attributed or values in CSN editorial content are the Battle of New Orleans. offered as a service to our readers. In no way should they be construed to be an Releases... endorsement or official opinion on a specific item. Readers looking for definitive answers should seek the services of a professional philatelist. While we strive for Continued from page 1 accuracy, errors or mistakes can occur. As a matter of policy such errors or mistakes, when discovered, will be corrected in the next available edition. ter USCGC Eagle, and an MH0-65 Dol- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Canadian Stamp News welcomes letters to the editor. The battle, which made Andrew phin helicopter. Letters must be signed and include the author’s address and phone number for possible verification. CSN reserves the right to edit letters. Jackson famous, was actually a series The Eagle, a three-mast sailing ship, REPRINT RIGHTS: Canadian Stamp News assumes that letters to any department and of engagements which ended on Jan. is used as a training vessel for future all unsolicited material submitted are contributed gratis and are for publication unless otherwise stated. Solicited material will be deemed accepted upon publication. 8, 1815. The battle was actually held Coast Guard officers and conducts Payment will be made two months following publication. Canadian Stamp News after the war was ended by the Treaty reserves the right to edit, alter, or decline all material submitted, solicited or unsolicited. summer training cruises with cadets of Ghent, on Dec. 24, 1814. PRIVACY POLICY: Occasionally, Canadian Stamp News makes its subscriber list from the United States Coast Guard available to other reputable companies with offers of goods and/or services specific The stamp is based on a painting by to collectors. If you wish not to be part of this service, please phone or fax us, or Academy. e-mail [email protected]. You can also request a copy of our Privacy Policy, or see it Greg Harlin, showing Jackson on colours, will be produced in panes of The Dolphin helicopter is in current online at www.trajan.ca. horseback, leading his troops. The 12 stamps. The pane will also include PHOTOCOPYING RIGHTS: No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a service for air-sea rescue. retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior writ- battle ended in an American victory, 11 labels with messages such as Hello, The theme of the 2012 waves of ten consent of the publisher or, in the case of photocopying or other reprographic copying, a license from Access Copyright (Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency), and was earlier commemorated on a Thank You, and Get Well Soon, which colour definitive stamps will be 6 Adelaide St. East, Suite 900, Toronto, ON, M5C 1H6. 1965 U.S. postage stamp. can presumably be used in a decora- picked up for two “patriotic wave” DISCLAIMER: Canadian Stamp News is not responsible for any errors which may appear beyond the cost of the advertisement. A stamp and sticker combination tive manner, or as letter seals. high value definitives. Canadian Stamp News (ISSN 0702 3154) is published bi-weekly by Trajan Publishing will be released in April, as part of Four harvest stamps have artwork The $1 and $2 stamps will have red Corp., 202-103 Lakeshore Rd, St. Catharines ON, L2N 2T6. Periodical postage paid National Card and Letter Writing at Buffalo NY. Postmaster: Send address changes to Canadian Stamp News, PO Box with a distinct market feel. and blue wave forms, reminiscent of a 59, Buffalo NY, 14205-0059. Publication Mail Agreement #40069699. Return Month. The forever-rate stamps, designed undeliverable US addresses to Canadian Stamp News, PO Box 59, Buffalo NY, flag, on a white background. They are 14205-0059, email [email protected] (GST 10638 6139) The forever-rate stamp, with the by Michael Doret, show retro-style designed by Michael Dayer, who also Canadian Stamp News is indexed in the Canadian Magazine Index phrase From Me to You in four images of watermelons, sweet corn, by Micromedia Ltd. ISSN: 0702-3154 designed the earlier definitives. cantaloupes, and tomatoes; all crops Canadian Stamp News is owned and published by Other stamps planned, but not re- harvested during the summer vealed, include two Civil War stamps, months. one for the Battle of Five Forks and The 100th anniversary of the United the other for Lee’s surrender at Ap- PO BOX 28103, LAKEPORT P.O., 600 ONTARIO ST., States Coast Guard will be marked pomattox; two music icon stamps, ST. CATHARINES, ONTARIO, CANADA, L2N 7P8 with a stamp showing the famous cut- WWW.TRAJAN.CA legends of Hollywood, Black heritage, TELEPHONE: (905) 646-7744 FAX: (905) 646-0995 three Vietnam Medal of Honor recipi- The USPS’s next Lunar New Year ents, and a stamp to commemorate stamp features a wooden candy the New York 2016 World Stamp tray Show. W 4 December 2, 2014 • CaNadiaN Stamp NewS • www.canadianstampnews.ca marking the 50th anniversary of the of the Five Armies. All you have to do Signed special with four stamps, each based is log in to the post office’s website, what’s on a still picture from the movie. Fea- upload a photo, select a dwarf char- sealed tured characters are Rudolph, Hermey, acter from the movie, tweak the de- inside the Bumble, and, of course, Santa. tails, and finish the order. The image delivered showing the customer’s face inside a Volume 39 • Number 16 STamPS TeLL a STOrY dwarf beard and costume is then STraNge BedFeLLOWS Collectors are always talking about printed on labels, which are attached Love stamps but hate junk mail? Be- the educational value of stamps. Well to 80-cent New Zealand postage December 2 to lieve it or not, producers of junk mail, British writer Chris West proves that stamps. To check it out go to https:// December 15, 2014 referred to as admail by Canada Post, with two books: A History of Britain in stamps.nzpost.co.nz/personalised/ or direct mail in the advertising busi- Thirty-Six Postage Stamps, and A His- stamps. ness, share your love of stamps. In an tory of America in Thirty-Six Postage Features age when we are carefully screening Stamps. Both books use stamps to tell COde Breaker hONOUred our mail, some marketers have de- history. A stamp collector himself, West As the world continues to mark an- Britain honours first cided that paying for actual stamps, describes each stamp as “a time-travel niversaries of two world wars, Great comet landing ...... Page 9 rather than using permit mailing, actu- machine that could whisk me back to Britain’s Bletchley Park post office ally helps their message get past the another era.” Makes you wonder what has issued a label attached to a first- mailbox and into your house. our stamps will say about us to future class stamp showing Alan Turing’s regulars generations. “Bombe” computer at work during ChriSTmaS iCONS ON STamPS the Second World War. The machine, CSN MARkETPLACE You’d have to have spent the past hOBBiT maiL? which was an early mechanical com- Are you buying or selling? ...... Page 19 puter, was used, among other things, half century in a cave to have not heard New Zealand Post is offering cus- SHOw AND BOURSE of the famous television special Ru- tomers a chance to play digital dress to decode German Enigma messages. Check out the shows dolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer. This year, up and appear as a character from Much of the work constructing the in your area ...... Page 23 the United States Postal Service is the feature film, The Hobbit: The Battle “Bombe” was done under the guise of the postal department, which operated telephone and telegraph equipment. A second label honours Turing columns himself. LOOkING BACk Canadian superheroes STamP WONder ON exhiBiT making a comeback ...... Page 6 The British Guiana one-cent ma- genta, which sold for around $10 mil- kID COLLECTORS lion earlier this year, has been loaned Creating ‘stamp soup’ to the Smithsonian’s National Postal stirs up fun, teaches patience ...... Page 8 Museum by its anonymous new owner. The stamp will be prominently OFF THE BEATEN TRACk displayed in the William H. Gross Take a ferry to this Stamp Gallery for three years, starting philatelic footnote ...... Page 10 next April. It will be the longest time the stamp has been on public display PHILATELIC BOOkSHELF in its history. 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NEw ISSUES UPU endorses new parcel service From around the world ...... Page 18 STAMPING GROUNDS n an effort to promote e-commerce making it easier to return unwanted the year before. International parcels Covering postal history parcel delivery, the fastest growing goods to e-tailers. represented about 300 million, a five reveals fun stories ...... Page 22 Iarea of modern postal services, the Uni- The UPU developed the service in re- per cent increase. versal Postal Union (UPU) has ap- cord time, after passing a resolution in Canada Post has reported an increase proved specifications for a new service April to expedite e-commerce. Online in parcel revenue, up 11.3 per cent to did YOU kNOW? covering items up to 30 kilograms. sales worldwide are expected to reach $353 million in the second quarter of On this day – Dec. 2 – in 1962, The service, which includes track $1.5 trillion US by the end of this year. this year, compared to 2013. the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and trace options, is expected to expe- “E-commerce is changing the way Created in 1874, the UPU, based in beat the Hamilton Tiger Cats dite international delivery of parcels, we do business,” said Brazil’s Ventuyl Switzerland, is the primary forum for 28-27 in the 50th CFL Grey Cup with a standard of five business days Barbossa, vice-chairman of the UPU’s co-operation between governments and game. Officials had halted the from the moment it arrives in its in- postal operations council. “Posts must postal authorities worldwide. In addi- game the day before due to se- tended country. Starting in 2016 the adapt to the market and provide both tion to maintaining a universal network vere lakefront fog at the Toronto service, which is optional, will provide e-tailers and customers the services for products and services, it establishes venue. Known now as the Fog pre-advice data of package contents to they want.” rules for mail exchanges among its Bowl, the game was the only customs authorities in order to improve Globally, postal services handled members and makes recommendations Grey Cup contest played over clearance of items. It also has a vali- more than 6.7 billion parcels for domes- to stimulate mail volume growth and two days. In 2012, Canada Post dated merchandise return component, tic delivery in 2013, up 3.7 per cent over improve the quality of service. W issued a series of stamps for the 100th anniversary of the Grey Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/canadianstampnews Cup, including one depicting a Follow us on Twitter @trajanpublisher scene from the Fog Bowl.

December 2, 2014 • CaNadiaN Stamp NewS • www.canadianstampnews.ca 5 Canadian superheroes making a comeback richard Comely is the co- creator of Captain Canuck, who debuted in 1975, Looking appearing sporadically over the past 39 years. Back Something about the caped By Ian Robertson man from Krypton, an ex- anadian comic book su- But despite continuing en- ploded planet whose survivors perheroes have enjoyed a thusiasm, rebirths with two dif- took on superhuman qualities Cresurgence in popularity in re- ferent characters donning his except when exposed to chunks cent years, with reprints of persona, plus new fighting lo- of their home world, called their stories, a Captain Canuck cales, a total of only 15 different kryptonite, resonated with fans web series, and continuing Captain Canuck comic books eager to spare a dime to buy his promises of him in an action have rolled off the presses. bigger-than life animated tales. film. Since comic books’ introduc- Action Comics sales were Featured on one of five tion in Japan in the 1700s and brisk and a dedicated Super- commemoratives 19 years ago, Europe in the 1830s, titles, char- off, only to be resurrected in episodes distributed via the man title appeared in June 1939. the red-and-white costumed acters, writers and artists have sort of a “can’t keep a good guy World Wide Web instead of on But after the Second World War enemy of bad guys across the come and gone regularly. Com- down” scenario, which natu- television. erupted that September, comics country has had a loyal follow- petition rose to new heights, rally generated super sales of It garnered more than 60,000 were branded non-essential im- ing since the first story was however, after Superman leapt subsequent issues. views on YouTube since its ports in this country. published in 1975. a tall building in a single bound In an Oct. 9 Toronto Star arti- launch on July 1, 2013 with the “They all disappeared from more than 76 years ago. cle, Fadi Hakim, president of appropriately titled inaugural newsstands in Canada when Considered the one who in- Captain Canuck Inc., ventured episode “Happy Canada Day,” the December 1940 War Ex- fluenced other crime-fighting to writer Sean Tepper that a live the Star reported. change Conservation Act larger-than-life characters, the action TV series will inevitably “We have a rich history as far stopped these ‘non-essential’ Man of Steel has undergone re- feature a Canadian superhero, as Canadian superheroes are publications,” Canada Post incarnations, via new-style art- “absolutely ... there’s no doubt concerned,” producer Hakim noted. work, on television with both about it.” was quoted saying. “People The decision gave rise to a actors and animated depictions, Hakim predicted that con- love superheroes, but they’ve short-lived replacement indus- plus in documentaries and sev- tinuing interest in Captain come to the forefront because try. eral movies. He was even killed Canuck, plus other Canadian of technology.” Instead of full-colour comic superhero characters, will result books, black-and-white “Cana- Captain Canuck is shown in a live-action series within CaNadiaN WarTime dian Whites” with colourful on one of five 1995 five years. COmiCS covers were launched, featur- commemoratives featuring Captain Canuck has starred Comic book technology was ing casts of new characters. comic book superheroes. five times in webisodes: series in its infancy in the late 1930s Some were obviously based on when Superman leapt into ac- their banished American coun- tion after U.S.-based DC Com- terparts. ics launched the character cre- Two Canadian replacements, ated by Toronto-born teenaged Johnny Canuck and Nelvana of artist Joe Shuster and his Cleve- the Northern Lights, were each land schoolmate-writer Jerry featured on a stamp issued 19 Siegel in the Ohio city. years ago. The first Action Comics, with Despite his lack of super- a cover that shows Superman powers, Johnny Canuck was hoisting a car over his shoul- “strong, brave and had a good ders as easily as the average right hook – and he was created mortal might prepare to toss a almost by accident!” Canada small trash can, was released in Post noted. early 1938. John Ezrin, of Bell Features in Toronto, saw a teenager checking out comic books at a newsstand, which were common on sidewalks at the time. Not impressed with the artwork, Leo Bachle accepted Ez- rin’s pitch to produce a new character by the next morning, for the company’s lineup of comic book titles. The character’s name had been used in cartoons drawn

a ‘pristine’ copy of Action Comics No. 1, which launched Superman, sold for $3.2 million in august.

6 December 2, 2014 • CaNadiaN Stamp NewS • www.canadianstampnews.ca Johnny Canuck, a wartime on his hips in a typical defender Fleur de Lys, a modern comic book character, is pose on the cover of the “First French-Canadian shown on one of the 1995 Fantastic Issue” of July 1975, superhero, is shown on a commemoratives. the muscular crime-fighter was 1995 commemorative. standing in front of a large Ca- nadian Maple Leaf flag. women in that comic book role, Self-published by Comely Her blue-and-white uniform four months before the later Comix in Winnipeg, Captain was designed by co-creator Ga- more famous Wonder Woman Canuck’s alter-ego was futuris- briel Morrissette, a Montreal art- debuted south of the border. tic secret agent Tom Evans, ist. “Dingle modified the concept whose superpowers came from The Quebec-based character so that Nelvana could fly, travel- time spent with extraterrestri- also wore a fleur-de-lys on her ing at the speed of light along a als, as the story goes. forehead. Two of the stylized lil- ray of the Northern Lights,” the Priced at 35 cents each, the ies, which are on the province’s post office literature notes. Like 200,000 first-edition copies fi- flag, were placed elsewhere on between 1869 and the early Johnny Canuck, the Inuit super- nanced with borrowed money series have also been published her body. 20th century to represent a type hero tackled Axis agents plus sold well and impressed read- in recent years. The stories were slow hitting of “everyman” Canadian. He super-villains and, on one occa- ers with higher-quality glossy The five-episode animated the stores, with the eight-part se- was often shown wearing a sion, “swarms of savage, starved paper and more pages, com- web series was launched last ries taking five years to com- lumberjack’s outfit. Manchurian wolves.” pared with American comics, year by Captain Canuck Inc. plete. Bachle (1926-2003) kept his Nelvana, who debuted in which had rougher texture and and Smiley Guy Studios. A journalist and editor, Shain- promise and Johnny Canuck 1941, was grounded in 1947. sold for 25 cents. “The National Archives of blum, who later moved to Ot- appeared in the February 1941 The artist returned to painting Halted in 1976, publication Canada purchased most of the tawa, is best-known for writing edition of Bell’s Dime Comics, after the Canadian comic book was resumed three years later original artwork because of its science fiction and comic book confronting none other than industry failed to ward off the in Calgary by CKR Produc- cultural significance,” accord- stories, starting in the early 1980s Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. return of American rival titles. tions, with 11 more issues pro- ing to thehoopandholler.com with two issues of Orion: The Ca- According to Wikipedia, the But Nelvana has survived in duced by early 1981. Most of website in Comely’s home nadian Magazine of Time and teenager was soon producing other forms. the artwork was provided by town, Portage la Prairie, Man. Space, according to Wikipedia. artwork for other Bell charac- Comic book historians Hope George Freeman, after Comely Another female Canadian He founded what became ters, including Wild Bill, The Nicholson and Rachel Richey began focusing on writing and comic book superhero began known as Matrix Comics, one of Invisible Commando, Chip reprinted the original stories lettering, Wikipedia notes. getting the chop on villains 29 the few independent Canadian Pipher, Southpaw, Super Sub, last year. The second version of the years ago. comic book firms, and also co- and The Brain. character, in the 1993 Captain Montreal writer Mark Shain- created Angloman, a parody of Although company sales Canuck: Reborn, featured a new blum created Fleur de Lys in Quebec politics produced for a took off so well that more alter-ego, Darren Oak, who bat- 1985, with her inaugural story book with Morrissette, then as a young artists were hired by tled a global conspiracy for four published in New Triumph No. newspaper strip. Bell, Johnny Canuck proved to issues, plus as a short-lived 3. Morrissette has worked for be a great morale-booster dur- newspaper comic strip. George Martial arts expert Manon several comic book publishers, ing the war and remains Bach- Freeman, an early employee, Deschamps “adopted the cos- including U.S.-based DC Comics le’s top creation. took over after Comely left tumed identity of Fleur de Lys and Marvel Comics, producing His hero served on the front CKR. to help Phillip Wise – a.k.a. artwork for Spider-Man 2099, Doc lines during the war as an In 1997, Captain Canuck ap- Northguard – fight crime and Savage, Ragman and Checkmate. RCAF officer and secret agent, peared on the cover of Time political intrigue in Canada,” He has also worked on ani- who worked with partisans magazine. especially a right-wing evan- mated features. and guerrillas. Again under Comely’s con- gelical group, Canada Post Bachle retired his pens and trol, the character’s third alter- noted. Continued on page 11 pencils after the war and ego, RCMP Const. 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Kid Reassure the kids there is no rush – this is one of the collectors “reasons we have them working in pairs – and that they can take all the time they need. By Randy Heimpel n our continuing series of other worthwhile activity for So let’s imagine that there stamps on paper shards are Does it really matter if they articles about running a a meeting – advertising their are 10 kids sitting in pairs at gathered. There should re- are off” paper? Certainly not children’sI stamp club, we are needs is easily arranged. An- medium-sized tables and on main a pile of “business for children. Anything that looking today at some activi- other idea is to run an ad in each desk is a mixed pile of postal markings,” such as the will simplify the process is a ties that motivate and inspire the local newspaper. Any local loose stamps, stamps on Pitney-Bowes cancels, which good thing. If kids are happy young collectors. If you stamp dealers can be written pieces of paper, half-enve- can be examined later. with a paper frame around haven’t already guessed from to by older kids requesting lopes, and full envelopes. The next activity is to their stamps, that can be their the title, this discussion is their experienced and expert There are prepaid envelopes, search the real stamps for choice. In fact, I would recom- about soaking stamps off pa- assistance. And let’s not forget brown envelopes, red and cancellations. We are assum- mend it for the seven-years- per. the potential of Internet social green envelopes from Christ- ing that you also explained in and-under group to minimize Deciding what to do with a sites like Facebook and Twit- mas, Pitney-Bowes stamped detail to the audience what chances of an accident. new batch of donated stamps ter for sending out pleas for envelopes, and probably these are, their meaning, and Eventually the team will is one of the very basic skills help and donations. some garbage, like gum why people search for them. finish sorting. It is time to that children need to learn. So now the stamps are ar- wrappers. Also at the table is If not, then now is the time. make “stamp soup.” Experienced collectors know riving by the bagful. Now a variety of unstamped enve- Have them placed in an enve- Each team needs a bowl or that a wrong decision can what? lopes into which the sorted lope for later sorting, clipping bucket of warm water. They drastically affect the final re- When you showed the stamps will go. Glassines are and mounting. will also need something on sults, not to mention the value group your own collection, of best of course, but not re- At last comes the pile that which to set the stamps to dry of the stamp. course you explained the ne- quired, and several sizes are needs to be sorted and and absorb water, such as Hopefully the students or cessity for delicate handling of necessary. trimmed down so that only newspaper or blotting paper. youngsters have listened to all stamps, especially mint The first job for the pair is stamps on a bit of paper re- To maintain the illusion, a earlier discussions about how ones. However, these are to carefully sort the similar main. Demonstrations are ab- ruler to stir the broth would to get stamps. They have po- young people, who rarely groups, being careful to not solutely essential at all times, be handy. litely bothered parents, rela- wash their hands unless told, touch the stamps at all if pos- but slow and deliberate ones Have the kids slowly sub- tives, neighbours and business so the rules need to be flexible. sible, unless they are off pa- are needed with younger merge the stamps and stir owners nearby about their We want them to have fun but per already; these go into a people. Show them that they gently so that they don’t need for postage stamps and to also be respectful of the separate envelope. Next, the must try to leave about a bunch. The time needed for envelopes. If they are working hobby. For this activity, they coloured envelopes are re- centimetre at minimum each stamp will vary dramati- out of a school or library, put- must handle the stamps and moved. Anything that is not around any stamp that has to cally, but soak until some can ting up a few posters – yet an- envelopes a lot. white or whitish. Then all be cut from a large shard or be seen floating free on their an envelope. Some people, no own. This can be 10 to 20 matter their age, cannot ma- minutes, with occasional stir- nipulate scissors. Reassure ring. the kids there is no rush – this While this is happening, is one of the reasons we have kids can decide what to do them working in pairs – and with the rest of the bundles. that they can take all the time An example as to what hap- they need. pens when you try to soak a VANCE AUCTIONS LTD. There is one more step that stamp off red paper, and even needs to happen at this point, brown paper, may be valuable and the younger the team the here. Kids need to see that a more assistance they will stamp dyed red or yellow by Serving Stamp and Postal History Collectors Since 1972 need. 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December 2, 2014 • CaNadiaN Stamp NewS • www.canadianstampnews.ca 9 Take a ferry to this philatelic footnote The original green 1d map stamp is bisected on a cancelled postcard from Off the Beaten herm.

track SeLeCTed iLLUSTraTiONS There are many Herm By Lewis E. Tauber stamps and first-day covers f you have come across Herm, issue telephone connections be- that I could have chosen for il- it’s probably because you are tween the islands had not yet lustration from some 27 local Ifamiliar with the larger Chan- been completed, and though issues, made up of approxi- nel Islands, including Guern- not used much, the pigeon mately 112 individual stamps sey, to the west, and Jersey to could be employed much like not counting complete booklet the southeast. Herm is part of the limited emergency use that panes. the Bailiwick of Guernsey in had been seen with pigeon post The booklet panes present a the English Channel, a little is- in France. At first, the object be- are well worth looking out for.” company the local stamps on challenge, as my research has land only 2.4 kilometres long low the pigeon on our stamp It confirms the status of our bi- the back of the envelope or if not found them anywhere. and less than 800 metres wide. might look like a padlock with sect and we see that it has been on the front, as on a postcard, Booklets are especially inter- Surprisingly, this little island the dark area in the middle be- properly used, with a British the Herm stamp was regulated esting as they are stapled ei- uses its own local stamps. It is ing the “keyhole.” But exam- stamp on the right corner as it to appear as far from the Brit- ther on the left or right made believed that Herm was once ined under a magnifying glass should be with the Herm bisect ish stamp as possible, usually up of blocks of six stamps connected to another small is- we can see that it is what it on the other. on the upper left corner. with selvedge from the left or land, Jethou, about 1.2 should be: the value of one shil- According to a note from J. Major Peter S. Wood suc- right sides. The ones shown kilometres to the southwest, ling. Sanders, a philatelist from ceeded Jefferes in 1949. He took contain four panes of half- but that connection was lost The illustration at the top of Southampton, England, “very care of the island from 1949 to doubles and two panes of one when the land between them the page shows the original few of these bisects exist as the 1980, performing restoration double. The front cover lists was washed away. 1949 green 1d (one-penny) map bisect was in use from Septem- and upkeep and for our inter- these with their total panes In addition to local stamps, stamp bisected. Not common ber 20 to October 19 when new est, he continued to operate the and the equivalent in doubles Herm has its own monetary usage, it appears as a bisect on supplies of the four doubles Herm local post service. Wood and finally in the value of the system called doubles (pro- a postcard cancelled on Herm stamps were received.” Again, left a lasting mark for collectors. complete booklet as two shil- nounced doobles). on Oct. 18, 1957. The year is sig- as with our 1d Herm bisect, the On Sept. 17, 1969 Wood sent a lings. The front inside cover Since the First World War, the nificant as the website gbstamp. British 2d covers the normal first-day cover, consisting of the provides the “regulations cov- isle of Herm was leased from co.uk reports: “on four occa- postage charged in Guernsey. set of six definitives, to himself. ering the use of Herm Island the British government. How- sions between 1953 and 1957 These stamps were intended to local stamps.” The inside back ever, in 1949 the Bailiwick of stamp shortages of the ½d val- SUB-POST OFFiCeS be a set marking Guernsey’s cover helpfully shows the Guernsey bought Herm from ues meant 1d stamps were bi- As early as 1925 the British postal independence on Oct. 1, postal “rates of carriage” the British Crown. Thus Herm sected for use on postcards and post office had a sub-post office 1969, but the stamps weren’t is- which are: is a dependency of Guernsey, these properly used on cards, on Herm, which closed in 1938, sued until Sept. 17, 1969, avail- • Four doubles for postcards and is rented out to tenants. as operating it became finan- able for only 14 days. These and unsealed letters Herm’s local stamps began ap- cially unfeasible. A.G. Jefferes, constitute the last local issues • Eight doubles for parcels pearing in 1949 and were in use the tenant of Herm in 1948, at from Herm. under a pound until Guernsey took over its the time unsuccessfully asked own postal administration from that the sub-post office be re- Britain in 1969. opened, as he believed the island had a high potential for herm’S FirST STamP tourism. However, the post of- iSSUeS fice, incorrectly, did not agree The issues of 1949 consist of with Jefferes outlook, so he Herm map stamps that we can opened his own local post with see in Figure 1 but in the inter- the service carrying mail to and est of space, instead of showing from Herm to the sub-post of- them twice, they are shown fice at St. Peter Port in Guern- overprinted “Coronation 1953.” Pigeon ‘service’ was not sey, where outgoing mail could The “pigeon service” part of the referred to as pigeon ‘post,’ enter the main British system. 1949 issue, printed on orange due to objections from As was true of other British lo- paper with black lettering, is in- Britain’s post office. cal postal systems, mail had to teresting in that at the time of have British postage stamps ac-

major Peter Wood, the last private tenant of herm to herm map stamps of 1949, the island’s first issue, were overprinted in 1953 for the operate its local postal service, sent this set of six Queen’s coronation. definitives on a first-day cover to himself.

10 December 2, 2014 • CaNadiaN Stamp NewS • www.canadianstampnews.ca during the last year of herm’s postal service, before it was taken over by guernsey, two undated booklets were issued.

• Six doubles for parcels from inside cover regulations but four to eight doubles; and let- one to 10 pounds the description of contents ters do not have a different • One shilling for parcels over has been moved from front charge if they are sealed and 10 pounds. cover to back, where the date unsealed. They went down, The back cover states that is noted as July 1959 with an either way, to 1½d; parcels ir- the tenant of Herm takes no added “2500,” which may be respective of weight went These two envelopes were sent from herm to Canada as responsibility whatsoever for the number issued. The book- down to 3d, and added was bona fide mail. the safe delivery of the article, let contains 12 four doubles, an additional 1/6 for registering though it is preceded by assur- 12 eight doubles and a dozen a letter or package. Herm, in fact to Canada, and some issues from Herm’s on- ance that every care will be 1½ doubles, with a total of six Another cover shows a are not philatelic mail such as line gift shop at herm.com. taken. The booklet is undated. panes that add up to three stamp from the other 1959 se- a first-day cover. What’s no longer available The images are of the Herm shillings for the entire book- ries, depicting a map and there may be found at auction, map stamp of 1949 or the 1958 let. boat, along with a larger en- STamP avaiLaBiLiTY on eBay or in your local club definitive issue. However, in- This booklet lists some velope, both of which are sig- Although the first series of circuit books. Since there are stead of the blue of the 1949 is- changes in carriage rates: a nificant in that they were sent Herm stamps was issued May only 27 local Herm stamp issue, the halfpenny stamp is the postcard has gone up from through the mail outside 26, 1949, it’s not too late to get sues, it is a fun, manageable ad- bright violet of the 1958 issue. venture to collect the finite The 1d is green like the 1949 number issued. W but in a much darker shade as found in the 1958 1d, so the These two complete panes can be considered as booklets, stapled at the coming from the 1958 series. left or right, were issued in Another booklet with a left 1959. or right staple has the same

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Philatelist mastered chosen topic with excellence gary W. Steele’s 1937-1938 Canadian Definitive Issue informs about and depicts essays, die proofs, plate Philatelic proofs, both horizontal and vertical gutter and plate BookshelF proofs, and imperforate stamps. By Michael O. Nowlan ne of the successful, if not the watchful eye and ever re- the most successful, Cana- search-minded Steele. If anyone can help, write James dianO philatelic publishing pro- The author examines the Bendon, 39 Aldrington Rd., Lon- grams is the British North Amer- rates and how each was used. don SW16 1TU, United King- ica Philatelic Society’s Exhibits Some, of course, like the four- dom. This will be a definitive Series, which has reached Nos. cent issue, helped make up odd work on this topic. 76 and 77. That in itself is un- rates. Others had a specific pur- precedented and needs to be re- pose like the three-cent stamps, FirST WOrLd War spected in philatelic literature whose prime use was domestic The September-October issue circles. first-class mail. Steele notes that of the American Topical Associa- What BNAPS has done with the three-cent stamp, “more tion’s Topical Time makes a strong this series is honour collectors than all other definitive values statement for a new thematic col- for their research, dedication, of the period” had the largest lection: the stamps now paying success, and contribution to the print run of more than two bil- tribute to what “was truly a cata- hobby. The series is a boost for lion stamps. It was used for clysmic event in world history,” philately by encouraging not make-up rates too. the First World War. Writer Barry only exhibiting, but also research BNAPS exhibit No. 76 has es- N. Floyd says “a number of Eu- and further study. says, die proofs, plate proofs, ropean countries have chosen to Number 76 in the series is both horizontal and vertical mark the 100th anniversary of Gary W. Steele’s 1937-1938 Cana- gutter and plate proofs, and im- the outbreak” of the war with dian Definitive Issue, a 128-page perforate stamps. Among the commemorative stamps. traditional exhibit, which has regular issues are items that fea- He cites Belgium (a five-year merited Steele an array of med- ture unusual stamps because of while others have remarkable dress for BNAPS titles. BNAPS project), Serbia, and “perhaps the als including five Gold and five flaws in the printings. covers with excellent markings titles are now available from most colorful and poignant ... Reserve Grand awards in Can- Then there are booklets, coils, to go with the stamps. Sparks Auctions, 1550 Carling come from Great Britain and the ada; and at the American Phila- O.H.M.S. (On her Majesty’s Ser- Steele first encountered orga- Ave., Suite 202, Ottawa, ON K1Z island of Jersey.” I am convinced telic Society’s Champion of vice) overprints in both five and nized stamp collecting at the 8S8; phone: 613-567-3336; email: there will be many more. Floyd’s Champions competition in Mil- four holes, and precancels. 1971 annual BNAPS show in [email protected]. article is very detailed on the waukee at StampShow 2013, it Steele concludes with informa- Halifax, but it was with the Nova The person in charge is now British stamps that commenced received a Prix d’Honneur tion on surface mail domestic Scotia Stamp Club in 1978 that Brian Wolfenden. 1937-1938 Ca- a five-year project, a set that will award. and surface mail international; stamp collecting “really got his nadian Definitive Issue in spiral have 30 stamps in total. I must The 1937-1938 Canadian Defini- airmail domestic, USA, and attention,” and it was not long binding is available for $63 Cdn. admit the first five stamps are tive Issue deals with all aspects of British Commonwealth; and before he chose to “collect the very impressive. Jersey’s new is- that definitive issue from the first airmail international. 1937-1938 Definitive Issue.” He FrOm JameS BeNdON sue features six stamps and a stamps in 1937 to the complete What enhances 1937-1938 Ca- has mastered his chosen topic Twice in the past year, I have miniature sheet. one-cent to $1 values as well as nadian Definitive Issue are the with excellence. updated readers with the prog- Gibbons Stamp Monthly’s Au- the six-cent airmail. 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BriTiSh aNTarCTiC TerriTOrY British Antarctic Territory released four stamps in mid-November featuring iSTAR, an ambitious scien- tific program funded by NERC (Natural Environment Research Council). The mission is to improve under- standing of what’s happening to the area of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet where the greatest rates of ice loss over the last decades have been observed. The four stamps show: twin otter aircraft (65p); sur- aUSTraLia face radar (75p); RRS James Clark Ross (£1); and an Australia is commemorating the centenary of the autosub (£1.20). beginning of the First World War with a set of four stamps released Oct. 21, remembering the contribution made by the defence services over the last century. The Australian Defence Force is comprised of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and the Australian Army.

UNiTed NaTiONS The United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA) greeNLaNd issued a set of 12 stamps depicting endangered species The Denmark Expedition of 1906-08 was honoured BahamaS on Oct. 23. on two stamps issued by Greenland on Oct. 20. Jørgen The Bahamas issued four Christmas stamps Nov. 11 This is the 22nd set of stamps in UNPA’s multi-year Brønlund, Niels Peter Høgh Hagen and Ludvig My- that concentrate on the message of Christmas. series on Endangered Species. The series was launched lius-Erichsen participated in the discovery that the The illustrations are portrayed with the characters of in 1993 to highlight the need for the protection of en- Peary Channel did not exist and that Peary Land was the familiar nativity story shown as silhouettes against dangered species throughout the world. An array of part of the rest of Greenland. brightly coloured night skies, with each scene helping marine life is featured on this year’s stamps: Denise’s to emphasize the various messages on the stamps. pygmy seahorse, whale shark, scalloped hammerhead The stamps show: Peace on Earth (15 cent); Tidings Asian arowana, Arapaima, basking shark, largetooth of Great Joy (50 cent); a Time for Giving (65 cent); and sawfish, Siberian sturgeon, humphead wrasse, great a Saviour is Born (70 cent). white shark, giant manta ray, and paddlefish.

JerSeY Jersey issued four stamps on Oct. 30 highlighting pirates and privateering. In the days when the easiest method of transporting goods in bulk was by water, NeW ZeaLaNd unscrupulous members of seafaring communities saw A souvenir sheet issued by New Zealand on Nov. 14 its disruption as an ideal way of making money. marks the 60th anniversary of the Hastings Stamp Col- Piracy was frowned on by authorities, unless the lectors Club and the 80th anniversary of the Hawke’s ship happened to belong to an enemy power, in which Bay Philatelic Society. The sheet was to be issued on case a blind eye may have been turned. Despite this, the first day of the BAYPEX 2014 National Stamp Show UNiTed STaTeS piracy was a criminal offence unless it was sanctioned being held in Hawke’s Bay and incorporates three Two tall stamps will be issued by the USPS on Dec. by the state and termed “privateering.” stamps from the “For King & Empire” stamp issue. 5 featuring basketball superstar Wilt Chamberlain. W

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4826 www.nuphilex.com Auction to be conducted by Lower Canada Auction Covering postal history reveals fun stories a 1901 montreal machine cancel ties two one-cent Queen victoria definitives, with a corner imprint of the Stamping J.T. Bell Footwear factory. grounds

By Ian Robertson on the alligator poised atop a box promoting “The Alligator” hilst whiling away a bit once attached to a “money brand of tools and implements of time seeking inspira- packet” by a piece of sturdy was too attractive to resist men- tionW for this column, I stumbled string. tioning. upon an Ottawa-area dealer’s To forward cash, back in the In addition, the stamp tied postal history offerings on days when people risked send- with a “Buy U.S. Savings eBay. ing currency through the mail, The “No.” references likely It was offered with a bargain Bonds-Ask Your Postmaster” I had just finished surfing for banks used special envelopes to refer to the specific “hammer” opening bid of $10 US. machine cancel is a two-cent a favourite topic when I spotted which cardboard address tags postmarking device issued to Someone who thought they George Washington definitive an illustrated box suggesting were fastened. The packets railroad mail coaches, with could get away with using a from a coil, though missing something else that might inter- were, of course, registered, in numbers at the top that identi- three-cent Excise revenue stamp perfs on the right side render it est me. order to trace any that might go fied the mail clerk who was us- instead of investing two cents of little monetary value. It did. missing or be purloined en ing it at the time. in postage for a 1932 cover cost This cover was also offered Gadzooks! Voila! route to their destination. All this was available from the recipient a standard double- for a $10 US opening bid. There should always be time This now-unusual philatelic the dealer for an opening bid of the-unpaid-postage fee. An unusual, and appropri- set aside for a bit of fun! offering bears a postage meter $25 US plus shipping and han- A four-cent Postage Due ate, heart-shaped logo in red Besides, as a storyteller, I’m sticker showing the sender dling. stamp is tied to the cover by a was printed on a 1905 cover always looking for ... well, sto- spent $2.12, which was a hefty One item I bid on bears the typical pencil stroke, likely ap- mailed by Halifax stamp dealer ries to tell. amount during the Second imprint of a Toronto newspa- plied by the mail carrier who H.L. Hart to a preacher in Okla- And while I regularly write World War. The postmark, in per, the Empire, which merged had to collect the four cents. homa. about commemoratives and purple ink, identifies the post- 119 years ago with the Toronto definitives in Canadian Stamp ing depot as “Terminal A. No. Mail to become the Mail and News, focusing on the history of 11” in Toronto. Empire. It merged in 1936 with the topics they feature, plus An imprint on the meter la- the Globe and became the Globe production and any unusual bel shows a hand holding a and Mail, a Toronto-based news- sidebar subjects, it is their use symbolic burning torch aloft, paper distributed across the as postage that can sometimes with curved text reading “Hold country. offer even more information of high the torch of freedom,” As a now mostly retired interest to a collector. above larger patriotic wartime newspaperman, I’ve collected This is especially true if a text bidding people to “Buy related imprinted covers for stamp is still attached to an en- Victory Bonds.” several decades. velope, postcard or other piece At the bottom are two circu- As an added bonus, this one of mail, with appropriate or un- lar Railway Post Office (RPO) was postmarked in 1894, the usual cancels, of course. postmarks. One reads “B’Water year before the Empire-Mail a 1936 cover bears a two-cent george Washington coil Such is the subject at hand – Junction & Mid.R.P.O-No. 2,” merger. stamp and advertises alligator-brand products. a veritable cornucopia, a term the other “Pt.Hope & Smaller type below the deco- drawn from the Latin reference Tor.R.P.O.-No. 6” rative Old English type that re- to a “horn of plenty.” Someone penciled two nota- produced the Empire name The Excise stamp was post- At first glance, there is noth- After all, it is close to Christ- tions, identifying the Blackwa- identifies it as having origi- marked with a slogan cancel ing unusual in the heart shape. mas. ter Junction and Midland, Ont. nated from the newspaper’s promoting May 11-18 cleanup But a closer look reveals it con- RPO cancel being applied “late Montreal branch office. week in Montreal, with the sists, equally appropriately, of a mONeY Tag, a FLierS by 7 months” beyond its re- Addressed to L.B. Archibald dates and the bilingual text small maple leaves. From Can- NOTiCe, UNUSUaL CaNCeLS corded use period, with the Esq., the latter term being short “Clean Paint & Beautify/Net- ada, you say! aNd imPriNTS Port Hope and Toronto RPO for the old-fashioned title “es- toyi Penture Embellisse.” A A nice cover, it had an open- Moving right along, the first cancel being “CN-476.06,” quire,” a three-cent Small boxed “4 Cents Due” post of- ing bid of $20 US. item spotted in the Nepean, which was probably a reference Queen Queen Victoria defini- fice mark in purple ink was ap- A printed card directing a Ont. dealer’s listings is a 1944 to that particular Canadian Na- tive is tied to the front by a plied on the bottom right. Kitchener, Ont. mail carrier to wartime mailing tag that was tional Railway canceller. Montreal duplex cancel. To add insult to injury, the re- deliver 100 fliers to households At $20 US, the opening bid cipient – the City of Point Claire in that city was franked with price seemed reasonable. – just outside Montreal, had to two 50-cent King George V Ad- Posted seven years later from use taxpayers’ money to pay miral definitives. Montreal, a 1901 machine can- the penalty fee. Tied to the card by a roller cel ties two one-cent Queen Vic- The far-from-common cov- cancel, a nice circular 1926 toria Numeral issue definitives er’s starting bid was $25 US. Kitchener postmark was ap- to an envelope with the J.T. Bell An even more interesting im- plied at the bottom. Footwear factory building on print on an envelope mailed in But the stamps offer two ad- the upper left. 1936 from Jacksonville, Fla. to a ditional stories. Such imprints went out of “purchasing agent” in the same Attached upside down, that style a long time ago, but are city deserved to be snapped up positioning is a traditional slur an attractive decoration that by a keen-eyed collector. intended by someone seeking This 1944 Toronto patriotic meter label cancel features two represents an industry that The text identifying the to display opposition to the rPO markings. flourished more than a century sender as the Florida Hardware monarchy, or perhaps the ago. Co. was ordinary, but the grin sender was merely in a rush.

22 December 2, 2014 • CaNadiaN Stamp NewS • www.canadianstampnews.ca The imperforate side on one But an opening bid of $70 stamp shows it came from the US seemed fair for this un- right side of a pane and, usual wrapper, which was though not as popular as those struck in black ink applied to Show & Bourse with all-round perfs, is actu- a “1/2” metal device. That ally a bit rarer. post office marking indicated Nov. 21 – 22, Montreal, QC Jan. 24 – 25, 2015, Montreal, QC The card offers a nice combi- payment of the required half- International Stamp Show of Montreal / EXUP37, Saint-Mathieu International Stamp Show of Longueuil, Sandman Hôtel, 999 rue Center, 7110, 8e avenue. Hours: Friday. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sat. 10 Sérigny Hours: Sat. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sun. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free nation of subjects, all for a $20 pence fee for mailing a news- a.m. to 5 p.m. Free admission and parking. Sponsor/Affiliate: admission and parking $5.00. Sponsor/Affiliate: Canada Post. For opening bid. paper. Canada Post. For more information contact Patrick Chalifoux, Box more information contact Patrick Chalifoux, Box 84, Ste-Julie, In a example of “two-for-the- The 1852 Bytown “double 84, Ste-Julie, Québec, J3E 1X, email [email protected], Québec, J3E 1X5, email [email protected], telephone price-of-one,” the front of an ring” postmark applied in telephone 450-223-0082. Website: http://www.timbratheque.com. 450-223-0082. Website: http://www.timbratheque.com. envelope mailed from Montreal black is also extremely read- Nov. 22, Toronto, ON Feb. 21, 2015, Burlington, ON to J.G. Butterworth, Esq. in Ot- able. North Toronto Stamp Club Show and Bourse, North Toronto Stamp Burlpex 2015, Burlington Seniors Centre, 2285 New Street tawa was franked with a pre- Club Show, 1585 Yonge Street North Toronto Stamp Club Show Burlington stamp club will be sponsoring BURLPEX 2015 10 AM - 4PM. at the Burlington Seniors Centre, New Street & Drury cancelled one-cent King George CHECK DEALERS’ TABLES, and Bourse, Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge Street, Hours 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admission, free parking (about 40 Lane (enter off of Teen Tour Way). Show will have stamp dealers, V Admiral definitive. ONLINE, YOUR BASEMENT parking spaces on site), easy subway access (St. Clair subway sales circuit, silent auction snack bar. Wheelchair accessible. Such overprinted stamps, in Such treasures can also be station), wheelchair access, 20 dealers, lots of club sales circuit free admission and free parking. For more information, email black text, were typically sold found at some stamp shops, at books, over 100 ten-cent stamp books, members special sale [email protected]. table, door prizes and snack bar available on site. Sponsor/ affili- to bulk mailers in larger com- Feb. 22, 2015, Don Mills, ON stamp shows and occasionally ate: North Toronto Stamp Club. For more information, contact Toronto Postcard Club 34th Annual Show, Japanese Canadian munities to speed up process- in auction catalogues, al- Matt, email [email protected], phone 647-990-4073 Cultural Centre, 6 Garamond Ct. Toronto. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. ing without requiring a post- website http//northtorontostampclub.ca. though low-priced covers are Forty tables of vintage postcards for sale. Admission $7, TPC mark obliteration, and to dis- now more frequently offered Nov. 29, Vernon, BC members $5. Near Don Mills Rd. & Eglinton, TTC accessible, free courage shop and factory via online sites. Vernon Stamp Show & Bourse, Schubert Centre, 3505 30th parking. For more information, email info@torontopostcardclub. clerks from stealing stamps to Sifting through a box of en- Avenue. Hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free admission, philatelic dis- com. Website: www.torontopostcardclub.com/toronto-postcard- trade for smokes or candy at velopes can be a pleasant and plays, door prize, stamp auction, Okanagan Mainline Philatelic show/. small shops. rewarding experience, espe- Association For more information, email [email protected], tele- Mar. 15, 2015, Kitchener, ON phone 250-542-4127. What makes this stamp un- cially for those who like the Postcard Memories Show & Sale, Bingemans Embassy Room, 425 usual is the doubling of a Nov. 29 – 30, Boucherville, QC Bingeman Centre Drive South Central Ontario’s Largest Post Card challenge of a good hunt. Un- Expo. Sponsored by Kitchener Waterloo Cambridge Regional Post “Montreal Quebec” imprint, usual stamp combinations and Coin and Stamp Show, De Mortagne School, 955 De Montarville Blvd. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days. Free admission and Card Club, 1,000’s of collector cards, pre-1900 to current. with the text divided by two postmarks can dress up a parking, 35 dealers in attendance, Stamp auction Saturday at 11 Admission $5, children under 12 admitted free when accompa- horizontal lines printed once stamp album, or add to an ex- a.m., coin auction by Lower Canada Auctions at 2 p.m. Club infor- nied by an adult. Free parking, door prizes. For more information, email [email protected], telephone Dave 519 885-3499. in the normal horizontal posi- mation and draw prizes, food service available. Sponsored by isting postal history collec- Website: postcardshow.blogspot.com. tion, then again at an angle. tion. ANPB. For more information, email [email protected], telephone 450-655-4433. Website: http://www.anpb.net. The pane of 100 was likely fed Whether you find them in Mar. 21, 2015, Toronto, ON North Toronto Stamp Club Show, Yorkminster Park Baptist through the printing press a Dec. 6, Moncton, NB dealers’ stock, online or Church, 1585 Yonge St. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admission, Moncton Stamp Fair, Royal Canadian Legion, 100 War Veterans second time, by mistake. tucked away to emerge “some about 40 free parking spaces on site, easy subway access (St. Ave. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admission and parking. For The $20 US opening bid, if Clair subway station), wheelchair access. Sponsor/Affiliate: day” when you retire or oth- more information, contact Paul Bourque, telephone 506-875- North Toronto Stamp Club. For more information, contact Ernie successful, struck me as a bar- erwise have more time on 2684. gain. Nyitrai, email [email protected]. Website: http:// your hands to figure out what www.northtorontostampclub.ca. The last item I spotted in that Dec. 7, Brampton, ON to do with such gems, some- Brampton Coins, Stamps and Trading Cards Show, Century Mar. 28 – 29, 2015, Edmonton, AB dealer’s offering was a capital thing out-of-the-ordinary can Gardens Recreation Centre, 340 Vodden St. E. Hours: 9 a.m. to Edmonton Spring National Stamp Show, Central Lions Centre, 111 example of a pre-stamp Cana- 4:30 p.m. Free parking, admission $3, under 14 free. Coins, med- set you on a different path in Ave & 113 Str. Hours: Sat. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sun. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. dian cover. this hobby. als, tokens, paper money, trade dollars, supplies, stamps, trading Dealer and exhibits set up is Fri. 6 to 10 p.m. Dealer’s bourse Quick, what was Ottawa’s Unlike stamps, postal his- cards, children’s tables. Funds raised for children’s charities. exhibits, (grand award winner can compete in the APS World Sponsor/Affiliate: Rotary Club of Brampton. For more information name before being chosen as tory items are often unique, Series of Philately or Champion of Champions), door prizes, junior contact Willard Burton, B W Coin, telephone 905-450-2870 or table, circuit books, free admission, more awards, wine and the current seat of Parliament? and often not that expensive. 416-254-6569. Website: http://bwcoin.com. cheese, reception Sat. evening, BNAPS breakfast Sunday morn- Correct! Bytown was named Checking out the meaning Dec. 20, Burlington, ON ing. Sponsor/Affiliate: Edmonton Stamp Club. For more information contact Ed Dykstra, email [email protected], telephone after Col. John By (1779-1836), of special postmark markings Burloak Stamp Fair, Seniors Centre, 2285 New St. Hours: 9 a.m. to 780-421-0930. Website: http://www.edmontonstampclub.com. a British military engineer who can also provide additional 2 p.m. Eighteen years of regular monthly shows on the third ramrodded construction of the education about mail habits Saturday of every month. Six to nine dealers, active buyers, and June 6, 2015, Toronto, ON Rideau Canal south from the past and present, through re- always something new. For more information contact Steve North Toronto Stamp Club Show, Yorkminster Park Baptist Simon, telephone 905-575-2950, email [email protected]. former lumber town to Lake search or by asking someone Church, 1585 Yonge St. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admission, about 40 free parking spaces on site, easy subway access (St. Dec. 20, St Catharines, ON Ontario at Kingston, Ont. to help. Clair subway station), wheelchair access. Sponsor/Affiliate: Best Western Stamp Show, Niagara Room, Best Western Hotel, Folded “letter sheets” bear- Stamp collecting, as they North Toronto Stamp Club. For more information, contact Ernie QEW at Lake Street Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free parking, free Nyitrai, email [email protected]. Website: http:// ing a Bytown postmark turn up say, can broaden your hori- admission and free appraisals. Specializing in the stamps and www.northtorontostampclub.ca. in dealers’ stock occasionally. zons. W covers of Canada and the British Commonwealth. Sponsor/ Affiliate: Roy’s Stamps. For more information contact Roy Houtby, Sept. 11 – 13, 2015, Niagara Falls, ON telephone 905-934-8377. BNAPEX 2015, Ramada Plaza, 7389 Lundy’s Lane. Hours: Fri. Sept. 11, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sat., Sept. 12, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sun., Sept. Jan. 16 – 18, 2015, Toronto, ON 13, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. BNAPS annual convention, exhibition and Unipex Coin & Stamp Show, Toronto Plaza Hotel, 1677 Wilson Ave. bourse. For more information, email [email protected], (HWY 401 & 400) More details to follow. For more information, telephone 905-227-9251. Website: http://www.bnaps.org/ email [email protected], telephone 416.242.5900. Sept. 12, 2015, Toronto, ON Jan. 24, 2015, St Catharines, ON North Toronto Stamp Club Show, Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, CATHEX, Grantham Lions Club, 732 Niagara St. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 1585 Yonge St. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admission, about 40 p.m. Sixty-sixth annual exhibition and bourse, exhibits, 12 dealers, free parking spaces on site, easy subway access (St. Clair sub- club circuit, youth/beginners table, lunch counter. Free parking. way station), wheelchair access. Sponsor/Affiliate: North Toronto Sponsor/Affiliate: St. Catharines Stamp Club. For more information Stamp Club. For more information, contact Ernie Nyitrai. For more contact Stuart Keeley, email [email protected], tele- information, email [email protected]. Website: phone 905-227-9251. Website: http://stcatharinesstampclub.ca. http://www.northtorontostampclub.ca

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December 2, 2014 • Canadian stamp News • www.canadianstampnews.ca 23 OLD TIME BARGAINS #843 This week you’ll ﬁ nd a great selection of specials featuring Canadian back of the book, mint Newfoundland and scarce plate proofs. Select those you need and place your order today by phone, fax, mail or email! There are no additional charges for shipping or sales taxes and installment terms are available if needed on larger purchases. The new 2015 Unitrade catalogue is expected shortly and we are taking advance orders at just $49.95 postpaid. The 2015 Scott catalogues are now on hand at just $99.95 per volume postpaid. Have something nice for sale? If you do, please get in touch. We pay the highest prices for specialized collections and individual rarities of not only Canada and Provinces, but U.S.A., British and Foreign material as well.

SPECIAL OFFER SPECIAL OFFER #15,880 SPECIAL OFFER #15,873 Five-hole perforated OHMS offi cials are scarce as #15,887 well as popular with collectors. Here is a VF used Here’s a good offer that Two offers follow on scarce plate example of #OA221, the 5¢ blue from the 1935 is- you may not see again proofs from the 1908 Map Stamp sue. List price is $82.50. My price is $44.50. – a complete set of used (#86P). Here is a plate proof blocks of four of the 1930 pair in the issued colour on card Canada Arch Issue (Scott mounted india paper. List price #162-177). List price is SPECIAL OFFER #15,881 for the pair in VF condition is $200.00. My price is just $119.00. I $350.00+. My price is just The fi ve-hole type of offi cial perfi n was replaced also have singles at $59.50 or blocks of four at $195.00. $139.50 while they last. in later years by a four-hole type. Here is the SPECIAL OFFER #15,888 10¢ rose carmine from the 1938 issue (#O241a). This one is scarce. A VF NH mint single lists at Early Newfoundland is very hard to fi nd in $140.00. My price is just $69.95 for a single of choice condition. Here is a VF NH mint single $249.95 for a nice block of four. of the 12¢ brown Queen Victoria (Scott #29). SPECIAL OFFER List price is $300.00. My price is $179.00 while they last. #15,874 SPECIAL OFFER #15,882 The next two specials are al- SPECIAL OFFER #15,889 ways popular whenever I offer Next how about this lovely them. First here are the only plate proof block of eight of Also very desirable is this F-VF NH mint single two offi cial airmail stamps the 5¢ New Brunswick (#8Pii- of the 1¢ brown (Scott #43). List price is $337.50. ever issued by Canada (Scott #CO1-CO2). I have some lovely VF iv) in the colour of issue, with My price is $195.00 only. Just one left in stock NH mint examples to offer. List price is $45.00. My price is just vertical “SPECIMEN” over- in this premium quality! half at $22.50. Or make it $79.95 for blocks of four. prints in red. This is where things get interesting – the block shows all three of the overprint SPECIAL OFFER #15,875 types. Type D is the rarest, occurring only 10 times in a sheet of SPECIAL OFFER The next three specials feature plate 100! List price for a VF block is $1,100.00. My price is $495.00 only #15,890 proofs of special delivery issues. These (or fi ve payments of $99.00 each). proofs were printed in very small quan- Here is the Pictorial Issue tities and few are available on the mar- SPECIAL OFFER #15,883 (Scott #145-159). The small ketplace today. First here is #E1, the Here is another great offer -- plate proof format of the preceding set was 10¢ green fi rst issue. I have a very fi ne blocks of eight of the 10¢ and 12½¢ Nova abandoned in favour of a larg- single available at only $950.00. Only about 70 of these exist. Scotia (#12Pi-ii, 13Pi-ii). Both are printed er sized stamp. List price for in issued colours with diagonal “SPECI- a F-VF mint NH set is $325.00. MEN” overprints in green and red respec- My price is $195.00 only. SPECIAL OFFER #15,876 tively. Both show not only two overprint types (thick and thin letters) but a full plate The special delivery issues are no- imprint as well. List price in VF condition table for their outstanding engrav- SPECIAL is $1,000.00+. My price $395.00 (or fi ve paying, and this one is no exception ments of $79.00 each). OFFER #15,891 (Scott #E6). I have a very fi ne pair of plate proofs available. List price is A change in printers re- $700.00. My price is $495.00. sulted in the Publicity set being re-engraved. The new dies show small differences from the originals. Besides this, the stamps are readily recognized by their brighter colours and thicker gum. A VF NH mint set of Scott #163-171 lists at $440.00. I have a couple of sets in stock at just $269.00 each. SPECIAL OFFER #15,884 SPECIAL OFFER #15,892 SPECIAL OFFER #15,877 Four more proof offers follow, this time from Newfoundland. The 10¢ From 1932 here is the This third special features Scott #E8, value of the attractive fi rst Cents Issue fi rst Resources Issue the 20¢ dark carmine. I can supply portrayed Prince Albert. I have some (Scott #183-199). This a very fi ne pair of proofs at $495.00 nice plate proofs available (#27Pi). Condition is VF and list price is is a long set with the (list price is $700.00) or a single at $120.00. My price is $69.95 or $129.95 for a pair. I have one imprint colour changes in- $249.00. block at $269.95. cluded. Condition is fresh mint NH with SPECIAL OFFER almost VF centering. List price is $186.75. SPECIAL OFFER #15,878 #15,885 My price is $129.00 Here’s the stamp I chose for my letterhead Here is the 13¢ value only. many years ago -- the 20¢ orange special deliv- from the same set. It pic- ery issued in 1927 (Scott #E3). List price for a tures a fi shing schooner. F-VF NH mint single is $92.50. My price is just These are printed in the issued colour on card mounted india paper $34.95. Or make it $129.95 for a block of four. (#30P). List price is $140.00. My price for a VF pair is just $95.00. SPECIAL OFFER #15,893 SPECIAL OFFER #15,886 Here’s another popular set SPECIAL OFFER #15,879 Here’s one I have had trouble acquir- from Newfoundland – the ing over the years -- #33P. This is the 1933 Sir Humphrey Gilbert Next, here is the 10¢ top value of the 1933 post- 3¢ vermilion from 1870. The proofs issue (Scott #212-225). List age due series (Scott #J14). I have some very are truly beautiful with amazing viv- price for a complete set of nice VF NH mint examples in stock. List price id colour. List price for a VF pair is F-VF NH mint singles is is $100.00. My price is just $39.95 for a single or $150.00. My price is $95.00. I also have singles at $49.95 or blocks $302.00. My price is just $139.95 for a block of four. of four at $179.95. $179.95.

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