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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 43 • Number 16 November 27 - December 10, 2018 $4.50 Canada Post holiday stamps issued nationwide This year’s holiday stamps, which issue designed to inspire “warm include both secular and sacred issues, thoughts,” the Crown corporation is- were released by Canada Post on Nov. sued three non-religious stamps pay- 2. ing the domestic, U.S. and interna- Continuing its long tradition of holi- tional rates. They display colourful day commemorations with a secular folk-art inspired depictions of traditional cold-weather wear. “In Canada, even dressing for the cold connects us with the past,” reads Canada Post’s Details magazine for October/November 2018. European settlers first brought wool-producing sheep to North America as This cover was mailed from Ipswich to Norfolk on the first day of the early as the mid-17th century, uniform four-penny post as indicated by the ‘P4’ in the bottom-left corner. and worsted caps worn by voyageurs are possibly the predecessor of what we now Uniform four-penny post sets Continued on page 4 Canada Post’s 2018 secular stamps depict stage for comprehensive reform colourful folk-art inspired By Jesse Robitaille The short-lived change, which was in depictions of traditional cold-weather wear. This is the final story in a three-part se- effect for only 36 days – from Dec. 5 un- ries highlighting Great Britain’s mid- til Jan. 9, 1840 – saw the end of rates cal- 19th century postal reforms. culated by distance. Instead, postage he first “real reform” of Great Brit- was now charged based on weight – 2019 Show Planner inside ain’s postal system came in Decem- four pence for pre-paid letters up to half Tber 1839, when the uniform four-penny an ounce – and there was no penalty for The Canadian Coin & Stamp Show post was implemented. multiple sheets. What’s more, for mail Planner: 2019 is inserted inside this with rates already less than four pence, issue of Canadian Stamp News. Publications Registration Mail No. 09136 AgreementNo. 40069699 the existing lower rates applied. This full-colour, handbook- Before the uniform four-penny post sized coin and stamp show calen- was implemented, the Select Commit- dar is a comprehensive listing of tee, of which Sir Rowland Hill was a all local, national and major inter- member, did an “amazing investigation national shows taking place next of the number of letters mailed,” said year. Brought to you by CSN, Ca- Tom Slemons, a U.S.-based director of nadian Coin News and our adver- the Great Britain Collectors Club. tisers, the free 48-page glossy The committee analyzed how many booklet is your definitive calendar letters were mailed at a specific time in a for philatelic and numismatic certain town or county. After learning events. Please see the introduction how many letters the postmasters were on page 3 for full details about us- handling, it determined how many of ing the planner. those letters were sent from each post Clubs and show organizers office at each of the different rates. wishing to order additional copies “These postmasters had to keep track can call CSN at 1-800-408-0352 or of it – there were no calculators or data- email [email protected]. Please indi- base – and count these things to send in cate the number of copies you the information,” said Slemons, who’s a need plus your full mailing ad- Fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society dress, phone number and email London. address. W Continued on page 11 HAPPY HOLIDAYS This year’s festive stamps project the warmth and Souvenir comfort of the holidays, with colourful depictions of Sheet Official traditional cold-weather wear. Socks, mittens and a First Day toque grace the domestic, U.S. and international rates Cover respectively, while the Ofﬁ cial First Day Cover sports 404099144 55 a beautiful knitted scarf. Add them to your collection $ 5 and use them when sending holiday greetings.

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November 27, 2018 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca 3 like-minded folks – through the CANADIAN co-operation of different organiza- Guest tions. STAMP This summer in the U.S., the Ameri- COMMENTARY can Philatelic Society (APS) and NEWS American Topical Association (ATA) PUBLISHER / EDITOR: By Jesse Robitaille jointly hosted their annual shows, Mike Walsh (Ext. 228) [email protected] CONSULTING EDITOR: Ian S. Robertson StampShow and the National Topical CONTRIBUTORS: John Conrad, Gary Dickinson, Robin Harris, Stamp Show, respectively. It marked Randy Heimpel, Richard Logan, Peter Mosiondz, Chad Neighbor, the first time the 132-year-old APS Hans Niedermair, Everett Parker, David Piercey, Tony Shaman, Joining forces for philately Mike Smith, Lewis E. Tauber and 68-year-old ATA combined their ADVERTISING: [email protected] e must keep on trying to Mike Walsh (Ext. 228), “saved the world” with his advoca- large annual national shows. Jim Szeplaki (Ext. 223) solve problems, one by one, tion of peacekeeping, Pearson became APS Executive Director Scott English CIRCULATION: [email protected] stage“W by stage, if not on the basis of the leader of Canada’s federal Liberal (Ext. 225) said the collaboration is “a sign of COMPOSITION & DESIGN: [email protected] confidence and co-operation, at least Party – then the official opposition – things to come for the hobby.” Production Co-ordinator – Jim Szeplaki (Ext. 223) on that of mutual toleration and self- one month later. The following de- Mary-Anne Luzba - [email protected] “Now that we’ve accomplished one OFFICE: [email protected] interest.” cade, he began serving as our 14th show in 2018, we will turn our atten- Accounts Receivable (Ext. 225) Lester Bowles Pearson made this re- prime minister. tion to 2019 to try and build on that PRINT SUBSCRIPTIONS: GST #10638 6139 RT Canada: $47.99 for one year (26 issues) plus applicable tax; mark on Dec. 11, 1957, during his No- Looking at his comment through the success,” he added. $83.99 for two years (52 issues) plus applicable tax; bel lecture after being awarded the lens of philately, however, I wonder if Could something similar transpire $118.99 for three year (78 issues) plus applicable tax; U.S.A.: $59.99 for one year (U.S. funds); Nobel Peace Prize for his role in re- it’s possible to “save the hobby” – or here in Canada, either with the APS or Foreign: $189.00 for one year (Canadian funds). solving the Suez Crisis. Said to have at least bolster its interest among other among Canadian organizations? DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS: GST #10638 6139 RT W $29.99 one year (26 issues) plus applicable tax - Canada only; CANADIAN POSTMASTER The international-rate stamp Send address changes to Canadian Stamp News, PO Box 25009 Rose City RO, Welland, ON L3B 5V0 Holiday stamps... depicts two mittens as a Publications Mail Agreement No. 40069699 Registration No. 09136, throwback to the fur-lined mitts Postage paid at St. Catharines, ON. Continued from page 1 Return postage guaranteed. made of animal skin used by early Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: Circulation Dept., PO Box 25009 Rose Canadians. A total of 320,000 City RO, Welland, ON L3B 5V0, call toques. Early Canadians are also e-mail: [email protected] known to have warmed themselves international-rate booklets of six We acknowledge the financial support stamps were printed. of the Government of Canada. with fur-lined mitts made of animal skin – a style that likely originated with Funded by the Government of Canada the Inuit. before they’re cut for sale. This is a first The stamps are available in booklets for Canada Post, and only 500 sheets are

EDITORIAL POLICY: Canadian Stamp News is a hobby magazine endeavouring to of 12 (domestic rate); booklets of six available. 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 not (U.S. and international rates); and sou- The uncut production press sheet in- necessarily those of Canadian Stamp News. Auction and sales reports: CSN staff or assigned contributors write pre- and post- venir sheets of three. cludes: sale articles. Writers conduct interviews as needed and use information provided by the auction house as source material. As with all news articles, story selection, which A secular souvenir sheet official first- • 17 secular domestic-rate stamp book- sales to cover, and final placement in the magazine are news decisions made by the day cover (OFDC) cancelled in Cardi- lets (12 stamps each); editor(s). Statements regarding sales are verified against prices realized. Lots that fail to meet reserve, or are bought by the consignor or their agent, are considered non- gan, P.E.I. was also issued Nov. 2. • eight religious domestic-rate stamp 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 This year’s religious stamp uses tradi- booklets (12 stamps each); transactions, this should not be needed often, but will be required in private treaty ‘AWAY IN A MANGER’ sales. Any information other than the price will be kept in confidence. tional folk art symbols to “revitalize the • seven U.S. stamp booklets (six stamps Attributions and values: Items attributed or values in CSN editorial content are “Few stories have inspired as many essential elements,” including the Holy each); offered as a service to our readers. In no way should they be construed to be an endorsement or official opinion on a specific item. Readers looking for definitive creative interpretations as the Nativity,” Family, their accommodations, the crib • eight international-rate stamp book- answers should seek the services of a professional philatelist. While we strive for accuracy, errors or mistakes can occur. As a matter of policy such errors or mistakes, reads Details. “For centuries, artists and the heralding star of Bethlehem. lets (six stamps each); and when discovered, will be corrected in the next available edition. have used the methods and media of Imagery on the religious OFDC – • a certificate of authenticity. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Canadian Stamp News welcomes letters to the editor. Letters must be signed and include the author’s address and phone number for possi- their time to express their vision of the cancelled in St. Joseph, Man. – contin- For more information, visit canada- ble verification. CSN reserves the right to edit letters. birth of Christ. ues the story, showing the intrepid post.ca. 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4 November 27, 2018 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca new SIP members who WHAT’S SIGNED join the society, whose immediate past president, Ed SEALED Kroft, is currently the INSIDE president of The Royal DELIVERED Philatelic Society of Can- Volume 43 • Number 16 ada. Kroft, of Vancouver, PERSISTENT POSTAL B.C., also serves as the STRIKE COULD LINGER chair of the SIP’s publicity November 27 to According to recent reports, senior of- and research committees. December 10, 2018 ficials with the Canadian Union of To qualify for the draw, Postal Workers (CUPW), whose mem- new members will need to bers have been on a rotating strike sign up and pay for their since Oct. 22, are expecting the job ac- membership by Feb. 20, 2019. Mem- DELTIOLOGY EXHIBIT EXPLORES Features bership in the SIP offers access to: POWER OF PROPAGANDA tion to continue for the foreseeable fu- Lotus souvenir sheet tops ture. The CUPW’s demands focus on • the society’s journal, The Israel Philat- A comprehensive postcard exhibition Young Collectors auction...... Page 19 health and safety concerns, an ever-in- elist, and journal archives; exploring the power of propaganda is creasing workload, job security and • downloadable presentations; white on display at Boston’s Museum of Fine insufficient wages. “We haven’t got papers written by SIP members; Arts (MFA) until January 2019. With much agreement on any of those ar- • SIP forums and trading centre; cutting slogans and bold colours, strik- Regulars eas,” Gord Fischer, CUPW’s national • and fellow collectors across the ing graphics and biting caricatures, director for the prairie region, told globe. postcards from the first half of the 20th CSN MARKETPLACE Global News Morning on Nov. 3. “It’s For more information about the SIP, century conveyed messages that were Are you buying or selling?...... Page 20 been two weeks and we haven’t seen visit israelstamps.com or email israel- easily understood or remembered. much movement on the other side.” [email protected]. Governments and other organizations SHOW AND BOURSE Check out the shows Prior to the CUPW’s decision to adopted them as the perfect in your area...... Page 23 target Toronto for the second vehicle for propaganda to jus- time since the strikes began tify war, lionize leaders, de- three weeks earlier, the number monize the enemy or under- of trailers full of parcels and score the need for citizens to Columns packets waiting to be unloaded make sacrifices for the cause. and processed at a Canada Post Drawn from the Leonard A. LOOKING BACK facilities exceeded 150. The rotat- Lauder Postcard Archive, a Four stamps feature ing strikes are – as of the time of promised gift to the MFA, Canadian ice-breaking vessels...... Page 6 printing – continuing to cause The Art of Influence: Propa- “delays of several days for mail ganda Postcards from the Era PHILATELIC JOURNALS or parcel deliveries,” according of World Wars presents about TCP highlights youth philately to Canada Post, which was ex- ‘SPARKLING HOLIDAYS’ 150 postcards from First World War at Royal 2018...... Page 8 pected to deliver more than a million CELEBRATED BY USPS through the end of Second World War parcels a day this holiday season. A set of commemorative U.S. Forever – a time of conflict and upheaval on a DELTIOLOGY Merrickville show always “Canada Post remains committed to stamps dubbed “Sparkling Holidays” global scale. It will be on display until worth the drive...... Page 10 the bargaining process,” reads a recent are now available for mailing holiday Jan. 21, 2019. “There is no better mo- statement issued by the Crown corpo- cards and letters – a time-honoured ment for this exhibition, which high- STAMPING GROUNDS ration, which adds it “has made sig- tradition embraced by millions annu- lights the postcard as a masterful tool of 13 Canadian cannabis stamps nificant offers to CUPW that include ally. Featuring classic images of Santa, persuasion,” said Lauder. “Though pro- challenging for revenue collectors.... Page 14 increased wages, job security, and im- four stamps and a souvenir sheet duced decades, some even a century, proved benefits, and it has not asked were recently issued by the U.S. ago, the messages and designs still grab STAMPNET for any concessions in return.” Postal Service (USPS). The new issue our attention, and in them we can see ‘Stamp Smarter’ with this showcases classic images of Santa the roots of propaganda strategies em- philatelic learning centre...... Page 16 Claus painted by famed commercial ployed today.” For more information, artist Haddon Sundblom, who is visit mfa.org/exhibitions/the-art-of-in- COMMONWEALTH COMMUNIQUÉ credited with refining the modern im- fluence. Cynical, deliberate errors plague age of Santa Claus. Each stamp por- small Commonwealth countries...... Page 17 trays a close-up of Santa’s face. The RIP STU SHEPPARD, four images featured in the booklet EXHIBITOR EXTRAORDINAIRE NEW ISSUES are details from larger paintings cre- Long-time exhibitor Stuart Sheppard From around the world...... Page 18 ated by Sundblom and originally died Oct. 25 at the age of 90. Sheppard COLLECTING 101 published in ads for The Coca-Cola was an avid stamp collector and won Philately, my only many awards for his exhibits. He was a Company for two decades in the mid- extra-marital love affair...... Page 22 20th century. “I have no doubt that former president of the North Toronto the Sparkling Holidays stamps will Stamp Club (NTSC) and a member of quickly become favourites,” said the Fenelon Falls Stamp Club. Earlier SIP CELEBRATES 70 YEARS USPS Chief Financial Officer and Ex- this year, for its 75th annual club exhibi- DID YOU KNOW? In celebration of its 70th anniversary, ecutive Vice President Joseph Corbett. tion, the NTSC remained its Most Cre- the Society of Israel Philatelists (SIP) is “The paintings of the rosy-cheeked, ative Exhibit Award in honour of Shep- Carrier pigeons and horses have holding a draw for an unused mint set smiling, grandfatherly man in his red pard. At that exhibition, Sheppard long been associated with assis- of Israel’s first stamp issue (Scott #1-9). suit embody the very essence of earned a Large Silver for his exhibit, “A tance in mail delivery. However, in The Scott catalogue value for a hinged Santa.” While we in Canada are still Miniature Atlas of the Atlantic Ocean.” the late 19th century, Liege, Bel- set of Israel’s first issue, which was re- experiencing rotating strikes across In his career, he worked at Hobart Man- gium sought to train cats to deliver leased on May 16, 1948 – the same year the country (as of the time of printing ufacturing for four decades. He also mail. The plan consisted of training the State of Israel was proclaimed by on Nov. 8), the USPS is expecting to was a lifetime member with the Bob- 37 cats to deliver mail to surround- the Jewish National Council in Pales- deliver 200 million packages from caygeon Horticultural Club. A funeral ing villages, but alas the plan tine – is $275. The draw will include all Dec. 10-23. was held in Bobcaygeon on Oct. 30. didn’t last long.

November 27, 2018 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca 5 Four stamps feature Canadian ice-breaking vessels Four 1978 stamps feature ice vessels, including the Chief Justice Robinson, St. Looking Roch, Northern Light and Labrador. BACK Robinson: “When the lamps were By Ian Robertson lit, and conversation going on ... ailing vessels have always Baril, they feature the Chief one could quite forget we were been a favourite topic for Justice Robinson, the St. Roch, ... on Lake Ontario.” Sstamp collectors. the Northern Light and the In 1851, The Daily British Whig A wide variety of vessels, in- Labrador. in Kingston reported the ship cluding galleys from ancient The Canadian Bank Note would soon be carrying passen- times, dugouts, Asian junks, ca- Company used one-colour en- gers from Toronto to Lewiston, noes, scows, schooners, fishing graving plus eight lithographic Minor varieties, consisting of It was designed to continue N.Y. trawlers, rowboats and numer- transfer colours to print 37.6 small dots in the skies above Toronto-to-Niagara River pas- Damaged once in a dockyard ous navy ships from times past million of the 14-cent 40-by- the Northern Light and Labrador senger service during winter fire, the single-stack, two- and present, have been featured 20-millimetre horizontal stamps are listed at $4 each in months. masted, 48.8-metre wooden- by countries around the world. commemoratives (Scott #776- mint condition and $2.50 used. South of the border, however, hulled vessel was finally laid up Issued on Nov. 15, 1978, a set 779) se-tenant on panes of 50. The pane layout varied, so just 27 years after a peace treaty during the depression of 1857. of four colourful Pin perforations and moisture- collectors could have a strip of ended the three-year War of Its machinery was dismantled commemoratives shows lesser- activated polyvinyl gum were three with stamps printed with 1812, some Americans feared the and transferred to another ship. known ships that risked poten- applied. the same design on either side new ship’s snout-like prow Born in Berthier, Que., in tial hull-crushing danger by The press run produced of a different stamp. could be used as a ramming 1791, Robinson was the son of a plowing through thick ice. 9,776,000 each of the Chief Jus- As the fourth and last in an weapon against their vessels. United Empire Loyalist who left “Many sailors never encoun- tice Robinson and Northern Lights annual series, the 1978 set com- Instead, the sidewheel steam- Virginia to settle in what was ter ice, except in a cold drink,” stamps and 9,024,000 each of pleted a set of 16 in a well-illus- ship named after Sir John Robin- then known as Lower Canada. the Canada Post brochure an- the other stamps. trated Ships of Canada Heri- son, the 1st Baronet of Toronto, He fought at the Battle of nouncing the issue opened with. The 2018 Unitrade Specialized tage Stamp Collection booklet who served as chief justice of the Queenston Heights under the “Canadian mariners, on the Catalogue of Canadian Stamps featuring information about future province of Ontario from ill-fated Sir Isaac Brock during other hand, contend with every- prices each one at 40 cents mint each vessel. July 1829 to March 1862, “main- the War of 1812, then became thing from towering icebergs to and 35 cents used. tained a reliable winter service, Upper Canada’s attorney-gen- an entire ocean frozen for most The St. Roch stamp has been CHIEF JUSTICE ROBINSON although she sometimes landed eral. of the year. These vessels were reported without tagging, so The Niagara Harbour and passengers far out on the ice,” Elected to its eighth Parlia- developed to combat the mighty the catalogue rightly suggests Dock Company, in present-day the brochure noted. ment in 1820, representing York forces of winter.” examples with other designs Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., Its first voyage, from Niagara – the future City of Toronto – Designed by Tom Bjarna- must exist. The listed price is built the Chief Justice Robinson to Toronto, took two hours and Robinson spent 34 years as the son and engraved by Yves $75 for a mint single. in 1842. 45 minutes, The St. Catharines chief justice of Upper Canada, Journal reported on April 27, which became Canada West be- 1843. fore its current name was ad- When it couldn’t reach port, opted. passengers were required to Suffering ill health in his later walk across the ice to a nearby years, he resigned from the shore or dock – a risky conclu- Queen’s Bench in 1862. sion to any voyage, especially Robinson was appointed pre- during inclement weather. siding judge of the Court of Er- The brochure’s author wrote ror and Appeal but died the fol- the Chief Justice Robinson had an lowing January at the age of 71. excellent reputation but must NORTHERN LIGHT have been a “strange sight” with its smokestack billowing thick Officials in Ottawa ordered black traces into the wintry air the Northern Light built in 1876 as its bow kept “walloping to provide year-round service along” through the ice-covered on the Northumberland Strait water. in the southern part of the Gulf Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Rich- of Saint Lawrence. ard Henry Bonnycastle (1791- 1848), who served with British forces during the War of 1812 and led militia soldiers against rebels during the 1837-39 Cana- dian Rebellion, once stated after sailing aboard the Chief Justice

Sir John Beverley Robinson served as the chief justice of Upper Canada from July 1829-February 1841. Photo by Toronto Public Library.

6 November 27, 2018 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca Several travellers had been gers who tried to reach shore ern car, plus antiquated Sargent Henry Larsen is killed there after setting out on after the ship became icebound. equipment, including anchor aboard the Royal Canadian iceboats, which were little more They were forced to take refuge gear that broke during sea tri- Mounted Police Arctic than rowboats fitted with run- in their overturned lifeboat als, earned the St. Roch a supply and detachment ners beneath their hulls. overnight. stomach-tossing, sleep-limit- ship, the St. Roch. Photo by An agreement was reached A new, more powerful ice- ing reputation for rolling City of Vancouver Archives. with Prince Edward Island pol- breaker ferry was ordered sev- wickedly on the waves. iticians to supply an all- eral years later. The ship, which served its Millions of dollars were weather vessel, in order for is- Built in Govan, Scotland, the original purpose for 20 years, poured into relic search and landers to join the Dominion of 63.1-meter Stanley was based also had “few comforts” for recovery missions, and HMS Canada, which was formed on icebreaking vessels de- crewmen, the post office bro- Terror was subsequently lo- nine years earlier. signed by Swedish shipbuild- chure noted. cated in 2016. Completed by E.W. Sewell in ers for use in the Baltic Sea and Between 1940 and 1942, it The first St. Roch voyage 78 Levis, Que., the ship was the fitted with had a bowsprit, a became the first ship to navi- years ago – during which first government icebreaker in clipper bow and a triple-expan- gate the Northwest Passage Larsen served as a mate before Canada. sion engine driving a single- eastbound between the Pa- being made its captain upon Instead of iron, which screw linked to a propeller. It cific Ocean and the Atlantic Burly Constable Albert Char- arrival in the Arctic – came 33 formed the hulls of most ships went into service in 1888 and Ocean. trand died of a heart attack years after Norwegian ex- built in the latter part of the provided a much more reliable Many previous attempts shortly after cooking food out- plorer Otto Sverdrup claimed 19th century, the Northern Light winter connection between over the centuries had ended doors for the ship’s dogsled parts of the Arctic archipelago had a wooden hull. The build- Prince Edward Island and the in failure. Several ships and team. for his country, in 1907. ers believed ice would crush mainland until its last voyage crews vanished beneath the What makes Larsen’s two- In 1946, the Royal Geo- iron plates. in 1935. frozen surface after their hulls decade tale so intriguing, graphical Society honoured were crushed by thick ice. Daphne Bramham wrote in The Larsen’s achievements by The most famous case in- Vancouver Sun in 2016, is that he awarding him its Patron’s volved the recently-discov- and his crewmates “were all Gold Medal. The Royal Cana- ered sunken wrecks of HMS RCMP officers, taking care of dian Geographical Society Terror and HMS Erebus. themselves by adapting the In- awarded him its first Massey They after Sir John Franklin uit ways of dressing, hunting Medal 13 years later. set out from England in 1845 and fishing. After ending his command to find the legendary passage “They travelled overland us- of the ship in 1948, he was to the Orient. ing dogsleds to dispense justice, promoted to inspector, over- He and the entire crew were deliver mail, conduct the cen- seeing all RCMP detachments lost, though three almost-in- sus, collect taxes, issue family in the Arctic. tact frozen bodies were un- allowance and old-age pension He died 16 years later, at the earthed in shallow graves on cheques, ferry the sick and dy- age of 65. Beechey Island in 1984. The ing to medical treatment, and South of Prince of Wales Is- fate of their crewmates re- monitor both the level of rivers land, north of King William The Northern Light is depicted in an antique art print in the mains unknown, but patholo- and numbers of different wild- Island in the Arctic, Larsen Canadian Illustrated News from a sketch by E. W. Sewell. gists found malnutrition and life species.” Sound was named after him. lead poisoning caused by To ensure a proper burial for After the RCMP renamed The ship was underpowered, After 12 years of travelling their soldered food tins. Constable Chartrand, Larsen one of its vessels the St. Roch II however, and its steering sys- between Georgetown, P.E.I., In addition to being the and Corporal R.G. Hunt “trav- in 2000 as a millennium proj- tem broke down during the and Pictou, N.S., its predeces- first to take a vessel that elled more than 600 kilometres ect, it was sailed along Lars- first season. On a trip in 1877, sor was withdrawn from ser- crosses the Northwest pas- by dogsled to fetch a Roman en’s first Northwest Passage its propeller broke. vice. A search of the Internet sage west to east, RCMP Ser- Catholic priest.” route. The crew often pushed wa- yielded no further information geant Henry Asbjorn Larsen The reporter also described The Canadian Coast Guard ter-filled barrels across its decks except the Northern Light was was also the first to complete another motive for the St. Roch named an icebreaker the in a bid to shift its weight and taken to a dock somewhere the a round trip through it in one crew’s historic first Northwest CCGS Henry Larsen. get free of ice floes. They later St. Lawrence River after being season as commander of the Passage voyage in the year after The original ship is pre- realized that sailing backwards sold in 1890. St. Roch. the Second World War began. served and open to visitors in offered a better solution, since Born in 1899 on Herføl, a Documents revealed in the the Vancouver Maritime Mu- the sloped stern could slide ST. ROCH small island south of Fredrik- 1990s disclosed that Larsen and seum. higher over the ice. Canada’s most famous Arctic stad, Norway, he became a his seven crewmates were “also On the ExploreNorth website, vessel, the Royal Canadian Canadian citizen in 1947. prepared to invade Greenland LABRADOR Murray Lundberg quoted Mounted Police (RCMP) sup- Larsen’s hero was Roald and secure it for the Allies” af- During the Cold War, when Charles Clay giving the prob- ply and floating detachment Amundsen (1872-1928), a ter German forces occupied tensions between the Union of lem perspective in a 1947 news- ship St. Roch was built in North famed Norwegian polar ex- Denmark. Soviet Socialist Republics and paper article: “The S.S. North- Vancouver by Burrard Dry plorer, who in 1903 became The Allies feared Greenland western Allies were at their ern Light proved of some utility, Dock Company and launched the first sailor to successfully would become a U-boat base, worst during the 1950s and but she was quite incapable of on May 7, 1928. cross the Northwest Passage but the U.S. rejected the Cana- early 1960s, “Canada required surmounting the obstacles to Constructed with thick from east to west. dian plan, according to an Arctic patrol vessel to navigation in mid-winter. She Douglas fir timbers and Eight years later, Amund- Wikipedia. maintain military bases and to was laid up an average of 64 sheathed with all-weather, sen led the first team to reach Bramham’s article lamented defend its sovereignty,” the days each winter and at times long-lasting Australian gum- the South Pole, then in 1926, officials in Ottawa focusing on Canada Post stamp brochure was ice-bound for periods rang- wood, the sturdy twin-masted he led the first air expedition Franklin’s failed mission, and noted. ing from 10 to 24 days.” 31.6-meter ship was fitted with to reach the North Pole, rarely mentioning Larsen, if at In 1949, the Royal Canadian In 1881, the Government of sails and a 150-horsepower die- thereby becoming the first all. Navy ordered an appropriate Canada presented Captain sel engine. Its hull was shaped such commander to reach After HMS Erebus was found ship built by Marine Indus- Charles Copp Machon and to rise over squeezing ice, and both poles. in 2014, Prime Minister Stephen tries Ltd., of Sorel, Que. Thomas Davey with engraved accommodation for large sled An RCMP officer starting in Harper heralded that explorer’s Based on wind class ice- silver pocket watches for their dog teams. 1928, Larsen commanded the venture for having laid the breakers used by the U.S. “humane and gallant exer- Its small engine, which pro- St. Roch for 20 years, only los- foundations of Canada’s Arctic Navy but using modified tions” in the rescue of passen- duced less power than a mod- ing one man. sovereignty. Continued on page 23

November 27, 2018 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca 7 TCP highlights youth philately at Royal 2018 ment and illustrates the article with several examples of early stamps. Philatelic Vladimir Kachan also writes about the peacock butterfly as depicted on stamps of several JOURNALS countries, and there is a large auction. By Everett Parker Bill Harris, of Bethlehem, Pa., ere is another selection of tor who – along with his grand- is the editor. philatelic journals that you father and noted philatelist Ted For more information, con- mightH find interesting. Remem- Nixon – was in the exhibition’s tact Secretary Mike Clark, 130 ber that a society’s journal is the “winner’s circle.” Horseshoe Hill Rd., Pound lifeblood of that organization. If Additionally, then-editor Ridge, NY 10576. The email is you are a member of a philatelic Herb Colling, who has since [email protected]. society or study group, take a been replaced by Robin Harris moment to thank the editor of – an RPSC Fellow – paid tribute Red Deer River badlands PITCAIRN LOG that journal for the work they to young collectors in an article around Drumheller, Alta. There The October 2018 issue of put in. entitled “Young Blood/ Du are numerous photographs. While there have not been Pitcairn Log, the official journal The Canadian Philatelist, the Sang Neuf.” He paid particular There are many more inter- stamps issued in recognition of of the Pitcairn Islands Study bi-monthly journal of The Royal credit to 14-year-old Erez esting and informative articles either the end or beginning of Group, includes information on Philatelic Society of Canada Niedzviecki, who was attend- in the 64-page journal, which is the school year, postmarks a letter which recently came to (RPSC), is among this edition’s ing his first Royal with his dad, published in full colour. have recognized special events light from island pastor F. Per- selection of philatelic journals Orie. For more information, con- involving schools. cival Ward in 1949. you might find interesting. On the philatelic side, award- tact Secretary Robert Pinet, of Also, Robert Henak explores The September/October 2018 winning exhibitor and topical Ottawa, by email at robert_pi- the basics of topical exhibiting, issue includes numerous re- collector Jean Wang writes [email protected]. The mailing ad- and Dr. Arthur Groten dis- ports on the 2018 RPSC Con- about the concept of pharma- dress for The RPSC is P.O. Box cusses cinderella labels issued vention – also known as “Royal ceutical philately – the collect- 69080, Toronto, ON M4T 3A1. over the years recognizing Yel- 2018 Royale” – held this June in ing of stamps bearing images of There is a website at rpsc.org. lowstone National Park in Wy- St. Catharines, Ont. As you medicines and personalities oming, with parts in Idaho and might expect, The RPSC had a connected with pharmacy. The TOPICAL TIME Montana. There are also exten- large presence at the show with article is nicely illustrated with The September 2018 issue of sive reports on local group ac- numerous seminars and special examples of stamps and postal Topical Time, the official journal tivities and events at stamp events held throughout the history. of the American Topical Asso- shows. three-day event. A special em- Brian Cutler discusses post- ciation (ATA), includes an arti- Wayne Youngblood, of Prai- phasis was placed on youth at- card adventures, and Dale cle by George DeKornfeld on rie du Sac, Wisc., is the editor. tendance, including that of Speirs contributes an excellent school-themed pictorial post- For more information, con- 10-year-old Jack Nixon, a collec- article on postal history of the marks from around the world. tact the ATA office at P.O. Box 8, Carterville, IL 62918-0008, or by email at jdenys@verizon. 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November 27, 2018 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca 9 Merrickville show always worth the drive Figure 2. Valentine & Sons doctored a Reuben R. Sallows photo to make this circa 1909 real photo card.

DELTIOLOGY For the record, as well as being an avid postcard collector, By Mike Smith Mohring is a tenacious local his- s mentioned in my previ- show regular that always has torian and vowed to continue ous article, as is the case some unlisted gems for me. looking into the history of the Awith many hobbies, there’s a This year, the Nash Bros. post- Clinton Model School until he break in the postcard show sea- card of the Thousand Islands identifies everyone in the card. son during the summer that I found at his table put me Among the terrific hoard of months. on cloud nine (see Figure 1). printed postcards unearthed by For the past 23 Septembers, Mohring in Merrickville, one postcard collectors in central NEARLY 40 TABLES Man’s Magazine (forerunner of ers and their instructor, who is other real photo postcard really Canada have been treated to a At this year’s Merrickville Maclean’s), and his photos the older gentleman seated in stood out. The card shows the terrific season-opening show in show, there were 16 dealers ended up on thousands of the middle with his legs Danford Band from Merrickville, Ont. Hosted by manning 38 tables full of post- golden age (1900-1914) post- crossed. Southampton, Ont., at the the Eastern Ontario Postcard card goodies. Of course, with cards as well in tourist and im- Club, the annual Eastern On- this many dealers, there are migration literature and con- tario Postcard Show is a must- bound to be some familiar temporary periodicals. attend event for any serious faces. The Valentine & Sons Sal- collector. John Dalton, who I usually lows card (see Figure 2) is un- Because of the 570-kilometre see at all the other Ontario usual in that most real photo distance from my abode in shows, has had tables at Mer- postcards were produced by Goderich, Ont., I put off attend- rickville for as long as I’ve at- the photographer or studio re- ing this show for years. It tended. sponsible for the photo. In this wasn’t until my collector This year, my collector case, however, Valentine & buddy Wayne Curtis asked if buddy Larry Mohring, who’s Sons doctored the original Sal- we could attend the show to- been my sidekick at the Mer- lows photo by adding a fancy gether that I decided to gas up rickville show for the past frame, a typeset caption and a my jalopy, pick him up at his three years, found oodles of number. place in Oakville and make the postcard treats in Dalton’s For the record, one other Val- trek to Merrickville. stock. The most interesting entine & Sons postcard like this Figure 3. The young men and women training to be When Curtis and I walked was an unusual Reuben R. Sal- turned up while Mohring and I teachers at Clinton, Ont.’s ‘model school’ are shown in through the doors of the Mer- lows real photo card published were compiling The Reuben R. this 1915 real photo postcard. rickville Community Centre for by Valentine & Sons. As I’ve Sallows Picture Postcard Hand- the first time back in September discussed in several CSN arti- book 1900-1925. On the back of 2012, I instantly regretted I cles over the past couple of both cards is written, “Valen- According to research con- Goderich military camp circa hadn’t been a regular attendee. years, Sallows (1855-1937) was tines XL Series Real Photo ducted by Mohring shortly af- 1911. What struck me when I Right away I noticed the Mer- a renowned Goderich photog- Cards.” Putting together a col- ter we both returned home first looked at it was all the rickville show had dealers from rapher commissioned by Can- lection of these “XL” cards from Merrickville, a section of band members were Aboriginal the Ottawa region and Quebec ada’s railway companies and would no doubt be a challenge, the Clinton Public School was Canadians. Although I couldn’t that I’d never seen at other On- various government ministries but they’d sure look great in an used as a model school from find anything about the Dan- tario shows in Toronto, Dundas to take photographs of farm album. 1877 until 1927. And for those, ford Band online, the and Kitchener-Waterloo. activities, northern Ontario like me, who first thought the Southampton reference indi- CLINTON MODEL SCHOOL And in this hobby, new deal- and the prairies. card referred to some sort of cates they were probably from ers invariably means new finds. He was labelled “A Cana- Another real photo card acting school, model teachers what is today’s Saugeen First For example, Ottawa dealer Ed dian Photographic Genius” in beauty found by Mohring in back then were the equivalent Nation. Needless to say, this Maynard is a Merrickville the May 1909 issue of the Busy Dalton’s stock is shown as Fig- of today’s student or practice card is collectible on so many ure 3. In this teachers. levels. W “Clinton Model Class 1915” are 22 student teach-

Figure 1. This high-quality, circa 1907 postcard of the Thousand Islands is part of a lengthy series published by Kingston’s Nash Bros., Figure 4. This circa 1911 real photo postcard is of the and printed in Danford Band, Southampton, at the Goderich military camp. Britain.

10 November 27, 2018 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca was writing to ‘care of Mr. Stil- put ‘9’ and then his little ‘A’ up well,’ and his address was in there to make it correct.” Reform... London.” Continued from page 1 An attorney with the Royal UNIFORM PENNY POST “The poor postmaster had to Navy, Stilwell would have some- The post office determined its spend hours of time keeping how snuck the letter onto the plans for reform were feasible, track of every letter he took in ship destined for Malta, where and Jan. 10, 1840 marked the be- and record the rate. For a small the letter writer’s father was the ginning of the uniform penny town, it wasn’t such a giant job as quartermaster for the Royal post, which allowed letters to be it was for Ipswich, where there Navy. sent anywhere in Britain for a were 25,000 people and they were “She got a cheap ride to penny. mailing 10,000 letters a week.” Malta.” “This gets back to one of the Through its study, the commit- While free franks were still premises that Rowland Hill permitted, the post office was wanted, and that’s fiscal respon- tee was attempting to determine A young letter writer wrote from England to her father “very specific” about how people sibility. He wanted everything if the postal system would con- in Malta, where he was serving as quartermaster for the prepared their letters for legal pre-paid; he wanted to eliminate tinue to profit after lowering its Royal Navy. rates and if it was feasible to han- free franking, Slemons said. the delivery of unpaid letters, dle the increased volume of mail “You had to have the nearest but they weren’t quite ready for that would come from cheaper post town in the upper left; you that. It had been that way too the boat, so the attorney crossed go anywhere in Britain to Malta, postage. had to have the date; and then it long.” out his name and wrote so then he had to strike out the “They changed it to a single had to be signed by a person who Instead, the post office de- ‘MALTA’ and went to the post one he put on there and it ended rate – four pence – or if a letter was authorized to mail it. Part of cided if people wanted to send office to mail it. The postman up as a pre-paid shilling. The at- went for less than four, like the that inefficiency was they had to unpaid letters, they would have didn’t quite understand all these torney had to pay the full penny post or the two-penny keep a list of the names of people to pay double the rate. new rates either, so he said the amount this time.” post, that rate stood. Any rate and samples of their signature to “It was a penny paid or a rate was a penny plus a shilling Later that year, on May 1, greater than four was reduced to make sure it was really legal. You tuppence unpaid, up to half an to go on to Malta,” said Slemons. 1840, the penny black – the four, and the half-penny Scotland had to jump through all the ounce,” said Slemons, who “I don’t know whether the at- world’s first adhesive postage mail tax was taken away,” said hoops to get it.” added the use of free franks was torney was sharp enough to tell stamp – was issued, although it Slemons, who added free franks Among the examples of these also eliminated due to its abuse him that wasn’t the way it wasn’t valid for use until May were still allowed. changes in free franking is a letter within the postal system. worked, but it was a shilling to 6. W mailed by General Charles Roch- “Queen Victoria said, ‘If my THE FIRST DAY, fort Scott, a British Army officer subjects have to pay postage, I’ll AND BEYOND who later became Lieutenant pay postage,’ so the wealthy $BUYING NOW!! A “wonderful” cover mailed Governor of Guernsey. 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November 27, 2018 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca 11 SUPER SPECIALS LVI CANADA BILL STAMP PROOFS One cannot help but be impressed when looking at the plate proofs of Canada’s second bill stamp issue. This set was released in 1865 with values running from 1¢ to $3.00. It was produced by the American Bank Note Company. The proofs they produced are truly beauti ful with fi nely detailed, expertly produced designs. They were oft en produced in more than one colour. The ones judged most att racti ve were then chosen for the issued stamps. Prices of revenue stamp proofs are much more att racti ve than those of regularly issued postage stamps. You can collect a nice assortment at comparati vely modest cost. A selecti on of twenty diff erent specials follows. All are in fresh very fi ne conditi on. Quanti ti es are very limited so please order today for best selecti on. OFFER #CS1221 OFFER #CS1225 OFFER #CS1229 OFFER #CS1233 OFFER #CS1237

Next is the 4¢ value (#FB21) printed in the dark blue trial colour. Next here is the 8¢ value (#FB25) printed in the dark blue trial colour. Let’s move on to the 20¢ value now (#FB28) in the dark brown A single proof is $29.95 while a pair is $59.50. I have singles available at $29.95 or pairs at $59.50. trial colour. A single proof is $29.95 while a pair is $59.50. The $1 to $3 high values of the second bill stamp issue are larger in format and printed in two diﬀ erent colours. Here is the $1 (#FB33) in the issued So let’s start with the 1¢ low value (#FB18) printed in red, colours of red and green. I have singles in stock at $99.95 and pairs at the colour of issue. I can supply a single at $24.95 or a plate $195.00. This stamp was later re-issued but with colours reversed. imprint strip of thee at $79.95. OFFER #CS1226 OFFER #CS1222 OFFER #CS1230 OFFER #CS1234 OFFER #CS1238

Trial colours can also be found on the 5¢ value (#FB22). Here is a nice Next here is the 1¢ (#FB18) printed in a trial colour – dark blue. example printed in deep green. I have singles available at $24.95, pairs at Here’s one is the issued colour of red – the 9¢ value (#FB26). Next up is the 30¢ value (#FB29) in the deep green trial colour. I have singles available at $22.95, pairs at $44.95 or a plate $49.50 or a plate imprint strip of three at $79.95. I have singles available at $26.95 or pairs at $52.50. Price for a single is $32.95. A pair is $64.50. Next here is the $2 value (#FB35) in the att racti ve issued colours of red imprint strip of three at $79.95. and violet. A single is $79.95 while a pair is $159.50.

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Here is the 1¢ (#FB18) yet again, this ti me printed in brown, This special features the 6¢ value (#FB23) printed in the trial colour of The design of this series changes when you reach the 10¢ value Here’s one in the issued colour, the 40¢ in blue (#FB31). I can supply another trial colour. I have singles available at $22.95, pairs at $44.95 dark brown. A single proof is $24.95. I also have pairs at $49.50 and a (#FB27). Here it is in the dark brown trial colour. A single is $29.95. singles at $32.95 or pairs at $64.50. or a plate imprint strip of three at $79.95. plate imprint strip of three at $79.95. Or make it $59.50 for a pair.

This $3 proof (#FB36) is one of my favourites. The issued colours in OFFER #CS1224 OFFER #CS1228 shades of red and blue make a perfect combinati on. I can supply a single OFFER #CS1236 at $99.95, a pair at $195.00 or a rare plate strip of three at $395.00. OFFER #CS1232

OFFER #CS1240 Finally, here is the $3 again (#FB36) with the centre in black The 7¢ value (#FB24) can be found in a most att racti ve trial colour instead of the issued blue. I This special features the 3¢ value (#FB20) printed in dark blue, a trial Here is the 50¢ (#FB32) in an att racti ve shade of violet. This is a trial – orange. I have singles at $26.95, pairs at $52.50 or a plate Here is the 10¢ again (#FB27) in another trial colour – dark blue. have singles at $119.95 or pairs colour. A single proofs just $23.50. I also have pairs at $46.50 or a plate colour. A single proof is just $29.95. I also have pairs at $57.50 or a plate imprint strip of three at $89.95. I have singles available at $29.95 or pairs at $59.50. at $229.95. imprint strip of thee at $79.95. imprint strip of thee at $89.95.

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The 2018 Canadian ‘CANNABIS’ federal tax stamps include a purple Stamping ‘Duty Paid Canada/Droit Acquitte’ bilingual tax band below the initials ‘NB,’ which GROUNDS indicate a New Brunswick destination. A total of 13 By Ian Robertson different coloured bands, one for each province and ood luck finding one of different coloured bands above territory were produced. Canada’s first marijuana bilingual text: “Duty Paid Can- revenueG tax stamps – let alone ada/Droit Acquitte.” A white all 13 variations. vertical area on the right mar- Legal weed is limited to gin bears the black ink serial his firm had to order larger adult use with each province number printed sideways, fac- cannabis stamps to replace and territory responsible for ing towards the design. smaller ones before dispatch- regulating distribution. Some With 10 provinces and three ing shipments to the Ontario provinces and territories made territories, different versions of duced and are available for ized marijuana “but left much Cannabis Store. contingency plans to continue the imperforate 20-by-40-milli- purchase. of the heavy lifting of imple- “The CRA says it has not re- shipments using courier firms metre Cannabis stamp can be “A federal excise duty is pay- mentation to the provinces. The ceived any complaints from li- after unionized Canada Post ordered online from the CRA, able by a licensed cannabis pro- Ontario government took a re- censed producers about delays workers announced a rotating to be attached to shipping pots. ducer when the cannabis prod- sponsible approach by adopt- in receiving the stamps,” Sub- strike, which is ongoing as of “The only way you can get ucts they package are delivered ing a retail model that both pro- ramaniam reported. the time of printing. some is from folks who smoke to a purchaser (for example, a tects our children and youth In preparation for legaliza- Unveiled online by the Can- that stuff or deal with it,” provincially-authorized distrib- and combats the illegal mar- tion, the stamp contractor ada Revenue Agency (CRA) stamp dealer Erling van Dam, utor/retailer or final con- ket.” printed “in excess of 225 mil- and first reported in Canadian Canada’s leading authority on sumer). lion stamps for cannabis prod- Stamp News this past March revenues, said two days after “The CRA is responsible for GUMLESS STAMPS ucts” in order to meet initial along with details of recent the federal government legal- licensing cultivators, producers SLOW TO ARRIVE demand,” Subramaniam marijuana regulation amend- ized marijuana possession. and packagers of cannabis No details have been re- quoted the Agency stating. By ments, the marijuana stamp de- “I don’t have any and I don’t products, and collecting federal leased about the printing firm mid-October, “more than 83 sign includes several security know anyone who uses that duties and taxes,” the notice awarded the contract to pro- million stamps have been pur- features. stuff,” Van Dam, the author of adds. “Provincial and territorial duce the cannabis stamps. chased and delivered to li- Almost identical to the ciga- The Canadian Revenue Stamp governments are responsible In an Oct. 15 Financial Post censed cannabis producers.” rette excise stamp, it has “CAN- Catalogue, told me from his for the distribution and retail story, Vanmala Subramaniam As for getting copies, NABIS” in large black capital home in Bridgenorth, Ont. sale of cannabis. reported them being machine- sources had surfaced within a letters on the upper left above a The Cannabis Act came into “Cultivators, producers and applied to plastic cans and week of marijuana possession left-leaning red maple leaf. effect on Oct. 17, and only a packagers of cannabis products packets being shipped from a becoming legal. Wavy bars of colour-shifting person who has obtained a can- are required to obtain a canna- warehouse in Smith’s Falls, A New Brunswick-based ink are in a boxed frame in the nabis license from the CRA is bis license from the CRA before Ont. eBay seller was offering free middle, above an engraved ho- able to purchase cannabis ex- production. In order to qualify She reported Bruce Linton, of shipping on eight used canna- lographic image depicting ma- cise stamps, according to an on- for a CRA cannabis license, ap- Canopy Growth Corp., saying bis stamps, including five with ple leaves. line Government of Canada plicants are also required to ob- the stamps lacked glue, which Nova Scotia initials and three Repeating elements on ciga- notice. tain a license from Health Can- resulted in suppliers having to with “NB” initials. Bids from rette packet tax stamps, the ini- “An excise stamp must be ada.” find alternate attachment meth- 14 potential buyers had tials of each province or terri- present on all cannabis prod- In Ontario, where public ods. reached $57 by Oct. 22. tory is outlined in white on 13 ucts that have been legally pro- marijuana stores are due to be opened in April, the potential of delays caused by postal dis- ruptions prompted Ontario fi- nance minister Vic Fedeli to write a letter to Carla Qual- trough, the federal public ser- Six of the 17 first Canadian bill stamps featuring Queen vices minister. Victoria were issued in 1864 by the federal government. Fedeli was seeking help to keep Canada Post and the Ca- Subramaniam quoted an of- CANADIAN nadian Union of Postal Work- ficial with another firm saying ‘REVENUE’ STAMPS ers (CUPW) trying to negotiate workers were hand-applying The cannabis stamp continues a contract settlement. cannabis tax stamps to its con- a Canadian federal government In his Oct. 19 letter, he wrote tainers. tradition that pre-dates Confed- the federal government legal- “Among the issues were eration. that the stamps arrived late, Our country’s first revenues that they didn’t fit certain pro- were produced 154 years ago. A box of medical ducers’ package sizes and that The first examples in van marijuana with an Ontario they had to be manually glued Dam’s catalogue, published in ‘CANNABIS’ revenue on to ensure that they fully 1986 and reprinted several times stamp sits on the Oct. 17, comply with specifications including in 2017, were from the 2018 edition of The Globe listed in the Excise Act,” she Bill Issue of 1864. and Mail, the first day reported. Featuring a profile portrait of marijuana became legal in The second company’s Queen Victoria within an oval Canada spokesman was quoted saying frame, the 17 perforated litho-

14 November 27, 2018 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca graph-printed blue stamps bore a health program, New Bruns- method of demonstrating to To avoid splitting them in territory of Guam in the west- one-cent to $3 denominations. wick even introduced rouletted consumers, retailers and other order to open the container, ern Pacific Ocean have re- They were essentially used as one- and two-cent stamps in stakeholders, as well as law en- the packet would have to be lated revenue stamp pro- receipts to provide proof of 1940 and 1941 as receipts for forcement, that defined taxes opened at the bottom or along grams. stamp duty payments on mone- taxes for tobacco, “to fight tu- were paid on a cannabis prod- the opposite side. Some are available to col- tary instruments, including berculosis.” uct. Collectors prefer to soak lectors. promissory notes and cheques. Some revenue stamps are at- Given second reading on revenues free of packets, but As you may imagine, drug Some were uncancelled, others tractive while others have sim- April 23, amendments that the new marijuana stamps dealers aren’t keen on having were signed by clerks who scrib- ple designs that often consist of would “generally apply to can- may prove daunting due to them. bled on their initials, and some text. In a few cases, federal is- nabis products sold for both various glues reportedly being “The vast majority of reve- had bank-issued rubber stamps sues were overprinted with ini- medical and non-medical pur- required. nues from the tax are col- applied – which, at first glance, tials of a province or to alter the poses, referred to dried and “The anti-copy line work” lected after law enforcement may appear to be a postal can- fee. fresh flowering material gives the new cannabis stamp officials seize the drugs,” The cellation. (flower), dried and fresh non- “a distinctive and unique ap- New York Times reported in The second issue, introduced flowering material (trim), can- pearance,” which will make it 2008, adding the true purpose in 1865 with attractive hand-en- nabis oils, as well as vegetative “extremely difficult to repli- of marijuana tax stamp laws graving, used the same design cannabis plant (seedling) and cate by copying, as the quality were to “help the authorities as the portrait on contemporary viable seeds (seeds) for home and clarity of the line work keep seized drug money even “Small Queen” postage stamps. cultivation. would not carry over to a cop- when a suspect accused of Later, Canadian revenue “The cannabis licensee who ied document,” a pre-issue dealing walks free.” stamps covered a broad spec- packaged the product would be government notice stated. A term that reportedly orig- trum of fees, including gas in- responsible for determining and “The stamps will include inated in Mexico, “marijuana” spection, electricity, weights and applying the appropriate can- ink that’s only viewable under refers to the tall, fibrous plant measures, legal documents, cus- nabis excise stamp before the a blacklight,” The Leaf Canna- grown around the world over toms duty, war taxes, wine, ex- product enters into the duty- bis news website reports. thousands of years. cise duties, war savings, paid market,” the notice states. “In order to get the stamps, Hemp also provided seeds cheques, medicine, playing An official advised van Dam cannabis licensees will have to used as food, for birdseed, cards, “postal scrip” or “postal ownership of cannabis stamps register with the CRA and or- and was pressed to emit oil note” fees for sending money on is restricted to examples affixed der online in bundles of 500,” for lighting and soap-making. a post office draft, unemploy- to related products, except it added. “Those licensees will Its medicinal qualities have ment insurance, locks for use on stamps legally obtained by a need to keep careful track ... also been long-touted, though excise warehouses as well as dis- Newfoundland’s CRA authorized stamp pro- the CRA will impose penalties when researchers discovered tilleries, and petroleum prod- 100-cigarette 1907 excise vider, a cannabis licensee who if any stamps go unaccounted the psychoactive influences ucts. stamp features King received them from an autho- for.” related to its resin, regula- Provinces also issued reve- Edward VII. rized stamp provider or anyone Since the first Canadian rev- tions, taxes and – eventually nues, including some that dupli- who transports weed on behalf enue stamps were issued in – laws were enacted to pro- cated federal taxes. Additional Among the most attractive of an authorized provider or li- the early 19th century, pro- hibit sales and consumption. examples include stamps for le- old-style, tobacco-related Cana- censee. duced by the lithographic Federal pot tax stamps pro- gal fees, telephone service, con- dian revenue stamps are imper- duced for U.S. sales were in- sumer and corporate services, forate sheets divided into fee troduced 81 years ago. labour departments, transporta- strips with a large engraving of They consisted of black tion, savings banks, lawyers’ so- Queen Victoria on one side. overprints applied to 20-year- cieties, gasoline sales, prohibi- I recall seeing engraved ciga- old 1917 Internal Revenue tion, law library, stock transfers rette stamps wrapped around documentary revenue stamps and vacation pay. cardboard packs and thin flat and spelled the word ‘mari- In the 1990s, several Canadian tins, black-and-white tobacco huana,’ Eric Jackson, a stamp airports produced imperforate stamps attached to plastic dealer in Leesport, Pennsyl- labels issued when fees for im- pouches in tobacconist and vari- vania, who specializes in rev- provements were being charged. ety stores and purple-and-white enue issues, told me. A 50-cigarette ‘Series C’ Canadian excise stamp features Revenue stamps were pro- revenue stamps that kept play- The government initially intricate engraving. duced for Canadian Pacific Rail- ing card packs sealed until slit encouraged agricultural pro- ways, the Great Northern West- open. duction to make cloth, ropes, ern Telegraph Co., the Canadian Like postage stamps, collec- Someone who disposes of, transfer method – then by and sails. Northern Telegraph Co., Grand tors keen on revenue issues sells or possesses such hemp much more intricate and se- Pharmaceutical firms in the Trunk Pacific Railways, the Al- have a wide variety to choose products without being pack- cure intaglio engraving – crim- early 1900s also used hemp in goma Central Railway and Do- from. aged and with a CRA cannabis inals have endeavoured to pro- creams and ointments, which minion De Forest Telegraph. CANADIAN stamp attached can face prose- duce counterfeits in order to they promoted as non-habit- The Bell Telephone Co. intro- CANNABIS STAMPS cution if apprehended. A list of bilk federal agencies out of forming, therefore unworthy duced message service tax As for cannabis stamps, col- exceptions for having un- revenue. of being branded as a nar- stamps in 1900 with an en- lecting them may not be in the stamped marijuana is outlined In the wide, wide world of cotic. graved picture of a running cou- cards for hobbyists. on Government of Canada ganja-selling and smoke-ups, When U.S. lawmakers rier, which were replaced with Collectors have asked van website, canada.ca, under anyone lacking a license or passed the Marijuana Tax Act stamps with simpler designs. Dam for examples, but since he “EDN54 General Overview of other authorized tokens of of- of 1937, it was classified as a Starting in 1985, colourful has none, “I haven’t done a lot the Cannabis Excise Stamps.” ficialdom are most unlikely to controlled substance. perforated duck, wildlife conser- of research on it.” It would, therefore, seem rea- have legitimate cannabis ex- Requiring an annual tax on vation and hunting stamps were A CRA website statement sonable a collector could obtain cise stamps on their packets. medical practitioners, the act issued to raise fees for federal says the cannabis stamp was an example of the cannabis required them to display wildlife habitat conservation. only recently addressed by Par- stamp from a legal owner in a ‘MARIHUANA’ TAX STAMPS their tax stamps in order to Provincial government agencies liament, based on proposed way similar to acquiring a ciga- According to the National fill subscriptions. Conse- also issued similar stamps. amendments to the Excise Act, rette tax stamp from a packet of Organization for the Reform quently, most doctors and Of course, federal revenue 2001, under the Stamping and smokes. of Marijuana Laws dentists bowed out of pre- stamps were issued for taxes Marking of Tobacco and Canna- The only impediment to ob- (NORML), a Washington- scribing anything containing collected on tobacco products, bis Products Regulations, which taining a collectible example is a based legalization advocacy hemp. including cigarettes. As part of are intended to provide a cigarette stamp’s position. group, 18 states plus the U.S. Continued on page 22

November 27, 2018 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca 15 ‘Stamp Smarter’ with this philatelic learning centre Membership to the ‘Stamp Smarter’ website offers full access to more than 75,000 files, most of which are images, as well as several projects to which you can STAMPNET contribute.

By Randy Heimpel

he philatelic world is often It is located at stampsmarter. each a direct link button in it- maligned and spoofed as com and is truly impressive. self. Topics include U.S. Fancy Tbeing somewhat mundane and The introductory homepage Cancels Database, Catalog of uninteresting. is nothing less than intriguing. Stamp Catalogs, Control Perfin This cynical attitude does not From a transitioning photo of Census, Insurance Cancella- seem to be prevalent in any Earth from space to the presi- tions and more. This is a splen- particular age group, but it is dent of the U.S. and children didly built section. telling the average age of stamp examining stamps, this place And then comes “New Ad- collectors in North America is feels different. Each frame is ditions and Revisions,” includ- about 55. embellished by philosophic ing Updated National Parks I suspect this number is re- statements about philately Exhibits, Added Christmas ally a result of averaging a big written almost as though read- Seal Album Pages and more. number between six and 12 ers may have never thought of Lastly, we meet “Pop Up and another big number be- stamp collecting this way until Stamp Tools.” These are U.S. tween 60 and 75. Why? Well, now. Stamp Finder, Canadian Stamp despite having introduced Phrases such as “a gateway Finder, World Stamp Finder, more than 300 children to to art, history, and comrad- U.S. Postal Rates and U.S. Zip stamp collecting between 1989 ery,” “a better understanding Codes Tool. and 2001, less than a handful of being human” and “satis- One other organizational are still active. fies our emotional, aesthetic area on the homepage needs to I hold out hope that some and intellectual needs” are not Immediately, two boxes ap- century or more, and websites be mentioned, too – the link will find their way back as I did commonly read in stamp sto- pear – the “Philatelic Word of like Stamp Smarter will en- buttons at the top. There is one after a 15-year hiatus. Age, ma- ries. the Day” and the “Philatelic hance the collecting, increase called “Features,” which has turity and a bit of interest in in- Once we adjust to the ongo- Link of the Day.” Simple but the learning and ease the orga- 28 links, some of which are not vesting can directly affect the ing screen motion, we notice enjoyable learning snippets, nizing. found anywhere else in the recapture of those youthful joys the six hotlink buttons at the these take advantage of visual Next, we are introduced to a site. Also, the library here has from collecting stamps. top: Features, Library, Buying technology. series of six “link” boxes under seven new links, including That being said, the world is Online, Connect, Search and After these, we learn the site the title “Popular Features.” “How To” articles, Stamp now a multi-media stage, and Members. is dedicated “to helping hob- The current ones are U.S. Manufacturing, Online Al- philatelists are emerging who Explorers always have the byists acquire knowledge free Stamps, Free T-shirt, Online bums and Exhibits and more. see this modern state as an im- choice to scroll down or start of cost.” Library, Stamp Mount Cross Each of these has dozens of perative component in their punching the buttons. It is Reference Tool, Stamp Smarter sub-categories, too. The word lives. One such active hobbyist more common to read the en- NEXT-GEN Illustrated Glossary and endless comes to mind. is Don Denman, the designer tire homepage, however, be- POSTAL SYSTEM Monthly Contest. The site also has the requi- and manager of the newer cause there are often relevant An interesting statement Exploring these will take site search capability, and to website, “Stamp Smarter,” instructions about the site, and also explains the Internet “is some time as they are very make it superior, a clearly la- which he bills as a “philatelic new items are shown. So we actually the ‘next generation’ comprehensive. Not surpris- belled sitemap. Easy to find learning center.” scroll. postal system; representing the ingly, this is followed by a po- contact information finishes next step in the evolution of lite request for support to help the header. the ways humans communi- keep this complex site func- Membership is easy – I cate with each other.” tioning. joined and received a pass- While this last bit is cer- A title “Community Projects” word in less than 24 hours. As tainly true, it is hard to predict appears below this. Here we a result, I now have full access the effects of this change on are presented with a series of 11 to more than 75,000 files, most philately. I suspect we will see sliding boxes representing da- of which are images, and there stamps printed for the next tabases and compilations – are several projects to which I can contribute. There are currently about 6,000 unique human visitors a GREENWOOD STAMP COMPANY month with 90,000 monthly Since 1962 page views. I hesitate to say Stamp R.F. 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16 November 27, 2018 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca Cynical, deliberate errors plague small Commonwealth countries

Commonwealth COMMUNIQUÉ

By Chad Neighbor

he large-scale creation and In his article, he explains: wholesale marketing of de- “The forgeries have been, and liberateT “errors” on Leaders of are still being, moved through the World and similar mass- major auction houses to major marketed stamps, many of stamp dealers who in turn sell them purporting to be from them to smaller dealers who small Commonwealth coun- turn sell them to collectors. tries, has been documented by Thousands have been, and are an expert in the field. still being, sold on online sites John Lowe, writing in the such as eBay and Delcampe British stamp dealer magazine over the last three years.” These striking Priness Diana ‘invert’ stamps bearing the name of Tuvalu are a concoction The Philatelic Exporter, issued He adds: “This is now a cata- that experienced collectors will realize cannot crop up via modern printing techniques “an updated alert to all dealers logue changing event. The exis- unless done on purpose. and collectors of stamps that tence of these forgeries needs to there are now over 100 differ- be noted in the major stamp ent sets of stamps that were catalogues for the many coun- this souvenir sheet are forger- gum that cannot match gum “errors” from countries not produced by the former For- tries that Format Printers ies. There were never any im- used by the original printer mentioned above did pop up. mat International Security printed stamps for.” perforate versions issued nor which was of a special texture Several errors from the coun- Printers that have been repro- Lowe acknowledges the help found in the liquidation of the and formula … They are simi- tries Lowe has examined did duced in the form of normal of Canadian collector George printer.” lar to the unauthorized reprints show up – but at very low issues, imperforates, colour tri- Saunders, who acquired a large made in the 1990s after the prices from a reputable dealer. als, and many errors such as number of fake items at auction ‘SHODDY printing company was liqui- Presumably, these predate the inverts, misperfs, and errors of and donated some of them to REPRODUCTIONS’ dated.” latest outpourings, but as they text.” Lowe to help document and il- The second area of simple He adds: “The screens on the were going unsold even at a Lowe, who published his lustrate the questionable mate- forgeries is harder to under- forgeries are much coarser than couple of dollars, it suggests first article on these forgeries rial. stand from a stamp collecting the fine screens used on the the market for such material is in 2015 – and something I re- His site lists forgeries bear- viewpoint but is still damaging genuine stamps.” This means weak on established sites. ported in a column not long ing the names of many Com- the modern stamp market. that “under very high magnifi- This is a key factor, for if peo- after – notes the stamps are not monwealth countries, includ- These sets are from more cation you can see a huge dif- ple are not making money on “masterminded” in Asian or ing Antigua and Barbuda, Be- popular areas such as birds, ference in quality of images.” these forgeries they will not East European basements but lize, British Virgin Islands, Le- cricket, royalty, trains, Scouting Several years ago, when I spend time trying to sell them. by a figure behind the contro- sotho, Montserrat, Nauru, and Zeppelins or in less often went online to try to find ex- Of course, they will not destroy versial British printing firm. Nevis, St. Vincent and outlying seen areas such a progressive amples of the Michael Jackson their inventory but try to sell it Lowe does not pull punches: islands as well as Tanzania and colour proofs. error, I came up with several to someone else or simply put “The one behind the produc- Tuvalu and outlying islands. Lowe reports: “The forgeries within a minute; however, a them in boxes, where someone tion of these forgeries is The potentially more lucra- are shoddy reproductions similar search as I was writing else will discover them eventu- known but to this day, he tive aspect of this trade is in er- made on whiter paper with this column failed to find any ally and start the process all eludes public exposure. It rors. As well-informed collec- very shiny yellowish or white of these, although imperforate over again. W should be obvious to savvy tors will know, separate plates dealers and collectors who it are not created for modern full- is, especially in the United colour stamps, so inverted texts Kingdom where Format was and colours will not show up Check This Value! located.” unless planned. Bi-monthly issues of The Canadian Philatelist, Lowe has been carefully not- Lowe cites as a key example ing and tracking forgeries as Michael Jackson inverted name our international award-winning magazine. they appear but says some of stamps that supposedly are Sales Circuits – A great opportunity to both buy them could fool most dealers from St. Vincent. These are of- and sell. Find new stamps to add to your collec- and collectors. The original ten marketed to music fans at tion and dispose of stamps you no longer need. Leaders of the World and simi- typical prices for real errors lar outpourings of stamps that and to non-collecting music Insurance – Preferred rates for coverage rarely if ever saw the inside of fans who think they are buying on your stamp collection. a post office were never widely rare material that is an “invest- ...And much more! popular or accepted, so the ment.” more recent concoctions heav- Missing colours, inverted A SS ily feature errors and subjects frames, imperforates and the SD of interest to non-collectors, like are also being offered on S SD such as Michael Jackson. Princess Diana, famous loco- For a sample copy of The Canadian Philatelist and a membership His extensive findings re- motives and other issues. He application, send $5 (deductible from your ﬁ rst year membership) to: corded on website pages he notes the emergence of an im- has created – golowesstamps. perforate Zeppelin souvenir The Royal Philatelic Society of Canada, P.O. 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November 27, 2018 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca 17 member of the Royal Navy Reserve, he was given command of the “mystery ship” PQ61 and sank the New U-boat UC33 by ramming, for which Worsley was awarded the Distinguished Service Order. In 1918, ISSUES Worsley joined Shackleton in northern Russia and Around the World with Robin Harris helped organize equipment and stores in Archan- gel.

GUERNSEY Guernsey Post released the final stamps in its five-year series marking the centenary of the First World War on Nov. 8. The stamps feature some of the memorials created to commemorate islanders who died in the ground while others are outgoing and eagerly engage Great War. with the public. Some are serious while others are BRITISH ANTARCTIC TERRITORY The Royal Guernsey Light Infantry (RGLI) was cheeky. The British Antarctic Territory released a set of formed in 1916 to show the island’s devotion to the Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, is surely among the stamps on Nov. 4 to honour two of Shackleton’s Crown. Its first major engagement was at the Battle most endearing members of the royal family. Known men who took part in the First World War. of Cambrai, where half of the regiment was killed, to much of the world as a colourful, down-to-earth Alexander Macklin was a surgeon aboard Endur- injured or reported missing. The memorial in St Pe- man, he’s admired for his military service and his ance, and on his return to Britain, he was commis- ter Port’s Sunken Gardens (46 pence), is twinned compassion for the less fortunate. sioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps and with one in Masnières, France, where the men made The Pacific tour commenced on Oct. 15 with a fo- reached the rank of major in 1919. He served first their stand. cus on youth, mental health, environmental issues with the infantry before transferring to the tank reg- and the Invictus Games. The public and media were iment. He moved from the Western Front to Italy, predictably enthusiastic, but the interest intensified where he was awarded the Military Cross for brav- even further with the announcement that Meghan ery in tending the wounded whilst under fire. was pregnant. Huge crowds have greeted the royals Macklin volunteered for Syren Force in northern throughout their four-nation tour. Russia, where he was later joined by Shackleton. After nine days in Australia, three days in Fiji and Joseph Stenhouse, first officer of the Aurora, as- two days in Tonga, the couple embarked on the final sumed command when the Captain Aeneas Mack- leg of their trip. Arriving in Wellington on Oct. 28, intosh was stranded ashore at the Ross Sea base. they were greeted by the prime minister and officially With great difficulty, he brought Aurora back to welcomed by the Governor-General. Port Chalmers, New Zealand. On his return to Brit- ain, Stenhouse, a sub-lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve, joined Frank Worsley’s PQ61 as gunnery officer. For his part in the sinking of the U-boat UC33, Stenhouse was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. He joined Shackleton in northern Names of Guernsey postal workers who enlisted Russia and took command of a flotilla of boats on and died in service across a breadth of regiments, Lake Onega. For this service, he was awarded the including the RGLI and the Post Office Rifles, are Distinguished Service Order. captured in a memorial (62 pence), which is located in the archives of the Guernsey Museum. Guernsey’s Elizabeth College crest (63 pence) includes the school motto “Semper Eadem: Always the Same.” This was the personal motto of Elizabeth I, which celebrates integrity, stability and compo- AUSTRALIA sure, come what may. Australia’s final set of stamps in a five-year series The 1914 Alderney Commemoration Stone (76 commemorating the First World War was released pence) is found in St Anne’s Memorial Garden. It Oct. 2. SOUTH GEORGIA was unveiled in 2014 to mark 100 years since the This issue focuses on the events of 1918, which saw South Georgia and Sandwich Islands also re- start of the War. the end of four years of bloodshed. leased a set of stamps on Nov. 4 to honour two men The Guernsey War Memorial (85 pence) is located On the “Last 100 Days” stamp, Lieutenant Rupert from Shackleton’s exhibitions. at the top of Smith Street looking out over the town Frederick Arding Downes addresses his platoon from Thomas Orde-Lees, a captain in the Royal Ma- of St. Peter Port. At the top of the memorial stands a B Company, 29th Battalion. rines, joined the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedi- victorious St. George with the head of the dragon at A portrait of Lieutenant General Sir John Monash tion as the motor expert and developed two models his feet, which also features on the Memorial Win- is featured at his headquarters in the Villers-Breton- of motor-sledge. During the expedition, he was dow of St Peter’s Church in Sark (94 pence). The neux sector in May 1918. placed in charge of stores. On return to Britain, he window is inscribed with the names of 16 local men Australian troops on the Western Front were rest- transferred to the Royal Flying Corps with the help who were killed in the conflict. ing after months of heavy fighting when the Armi- of Shackleton and served in the Balloon Service on stice was signed on Nov. 11, 1918. the Western Front. He became an active proponent NEW ZEALAND It took more than a year to bring the Australian of the use of parachutes. To convince military com- Oct. 30 saw the release of a set of six stamps from troops home from the war. Some enlisted in the Brit- manders of their practicality and value, Orde-Lees New Zealand highlighting the first visit of The Duke ish Army and were involved in the British interven- jumped headfirst from the top of the Tower Bridge and Duchess of Sussex as part of their Pacific tour. tion in the Russian Civil War while light horsemen in into the River Thames barely 50 metres below. He For more than 150 years, the monarchy has been of the Middle East assisted the British bring peace and later made low-level descents from aircraft to dem- great significance and interest to New Zealanders. stability to Egypt during a nationalist uprising. onstrate parachutes at home and abroad. Orde-Lees Each generation has found fascinating stories, capti- Honouring the fallen is the last stamp. French chil- was awarded the Air Force Cross for this pioneering vating characters, and meaningful relationships in dren are pictured at Adelaide Cemetery at Villers- work. this timeless yet ever-changing institution. Bretonneux as they tend the graves of Australian sol- Frank Worsley, a New Zealander and a veteran of Like any other whānau – meaning extended family diers who died in the surrounding area throughout sailing ships, was appointed captain of Endurance. – the royal family is made up of people with a variety the fighting of 1918. Even today, many villages in He has become famous for navigating the James of characteristics, personalities and strengths. Some France honour the sacrifice and bravery of Australian Caird from Elephant Island to South Georgia. A royals are reserved and work quietly in the back- troops during the war.

18 November 27, 2018 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca Lotus souvenir sheet tops Young Collectors auction By Jesse Robitaille 2018 souvenir sheet featuring two lotus stamps is- suedA by Canada Post was the top-earning lot of the Young Collectors Postage Stamp and 1-800-408-0352 Mon.-Fri. 8:30 am - 4:30 pm EST Coin Auction held this fall in Mississauga. Offered as Lot 9, the souvenir sheet piqued the interest of several of the 20 young collectors on the auction floor, where two bidders went back and forth in an effort to outdo each other. One bidder quickly put The Young Collectors Postage Stamp and Coin Auction in $100 before being topped by saw about 20 children bid on 25 lots of numismatic and his counterpart, who continued philatelic items, including worldwide coins and stamps, to push the price to $200 and banknotes, reference guides, supplies and more. beyond. “We’re almost at $500 here, and remember, that’ll be half of tell you what the item is and there is no more bidding,” said your money,” said auctioneer start with an opening bid,” McPherson. “You’re going to Robb McPherson, who’s the said Lisa McPherson, who’s win some, and you’re going to immediate past president of the also the first vice-president of lose some.” Ontario Numismatic Associa- the ONA. “That’s when the tion (ONA). floor is open, and that’s when HIGHLIGHTS One of many items to climb you can start bidding – not be- Other high-interest items in- to $500 – more than half of the fore.” cluded Lot 3, an “Official Mil- $1,000 allotment of play money It’s also important to deter- lennium Keepsake” jointly is- given to each bidder – the lot mine how you’ll bid before the sued by Canada Post and the held the interest of one young auction, but after looking at Royal Canadian Mint in 2000. girl, who eventually won the the catalogue, so you can an- Starting at $5, and with an es- souvenir sheet for $500. ticipate when you’ll need your timate of only $8, the lot quickly money the most, McPherson climbed to $100 as one spirited AUCTION ADVICE said. bidder put down a 10th of her Organized by McPherson “If you see something you money, and then again to $150 and his wife Lisa, who’s the just love, you want to make and $250 as other bidders con- Royal Canadian Numismatic sure you get it. You have to tinued the climb. Association (RCNA) National wait and wait, and then when “You’re almost at a third of Youth Co-ordinator, the auction the item comes up, you put your money; does anyone want saw about 20 children bid on 25 your hand up and spend all to stay in?” asked McPherson. lots of philatelic and numis- your money – $1,000 – and The lot, which included a matic items, including world- you’re guaranteed to get that stamp, postcard and coin, even- wide stamps and coins, item.” tually hammered down for $400. banknotes, reference guides, There’s a lot of chance in- supplies and more. volved depending on how the DONATIONS Some basic advice – includ- other bidding plays out, but All 25 lots were donated, said ing auction etiquette – was also there’s also a bit of strategy. McPherson, by dealers or on be- offered to the young bidders “When the last bid comes in, half of the Royal Philatelic Soci- this fall. the auctioneer will say, ‘Going ety of Canada, RCNA and Na- “When the auctioneer says, once, going twice, sold,’ and tional Postage Stamp and Coin ‘The item up for bid is,’ he’ll once that’s sold, it’s done and Show. “I try to get something for every age group, from a novice to an experienced collector.” The next Young Collectors Postage Stamp and Coin Auc- tion will be held March 13 in Mississauga, Ont., as part of the Spring 2019 National Postage Stamp and Coin Show. Visit our website for updates, promotions For more information, visit and our FEATURE OF THE WEEK specials. stampandcoinshow.com. W 1-800-408-0352 l Email: [email protected] www.coinstampsupplies.com Robb McPherson, immediate past president of the Ontario N ubscribers eceive 1 OFF egular rice FREE SHIPPING on all orders, before taxes, over $89, within Canada only. Numismatic Association, PRICES QUOTED DO NOT INCLUDE APPLICABLE TAXES AND SHIPPING served as the auctioneer.

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November 27, 2018 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca 21 Philately, my only extra-marital love affair I fondly recall when my friend Ernest Kehr mildly chastised me after I misidentified the cattle Collecting in the U.S. 1898 ‘Western Cattle in Storm’ stamp as 101 being of Mexican heritage.

By Peter Mosiondz, Jr. Now, whenever I look at my tamps have been good to me plication resulting from a rou- favourite stamp, I think back to over the years. tine surgery. Cal welcomed me his warm letter. We were to be- SNot only do I enjoy doing as if I were a long lost friend come good friends until his what I love so much for a liv- whom he hadn’t seen in years. death. ing, but I relish the many good He personally escorted me to friends I have made and kept every floor and room in that ‘VOLUN-TOLD’ over the years. So it was when I magnificent brownstone. In I recall when the H.R. joined the Collectors Club of short order, I learned the his- many years. We often sat to- and began a few hours before Harmer firm moved to larger New York in 1982. tory of the club and its many gether at the bi-weekly meet- the evening’s scheduled meet- quarters in New York and I was Fearful, at first, that it would past leaders as well as what ings. He soon became my sole ing. Cal suggested I attend. “volunteered” to assist them. be a stodgy club comprised of transpired now or then in every auction agent. I was there for the next one, Keith had that charm about advanced collectors who would area of the building. The store- I remember one instance in and Cal introduced me to him, much like when my wife snub their noses at you if you room of auction catalogs and which he got a little perturbed such luminaries as Herbert and I moved into our first said the wrong thing, I was periodicals waiting to be cata- with me. I called him to bid on Bloch, Mortimer Neinken, home and I also volunteered pleasantly surprised to learn I loged and filed was enormous. an especially nice and scarce Lou Robbins, Ernest A. Kehr, my friends to paint and do re- was totally wrong. In fact, just I gazed at offerings from many New York State cover for one of Keith Harmer and many oth- pairs. the opposite was true. of the old-time dealers and was my clients. ers whose list would read like Many were the pleasant oc- People from every walk of completely taken in by the aura Cal pursued New York cov- a who’s who of the hobby. casions when I visited Kieth in life who enjoyed their hobby to and history of the place. ers as his specialty and wanted I was fascinated by the dis- his office just to talk stamps. He the fullest were eager to em- The library was then – and is the cover for his collection. I cussions. There was a lot of had wanted me to drive with brace new members and make now – second to none. You gave him my client’s top bid show-and-tell. Rarities galore him to the March Party at the them feel at home. And this is could spend weeks there and and suggested if he wished to passed from hand to hand. Garfield-Perry Stamp Club, but what The Collectors Club is: a still not accomplish everything own it and my client’s bid had I was delighted I had dis- my physical condition would home comprised of the nicest you set out to do. It was a been reached, that he should covered one of the items to be not stand the long drive. Keith people in the world who just proud day, indeed, when some exercise his judgment and buy a fake. Herbert Bloch was later told me it wasn’t as long happen to love philately. years later I presented them a it for his collection if he so de- thrilled; he had passed the of a ride as I feared. He told me When I first passed through copy of my first book, Success- sired. He allowed my client to item around to see if anyone how long it had taken him to those hallowed doors on East ful Stamp Dealing. have the cover. could spot the fake cancel. make the drive. 35th Street in lower Manhattan, Cal, although some found I remember meeting my Then there was the Wednes- I was greeted by Cal Hahn, who him to be irascible, was ever so ‘ROUNDTABLE’ MEETINGS good friend Scott Trepel at day when the roundtable dis- would become a very good gracious and kind to this young The Collectors Club back one of these roundtables. We cussion ended much earlier friend. Our friendship would dealer. I have nothing but grati- then had periodic “roundta- were both much younger than usual. Herbert Bloch, a endure for more than 20 years tude for his friendship and bles” prior to meetings. They then. Scott later bought the world-class expertizer and before his passing from a com- companionship over those were held on the third floor Robert A. Siegel firm he so ca- first-rate philatelist and gentle- pably operates today. man, always invited me to On April 27, 1971, the fed- “I only know of two used Brian Green, then the head bring with me any item on Tax stamps... eral program was officially ones,” Jackson said. “Both are of The Philatelic Foundation, which I needed an opinion. Continued from page 15 discontinued. $1 stamps from the first issue.” was a regular visitor as well. That day, as we were walking The stamps only became Both are in private collec- Brian has since relocated down Fifth Avenue with some Regulations dealing with largely available after the Na- tions. down south, where he deals others for a quick dinner, I the stamps were never fully tional Postal Museum in Jackson said Arizona was in Confederate material with handed him a couple of early implemented, so few were Washington sold 5,000 exam- the first state to issue cannabis his wife Maria. U.S. stamps. ever used. ples in mint condition via a revenue tax stamps, starting in Thankfully, he pronounced They were not issued for public auction in 2005. 1983. MEXICAN CATTLE? both stamps to be genuine. He consumers, Jackson said. They didn’t make marijuana Getting back to Ernest A. did this without missing a sin- Instead, “they were very possession legal, he said. The Kehr, I have the fond recollec- gle step in our walk down the tightly controlled, for re- system “made it easier for the tion of his mild chastisement street. search.” seizure of illegal marijuana. when I misidentified the cattle Over the years I was privi- The first federal “mari- They’d seize the stock, your in the “Western Cattle in leged to not only meet but to huana” overprinted set in bank account, your house and Storm” stamp (Scott #292) as learn from so many philatelic 1937 consisted of $1, $5, $10 boat, for tax evasion.” being of Mexican heritage in a scholars. To name them all and $100 denominations, “The only people who Canadian Stamp News article. would require another book. overprinted on U.S. Internal bought them were collec- His letter, which I still pos- That might be an idea down the road, if I can jog my white- Revenue “Documentary” tors.” W sess, welcomed me to the stamps of different colours. ranks of philatelic writers and haired memory bank suffi- Subsequent “marihuana” Large-format $10 wished me a long tenure and ciently. tax stamps were produced for Documentary revenue all the best. The P.S. said, “I Suffice to say philately has the Department of Internal stamps were issued by think there’s a small slip in been my one extra-marital love Revenue and also consisted of the U.S. Internal Revenue the column; the cattle are affair. You don’t have to tell my overprinted Documentary Service and overprinted those of the West Scottish wife. She already knows it. revenues. ‘Marihuana Tax Act of 1937.’ Highlands, not a Mexican Until next time, stay well breed.” and enjoy your hobby. W

22 November 27, 2018 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca River. It also carried scientists who conducted studies in the Vessels... Arctic during summers. Continued from page 7 In September 1964, Captain SHOW & Bourse N. V. Clarke commanded the Visit www.canadianstampnews.com/events for the full list of shows posted to date plans including state-of-the-art Labrador along the technology, it was launched in NOV. 17, BURLINGTON, ON DEC. 8 – 9, BOUCHERVILLE, QC 130-kilometre Kennedy Chan- Burloak Stamp Fair, Burlington Senior Centre, 2285 New St. Coin and Stamp Show, De Mortagne School, 955 De Montarville late 1951 and commissioned nel, between Ellesmere Island Hours: 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Twenty-one years of regular monthly The show will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days. Free on July 8, 1954, with Captain and Greenland, “to reach the shows on the third of Saturday of every month. Six to nine deal- admission, free parking and 35 dealers in attendance. Club infor- O.C.S. “Long Robbie” Robert- most northerly position ever ers, active buyers, and always something new. For more informa- mation and food service available. The show is sponsored by the son – no relation – in com- tion, email [email protected], telephone 289-925-5343. Association des Numismates et des Philatelistes de Boucherville attained by any Canadian (ANPB). For more information, email [email protected], tele- mand. ship,” according to an article NOV. 17, TORONTO, ON phone 514-592-7288. Website: www.anpb.net. On the initial voyage from by Thomas E. Appleton on the North Toronto Stamp Club – Winter Postage Stamp Bourse, Dartmouth, N.S., HMCS Labra- Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge St. Hours: 10 a.m. to DEC. 15, BURLINGTON, ON Canadian Coast Guard 4 p.m. Easy subway access at St. Clair subway station. Free admis- Burloak Stamp Fair, Burlington Senior Centre, 2285 New St. dor was armed with two website. sion, 22 dealers, over 100 sales circuit books including recent Hours: 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Twenty-one years of regular monthly 40-millimetre guns and carried The site is 100 kilometres issues, over 100 ten cent books, members table, door prizes (first shows on the third of Saturday of every month. Six to nine deal- two helicopters plus a crew of from Alert in the Qikiqtaaluk prize one kilo of stamps) snack bar, wheelchair access, parking at ers, active buyers, and always something new. For more informa- 228. the Church and on nearby streets, families and children welcome. tion, email [email protected], telephone 289-925-5343. Region of Nunavut, whose 62 For more information, email [email protected], tele- According to a federal gov- inhabitants in 2016 populated phone 647-990-4073. Website: www.northtorontostampclub.ca DEC. 15, SCARBOROUGH, ONTARIO ernment website article, on its the world’s most northern per- Scarborough Stamp Club Show, Cedarbrook Community Centre, first mission, HMCS Labrador NOV. 23 – 24, MONTRÉAL, QC 91 Eastpark Blvd (Markham Rd-Lawrence East) Show hours: 8 manently-inhabited commu- International Stamp Show of Montreal / EXUP 45, Maison du a.m. to 2 p.m. No admission charge, free parking Club circuit (5 “became the first warship to nity. Citoyen, 7501, Rue François-Perreault, Fri. : 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and 10 cent) books and other items As many as 4 dealers per negotiate the Northwest Pas- The channel was named in Sat. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 15 dealers to complete your collection. show, new inquiries welcome. For more information, email sage across the top of the con- the mid-1800s by Dr. Elisha Canada Post Draw! For more information contact Patrick, email [email protected], telephone 416-460-3970. tinent and, returning to Hali- [email protected], telephone 450-223-0082. Website: Kane, who led two expeditions www.timbratheque.com. DEC. 22, ST. CATHARINES, ON fax, Nova Scotia, via the Pan- along the sea passage in an un- Best Western Stamp Show, Niagara Room, Best Western Hotel, ama Canal.” successful search for the lost NOV. 24, WATERLOO, ON QEW at Lake Street Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free parking, free Powered by six diesel-elec- STAMPFUN 2018 Waterloo Region Stamp Club, Royal Canadian admission and free appraisals. Sponsored by Roy’s Stamps, spe- Franklin expedition – and Legion, 316 Marsland Dr. Enjoy 10 dealers, a silent auction, cializing in the stamps and covers of Canada and the British tric engines, the 82-by-19.2-by- found the ill-fated explorer’s circuit books, and door prizes between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Free Commonwealth. For further information, contact Roy Houtby, 9.3-metre, 6,490-ton steel-hull first winter camp. admission and free parking. Light morning refreshments and a telephone 905-934-8377. patrol vessel “was also the first lunch counter operated by the Legion. Everyone is welcome! Most historians believe JAN. 12, 2019, MONCTON, NB to circumnavigate North For more information please contact Oscar Cormier, email Kane was honouring John [email protected], telephone 519-742-5892. Website: Moncton Stamp Fair, Royal Canadian Legion, 100 War Veterans America.” Pendleton Kennedy, the U.S. www.waterlooregionstampclub.weebly.com. Ave. The Moncton Stamp Fair is held each month from October to In mid-1955 and the follow- Secretary of the Navy who di- May. Hosted by the Fundy Stamp Collectors Club, the show runs ing summer, the crew “carried NOV. 24, WELLAND, ON from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admission, free parking and silent rected the second voyage, Canadian Stamp News Christmas Open House, Canadian Stamp auction. There are usually between four and six dealers, and a out extensive hydrographic Wikipedia notes. News (Trajan Media), 459 Prince Charles Dr. S. Canadian Stamp live auction starts at 1 p.m. For more information, email surveys in the eastern Arctic.” After 33 years in service, News is hosting a Christmas Open House at its new office located [email protected], telephone 506-875-2684. Two years later, after the De- in Welland, Ont. CSN subscribers attending the Open House will and with metal fatigue limit- JAN. 12, 2019, BRANTFORD, ON partment of National Defence receive a special membership discount on supply purchases. ing its use, the red-hulled ves- Warm apple cider, coffee and Christmas goodies will be available Brantford Stamp Club Annual Show & Bourse, Branlyn Community withdrew from Arctic patrols sel was withdrawn from ser- as well. Come and join us, between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. For more Centre, 238 Brantwood Park Rd. The Brantford Stamp Club’s and with the Royal Canadian vice in May 1987 and replaced information, email [email protected], telephone 905-646-4820. annual show features a bourse with more than 15 dealers, exhib- Navy facing financial cut- Website: www.canadianstampnews.com. its (with special categories for junior and novice exhibitors), silent by the CCGS Henry Larsen. auctions, club sales circuit books. Free parking and admission, backs, the ship was turned Decommissioned that No- NOV. 24, BURNABY, BC door prizes, and lunch counter. The venue is wheelchair accessi- over to the Department of vember, then sold to Chi Coins, Stamps & Collectibles Show, Nikkei Centre, 6688 Southoaks ble. For more information, email [email protected], tele- Transport. In 1962, it was Hsiang Steel Enterprise Co. Cres. Hosted by the North Shore Numismatic Society, the show will phone 519-751-3513. Website: www.brantfordstampclub.com. transferred to the newly- be open from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. There will be 40 tables of coins, stamps, Ltd., the Labrador was towed to banknotes, tokens, medals, postcards, art, pins and more. Admission JAN. 19, 2019, BURLINGTON, ON formed Canadian Coast Taiwan and broken up for is $2 (free for children age 16 and under if accompanied by an Burloak Stamp Fair, Burlington Seniors Centre, 2285 New St. The Guard. scrap in 1989. adult). Free underground parking. Japanese restaurant at location. monthly Burloak Stamp Fair is open to the public from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. With 22 years of regular events on the third of Saturday After a refit, the CCGS Lab- It remains the only Royal For more information, email [email protected], telephone 604- 299-3673. Website: www.northshorenumismaticsociety.org. of every month, the show features upwards of nine dealers, active rador launched the service’s Canadian Navy ship chris- buyers and always something new for stamp collectors. For more icebreaking operations, sailing tened with that name, the gov- NOV. 24, TORONTO, ON information, email [email protected], telephone 905-575- along the lower St. Lawrence ernment website notes. NYPEX Fall Stamp Bourse, Herbert Carnegie Centennial Centre, 2950. W 580 Finch Ave. W. NYPEX is the new fall stamp bourse organized by the North York Philatelic Society with nine dealers selling JAN. 19 – 20, 2019, LONGUEUIL, QC stamps, covers and supplies. Hours 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admis- International Stamp Show of Longueuil, SandMan Hotel, 999 rue sion and lots of parking. Easy to get to by TTC. All are welcome. Sérigny The annual International Stamp Show of Longueuil will be The show is being held at the Herbert Carnegie Centre, which is open to the public on Saturday, Jan. 19 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and a hockey arena on the north side of Finch west of Bathurst. For Sunday, Jan. 20 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be 15 dealers more information, telephone 416-536-2954. present to help complete your collection as well as a Canada Post draw. For more information, contact Patrick Chalifoux, email DEC. 1, SCARBOROUGH, ONTARIO [email protected], telephone 450-223-0082. Website: Scarborough Stamp Club Show, Cedarbrook Community Centre, www.timbratheque.com. 91 Eastpark Blvd (Markham Rd - Lawrence Ave E Show hours: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. No admission charge, free parking Club circuit (5 JAN. 26, 2019, LAKE COUNTRY, BC and 10 cent) books and individually priced items As many as 4 Lake Country OMPA Stamp Show & Bourse, Senior Activity Centre, dealers per show, new dealer inquiries welcome. For more infor- 9832 Bottom Wood Lake Rd. The Lake Country Show and Bourse mation, email [email protected], telephone 416-460-3970. will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m and boasts free admission, door prizes and a stamp auction. Hosted by the Okanagan DEC. 8, MONCTON, NB Mainline Philatelic Association (OMPA), the show is one of several Moncton Stamp Fair, Royal Canadian Legion, 100 War Veterans held by the OMPA throughout the year. Check CSN’s online”Events” Ave. Hours 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admission, free parking and page for updates about future OMPA shows. For more informa- silent auction. For more information contact Paul Bourque, email tion, email [email protected], telephone 250-542-4127. Website: [email protected], telephone 506-875-2684. okanaganstampclubs.ca.

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November 27, 2018 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca 23 OLD TIME BARGAINS #947 A number of areas are featured on the back page this week. Seven specials from south of the border kick things off. Then look for scarce tagging varieties and plate blocks from Canada. Select those you need and order today by phone, fax, mail or email! There are no additional charges for shipping or sales taxes. Installment terms are available if needed on larger purchases. We have the new 2018 Unitrade catalogue in stock at just $53.95 postpaid. The latest Scott catalogues are also in stock. 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 #18,058 SPECIAL OFFER #18,065 SPECIAL OFFER This 5¢ Christmas stamp (#444p) is normally Three 2¢ black stamps featuring #18,073 Warren Harding appeared in 1923 tagged on both sides. This one however has (Scott #610-612). It was issued with the tagging misplaced, resulting in a scarce The 20¢ Peace Issue (#271) two different perforations as well one-bar error. List price is $60.00. My price for depicts a combine harvester as imperforate. A F-VF NH mint set a VF NH mint single is just $19.95. I can also in the Prairie Provinces. A lists at US$43.10. My price is $19.95. supply a block of four at $69.95. VF LH mint matched set of plate blocks lists at $120.00. My price is $39.50. SPECIAL OFFER #18,059 SPECIAL OFFER #18,066 From 1925 comes this set of two issued Next here is a one-bar type (at left) on the 5¢ for the Norse-American Centenary Christmas stamp from 1966 (#452p). List price for SPECIAL OFFER #18,074 (#620-621). Both stamps picture sailing a VF NH mint single is $60.00. My price is $24.95. vessels and the set has long been popu- Next from the O.H.M.S. lar as a result. A F-VF NH mint set lists period of offi cial stamps at US$26.50. My price is $16.95. SPECIAL OFFER #18,067 comes this top value Here‘s a 1¢ Centennial Issue (#454piii) with a of the set (Scott #O10). one-bar tagging error at right. These are very Plate blocks are scarce SPECIAL OFFER #18,060 and desirable. I have This set of two added values appeared hard to fi nd mint. My price for a VF NH example is just $29.95. some VF NH examples in 1925-26 (Scott #622-623). List price in stock. List price is for F-VF NH mint examples is US$40.00. $850.00. My price is My price is just $26.50. $329.00 only. SPECIAL OFFER #18,068 This 2¢ green Centennial Issue (#455p) dis- SPECIAL OFFER plays one wide Winnipeg tagging bar near the middle of the stamp. List price for a F-VF NH #18,061 single is $35.00. My price is $18.95. SPECIAL OFFER The high values of the 1922 #18,075 regular set were re-issued, The last $1.00 offi cial stamp issued with the rotary press versions appearing in 1932 (Scott #692-701). SPECIAL OFFER was the totem pole design of 1953 List price for the set in F-VF NH mint condition is US$141.25. My (Scott #O32). List price for a VF NH price is super low at just $79.95. #18,069 plate #1 matched set is $400.00. My This block of the 14¢ Parliament price is $99.95. SPECIAL OFFER #18,062 Issue (#715) shows a one-bar tagging variety at the right side. List price is $60.00 for a VF NH mint block of four. My price is just $22.95. A single is $7.95. Just a few available!

Here is a great offer on some scarce U.S. coil line pairs. It includes both complete set of the Prexy Issue (#839-851) in VF NH SPECIAL OFFER #18,070 SPECIAL OFFER mint condition. List price is US$140.00. My price is just $79.00 #18,076 while they last. Next here is a good misperforation error on the 45¢ Flag Issue (#1361c). A vertical shift has Next here is the plate #2 matched SPECIAL OFFER #18,063 caused the gutter to appear near the middle of set of the $1.00 totem pole offi cial the stamp. A VF NH single is just $34.95. (#O32). List price for this in VF One of the most popular sets NH mint condition is $400.00. My from the 1940s is the famous price is just $89.95. American series (Scott #859- SPECIAL OFFER #18,071 893). This long set of thirty Here’s a very nice missing colour error on the stamps is actually comprised 48¢ Flag stamp (#1931c). Instead of the nor- of six different sets of fi ve mal blue the entire background is printed in SPECIAL OFFER honouring authors, poets, edu- a purple colour! List price for a VF NH sin- cators, scientists, artists and gle is $500.00. I have one in stock at $239.00. #18,077 inventors. The Alexander Gra- The Patricia Airways semi-offi cial ham Bell stamp is always the airmail stamps make a great area hardest one to fi nd. List price SPECIAL OFFER #18,072 for specialization, with many dif- for a F-VF NH set is US$33.10. ferent types to be found. Here Is My price is just $19.50. #CL15, which has the type B over- print in black. List price for a VF NH single is $412.50. This seems very low considering only 200 stamps were issued! My SPECIAL OFFER #18,064 price is just $295.00. This issue always takes me back to my early collect- SPECIAL OFFER #18,078 ing days. It is Scott Early special delivery stamps are #C25-C31, the com- hard to fi nd in exceptional condi- plete set of airmails. tion. Here is the 20¢ dark carmine List price for this in A number of special offers featuring plate blocks follow. First here (#E2) issued in 1992 when the rate F-VF NH mint con- is a plate #1 matched set of the 14¢ War Issue (Scott #259). List was raised from 10¢. A have a VF+ dition is US$19.50. price for a VF NH matched set of this is $300.00. My price is just NH single in stock. List price is My price is $12.95. $99.00! $450.00+. My price is $295.00.

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