In the early 1970s, when I was a graduate student at Michigan State University, I visited an underwhelming little stamp shop in Lansing and purchased their entire stock of (two) Canadian covers. One was an illustrated brewery cover from Phoenix, BC. After retiring to Victoria, I finally got around to looking at that cover again […]
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Oxford Philatelic Society On March 16, 2024, the Oxford Philatelic Society (Woodstock, ON) will hold its 72nd annual exhibition and bourse. Exhibit entry forms and other information can be obtained at their website. Entries must be submitted by February 2, 2024. Edmonton Stamp Club On March 23 and 24 the Edmonton Stamp Club will hold
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On March 25, 1915, under the provisions of the Special War Revenue Act, Canada’s Post Office Department issued a notice to the public concerning the imposition of a War Tax on letters and postcards [see Fig. 1]. This was to be displayed in post offices and other prominent locations. It announces that the new tax
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Similar Covers – An Endorsement Can Be Crucial The similarities are that the covers are franked by a 6d violet, plate 1 cancelled by an OSWESTRY spoon and addressed to the same address in Goderich, Canada West (now Ontario). Located on the shores of Lake Huron, Goderich was first laid out in 1828 and is
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Publisher of the first philatelic magazines in Canada and the United States of America After reading an article about the first magazine devoted solely to philately, my thoughts turned to the Canadian scene. I wondered who had published our first philatelic magazine. My findings yielded a fascinating story about the individual involved! Samuel Allan Taylor
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In Biblical times, God wrote messages on stone to His people and laid down instructions and guides for those generations. In comparatively modern times, man was to write in steel on mountain passes, across chasms, in valley beds and through the wildest country in southern Canada, in winter and in summer. Twin bands of steel
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In an isolated area approximately sixty miles from Campbell River on the Eastern side of Vancouver Island, lies Sayward Valley. For years it was cut off with no road connection. In this area were three post offices: Port Kusam, Sayward and Kelsey Bay. Port Kusam was a small spot under snow-capped Mt. Kusam, snuggling in
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In the Victorian era, the time indicia in the hammer began a differential in time, with A.M. and P.M. Added to these was the NT symbol and about the meaning of this, very little is known. In 1901, Queen Victoria died and Edward VII ascended the throne, and a new issue of stamps appeared featuring
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The broken circle will now take its place as a classic postmark with the squared circle. The broken circle is a cancel that has tied the two centuries together. In 1984 a new type of cancellation was introduced into the post office that has threatened to delete the few broken circles still in use in
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This exhibit describes the evolution of postal services in Vancouver from the earliest pioneer days into the later 19th century. By Gray Scrimgeour
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