s A p POSTAL STATIONERY NOTES S

Volume 6 , No. 2 June 1987

NEW STATIONERY RELEASED

On A p r i l 1 , 1 9 8 7 p o s t a l r a t e s i n Canada w e r e r a i s e d , t h e d o m e s t i c f i r s t c l a s s l e t t e r r a t e ( t o 3 0 g ) b e c o m i n g 3 6 ~ a n d t h e i n ' t e r n a t i o n a l r a t e ( t o 20g) becoming 7 2 ~ . On May 1 9 t h Canada P o s t r e l e a s e d a new 7 2 ~ aerogramme a n d new 3 6 ~ e n v e l o p e s i n t h e $18 a n d W10 s i z e s . U n l i k e t h e h a p h a z a r d p r o c e d u r e s g e n e r a l l y i n e f f e c t f o r t h e r e l e a s e o f new C a n a d i a n p o s t a l s t a t i o n e r y , p o s t o f f i c e s were s p e c i f i c a l l y o r d e r e d n o t t o s e l l any o f t h e new s t a t i o n e r y u n t i l t h e s p e c i f i c r e l e a s e d a t e . Canada P o s t d o e s n o t p l a n t o r e l e a s e a 3 6 ~ p o s t c a r d .

The 7 2 ~ a e r o g r a m m e ( p u r p l e , v i o l e t a n d r e d ) i s i d e n t i a l i n d e s i g n a n d k n i f e t o t h e 6 8 ~ aerogramme e x c e p t f o r t h e denominat ion. S i m i l a r l y t h e $18 3 6 ~ enve lope (da rk g r e e n - b l u e and g r a y , s e c u r i t y p r i n t i n g i n g r a y ) b e a r s t h e same d e s i g n a s t h e 3 4 ~ $18 e n v e l o p e . The new $110 e n v e l o p e ( g r e e n and g r a y - v i o l e t , g r e e n s e c u r i t y p r i n t i n g ) d i f f e r s s l i g h t l y i n d e s i g n from t h e cor respond ing 3 4 ~ $110 enve lope i n t h a t t h e s h i p s have been moved down and a b o u t 2cm t o t h e r i g h t w i t h r e s p e c t t o t h e w o r d s "Canada / POSTES / POSTAGE" and t h e denominat ion. T h i s a l l o w s t h e t a g g i n g b a r t o be a p p l i e d t o t h e enve lope w i t h o u t o v e r l a p p i n g any p o r t i o n of t h e p r i n t e d des ign .

Rober t Lemire

THE NEWFOUNDLAND REPLY LETTER CARD - HARDLY A NEW IDEA

I n P r a t t 9 s r e c e n t s e r i e s of a r t i c l e s on Newfoundland P o s t a l S t a t i o n e r y he d e s c r i b e d N e w f o u n d l a n d ' s 1 9 1 3 2 ~ + 2c r e p l y l e t t e r c a r d (Webb L1) a s a n I I ingenious a c a r d " ( w h i c h u n f o r t u n a t e l y ) " d i d n o t m e e t w i t h g r e a t e r

p o p u l a r i t y ' ' (BNA T o p i c s , Vol. 4 3 , No. 3 , pg. 21). I t w a s h a r d l y .a new i d e a a t t h e t i m e , h o w e v e r . A r g e n t i n a p i o n e e r e d r e p l y l e t t e r c a r d s w i t h i s s u e s i n 1888. (Argen t ina o f f e r e d a n economic i n c e n t i v e t o purchase t h e r e p l y l e t t e r c a r d s . The l o c a l - i.e., u f b a n - l e t t e r c a r d r a t e f o r a s i n g l e c a r d w a s 2 c e n t a v o s , b u t t h e r e p l y l e t t e r c a r d f o r t h i s r a t e was 1 1 1 2 ~ + 1 1 1 2 ~ ; t h e i n l a n d r a t e f o r a s i n g l e l e t t e r c a r d w a s 4 c e n t a v o s b u t t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n g r e p l y l e t t e r c a r d was 3 ~ + 3c.I

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A f t e r a f e w y e a r s o t h e r c o u n t r i e s t r i e d t h e s a m e e x p e r i m e n t . A p a r t i a l l i s t i n g i n c l u d e s E l S a l v a d o r i n 1 8 9 5 , Uruguay i n 1897 , M e x i c o i n 1 8 9 9 , Q u e e n s l a n d i n 1 9 1 1 and t h e Commonweal th o f A u s t r a l i a i n 1912. A l l o f t h e s e e x p e r i m e n t s w e r e f a i l u r e s , w i t h o n l y t h e f i r s t i n A r g e n t i n a r e a l i z i n g enough purchases and usage t o j u s t i f y a second order . (Salvador d i d t r y a g a i n i n 1911 , b u t a p p a r e n t l y w i t h ~ c o l l e c t o r s a s t h e p r i m a r y m a r k e t t a r g e t . ) Newfoundland was i n f a c t o n e o f t h e l a s t p o s t a l a d m i n i s t r a t i o n s t o a t t e m p t a r e p l y l e t t e r ca rd , a l though Turkey a t l e a s t fo l lowed i n 1914.

One unusual a s p e c t of Newfoundland's i s s u e was t h a t Newfoundland may have been t h e o n l y p o s t a l a d m i n i s t r a t i o n t o i s s u e a r e p l y l e t t e r c a r d w i t h o u t hav ing had any e x p e r i e n c e a t a l l i n i s s u i n g o r d i n a r y s i n g l e l e t t e r ca rds . The second unusua l a s p e c t o f t h e Newfoundland i s s u e i s t h a t i t was a l m o s t a n e x a c t c o p y - i n t e r m s o f g r a p h i c l a y o u t , a n d i n t e r m s of m e c h a n i c a l l a y o u t - of Queensland9s 1911 i s s u e , which was a p p a r e n t l y p r i n t e d by t h e Queensland Government P r i n t i n g Off ice . I n a f u t u r e i s s u e of PSN we i n t e n d t o i l l u s t r a t e t h e Q u e e n s l a n d a n d Newfoundland r e p l y l e t t e r c a r d s f o r purposes of comparison.

B i l l Walton

AN UNUSUAL ELIZABETHAN REPLY CARD

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However, r e p l y c a r d s f o r t h e f i r s t Karsh I s s u e were probably p r i n t e d and made a v a i l a b l e i n uncu t s h e e t s of f o u r o r more r e p l y c a r d s p e r s h e e t ( t h i s would correspond t o t h e a v a i l a b i l i t y o f P83 i n 8-on format) . I t would be i n t e r e s t i n g t o know how t h e r e p l y c a r d s w e r e a r r a n g e d on t h e s e u n c u t s h e e t s . An a r r r a n g e m e n t o f t h e p r i n t e d h e a d i n g s c a n be e n v i s i o n e d ( a s shown b e l o w ) t h a t w o u l d p e r m i t b o t h n o r m a l r e p l y c a r d s a n d c a r d s o f t h e I1 B o n a v e n t u r e " t y p e t o b e c u t f r o m t h e same s h e e t . Ye t a t f i r s t g l a n c e t h i s seems a n awkward and u n l i k e l y arrangement . Does anyone have a copy of m u l t i p l e s o f P84a ( o r P84) t h a t would h e l p s e t t l e t h i s q u e s t i o n ?

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P o s s i b l e Shee t Arrangement of Reply Cards 4-on. The c o r n e r s of t h e f r o n t and back o f t h e same s h e e t a r e l a b e l l e d A, B, C and D.

Rober t Lemire

DOES NO ONE ELSE HAVE A COPY OF WEBB P18b ? ? ?

No f u r t h e r r e p o r t s on P18b h a v e b e e n r e c e i v e d . Does t h a t mean n o o t h e r members of t h e s t u d y group have any c o p i e s ? I f s o t h i s c a r d must w e l l be among t h e s c a r c e s t of Canadian s t a t i o n e r y i t ems . Yet t h i s c a r d h a s been known f o r a l o n g t i m e . H o r a c e H a r r i s o n h a s s e n t a l o n g a n i t e m f r o m t h e J u l y 1900 i s s u e of "Pos ta l Cards & Covers" t h a t r eads :

" Two v a r i e t i e s o f t h e a d v e r t i s e m e n t c a r d may b e l o o k e d f o r , o n e w i t h t h e i n s c r i p t i o n 76 mm. and a n o t h e r 8 3 112 mm. How many q u a l i t i e s of c a r d t h e r e a r e we w i l l n o t v e n t u r e t o guess."

UPDATES TO THE ERP LIST

A n o t h e r s m a l l l i s t o f ERPs b a s e d o n r e p o r t s f r o m J o h n A i t k e n , ' P i e r r e G a u t h i e r , R o b e r t L e m i r e , A l l a n S t e i n h a r t and B i l l W a l t o n . Remember t o k e e p c h e c k i n g y o u r new s t a t i o n e r y a c q u i s i t i o n s . I f a n y h a s a p o s t m a r k t h a t i s e a r l i e r t h a n o u r ERP, p l e a s e s e n d p h o t o c o p i e s o f b o t h t h e f r o n t and back o f t h e i t e m t o B i l l Wal ton o r t o t h e e d i t o r o f P o s t a l S t a t i o n e r y Notes.

P1 June 7 , 1871 P34k Feb. 12 , 1929 P46 Oct . 29, 1930 P48c Dec. 6 , 1930 P49b Mar. 31, 1931 P49c Apr. 18, 1931 P69 Apr. 18, 1951 P91f S e p t . 18 , 1962 P94 i May 27, 1966 ( 1 ) EN3la Apr. 2 , 1925

( 1 ) C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s t o R o b e r t L e m i r e . T h i s i s n o t o n l y a n ERP f o r t h i s c a r d , b u t t h e e a r l i e s t d a t e on any o f t h e Cameo I s s u e c a r d s w i t h t h e t y p e 18 head ing .

GTR ERP UPDATE GTR-G55a Aug. 14, 1916

T h i s r e p o r t by J o h n A i t k e n i s t h e f i r s t r e p o r t o f t h i s c a r d , a n d r e p r e s e n t s a n i c e f i n d . I t . i s a l s o a n ERP f o r t h i s G r a n d T r u n k R a i l w a y s e t o f e i g h t .

Grand Trunk a p p e a r s t o have a l w a y s p r i n t e d i t s c a r d s 8-on w i t h e i g h t v i e w s a t a t i m e , a n d o u r l o n g - s t a n d i n g l i s t o f o n l y f o u r v i e w s i n t h e f i r s t -7

i s s u e on P33a - c o n t i n u i n g t h e same v i e w s f rom P33d - was a puzz le . The d i s c o v e r y by your ERP c o o r d i n a t o r o f GTR-G41 a c o u p l e o f y e a r s ago (PSN 4, 48, 491, however, made i t obv ious t h a t i n s t e a d o f f o u r s c a r c e v i e w s t h e r e were indeed e i g h t , w i t h o n l y f i v e y e t r e p o r t e d and t h r e e more s t i l l t o be f o u n d . J o h n h a s f o u n d G55a. Look f o r t w o m o r e - G2 a n d G17 - w h i c h r e p r e s e n t t h e o n l y t w o Grand T r u n k v i e w s l i k e l y t o e x i s t b u t n o t y e t i d e n t i f i e d . Note t h a t Webb's 4 t h e d i t i o n shows a GTR-J17, which i s a v e r y u n l i k e l y c a r d - whereas G17 w i l l i n e v i t a b l y be found; 517 i s p r o b a b l y a n e r r o r f o r G17, m i s t a k i n g r e d f o r g r e e n i n a b l a c k and w h i t e photocopy, b u t we no l o n g e r have t h e photocopy n o r t h e name o f whoever s u b m i t t e d i t .

B i l l Walton

MORE ON THE VIEWS USED FOR THE SEPIA OFFICIAL PICTORIAL CARDS

A few months ago Tom F lynn asked i f anyone knew t h e s o u r c e o f t h e p i c t u r e s used f o r t h e O f f i c i a l P i c t o r i a l c a r d s i s s u e d by t h e Canadian P o s t O f f i c e Depar tment i n t h e 1930's. Thanks t o E a r l e Cover t more i n f o r m a t i o n on t h i s t o p i c i s now a v a i l a b l e .

A n u m b e r o f y e a r s a g o a p i l e o f m o u n t e d p h o t o g r i p h s , many o f t h e m w a t e r d a m a g e d , w e r e f o u n d i n a n O t t a w a b a s e m e n t . T h e s e a p p e a r t o b e mounted c o p i e s o f t h e pho tographs used t o p r e p a r e t h e O f f i c i a l P i c t o r i a l c a r d s . Many o f t h e b l a c k and w h i t e pho tographs have been m o d i f i e d and t h e

7 O f f i c i a l c a r d s a p p e a r t o have been p r e p a r e d from t h e s e m o d i f i e d p i c t u r e s . F o r e x a m p l e , i n t h e v i e w s h o w n b e l o w , t h e w h i t e smoke c o m i n g f r o m t h e f u n n e l s o f t h e v e s s e l a t t h e c e n t r e - l e f t was added i n w h i t e on t h e mounted

f-. photograph. A s i s s u e d , c a r d 510, V i c t o r i a Harbour, B.C., a l s o shows t h i s "smoke". The p h o t o g r a p h s a r e m a r k e d ( i n i n k ) w i t h t h e P i c t o r i a l Card t i t l e s and numbers.

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p. THE TRANSPORTATION PICTORIAL POST CARDS - LESS-COMMON VIEWS AND VARIETIES

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