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Canadian Military Postmarks Used by Canadian Postal Corps in Canada, Newfoundland, Alaeka, Bermuda
and British W est Indies 1886-1944.
by Major lan C. Morgan
'J'he uccumpanyinA' two cha1•ts illust•·ate some of the different types of Postal Mnl'ltlng~:~ used by the <:anacllan Army Postal Corp~:~. As many of these 1u·e stili In use In Canadian camps. It Is advisable not to give too much Information at this time. f''ullowlng I>~ n rough outline of the differ ent types a.nlt period of use.
1. Only two have been recorded to date. '!'he Brigade Camp :\fll. Dlst. No. 4 was Illustrated In .l an·ett's BNA Catalog, but little Is known about It and the author has never seen a copy of lt. The Cnmp Borden marking seems to have been In use fl'orn about 1930 to 1940.
JT. Used at Cnna<llan Natlonnl J~xhlbltlon In 1901. Ill. a, b, c. These three sub-types were lp use In many camps until May
1!J41. 'l'hc eu•·liest t"eNwded use of one of these '\'as at Sherbroo,ke Camp, P. Q . about 1904.
IV. a. This was put In use on t he date shown In the Illustration In the Genera l P ost Office ut T01-onto f1• r use on mall sent In from Camp Borden, Ont. It was In use for a short time only.
JV. b. In use at the ramp on the "F.xhlbltlun Grounds In Toronto. A similar one wus used ut Cu•np Borden durlng .l91!.
V. a. Used at a few offi('eH from about October 1P89 until May 1941. Heven camps used these.
b. CA ncellor contnlnf! name of camp only. Camp Borden used the one 11-lustr·ated In 1916. Similar ones wet·e used In .elght camps from 1939 to about May 1941.
c. Cancellor contains name of camp and words "Field Post Office," "Fteld P . 0 .. " or· " 1\f. P. 0 ." Four cam ps used this.
d. Used In Newfoundland. CAPOs 1. 2; 8, 4, 6. Used In Lab1·ador CAPO 10. (1942) Uo;ed at Klska CAPO 61. (1943) !\lost of these offices opened In 1941.
e. t. g. Replacing a. h. & c. In most cases ln 1941. Cancellors have either "Name of Camp. MPO ot· NPO N.o. Province," "MPO No. & Province:: or "NPO & No., or MPO & No." '
h . An emergency marking used until regular cancellors put In use. No. 1 & 2 seen used In Newfoundland In Sept. 1941 and No. 1 at Klska !n August 1943.
VT. Machine cancellnllon. Cancellors rending Name of Camp, words "Field 1 •ost Otflce" - words "Field Post Office" a lone, - "M. P. 0." - "M. P. o. & No.". or just "N. P. 0 & No." or "M. P . o. & No. Canada."
VI r. Duplex cancelhttlon. Itecorded In use a t 12 camps. VJTT. Rubber handstomp. Slmllat· ma.rklngs used by larger offices.
many have word "RI!lGISTERED" added. IX. Rubber Handstamp. Used by Base A. P . 0 only. ·'
X . Rubber h andetamp used b:r sever&l otflces and naval hnees. · XT. Rubber handstnmp used hy most offices on money order s. SomeUmes
foun<l on registered letters a nd pnr·cels. They vary In size. Xlf. Used to Indicate neglstmtlon No. only. They bear the same wording as
cancellation. · · ' XJJI. Steel roller C'ancellntlon used on pnrcels and newspapere.
Tssued to large post offices qnly. xrv. See notes on type XJ. XV. R ubber handstRrnJl. Used as a hackstamp. XVI. Machine cancellation used with or without date on mall posted on
board t ransports by troops enroute overeeas, Believed used at Halifax.
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Jo'or Treas: w: C. Peterman
"' E'or Bd. of Governors: (7 to be chosen) ... Nelson S. Bond F..a.rl B. Forney 1'/
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For Sec.: Jack Levine
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Pres. Hoffmann has appointed the following as the Committee on Elections -J. Levine, Chairman, W. C. Peterman and W. J. Tokarski. Official ballots will he mailed to all members with fnstructlons for return, which muet be not later than Jan. 10, 1946.
The Sales Circuit Perhape we Inaugurated our Sales Circuit a bit abruptly last month, . ob
scuring the big news In a lot of rules. Don't let these rules scare you. they are a necessary and Integral part of all sales departments, and are made for the protection of all concerned.
We .now have ready several books containing used Canadian singles an1l blocks, Canadian booklet panes. and Canadian precancels. These wtll soon Le on the way to the members who have already requested to have their names placed on the circuit lists. If you destr~ to receive circuits, send In your request now.
There never can be too much material In a circuit sales department, a.nd 1f you have any duplicate material , or material you do not care to retain, your circuit Is the logical pla'Ce for those . stamps. G1ve your fellow member an opportunity to secure some BNA Items now dormant In your posse11slon. Remt<mber, 10 percent Is the sm'allest charge of ·any sales department, and !!ales sheets cost only one cent each.
Send your orders, requests, and mounted material to the Sales :Manager -Arthur Moll, 1240 72 St., Brooklyn 28, N. Y.
Mounting Complete Booklets by Reg. Barraclough
So much has been eald about the mounting of bookleta that one more woul on the subject shouldn't be considered hy a ny one as the fina l one. Alluw :ntl to ndd n sul{gestlon or· two about this rather talked of problem.
As I du not want to get Into the ut·gument about whether or not a booklet should be broken up Into 11.8 component parts' of covers , t>anes, Inter-lea• <•~<, binding If any and metal clips . Jet m e state r ight a way that I tor unt> prefct· t o keep u booklet ae Issued by the Post Office undlsturhed. My rcul:!•ms for· this preference are many but have no bearing on the problem ot mountln;( complete booklets.
The pr·oper mounting of any Item In ones collection should asHore the f()! -lowlng:
The Item should be held fir mly In the album to avoid Iotts. Although t he Item '-' firmly affixed to t he ulbum page It should be capuble of removal with no trace remaining after removal of the agency used to fix It firmly t o the album page. Although t he Item Is firml y fixed to the album page nevertheless It may be examined easily baC'k as well as fr ont (and In between as In t he case of hooklets) without its being In danger of damage due to handling. With t hese three principles In mind. I have found the best method of moun
ting booklets to be by the use of "Transpara Artcorners." These cellopha ne cor ners were supplied to me by my favorite Stamp Dealer here In Montreal, at a cost of 26 cents per hundred. As these corners are manufactured In Chicago, they probably sell at a lower price In the United State11. They come with a white and a. black background. I have round the whlt.e background the more satisfactory In mounting of bpoklets, covers and such large Items.
The "corners" as used In my own collection a re affi xed In the following manner.
1. Affix a "corner" on your album page In such a poeltlon as to accomodate the u pper lett corner of the complete booklet.
2. S lide t he upper left corner of the back cover of the com plete booklet Into the pOl'ket of t he "art eorner."
3. The complete booklet now being In place on your page, the · next step Is to take another "art corner," holding It a t the very Up with a pa ir of tweezers; moisten and slip on to the lower right corner of the back cover of the· complete booklet.
4. H old t he booklet firm ly to retain the position deelred and preee down on thle "art corner," being careful to prese outward to the righ t and thus avoid buckling the booklet by having this corner too close to t he first one making the mounting too tight.
This method of mounting booklets has some disadvantages as well as many advantages.
The greatest disadvantage Is en countered when mounting the Queen VIctoria, Edward VIr, l04a, 106a. 108b, and th e combination booklet of 106a, 107b, nnd 108b. All of these booklets have binding tape of one type or another which ma kes It Impossible to slide the upper left corner of the back cover under the cellophane corner unless a small cut about ~ of an Inch long Is made In the binding tape. If this cu t Is made, the method of mounting proceeds ae ,before and no Indication of t he cut Is visible after the booklet Is mounted.
Two other minor disadvantages a r e pr esent In this method of mount1nc. Tbe first Is that the back of the back cover cannot be examined unlesa one of the art corners Is removed. The second le that care must be taken to place th e booklete at different locations on the a lbum page or your booklet collection will till up the ordinary album space between blndere very rapidly.
The a dvantages of this method of m ounting booklel8 I believe greatly outweigh the disadvantages.
The booklet Is firmly held In place. The booklet can be readily removed with no trace of previous mounting,
with the minor exceptions referred to above.
The booklet may be examined readily w ithout danger of damage. Each covet·, pane and lntel'lettf can be seen easily. Jn addition. by the use of a magnifying class. you can examine tho metal
cllt>s and the holes mude by them In the seveml panes to establish the fact that no changes In panes have been made to Impro ve the original booklet.
The above descrlhed m ethod of m oun ting booklets may not appeal to m a n y who read t hese ·•notes," but anyone whn enjoys showing h is colle<·tio n to others will find the method one that make11 ~:~uch plea~:~unt "stamp disc ussion evenlnr;s" more enjoyable because of th e ease o f showing the booklets and the abt~ence of danget· to t he val'lo.us Items In the collection.
' Any criticisms or suggestions that may lead to an lmt•rovement In the method of m ounting booklets will be greatly app•·ecla t ed by the write•·.
Bringing News About People and Stamps by lan S. Bain
·or making many books there Is no end; and much study Is a weariness of the flesh,'' so declared K ing §olomon . This can be applied to phila telic lltera t u•·e which w ould Includ e this column . As our heading Indicates we will try un<.l !:lve pertinent paragraphs on s u bjects relating to B . N. A.
B. N . A . P. S.
While on the subject ot books I hav·e often though t whut n rare treat could he g iven to B. N. A . collectors In particula r . and philately In );'e nerul If J.'t·ecl Jarrett w oul<.l ever put In to pl'lnt the store of storle!! of his C'ntlecting cs<':qmdes. Love. romance, humor. tlllthos. the huma n - tou<·h, <llsat)llointmcntR. thoU>"UIIdH uf 3p beavers and 6~ Prince Consort's. What ahout It F're<l'!
B. N. A. P. S.
The grapevine tells us that new designs t o r Canadian s tnmJlS are d e f in itely being consl<iet·ed, and may at the time of writing have JlrO!;'I'CHRed heyond that Htage. In tac t the suggestion Is that I! the war looks lil<e lleing prolon,;cd we rnu.y have a new set soon.
B. N. A . P . S.
This column would like to suggest a chapter or society sponsor ed by R. N. A. P. S. t o honour the great names of B. N . A. for the ir contribution to the hobby. It could be called "The 12p B lac k C lub."
B. N. A. P. S.
It Is to be hoped that we learn som e thing from the entries In the C. p, s. competition tor the Charles L . Brlsley trophy for o riginal re11e11rch w o r·k on the small ·a cent Issue of Canada, 1870-98. It would be nice to see n n. N. A. P. s. member w a lk ott with that trophy. What abo!Jt it you expert!!?
B . N . A . P . S.
How muny have ever seen an e nUre as Illustrated on r>nge 98 of .Ial'ret t's book'! I saw t~ne the other day printed In brown o n cream paver. Jf yuu have any le t's lis t them with the Edltot· .
. B. N. A. P. S.
With the mention o f the name of Editor I nm reminded t hat his pler<'ln~ eyes and hlue pencil will cover this column. Note to Edito1·: Dent· Ed. JllenRe he lenient as this Is the first column, the worst Is ye t to fo llow.
B. N. A. P. S.
The "Columbia" Flight by Dan Meyerson
'l'o the collector who decides to specialize in Newfoundland flown covers the '"Columbia'' tlight offet·s quite a field - albeit an expensive one. '!'his . Is true because the•·e are fout· dlftet·ent cover:; that should be In a complete "Columbia" collection, and possibly a fifth.
The ·'Miss Columbia," a Bellanca monoplane arrived at Harbor Grace on September 22, 1930. It was to leave from Harbor Grace on a sceduled trans- Atlantic flight, and It was to be piloted by Capt. Enol Boyd with Lt. Harry P. Connor as the navigator. On Septembet· 24, Capt. Boyd agreed with the postal authOI'Itiea to take a bag of mall not exceeding 5 pounds on this flight across the ocean. As a t·esult of t he agreement reached between the two partie ;, on September 25 the new spa per can led the announcement that 160 tetter·s ·would be accepted for this flight. Subsequently It was determined that 300 letters could be flown but it was too late to pass this Information on to the public since the announcement had already been published In the moming newspapers.
Since thet·e was no time to issue a special stamp the Newfoundland· postal authorities deelded to follow the procedure used in the case of the prevl01.1s flights such as the "Hawl<er, Martinsy<le, Alcock-Brown, Di-Pinedo. and Hailfax," namely to surcharge one of theh· current stamps. The stamp that they chose was the 36c Cat·lbou #126, and it was surcharged In black as follows: '"l'..ans Atlantic- Air Mail-By B. M.-Columbla-September 26,-1930-Fifty Cents." Because of the urgent need for speed the surchar&"lng was done at the offices of t he "Royal Gazette."
Three sheet!! of 100 stamps each were broken up Into blocks of 4 and the 75 blocks wet·e then sut•charged. This procedure was followed because the setting for the surcharge consisted of tour subjects. There are minot• differences In each of the subjects and the stamps can definitely be plated. ·
Of the 75 blocks surcharged, 63 comprising 252 stamps were placed on sale at the G. P . 0. at St. Johns while the balance of 12 blocks ot· 48 stamps were • Mid at Harbor Grace. Of the 252 sold at St. .Johns, only 110 were used to f:•:tnk letters while all of the 48 stamps sent to Harbor GTace were used on J ette"!~,
ThiR amounted to a total of 158 letters. but as we mentioned previously the J)ORtal authorities learned tho.t 300 letters could be flown. As a re ·• rlt a numhe• of letters bearing fifty cents In ordinary postage were a l'lo carried. \Vhen thE' plane was ready to take off from Harbor Grace It was evidently discovered that the lettet·s added at St. Johns had not brought the total wei~ht to five pounde. so several postcards bearing tour cents postage were also ad.ded to those being flown.
Finally the plane took ott from Harbor Grace on October 111. and reachP ' · the Scilly Islands, near Land's End, England, on October 11. The covers with the exception of the postcards were backstamped on Oct ober 13.
The 110 surcharged stamps used on the letters posted at St. Johns were all postmarked there on September 25, and the lett.ers were then sent to Harhor Grace where they were again postmarked on October 9, the day before the plane left. Those covers bearing unsurcharged stamps that were added at St. Johns on September 25, were accorded the same treatmnt.
The 48 surc>harged stamps sold at Hnrhor Grace that were used to frank IE'tters were not canceled until Octobet· 9. and bear just that date postmarked on the race. The postcards also bear just the October 9 postmark from Harbor Gr·are. Many of the covers are known bearing the autographs or Capt. Boyd, the pilot. and Lt. Connors, the navigator.
The flown cover specialist should strive to have in his <'ollectlo•l a cover bearing the surcharged stamp postmarked At St. Johns on f' eptember 25, and rl.gain at Hat·bor Grace on October 9. H e sh ould nlso strive to obtain one of the 11urcharged stamp>~ on a cover postmarked onh· at Harbor Grace on October n. Tn ncl<'l ltion one of the covers beat·lng the unsurcharged <:tnmn!l used at St. Johns on September 26, should also be In the rollectlon as well as one of the postc:wcls uMe<l at Harbor Grace on October 9.
·Although I have never seen one It 13 very possible that some letters bearing
fifty cents In or·dtnnry postage were added to the mailbag at Harbor Grace on O<'tober !l, In or·der tu bring the wel~th t up to rive pounds. It such covers do exl>~t they would pr·ovlde n fifth cover· tu complete the ru llectlon.
The complete list Is as follows: 1. Posted at St. Johns on September 26 (A) Cover bearing >~ur·rharged
stump (110) (H) Cove•· hearin~t l'ltty cents In o•·dinar-y Htamtls ( ?)
2. Posted at Harbor Grace on October 9 (A) Cover heal'ing surchar·ge<l Rtamp ( 48) (B) Postcard bea1·1n~ four cent11 In o•·dlnar·y stamps (?) (Cl Cover benr·lng t!Cty cents In o•·dlnary stn.mps•
• Existence unreported
BUY WAR BONDS-- BUY WAR STAMPS
CANADIAN. BOOKLETS Scott # 107c - In E nglish
# 107c - In French
We have two pairs ot Comple te Booklet!!
Price $160.00 a pair Lees 10% U. S. A. Funds
Century Stamp Co. 1253 McGill College Ave., Montreal, Canada.
Established 1900.
CANADA NICE USED. IT,EMS
# .28 V. F. Str1p of Three, large R cancellation .......•....... ... .. , . . . . . $5.00
47 Fine strip or four, perfs clipped on one . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 75
122 26 lightly canceled $1's plus one #1177 & one #105 on piece . . . . . . . . 3.00
J3 V. F. Block or thirty on piece. lightly canceled, nice Item . . • . . . . . . . 1. 50
J3 Complete sheet phlll thirty odd blocks and strips, plus two J2's on very large envelope. Stamps cover reverse side, face has single #311 Total face val. of Post. Dues - $6.54 . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4. 76
Sent on approval If desired. Use your BNAPS number.
John B. Kilton 109 Empire St. Providence 3, R. 1.
BN APS #57 - ASDA
Chatter
Come on J.~ellae. help out your cha tterer. Send him your news, views, comments, opinions, cri ticisms or what have you.
A "pat on the back" to Da n Meyet·son for a ewell article about NFD book· lots.
Member C. C. Abbott received a n award !or b ls Canadian 11howlng at the Maino P hilatelic Society's exh ibition In conJunction wllh their l!emt-annual meeting.
Two more copies of the $10 and $20 first ls11ue, Sallk. Laws. That makes elx ot enrh so far.
1\lombet· Gem·ge Apking note11 that all hl11 copies of the $8 second printing 8a11k. Lnws are of the same brown lettering all the Firat Issue and not black Ul! del!crlbed In the n evenue catalo(:'R. My copies are the ume, eo I'll back him up.
I! the number of copies available were the determining !act or In clal!slfylng und prl rlng Rtnmt)S for rarity, eome Canndlan Revenues should be ctasl!ed with the t'A.t·est. The Inve rted $2 hill s tamp - tho Inverted "Coat of Arm11" on the 5c Sask. - the lmperf horizontally of the Alberta $1, the ll!t, 2nd, and 3rd Ma nitoba P covlslonals. The In verted bill stamp may be considered all t he ~:rel\tt>st rarity Qf Cnna.dlan Revenues, but perl!onally I think the lmper! horl-7.ontn.lly of the F'h·st Issue $1 Alherta. Is even scarcer . Only two sheets of 26 wet't> ru·lnte(l and the stamps of both sheet!! were regula rly used. Theile s tamp!! \\'c t·e tom apart a nd used as singles. Therefore, to 11how a. pair lmperf horlzon lftlly. ~·nu would lutve to try to get a. matched pair, lndentlfled by the similarity t•f the lear. or more accurately. by their positions on the sheet. What do you think?
CANADIAN NOTES by Twenty
Grimmer rer>orts that there are about fifteen serlou11 collections of the Hoynl Visit plate numbered blocks.
The lower righ t of plate number three of the current one cen t stamp 111 vet')' scar ce. After two printings the plates were destroyed.
Parks won t he SPA with hl l! Canadian collection and al11o the 11weepsta.kes. S hoemaker won the APS and Pnrk11 placed second. Both exhibits were mighty fine.
Slssons has been In the U. R. <'onventlonlng. buying and sellln8
Twenty posed the question as to the difference In size of the flat plate and1 the rotary or the one cent medallion. There Is a big difference 111nce Pollock In tot ms us that the flat plate does not exist.
Dr. Holme!< ta kes the stand that straight edged booklet pane 11ta.mps are just ne elgnlflcnnt as coils and Imperforate&, and eventually will be recognllled hy cataloguers. w.hy not?
VIctory will mean new stamps. Hope It won't be a.a long.
n oynlty was much In evidence at the convention. Once I had tlve queens. llut a laa, the other fe llow had five kings. You meet fine fellows there.
Twenty was again appointed chairman of the descriptive code committee of t he APS. Suggel!tlon~< are solicited.
Met phllntellc writer Well!s and he talk!! like he wrltee. The ttearest t hing to perpet ual motion I have ever seen and extremely Interesting. He just flows on and on whOe this column jUI!t peck11 and jabl!.
We could a ll take leeson11 from Max Johl In the way he metlculouely prevu.re~;~ his m atet·la l for exhibit purpoeee.
Canadian Precancels by J ack Levine
l've mentioned before that Canadian' pt·ecancels are surprlslnf>lY free of enors. Occasionally some overpt•lnts appear with one or two lettet·s missing, but seldom with the town name missing. The illustration show1:1 a strip of three, middle stamp not showing •·carleton Place". I do nut know how many of this variety are In existence, but from advlse•·s. have learned that possibly not more than thirty. Another example of a precuncel with a major omls~:~ion Is the Type 1 of Halifax, N. S.. whereon the two lines which normally separate the city name and the province do not appear.
Anothet· "New" Is the 2c Brown, 1937 Issue from London, Ont., with 3070 Instead of 3470. I might mention that I got my copy thru the medium or' "Corresponding and Exchanging." Now the question arises whether or not the lie value exists with the same error.
I recently provided a list of recently Issued precancels ft·om the varIous Post Offices. My Intentions and purposes were two-fold. l.''lrst, that the members might check with their 'catalogs and bring it up to date. Second, I wanted the members to undersumd that If they found they needed any I had listed. they could secure them from me at face. Here at·e more new Issues, all available from me while supply lasts, at face value. Calgary 1942 Issue lc and 3c London 1942 Issues- 2c and 3c Toronto 1942 issues 2c and Sc VIctoria 1942 Issues lc
ANNOUNCEMENT
The Equitable Stamp Company wishes to announce that Earl N. Levitt recently ·Joined the firm as a partner. Mr. Levitt Is the brother of Albert H Levitt. founder· of the company.
The new partner was honorably diRcharged from his commission as a First Lieutenant In the Army of the United States because of an injury sustained In line of duty at Camp Pickett. VIrginia. He was In a Tank Destroyer unit. In June, Earl was re-appointed to his commission and js ·now on Inactive status.
With the association of Mr. Levitt. the company entered the mall o1·det· field. a new one for this firm. To ~ccommodate the futut·e needs of this work, the offices . were re-decorated a nd •·e-organlzed. Extensive plans are being carried out for advertising and the servicing of collectors' wants.
BNAPS FOR BNA COLLECTORS
Report of the Secretary
NEW MEMBERS 120 Armstrong, Charles. 21 Hnmmer·smlth Avenue, T oronto, Ontario, Canada 121 Bamfor·th. William H .. 17 Alpine Ter·rnce, San Francisco 17, California 12~ B lleskl, K .. Station B. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 123 Miller, Michael, 26 s. Calvert Street, Baltimore, Maryland 1 24 Schum, Arthur B., GO!la Lee Ayenue, Borger, Texas 125 Solom on, Richard s., Ph. U., 305 Marathon Avenue, Dayton G. Ohio
APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP Allen. E . K .. 150 Routh St.. Halifax, N. s., Cnnnda (D ) by J . N. S lesons, No. 17. de Be lle. Rur~. Comm. J . K, 12 Rockll ffe ·wuy, Ottawa. Ontario. Canada (Coli)
Canada. NEWFOUNDLAND, by J . R. Barraclough, No. 33. <:oodchlld, Edward E .. 4260 Marcil Avenue. Montreal. P. Q .. Canada (Coli) B .
N.A. - Postage, Hevenues, Llteratur·e and History. by C hr·ls Goulden. No. 2G
Mackintosh. M .. v\'yomlng, Ontario. Canada (Coli) (CX) CAN, NFD, PRE -A • . CAN, NFD - Ao. AM. CAN - B. C. P, PL. AM of the world. by J . Levine. No. 1. ·
Roberts, Laurance c .. 80 Douglas Road. Olen Ridge, N. J., (Coil) Canada, N. B., N. S .. P. E . r. , by H . R. 1\leyers, .Xo. 9.
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AUCTION COMMENTARY A ND ftEPORT: J. L EVINE
On Tuesday, November 14, Hat·mer, Rooke & Co., sold the British North America section of stamps from the Col. E. H. Green collection, Part XVII. Our "Canadian Cousins," J. N. Slssons and Leslie Davenport were present and very much accounted for. Jim Slssons bought many lots and pat·ticularly one big one. Dan Meyerson bought himself the one Item he's been dreaming about. The NFW variety on the lmperf. between, 1c Guy.
Prices followed the present tt·end "nice material brought nice prices." 'l'he im{!.ertorate blocks of Canada showed up the best. A block of 12 of the 15c slate vlol~t. Imperforate and with Imprint sold for $200.00. An Imperforate block of 8 of the 3c Vermilion, No. 37b, wljh Inscription "Three Cent" sold for $102.00. Lots Nos. 325, 6. 7, sold for $16, 25, 65. Lots 329, 30, 31. 32, 33, 34 sold for $28. 13.50, 21, 20, 11. 16. Lots 83~340 sold at from 'h to % catalog. Lot 342, a horizontal pair of Sa sold for $150.00. I..ots 362, 363, 366, 367 sold for $130. 135, 180. 190. Imperforate blocks of the lc yellow, No. 33b sold for $37. A block of 6 of the 2c Green, No. 34a, sold for $62.50. A vet·y fine mint copy of the Carmine Red, No. 37a, sold for $41. Blocks of the Sc lmperfora te sold for $37. 50 to $40.00. No. 39a In a block of 4 & one of 8 realized $42 & $71. Imperf blocks of 4 and 6 of the tOe brownish red, No. 41c, sold for $26, 54. 53. blocks of No. 44a sold as follows: (4) $35 - (6) $47, 42 - (6, with Imprint) $71 - (10) $72.50. An lmpel'f block of 6 of the 50c "Widow" sold fot· $ll0. Blocks of ~· 48d sold as follows: (4) $45 - (6) .. $60. Copies of the dollar ubllees went at 'h or slightly better except the $3.00. whlc brought l41. The block o o e 20c numet·al. No. 84, 15rought the record price of $47.00 Lot 455. the 50c Edwar.d sold for $18, and the strip of 8 of the same stamp realized $62. The imperf blocks of the Quebecs went at the reasonable price of $230.00. An Imperforate block of 15 of the 5c Reglstt·ation with Inscription sold for $127.50. The large lots brought about 'h.
The Newfoundland sheets of 20 brought the following prices:. 4p Rose - $22. 6p Rose - $19. 6%P Rose - $117.i\O. The 8p Rose - $97.50 and the shilling, $33.50. A set of the Cabots. fine sold at $10.00. The reengraved Guys sold for $31 and $32.50. The · Coronations. Nos. 104-114, Including llOa, sold for $28.50 and $27. A set of the Caribous. blocks of four, sold at $34.
Any member wishing further particulars about any lot may write to me and I will send along such Information as I am a):>le.
THE MAP STAMP OF 1888
by F. W a lter Pollock
Those who await my every word with bated breath will have to Inure themselves to the unhappy fact that their favorite oracle, like so many of his ilk, sports pedal extremities compounded of aluminum and silica (clay).
Another of the Delphic tribe. one Steve Rich by name, has for some Ume tllsputed the popular understanding and belief that the Ma.p stamp of 1898 was produced by a process or method of lithography, and In these pages and elsewhere, and on the basis of oracular utterances of th e past, I have undertaken to tell Stevt· that he was s lightly more than merely damp.
And now It appears t hat the wetness was of my own personage; In brief, Steve Is right and I and Howes and Deavllle are wrong - the stamp was typographed and not lithographed; that Is, as to the colors thereon.
Howes had said that the color work was "doubtless printed on the sheets by llthog1·aphy" and those who followed this authoritative writer were pleased to 11ccept his statement without question. as he seems to have been In cloee touch with the authorities when he wrote his standard book. The facts, as revealed by a~ official exnmlnatlon of the original sources In Ottawa., are "that the colour printing was done by 'means of electrotype plates .... the plates woulc! consist ot a. zinc base with a copper surface. The first printing was the oceans; the second printing was the British Empire In red; a nd the third printing was the steel-engraved basic design In black." ·
Of what small matter prestige as compared with the revelation of trutb and the auppreaalon ot er ror!
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