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April 1998, Whole Number ISSN 0951-5283 JOURNAL OF THE CANADIAN PHILATELIC SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN e PRINCIPAL CONTENTS A Sweetheart in Every Port (2) 227 Whole No. 267 The People on the Stamps 234 Vol. 25 No. 7 Postal Stationery Pot Pourri 241 April 1998 ESTABLISHED 1918 HARJERS 0 f __ 11(4/ oPyuta/ r"W / aurY4ottj,-^?/ ie/corr z,ar^^ cY^LIJZII (r/ oZI f7P/ eoUe Gld1I ^ 'It^ ^^° i^ ' (J Uett6J / aw fi4 tvi dew G^^,z iiereP^i^z o^ swan o^ e ai ,/4i ei e iceiaJaa/ /ao^r^^ti 2^par, 1z/waa^i^ior' j'1^'oInz y HARMERS OF LONDON STAMP AUCTIONEERS 91 New Bond Street, London WIA 4EH IS Tel: 0171 629 0218 Fax: 0171 495 0260 7978-9995 80 i^ea^y^^'rir^refrv^lailir^r^ ^It iI, 1^7,1^0%14111WaIN unumilfriuIIIIt I,I '11111°qif 11, Ij1Jm °J'1'4 i'PItliplItu1q^111111 11 Ni IIIPIilom"ll i , II wnf111 11111ITIII , 1111 1 lot mi I I lot "icuili"nipi axIrRl o MAPLE LEAVES Journal of THE CANADIAN PHILATELIC SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN INCORPORATED 1946 Founder: A. E. Stephenson, FCPS Edited by: David Sessions , FRPSL, FCPS. 31 Eastergate Green, Rustington, Littlehampton, W. Sussex, BN16 3EN Opinions expressed in the various articles in this journal are those of the writers and are not necessarily endorsed by the Society. Published five times a year by the Canadian Philatelic Society of Great Britain Annual Subscription £ 14.00 - Due 1 October 1997 Vol. 25 No. 7 April 1998 Whole No. 267 EDITORIAL Competition entry form and booking Our old friend Dick Malott advises form are enclosed with this issue. As that the long-awaited catalogue `The always, we ask you to get your forms Airmails of Canada and Newfoundland' completed and returned to the appro- is now available. At 552 pages it con- priate officer as soon as possible. As tains all the basic information you might you will see from the booking form, need on aero and astrophilately of the your reservation must be received by 31 area. The cost is $50 CAN plus $5 post- July if you wish to take advantage of the age, send your cheque (payable to special Convention rate. Richard K. Malott) to Dick and he will do the rest. A review will appear in the The millenium International, Stamp next issue. 2000 in London, may seem a while off but a tremendous amount of preparatory We have now seen the new book work goes on well in advance. Members published as a tribute to the late Allan considering entry may be encouraged by Steinhart. It is a fine mixture of tributes, the fact that the Society is donating a anecdotes and a number of Allan's trophy for the best BNA exhibit, so articles, some not previously published. there's the chance of a prize as well as a Anyone who had serious dealings with coveted medal The trophy will be a five Allan will find much to enjoy. inch diameter quaich (that's a two- handled Scottish drinking vessel). Continued on page 257 Maple Leaves April 1998 225 FOR OVER SEVENTY YEARS THE NAME MARESC H HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR QUA L ITY AND INTEGRITY THERE IS ALWAYS A PUBLIC AUCTION WITH STRENGTH IN CANADA AND PROVINCES, EITHER IN PREPARATION OR TAKING PLACE SOON. WE WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO SEND YOU A SAMPLE CATALOGUE, OR DISCUSS SELLING YOUR TREASURES IN ONE OF OUR SALES. r. maresch & son DEALERS IN FINE STAMPS 330 BAY ST., SUITE 703, TORONTO, ONTARIO, SINCE 1924 CANADA M51-1 2S9 [4116) 363-7777 FAX: 416-363-6511 226 April 1998 Maple Leaves 1111141 Will Y m 1 1A IOIllI' III I i IIp1 II I III VII VIII III Ul 111111,11, 1111 1 1 1 1 IP II NM,111l1 IANgwI I IIIIIIII I III I I I III I 1 14 N 01I IIIl I I A SWEETHEART IN EVERY PORT Part 2 - Proofs The Yellow Peril Photos by Ian Robertson There are some mighty fine articles in things to plate proofs I have are two sets our Journals. Insofar as Admirals are of imperforate pairs of the later issue - concerned the two that impressed me 40, 50 violet, 7¢ red brown, 80, 100 most were those by A.E. Stephenson and bistre brown, 500 and $1. Because these `Adanac'. The tell-tale illustrations in imperfs were not sold over the post Stephenson's report told me at a glance office counters, I placed one set in my that the profile of the King is a compo- proof section annotated `plate proofs in site portrait taken from two photo- colour of issue'. The other set is with the graphs. The photo by W. and D. Downie regular 10, 20 and 30 imperfs, but only showed the King in the uniform of a Field because they are listed in the catalogues Marshall of the Army and the picture by as imperf stamps. Walter Barrette showed the King in a uniform of an Admiral of the Fleet. Die proofs (quantity unkown), on the other hand, are in collectors' hands; Although `An Approach to the infrequently sold in auctions and rarely Admirals' by `Adanac' has few illustra- seen in dealers' lists. Their scarcity and tions it is, to me, a fine introduction to high prices have put die proofs beyond these issues. I had to read the seven-part the reach of some collectors. This series a few times to get the picture. unfavourable situation, however, was These notes are based partly on this improved remarkably on 13 September `Approach, partly on my experiences 1990, when Christie's Robson Lowe thus far in collecting these stamps, and sold the American Bank Note Company partly on the stamps shown at the Archive's British North American Bournemouth Convention in 1995. My proofs. There were no less than 18 lots purpose is to elaborate on some of the in the Admiral section and one lot in the aspects mentioned by `Adanac' and to Air Post - War Tax section. The first present a brief pictorial overview of four lots were: 1876 - artist's prelimin- some of my favourite Admiral stamps to ary models, consisting of a series of would-be collectors. photographs of the King from which the chosen design was selected; 1877 - 20¢ Admirals are fascinating but stamp-size composite models; 1878 - extremely complex stamps. It seems that 20 and 200 stamp-size photographic the more I learn about them, the less I models and lot 1879 - a 10 stamp-size know. While drafting these notes I have die proof on glazed card. The remaining encountered frustrating questions that lots (1880-1893 and 2114) were die boggle the mind (mine!). I have listed proofs of the regular and war tax stamps. some of these points at the end. According to the catalogue descriptions, a total of 186 proofs were offered, The If Admiral proofs were more following is a breakdown: plentiful they could be a very interesting 10 green 1, 10 yellow 14, 20 carmine 4, study. Unlike other issues, Large Queens 2¢ green 14, 30 carmine 1, 40 olive bistre for example, there are no Admiral plate 16, 50 blue 4, 50 violet 14, 5¢ green 1, 70 proofs in private collections. The closest yellow ochre 1, 70 red brown 14, 70 Maple Leaves April 1998 227 orange 2, 8c blue 14, l0¢ plum 1. 10¢ so that a transfer roll could be made from bistro brown 13, 20f olive green 15, 50c it. this was in turn hardened so that it grey black 14, 50c dull blue 4, 31 orange could be used to lay down a large part of 11, 6¢ carmine 13 (unissued), 2c carmine the die for each of the values. The stems War Tax 1. ITe carmine Die 11, ITe of the leaves, the numerals and numeral carmine Die 11 11, ITc brown Die II 2. boxes, the denomination words, the lines of shading and the remainder of the As the average size of the lots was flame were then engraved on the die of slightly more than a dozen proofs, a good each denomination. portion of the lots was probably bought by the trade. Recently, a dealer offered The die for the 2c was the first to be me a selection from this sale - priced completed. Two proofs of this die were from S500 to S2,500 each. Prior to the sent to the Post Office Department. Christie auction the lowest-priced proof After approval. they were submitted to was about S 1,000. the King for his acceptance. Once the proofs were accepted, the American Just as the availability of die proofs is Bank Note Company in New York interesting, so is their production. In a proceeded to engrave the dies for the nutshell, those elements of the design other six values. that were common to all the stamps (the upper part) were engraved on a master All the dies for the original seven die. After approval the die was hardened values the first issue of the Admirals PHILATELIC AUCTIONS LTD REGIIL,AR PIIIILIC AUCTIONS AT I)LRJcY IN OST 1 L fl15 LOIt) YOUR CONSIGNMENTS ARE PROD/ ;ti CrSI'L( 1MENT WLLCOMIJ) FOR OUR S II.1 N POST-M;1 R I1CI 111 A/ IU:VS NEXT SPECIALISED P.N./A. RAIIW:I) PA) AI ICI II),N I'( )ST C1RIS AUTUMN 1998 C OI I ICT10As ', AUXI 1) LOTti I F_NDIS/I HOUSE, 153-157 LONDON ROAD DLRM' DEl 25Y, ENGLAND T LL: (013.32) 2109 ,-0 FAX: (01332) 294.40 >Ultat KII"I J N: Inland L_^ 11110pc ^-W Isru 1", LAl 228 April 1998 Maple Leaves livil.ry,40111lu.
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