The Stamps of Canada

Bertram William Henry Poole

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• Publié le: 08 décembre 2010
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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Stamps of Canada, by Bertram Poole This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Stamps of Canada Author: Bertram Poole Release Date: August 1, 2007 [EBook #22190] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE STAMPS OF CANADA *** Produced by Adrian Mastronardi, Marcia Brooks, The Philatelic Digital Library Project at http://www.tpdlp.net and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) National Archives Archives nationales of Canada du Canada THE STAMPS OF CANADA By BERTRAM W. H. POOLE PUBLISHED BY SEVERN-WYLIE-JEWETT CO. Publishers of Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News BOSTON, MASS. Beautiful 1912 Salvador Set 1c, 2c, 5c, 6c, 12c, 17c, 19c, 29c, 50c and 1 col, Each in 2 Colors, used, fine, Cat. $1.41. Price 50c No. 354, 10c on 6c rose and black, o.g., Rare 10c 1914 Oficial set. Nos. 950 to 957, unused, Cat. $1.30. Price 30c NICARAGUA, Set 1909, Nos. 237 to 248, used, Cat. 59c. Special at .15 B. N. A. PROOFS A splendid assortment, neatly arranged in booklets of Die and Plate Proofs, several hundred varieties of Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, also some Essays. Many unique items in color proofs. Also the scarce Reprints of New Brunswick first issue. MEXICO, Sets and Singles, New 1910, 1c, 2c, 3c, 5c, 15c, 20c, 50c, 1 peso, o.g., fine .55 1910, 5 pesos, o. g. .75 1914, Gob. $ Con. on 1910 issue, 1c, 2c, 3c, 5c, 10c, 15c, 20c & 50c .24 1914, 5 pesos Gob. $ Con., Rare 2.25 1915, G. C. M. 2c, 3c & 5c. 3 for .03 Oficial No. 675, o.g., 5p. Rare on No. 303 2.98 Above 5p not priced in Scott's (Foreign Cats. $7.50.) Oficial, 1911, Set 1c to 1 peso complete, Scott's Nos. 676 to 685 1.48 Nos. 810 to 814 Postage Due, Gob. $ .75 Nos. 815 to 819 Postage Due, Carranza .75 Nos. 820 to 824 Postage Due, Villa 1.50 Selections of Canada including shades, blocks, etc. (4 books), U. S. (100 different books) or any other country. Our free PINK LIST describes fully 400 selections ready to be submitted on approval to responsible collectors. This ad is good for 5 years or more. J. M. BARTELS CO. 99 Nassau Street, NEW YORK RARE SINGLE STAMPS U. S. No. 330, 10c on bluish, mint perf'n 6.75 Canal Zone No. 42A, 2c mint perfection, center inverted, rare 11.75 Above worth full catalogue in fine condition. Wanted to Exchange rare for rare, U. S. for U. S., Foreign for Foreign. Send selections against any of above or against other selections. Even Trade. C. E. HUSSMAN, Pres. COLUMBIA SUPPLY CO., ST. LOUIS, MO. References, Jefferson Bank or Publishers. NEW UNITED STATES LOOSE LEAF ALBUM This Album is the only practical and feasible Loose Leaf Book on the market today. We have put this Album up in five sections so a collector is able to purchase such branches as he desires at a comparatively low cost. It is 9 inches long and 7½ inches wide, very handy; there is but one set of stamps to a page artistically laid out. Spaces have been provided for imperforate and part perforate pairs and the beauty of all; it is right up to the minute. What is more we will add new leaves each year with spaces for the latest stamps and if you are an owner of one of our Albums, latest sheets will be promptly sent you when issued. After you have transferred your stamps into this Album you cannot help realizing the great advantage in a practical up-to-date Album. Specimen pages and complete Prospectus cheerfully mailed on request. Postfree Section 1. All Postage to date. 112 pps. $1.10 Section 2. Departments, Special Delivery, Registration Postage, Dues, Newspapers, Postal Savings, 60pp .65 Section 3. Revenues, complete to date, 76 pages .75 Section 4. Confederate States. 24 pages .25 Section 5. Colonies, Cuba, Guam, Porto Rico, Phil. Isl. (4 pages per month with "Herald") .50 Special Spring Back Binder , cloth & gilt 1.25 Special Marquette Prong Binder, black cloth and gilt 2.50 EUGENE KLEIN Counterfeit Detector of the American Philatelic Society. Member of the Juries of the Chicago 1911 and New York 1913 International Philatelic Exhibitions. Honorary Member of the New York Stamp Society. Life Member of the Societe Francaise de Timbrologie, Paris, and the Junior Philatelic Society, London. I am prepared to examine stamps and give expert opinion for the following charges: Unsurcharged stamps 10c each. Overprints, stamps requiring plating and cancellations, 30c each. Minimum charge 50 cents. Postage and registration extra. Special Marquette Prong Binder, black Morocco Leather and full gilt 5.00 Special Transparent Sheets, per doz., 15c; per 100 .75 Special Blank Leaves , per doz., 15c; per 100 .75 Postage and registration extra. EUGENE KLEIN 1318 Chestnut St., Philadelphia UNITED STAMP CO., 1151 Marquette Bldg., CHICAGO. [Pg 1] THE POSTAGE STAMPS OF CANADA By BERTRAM W. H. POOLE Author of Various Philatelic Books SEVERN-WYLIE-JEWETT CO. HANDBOOK No. 20 Price 25 Cents PUBLISHED BY SEVERN-WYLIE-JEWETT CO. Publishers Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News BOSTON, MASS. [Pg 2] INDEX Introduction. Chapter I.—Its Postal History. Chapter II.—A Postmaster's Provisional. Chapter III.—The First Issue. Chapter IV.—The Second Issue. Chapter V.—The Perforated Pence Stamps. Chapter VI.—The First “Cents” Issue. Chapter VII.—The First Dominion Issue. Chapter VIII.—The 1c Orange of 1869. Chapter IX.—The Large 5c Stamp. Chapter X.—The Small “Cents” Stamps. Chapter XI.—The 20c and 50c Stamps of 1893. Page 3 5 8 9 18 21 24 28 34 34 35 40 Chapter XII.—The 8c Stamp of 1893. Chapter XIII.—The Diamond Jubilee Issue. Chapter XIV.—The "Maple Leaf" Issue of 1897. Chapter XV.—The "Numeral" Issue of 1898. Chapter XVI.—The "Map" Stamp of 1898. Chapter XVII.—The "2 Cents" Provisionals. Chapter XVIII.—The Bi-sected Provisionals. Chapter XIX.—The 2c Carmine. Chapter XX.—The 20c Value of 1900. Chapter XXI.—The Queen Victoria Seven Cents. Chapter XXII.—The King Edward Issue. Chapter XXIII.—The Quebec Tercentenary Issue. Chapter XXIV.—King George Stamps Chapter XXV.—The War Tax Stamps Chapter XXVI.—A Proposed Commemorative Series Chapter XXVII.—Official Stamps Chapter XXVIII.—The Special Delivery Stamp Chapter XXIX.—The Registration Stamps Chapter XXX.—The Postage Due Stamps Chapter XXXI.—The "Officially Sealed" Labels 41 43 48 50 52 54 56 57 58 58 59 63 67 69 70 71 72 74 77 78 [Pg 3] THE POSTAGE STAMPS OF CANADA. By BERTRAM W. H. POOLE. INTRODUCTION. Canada was originally the French colony of New France, which comprised the range of territory as far west as the Mississippi, including the Great Lakes. After the war of independence it was confined to what are now the provinces of Quebec and