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www.canadianstampnews.ca An essential resource for the CANADIAN advanced and beginning collector Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/canadianstampnews Follow us on Twitter @trajanpublisher STAMP NEWS Follow us on Instagram @trajan_csn Volume 45 • Number 22 February 16 - March 1, 2021 $5.50 Range of mail routes serviced Maritime colonies, U.S. By Jesse Robitaille newly established United States, following the War of 1812, it was This is the first story in a three- but it was “exceedingly gener- superseded by the 1814 Treaty of part series exploring cross-bor- ous” to the latter and set the Ghent, which largely restored the der mail between Canada’s Mar- stage for future disputes, accord- pre-war borders. itime provinces and the United ing to the 2014 textbook, Ameri- In 1817, two years after the States. can Foreign Relations. treaty came into effect, the first Canada and the United States About a decade later, the Jay land mail route was established share the world’s longest inter- Treaty resolved some of those on- between the Maritime colonies national border, which since going disagreements; however, Continued on page 17 1908 has spanned nearly 8,900 kilometres with more than 100 Before Toronto’s Greene Foundation acquired its VSC6000 ports of entry. in 2014, philatelic expertizing was more of a ‘touchy- Before the so-called “Treaty of feely’ process, according to Garfield Portch, the group’s 1908,” the border was disputed president and chair. in various regions dating back to the 1783 Treaty of Paris, which followed the American Revolu- tionary War. The agreement set Experts recommend the official boundary between ‘refreshing’ old certificates British North America and the The border between By Jesse Robitaille “refreshing” certificates pre- Canada and the United dating the use of forensic anal- hen it comes to high- States underwent many ysis? The decision ultimately quality classic, rare or of- changes overseen by W comes down to the material in ten-forged material, whether several treaties between question and the owner’s mo- it’s a stamp, a postmark or a the 17th and 20th centuries. cover, collectors are almost al- tivation for seeking additional ways told to have an expert certification, said Garfield certify it. Portch, the president and chair But did you know depend- of Toronto’s Vincent Graves One of three two-cent Large Queens ing on the material in ques- Greene Philatelic Research tion, experts often recommend Foundation. Publications Registration Mail No. 09136 Agreement No. 40069699 Agreement Mail No. 09136 Publications Registration “With the advance in tech- on laid brings $345K in private sale nology, I really think that any By Jesse Robitaille cent Large Queen stamps on anonymous clients, who she certificate done before the dis- Ontario dealer Maxime laid paper (Scott #32) for confirmed is a “foreign covery of the VSC6000 should Herold, the owner of Canada $345,000. buyer” that doesn’t live in be re-looked at,” added Portch, Stamp Finder, recently sold Issued beginning in April Canada. who’s also a long-time member one of only three known two- 1868, the nearly 153-year-old “It’s pretty big accom- of the Greene Foundation’s ex- stamp sold last plishment – especially for pert committee, which issued November in a that price – and it had to be nearly 990 certificates last year, private sale to hand delivered,” said Her- even with the pandemic ham- one of Herold’s old, who flew to her client’s pering the experts’ ability to home country late last year meet in person. An 1868 two- to deliver the stamp to its The Greene Foundation has cent Large new owner in person. used the VSC6000 – a state-of- Queen on laid It’s believed to be the high- the-art digital-imaging system paper (Scott est price paid for that stamp; manufactured by Foster + #32) sold for however, this example nearly Freeman in the United King- $375,000, the sold for $475,000 at an auc- dom – since 2014, when it pur- highest price tion in 2014 before the “buyer chased one for $100,000. Also paid for that backed out, so it remained known as the “Visual Spectral stamp, in a unsold,” Herold told CSN. Comparator,” the machine al- private sale lows experts to forensically last November. Continued on page 22 Continued on page 19 Two early communities built by Black Canadians Black History Month Stamps and Collectibles Booklet of 10 PERMANENT stamps 414159111 $ 920 his year’s Black History Month stamps tell the Willow Grove. 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