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By Jesse Robitaille

The Canpex organizing committee has issued a challenge to clubs across Canada for what will be the fourth gathering since the show was rein-vented in 2016.

Dubbed the “National Stamp Club Challenge,” the new nationwide initia-tive will be held in conjunction with Canpex 2019, which is slated for next Oct. 19-20.

“This fun event provides an oppor-tunity for club members to become more involved in our great hobby,” said Canpex co-chair John Sheffield. “I know there are a lot of club members who have never exhibited, and this is their opportunity to put their little toe in the water.”

The idea came to the organizing committee while they were exploring ways to promote Canpex, interest in

the hobby in general and interest in and among Canada’s local stamp clubs.

“One of the bright lights said, ‘Why not do a national stamp club challenge and challenge clubs to enter a one-frame exhibit – 16 pages – on a specific topic,” said Sheffield, who added next year’s topic will coincide with the 2019 show theme.

LONDON MILITARY HISTORYEach year, Canpex recognizes a sig-

nificant event or milestone in the his-tory of London and Southwestern On-tario.

Next year’s theme is the area’s “rich and proud” military history, beginning with the British regiments garrisoned at London in 1839 to guard against border raids following the Rebellions of 1837-38. The garrison “contributed

By Jesse Robitaille

Canada’s first Black letter carrier, Van-couver Asahi baseball team, domestic

desserts among first half of 2019 stamp program

With 2018 coming to a close, stamp col-lectors are shifting their focus to next year’s stamp program, which will have two fewer topics and seven fewer indi-vidual stamp designs than this year.

A total of 15 issues, some of which are new while others will continue as an on-going series, were recently announced by Canada Post; however, “one or two addi-tional stamps” are also slated for release next year but won’t be announced until closer to the issue date.

“You’re not seeing the whole program yet, but we’ve been talking to a lot of col-lectors this year at stamp clubs across the country, and I think they’re going to like it,” said Jim Phillips, director of stamp services for Canada Post.

Calling it a “modest program, even by this year’s standards,” Phillips said Can-ada Post is continuing the downward trend in issue numbers.

“This year, we were down quite a bit, and that’s a good thing for collectors.”

While 2017 – the 150th anniversary of Canadian Confederation – had 76 new is-sues, this year saw that number fall to 58 stamps. Next year, there will be only 51 new issues.

“Collectors are a big segment of our customers, but not the biggest – consum-ers are the vast majority – and we’ve lis-tened. Sometimes we issue stamps be-cause there’s a lot going on – like Canada 150 – so you need more. There aren’t a lot of huge anniversaries this year, and we aren’t artificially creating things,” said Phillips, who added it takes “a lot of re-sources and time and money” to produce stamps and make them readily available in 6,300 post offices across Canada.

The decrease in the number of stamp issues is also partly due to declining mail volumes.

“Everyone can see from our annual re-ports that mail volume – specifically stamp mail volume – is in a steep de-cline,” Phillips said, adding Canada Post’s mandate extends beyond provid-ing basic postal service to all Canadians.

“We also have a mandate to honour the country’s heroes and culture, and we’re still going to do that – but with fewer stamps.”

NEW DEFINITIVES… MAYBEThis June, Canada Post proposed post-

age rate increases effective Jan. 14, 2019.When purchased in a booklet, coil or

pane, domestic lettermail items weighing 30 grams or less would increase from 85 cents to 90 cents while the price of a sin-gle domestic stamp would increase from $1 to $1.05.

If the proposed rate changes are ap-proved by the government later this year, Canada Post will kick off 2019 with a new Queen Elizabeth II definitive as well as the second issue from the Far and Wide series, both slated for a Jan. 14 release.

“If it’s not approved, we will not issue new definitive stamps for the Queen or From Far and Wide,” said Phillips, who added a decision will be made “some time this fall.”

“We’re preparing for it.”

LUNAR NEW YEARThe latest issue in the ongoing Lunar

New Year series, this welcoming the Year of the Pig, is slated for release on Jan. 18. It will be the series’ 23rd issue and the 11th release in the second 12-year run.

“That’s a long time; 24 years – or even 12 years – is a long time to sustain interest in any series, so it has its ebbs and flows based on the design and strength of the

year,” said Phillips, who added the Dragon (2000 and 2012) and Horse (2002 and 2014) are some of the more popular years.

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Nothing irritates a collector more than waiting for an unnecessarily

long time for a reply to a routine inquiry. All too often some dealers will have a memory lapse as to who it is that en-ables one to stay in business.

In 40 plus years of stamp dealing, we have attempted to provide timely re-sponses to each inquiry. Sometimes we have to bite our tongue as our fingers move over the keyboard. Yes, we even answer those many letters that do not provide return postage. After all, it is a cost of doing business.

Today email has taken the place of the hand-written letter, much to our cha-grin. Granted, E-mail is much more ex-pedient but we prefer the old-fashioned letter.

We have always adhered to the basic tenet that when and in what manner the dealer answers his or her mail is no less important than the impression created by that first phone call or the initial face-to-face contact. The written word and its timeliness convey the same friendly voice or impression that the phone call or meeting provides.

For me, the mornings are eagerly an-ticipated. One never knows what the daily mail will bring. From this point we’ll refer to the mail as including both the written and electronic letters.

There was one from the earnest col-lege student who insisted, not requested, that we do his term paper on the start-up of the postal system. We were further told to connect it up by providing com-mentary and illustrations of our classic United States stamps. Apparently, junior was not able to find sufficient time in his own busy schedule to accomplish the task. A reply was sent, not necessarily the one the sender desired.

You’ve heard the expression, “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” Never was that as applicable as in the hobby of stamp collecting or, at least in the letters sent to dealers by some collectors.

There are some dealers we know who will pre-judge the sender by their statio-nery, handwriting or command of our language. Some of my better customers are those who, if I had prejudged, would have gone elsewhere.

One in particular, and we are not ex-aggerating, came printed on a small in-dex card in crayon. We did guess cor-rectly that it emanated from a youngster but the usual prompt and courteous re-ply was sent along with our price list.

It wasn’t too many days later when we received a call from junior’s father thanking us for treating his son with re-

spect and courtesy. Dad told us that ju-nior saw the pleasure that stamp collect-ing brought his dad and wanted to take up the hobby as well. You know the rest. Dad has become one of our better cus-tomers.

Some inquiries arrive with a barely legible scrawl on a sheet of loose-leaf pa-per. It makes no difference to us.

One in particular asked for a copy of our price list but went on to say that we probably would not want to answer his inquiry for the sender was serving a prison term. Of course we sent the list. Some of our steadiest customers are be-hind prison walls. Can one think of a bet-ter hobby with which to rehabilitate someone who made a mistake other than our wonderful stamp hobby?

From the “One never knows what to expect in the daily mail” department comes this classic. We still have no idea what it was that the sender requested.

“Gentlemen, It has come to my atten-tion that you are a reputable firm who can supply me with the stamps I need for my large collection.

Before I send you my long list of ex-actly what I need, I want to know if you have them in your stock. I want to know the condition too. When I say very fine, I mean very fine, not average or torn. I don’t collect torn stamps.

I’ll look forward to your reply”.Not knowing how to answer this mis-

sive, a price list was sent along with a polite thank you note that said that we hoped some of the needed stamps would be found in our list. We assumed, of course, that he collected U.S. stamps. Clear definitions of our grades were spelled out in a concise manner on the list. Two subsequent lists were mailed out with nary a whisper in reply until about a year later when we received the following; “Gentlemen, It has come to my attention that you are a reputable firm… ”This time we asked our friend to send us a want list. We are still waiting but are not holding our breath.

Then there was the chap who did send us a want list. It was comprised solely of early U.S. stamps that catalogued for $500 or more. The admonition was that he wanted only sound stamps with light cancels that graded fine or better. This was a reasonable enough request.

What followed was not so reasonable. He would not pay more than 20-per-

cent of the Scott Catalogue value for any stamp and he preferred to pay less than this amount.

Mr. Wishful Thinking also received our usual prompt and courteous reply.

We told him that we could not possibly supply his request at the stated price. We closed our note by wishing him the best of luck in his endeavors and that we would be very willing to pay him a nice profit if he ever acquired duplicates in his search.

We haven’t heard from our friend in quite some time. Perhaps he is still searching.

The unusual is not limited to regular letter mail. About a year ago we received an email from one of our friends on our mailing list. The question seemed logical, at least to him. “Why is your price on a set of F-VF, NH Zepps (Scott C13-5) $200 higher than dealer so-and-so’s offering in a recent ad”?

We located the ad in question and made an enlarged colour photocopy of the set in question. We also pulled out our two sets and scanned each one. We emailed the collector and attached all three copies along with our reply advis-ing him that, in our opinion, dealer so-and-so’s set graded fine at best.

We invited a comparison and asked him to select from either of our sets, all with four nice margins, at our advertised price. The reply was not what we envi-sioned.

“I don’t see what one thing has to do with another. If he says they are fine to very fine then they must be so I’m going to save $200 by sending for his set.”

Sometimes you just can’t please a stamp collector.

We once had a request from someone we’ll call Mr. On A. Budget. He listed some lower priced singles and year sets as those he would like to buy. As we re-call, they added up to eight or nine dol-lars. So far, so good, until we read the next sentence.

“If you’ll send them out to me at $45 postpaid, you’ll have my immediate check.” We declined with thanks.

There was another reasonable request a few days later. “The next time you are in Sioux City, stop by and I’ll show you my collection of Mr. Zip and Mail Early singles. It is quite a sight to see.” There’s nothing much better than a proud collec-tor showing off his collection to another stamp enthusiast.

We are still waiting to get to Sioux Falls.

Then there are the sad letters. We are always grief-stricken when we learn of the passing of a friend. Sometimes we were told of an only son’s death in com-bat. Other times it might be the loss of a non-collecting spouse.

There are happy letters as well. Often we are called upon to share the good news in a new baby or grandchild. Maybe it’s a proud parent informing us of an upcoming wedding for his son or daughter. We do like the happy ones quite a bit better.

Yes, one never knows what to expect in the daily mail but it is always interest-ing.

Keep them cards and letters coming.Until next time, stay well and enjoy your hobby. W

The daily mail surprisesBy Peter Mosiondz, Jr.

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WHAT’S INSIDE

Volume 43 • Number 17

December 11 to December 24, 2018

RPSC CELEBRATES 50-YEAR MEMBER

John Jamieson, long-time philatelist and owner of Saskatoon Stamp Centre, was presented with an honorary life membership certificate and medal this October after 50 consecutive years as a member of The Royal Philatelic Society of Canada (RPSC). “You know what’s nice about 50 years of membership? I’ve been breathing for 50 years,” he said, with a laugh. “It’s nice, but I’m a Fellow of The Royal as well, and that’s far more important. I had to do something im-portant to get that honour; I didn’t just have to pay my dues for 50 years.” Jamieson, who established Saskatoon Stamp Centre in 1965, said he has seen many changes in the hobby throughout the past half-century. Among the most significant differences is the Internet, which “provides a lot of other distrac-tions for collectors of all ages, and its changed marketing with things like eBay. A lot of the relatively cheap stuff – basically what I call bottom feeders – is selling for cheap because it’s online. The person on one end can bid what they like, and the person on the other end – often a collector – can sell it for what they want.” He also noted the hobby’s changing demographics: “The serious collectors are getting older, but there were never really any serious kid collectors,” he said, adding most of the respondents to one of his customer sur-veys said they were exposed to philat-ely in childhood by a family member who was a collector. “They might have collected for a little while – a few years at best – but boys turn 16 and need cars, and girls come into the picture; life moves on. Most people set it aside com-pletely, or at least a fair bit, until they’re in their 40s or 50s. They don’t have the discretionary income or time. It isn’t money that keeps you from stamps; it’s time.” For more information about The RPSC, visit rpsc.org.

NEXT RPSC AGM IN JUNE 2019The next annual general meeting

(AGM) of The Royal Philatelic Society of Canada (RPSC) will be held on the

morning of June 22 during the society’s 91st convention in Mississauga, Ont. The aim of the AGM, which will be held at the Hilton Mississauga/Meadowvale, is for members to receive and con-sider reports from executive members, directors and duty officers as well as the society’s financial statements as of Dec. 31. Members will also consider – and if approved, ratify, sanction and confirm – all by-laws, contracts, acts and pro-ceedings of The RPSC’s board of direc-tors enacted since the last AGM. There will also be an election of seven direc-tors. The 2019 election of director posi-tions will be decided by secret ballots submitted by members of the society. Details of this process will be provided in a forthcoming issue of The Cana-dian Philatelist, the official bi-monthly journal of The RPSC. The RPSC invites nominations for director positions be-ginning in June 2019. The nominations must be in writing; made and seconded by members in good standing; and re-ceived by the National Office by Dec. 12 of this year. Nomination forms are available from the National Office or rpsc.org. Nominees must consent in writing to their nomination and must also include with their nomination form a short biography (about 200 words) and a colour photograph suitable for publishing in a later issue of The Cana-dian Philatelist.

OFDCS CANCELLED AT PRINTER WAREHOUSE

After receiving a reader’s question about how official first-day covers (OFDCs) are postmarked, CSN inquired with Canada Post to find out how the Crown corporation handles the post-marking process. For example, the five-stamp Emergency Responders set is-sued this September includes five OFDCs with cancellation sites of Banff, Alta.; Courcelette, Que.; Halifax, N.S.; Fredericton, N.B.; and Ottawa. “Are these actually cancelled in the places represented by the postmark (e.g., Fred-ericton, Courcelette),” asked the reader, “or are the postmarks all applied in some central location for processing first-day cov-ers?” Jim Phillips, Canada Post’s director of stamp ser-vices, said whichever printing company wins the print tender is responsible for printing the stamps as well as the OFDCs – and that includes their post-marks. “That’s part of the print-

er’s job, and it’s been that way for 30 or 40 years. They’ve never been cancelled in the post office. Some of these offices are really small; some are seasonal. We’re making 10, 11, 12, 15 OFDCs col-lated into packages – it would be a lo-gistical nightmare if you had to send them out months ahead of time to get them back for the issue date.” This is how it’s done in the U.S., Australia and New Zealand, Phillips noted. “I don’t know anywhere where they’re can-celled in the post office.”

VATICAN CHRISTMAS STAMPS DESIGNED BY LIFE PRISONER

A set of two Christmas stamps featur-ing artwork by an inmate at Milan’s Op-era prison was issued by the Vatican Philatelic and Numismatic Office this November. The stamps feature images of the Annunciation as well as Mary holding baby Jesus, both of which were painted by inmate Marcello D’Agata, who’s serving a life sentence for mafia-related crimes. D’Agata’s Annunciation painting depicts Mary looking up at the Archangel Gabriel, who’s holding a small bouquet of white lilies while look-ing back at her. Above Mary is a white dove – a symbol of the Holy Spirit – with light beams emanating from its wings. The other stamp depicts Mary after the Nativity with her hands hold-ing baby Jesus. A red candle is lit while

the star of Bethlehem radiates light from above. “Those who are in prison are often abandoned and given less consideration, but they have always been close to the heart of Pope Francis, who has spo-ken numerous times about their situation,” reads a state-ment issued by the postal ser-vice late last month. In recent

years, the Vatican’s postal service has participated in philatelic initiatives tak-ing place at the Opera prison, where a 12-person group of inmates gathers each week to sketch and paint in an art studio in the facility’s maximum-secu-rity wing. Allowing a prisoner serving a life sentence to design the new stamps is “a sign of hope, trust and faith in one’s neighbour and in his ability to un-derstand the evil that was committed and to rehabilitate,” Mauro Olivieri, head of the Vatican Philatelic and Nu-mismatic Office, told the Italian daily Corriere della Sera this November.

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Politics and stamp subjects have sometimes caused po-

litical sword-rattling between nations.

The most recent example, 20 commemoratives Pakistan is-sued in July, prompted officials in India to cancel a rare meeting between senior officials from the two countries.

Scheduled in September on the sidelines of the United Na-tions General Assembly in New York, the get-together would have been the first between se-nior officials from the two nu-clear-armed foes since 2014, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported.

Pakistan’s “evil agenda” was exposed and “the true face” of new Prime Minister Imran Khan “revealed to the world,” BBC News reporter M. Ilyas Khan quoted a spokesman from India as saying.

“The stamps were released on the so-called ‘Kashmir Martyrs Day’ in Pakistan to draw inter-national attention to Kashmir,”

The Statesman newspaper in In-dia reported.

The commemoratives feature different images labelled “Atroc-ities in Indian-occupied Kash-mir.”

“The latest brutal killings of our security personnel by Paki-stan-based entities and the re-cent release of a series of 20 post-age stamps by Pakistan glorify-ing a terrorist and terrorism con-firm that Pakistan will not mend its ways,” reads a statement is-sued by a spokesman for India’s ministry of external affairs.

Responding immediately, Pakistan’s Foreign Office stated: “By falsely raising the canard of terrorism, India can neither hide its unspeakable crimes against the Kashmiri people nor can it delegitimize their indigenous struggle for their inalienable right to self-determination.”

The Times of India on Oct. 1 re-ported one stamp depicted a protest from an entirely different incident than its caption indi-cated.

On the left side of each stamp, an Urdu caption translates as: “Kashmir will become Paki-stan.”

Varying text includes: “Over 100,000 Kashmiris Martyred,” “Braid Chopping,” “Fake Police Encounters,” “Children Abuse,” “Freedom Prayer,” “Homeless Children,” “Freedom Struggle,” “Fake Encounters,” “Women

Harassment,” “Missing Per-sons,” “Bleeding Kashmir,” “Use of Chemical Weapons” and “Protest Against Killers.”

Two stamps depict “Half Wid-ows,” with one showing a pho-tograph of an apparent Catholic nun.

One controversial stamp de-picts Burhan Wani (1994-2016), a popular Kashmiri militant leader described as a “freedom icon.”

About 50,000 people report-edly attended his funeral after he was killed in a gun battle with Indian forces two years ago. His death sparked widespread pro-tests, which continue in Kashmir, the most northern region of In-dia’s subcontinent.

KASHMIR VALLEYIndia, Pakistan and China ad-

minister parts of the Kashmir Valley between the Great Hima-layas, a 2,300-kilometre moun-tain range whose peaks have an average elevation of more than 6,100 metres, and the Pir Panjal Range, a group of mountains with elevations ranging from 1,400-4,100 metres.

No stranger to political-, roy-alty- and religion-based wars over the past centuries, territo-rial disputes have continued in the heavily-militarized zone since the end of British rule in In-dia in 1947.

This was followed by the cre-ation of Pakistan as a separate nation, Peter Coleman wrote in his 2011 book, The Five Percent:

Finding Solutions to Seemingly Im-possible Conflicts.

Three major wars have been staged in the region between In-dia and Pakistan, with forces from India and China also clash-ing in a limited war plus numer-ous skirmishes. Continuing con-frontations have resulted in an exodus of Hindu residents.

Another highly-criticized commemorative in the set shows Kashmiri protester Farooq Ahmed Dar tied to the front bumper of a military vehicle.

The caption claim he was used as a “Human Shield” to thwart stone-throwing and gun-armed protesters.

“The hostile, 70-year history of Indian-Pakistani relations is littered with hopeful gestures – invitations, meetings, border cer-emonies and proposals for confi-dence-building measures – that have been doomed by mistrust, insults, violence, conspiracy the-ories, charges of warmongering and deliberate sabotage by hawks in both camps,” Pamela Constable reported in The Wash-ington Post on Sept. 26.

According to recent news re-ports, India has accused Pakistan of harbouring and backing cross-border militants – something of-ficials there deny.

Pakistan Post officials were re-ported admitting the idea of the Kashmiri-theme stamps was ap-proved by the country’s pre-elec-tion caretaker government, which took over affairs of the

Fury over Pakistan commemoratives leads to new rift with India

By Ian Robertson

StampingGROUNDS

First Day Cover of Pakistan Kashmir Martyr’s Day stamps, in which India took offence over and cancelled first top diplomatic meeting in four years.


state before Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi’s “PTI” party was voted into power in mid-August.

Critics suggest the country’s military wanted the stamps re-leased.

Previous governments have been seeking better ties with In-dia for the past decade, but pres-sure from the military or politi-cal opponents suspected of ties to military intelligence networks has continued, according to re-cent reports.

On Sept. 24, media outlets quoted Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pakistan’s foreign minister, tell-ing reporters at the country’s Washington embassy his govern-ment will continue to seek peace with India.

He also reportedly said: “Hundreds of thousands of peo-ple are fighting in Kashmir, not all of them are terrorists.”

On Oct. 3, the Kashmir Vision website reported United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was asked by a Kash-miri Pandits group to safeguard their existence and was re-quested to pressure Pakistan into withdrawing the stamps, alleg-ing they depict human rights vi-olations.

The request may have come too late.

Only 20,000 panes of the 20 commemoratives were reported to have been issued, totalling 400,000 stamps. Most are already reported sold out due in part to popularity since the controversy received widespread media cov-erage, particularly in Asia.

The official price for a pane, according to an official in Islam-abad, was equal to about $1.50. Prices I saw recently on eBay ranged from $1.50-to-$7 USD plus worldwide shipping from Pakistan.

STAMPS & POLITICSThe best-known dispute re-

flected in stamps involves about 12,000 square kilometres of is-land territory 483 kilometres east of South America’s southeastern-most coast.

Claims for the Falkland Is-lands have been made on several stamps issued by Argentina.

In 1933, postal officials there refused to accept mail from the Falklands if they bore any of its 12 centenary stamps, which cel-ebrated 100 years of the islands being claimed by Great Britain.

After having French, British, Spanish and Argentine settle-ments, Britain reasserted its rule in 1833. Crown colony status was declared in 1841.

Covers bearing any of the 12 stamps were charged postage due in Argentina as if they were unfranked, and some were de-liberately obliterated. The hori-zontal three-pence shows both of the main islands and some of i t s hundreds of smal ler, neighbouring islands in the south Atlantic Ocean.

Such “postal war” covers are much sought-after by collectors of Falkland stamps, according to an online article by MercoPress, the South Atlantic News Agency website.

The map stamp likely gave Argentina officials the idea of producing one of their own as perhaps a protest for the British claiming ownership of what of-ficials in Buenos Aires called the Islas Malvinas.

Their first controversial issue, released on Jan. 1, 1936, was a vertical one-peso stamp show-ing the Falkland Islands within its boundaries.

In the following month, fu-ture U.K. Prime Minister An-thony Eden, then the foreign secretary, stated in the House of Commons in London, England: “The British Ambassador at Buenos Aires had been in-structed to protest against the inclusion of the Falkland Islands in this map stamp of Argentine Territory, and to inform the Ar-gentine Government that HM Government cannot admit the claim that the Islands are Argen-tine property.”

In 1964, Argentina released an 18-peso stamp showing the islands in a design somewhat similar to the 1933 Falkland’s three-pence with the inscription “Islas Malvinas.”

A 74-day series of ground and sea battles after Argentina forces l a n d e d o n t h e i s l a n d s neighbouring South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands in 1982 ended with the invaders surrendering. The U.K. declared continuing sovereignty rights.

“In total, 649 Argentine mili-tary personnel, 255 British mili-tary personnel, and three Falk-land Islanders died during the hostilities,” Wikipedia notes.

Argentina’s military govern-ment soon lost power and the two countries restored diplo-matic relations in 1989.

But neither nation has yielded its claim to the small, windswept archipelago, which has about 3,400 residents. Their economy is based on fishing, tourism and sheep farming.

CANADIAN STAMP SET THE PACE?

The MercoPress article also referenced Canada’s 1898 two-cent Imperial Postage com-memorative, which similarly raised political eyebrows by highlighting several non-British enclaves in red, along with – you guessed it – the Falklands.

The motto below the world map borrows a line from Song of Empire, an 1887 poem written by Sir Lewis Morris (1833-1907), an academic, lawyer and suc-cessful poet in Wales, to cele-brate the silver jubilee of Queen Victoria’s reign: “WE HOLD A VASTER EMPIRE THAN HAS BEEN.”

The article also suggests a close look at the red highlights discloses “parts of German South West Africa, German East Africa, the Republics of Trans-vaal and the Orange Free State, Portuguese East Africa and the island of Borneo plus some more countries (or at least parts of them) were also by accident included in the British Empire with the result that the empire became a bit VASTER than in reality.”

It was the world’s first post-age stamp to claim the Falkland Islands for the British Empire.

CANAL ROUTE QUASHED BY VOLCANO STAMP?

Before the Panama Canal was opened on Aug. 15, 1914, Nica-ragua was lobbying to have a canal between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean built through that country.

A man-made waterway be-tween the oceans was long con-sidered sensible, given the fre-quency of fierce storms around Cape Horn and the Strait of Magellan, at the southern tip of South America.

But when a lobbyist promot-ing a canal across the Isthmus of Panama sent warning notes to members of the U.S. Con-gress and House of Representa-

tives – accompanied by Nicara-gua stamps showing smoking Mount Momotombo, a volcano in Nicaragua – they bailed out of plans to begin digging there.

Printed in 1900 by the Ameri-can Bank Note Co. (ABNC) in New York City, with the firm’s name at the bottom, the eight engraved stamps delivered to the politicians in Washington, D.C. were accompanied by notes describing “volcanic ac-tivity in Nicaragua.”

They also referred to a steam locomotive and accompanying train in the foreground as hav-ing been swept into the adja-cent lake in 1902. Printed in dif-ferent colours, the stamps have the same design.

All that may have shaken ini-tial U.S. support for a Nicara-gua canal so much that plans for the Panama Canal were ap-proved.

French engineers who worked on the Suez Canal in

Egypt in 1869 started a com-pany to build the Panama Ca-nal in 1869, after obtaining a concession from Columbia, which had jurisdiction over Panama at the time.

But as disease killed hundreds of imported labourers, their firm went bankrupt 20 years later.

The U.S. House of Representa-tives in 1900 approved a bill au-thorizing a route through Nica-ragua, but final approval was stalled in the Senate. Two years later, that option was opposed during a reopened debate, dur-ing which maps of Central America with sites of extinct and active volcanoes clearly marked were displayed.

While the debate continued, Mount Pelee on the Caribbean island of Martinique erupted, killing an estimated 30,000 peo-ple. The tragedy made the front pages of newspapers every-where.

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Argentina officials were particularly miffed when Falkland Islands included a stamp in the 1933 Centenary set featuring the south Atlantic Ocean islands – which they called Islas Malvinas

These 13 stamps Nicaragua issued in 1900 that depict smoking Mount Momotombo were sent to U.S. diplomats with warnings of volcanic activity, prompting them to approve plans for the Panama Canal instead of one in Nicaragua.


Two recent British North America Philatelic Society

(BNAPS) books, both on first-day covers (FDCs) from differ-ent cachet makers, introduce us to the complexities of collecting modern Canadian FDCs issued during the highpoint of FDC collecting.

Robert Vogel’s The Caneco Connection: A Study of the First Day Covers of the Canadian Enve-lope Company, and Gary Dickin-son’s First Day Covers of the H&E Stamp Company, explore the popularity of FDCs in this pe-riod from 1950-70.

The first company – the Cana-dian Envelope Company (Caneco) – was a family-owned general printing company origi-nally out of Montreal but with several branch offices across the country. It printed its own cacheted FDCs for each Post Of-fice Department stamp issue from 1954-73.

Distributed as a courtesy to its business contacts (and probably to interested philatelists), each FDC included an insert describ-ing the issued stamp in detail.

Its FDCs can most readily be identified by the company name and Montreal address on the back flap of each enve-lope, though the style of each cachet identifies Caneco FDCs as well.

Vogel, who has researched these issues extensively, also discovered a few local Mon-treal businesses – all regular clients of Caneco – also used Caneco-cacheted FDCs for limited periods of time. They were also distributed to their own business customers as complimentary FDCs.

Such covers are identical to the Caneco FDCs except for the different company names on the envelope backflap and perhaps a different insert used to advertise the company’s services.

When Caneco stopped man-ufacturing and designing its own FDCs in early 1973, it then – for about a year after – distributed Rosecraft FDCs but with the addition of the Caneco address printed on the backflap and their own infor-

mation inserts. It seems the distribution of complimentary FDCs was so good for busi-ness they even resorted to dis-tributing their Montreal rival’s cacheted covers.

Rosecraft soon went out of business, however, so Caneco began to distribute FDCs pro-duced by Norman Rosen-bloom, also of Montreal. They mailed these FDCs under am-bulance cover and with their own Caneco inserts, either in English or now in French, for each stamp issue. This contin-ued through to 1976, by which time privately produced FDCs were superseded by the “offi-cial” FDCs issued by the Post Office Department (known as Canada Post since 1981).

This move caused the cot-tage industry for FDC cachet-making to soon disappear.

One of Caneco’s branch of-fices in Rexdale, however, be-gan distributing these “offi-cial” FDC’s in Caneco-in-scribed ambulance covers – of-ten with Caneco inserts – until about 1984. These are all re-ported as extremely rare as only one collector seems to have amassed a representative holding with which to record their existence.

H&E FCD COVERSDickinson’s book highlights

cachets produced by Earl Gra-ziadei and Harold Crick in Ot-tawa from 1955-72.

Graziadei was a clerk at the Ottawa Post Office and was assigned to regular work in the area cancelling FDCs. He also ran a sideline business for his own FDCs, which were printed by himself in the base-ment of his house. His price lists indicated single un-franked covers were 12 cents each and could be mailed back to him for first-day servicing for an additional 20 cents (in-cluding the normal five-cent stamp).

Although this was very much a cottage industry, H&E was nevertheless one of the top five FDC producers of the pe-riod.

Dickenson identifies about 300 different cachets dated 1955-72 found on most all new issues of the period, including some printed in different colours and others used as ge-neric cachets for a limited num-ber of issues. Most of his covers can be identified by the charac-teristic H&E logo in a lower corner of the cachet design as well as their thermographic one- or two-colour printed ca-chet, which slightly raises the text and printed design, giving a textured appearance.

It was 1971 when the Post Office Department began issu-ing its own FDCs, and as men-tioned, many cachet makers, including H&E, soon went out of business. This ended an in-teresting era for Canadian FDCs.

Neither book attempts to price their respective FDCs. While many of us may assume

most privately produced FDCs of the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s are common and demand little value, this is somewhat erro-neous as there are some very scarce FDCs available – some perhaps yet unrecorded.

It is through the work of collectors like Vogel and Dick-inson, who are willing to doc-ument what exists, that we will in time come to appreciate this area is one in which we can specialize, make new dis-coveries and form highly en-tertaining and interesting col-lections.

BNAPS books are distrib-uted through Sparks Auctions, 1550 Carling Ave., Suite 202, Ottawa, ON K1Z 8S8. They may be ordered online at sparks-auctions.com/bnaps-books. Vogel’s The Caneco Con-nection sells for $112 (plus $10 shipping and handling) and Dickinson’s FDCs of the H&E Stamp Company sells for $32 (plus $10 shipping and han-dling). BNAPS members re-ceive a 40 per cent discount off the list price. W

Two new books explore Canadian cachet makers

By David Piercey

PhilatelicBOOKSHELF

Robert Vogel’s The Caneco Connection: A Study of the First Day Covers of the Canadian Envelope Company was published by the British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS) this year and explores the popularity of first-day covers (FDCs) in their ‘golden age’ of 1950-70.

Gary Dickinson’s First Day Covers of the H&E Stamp Company was also published by BNAPS and highlights another company’s cachets before the Post Office Department began issuing its own ‘official’ FDCs in 1971.


significantly to the economic growth of London,” accord-ing to a historical plaque erected in London’s Victoria Park.

“Although its troops were withdrawn in 1853 to serve in the Crimean War, and mili-tary duties were assumed by pensioners, it was re-occu-pied by British regulars in 1862 when the American Civil War posed a threat to the

province,” reads the plaque. “To help repulse an expected invasion of Fenians, militant Irish sympathizers, the garri-son remained active until 1868. Six years later, this part of the old military reserve was set aside as Victoria Park.”

In later years, London was the home of various battal-ions of the Royal Canadian Regiment, which operates a regimental museum near Vic-toria Park.

Today, the 1st Hussars and 31 Canadian Brigade Group call London home.

“London has a big military presence,” added Sheffield.

CLUB CHALLENGE RULESThe National Stamp Club

Challenge is open to all stamp clubs in Canada, and the rules are “simple,” Sheffield said.

Clubs should inform the Canpex organizing committee of their commitment to par-ticipate by completing and mailing – or emailing – the entry form no later than March 31.

Exhibits should be received by the organizing committee no later than Sept. 15.

Exhibition pages should be numbered on the reverse – one through 16 – so they can be mounted in the appropriate or-der.

Lastly, a minimum of two club members must supply ma-terial for the exhibit, and no club member should create more than two pages in the ex-hibit.

The exhibit will be displayed at Canpex and judged by at-tendees as “the people’s choice.”

In addition to year-long “bragging rights,” Sheffield said the winning club’s exhibit will

also be displayed on the Canpex website “for all to see what a winning entry looks like.”

“Exhibiting keeps the hobby going, and it exposes people to it,” said Sheffield, who added one club has already accepted the challenge as of the middle of November.

Other clubs are planning to discuss the idea at their next club meeting, Sheffield added.

“It’s a great opportunity for clubs to engage their members.”

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This year’s issue will feature Zhu Bajie, one of the three help-ers of Tang Sanzang in the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West.

The 24-year Lunar New Year series will be completed in 2020 with the Year of the Rat.

BLACK HISTORY MONTHIn February, Canada’s first

Black postal worker Albert Jackson will be commemorated on a stamp coinciding with Black History Month, which was first de-clared in this c o u n t r y o n Feb. 1, 1996.

Born into s l a v e r y i n D e l a w a r e around 1856, Jackson fled the U.S. via the Underg round Railroad to Can-ada, where he be-came a postman – a gov-ernment-appointed job – on May 12, 1882.

After widespread contro-versy and objections from exist-ing postal staff, Jackson was re-assigned to hall porter.

Amid a re-election campaign, pr ime min is te r John A. Macdonald stepped in to reap-point Jackson, who eventually began his training on June 2, 1882.

Jackson held his position for nearly 40 years until his death in 1918.

“It’s quite a good story and just the kind of thing we like to tell through our stamps,” said

Phillips. “In this case, it’s our story as well, and we’re quite excited about that.”

GARDENIASNext year ’s flower stamps

will feature a classic wedding flower, the gardenia.

“This issue is a harbinger of spring and a very, very strong seller for consumer mail and weddings,” said Phillips, who added this stamp has “a very big print run that’s always among t h e b i g g e s t n e x t t o o u r definitives and Christmas stamps.”

Typically issued in March, the flower stamps are slated to bloom early – Feb. 14 – next year.

“It’s one of the top 10 flowers for couples planning weddings, and we want to hit wedding sea-son. It’s popular with love, too, so we thought Valentine’s Day would be an interesting time to issue it.”

VANCOUVER ASAHIThe Vancouver Asahi baseball

team will also be featured in a springtime issue.

“The Asahi was an amateur Canadian-Japanese baseball team in Vancouver. They re-mained very, very competitive in

a league of white players who were much bigger and much stronger,” said Phillips, who added the team used a style of play known as “brainball” to win the Pacific Northwest Championship five years in a row.

The team disbanded in 1942 after the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor and Hong Kong.

Soon after, the Canadian gov-ernment ordered the removal of all Japanese Canadians residing within 160 kilometres of the Pa-cific Coast and eventually in-terned more than 20,000 Japa-nese Canadians.

“It’s a story of determination as they continued to play ball in the internment camps with the R C M P ( R o y a l C a n a d i a n Mounted Police) and the guards. It’s a story that goes beyond baseball.”

SWEET CANADAFive iconic Canadian desserts

will whet collectors’ appetites on a new series dubbed “Sweet Canada,” which is slated for re-lease next spring.

“This will be a fun, cross-Can-ada journey of Canadian des-serts,” said Phillips.

This issue will showcase:• sugar pie from Quebec;• butter tarts from Ontario, where they first appeared in a cookbook produced by the Royal Victoria Hospital’s Woman’s Auxiliary in Barrie in 1900;• Saskatoon berry pie;• the Nanaimo bar, which owes its name to the city of Nanaimo, B.C.; and• the lesser-known blueberry grunt from Canada’s east coast.

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Albert Jackson became Canada’s first Black postal worker in 1882, when his government-appointment position sparked controversy before prime minister John A. Macdonald intervened amid

a re-election campaign. Photo by

Toronto Public Library.

Since President Theodore Roosevelt was elected in 1900, he made known his preference for a U.S.-controlled canal across Cen-tral America.

“The Panama Canal wouldn’t have been started if I hadn’t taken hold of it,” he said 11 years later. “I took the Isthmus, started the canal, and then left Congress not to debate the canal, but to debate me.”

Whether the Momotombo stamp campaign was the decid-ing factor – or whether the final vote was influenced by pressure brought by the White House and other top officials – remains open to debate.

The fact the volcano had nu-merous eruptions since 1514 was, however, a matter of re-cord.

The stamps were reportedly bought from dealers in the U.S.

On June 29, 1902, Roosevelt signed an authorizing bill to buy the French syndicate’s assets for $40 million, a far cry from the $110 million asking price.

The U.S. also paid Panama $10 million, plus $250,000 annu-ally, starting in 1904. Columbia received $25 million in 1921, plus $20 million over the next four years, and received special canal privileges, in return for recognizing Panama’s indepen-dence.

The 82-kilometre canal, inter-connecting locks and a large, ar-tificial lake, which have allowed vessels as large as battleships to cross the Isthmus of Panama, took 10 years to complete. Pan-

ama took control of the canal on Dec. 31, 1999.

With annual traffic reaching almost 15,000 ships by 2008 – a huge increase from 1,000 in 1914 – an expansion that began in 2007 was completed in 2016. Panama’s celebrations included a set of stamps.

As for Nicaragua’s volcano stamps, its post office liked them so much, offset lithographed re-prints were produced. Those versions, however, do not in-clude the ABNC name.

That country approved a 280-kilometre canal in 2014. Construction was slated to be completed in 2019, but environ-mental impact assessments have continued with little ground-breaking work achieved.

Mount Momotombo has let off steam occasionally over the past century, and there have been numerous associated earth-quakes.

Its last eruption, however, in 2015, was the first in 90 years.

Elsewhere in Nicaragua, Tel-ica, another stratovolcano, blew its top in June. It spewed smoke, rocks and gasses 500 metres into the air above the nearby western city of Leon, but there were no reported injuries.

Its biggest eruption was in 1529 with volcanic activity oc-curring again in 1999.

Though sometimes wary, tourists often visit Nicaragua, though they often keep their dis-tance.

In 1968, Telica was depicted on one o f 12 Nicaragua commemoratives featuring that country’s volcanos.

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The U.S. company Artopages, which made special cachets

for Canadian stamp issues from 1967-77, also published several general-purpose cachets both be-fore and after that period.

Some of these cachets are still obtainable today from the pub-lisher and have had a lifespan of more than 50 years.

The genesis of the Artopages general-purpose cachets traces back to the work of Alton Wei-gel, a former engineer whose ini-tiation into the philatelic busi-ness came through designing pages for stamp albums.

Weigel’s early philatelic work drew the attention of Alfred Boerger, a Toledo, Ohio stamp dealer, who suggested he draw some designs for first-day covers (FDCs). Weigel started doing so for U.S. stamps in 1960. Soon af-ter, Boerger began publishing ca-chets for Canadian stamp issues.

Weigel’s first effort in this re-gard appears to be the general-

purpose cachet first used for the Arthur Meighen commemora-tive (Scott #393), which was is-sued on April 19, 1961. This ca-chet is printed in black and fea-tures a sketch map of Canada noting Ottawa as the federal capital. There is also a frame around the stamp that may have been the only such occurrence in a Weigel design for a Canadian FDC. The signature in the lower-left corner of the cachet is “Boerger.”

The second general-purpose cachet Weigel designed for Boerger includes identical infor-mation to the first, but the art-work evolved towards a more balanced and symmetrical de-sign.

The cachet is printed in two colours rather than the plain black of the first one. As illus-trated in Figure 2, the cachet for the education issue of Feb. 28, 1962 (SC #396) includes the sig-nature of “Boerger A.B.C.,”

which denotes Alfred Boerger Covers.

The last of the general pur-pose Weigel cachets to carry the Boerger signature is shown in Figure 3 for the “Post Rider” issue (SC #413) of Sept. 25, 1963. With different text and artwork featuring a stylized version of Canada’s coat of arms, it differs from the previ-ous versions.

ARTOPAGE COVERSIn 1964, Weigel and Jim

Novotny formed Artopage Cov-ers to produce FDCs starting with U.S. and United Nations stamp issues with Canadian covers following in 1967. Special purpose Canadian FDCs as well as general-purpose cachets both started to appear early in the centennial year.

The first – and longest-lasting – general-purpose cachet is shown in Figure 4 bearing SC #439, which was issued on June 30, 1965, to celebrate the adop-tion of a new Canadian flag. The flag has 11 points, as illus-trated on the stamp, while the cachet has 13 points. Nonethe-less, this may be the most popu-lar Artopages general-purpose cachet in its 50-year existence.

Another cachet illustrated in Figure 5 has wording that matches the first two Boerger FDCs. It was used during the Provincial Flowers and Em-blems series but rarely thereaf-ter. The example shown here is franked with SC #428-429, is-sued on March 23, 1966.

Another general-purpose ca-chet shown in Figure 6 was published at the beginning of the centennial year and is shown here with SC #453 is-sued on Jan. 11, 1967.

The Novotny-Weigel part-nership was dissolved in 1977 because of Weigel’s ill health, but Novotny continues to print

and sell general-purpose ca-chets for collectors to use as they see fit. These cachets are

Artopages extensively used general-purpose cachets

By Gary Dickinson

First-DayCOVERS

Figure 1. Alton Weigel’s first general-purpose design has a frame around the stamp position. The Arthur Meighen commemorative (Scott #393) was issued in April 1961.

Figure 2. Weigel’s second cachet has a more balanced and symmetrical design compared to his first.

Figure 3. New text and a stylized version of Canada’s coat of arms characterize the third Weigel design.

Figure 4. A facsimile of the Canadian flag is featured on the first Artopages general-purpose cachet.

Figure 5. This general-purpose cachet’s text returns to that of the first two Alfred Boerger cachets.

Figure 6. ‘Canada the Beautiful’ is the theme of this general-purpose cachet.



The $4 Rocky Mountain Big-horn Sheep stamp issued on

Oct. 10 is the 10th in a series of large-format high-denomina-tion wildlife definitives intro-duced 21 years ago.

Like the set’s inaugural $8 Grizzly Bear released Oct. 15, 1997, the newest stamp was en-graved by Jorge Peral.

Born in 1955 in Texcoco, Mex-ico, the veteran Canadian Bank Note Company (CBNC) vice-president has also completed portrait dies for many recent banknotes.

Peral engraved the central design of all but one of the 10 Canadian Wildlife definitives.

As a child, he dreamed of a career studying wildlife.

While growing up in Mexico city, Peral studied graphic de-sign and photography at the Academy of San Carlos before studying in Rome, Italy.

With a scholarship from the National Bank in Mexico, Peral began studying banknote illus-trating and engraving in 1978 at the famous Giori firm in Laus-anne, Switzerland, and at the Bank of Italy.

Following graduation, Peral worked 17 years for the Bank of Mexico before taking his wife, son and daughter to Canada in 1995.

Tired of assuming more ad-ministrative duties, Peral ap-plied for work in Canada after meeting a CBNC employee at a paper money exhibition in Mexico.

With a passion for the out-doors and wildlife, the master

engraver and Canadian citizen continues focusing on his love for photography.

Several top engraving hon-ours include the Banknote of the Year award from the Inter-national Bank Note Society for his portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on Canada’s 2004 $20 bill.

Peral also received awards for many of the wildlife por-traits on Canada Post’s large wildlife definitives.

$4 BIGHORN SHEEPIt is, therefore, quite fitting

the outer-right margin of the 2018 four-stamp pane shows two photographs of Peral etch-ing the Rocky Mountain Big-horn Sheep dies.

In an additional tribute, a photo on the outer-left margin shows his son, Rodrigo Peral, who designed and illustrated the $4 Bighorn Sheep defini-tive.

David Craib, of Parable Communications Corporation in Ottawa, designed the pane, with photographs on the outer margins taken by Cole Craib.

The words “Engraving/gra-vure” are on the pane’s bottom-right outer margin below a photo of Peral at work.

“Etching/eau-forte” is printed on the top-right margin above another photograph of him while engraving.

“Drawing” in English as well as its French equivalent, “des-sin,” appear above his son’s ear on the pane’s upper-left outer margin.

The $4 definitive was printed with five lithograph offset plates beneath four intaglio en-graving plates.

Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis canaden-sis) are found in mountainous areas ranging from British Co-lumbia, Alberta and south to Colorado and New Mexico.

With split hooves and rough hoof bottoms, the handsome ani-

mals can climb steep rocky ter-rain.

Males, called rams, develop a large curved horn on either side of the back of their heads. Fe-males, called ewes, have shorter, curved horns.

They graze on grass or low-growing vegetation on slopes, where they can watch for and escape predators, which in-clude bears, wolves and cou-gars.

A ram is depicted on the stamp with a snow-capped mountain range behind him.

As Canada Post noted, Rocky Mountain “bighorns” are the most northern of three current subspecies of bighorn sheep and are “the only one found in Canada.”

“Overhunting, loss of habitat and transfer of diseases from domestic livestock significantly reduced” their numbers in the late 1800s and early 1900s, an article in the October 2018 edi-tion of Details notes.

“Thanks to recent conserva-tion efforts, some populations have increased and stabilized, but the bighorn sheep ... is des-ignated as a special concern in British Columbia,” the article adds.

The CBNC used moisture-activated gum and old-style pin perforations to produce the Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep definitives on sheets fed through a press at its Ottawa plant. They were perforated at the firm’s Calgary facility.

Alas, none of the five retail and Canada Post offices I vis-ited between Toronto and Ot-tawa in mid-November had the new $4 stamps, except singles in the fourth and last 2018 col-lector’s packet of stamps. Sev-

eral staff told me they don’t match a postal rate and have to be ordered.

$10 BLUE WHALEIntroduced on Oct. 4, 2010,

Canada’s largest-ever stamp fea-tures a Blue Whale (Balænoptera musculus).

Based on a design by Fugazi, a Montreal firm, with an illustra-tion by Suzanne Duranceau, the $10 horizontal definitive (Scott #2405) measures a whopping 128 millimetres by 49 millimetres and features numerous security features.

Considered the world’s larg-est living creature, the mammals can weigh between 80 and 177 metric tonnes.

Now here’s something to con-sider: their tongues can tip the scales at about 2.7 metric tons, and they can hold up to 90 met-ric tons of food and water in their mouths, according to Wikipedia.

A new-born baby whale weighs up to 2,700 kilograms, “the same as a fully-grown hip-popotamus.”

Adult blue whales can reach lengths of more than 30 metres.

Capable of travelling under-water at up to 33 km/h – and up to 48 km/h when trying to flee a predator – it is no wonder Can-

ada Post decided to salute the magnificent creatures with such a large stamp.

Their eastern Canadian haunts range along the Gulf of St. Lawrence’s north shore near Nova Scotia’s east coast, east to southern Newfoundland plus Davis Strait between Baffin Is-land and Greenland.

Blue whales also roam the Pa-cific Ocean along British Colum-bia’s coast.

Peral’s magnificent engraving takes up most of the stamp, with a background of multiple subtle colours produced by CBNC, which used four lithographic off-set plates plus silkscreen print-ing.

A close look reveals some amazing lithographic patterns produced by intricate microtype, which is normally limited to en-graving.

Included is the creature’s Latin name repeated in nine gen-tly-curving dark blue lines that run through small lavender and

blue line-drawn layers. A large reddish cluster of small crusta-ceans called krill – the whale’s favourite food – plus a diver at the top, can be seen with ultravi-olet light.

Using moisture-activated gum and pin perforating, the CBNC produced 1.5 million of the un-tagged stamps on two-stamp panes provided by the Tullis Russell firm. There were also 1,000 uncut press sheets on which nine four-stamp panes were printed.

Though most used examples have square or rectangular post-marks applied to them on par-cels, some of the definitives were applied to registered covers along with other stamps. Canada

21st anniversary of high-value, large-format wildlife definitives

By Ian Robertson

Looking BACK

Canadian Bank Note Company master engraver Jorge Peral.

Issued Oct. 10, 2018 and engraved by Jorge Peral, $4 Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep is latest in a series of 10 high-denomination engraved definitives introduced 21 years ago

Engraved by Jorge Peral, Canada’s largest-ever stamp, the $10 Blue Whale was released in 2010.


Post does not list any postal rates totalling $10.

Used pairs, particularly with lightly-struck small round post-marks, are rare, although most collectors will settle for ones with large round cancels.

The 2018 Unitrade Specialized Catalogue of Canadian Stamps lists a mint single at $10, $7.50 used. It notes that “VF used examples with an in-period cancellation may sell for more than the face value.”

$2 HORSES, FALCONOn Dec. 19, 2005, Canada Post

released two $2 stamps, one fea-turing an adult peregrine falcon tending three young ones on a rocky outcrop (SC #1691) and an-other showing with a mare Sable Island horse standing beside her foal (SC #1692).

The CBNC printed them se-tenant on panes of 16 and on a four-stamp souvenir sheet.

Designed by Parable Commu-nications in Ottawa, based on a photograph of the Sable Island horses by Paul Illsley, of Nova Scotia, and falcon artwork by Wyoming artist Dwayne Harty, four offset lithographic printing plates plus two engraved plates were used to produce the stamps on Tullis Russell Paper sheets.

The larger panes have normal tagging, with dull tagging on the souvenir sheet, which Unitrade describes as “not visible.” A large photo of an adult falcon is repro-duced on the left side of each souvenir sheet with a mare nuz-zling her foal on the right side.

Canada Post first sold the sou-venir sheets with a Universal Product Code barcode on the left side. Starting in 2008, Unitrade notes, the surplus stock was made available with the code “trimmed off.”

Sometimes referred to as the Sable Island pony due to them being smaller than most horses, the Sable Island species roam wild on the crescent-shaped, wind-swept 42-kilometre grass- and sand dune-covered island located about 175 southeast of Nova Scotia.

Visited by explorers from Por-tugal in the early 1500s, France tried unsuccessfully to colonize the island with convicts later that century. Camps were set up oc-casionally by seal-hunters, survi-vors of numerous shipwrecks off its coast plus wreck salvagers, but no permanent settlement was established.

First released there in the late 1700s, the stocky, shaggy-coated horse soon became feral.

To improve the breed, more stock was brought from the Acadian section of Nova Scotia and from France and New Eng-land. Roundups continued into the 1950s with stocks sold and processed into dog food.

After the colonial government of Nova Scotia established a life-saving station on Sable in 1801, two rescue boat stations were added along with lookout posts and survivor shelters.

Workers taught some horses to haul supplies and rescue gear, Judith Dutson wrote in her 2005 book, Storey’s Illustrated Guide to 96 Horse Breeds of North America.

Several types of horses were sent to the island in the early 1800s to improve the breed and make them more attractive to buyers.

Following Confederation in 1867, Canada’s new federal gov-ernment administered the island and had two lighthouses built five years later. Keepers, their families and life-saving crews had homes on the west coast.

Electrical and radio-controlled ship navigation systems in-stalled in the early 1900s helped prevent shipwrecks.

The rescue station was shut down 60 years ago, but a federal weather station provides atmo-spheric and meteorological data from a permanent occupied sta-tion.

Reported to be close to extinct, Sable Island horses were the sub-ject of a public campaign mounted by school children in the 1950s.

In 1960, the federal govern-ment declared the horses to be a protected species. For more than 30 years now, studies deter-mined the species was geneti-cally unique, which raised the interest of conservationists.

Under Department of Justice regulations enacted in 2007, written permission is required before anyone can legally “mo-lest, interfere with, feed or other-wise have anything to do with the ponies on the island.”

Sable Island horses range in h e i g h t f r o m 1 3 2 0 - 1 4 2 centimetres. The average stallion weighs 360 kilograms with mares averaging 60 kilograms lighter.

Usually sporting dark-co-loured coats, some have white patches. About half are brown with black manes, tails, ear edges and lower legs. Others are de-scribed with chestnut, palomino and black coats, according to Free as the Wind, by the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural His-tory.

The province adopted them as its official horse 10 years ago fol-lowed in 2011 by the island be-coming the Sable Island National Park Reserve.

Legally protected from human interference, they live only on Sable except for some in Shube-

nacadie Wildlife Park on main-land Nova Scotia, where some were placed after removal by the Canadian Department of Trans-port more than 50 years ago.

Managed by Parks Canada, the island has four permanent federal government employees. During the summer months, eco-logical and wildlife researchers arrive. Tourists and recreational boaters must first receive permis-sion to visit, and Canadian Armed Forces patrol the area, partly because of nearby natural gas and oil drilling rigs plus an undersea pipeline in the Atlantic Ocean.

A bird of prey, or raptor, the peregrine falcon (Falco peregri-nus) has been admired by bird-watchers and ornithologists for thousands of years.

With pale neck and throat feathers, the rest of their heads are black.

Adults have long, pointed wings, bluish-black to slate-grey back and wing feathers, plus black wingtips.

Their chests are white with bands of dark brown or black plumage. Long and narrow pointed tails are rounded at the ends with black tips plus a white band.

M e a s u r i n g 3 4 0 - 5 8 0 millimetres from beak to tail and with a male’s body weight rang-ing from 330-1,000 grams (fe-males weigh about 30 per cent more), the majestic birds can reach speeds of up to 320 km/hr while hunting prey.

Favourite prey includes doves, pigeons, ducks, gulls, small songbirds, small reptiles and mammals plus bats at night. Falcons usually kill with their peaks while clutching a catch in their long, sharp talons.

Much in favour with noble-men in Europe, central Asia and Arabia over the past 3,000 years, the hunting birds are often car-ried on thick, protective finger-to-elbow leather gloves and are kept hooded before their release. This avoids excitement that could result in severe wounds.

Peregrine falcons nest on cliff faces and crevices, preferring open areas such as fields, tundra and grasslands. In recent times, some began nesting high up on tall urban buildings.

Until mid-1999, the species was listed as endangered due to a decline between the 1950s and 1970s largely caused by the use of pesticides, which caused their eggs to be brittle, resulting in few chicks surviving a hatching. The birds became extinct in sev-eral parts of the eastern U.S. and Belgium, Wikipedia notes.

Restrictions on the use of di-chlorodiphenyltrichloroethane – or DDT – resulted in increased successful breeding. Last Decem-ber, the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Can-ada declared Peregrine Falcons to be no longer at risk.

$1 DEER, WALRUSA pair of large-format $1 wild-

life definitives featuring deer and walrus (SC #1688 and #1689) were issued just over 13 years ago, replacing the second large-format stamp, which de-picts a loon.

Both new stamps introduced on Oct. 20, 2005, were designed by Parable Communications of Ottawa.

One reproduces an illustration by Québec city artist Pierre Leduc of three adult atlantic wal-ruses and a pup resting on an ice floe.

The other one features a white-tailed deer (Odocoileus vir-ginianus) with her fawn based on an illustration by Calgary graphic artist Xerxes Irani.

The CBNC used four offset lithographic plates plus two en-graved plates to print the stamps on Tullis Russell Paper sheets, with normal tagging on panes of 16 and dull tagging on four-stamp souvenir sheet, which Unitrade describes as “not visi-ble.” A large photo of several walruses is reproduced on the top of the souvenir sheet, with several deer on the bottom.

In 2009, the White-Tailed Deer and Atlantic Walrus stamps were reprinted on thicker paper, with a clearer intaglio image. Mar-ginal inscriptions remained the same.

Photographs of walrus and deer were printed on the outer margins of the souvenir sheets.

A medium-sized deer native to Canada, the U.S., Central America and South America, white-tail were also shipped to other countries, where they thrived.

Common in North America, west of the Rocky Mountains, they forage in the British Colum-bia foothills, South Dakota and Wyoming, in aspen parklands, savanna woodlands and beside rivers on the prairies, where de-ciduous trees provide food and protection.

Although their numbers have declined in western Oregon and southwestern Washington, white-tail numbers expanded around the Great Lakes after farmland was developed along with more deciduous vegetation planted or growing wild, Wikipedia notes.

Numerous subspecies exist, but ones like those featured on the stamps have reddish-brown coats in the spring, which be-come grey-brown in colder

$2 engraved large-format Sable Island horse and Peregrine Falcon adults-with-young definitives were issued se-tenant in 2005.

$1 engraved large-format Deer and Walrus adults-with-young definitives were issued se-tenant in 2005.



Some years ago, I acquired an auction lot of 13 covers I put

aside to study, research and share with readers of “Off the Beaten Track.”

I just found them by accident, fascinated as if I had never seen them before. Let’s look at what may be scarce covers.

All of the covers are ad-dressed to the same person – J.A. Macauley – at the same ad-dress, SS River Dennis, Cape Breton, N.S. It is immediately evident from the different handwriting they are not ad-dressed by the same sender, which, for investigative pur-poses, rules out the possibility these are self-addressed (much like first-day cover collectors would do).

Only five of the 13 covers cancelled in the late 19th cen-tury and early 20th century have the addresses of the send-ers, which are commercial enter-prises.

Only one of the 13 covers has a person’s return name – Gor-ham – which leads to finding a long line of the Gorham family going back to references in the 19th century. The most frequent example is Colonel John Gor-ham and his historically impor-tant Account Book, which was acquired by the Nova Scotia Ar-chives in May 2013. It’s de-scribed as “possibly the most significant original document from Nova Scotia early colonial era to surface in the last 25 years.”

The impact of Gorham and his 19th-century Account Book seems to have overshadowed at-tempts to find information about more recent Gorhams in the 19th and 20th centuries to correspond with our cover dates.

CLARIFY OR CONFOUND?A previous owner pencil

marked a cover cancel as a rare “River Station Canc.”

While uncovering meanings and trying to retain some of the exciting challenges as I im-mersed myself in the process, I decided to start with a page of markings seen in Figure 1, which accompanied the lot of covers.

The page could be the start or the end, highlighting and summarizing the covers and markings. Most importantly, it sets the stage with a key para-graph stating these are Cana-dian “steamship and Maritime cancels” addressed to SS River Dennis. Some are “rare” and others are “extremely rare.”

FACT & FANTASYSome markings strongly in-

fer our covers were sent by “sea.”

Some of the covers bear markings of “Paquebot,” which is commonly seen and under-stood to be “ship mail.” This also included the Macauley lo-cation at SS River Dennis (Fig-ure 2), which was interpreted to mean the letter addressed SS River Dennis was carried on the “Steam Ship River Dennis.”

The marking “paquebot” to-gether with the words “SS River Dennis” seem to support the maritime identification of these covers.

Actually, “Paquebot” – or “Paquet Poste” – as seen on the covers is an international agree-ment about ship mail allowing the use of a postage stamp of the country under which the ship sails.

In our case, the Canadian two-cent Queen Victoria stamp would seem to be a bona fide ship marking. With this inter-national meaning, if our “ship” entered a harbour, the mail could have been handed over

to the local post office and for delivery without any addi-tional charge (with the addi-tional back stamp marking “RIVER DENNIS STATION”).

The information page tells us the marking “River Dennis Sta-tion” seen in Figure 3 is “rare.”

With the “encircled” Paque-bot ship marking, we are led again to interpret these covers as carried by ship.

RAILWAY LINESWhen considering this group

of 13 covers, those with railway markings also demand special attention as preserving part of Canada’s coming together as a nation.

The Intercolonial Railway became an embodiment of the expansion of Canada, linking ports and towns and helping to build the country.

In 1876, the 1,100-kilometre railway line was completed. Work continued to tie in several branches of lines constructed by the provinces. Soon, south-western Ontario, Toronto and

Ottawa were tied by rail to Montréal and Québec city as well as towns in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

In 1919, the Intercolonial Railway was incorporated into the Canadian National Railway Company.

Pierre Berton wrote a highly instructive and successful book, The Last Spike, which was pub-lished in 1971 and highlights the construction and comple-tion of the Canadian Pacific Railway.

The Canadian Pacific ap-pears in purple in abbreviated capital letters along with Inter-colonial Railway in dark pur-ple capital letters in a straight

line format (Figure 4). On the back of the cover is “Paque-bot” in faint letters encased in a scalloped oval, something also seen on other covers in larger form.

Another “Intercolonial Rail-way” marking (Figure 5) adds “of Canada” in black capital letters and hand stamped in two lines.

Challenging Canadian cover markings

By Lewis E. Tauber

Off the BeatenTRACK

Figure 1. A page accompanying the lot of 13 covers both clarified and confounded this columnist in his research.

Figure 2. Fact and fantasy abound in SS River and ‘Paquebot’ markings.

Figure 3. This River Dennis Station marking was identified as ‘rare’ on the information page in Figure 1.

Figure 4. Canadian Pacific appears in purple in abbreviated capital letters along with Intercolonial Railway in dark purple capital letters in straight-line format.


In Figure 6, we see the West-ern Pacific handstamp in pur-ple with a date/place cancel of 1900, in Orangedale, N.S. The receiving back stamp is River Dennis and again has what looks like the “rare” station marking.

UNIDENTIFIED MARKINGSCover markings not shown

on the information page and eluding my research are noted here for further study. I extend an invitation for anyone who can provide information about them.

The capital letters are:• “AOF”;• “R”; and• “W” or “M,” depending on what direction the cover is viewed.

Another undeciphered marking rubber stamped “SHIP” in faint purple is on a blue cover.

I have been unable to deter-mine the significance of two markings appearing on the auction covers. They are picto-rially interesting, but curiously, they are not shown on the in-formation page.

An interesting part for me is seen in Figure 7: the purple hand stamp of a shield con-tains a pine tree on the two-cent Victoria.

The other cover marking – also unidentified – is an identi-cal shield, this time containing

an unidentified flag (Figure 8) hand stamped Sydney, N.S. (Cape Breton Island). The can-cel on the front of the flag cover shows the town as Truro, N.S., and is dated 1903 with the cor-ner address of the Stanfield-Smith Co. in Truro. The back receiving stamp is not com-pletely legible, but there is no doubt the accompanying legible cancel is River Dennis Station, one of the “rare” cancels identi-fied by our previous owner in Figure 3.

The letters “C.P.S.S.C.” pre-viously seen in Figure 5 ap-pear on only one of the 13 cov-ers. I can only speculate since these covers have an intended maritime connection, the let-ters C.P.S.S.C. might be trans-

lated as “Canadian Pacific Steam Ship Co.” Some other research-savvy collector might want to pursue this specula-tive decoding.

These covers and their markings may be real or false Canadian maritime covers, which – either way – may also be scarce.

The initial challenge was complicated by the auction covers being accompanied by a page of information: cover il-lustrations as well as a para-graph identify them as “Cana-dian and steamship maritime cancels” and an “extremely rare” back stamp. This infor-mation from a previous owner appeared to be reliable but set us off with incorrect, unreli-able and easily mistaken infor-mation that nevertheless added spice to each new dis-covery.

It is difficult to make a tena-ble statement about the origin of these covers; however, care-ful study leads to the conclu-sion the markings, at the very least, are from a misleading prankster or worse – an un-scrupulous artist craftsman as-piring to be a member of the highly collected group of mas-ter forgers highlighted by skil-ful men such as Jean de Sper-ati, who even signed his forg-eries.

Nevertheless, as always, the investigatory challenge is what keeps research rewarding, ir-respective of the final out-come.

My speculation is the num-ber of these covers, no matter how or where they originated or whether the intention is fake or misguided, must be few in number – scarce, but not rare. They may not be sought by collectors, who un-aware of their existence, have not created a demand and no expectation of a high monetary value.

It is my hope you enjoyed this column as a satisfying pursuit like a mystery novel based on fact or fiction. W

Figure 5. Another Intercolonial Railway marking adds ‘of Canada’ in black capital letters, which are hand stamped in two lines.

Figure 6. This ‘WESTERN PACIFIC’ handstamp has a circular cancel dated 1900.

Figure 7. Purple hand stamp of shield containing pine tree mailed from Sydney, N.S.

Figure 8. Identical shield containing a flag

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AUSTRALIAA three-stamp set featuring lighthouses was is-

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This issue presents photographs of Macquarie (1883), Hornby (1858) and Robertsons Point (1910). These Sydney lighthouses are included on various heritage registers – both state and Commonwealth – due to both historical importance and their ongoing use as navigational devices.

This issue coincided with the 200th anniversary of Australia’s first lighthouse – the original Macquarie Lighthouse of 1818 – being turned on for the first time.

NEW ZEALANDNew Zealand’s 2018 Christmas stamps were re-

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JERSEYJersey commemorated the 70th birthday of the

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Charles Philip Arthur George, the first son of Prin-cess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, was born on Nov. 14, 1948, at Buckingham Palace, London.

His mother ascended the throne on Feb. 6, 1952, after which time Prince Charles – as the eldest son of the monarch – automatically took the titles Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles and Prince and Great Steward of Scotland.

Charles was invested as Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester on July 26, 1958, during a ceremony held at Caernarfon Castle, where he was crowned by his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.

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DEC. 29, TORONTO, ONThe third annual, almost New Years Levee, Vincent Graves Greene Philatelic Research Foundation, 10 Summerhill Ave. Our traditional holiday Open House at the Vincent Graves Greene Philatelic Research Foundation. Refreshments and good cheer from noon to 4 p.m. Harry Sutherland Philatelic Library opens at 10 a.m. for research. For more information, email [email protected].

JAN. 12, 2019, MONCTON, NBMoncton Stamp Fair, Royal Canadian Legion, 100 War Veterans Ave. The Moncton Stamp Fair is held each month from October to May. Hosted by the Fundy Stamp Collectors Club, the show runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admission, free parking and silent auction. There are usually between four and six dealers, and a live auction starts at 1 p.m. For more information, email [email protected], telephone 506-875-2684.

JAN. 12, 2019, BRANTFORD, ONBrantford Stamp Club Annual Show & Bourse, Branlyn Community Centre, 238 Brantwood Park Rd. The Brantford Stamp Club’s annual show features a bourse with more than 15 dealers, exhib-its (with special categories for junior and novice exhibitors), silent auctions, club sales circuit books. Free parking and admission, door prizes, and lunch counter. The venue is wheelchair accessi-ble. For more information, email [email protected], tele-phone 519-751-3513. Website: www.brantfordstampclub.com.

JAN. 19, 2019, BURLINGTON, ONBurloak Stamp Fair, Burlington Seniors Centre, 2285 New St. The monthly Burloak Stamp Fair is open to the public from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. With 22 years of regular events on the third of Saturday of every month, the show features upwards of nine dealers, active buyers and always something new for stamp collectors. For more informa-tion, email [email protected], telephone 905-575-2950.

JAN. 19 – 20, 2019, LONGUEUIL, QCInternational Stamp Show of Longueuil, SandMan Hotel, 999 rue Sérigny. The annual International Stamp Show of Longueuil will be open to the public on Sat. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sun. 10 a.m.

to 4 p.m. There will be 15 dealers present to help complete your collection as well as a Canada Post draw. For more information, contact Patrick Chalifoux, email [email protected], telephone 450-223-0082. Website: www.timbratheque.com.

JAN. 26, 2019, LAKE COUNTRY, BCLake Country OMPA Stamp Show & Bourse, Senior Activity Centre, 9832 Bottom Wood Lake Rd. The Lake Country Show and Bourse will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m and boasts free admission, door prizes and a stamp auction. Hosted by the Okanagan Mainline Philatelic Association (OMPA), the show is one of several held by the OMPA throughout the year. Check CSN’s online”Events” page for updates about future OMPA shows. For more informa-tion, email [email protected], telephone 250-542-4127. Website: okanaganstampclubs.ca.

JAN. 26 – 27, 2019, BOUCHERVILLE, QCCoin and Stamp Show, De Mortagne School, 955 De Montarville. The show will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days. Free admission, free parking and 35 dealers in attendance. Club infor-mation and food service available. The show is sponsored by the Association des Numismates et des Philatelistes de Boucherville (ANPB). For more information, email [email protected], tele-phone 514-592-7288. Website: www.anpb.net.

JAN. 26, 2019, BURNABY, BCCoins, Stamps & Collectibles Show, Nikkei Centre, 6688 Southoaks Cres. Hosted by the North Shore Numismatic Society, this show is open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be 40 tables of coins, stamps, banknotes, tokens, medals, postcards, art, pins and more. Admission is $2 (or free for children under the age of 16 if accompanied by an adult). Free underground parking. Japanese restaurant at location. For more information, email [email protected], telephone 604-299-3673. Website: www.northshorenumismaticsociety.org.

JAN. 26, 2019, ST. CATHARINES, ON70th Cathex, Grantham Lions Club, 732 Niagara St. Host: St. Catharines Stamp Club. Held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 12 dealers, free admission, free parking club circuit, youth area, lunch coun-ter. For more information, email [email protected], telephone 905-227-9251.

FEB. 2, 2019, BRAMPTON, ONBramalea Stamp Show, Judith Nyman Secondary School, 1305 Williams Pkwy. Local club show. 10 dealers, silent auction, exhibits - not judged but show and ask, kids booth, snack bar. Hours 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, email [email protected], telephone 905-792-3526. Website: bramaleastampclub.org.

FEB. 9, 2019, MONCTON, NBMoncton Stamp Fair, Royal Canadian Legion, 100 War Veterans Ave. The Moncton Stamp Fair is held each month from October to May. Hosted by the Fundy Stamp Collectors Club, the show runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admission, free parking and silent auction. There are usually between four and six dealers, and a live auction starts at 1 p.m. For more information, email [email protected], telephone 506-875-2684.

FEB. 14, 2019, AJAX, ALAjax-Pickering Stamp Club Auction & Sale, Ajax Public Library, 55 Harwood S. The Ajax-Pickering Stamp Club will host an auction at Ajax Public Library, where there will be 250 lots for auction and 250 lots on sales tables. Viewing: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Auction: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Entrance fee is $1. No dealer fees. For more information, email [email protected], telephone 905-576-4449. Website: www.ajax-pickering-stamp-club.com/

FEB. 15 – 17, 2019, MESA, AZAmeriStamp Expo – APS Winter Convention, Mesa Convention Center, 263 N. Center St. The American Philatelic Society (APS) AmeriStamp Expo will be open to the public on Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, email [email protected], telephone 814-933-3803. Website: stamps.org/Ameristamp-expo-ASE.

FEB. 16 – 17, 2019, REGINA, SKRegina Stamp Club Spring Show, Regina Senior Citizens Centre, 2134 Winnipeg St. The Regina Philatelic Club’s annual show and bourse features about 10 dealers of stamps and coins as well as club member stamp displays. Show hours are Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $3 a day or $5 for a two-day pass. Children under the age of 12 have free admission. For more information, telephone 306-761-0659. Website: reginastampclub.ca/.

SHOW ORGANIZERS: How to list: Simply fill out the form found at www.canadianstampnews.ca or mail, fax or email your information to Trajan Publishing (S&B), PO Box 25009 Rose City RO, Welland, ON L3B 5V0, fax (905) 735-1909, email [email protected]. Please include: date of show; site of event, street, city, prov.; official name of event; organization sponsoring or affiliated with the event; hours; admission charge; if exhibits are present (display or competitive), contact person’s name, address, postal code, telephone number. Two show dates per year will be listed for free (subsequent show dates will cost $15 per listing).

Visit www.canadianstampnews.com/events for the full list of shows posted to date

seen occasionally in secondary markets after having been used by their purchasers.

The cachets that are still available are shown here in Fig-

ures 7-11 with the titles as-signed to them by Novotny.

Two of them are slightly dif-ferent than they were when they were first introduced; Fig-ure 7 has two small red trian-gles that were not on Figure 4, and Figure 8 has colour differ-ences from Figure 6.

Today, Artopages FDCs are not plenti-ful on the market and usually sell at a premium compared with those of most other cachet mak-ers. W

Artopages...Continued from page 11

Figures 7-11. Among the cachets still being offered by Artopages’ Jim Novotny are these, entitled ‘Flag’ (Figure 7, top left); ‘The Beautiful’ (Figure 8, top right); ‘First Day Cover’ (Figure 9, bottom left); ‘Postal Cancellation’ (Figure 10, bottom centre); and ‘Maple Leaf and Map’ (Figure 11, bottom right).

months. They are most recogniz-able due to the white underside of their tails – hence the name.

Shyer than most other deer, when alarmed, up go their tails before they run as fast as 75 km/h. When threatened, they breathe heavily, which alerts nearby deer, and they sometimes lower their heads and charge, with males armed with antlers.

Weighing around 45 kilo-grams, some bucks reach 125 ki-lograms. Antler-less females, called does, weigh between 40 kilograms and 90 kilograms.

Far from monogamous, males mate with many does, which risks their health due to poor eat-ing habits during rutting seasons.

Bucks later shed their spike-tipped, velvet-covered antlers but grow new sets every spring.

Voracious eaters, white-tails browse on clover, plant shoots, leaves, grass, hay, acorns, fruit and corn. They can even digest poison ivy without side effects, according to an article in a 2000 edition of The American Midland Naturalist.

Excessive commercial hunting was banned after public protests in the 1930s in the U.S. Subse-quent conservation practices re-sulted in increasing numbers.

Due to their heavy foraging, which has reduced some fores-

tation and threatened field crops and orchards, extended hunting periods, occasional culling and sterilization pro-grams are permitted in some states.

White-tail deer are also kept on farms in Canada, the U.S. and New Zealand, where they are processed for meat, antlers and pelts. Some even become pets.

Wolves, cougars and jaguars are among their most prevalent predators, although bears, lynx, coyotes and wolverines pose a danger during winter months.

Hunters can avoid being seen by them while wearing orange and red coats and caps since the deer have difficulty detecting those colours.

Beside busy highways, which they often cross, especially dur-ing mating season, warning signs featuring deer symbols are installed to warn drivers.

But the nimble animals often bound across roads, resulting in hundreds of thousands of colli-sions with vehicles reported an-nually across North America, which result in the deaths of many animals and humans.

The white-tailed deer is Sas-katchewan’s provincial animal.

For the rest of the story, my next Looking Back column fea-tures high-value definitives in the large-format series, includ-ing the walrus, moose, loon, po-lar bear and grizzly bear. W

Wildlife...Continued from page 13

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Winter arrived early this year in Bathurst and we have had three snowstorms. Some of my friends have already headed south for the winter. This week look for some attractive specials featuring Canada back of the book issues as well as more modern era plate blocks and varieties. Select those you need and order today by phone, fax, mail or email! There are no additional charges for shipping or sales taxes. Installment terms are available if needed on

larger purchases. We have the new 2018 Unitrade catalogue in stock at just $53.95 postpaid. The latest Scott catalogues are also in stock. Have something nice for sale? If you do, please get in touch. We pay the highest prices for specialized collections and individual rarities of not only Canada and Provinces,

but U.S.A., British and Foreign material as well.

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OLD TIME BARGAINS #948

SPECIAL OFFER #18,079

Canada issued only nine airmail

stamps between 1928 and 1947 (#C1-C9). After that regular post-age stamps together with an airmail label were used. Here are all nine mint singles in fresh mint F-VF NH condition. List price is $275.00. My price is $99.95 only.

SPECIAL OFFER #18,080Here is an unlisted variety you may like. It is a reverse offset image of the surcharge on Scott C3. The offset is strong and com-plete. I have just two Fine+ NH singles in stock at just $89.95 each.

SPECIAL OFFER #18,081Canada also produced four airmail special delivery stamps in the 1940s. These dual

purpose stamps are beautifully designed and engraved. List price for #CE1-CE4 in VF NH mint condition is $34.50. My price is just $16.95.

SPECIAL OFFER #18,082A number of special delivery specials follow. A new 20¢ denomination in a new colour (#E2) was issued in 1922. A F-VF NH mint single lists at $285.00. My price is $159.00.

SPECIAL OFFER #18,083The printing contract for stamps went to a different company in 1930. They produced this stamp, Scott #E4, in a henna brown colour. List price for a VF NH mint single is $200.00. My price is $95.00.

SPECIAL OFFER #178,084The previous stamp was not popular with non-English speaking Canadians owing to its English only inscription. The government responded favour-ably with a newly designed stamp that omitted the word “TWENTY”. List price for a VF NH mint single of Scott #E5 is $200.00. My price is $95.00.


Six more special delivery stamps were issued before the post offi ce discontinued them (Scott #E6-E11). The large format designs are some of the most beautifully engraved in the world. I can supply all six in VF NH mint condition for just $79.95. List price is $181.00.

SPECIAL OFFER #18,087You may need this little postage due stamp (Scott #J12). It is the 2¢ value from the 1933-1934 issue. Condition is VF NH and list price is $30.00. My price is $9.99 for a single. Or take a block of four at just $39.50.

SPECIAL OFFER #18,088The price of this high value offi cial has been steadily rising over the years. It is Scott #O10, the $1.00 O.H.M.S. List price for a VF+ NH mint single is $120.00. My price is just $69.00. A block of four is $269.00.

SPECIAL OFFER #18,089Here are the high value of-fi cials from the 1938 issue (#O241-O245). List price for these is $610.00. My price is $269.00. I have just a couple of sets in stock so order now if you need this one.

SPECIAL OFFER #18,090The 10¢ value of the above set comes in two shades. Here is the scarcer rose carmine (#O241a). A VF NH mint single lists at $140.00. My price is just $69.95 for a single or $249.95 for a nice block of four.

SPECIAL OFFER #18,091Here is a scarce imperforate error from the popular Mammals Issue. It is the 45¢ prong-horn antelope (#1172h). I have some VF+ NH mint examples in stock. List price for a pair is $1,200.00. My price is $495.00 (or fi ve pay-ments of $99 each). Or make it $995.00 for a block of four.


Here is an interesting lot from the 1960s Cameo Issue. Included are six different jump strips of four of the 5¢ coil (#409i). Normal, wide and narrow spacings (both up and down for each) are shown. Condi-tion is F-VF NH mint and price is just $79.95.

SPECIAL OFFER #18,094This coil strip of the 96¢ Flowers Issue (#2245) has a misperforation error as well as a three-bar tagging error. Price for the VF NH strip is just $79.95.

SPECIAL OFFER #18,095I have a few nice plate #2 matched sets of the 20¢ Peace Issue (#271) available. List price is $180.00. My price is extra special at just $39.95.


The $1.00 Export high value issued in 1963 (Scott #411) has long been popular with col-lectors. I just stumbled on a nice stock of plate blocks of four. List price for a matched set

of four corners in VF NH mint condition is $360.00. My price $89.95 while they last.


Here’s one of the very scarc-est Centennial Issue vari-eties – the 25¢ Winnipeg tagged on hibrite paper (#465pi). There are not many around and in my opinion it is underpriced in the cata-logues, especially in matched sets of corner blocks. List price for a VF NH set is $50.00. My price is $11,000.00. My price is $395.00. A single corner is $99.00.


Here is a matched set of plate blocks of the 50¢ Centennial, a later printing with PVA gum (#465Aiv). List price for this in VF NH condition is $150.00. My price is $49.50.


Still with the Centen-nial Issue here is a scarce matched set of the $1.00 Wildcat, again, a later PVA gum printing (#465Biii). List price for a VF NH set is $250.00. My price low at just $79.95.

SPECIAL OFFER #18,086Here`s one I haven’t offered before – the scarce 8¢ blue registration stamp (Scott F3). I have some nice F-VF un-used singles in stock. List price is $625.00. My price is just $239.00.

SPECIAL OFFER #18,093Next here is a strip of four of the 45¢ Flag design coil stamp (#1396). The strip has a three-bar tagging er-ror. List price is $200.00+. My price for a F-VF NH mint strip is $49.50. A pair is $24.95.

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