The Canadian hilatelist LePhilatélistecanadien Season’s Greetings! Meilleurs Voeux $5.00 - 5,00$ NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2003 NOVEMBRE/DÉCEMBRE - VOL. 54 • NO.6 Journal of The ROYAL PHILATELIC SOCIETY OF CANADA Revue de La SOCIÉTÉ ROYALE DE PHILATÉLIE DU CANADA Accessories for Collectors Accessoires pour les collectionneurs Collector’s Album Collector’s Album (blue) / 1 216 mm x 280 mm (8 ⁄2" x 11") Album de collection bleu Manufactured exclusively for Canada 341495 Post by Leuchtturm® (Lighthouse ® Collector’s Album (burgundy) / Canada ), these sturdy 3 D-ring Album de collection bordeaux Collector’s Albums accommodate 216 341493 1 mm x 280 mm (8 ⁄2" x 11") stock sheets. Colours include blue, Collector’s Album (hunter green) / burgundy, and hunter green, all Album de collection vert forêt beautifully embellished with gold 341494 accents. each / l’unité Album de collection $29.95 1 216 mm x 280 mm (8 ⁄2 po x 11 po) Fabriqué exclusivement pour Postes Canada par Leuchtturm® (Lighthouse Canada®), cet album à trois anneaux en d peut contenir des pages de 1 216 mm x 280 mm (8 ⁄2 po x 11 po). Il est offert en trois couleurs, rehaussées de reflets dorés : bleu, bordeaux et vert forêt. 3 3 3 120 mm (4 ⁄4 ") Stamp 120 mm (4 ⁄4 ") Stamps Tongs, 120 mm (4 ⁄4 ") Coin Tongs, Tongs, Spade Tip / Pince Spade Tip (Bent) / Pince pour Plasticized Tips / Pince pour 3 pour timbres de 120 mm (4 ⁄4 po), pièces de monnaie de 120 mm 3 3 timbres de 120 mm (4 ⁄4 bouts arrondis et recourbés (4 ⁄4 po), bouts plastifiés po), bouts arrondis Heavily nickel-clad to resist Heavily nickel-clad to resist Heavily nickel-clad to resist corrosion. Made in Germany. / corrosion. Made in Germany. / corrosion. Made in Germany. / Revêtue d’une couche épaisse Revêtue d’une couche épaisse Revêtue d’une couche épaisse de nickel pour prévenir la de nickel pour prévenir la de nickel pour prévenir la corrosion. Fabriquée en corrosion. Fabriquée en corrosion. Fabriquée en Allemagne. Allemagne. Allemagne. 341472 341469 341471 $3.95 $5.95 $3.75 1 77 mm (3”) Bi-focal 87 mm (3 ⁄ 2 ") Glass Magnifier / Loupe Magnifier / Loupe en 1 bifocale verre de 87 mm (3 ⁄ 2 po) de 77 mm (3 po) All glass lens with 3X Clear acrylic lens with 2X and magnification. Sturdy plastic 4X magnification. Soft grip handle. / Lentille faite handle. / Lentille faite entièrement d’acrylique d’un grossissement de verre d’un grossissement de 2 fois et de 4 fois. de 3 fois. Manche en Manche au toucher doux. plastique solide. 341476 341475 $12.95 $10.50 Available at participating Post Offices, or call 1-800-565-4362 En vente à certains comptoirs postaux. Vous pouvez aussi les commander en appelant au 1 800 565-4362. November - December / Novembre - Décembre 2003 323 Journal of The ROYAL PHILATELIC The Canadian hilatelist SOCIETY OF CANADA Revue de La Le SOCIÉTÉ ROYALE DE hilatélistecanadien PHILATÉLIE DU CANADA PVolume 54, No. 6 • Number / Numéro 319 s FEATURE ARTICLES / e d ARTICLES DE FOND e l A Short-Lived Railway Service b By Ken Lewis....................................................328 United Nation Commitment a – Page 340 Early Philately in Nova Scotia T MATIÈRES By Michael Peach............................................336 United Nations’ Commitment to Preservation of Endangered Species, Part 1 By Joseph Monteiro..........................................340 Five-Cent Registration S to the United Kingdom Five-Cent Registration – Page 346 By George B. Arfken & Horace W. Harrison......346 T Danish Pre-UPU By Henrik Mouritsen ........................................349 N A Postman’s Christmas By Kenneth Rowe, RDP, FRPSC.........................353 E Philatelic Treasures, Part 2 A Postman’s Christmas – Page 353 By Peter Newroth.............................................356 T Pitcairn Flights By “Carioca”....................................................358 N Varieties By “Napoleon” ................................................361 O Pitcairn Flights – Page 358 Table of Table C 324 November - December / Novembre - Décembre 2003 DEPARTMENTS / SERVICES THE ROYAL PHILATELIC SOCIETY OF CANADA Book Review / Ouvrages parus .................................326, 333, 348 LA SOCIÉTÉ ROYALE DE PHILATÉLIE DU CANADA Palmares / Résultats ...................................................................360 Patron Her Excellency The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson C.C., C.M.M., C.D., Governor General of Canada Membership Reports / Rapports des membres........................362 Président d’honneur Son Excellence le très honorable Adrienne Clarkson. C.C., C.M.M., C.D., Gouverneur général du Canada President’s Page / La page du président ..................................363 2003-2004 Letters / Lettres ..........................................................................366 BOARD OF DIRECTORS – Coming Events / Calendrier.......................................................373 CONSEIL D’ADMINISTRATION EXECUTIVE - L’EXÉCUTIF Chapter Meetings / Réunions des clubs membres...................374 President – Président: News, Views, & Happenings / Charles J. G. Verge, FRPSC Nouvelles, opinions et événements..........................................376 Box 2788, Station D, Ottawa, ON K1P 5W8 [email protected] Exchanges / Demandes d’échange ...........................................378 1st Vice President – 1er Vice-Président: Departments and Committees / Services et comités ...............379 J. Edward "Ted" Nixon, FRPSC 255 Cortleigh Blvd Toronto, ON M5N 1P8 Alphabetical List of Advertisers / Liste des annonceurs..........379 [email protected] One Last Word / Un dernier mot ..............................................380 2nd Vice President – 2ième Vice-Président: Classifieds / Annonces classées..................................................382 Rick Penko Box 1425, Winnipeg, MB R3C 2Z1 [email protected] THE COVER / PAGE COUVERTURE: Treasurer – Trésorier: John Keenlyside Postmen have historically played an important role in the 622 - 470 Granville St, Vancouver, BC V6C 1V5 lives of Canadians, especially at Christmastime. In the late 19th century, Toronto and Hamilton letter carriers conveyed Secretary – Secrétaire season’s greetings to residents on their routes in the form of Harry Sutherland, RDP, FRPSC colourful Letter Carrier’s postcards. One theory is that the 10 Summerhill Ave, Toronto, ON M4T 1A8 letter carriers themselves had a hand in producing these [email protected] uniquely designed cards. Past President – Président Sortant: Keith Spencer, FRPSC Les facteurs ont toujours joué un rôle important dans la vie 5005 Whitemud Rd, Edmonton, AB T6H 5L2 des Canadiens, surtout durant le temps des fêtes. À la fin du [email protected] XIXe siècle, à Hamilton et à Toronto, ils transmettaient leurs Directors – Les Directeurs meilleurs vœux aux habitants de leurs territoires au moyen Frank Alusio, FRPSC, Etobicoke, ON des très colorées Cartes postales des facteurs. On croit même Leon Balian, Dollard Des Ormeaux, QC qu’ils participaient à la confection de ces cartes uniques. [email protected] François Brisse, Beaconsfield, QC [email protected] Raymond Ireson, Roxboro, QC We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Kenneth Magee, Clinton, ON [email protected] Publication Assistance Program (PAP) toward our mailing costs. J. Graham McCleave, Fredericton, NB Nous remercions le gouvernement du Canada pour son appui financier pour nos frais [email protected] de poste par l’entremise du Programme d’assistance aux publications (PAP). R. F Narbonne, Carleton Place, ON George Pepall, Kitchener, ON [email protected] The Canadian Philatelist (lSSN 00-45-5253) published bimonthly by Philaprint Inc. 10 Summerhill Avenue, Toronto, Ont., M4T 1A8. Printed John M. Powell, FRPSC, Edmonton, AB and produced in Canada by Trajan Publishing Corporation. ©Philaprint Inc. 2003. Opinions expressed herein are those of individual au- thors only and neither the Publisher nor The Royal Philatelic Society of Canada accepts responsibility for them. 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This amount is included in membership fees and the Editor – Éditeur members automatically receive the journal. Non-members $30.00 per year. Changes of address, undeliverable copies and orders for Tony Shaman, FRPSC subscriptions should be sent to PO Box 929, Station Q, Toronto, Ont., M4T 2P1. Return postage guaranteed. Publications Mail Registration No. P.O. Box 43103, Eastwood Square, Kitchener, ON N2H 6S9 09828. [email protected] Le philatéliste canadien (ISSN 00-45-5253), bimensuel publié par Philaprint Inc., 10 Summerhill Avenue, Toronto, Ont., M4T 1A8. Fait et imprimé au Canada par Trajan Publishing Corporation. ©Philaprint