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Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/canadianstampnews Follow us on Twitter @trajanpublisher STAMP NEWS Follow us on Instagram @trajan_csn Volume 45 • Number 08 August 4 - 17, 2020 $5.50 Postmarks tell pandemic story By Jesse Robitaille cancel – “Personnel soignant, This is the final story in a merci / Thanks, healthcare three-part series highlighting workers” – to all lettermail COVID-19 philately. processed at each of the eyond stamps and covers, Crown corporation’s 21 mail- which were explored in processing plants. The French Bparts one and two of this se- and English text is mechani- ries, collectors focusing on a cally applied using the postal COVID-19 theme are also service’s high-speed auto- well-equipped with pan- mated processing machines. demic-related postmarks. “I’ve been dropping letters In recent months, a range of into my local mailbox almost pictorial and slogan cancels every day, and they’ve all From 2015-19, the evolution of Jean Wang’s award-winning thematic exhibit on blood has been applied to mail origi- been coming back to me with ‘brings tears to my eyes,’ said long-time philatelic judge Bill Schultz. nating from several countries, this cancel,” said Wang, who including Canada, Britain, Ire- added the cancel also includes land, Germany, Australia, an eight-digit datestamp and Croatia, Malaysia, Singapore seven-character location code Exhibitors focused on importance and Turkey. The postmarks to the right. typically support the World The first two digits note the Health Organization’s “pro- year; the next two digits note must ask, ‘Is it worth the effort?’ tective measures,” including the month; the third pair of staying at home and physi- digits notes the day; and the By Jesse Robitaille ria more perplexing than phil- “There’s one rule in the cally distancing, while others last two digits mark the hour This is the final story in a two- atelic and subject importance. manual – and only one rule offer messages of support. of processing according to the part series exploring the mea- It’s true for both exhibitors – and everything else is a hint “A lot of these messages are 24-hour clock. sure of ‘importance’ in a phila- and judges: the former frets or a suggestion. The one rule actually a way for the postal In her example, the code telic exhibit. over how to justify their ex- is you have to own the mate- service to disseminate mes- “20051222” would indicate When it comes to the some- hibit’s importance while the rial, so when you hear people sages to the community,” said the cover was processed on times muddy waters of judg- latter is burdened with deter- say, ‘You have all these rules Toronto philatelist and award- May 12, 2020, at 10 p.m. (or ing, there is perhaps no crite- mining “the challenge in cre- and regulations,’ that’s winning exhibitor Jean Wang. 2200 hours). ating the exhibit,” as it’s ex- wrong.” “They’re trying to encourage Beneath the datestamp is plained in the Manual of Phila- Despite the solitary rule, Publications RegistrationMail No. 09136 Agreement No. 40069699 people to follow social dis- another seven-character code: telic Judging and Exhibiting. some material is still leased to tancing to try and control the “M4L,” a Toronto-area postal “Importance, in the arena exhibitors, he added. pandemic.” code, is followed by “3808,” of exhibiting in the points sys- Rather than rules, the man- In Canada, however, the which notes the processing tem, is one of the most chal- ual outlines “typical exam- postal service’s message is machine. lenging and confusing, con- ples” of “how exhibitors have one of thanks. “I’ve been getting these flicting areas for the exhibi- developed and treated spe- Since May 1, Canada Post from different machines, and tors and the judges as well,” cific types of exhibits, and has applied a bilingual slogan Continued on page 19 said Bill Schultz, of West what judges expect to see in Chester, Pa., who co-wrote such exhibits,” as explained in the seventh edition of the the manual’s introduction. venerable manual, which was The foreword also touches published by the American on the manual’s purpose: “It Philatelic Society in 2016. is not a set of rigid rules but While exhibitors sometimes rather a set of guidelines by complain the 65-page manual which judges can uniformly is “full of rules” – a common assess an exhibit, and by misconception about exhibit- which exhibitors can create ing in general – it’s really various types of exhibits with more of an inspirational out- great flexibility.” line than a list of hard and “It doesn’t say here are the Both the Royal Mail (top) and Canada Post (bottom) have fast regulations, Schultz rules,” added Schultz, a issued slogan cancels with a pandemic theme. added. 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August 4, 2020 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca 3 think we’ve really accomplished CANADIAN something, and it really opens up Philatelic my pool for potential speakers.” STAMP And it’s not only speakers – collec- COMMENTARY tors from around the world can now NEWS tune in to local club meetings re- PUBLISHER / EDITOR: By Jesse Robitaille gardless of their location. Mike Walsh (Ext. 228) [email protected] CONSULTING EDITOR: Ian S. Robertson But this interconnectedness, as CONTRIBUTORS: John Conrad, Gary Dickinson, Robin Harris, well as the seemingly endless com- Randy Heimpel, Richard Logan, Peter Mosiondz, Chad Neighbor, Hans Niedermair, Everett Parker, David Piercey, Tony Shaman, Our ‘new’ digital age petition online, could also affect how Mike Smith, Lewis E. Tauber local clubs administer their services, ADVERTISING: [email protected] Mike Walsh (Ext. 228), according to WTSC President Sid Jim Szeplaki (Ext. 223) is changing the course Mensinga. CIRCULATION: [email protected] (Ext. 225) “As a leader of a club, you’re say- COMPOSITION & DESIGN: [email protected] ore than half a century after the of-town speakers and attendees, and ing, ‘What can we do to maintain Production Co-ordinator – Jim Szeplaki (Ext. 223) concept was conceived, Mar- many of these virtual meetings are our membership and to build our Mary-Anne Luzba - [email protected] M OFFICE: [email protected] shall McLuhan’s global village con- drawing more attention than the membership even physically?’ Accounts Receivable (Ext. 230) tinues to manifest itself in contempo- clubs’ monthly face-to-face gather- That’s the other side of it. That’s al- PRINT SUBSCRIPTIONS: GST #10638 6139 RT Canada: $49.99 for one year (26 issues) plus applicable tax; rary society. ings. ways a bit of a conundrum to deal $93.99 for two years (52 issues) plus applicable tax; Coined in the early 1960s by the with.” $134.99 for three year (78 issues) plus applicable tax; Previously, with in-person meet- U.S.A.: $61.99 for one year (U.S. funds); Edmonton-born University of To- ings, one of the drawbacks was the As a local club moves beyond its Foreign: $251.00 for one year (Canadian funds). ronto professor, the term global vil- original mandate, when is it no lon- DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS: GST #10638 6139 RT limited pool of local speakers that $36.99 one year (26 issues) plus applicable tax - Canada only; lage refers to the worldwide societal could be called on to present, accord- ger deemed local – and what would Add digital to print subscription for only $5.99 extra for one year (26 issues) shift towards interconnectedness as a ing to Garfield Portch, discussion it become? CANADIAN POSTMASTER Send address changes to Canadian Stamp News, result of the transition from print to group chair with the West Toronto “The other thing is are you then PO Box 25009 Rose City RO, Welland, ON L3B 5V0 Publications Mail Agreement No. 40069699 digital media. Stamp Club (WTSC). competing with already existing or- Registration No. 09136, Postage paid at St. Catharines, ON. “The new electronic interdepen- Return postage guaranteed. dence recreates the world in the im- Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: Circulation Dept., Collectors join local clubs for camaraderie, PO Box 25009 Rose City RO, Welland, ON L3B 6G9, age of a global village,” wrote McLu- e-mail: [email protected] han in his 1962 book, The Gutenberg We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada. Galaxy: The Making of Typographic fellowship and shared knowledge. Many of these Funded by the Government of Canada Man, which even then asserted the “human family now exists under clubs have since moved to an online meeting EDITORIAL POLICY: Canadian Stamp News is a hobby magazine endeavouring to bring worldwide philatelic news and views to its readers with the major emphasis conditions of a global village.” on Canadian philately. Opinions expressed in signed columns, stories, and letters are Fast forward 58 years – in the time format, which easily allows for out-of-town not necessarily those of Canadian Stamp News. Auction and sales reports: CSN staff or assigned contributors write pre- and of the COVID-19 pandemic – and post-sale articles. Writers conduct interviews as needed and use information pro- speakers and attendees, and many of these vided by the auction house as source material. As with all news articles, story there’s an interesting parallel playing selection, which sales to cover, and final placement in the magazine are news decisions made by the editor(s). Statements regarding sales are verified against out in philatelic circles. prices realized. Lots that fail to meet reserve, or are bought by the consignor or virtual meetings are drawing more attention their agent, are considered non-sales for the purpose of reporting. From time to As I’ve discussed many times in re- time, CSN staff may request a copy of the invoice covering the auction transaction. cent columns, the pandemic has Due to the public nature of auction transactions, this should not be needed often, than the clubs’ monthly face-to-face gatherings. but will be required in private treaty sales. Any information other than the price will pushed us all online – everything be kept in confidence. Attributions and values: Items attributed or values in CSN editorial content are from our social interactions to our 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 shopping and even our stamp shows “Some of the really good speakers ganizations that are doing that, like answers should seek the services of a professional philatelist. While we strive for is happening almost exclusively on are out-of-town people,” said Portch, BNAPS (British North America Phil- accuracy, errors or mistakes can occur. As a matter of policy such errors or mistakes, when discovered, will be corrected in the next available edition. the Internet these days. who added people “are not going to atelic Society), the Postal History So- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Canadian Stamp News welcomes letters to the editor. 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4 August 4, 2020 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca telic Exhibitors (AAPE) and includes vertising an 1850s Independence Day WHAT’S SIGNED the Single-Frame Champion of Champi- celebration; an 1839 stampless letter ons competition. The AAPE is planning sheet from Ohio to England via New SEALED to host the competition virtually. More York City; and a list of New York State INSIDE details are forthcoming. post offices by county from 1792-1969. DELIVERED “This is a good place for collectors – or Volume 45 • Number 08 APS ANNOUNCES even non-collectors – to check in with VIRTUAL STAMP SHOW comments or thoughts about New York The American Philatelic Society postal history,” said Jeff Stage, editor of August 4 to (APS), American Topical Association the society’s journal, Excelsior! “Because August 17, 2020 (ATA) and American First Day Cover New York City is such a major player on Society (AFDCS) will host an online the world stage of early postal transpor- event – dubbed the Virtual Stamp tation, we know that collectors and his- Show – over six days this August. The torians from all over have an interest in Features announcement comes almost two Empire State postal history.” For more PENCE AND CENTS Exhibitors focused on importance months after officials with the three con- information about the ESPHS, visit es- COVERS OFFERED vening societies decided to cancel the phs.us or write to the Empire State must ask, ‘Is it worth the effort?’..Page 1 This July, the U.K. firm Stanley Gib- first Great American Stamp Show due to Postal History Society, Box 482, East Postmarks tell pandemic story...... Page 1 bons listed a hoard of nearly 70 “Pence” COVID-19. The virtual show, which will Schodack, NY 12063-0482. and “Cents” issue covers for sale run from Aug. 17-22, is free for anyone through its online store. Dubbed the to attend. Registration is now open via USPS SEMI-POSTAL Consort Collection of Classic Canadian the APS website, stamps.org. “We’re ex- PLANS CHANGING Regulars Postal History, the covers were recently cited to continue working The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) re- purchased by Stanley Gibbons with our great part- cently proposed several changes to its CSN MARKETPLACE from a local U.K. collector. Prices ners to bring you semi-postal stamp program that would Are you buying or selling?...... Page 20 range from £75 (about $130 Cdn.) the first-in-the- remove restrictions on the duration of for an 1868 cover to Québec nation virtual semi-postal sales and the number of SHOW AND BOURSE franked with an 1859 five-cent stamp show ex- semi-postal issues offered at one time. Check out the shows “Beaver” stamp to £12,000 (about perience,” said “The Postal Service has encountered in your area...... Page 23 $20,500 Cdn.) for an 1858 transatlantic APS Executive Di- continued interest in the sale of a previ- cover bearing a unique franking for the rector Scott English. ously offered discretionary semi-postal 10-pence Cunard Line packet rate. To “This is another exam- stamp for which the Postal Service pos- view the covers that are still available, ple of how the global pandemic cannot sesses unsold inventory,” according to a Columns visit stanleygibbons.com/tailored-lists/ stop philately, only change how we do June 10 notice in the U.S. government’s canada-list-june-2020. it.” Like a real bourse, the virtual show Federal Register. The current regulations PHILATELIC COMMENTARY will connect show-goers directly with limit semi-postal sales to one issue at a Our ‘new’ digital age CHICAGOPEX APS dealer members to conduct virtual time over two years. “In administering is changing the course...... Page 4 CANCELLED transactions. Two first-day-of-issue this program it Officials with the Chicago Philatelic celebrations will also be held in has become clear LOOKING BACK Society (CPS) have decided to cancel the conjunction with the U.S. Postal that there is in- Alberta, Saskatchewan 2020 Chicagopex show due to the CO- Service. Other show highlights interest in and de- featured on anniversary VID-19 pandemic. On July 7, the club’s clude interactive panels, seminars mand for a commemoratives...... Page 6 board of directors and question-and-answer ses- lengthier period voted to cancel the in- sions; a “stamp expert house of sales for indi- PHILATELIC BOOKSHELF person show originally call,” which will allow show- vidual offerings Dickinson’s latest effort slated for Nov. 20-22 in goers to send images of items from customers, a comprehensive catalogue Itasca, Ill. “That makes they need help to identify or stakeholders and of Canadian FDCs...... Page 8 15 major shows can- value; virtual exhibits displayed congressional celled for us,” said Roy by show-goers; and ceremonies policy makers,” DELTIOLOGY Houtby, owner of St. for various annual awards reads the notice, Rediscovering some postcard Catharines, Ont.’s handed out by the APS, ATA which adds the favourites during the downtime. ...Page 10 Roy’s Stamps, who was slated to be the and AFDCS. current regula- sole Canadian dealer on the Chicagopex tions were based on five semi-postal STAMPNET bourse this November. Despite the can- N.Y. POSTAL HISTORY stamps issued over 10 years – some- Some philatelic links CLUB JOINS FACEBOOK cellation, however, Chicagopex litera- thing since “proven impractical.” The from around the world...... Page 11 ture chair Ken Trettin has arranged to go This July, the U.S.-based Empire State USPS accepted public comments on the ahead with the show’s 54th annual phil- Postal History Society (ESPHS) proposed changes until July 10. The POT POURRI atelic literature competition. Prospective launched a Facebook page, facebook. postal service’s most successful semi- Late dad recognized postal stamp was also its first: the 1998 exhibitors are invited to submit applica- com/EmpireStatePostalHistorySociety, on new U.K. stamp, Vera Lynn tions for the show’s literature competi- “Breast Cancer Research” stamp (Scott which is open to society members and stamp promoted...... Page 14 tion to Trettin via revenuer@myomnitel. the general public. “Having the society #B1) exceeded one billion units sold and com by the Sept. 15 deadline. The pro- on Facebook complements our website, raised more than $91 million for breast COMMONWEALTH COMMUNIQUÉ spectus and application are available on- cancer research. The latest U.S. semi- adds to our overall presence in the digi- Postal administrations quick line via the Chicagopex website, chica- tal space, and allows us to augment postal issue, the “Healing Post Trau- to counterattack gopex.org. The judges will work re- awareness of our society’s mission, matic Stress Disorder” stamp (Scott coronavirus threat...... Page 16 motely using online video conferences which is to share our appre- #B7), has raised $638,000 US since it to decide on submissions, and judging ciation of the postal his- was issued last December. Canada NEW ISSUES will take place remotely, with written tory of New York was the first North American From around the world...... Page 18 evaluations sent to all exhibitors after State,” said President country to issue semi-postals the original show dates. Chicagopex with a series of four stamps is- Charles DiComo. Al- COLLECTING 101 was also slated to be held in conjunction ready, the ESPHS Face- sued between 1974 and 1976 to For an enjoyable hobby, with AmeriStamp Expo, which is hosted book page has shared a support the 1976 Summer have a collecting plan...... Page 23 by the American Association of Phila- folded letter sheet ad- Olympics held in Montréal.

August 4, 2020 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca 5 Alberta, Saskatchewan featured on anniversary commemoratives

Looking BACK

By Ian Robertson

ocated on a vast prairie that friends, once alone, I thor- stretches towards the hori- oughly enjoyed the endless rib- Lzon in all directions, two cen- bon of highway, often between tral provinces had the 100th an- fields of golden grain rippling niversary of them joining Con- with frequent winds, admiring federation commemorated on wild ducks flying overhead A pair of 2005 commemoratives were issued to mark stamps issued 15 years ago. and sometimes landing on rain- the 100th anniversary of both Saskatchewan (top) and To the west, Alberta’s border filled ponds. Alberta (right) joining Canada in 1905. with British Columbia edges Before reaching friends in into the magnificent Rocky Victoria, B.C., I stayed over- Mountains. night in motels, and ate at res- a town with just under 2,500 The mountain range In the centre of the prairies, taurants in small towns or at residents. at first looked like low- Saskatchewan is the only prov- Husky roadstops. What made that stop particu- lying dark grey clouds – ince “with entirely artificial After taking precautions dur- larly memorable was a clerk until I drove closer. The view dian Stamps, since the gauges boundaries,” Norman Ward ing a thunderstorm that sent who recalled the previous visit was so breathtaking, I had to range from 13.1 to 1.3 along wrote in the Canadian Encyclo- streaks of lightning earthbound from “the guy who writes for stop. the tops and bottoms. pedia. “It is bordered by the U.S. with heavy rain challenging the stamp paper.” Backing paper included his- to the south, the Northwest my windshield wipers, condi- Since my late wife’s family TWO ATTRACTIVE toric photos: the Calgary Stam- Territories to the north, and tions improved just before Gull lives in Lethbridge, I spent a STAMPS pede; Jasper Avenue in Ed- Manitoba and Alberta to the Lake, Sask. Stopping briefly to fair bit of time in Alberta, in- Featuring quite different art monton in 1963; Lake Minne- east and west respectively.” take photographs, I was cluding several driving and styles, both 50-cent wanka – “Devil’s Lake” – in The featured provinces were thrilled at the sight of sunlight camping trips throughout that commemoratives are very at- Banff in the 1880s; and Snow- created from the Northwest piercing black-and-purple province as well as B.C., plus tractive. don Oil Refinery in Calgary Territories in 1905. clouds, flood-lighting grain Montana, Oregon and Wash- Designed by Matthias Re- around 1912. My first closeup view was storage elevators and grain ington states. inicke, of Lime Design in Ed- Unitrade prices a mint sin- from an eastbound VIA Rail hopper cars parked on a rail- One of my best memories monton, and issued July 21, gle with a missing “s-shaped” passenger train after a flight to way siding. was stopping west of Calgary 2005, the vertical Alberta die cut on the backing paper at B.C. in 1977. I stopped at several post of- early one morning as the sun stamp (Scott #2116) repro- $125. Later, driving west along the fices and was particularly wel- rose above a foothills valley duces three photographs by Designed by Trans-Canada, twice with comed at the one in Moosomin, near the distant Rockies. Harry Palmer, with the prov- Bradbury Branding & Design, ince’s name in two shades of of Regina, the 48.75-millime- blue divided by a white back- tre-by-32-millimetre horizontal ground. Saskatchewan centennial A centennial reference stamp was released Aug. 2, “1905-2005” is below “AL- 2005. BERTA.” The central element is an at- “CANADA” and the de- tractive young woman wear- nomination are at the bottom ing a sleeveless red top, stand- in red text. Yellow boxes are ing with her arms stretched behind part the country’s out beneath a cloud-covered name, with two letters against blue sky as a light breeze tou- a white background. sles her long dark hair. A Nova Chemicals Corpora- At the upper left are two tion plant is in the photo on small photographs. One fea- the left; Calgary skyscrapers tures two large sunflowers and lower buildings are in the while the second photo shows centre; and Mount Lawrence Saskatchewan’s domed legisla- Grassi’s snow-covered peak is tive building. on the right, with railway The stamp’s top has more tracks in the foreground. subtle artwork, with light grey Using nine lithographic historic photos of farmers with transfer colours, Lowe-Martin century-old harvesting imple- printed three million of the ments, “100” in shadowy grey 32-millimetre-by-48-millimetre type on the right, and small stamps in 12 panes of eight on black “1905-2005” text beside Tullis Russell coated paper. “SASKATCHEWAN” in large It was the third time Canada black letters. Post ordered self-adhesive The Canadian Bank Note stamps with die-cut perfs, Company (CBNC) printed which are described as ‘transi- three million on panes of eight tional” in the 2020 Unitrade against a backdrop colour pho- Specialized Catalogue of Cana- tograph that features massive

6 August 4, 2020 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca wheat field beneath a dark flowing river,” Saskatchewan Twelve years later, almost tres deep in the southeastern Cy- North-West Mounted Police in blue sky. There are six litho was first settled by nomadic In- 500,000 people lived in the prov- prus Hills. 1874 effectively curtailed whis- colour dots on each pane. digenous hunting people at least ince. The province’s centre has nu- key peddling and treaties were 12,000 years ago. Construction of dams began merous parks, lakes, trees, negotiated with Indigenous lea- HEART OF THE PRAIRIE They were followed between after 1935, which greatly assisted grassy terrain and farms. North- ders. “Saskatchewan is the heart of the late 1700s and early 1800s by farmers. ern areas are half-covered by CPR trains reached Calgary the Canadian prairie,” a Canada half-Indigenous, half-French Saskatoon recorded almost various trees plus lakes and ri- by 1883 and the railroad was Post press release noted. people called Métis, plus Euro- 250,000 residents four years ago, vers. completed two years later. “Vast open vistas and sun- pean beaver fur traders. and Regina had just over Northern agriculture is cen- By 1891, 17,500 settlers had ar- shine frame bountiful farms and The Hudson’s Bay Company 215,000. Further north, Prince Al- tred in the Peace River region, rived. A major influx began five crops that feed the nation and (HBC) established outposts, bert, ranks as the third largest Robert Stamp wrote in the Cana- years later after development of the world.” where bison once roamed, be- city with 36,000 people. dian Encyclopedia. hardier spring wheat, improved Much of the province “gently fore hunters almost extin- By 2016, the province’s popu- economic conditions, plus the rolls away to the horizon,” the guished them, mainly for their lation reached 1,098,352. federal government aiding new- release continued. “The eye can hides. Over the past century, Sas- comers. still see clearly features in vil- By 1870, homesteaders built katchewan and Alberta’s econo- Alberta’s population soared lages and landmarks, which may simple sod farm homes and mies have been closely aligned from 73,022 in 1901 to 373,943 be some 20 km away, but appear tilled the rich soil on mostly free with industries and resources, within 10 years and reached to be much closer.” land. The North-West Mounted including cattle ranching and ex- 584,454 by 1921. Many new resi- The release quotes Cree leg- Police three years later provided traction of fossil fuels. Industrial dents came from Ontario, other ends about Saskatchewan being a stability to the largely open ter- production contributed almost A 1966 commemorative eastern provinces, plus the U.S., born out of a great flood, evi- ritory, after the last of two Métis- $16 billion to the central prov- features the shield and Great Britain and continental Eu- dence of which are found among led rebellions ended in 1885. ince’s economies in 2014, Ward provincial flower of Alberta. rope. ancient rocks. Completion of the Canadian wrote. Named after Princess Louise Water and glaciers receded be- Pacific Railway (CPR) in the Though canola, rye, oats, bar- Caroline Alberta, fourth daugh- tween 8,000 and 18,000 years early 1880s provided quicker ac- ley, flax and forage crops are In the late 1700s, most south- ter of Queen Victoria and Prince ago, leaving numerous lakes, cess than by horse-drawn wag- major contributors, wheat farms ern residents were Black- Albert, the province was created with the northern half of Sas- ons predominate – covering about foot, Blood, Peigan and Gros on Sept. 1, 1905, by uniting the katchewan covered by swamps, The 1881 census recorded just five million hectares that pro- Ventre nomadic bison hunters, District of Alberta with parts of muskeg and dense forests, the over 19,000 residents, and just af- duced 13 million tonnes in 2015, followed by Crow tribe mem- Athabasca, Assiniboia and Sas- latter yielding lumber and ter the turn of the century, about he added. Farm incomes totalled bers, he noted. The Sarcee-Bea- katchewan. pulp, Ward wrote. There are also 145,000 immigrants from as far more than $13 billion in 2014, ver people were in central and By 1986, 83.5 per cent of the major rivers. away as Ukraine were reaching “the highest in the country.” northern Alberta, with Slavey – province’s residents were urban- Saskatchewan each year. Mining came second, produc- Assiniboine – families up north. dwellers, compared to 1901, By the late 1800s, irrigation ing 37 per cent of Canada’s Groups gradually acquired when 75 per cent lived rurally. projects began, with large dug- crude oil, about three per cent of European trade goods from HBC The population was recorded at outs designed to hold spring the country’s natural gas and, in and North West Company posts 4.2 million three years ago. snowmelt runoff and supply 2009, uranium worth $1.26 bil- and, by the mid-1800s, Christian Alberta’s northern and south- water for farms and residents. lion. Mostly exported, potash missionaries were challenging ern borders are the District of The federal government be- production reached $5.7 billion fur traders for the territory, ac- Mackenzie in the Northwest gan selling farmers federal land in 2014. cording to Stamp’s research. The Territories and Montana, respec- leased by ranchers and intro- The University of Saskatche- arrival of Americans trading tively. Western boundaries in- duced a new Immigration Act wan was founded in Saskatoon home-brewed whiskey for buf- clude “the natural gems of Jas- A 1980 commemorative that promoted increasing the in 1907, followed in 1974 by the falo hides resulted in numerous per National Park and Banff issued for the 75th population. By 1926, there were University of Regina. There are deaths caused by “consumption, National Park,” Canada Post anniversary of about 38,000 farms, according to also colleges. poisoning, violence, famine and noted. Saskatchewan’s entry into Canada Post’s Collections Ca- Live theatres are in both cities, disease.” Natural gas production be- Confederation shows wheat nada 2005 album. including the 25th Street Theatre With termination of the HBC gan in Medicine Hat in 1883. In fields surrounding the Once a centre of fur trading, that in recent years attracted license ending in 1870, officials 1947, the discovery of oil at province’s Estlin hamlet. then largely agricultural for more than 50,000 people each wooed settlers. Arrival of the Continued on page 9 more than a century, with large summer to its international The discovery of gold, copper, agri-businesses gradually re- fringe productions in Saskatoon. zinc, lead, uranium, oil, gas, pot- placing many small farms, Sas- ash, sodium, sulphate and coal katchewan’s urban populations WILD ROSE COUNTRY beneath the surface greatly ben- grew and the largest cities Most of Alberta’s prairie is in efited the economy. Wildlife, rec- greatly expanded. the south, from Waterton east to reational and commercial fishing The legislative buildings Saskatchewan, with gently roll- plus trapping and hunting in opened in Regina, the capital, in ing mostly treeless grassland. forested areas also contribute. 1907, followed by construction Some areas have river valleys But the leading way of life on of roads, hospitals, schools and less than 300 metres deep in the flat or gently rolling fertile land courts. northeast to more than 1,460 me- in the lower two-thirds of the province, where farmers rely on crops and raise livestock, is the $BUYING NOW!! “grain belt.” Canadian & Provinces The western boundary to the IMMEDIATE PAYMENT - ALL TRANSACTIONS CONFIDENTIAL southwest has higher altitudes, CANADIAN ERRORS - MISSING COLOURS with gentle rolling terrain that WANTEDINVERTS ALSO ALL BETWEEN #1-273 includes drumlins, eskers and CALL TOLL FREE: 1-800-615-2596 moraines, plus the Cypress Hills TO BUY OR SELL that are shared with Alberta. 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August 4, 2020 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca 7 Dickinson’s latest effort a comprehensive catalogue of Canadian FDCs

Gary Dickinson’s Catalogue of Privately Produced First Day Covers of Canada 1927- 1977 demonstrates the scope Philatelic and variety of Canadian cachets and their makers BOOKSHELF over a 50-year period.

By David Piercey

ollowing Gary Dickin- in Canada until the Confed- observed in the marketplace. son’s recent double-hea- eration and Historical issues Certain cachets or cachetmak- derF of books on Canada’s of 1927. Most early cachets ers are in greater demand first-day covers (FDCs), the through the 1940s were some- than others. The more British North America Phila- what primitive in comparison colourful, the finer the detail, telic Society (BNAPS) also re- to the sort of cachets subse- the greater the concordance cently published the Cana- quently produced in the of the cachet with the stamp dian author’s new Catalogue 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, the issue, the popularity of the of Privately Produced First Day heyday years of private FDC producer and even the num- Covers. producers before they were bers printed (if known) all The new 215-page cata- driven out of business by have a bearing on the sort of logue is a comprehensive list- Canada Post’s own “official price any FDC may attain. ing of all known privately first-day covers,” or OFDCs. Here, a knowledgeable col- produced FDCs in the 50- In fact, of the approximate lector armed with Dickin- year period from 1927-77 for 8,800 FDCs Dickinson cata- son’s catalogue may yet per- all Canadian issues between logues, 7,000 different cachets haps find a few relative bar- Scott #141 and #751, exclud- were produced from 1950-77, gains among any dealer’s of- ing all back of the book is- with only about 1,300 pro- fering of privately produced sues. duced prior to 1940. FDCs. Gary Dickinson, of Dickinson’s catalogue is This is an admirable first Kelowna B.C., is our expert thus divided into chapters for attempt at such a catalogue, for all things Canada FDC each decade within which and any further editions will and is a prolific and regular FDCs were produced and or- undoubtedly include addi- contributor to First Impres- ganized by stamp issue and tional listings for airmails, sions, the newsletter of the Scott catalogue number. A fi- Each cachet is fully illustrated same issue but from different special delivery, semi-postals, BNAPS First Day Cover nal chapter is included on in colour in a smallish, about cachetmakers are equally officials and Newfoundland, Study Group. His latest effort “general purpose” cachets commemorative stamp-sized valuable, sought after or ap- all of which have had pri- is the first such catalogue on used by companies like Art- thumbnail, showing its detail preciated to an equal extent. vately produced FDCs pro- Canadian privately produced Craft, Rosecraft, British sufficiently to identify or dif- duced too. FDCs now available and American Bank Note Com- ferentiate the cachet from any FACTORS IMPACTING As any first edition of a cat- demonstrates the scope and pany, K. Robertson and van other similarly appearing SELLING PRICES alogue is often incomplete, variety of what is currently Dahl, among several others, ones. Dickinson provides cata- collectors may yet discover known about the many dif- repeatedly over a long period As this is a catalogue, pric- logue pricing based on actual additional cachets or identify ferent cachets and their mak- for several different stamp is- ing has been applied selling prices obtained in the previously unknown cachet- ers. sues. throughout. Here, Dickin- marketplace, and his pricing makers lying within their Readers may be surprised Within each stamp issue, son’s knowledge and re- is routinely based on a single own collections. All such dis- to learn privately produced cachets are arranged alpha- search become particularly stamp of the issue on an FDC. coveries should be scanned FDC cachets did not emerge betically by cachetmaker. evident as not all FDCs of the No attempt has been made and reported to Dickinson so to provide catalogue values any subsequent editions can for complete sets on cover, incorporate such new infor- though such should always mation. Check This Value! command a premium. Together with his other re- The earliest FDCs, pro- cent book on FDCs, Collecting Bi-monthly issues of The Canadian Philatelist, duced as souvenirs by an Ot- First Day Covers of Canada, we our international award-winning magazine. tawa Post Office official T.R. now have a much greater ap- Sales Circuits – A great opportunity to both buy Legault, of the Postage Stamp preciation and up-to-date ref- and sell. Find new stamps to add to your collec- Division, and only with a erences for this interesting tion and dispose of stamps you no longer need. type-written “First Day collecting field. Highly rec- Cover” inscription, command ommended. W Insurance – Preferred rates for coverage the greatest prices for the on your stamp collection. covers he produced for both BNAPS books are distributed ...And much more! the Scroll issue of 1928 and through Longley Auctions, P.O. the Arch and Maple Leaf is- Box 620, Waterdown ON L0R Annual membership is $40 (plus GST/HST) for sues of 1930. In fact, the two 2H0, and may be ordered Canadian residents; $53 (USD) for residents of the high values of each set com- through his website, longleyauc- United States, and $62.50 (USD) for all other countries. mand prices well into the tions.com/product-category/ For a sample copy of The Canadian Philatelist and a membership thousands of dollars, and bnaps-books/. Dickinson’s Cata- even any of the lower values logue of Privately Produced application, send $5 (deductible from your ﬁ rst year membership) to: command prices in the hun- First Day Covers of Canada The Royal Philatelic Society of Canada, P.O. 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8 August 4, 2020 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca Provincially promoted lumber mid-1800s, followed years later left, sideways, below “1905- 15,310,000 Saskatchewan Anniversary... and pulp business resulted in by establishment of universities 1955,” with “5¢” on the lower commemoratives, which feature Continued from page 7 22.8 million cubic feet of trees and colleges in several commu- right. the prairie lily, and 16,160,000 harvested in 2013. nities. Produced from two plates, Alberta stamps, which feature Leduc “produced huge in- Almost equally divided be- With training for young pro- 25.2 million stamps were pro- the wild rose, both on panes of creases in provincial revenue tween sales of cattle, hogs, sheep fessional performers, the Banff duced, on panes of 50. 50. Several varieties are listed. from royalties, brought prosper- plus crops including wheat, Centre School for Continuing In 1979, 17-cent ity to most segments of the pop- canola, barley, flax, oats, rye and Education is known around the commemoratives featuring the ulation, and transformed the cit- durum, farm revenues ap- world. flags of Saskatchewan and Al- ies of Edmonton and Calgary proached $13 billion in 2014, sec- Professional theatre is centred berta (SC #828-829) were issued into prosperous metropolitan ond only in Canada to Saskatch- in Edmonton and Calgary, with on 12-stamp panes depicting the centres,” Stamp wrote. ewan. a major summer folk festival in flags of each Canadian province The global oil-price crisis in Recording 1.336 million resi- the capital, plus the International and territory. Designed by Ray- 1973 created a financial boom dents in 2017, Calgary is Alber- Jazz Festival. Both cities have or- mond Bellemare, Ashton-Potter that deteriorated with a 1980s ta’s largest city, with the provin- chestras, and the Alberta Ballet A 1955 five-cent Limited used six litho colours to recession, then rebounded in the cial capital of Edmonton, to the Company is Calgary-based. commemorative marks the print 5,405,00 of each. 1990s, with Alberta now “Cana- north, recording a population of 50th anniversary of Alberta Two 17-cent 1980 da’s foremost energy-resource 981,280. OTHER COMMEMORATIVES and Saskatchewan joining commemoratives were issued province.” “Travel brochures describe Al- Canada has issued other Sas- Canada as the country’s for the 75th anniversary (SC Having oil sands that contain berta as the home of cowboys, katchewan- and Alberta-related 10th and 11th provinces. #863-864) of Alberta and Sas- the country’s largest oil re- cattlemen, the Calgary Stam- commemoratives. katchewan joining Confedera- serves, make it “the third largest pede, and a wonderland for Several feature symbols and Five-cent 1966 tion. in the world,” with vast natural sightseers with its glaciers, anniversaries. commemoratives featuring the Designed by Chris Yaneff gas and coal deposits, Stamp mountains, magnificent parks On June 30, 1955, a stamp cel- provincial shields of Saskatche- Limited, both stamps feature added. “The province also pos- and dinosaurs,” the post office ebrated the 50th anniversary of wan and Alberta (SC #425-426) aerial photos of rural communi- sesses much of the country’s release adds. In the rugged both provinces joining Confed- plus their official flowers were ties: the one of Estlin, Sask., farmable land, ranking the agri- Drumheller badlands, fossils eration. issued on panes of 50 as part of a taken by George Hunter, shows cultural industry high in impor- and bones of large and small “di- The five-cent blue commemo- set introduced two years earlier a large grain storage elevator tance.” nos” are displayed at the Royal rative (SC #355) was designed with depictions of similar sym- surrounded by wheat fields; the Alberta’s non-mining indus- Tyrrell Museum. by Laurence Hyde and engraved bols of Canadian provinces and photo by him shows Cowley, try includes salt, sandstone, Tourism, especially in the by CBNC veteran Yves Baril, territories. Alta., a mining town, sur- limestone, sand, gravel, magne- Banff, Jasper and Waterton na- with lettering by John Mash. Designed by Harvey Thomas rounded by fields, with tite, peat moss, clay and some tional parks, attracted hundreds A pioneer man and woman Prosser, the Saskatchewan and the Rockies in the background. gold, iron ore and uranium. of thousand of visitors from are standing among tall wheat Alberta stamps were engraved Ashton-Potter used four litho Oil, gas plus mining produc- around the world in recent years. sheaves, with three large oil der- by Allan Alexander Carswell. colours to print 22 million of tion in 2013 totalled almost $83 The earliest schools were ricks in the distance. “Alberta” The CBNC used one engraved each commemorative, on panes billion, Wikipedia notes. founded by missionaries in the and “Saskatchewan” are on the and two offset colours to print of 50. W Celebrate a Golfing Great

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August 4, 2020 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca 9 Rediscovering some postcard favourites during the downtime

DELTIOLOGY

By Mike Smith

hank goodness for hobbies. and money. Unfortunately, I Due to the restrictions on was unable to follow this ad- Tmost activities outside the home vice when I started collecting caused by the COVID-19 pan- antique postcards in 1981. demic, I can honestly say putter- You see, there were no books ing with my postcards during on the hobby in Canada until this stressful period has helped Wally Gutzman’s The Canadian keep me sane. One of the things I Patriotic Postcard Handbook 1904- did, and often do when the spirit 1914 was published in 1985. moves me, is go through my This terrific publication was my postcard albums page by page postcard bible for many years, and “cull the herd,” as it were. and for some reason it took me By culling, I certainly don’t decades to find one of the nicer mean I dispose of cards. I sim- postcards illustrated inside A beautiful First World War postcard started life in 1915 as a ‘pro-neutrality’ lithograph by ply move cards I no longer (Figure 1). U.S. artist Wallace Robinson. want into my “discount box” Once found, at a Kinex stamp and bring them to shows to sell show in Kincardine, Ont., by or trade. One of the happier the way, this elusive card in- tiful First World War colour picked up just in time to in- others throughout New Eng- consequences of my page-by- stantly became one of my faves. lithograph signed by American clude in volume two of my 2014 land, attracted many French- page review this time around is artist Wallace Robinson in 1915. patriotic postcard handbook. Canadian workers from Que- I was reintroduced to some of PRO-NEUTRALITY What excited me about this When I first saw the card, I bec. my favourite cards. LITHOGRAPH work of art, aside from its bril- was intrigued by the French It makes perfect sense, then, In this column, I’d like to One of the best jobs I ever liant colours and terrific theme caption, the intermingling of that these transplanted Quebec- share some of these “faves” had was helping compile a of course, was the postcard ver- the U.S. flag with Quebec’s Car- ers were the impetus for this with you. chemistry textbook at Western sion of it (Figure 2) was resting illon Sacré-Cœur (or the “Flag great 1908 postcard. And just to University in London, Ont., comfortably in one of my al- of Carillon,” flown by French add to its collectibility on this CIRCA 1907 about 10 years ago. bums. General Louis-Joseph de Mont- side of the border, the card also PATRIOTIC POSTCARD After relocating to Canada’s In case you’re wondering, calm’s troops during the has our ubiquitous Canadian There’s an old adage about “forest city” from Mississauga, the lithograph came home with 1758 Battle of Carillon in pres- beaver and maple leaves. collecting I first read in CSN I quickly became familiar with me that day. ent-day New York) and the por- many years ago – “Buy the the antique shops, flea markets traits of three clerics (Figure 3). ANOTHER book first.” and other collector hangouts. ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST All was revealed once the LITTLE GEM In other words, arm yourself One day while browsing 1908 POSTCARD caption was translated and I What attracted me to this last with information about a hobby through London’s popular At- One of the most interesting did some online sleuthing. The postcard (Figure 4), aside from before you start spending time tic Books, I came across a beau- cards in my collection is one I card was published as a St. John the “Canada, The Empire’s Lar- the Baptist holiday souvenir for der” theme, was its Raphael the French Canadians living Tuck & Sons pedigree. and working in Cohoes, N.Y. I picked up this little gem Cohoes, which is just north of many years ago at the Albany, was renowned for its Scarborough Postcard Show, cotton mill industry in the late 19th century. This industry, like Continued on page 19

French-Canadian cotton mill workers who emigrated from Valentine & Sons, of Dundee, Scotland, published a now-elusive Canadian patriotic Quebec to Cohoes, N.Y., were the impetus for a 1908 St. postcard around 1907 as part of a six-card transportation series. John the Baptist souvenir.

10 August 4, 2020 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca Some philatelic links from around the world The Stamp Smarter Philatelic Learning Center features nearly 200 links to various online philatelic resources.

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Netherlands collector Jan Langenberg managed his comprehensive philatelic site from 1988-2013.

The Canadian Stamp Dealers Association website lists the organization’s dealer New Zealand collector Roger Pearce offers hundreds of members, which follow a strict code of ethics, plus other relevant philatelic information. links via his ‘Stamp Link’ site.

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A second-class stamp shows a Royal Air Force sergeant welcomed back to his hometown of Oreston, Pot South Devon. Two brothers were later identified on the POURRI stamp by family.

By Ian Robertson The booklet contained four magine spotting your late fa- Four other stamps on a 25-pence Queen Elizabeth II ther on a stamp for which he mini-sheet feature memorials Machin-design 25-pence Iisn’t the subject! built to remember and honour definitives. While the odds are rare, such the fallen, plus Holocaust vic- Released in 1939, one of the discoveries have been made tims. famous singer’s greatest hits, from time to time, especially When Shears saw the stamp “We’ll Meet Again,” written by when old crowd scene photo- illustrated in a newspaper and Ross Parker and Hughie graphs were featured. recognized her father and un- Charles, was an anthem of hope That is exactly what hap- cle, it was a “bit of sunshine in throughout the war. pened recently in southwest these awful times,” the BBC fantastic and it’s such a good World War earned her the title Living in recent years in England, when a woman saw a quoted her as saying. photo.” of “Forces Sweetheart.” Ditchling, East Sussex, a village second-class-rate commemora- While the colours were new, Her sister, Fiona Yelland, Retired, but still making oc- 65 kilometres south of London, tive issued in May and recog- the image had been widely re- who lives in Ashford, Kent, casional public appearances, a she teamed up with opera singer nized a young lad in a 1945 produced in newspapers and said learning about their dad campaign to feature her on a set Katherine Jenkins during this photograph of people waving magazines, so it was well- on the stamp “has really of British stamps began soon af- year’s coronavirus and released flags on a street while welcom- known to the family. cheered us up.” ter her death on June 18. a charity version of that song. ing a returning Royal Air Force The chief promoter, Wayne Another recently released ver- (RAF) sergeant. Huggins, who writes a blog sion available online features In addition, Belinda Shears, about Commonwealth stamps numerous people singing the 61, from Plymouth, told the under the pseudonym of melody with the wistful words British Broadcasting Corpora- “White Knight,” posted an on- that predict future reunions tion (BBC) Roger Axworthy’s line appeal to support “some sunny day.” younger brother, Brian Axwor- commemoratives he predicted The words Dame Vera Lynn thy, can be seen behind the ser- would “capture the national made famous were also spoken geant on Oreston Road as he mood.” by Queen Elizabeth II, who told was being welcomed home Using publicly available pho- the British people during the from his RAF base in tographs of Vera Lynn through- country’s recent public lock- Lincolnshire. out her life, he included simu- down: “We will be with our The stamp is part of a set the lated stamps made on his lap- families again. We will meet Royal Mail released to mark the top computer in the online post- again.” 75th anniversary of the Sec- Stamp collector Roger Axworthy, who died in 2006 aged ing. ond World War’s end in Eu- 73, is in a photo used for a recent V-E Day stamp issued by Calling Lynn a “remarkable rope on May 8, 1945, when Ger- Royal Mail. woman,” Huggins noted she many surrendered. was for decades “part of the The commemoratives feature In addition to her father – Roger Axworthy’s younger soul of the nation and ... was photographs of people cele- who died in 2006 at age 73 – brother, Laurence, has given partly responsible for giving it brating, including a group of and her uncle, the photo offers public talks about the war. the will to survive and fight on shirtless British prisoners of a glimpse of another relative, He often shows a print of when all looked lost. If ever war in Japan. Aunt Tina, who is partly ob- the original photo to audiences such a role was relevant today The original photos, all scured by well-wishers walk- as an example of his family’s then the one she played in the black-and-white, were ing beside the sergeant. role, especially living in Plym- past is it. colourized for the V-E Day – “My father was also a stamp outh, a southwestern port city “I believe the British public Victory in Europe Day – collector, so it’s amazing that that was heavily bombed. would appreciate such an issue stamps, a media release an- he is going on a stamp,” Shears The V-E Day especially if for once Royal Mail nounced. was quoted as saying. “It’s commemoratives “capture how could think of its target audience the end of the war was greeted – the ordinary British mail British singer Vera Lynn, and the resulting return of ser- sender – and issue a modest set known as the ‘Forces’ vice personnel after nearly six of four 2nd Class rate so that ev- Sweetheart,’ died on June 18. long years of conflict,” Philip eryone can get the opportunity Parker, of Royal Mail, said. “We to use them,” he wrote. “I bet The queen also sent private also pay tribute to those who The Queen would give her ap- condolences to Lynn’s relatives never returned, and the victims proval for such an issue quickly after she died, “surrounded by of the Holocaust.” enough.” her close family,” they said in a Lynn was featured on the statement. FAN LOBBIES front of one of four £1 booklets Awarded the Officer of the FOR VERA LYNN STAMP issued in 1995 for the 50th anni- Order of the British Empire in News of Vera Lynn’s death at versary of the end of the war. the 1969 Queen’s New Year age 103 had special meaning for The red-brown and black en- Honours List, Lynn became a people in the United Kingdom. graved image included a portrait Dame Commander of the Order Laurence Axworthy, Roger’s younger brother, made a series Lynn’s down-to-earth, en- plus a depiction of her singing of the British Empire six years of public talks inspired by his sibling’s homecoming photo. dearing serenades for people in beside a piano, standing in front later, this time in the Queen’s the military during the Second of a large audience of soldiers. Birthday Honours List.

14 August 4, 2020 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca Born Vera Margaret Welch in A mock-up stamp design So a teasing but accurate awards, was inducted into the the blue-collar East Ham neigh- produced by a British blogger headline on a United Press Inter- Grammy Hall of Fame, received bourhood of London in 1917, honours Lynn’s legacy. national news story on June 24 a Grammy Lifetime Achieve- performing in social clubs and at caused a bit of a puzzle: “Queen ment award and, in 2001, was church concerts at age seven, she to appear on British postage inducted into the Rock and Roll adopted her grandmother’s sions for widows of Second stamps.” Hall of Fame. maiden name. World War servicemen, and un- The Guardian newspaper’s May was quoted in The “I was somebody that they til a decade ago was involved in headline was more reveal- Guardian as saying “we have could associate with,” she once several veterans’ charities, in- ing: “Queen – not that one – to become a national institution.” told the Associated Press news cluding her Dame Vera Lynn appear on postage stamps.” The Chronicle Herald in Hali- service of the soldiers Lynn en- Trust and her children’s charity. The Queen referred to was the fax, N.S., The Toronto Sun, The tertained. “I was an ordinary In 1995, she sang outside famous British rock band National Post and other Postme- girl.” Buckingham Palace during a formed in London in 1970, dia newspapers quoted him When the war started, the ceremony for the 50th anniver- though some sources cite 1971, saying: “Since we four preco- 21-year-old band singer in a tory nursery as a member of the sary of the war’s end and often when two bands of university cious boys started out on our travelling variety show – who Women’s Royal Navy, in 1943; appeared briefly at events in- and art school student members quest 50 years ago, our lives dropped out of school 10 years and One Exciting Night, a 1944 volving veterans, including last came together. have been devoted to making earlier – thought her career was comedy about a singer involved, year’s D-Day ceremonies. On June 23, Royal Mail offi- our impossible dream come over. mistakenly, in a kidnapping. At that event, her pre-re- cials unveiled eight true.” Instead, after servicemen Her numerous hits were recorded wishes were “played to a commemoratives, a £19.10 pres- Counter booklets released on named her their favourite musi- corded, including White Cliffs of ballroom full of veterans on a tige booklet, a souvenir sheet July 9 have four first-class Ma- cal artist in a Daily Express poll, Dover, composed in 1941 by ship sailing to France to mark with five different stamps, two chin-head definitives featuring she began travelling anduenter- Walter Kent to lyrics by Nat Bur- the event,” Associated Press re- “Commemorative sheets,” plus Queen Elizabeth II, plus two taining the troops in a variety of ton. porter Danica Kirka wrote re- two “Fan sheets.” Queen band first-class venues, including to Burma – I got a 78-revolutions-per- cently. The issue, with some denomi- commemoratives. now Myanmar – often while minute record of it from a high “Tears flowed as Lynn spoke. nated as first-class stamps – Eight stamps reproduce the wearing a uniform or at least a school teacher when she was When she was done, the thun- 76-pence – and others with the band’s album covers – “Queen military cap. clearing out a storeroom in the derous applause rattled the win- 20-gram letter international rate II” and “Sheer Heart Attack” mid-1960s. dows.” of £1.63, pays tribute to the mul- from 1974; “A Night at the Op- My mum and dad, the latter In 2009, 14 years after offi- tiple award-winning group, era” from 1975; “News of the who the Royal Canadian Air cially retiring, her greatest hits with original members John World” in 1977; “The Game” in Force sent to England as an ac- album, “We’ll Meet Again – The Deacon, Brian May, the late 1980; “Greatest Hits” in 1981; counts officer and paymaster Very Best of Vera Lynn,” led the Freddie Mercury and Roger Tay- “The Works” in 1984; and “In- during the war, often spoke U.K. album chart. lor. nuendo” in 1991. fondly of Vera Lynn and were Five years later, the 97-year- The other five stamps repro- smilingly teary-eyed when I old put out a new album of duce photos from live perfor- played the prized record for songs. mances, three in London and them. In 2016, Lynn was awarded one in Budapest, Hungary, plus In 1952, her rendition of Auf Companion of Honour in the a portrait photo from their first The 2017 ‘Vera Lynn 100’ Wiedersehen Sweetheart, which Queen’s Birthday Honours List studio photoshoot in 1974. album features the famed was written about two years ear- for her services to entertainment With an exchange rate of Second World War singer lier by German composer Eber- and charity. $1.71 for a pound on July 5, the alongside spitfire fighter hard Storch, became the Ameri- One year later, another album eight 50th anniversary Queen planes flying over the White can Billboard chart’s first top re- of her re-orchestrated best- commemoratives, the mixed- Cliffs of Dover, recalling one cord by an English entertainer. known songs, “Vera Lynn 100,” design booklet, five-stamp of her hit songs. Twelve years later, We’ll Meet was released. mini-sheet and the £19.10 pres- Again was played near the end “It’s truly humbling that peo- Britain issued a Freddie tige booklet will cost the “I entertained audiences from of Dr. Strangelove or: How I ple still enjoy these songs from Mercury stamp as part of its princely sum of £34.30, or 2,000 to 6,000,” she once said. Learned to Stop Worrying and Love so many years ago, reliving the 1999 Millennium series. $58.65 Cdn. “The boys would just come out the Bomb, a dark comedy hit film emotions of that time,” the BBC The stamps were produced of the jungle and sit there for about a nuclear holocaust, which quoted her as saying. by International Security Print- hours waiting until we arrived co-writer Stanley Kubrick di- She received the Outstanding Their glam rock, heavy metal ers. and then slip back in once we’d rected. Contribution to Music award at and campy theatrics performed Royal Mail also announced it left.” Semi-retired for many years the Classic Brit Awards in 2018. in a mock-opera style included will release six small-format Lynn also had a wartime BBC while raising daughter, Virginia For those who want to read Mercury on piano and provid- stamps featuring the band next radio show, “Sincerely Yours,” Penelope Lewis-Jones, now 74, more about her, Lynn wrote an ing lead vocals, May playing a March. which featured her singing re- who Lynn had with husband autobiography, Vocal Refrain. guitar and singing, Taylor on Related Queen stamp prod- quests as a letter to troops over- Harry Lewis (1915-98), a musi- There are also her bestselling drums and singing, with Deacon ucts included first-day covers, seas. cian who managed her career, war memoirs, aptly titled We’ll playing a bass guitar. two first-day cancels with dif- She also visited their wives. she made a comeback hit in Meet Again. Considered one of the most ferent lyrics from Bohemian “You hear people go on about 1976. Following her death, Prime commercially successful music Rhapsody, 14 postcards featur- unpopular wars, but show me a Titled Don’t You Remember Minister Boris Johnson said groups, with Crazy Little Thing ing enlargements of the stamps, popular one,” the veteran enter- When, it was written by Lynsey Dame Vera Lynn’s “charm and Called Love and Bohemian plus a presentation pack. There tainer once said. “Nobody in de Paul and Barry Blue. magical voice entranced and up- Rhapsody – the title of a block- are also framed versions of the their right mind wants to go to Lynn was the subject of Vera, a lifted our country in some of our buster 2018 film about them – stamps and postcards. war, but when it happens you song which refers to We’ll Meet darkest hours. Her voice will considered their best-known Most of the 2020 have to get behind your troops.” Again, on the concept album live on to lift the hearts of gen- works, the band has sold more commemoratives were printed In addition to singing, Lynn “The Wall” by Pink Floyd, which erations to come.” than 300 million albums. by offset lithography, with the appeared in several films, in- was adapted into a 1982 film, Its list of musical achieve- small booklet’s six stamps re- cluding as a younger dancer Pink Floyd: The Wall. Her 1937 QUEEN APPEARS ments has few rivals, Royal Mail produced by gravure, which who discovers how to sing in song, “The Little Boy that Santa ON BRITISH STAMPS said. rendered the two band We’ll Meet Again, released in Claus Forgot,” was also featured. Having the queen on British Queen produced numerous commemoratives different from 1942; Rhythm Serenade, in which She had a key role in a 1989 definitives is a standard begun platinum, multi-platinum and the others. she organizes a munitions fac- campaign to obtain better pen- in 1952. gold albums, received many Continued on page 17

August 4, 2020 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca 15 Postal administrations quick to counterattack coronavirus threat The U.K.’s Royal Mail produced several special COVID-19 postmarks, including one honouring Commonwealth Capt. Tom Moore (top) that will become a collector’s COMMUNIQUÉ item as it was used for just a few days. Another one By Chad Neighbor marked the 75th anniversary of V-E Day, but by the time s bad as the coronavirus and friends. In the stamp it arrived, the ‘Stay Home’ Asituation is around the world, collectors would lose slogan was dropped in globe, just think how much their one reliable source of ob- England. worse it would be if postal ser- taining stamps, postal history, vice ceased. postcards and accessories. People wouldn’t be able to Governments would lose a add to painfully low supplies cheap and reliable way to get Postal staff have also been slot in our door. All post of- vulnerable people can request by ordering online, and peo- written notices to citizens. courageous in risking their fices have stayed open as they that postmen and women can ple couldn’t send paper greet- Thankfully, postal adminis- lives to deliver our treasured are considered essential busi- check in on them. ings cards or picture post- trations have been unrelenting pieces of post. nesses, and our village post of- Postmarks, however, cannot cards. They wouldn’t be able and inventive in their efforts Procedures have changed to fice and shop has been a big be rivalled in terms of expo- to send presents to families to keep the mail moving. make handling and delivering help in filling gaps in our pan- sure to sheer numbers of peo- mail safer. Post offices in most try. ple. 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16 August 4, 2020 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca A Royal Mail souvenir sheet issued this July features five Queen... commemoratives featuring Continued from page 15 the rock band Queen.

Other photos of Mercury His album was bought in 1993 taken during a performance, by the Postal Museum in Lon- with Taylor playing drums in don, where it is on display. the background, were used on Several other postal agencies a 19-pence 1999 British com- have released commemoratives memorative as part of its Mil- featuring Queen’s late lead lennium series. singer, including Chad, Dages- Born Farrokh Bulsara in Tan- tan, Eritrea, Guinée-Bissau, zania in 1946, Mercury died in Madagascar, Mordovia, the Re- 1991 at age 45. public of Benin, the Republic of As a boy, he collected stamps Central Africa, São Tomé e gal Mercury stamps produced Queen, with Adam Lambert as ish stamp issue after the Bea- from Great Britain, Monaco, Príncipe, Tajikistan, Togo, Turk- to woo collectors. the lead singer. tles in 2007 and Pink Floyd in Aden (now part of Yemen) and menistan and Zaire. There are Deacon retired in 1997, but Queen is “the third music 2016,” Reuters noted. W Zanzibar (part of Tanzania). also several unauthorized, ille- May and Taylor still tour as group to have a dedicated Brit- Auction ACTION For complete information on advertising on this page, Phone: 905-646-7744 x223 • Fax: 905-646-0995; • E-mail: [email protected]; or Write to: P.O. Box 28103, Lakeport P.O., 600 Ontario St., St. Catharines, ON L2N 7P8

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August 4, 2020 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca 17 The German air force – the Luftwaffe – was eventu- This stamp issue features two rarely encountered ally defeated by Fighter Command, forcing Nazi fish species occupying the open ocean around Nor- New leader Adolf Hitler to abandon his invasion plans. folk (and temperate and subtropical waters else- The stamps depict: where). Included in each illustration is a graphic de- ISSUES • the Royal Observer Corps, a civil defence organiza- vice to convey the relative size of these unusual ocean Around the World with Robin Harris tion set up to search for enemy aircraft over Great Brit- giants. ain (50 pence); The bump-head sunfish ($1.10), also known as the • the Supermarine Spitfire and Hawker Hurricane, the Southern Ocean sunfish, inhabits oceanic waters two main fighter aircraft used by the RAF during the worldwide, but not polar waters. While it can be Battle of Britain (68 pence); found to depths of 5,000 metres, it occasionally ven- • the Luftwaffe, which systematically bombed London tures into shallow waters. in a campaign known as “the Blitz” (70 pence); The Oarfish ($2.20) is so named because of its long • the Heinkel HE III, a German bomber described as a pelvic fins, which resemble oars. It’s found in the up- “wolf in sheep’s clothing” (85 pence); per regions of tropical and temperate ocean waters • an iconic picture, “St Paul’s survives,” taken during worldwide to a depth of about 1,000 metres. The the Blitz and capturing the dome of St Paul’s Cathe- world’s longest bony fish species, it can grow to 11 dral untouched among the flames and smoke of sur- metres long. rounding buildings (95 pence); and JERSEY • the Focke-Wulf FW-190, the best Second World War The 150th birth anniversary of world-renowned Jer- German fighter plane, attacking a RAF Lancaster bom- sey golfer Harry Vardon is celebrated on a set of six ber (£1.02). stamps issued by the British Crown dependency on July 9. Vardon became the Champion Golfer of the Year in the Open Championship (also known as the British LUXEMBOURG Open) in 1896, 1898, 1899, 1903, 1911 and then again in Luxembourg released two stamps on June 9 show- 1914. He was also the U.S. Open Champion in 1900. casing old postal routes. With this record of wins, Vardon proved himself one of This year, the common theme of the “Europa” golf’s greatest ever players. stamps issued by the European postal operators (Pos- Six stamps show photographs of Vardon throughout AUSTRALIA tEurop) is old postal routes. his career. Mid-century fashion focus is the subject of a set of Four main postal routes were established under This year also marks the 100th anniversary of fellow six stamps issued by Australia on June 16. Charles V in 1516 to improve postal connections. One Jersey man Ted Ray’s victory at the U.S. Open in 1920. With Australia’s dramatic economic, urban, techno- of them, the Wiener route, also ran through Luxem- logical and social development following the Second bourg. World War, photography was well-placed to serve the These new postal services were available not only newly prosperous and aspirational nation. It was a vi- to rulers but also to private citizens. At the end of sual medium that lent itself to advertisements, promo- 1680, Luxembourg was included as a branch in the tions, catalogues, newspapers, magazines and other Brussels-Vienna route, improving the letter traffic print media, and it could also document new and sig- between Luxembourg and Brussels. In 1701, the nificant projects, such as the Snowy River Hydro, Shell postal routes were officially established, and Luxem- Oil Refinery and various other architectural endeav- bourg received postal connections with all its ours. neighbouring countries. Melbourne was at the heart of Australian fashion during the mid-20th century. Athol Shmith, Helmut Newton, Henry Talbot and Bruno Benini – names syn- A miniature sheet shows Vardon and Ray together onymous with fashion photography during this pe- with their respective British Open and U.S. Open vic- riod – all had studios in the Victorian capital. Newton tories. and Talbot were in business together for five years. The stamps showcase not only the work of these ALDERNEY four leading fashion photographers, but they also il- The 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, a major lustrate fashion and stylistic shifts occurring over suc- air campaign during the Second World War, is com- cessive decades from the late 1940s to the 1970s. The memorated on six stamps issued by Alderney on July stamp designs return the photographs to their original 21. commercial context, referencing fashion illustration The Battle of Britain took place over southern Eng- through evoking magazine cover art. land in the summer and autumn of 1940. Following The photographs are from the collections of the Na- the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from tional Gallery of Victoria. Dunkirk and the fall of France, Germany planned to gain air supremacy in preparation for an invasion of NEW ZEALAND Great Britain. July 1 saw the release of 15 stamps from New Zea- Flying iconic aircraft, including the Hurricane and land celebrating classic baked treats, including favou- Spitfire, the British pilots of Royal Air Force (RAF) rites found in local bakeries and others lovingly made Fighter Command were supported by a vast network at home. of ground crew during the battle. The stamps in this issue represent local and regional treats – Afghans, custard squares and pavlova are all familiar to New Zealanders – plus recipes from abroad and some local inventions. Whatever their ori- NORFOLK ISLAND gins, great recipes can be passed down through gene- Norfolk Island released two stamps highlighting rations or from friend to friend. ocean oddities on July 14. Featured in the 15-stamp issue are Anzac biscuits, Norfolk Island lies some 1,400 kilometres off the pavlova, Churchill slice, cheese rolls, lolly cake, neen- New South Wales coast in the Pacific Ocean. It is a ish tarts, lamingtons, cheese scones, custard squares, small island territory with a landmass of just 34.6 chocolate crackles, ginger biscuits, melting moments, square kilometres and spectacular reefs and beaches. Louise cake, Afghans and banana cake.

18 August 4, 2020 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca Translated to English, the cancel’s slogan reads, “Croatia COVID... and the world against the Continued from page 1 coronavirus pandemic.” The design also includes a stylized the font is a little bit different image of the virus. from each one, so it’s an inter- The cancel is available on esting little study I’m doing different postcards, some of for myself,” she added. which are offered on Del- campe, an online collectibles FIRST PICTORIAL CANCEL market similar to eBay, Wang WITH A COVID THEME said. Three COVID-19 pictorial cancels are being used at their respective United Nations (UN) Croatian Post was slated to A few weeks later, Malaysia post offices, including (from left to right) UN headquarters in New York City, the Palais start using a special pictorial began using a three-line slogan des Nations in Geneva and the Vienna International Centre in Vienna. cancel in the capital of Zagreb cancel. It came about a week on March 25, two weeks after after the Southeast Asian coun- the COVID-19 outbreak was try implemented a “movement “circuit breaker,” which was After using a meter slogan lia, so it’s more feasible to get declared a pandemic. control order” but was only implemented on April 7. cancel earlier in the pandemic, it from all the different centres “Unfortunately, three days used for two days only, March “There are two different ma- Germany began using a picto- there.” before the scheduled launch, 24-25. It reads, “You Stay At chines, ‘C1’ and ‘C2,’” she said, rial cancel on July 1 at more Lastly, PostModern, a pri- there was a big earthquake in Home, We Deliver / Do your adding they’re available on eBay. than 70 of its mail distribution vate mail carrier based in Zagreb that destroyed a lot of part to stop the spread of CO- centres. Dresden, the capital of Sax- buildings, including the cen- VID-19 / #StayAtHome.” BRITAIN, IRELAND, “There will be a gazillion to ony, is also using labels with a tral post office,” said Wang, Beginning March 27, an- GERMANY & MORE collect, but you might want to hashtagged message, “#Eens- who added the cancel’s other similar slogan cancel Britain has also used several get one or two examples of FuffzschBidde.” launch was postponed until was used. It added another relevant slogan cancels encour- that.” “This letter was originally April 30 and transferred to a hashtag – “#pos4u” – above aging people to “STAY For something easier to col- franked with a stamp issued different post office. “#StayAtHome.” HOME,” “PROTECT THE lect, Australia Post also began by PostModern, but they put NHS (National Health Ser- using a three-line slogan can- a label over it,” said Wang, vice)” and “SAVE LIVES.” cel reading, “Stay safe / & con- who added the label – trans- With different designs, in- nected / Australia,” in April. lated from the Upper Saxon cluding one marking the 75th “There are a handful of dif- dialect – encourages people to anniversary of V-E Day and an- ferent mail centres in Austra- stay 1.5 metres apart. W other celebrating the 100th birthday of Thomas Moore, who raised more than £32 mil- with cancer, was a fixture in The Malaysian postal service issued an updated slogan lion for NHS charities, they’ve Favourites... the Canadian postcard trade cancel (shown) after using a previous design for only two been in use since late April. for decades. He was well days, March 24-25. Continued from page 10 “This one is a nice little can- known for the quality of his cel,” she said, referencing the which sadly is no longer an an- character as well as his cards. The postal code and date In nearby Singapore, the Moore cancel used from April nual July event in Toronto. The You could also never forget included in the original de- country’s postal service began 27-May 1. dealer who sold it to me, and his thick Scot’s accent. sign were updated to reflect using slogan cancels, rotating be- Other slogans have also been many others like it over the As for the postcard, Eng- the different post office and tween pairs of cancels, each used issued by Ireland, Germany years, was John Laing, of land’s Raphael Tuck & Sons new date of issue. for two weeks at a time, in April. and Saxony. Burlington, Ont. published it around 1908, and “At the time, when they is- “Singapore has a nice history The Irish slogans are be- Laing, who passed away in the text printed on the back sued it, there was a lot of limi- recently of using different lieved to have been used at all 2016 after a lengthy battle would make any Canadian tation on inter-city travel, and kinds of pictorial cancels for three mail centres across that proud: “Can- a lot of collectors were proba- different occasions,” said country, Wang said. ada, the Em- bly unable to get it on the Wang, who added that coun- “It’s not too hard to try and pire’s Larder, is date of issue because of that try’s government refers to its collect examples from all a most appro- limitation,” she added. social-distancing measures as a three,” she added. priate title for the oldest and greatest British Dominion, which is at the Heroes... same time the Continued from page 16 greatest food- producing unit other crucial people on the of the British front lines who are risking Empire.” their lives to maintain essen- W tial services. Britain’s Postal workers are routinely Raphael mentioned as among these in- Tuck & Sons defatigable workers; however, published a some Scottish posties have Canadian gem gone a step further by emulat- The Isle of Man issued an eight-stamp set, ‘Carry Us around 1908. ing superheroes or dressing Through,’ with messages of hope and solidarity. It is one of the up as cartoon characters on memorable their rounds. In Inverurie, in postcards northeast Scotland, they are purchased wearing T-shirts with the Su- In Ayrshire, in southwest natello from the Ninja Turtles from dealer perman emblem in place of Scotland, postie Cara Black and Superwoman, raising John Laing. the “O” in “Posties.” has dressed up as Batgirl, Do- smiles and spirits. W

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August 4, 2020 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca 21 other waste materials to the Grand Award-winning postal don’t sell the importance to credibly scarce,” he said, add- Exhibiting... lungs, kidneys and digestive history exhibit, “The Western the judges, and you have to ing while assembling this ex- system for removal. According District of Upper Canada: the decide if it’s worth the effort.” hibit he learned mail was sent Continued from page 1 to the manual, a blood-themed Development of Postal Com- to the northern states from a mentoring director with the exhibit could be important be- munications and Postal Mark- MINOR OR MAJOR POW camp housing 53,000 American Association of Phila- cause it is the “definitive ings, 1800-1850.” PHILATELIC IMPORTANCE? Confederates. telic Exhibitors (AAPE) who showing” of the subject, be- “The complexity and diffi- As for philatelic impor- “Why are there letters to the has been exhibiting for about cause it shows “creativity in culty of that exhibit were tance, it all depends on the north? These are all southern 60 years and judging for the treatment” or because the ex- amazing. He had a couple material and its significance guys in jail.” past 20. “I never would’ve al- hibitor provided “unusual or covers from towns that had to philately (that is, “how After a bit of research, lowed anybody to write, ‘Here special insights.” four people in 1803. That stuff much philatelic depth and di- Schultz learned the Union sent are the rules.’ I grew up in the As an example of the diffi- is scarce and difficult to write versity is shown in the devel- northern traitors to the POW ’60s – sex, drugs and rock ’n’ culty in scoring importance, about, and he’s created a lot opment of the exhibit”). camp to languish alongside roll – so I don’t want any Schultz said if Wang’s exhibit of information.” rules.” scored an eight, “her upside is For comparison, Schultz probably a nine.” also highlighted his exhibit on ‘FIGURE IT OUT’ “She has to work for that Rattlesnake Island, an 85-acre For exhibitors, it’s crucial to nine, and she has to decide as island on the U.S. side of Lake determine what’s important an exhibitor, ‘Is it worth the ef- Erie, 18 kilometres northeast and why – for both the subject fort – in the synopsis, or of Port Clinton, Ohio. and the material – and then re- maybe the title page or even in “How important is Rattle- lay that to the judges through the exhibit somewhere – to snake Island? It just sits there, the title page and possibly the convince the judges that it’s a and four people live there. synopsis. nine?’” How important can Rattle- “You have to figure it out,” While scoring a 10 for im- snake Island be? I love it, and said Schultz, who referenced portance is possible – he’s only I love the idea because it’s the Jean Wang’s award-winning seen three in his years of judg- only airmail local post in the thematic exhibit on blood, ing – it’s unlikely for the over- world. It uses a 1929 Ford Tri- comparing one of its earlier it- whelming majority of exhibi- motor known in the airplane erations – from 2015 – with tors today. world as a ‘tin goose.’ It’s a Importance is a two-fold measure that includes subject and what it has become today. “There’s no limit that says great subject – but impor- philatelic importance. Judges will evaluate whether an exhibit “The difference between her you can’t get a 10, but it’s a dif- tance? Not so much. Subject ‘represents a significant challenge in scope or complexity’ exhibits brings tears to my ficult chore to acquire.” importance? Not so much. and ‘how much philatelic depth and diversity is shown,’ eyes, and I don’t get emotional Exhibit importance? Not so according to the Manual of Philatelic Judging and Exhibiting. too often,” he added. “The SUBJECT/EXHIBIT much. But it’s fun, and I progression from what it was IMPORTANCE know it’s never going to get four years ago to what it is to- For subject (or exhibit) im- better. I know that I’m not It’s also crucial to maintain their Confederate counterparts. day was rapid, which tells you portance, judges will consider good enough to convince the balance across an exhibit by “The north sent bad guys to we can all do it – you just have whether an exhibit “covers a judges it’s better than a sil- ensuring each section is sized the same prison and put them to get from A to B to C, and minor part of a wider scope” ver.” according to its importance to in with a bunch of Confeder- you have to want to do it.” or if it “represents a significant It’s crucial, he added, for the overall story. ates,” he said. “I’d love to have As a subject, blood is argu- challenge in scope or complex- exhibitors to determine Judges will consider been involved in some of those ably of foremost importance to ity,” according to the manual. whether they’re doing an ex- whether an exhibit touches on conversations.” everyone; we all rely on the “That gets messy,” Schultz hibit for fun or competition. minor or major aspects of phi- From his perspective, this bodily fluid to bring oxygen said, adding a “great exam- “Importance is only worth lately. exhibit would score nine points and nutrients across the body ple” he judged at Orapex 2019 10 points, but you can lose “For example, do I think for importance. as well as carbon dioxide and was Rob Leigh’s five-frame two or three points if you U.S. Scott #1 or the Penny “The Civil War is a five for Black from the United King- subject importance,” he added, dom is important? You bet. Do leaving four points for phila- I think the first airmail issue of telic importance. “This is ex- Canada and the first airmail is- hibit will do well.” sue of the United States are im- He estimates replacing those portant? You bet.” covers for another identical Schultz also referenced a single-frame exhibit would single-frame exhibit he pre- cost $50,000 US, “not a penny pared for a client in recent less, and maybe even $60,000.” years. “They’re scarce, and they’re The exhibit highlights the difficult to acquire. This Fort Delaware prisoner-of-war is tough stuff to get, and it ties (POW) camp that operated into scarcity and difficulty of from 1862-65 during the U.S. acquisition, but it also some- Civil War. how overlaps with importance. “There are only 250 covers I could go the next 12 months known in private hands,” he and only find one or two more said, adding he divided the ex- if I’m lucky,” he said, adding hibit into flags of truce, with he bought all of the material in southern states, border states, December 2018 in a handful of northern states and incoming separate lots. mail to the POW camp each in “I’m only missing two states different frames. – Texas and Florida – but I don’t “They’re probably one-of-a- even know if they exist. I find The title page (left) from a recent iteration of Wang’s blood exhibit outlines the cultural kind items that have never in the world of exhibiting, the significance – or ‘importance’ – of blood. been seen before. Incoming most exciting part is the mail to the POW camp is in- search.” W

22 August 4, 2020 • CANADIAN STAMP NEWS • www.canadianstampnews.ca For an enjoyable hobby, have a collecting plan dealers who were known to collect. Take a look at the pleasurable philatelic tasks to handle such material, and prices in the Scott or Unitrade evaluate the collection and they would supply the blocks catalogues. If they’re unafford- make a very nice offer. Collecting for about 40 or 50 cents each if able, try something else. The collector showed obvi- I remember correctly. As I re- Or if it’s too costly for only a ous pleasure when I handed ceived many of these items on few specific stamps, then de- him the check. He told me he 101 my incoming mail, I was glad cide to simply enjoy collecting, heeded the advice given to to save and supply them at no rest easy and have a great deal him by his mentor, a long-de- By Peter Mosiondz, Jr. cost when he visited the store of fun knowing well in ad- ceased dealer, who admon- ust as in any endeavour, the “oohs” and “aahs,” I hap- each Saturday. vance the collection will never ished him to be consistent collector should have a defi- pened to glance upon a couple But he began to get impa- be complete. There is no fun in when adding to his collection, niteJ plan – in other words, a of empty slots in his album tient. He wanted instant grati- collecting without the fun of to always purchase the stamp course of action – for his or and inquired why these low- fication and began buying a hunting down needed items. in the best condition affordable her collecting goals. priced covers weren’t yet sheet of each new issue as it Most of my friends look for- and to never buy a defective The collection should have a added. came out and had the postal ward to the next stamp show stamp no matter how inexpen- theme or purpose. It would do His reply nearly floored me. clerk cancel the required items to participate in this fashion. sive. little good, for example, to “I collect only black en- after he separated them from Here’s one final example. I This collector was proud to mount a low priced set of graved cacheted covers, and the sheet. I tried in vain to once had the privilege of pur- inform me he made a sizeable stamps containing mixed used all I’ve been able to find on point out he was missing out chasing a nice collection of profit. I wonder how the oth- and unused. those two issues have been a on all of the fun associated used classic U.S. stamps. It ers fared. I have examined many col- reddish-brown shade.” with the thrill of the chase, but wasn’t complete – far from it. With a goal or plan in mind, lections that included mint I pointed out this particular it fell on deaf ears. But there wasn’t a flaw to be the collection and pursuit of U.S. “Presidential” issues cachetmaker did not produce These examples are meant found, and each and every stamps will always be more (known by collectors as “Prex- black engraved cachets for to illustrate the point of having stamp graded no less than enjoyable. ies”) until one took a look at these issues and that they a goal in mind. First, examine fine, with many in loftier Until next time, stay well the high values. The $1, $2 and were available only in the red- the country or era you wish to grades. It was one of the most and enjoy your hobby. W $5 denominations were used. dish brown he seemingly de- When queried, the collector spised so much. I can still re- stated those three values were member how taken aback he too expensive in unused con- became. He couldn’t fathom I dition. might know more about this SHOW & Bourse That’s fine. Collect what- situation than he did. Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, many shows, auctions, club meetings and other ever floats your boat, and I The next day I called the ca- philatelic events are being cancelled. For the most up-to-date information, visit CSN’s online ‘Events’ listings at canadianstampnews.com/events or contact event organizers. would be the last person to tell chetmaker and asked why you how and what to collect. those two issues were not AUG. 8, FENELON FALLS, ON free. For show updates, visit stampandcoinshow.com. For more The point of the matter is done in the customary black 36th Annual Fenelon Stamp Club Show & Sale, Fenelon Falls information, email [email protected], telephone 1-800-408-0352. when the collection comes up ink. I learned the firm was try- Community Center, 27 Veterans Way The 36th annual Fenelon Website: www.stampandcoinshow.com/. Stamp Club Show & Sale will be held from 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., with for sale, as all collections must ing something new and those lots of free parking and 10 dealers from across Ontario. The show SEPT. 12, BURNABY, BC sooner or later, the price ob- two issues were a test they also boasts draw prizes, table auctions and a snack bar. Everyone Coins, Stamps & Collectibles Show, Nikkei Centre, 6688 Southoaks is welcome. For more information, telephone 705-454-9196. Cres. Hosted by the North Shore Numismatic Society, this show is tained by you or your heirs for were doing at the time to open from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. There will be 40 tables of coins, stamps, that mixed set will not be in gauge their popularity of the AUG. 8, KINCARDINE, ON banknotes, tokens, medals, postcards, art, pins and more. Admission keeping with a nicely centred reddish brown versus the Kinex 2020, Davidson Center Hall, 601 Durham St. This annual is $2 (or free for children under the age of 16 if accompanied by an unused set. If your budget standard black. My friend stamp show features upwards of 10 dealers on the bourse, exhibits, adult). Free underground parking. Japanese restaurant at location. a youth table and a lunch booth. Admission is free. For more infor- For more information, email [email protected], telephone 604- does not permit you to collect seemingly never bothered to mation, email [email protected], telephone 519-395-5817. 336-1828. Website: northshorenumismaticsociety.org/. unused stamps, then by all ask anyone or do any research AUG. 20 – 23, HARTFORD, CT SEPT. 19, ST. CATHARINES, ON means, collect them postally on the matter. Great American Stamp Show 2020, **CANCELLED** For more Best Western Stamp Show, Best Western Hotel (Niagara Room), used in fine or better condi- Now, please don’t get the information. Website: stamps.org/great-american-stamp-show. 2 North Service Rd. Held five times a year, the Best Western tion, but don’t expect buyers wrong impression. I don’t pre- Stamp Show runs from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., with free admission, free SEPT. 4 – 6, DARTMOUTH, NS tend to know everything – far parking and free appraisals. The show is sponsored by dealer to beat a path to your door. BNAPEX 2020, **CANCELLED** For more information, email Roy’s Stamps, specializing in the stamps and covers of Canada Many collectors choose to from it. I have attempted to ac- [email protected], telephone 902-864-3976. Website: and the British Commonwealth. For more information, email collect the classic U.S. issues in quire a certain amount of phil- www.bnaps.org [email protected], telephone 905-934-8377. postally used condition. Then, atelic knowledge in the 60 SEPT. 5, MONCTON, NB SEPT. 19, MEDICINE HAT, AB as they get into 20th-century years I have been collecting Brunpex 2020, Royal Canadian Legion, 100 War Veterans Ave. Medicine Hat Coin & Stamp Club 12th Annual Fall Show, Medicine material that does not exhibit a and dealing. Sponsored by the Fundy Stamp Collectors Club, Brunpex 2020 will Hat Exhibition and Stampede Grounds (Higdon Hall), 2055 21 Ave. be held from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., with seven dealers plus an auction S.E. The Medicine Hat Coin and Stamp Club’s Fifth Annual Spring huge price differential be- Philately is an ongoing edu- table (the auction will begin at 1:30 p.m.). For more information, Show will feature more than 40 tables of coins and stamps with tween used and unused, they cational process. One can learn email [email protected], telephone 506-387-4462. vendors from across Alberta and Saskatchewan. Buy, sell or trade, start mounting unused. Most something new every day if Website: www.fundystampclub.ca/. and vendors welcome. The show will be open from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., one is inclined to do so. and admission is $2 (children are free with an adult). Door prizes dealers would be extremely in- SEPT. 12 – 13, MISSISSAUGA, ON will also be offered. For more information, email medhatcsc@live. terested in purchasing a nice, Fall 2020 National Postage Stamp & Coin Show, Hilton com, telephone 403-526-5158. Website: www.mhcasc.ca/. sound collection of this order, HAVE A GOAL Mississauga/Meadowvale hotel, 6750 Mississauga Rd. Presented by Canadian Stamp News and Canadian Coin News, SEPT. 19, MERRICKVILLE, ON and you or your heirs will be I had another friend and the National Postage Stamp and Coin Show features 50-plus Eastern Ontario Postcard and Ephemera Show, Community much better off financially. good customer who enjoyed professional coin and stamp dealers from across Canada. Centre, 106 Read St. The 25th annual Postcard & Paper Show the practice of collecting used Highlights include a two-day live auction by Colonial Acres; will feature thousands of vintage postcards and related paper various seminars; the Young Collectors discounted sales table DOING THE LEGWORK plate, zip, copyright and mail- ephemera from about 30 dealer tables. Sponsored by the and popular free youth auction on Sunday. Admission is $4 on Eastern Ontario Postcard Club, the show boasts free admission I remember one collector early blocks as well as a single Saturday and free on Sunday. The show is open on Saturday and free parking and is open from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. For more infor- proudly showing me his col- of each issue. from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Parking is mation, email [email protected], telephone 613-345-7598. lection of first-day covers. This goes back about 40 SHOW ORGANIZERS: How to list: Simply fill out the form found at www.canadianstampnews.ca or mail, fax or email your He was quick to point out years to when I had my store. information to Trajan Publishing (S&B), PO Box 25009 Rose City RO, Welland, ON L3B 6G9, fax (905) 735-1909, email jims@trajan. they were all from a particular This was an admirable and ca. Please include: date of show; site of event, street, city, prov.; official name of event; organization sponsoring or affiliated with the event; hours; admission charge; if exhibits are present (display or competitive), contact person’s name, address, postal code, tele- cachetmaker and unad- challenging plan, to say the phone number. Two show dates per year will be listed for free (subsequent show dates will cost $15 per listing). dressed. After my occasional least. He contacted several

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SPECIAL OER SPECIAL OER SPECIAL OER Few people ever own a genuine twelve penny Here is a mint single of the 1¢ yellow Small black. A much more affordable alternative is the Here is one you may not have seen be- Queen Issue (Scott #35). I just purchased a small plate proof (#3Pi). It is printed in the issued co- fore, a major perforation shift on the 32¢ stock of these at an advantageous price. List price lour and has a red ‘SPECIMEN’ overprint. List Christmas stamp (Scott #1040). Price for or a F-VF LH single is $40.00. My price is just price for a very fi ne example is $2,500.00. My a VF NH mint single is just $49.95. I also $12.95 while they last. price is just $1,595.00 (or 5 monthly payments of have a mint block of four at $195.00. $319.00 each). SPECIAL OER SPECIAL OER Next is this 20¢ vermilion Widow Weeds high SPECIAL OER value from 1893 (Scott #46). I have a couple of One of the more diffi cult modern era per- fresh mint singles available. List price for one foration varieties to fi nd is this stamp, the in fi ne mint LH condition is $200.00. My price 71¢ American Chestnut (Scott #1370a). is $69.00 only. List price for a VF NH mint single is $100.00. My price is just $49.95. SPECIAL OER Here’s a good deal on a fi ne mint NH SPECIAL OER single of the popular 2¢ Map Stamp Next here is a super perforation shift on the from 1898 (Scot #85). It is widely re- 46¢ Christmas Angel (Scott #1815). Price for garded as the world’s fi rst Christmas a VF NH mint single is just $59.95. stamp. List price is $50.00. My price is $9.95.

Here’s a one of a kind special – lovely plate proof singles of the 1897 Diamond Jubilee Issue complete from the ½¢ to the 50¢ value (#50P- SPECIAL OER 60P). All are in choice very fi ne condition. List price is $2,160.00. The Quebec Tercentenary Issue of My price is just $995.00 (or fi ve payments of $199.00 each). 1908 marked the 300th anniversary of SPECIAL OER the founding of Quebec. Here is the SPECIAL OER 10¢ value (Scott #101). List price for a F-VF LH mint single is $200.00. My The King Edward VII issue is one of the most price is just $59.00. diffi cult to complete in fresh mint condition. A Three interesting specials featur- small dealer stock of the 7¢ value recently came ing Centennial Issue booklets in and as a result I have two specials to offer. follow. This fi rst one includes SPECIAL OER First here is the basic shade, Scott #92 in F-VF #BK61c, the 6¢ black perf. 10 pane NH mint condition. List price is $1,050.00. My of 25 stamps on medium fl uores- price is just $369.00! cent paper. List price for a very fi ne booklet is $30.00. My price is $14.50 only. SPECIAL OER SPECIAL OER Next here is the scarce straw shade of the 7c King Next here are the four types Edward (#92iii). I have a very few fresh mint of this 25¢ Centennial booklet singles left in stock. List price for a F-VF NH (#BK66a, 66b, 66c, 66d). Each mint single is $835.00. My price is just $269.00 contains a booklet pane with while they last. one 1¢, one 3¢ and three 7¢. List price for these booklets in very SPECIAL OER fi ne condition is $28.00. My This is the top value of the Edward VII series, price is just $12.50. the fi fty cent. This one is in the deep purple Wow, 19,000 specials is a lot of specials, so let’s make it a good shade (#95i) and is in VF LH mint condition. one! Here is the complete basic set of the Admiral Issue in Well centered examples are very hard to fi nd. F-VF LH mint condition (Scott #104-122). List price for the set is List price is $1,500.00. My price is most attrac- SPECIAL OER $1,100.00. My price is $379.00 (or 4 payments of $95.00 each. tive at just $495.00. This special includes BK66d with SPECIAL OER the scarce ‘counter’ marking on the Of all the scarce 50¢ and $1 high SPECIAL OER cover at left. List price for a very values of the 20th Century, the $1.00 Marginal lathework on the Admiral Issue is fi ne example is $20.00. My price is Parliament is the one that is hardest a fascinating area to collect. Here is an attrac- just $9.50. to fi nd in nice mint condition. I have tive 5¢ violet (#112) with full type D lathework. SPECIAL OER some F-VF LH mint singles of #159 Condition is F-VF NH mint and list price is available at a super price. List price is $240.00. My price is $99.00 only. Check out this unusual offer. It includes four fi rst day maximum $350.00. My price is $99.00. cards with a design showing a fl ock of Canada geese at sunset. Each card is franked with the 15¢ Canada Goose stamp of 1963 (Scott #415). Two cards have the offi cial Ottawa fi rst day cancel while SPECIAL OER the other two have the scarcer Winnipeg bar- rel cancel. One card Not far from my hometown in Nova SPECIAL OER from each city is Scotia is the village of Grand Pre. autographed by the This 50¢ value from the Arch Issue stamp’s designer. (Scott #176) depicts the church, an Here is a good variety on the The cards are in important site in Acadian history. I $1 Fundy Park (#726), show- very fi ne condition have some nice mint examples selected for centering and fresh ing both a printing shift and a perforation shift. Condition is VF and the price is just colour. List price for a VF LH mint single is $300.00. My price is NH mint and price is just $69.95. $29.95. low at just $99.00.

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