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the Pritcllard i?lzdrev,~s Itroof Shcet No. 1, - the lower. part of page 110-2 in I!roo:P boolc.

.-, Vol. 1 NO. 5 ChlTRDI!ilT FIiAG CANCIGL BULLI2TIM July 1975 5- Tile }??{I~(J ]~~Ll~ l ) & ;{E:l)!{]<';is p ~ ~ ~ ) O ~ SI{:j2j$ys .--

Cincc the proof shec-t; rcproci.uctions in .the Flag Cancel Handbook are of necessity, reduced in size, iJ6 is thought that students of these 1917-1q Plag Cancels might appreciate having a set of FULL SIZI3 Pi-IOOF SII;SII:TS for purposes of study and/or collection illustra.kion.:'l'lzese are being reproduced in this issue of t h e Bulletin. :Ic hope that they are useful.

If additional sets o f -Lhc Proof sheets (~erox)are wanted they can bc obtained frolu Ed llic2lardson at 60$ per set, post- . paid, mailed flat.

1 YOi.1 P.I ;jiKSlIS ' , I A ~ ~ ! ? I J I ~ . ~ , 900 Kern St., Richmond 11-1 81-1 Calif., 94805 2 - . 84-1 84-2 cover , card or cut square

36 324.3 !P;~,I~~J~~~J!~II, V. I t . 2620 E. Windsor Ave., Scottsdale, Ar:'~zona. g 5 2 5 7 . Col.lects the broad spec-trun .of . . - -

ll~.lil, Cm.atla, Mewfld, and the krov., 19th d 201;h, ~::evenues, iJostal Stationery, but very interested in 1i1'0, ;';cr,uarcil Circle, and of 'course FLAG Canc.

37 1358 I c;.cne -- ;'I . 6543 Beach Drive S,Ii! . , :;cattie. 'iiu:.sh. 90196 Canada and the provinces

e q~~ite broadly, incl. postal stationery and semi- official airs. e

38 1219 T:iciC:,.Y, Doria 10439 140th St,, ddmonton, Akta. C , :lacla, '1151T 2L8 11 very fine dealer who manages to come up w i k h the unusual. Also has beautiful dauzht er !

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Melnbe~:.ship .Dircc.f;ory Continued .-- .--

39 2749 :Dcl:i:i{k.Jy, 1,e;c c/o LCD Stamp Co., Inc. , .?!el l ington ;;quare ivyall, 'I;o:tcr I ~ e v e l , London, Ont . , Canada. L a s t i h y lOL1.1 he held h i s 20th Auction s a l e of oorie 700 l o t s , producing. a f i n & i l l u s t r a t e d c a t ,

40 3OG5 I : i r P. 0. Box 26 Sc~nta Rosa, C a l i f . 954~2 20th Cun.l;ury Canada, p lus Revenues, post- a l s t a t i o n e r y and airmails.

4 1 2764 BhltROW, Gordon Box 1103, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., Cc~nada LOS 1 J O Canada 19 th & ZOth, mint & used, .ipZiZC clnd I)u.r)lex Carlccls . L i t e r a t u r e . a.

42 261 5 i,/ALXia:lt, 'Dale C .' Stap le s i ~ i l l , Canton, 1-laine 04221 13 1;h Cent. Crlnada uscd. Precancels , Revenues, . .- ijoz.ta1 :;ta.l;ioneryl L i t e r a t u r e , Flag and I1socked on nosell cancc1s.-

43 196 'liI'II;JIOII, J o h z P. 19 W iloyal Pores t , Colurnbus, Ohio, 42214 O l d If:;ave Thern FlagsH himself! John's i n t e r e s t s a r e wide, but he has been a Flag cancel c o l l e c t o r f o r a good many years.

44 1763 WOLIV, ALAW W . P.O. Box 115 , P a i r Oaks, C a l i f l . , 95628 (Sacramento Co. ) . Here1 s a rneinber I remember proposing some 1 5 years ago. Col lec t s t h e whole

' f i e l d , e s p e c i a l l y when it comes t o cancels . He i s (continued) no-t a newcor~ler -to our f i e l d ! t o page- 73)

L13 - ';lco,yne R. Cur t i s

:/hen I checked and %ounJ t h a t 'iayne Cuj:tis joined BNAPB j u s t t e n years ago, I could hardly bc l icvc i t! Seems l i k e I have been i n correspondence v i t h him f o r rnore years than tha t ! The Apr i l i s s u e o f DlTA TOPIC:; contained a sketch of 'ifayne, as No. 185 i n t h e s e r i e s . I can do no b e t t e r than t o copy copiously f r o m t h a t source.

"Born i n Sut ton Vermont, hc received p r a c i c a l l y a l l of h i s schooling i n I~lontreal. The u.3. ~2rr1iy d ra f t ed llirn i n 1951, and two years l a t e r hc was back l i v i n g i n Piontreal again. There he has re- mained e:icept f o r a few ~nonths spent on a defence p r o j e c t i n North- e rn Newfoundland and Labrador. IIe i s c u r r e n t l y wi th a f i r m of insur- ance brokers v~i-l;h.business connections i n Great B r i t a i n and t h e U.S.

I1Be h a d : c o l l e c t e d stamps as a c h i l d , and i n 1960 he s t a r t e d anew. ~ e f ore lonz he becamc ,keenly i n t e r e s t e d i n Canadian postmarks. He. has long been worlcing o n c t h e l'iiontreal Duplex Numeral and L e t t e r Cancel.la.l;ion;-;, and has been c o l l e c t i n g prc-adhesive and stampless covers f rom t h e Qucbcc a r ea , squared c i r c l c s , RPOs, m i l i t a r y , and of course P%I>LG Gal-~cels. I.Ie ;i!.so co:Ll~c.i;s Canadian Precancels and Yo.3 ta:L 11i~;'iory rrac~.l;cr.i;~l.

"\;hen ("7.rti~ J LL a r ~ d h i s c?~rtrrnin~ ?l ife Ivy were married i n 1969 h i s b e s t Inan none. othitr -than :i!J;AiJ;:er C l i f f Guile, our own member 35. '.le understand. t h a t Ivy a l s o .toll . c t s stamps, and t h a t she and Wayne c o l l e c t postcards of the p a t r i o t i c types.

"Those ~ ~ h o were i n at tendance a t t hc Flag Cancel Seminar l as t f a l l a t tlic ;!illiarnsbui-g 32..Tll-'SX '74, w i l l remerllbdr ~ a f i e as being present . Yhe Cur t i s couple were a l s o a t S t . Johnls,lNev~foundland the year bcfore , and a r c moat l i k e l y t o be a t our Flag Cancel meeting a t the Toronto 31TA'i'lt:X '75.

l f : ia~nc, :Je understand :.lil.l be -Lhe new colurmhist i n B1TA TOPICS wr-iting d.;?ir..~Ches of : . vc:; .~ of luck.

July 13'75 C11Nh:llI AN !?3;ACr. Ciil'JCI31~ - RUI;I;I<FII\T . .

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COMMENT? DEMANDEZ A VOTRE

BANQlrE 01! AU COMMENT?

DEMhiAHDEZ'A VOTRE .BANQLJE DU A l l Mhl'l i ?E l)E POSTE

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WAYNE ,CURTIS WANT LIST ,.' P.O. Box 541, Station B Montreal, P.Q. He would like to t r y to obtain t h e misskng CA~~ADA H3B 3K3

Royal Train/ Train Royal dates in his collection.^ COVERS ONLY WANTED, 52-1 May 17,.,20, 21, 23, 25, 26, 27, 30, 31, June 1, 3, 5 , 6 , 7, 12. 2 - May 16, 19, and the May 22nd Hybrid,

WIN THE WAR BUY WAR S A V I N G S

YOUR MONEY BUY WAR S A V I N G S

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YOUR MONEY BUY WAR SAVINGS .

Y O U R MONE? BUY WAR SAVINGS'

5th o f a s e r i e s o f Seven

-- NORE 014 THE ROYAL TRPLIN, 1739

I n our n e x t BULLETIN we p l a n t o p u b l i s h a NEW MAP, and a new1 l i s t i n g of d a t e s , We hava 1.on.g boen puzzled by s o m e 4 0 f t h e r e c e n t d a t a which h a s corne our way, which d i d n o t chock o u t w i t h t h e l i s t as p u b l i s h e d i n t h e IiAIJDBOOK, Thanks t o Member #3 - Wayne C u r t i s - . we now have new d a t a which comploto1.y r e p l a c e s t h a t of the - ,book . U n f o r t u n a t e l y t h e r e was n o t s u f f i c i e n t room i n t h i s - i s s u e b u t we d o promise a comple te new map, and l i s t i n g a v a i l a b l e i n the-. 8epternber i s s u e which we hope w i 1 . l r e a c h you h e f o r e BNAPEX ' 7 5 , PREPARE FOR t h e FLAG CANCEL SISMINAR - 2:00 p.m. F r i d a y , S e p t . 1 9 t h .

1da s i n c e r e l y hope you 53 F l a g C a n c e l S t u d y G,oup Members c a n a l l a r r a n g e t o a t t e n d t h e BNAPEX '75 a f f a i r i n T o r o n t o t h i s y e a r . One of t h o f e a t u r e s w i l l be o u r Group Annual Meet ing . B u s i n e s s w i l l be l i m i t e d t o a b o u t 1 5 inin. t h e b a l a n c e of 75 m i n . w i l l be f o r FLAG

(" CANCEL d i s c u s s i o n . e

Each rnenibar con c o n t r i b u t e b y 1 . ) b r i n g i n g i n a n a n u s u a l i t e m t o show and r o p o r t , 2 , ) showing y o u r f a v o r i t e F l a g Cance l Cover , 3.) b y b r i n g i n g a q u e s t i o n y o u ' d l i k e answered , o r b y 4.) b r i n g i n g d u p s f o r s a l a o r t r n d c .

We'd l i k e t o have a " C l o t h e s - l i n e " E x h i b i t o f i t e m s #2.

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i s .the 0fXici:: i l .Uz:;:ui o:C. tlic C:~n:.tiij.an J!'lag C a n c e l l . a t i o n S t u d y Croup , - t~. uni-l;. o:i' t'ilc :l%:i-t i:;12 l!ortlr iIr!lcrica l ' l l i l a t e l i c S o c i e t y . i.:embcrslzip i n -the :;.tucly C:.rou.p i s o p ~ n ONLY t o I3EApSers. S t u d y Croup clues :-~r'c ::ct :.~.~lrlu:i:!.!.y iiy 'I;'i!c: c r o u p , and a r c c u r r e n t l y $2 .OO pox a1znur:l. il'ho l!Ui'13J!~:!i.'T1? i s plr:~nncd -1;o be i s s u e d a t l e a s t FIVE a n d n o riiorc t h a n J~IGI-I!? i s s u e s a y c a r , c o n s i s t i n g o f 4 o r 9 p a g e s e a c h , depending u;!jon t h e new m a t e r i a l a v a i l a b l e f o r p u b l i c a t i o n , Chairmaq, Secretary-'llreast~re~ .--- - I ~ a r r y 11. l'aj-ge, 1069 S h i l l e l a g h

Itd. , i ; 5 1 c s a p c ~ ~ ~ v i z . 3 . Ilirec-I; a l l q u i r i e s r e g a r d i n g .

f i n a n c e s , d u o s , m c m b e ~ s l l i p , b a c k i s s u e s t o t h i s o f f i c e r . . . . - . - the . ~ u ~ ; - ~ . . I ~ . I I. t.llT ' . - :!~:cl I:icha:pd:;on, P. 0. Box 939, League .City, , .-

2 - ,- , - - - . - -. .Texas 77573. Phone 713-554-3254. D i r e c t a l l want a d s . a l l new d a t o s , nc:, diucovc&irics, p e r s o n a l b i o g r a p h i e s , ind o ~ h e r m a t e r i a l f o r the RULLi?l!IM o r a r e v i s e d e d i t i o n o f the IIandboolc, t o 1:cl.

ADDITIOIVS t o FEfYIBERSIIIP DIRECTORY (Cont. f rom page 28) 45 749 GREENHILL, H.S.B. Rowan T r e e s , Highbury Grove,

iIaslonicre, S u r r y G r e a t B r i t a i n GU27 1BB L i b r a r i a n and FELLOW of t h e Canad ian P& of GB. C o l l e c t s Canada g o n o r a l l y and t h e more i n t e r - e s t i n g pos tmarks s u c h a s Aquared C i r c l e s & F l a g s .

46 2036 ROSS, LEI3OY L. P.O. Box 12 ,222 , Denver, Colo , 0 F l a g , S l o g a n and Squared C i r c l e Cance l s . S p e c i a l t y i s Q.B. I1 P o s t a l S t a t i o n e r y . ,

47 3118 WALKER. LAWRENCE A. 8844 Notre-Dame E a s t , Mont rea l , P. Qua., H1L 3M4. C c l l e c t s 2 0 t h Cent . Canada g e n e r a l l y i n c l u d i n g c a n c e l s , 1st d a y s , p l a t e s a i r s , p o s t a l s t a t i o n e r y , OIIMS-G, e t c . s p e c i a l t y 1967 i s s u e .

48 1 6 4 6 CRAWFORD, DOUGLAS A. $ ~ a n k of Nova S c o t i a , P e t e r - borough, Ont. S p e c i a l i z e s i n t h e c a n c e l s o f t h e 3$ 1897 J u b i l o e .

49 2453 McNEY, FLOYD G. P.O. Box 177, S t o n y P l a i n , Alta. TOE 2CO. Canada 2 0 t h C e n t u r y i n a l l i t s marly ph:ises.

50 2Lt.83 CROUSB, 'dM. V I C T O R Box 62 Amherstburg Ont. N9V 222 C o l l a c t s t l l u broad f i e l d , b u t especially i n t e r e s t e d i n ENA Rovenues, and S m a l l Quoens ' C a n c e l l a t i o n s .

51 59 - SIVERTS, J O H N S. Box 4.35 Idi lmington, Delaware,. A " c h a r t e r k40rnbertt of RNAPS, a s t u d e n t of BNA mater l .n l i n a l l i t s ph;rses i n depth! You'd be- s u r p r i s e d a t h i s broad knowladgo.

52 2C59 f4cC1llT:E, C.13. c /o N a t i o n a l P o s t a l Musaum P.O. c p t . , C o n f o d c r e t i o n H e i g h t s , Ottawa Ont. BIA OB1

:Mac" i s a f i n e s t u d e n t of Canadian 6 o s t a l H i s t o r y , and i n a d d i t i o n i s Head o f Resea rch and Admin i s t r ay t i o n f o r t h e N a t i o n a l P o s t a l Museum.

53. - ??? MYSTERY KEI.IRER? Members #be-53 a l l j o i n e d a t QUEPEX i m o s t l y w h i l e a t t o n d i n g the Flag Cance l Seminar he d 5 by your E d i t o r . Somehow we f a i l e d t o n o t e t h e . name

of t h e s i x t h p e r s o n t o g i v e us $2 dues . Sooner o r l a t e r t h i s w i l l be c l e a r e d and membership #53 w i l l be a s s i g n e d ,

So L a r r y Naiee was hop ing f o r PIFTY rnembors b y BNAPEX t i m e , and we have a l r e a d y passod h i s " i m p o s s i b l e dreamt'. A t remendous s tar t !

:;ce p:lgi'c 53. i n IIai~~.iboo!:. 'L'Ilri.' . is:. ,, i~ .I!'~J.I~L S-;lti;~!: r e l~orduc . t j . on of lPr i t c1xu-d :.'; !.11(ix:t !i..~s >:roo:f :..;l~ee-L 1.1 o . 6 . 'blotc tlze 1'1i001' o f the very r:irc :i!;rpc 38 i n . upl:)cs L o f t .corner, uucd o n l y a t T r o i s Riv-, i c r e s . G t h i n a :;erics o f seven pla.bcs. a .

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was t h e occas ion f o r t h e appcararlca o f a now Flag Cancel. Shown

ORAPEX 75 MAY 3 - 4

INTERNATIONAL WOMMIS YEAR

h a r e J.s a n cxanl.ple d a t e d ivlay .3, 1975. We a r o s t i l l wa i t i ng t o h e a r from C o l i n D2yley, t o g e t t h o e x a c t d a t a on t h e d a t e s of use.

TO THE LIMITED

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May 1975 a l s o saw s t i l l anothor P h i l a t e l i c FLAG CAI\ICEI. mhke i t s ' appearance - t h c v e r y e t t r a c t i v o QUEPEX ' 7 5 cance l , usu.d i n ITI: . connec t ion w i t h t h e Arlnual 2 V- .

meeting of t h e ROYAL PI-IXL- 19.7 '5 . . ATELIC 3OCIli:TY o:f CANADA, PQ . .

he ld i n Quebac, May 29-31. . . - . . . - . .... - . .-.-. -. The Die was used on commercial 1na3.l f o r two days , May 1-2.

The May 1s t i s known wCth tho 8:30 PM timo marking, and wi th a l a r g e d o t abovo t h e "1" i n place of tho time marking. The May 2nd - n sca rce d a t e - seems. t o a l l have t h e Roman 111 a b o v a the 112t1 i n p lzce o f t he time marking.

The " O f f i c i a l P h i l a t e l i c use of t h e Die was May 29-30. On I\!ay 30 th Canada obsorved the F i r s t Dzy of Use f o r FOUR IVbW STfi14PS - Bourgeoys, Chown, Cook and Dosjardins . A f a i r l y good number of these wera preparod a s F i r s t Dnys us ing the QUEPEX cachc t covere , and c a n c e l l a d w i t h t h e May 30 th da t e .

Tho i!ay 29th d a t e was used on c a c h e t covors or' QUEPEX, us ing t1.e ... 89 UPU 01 1974,. - . . . - . - - -. --.

There was ano the r v a r i e t y of the May 30th F lag Cover - found' on perhaps 250 oxampl.es of Cards, b c a r i n g the Bourgcoys stamp, s o i t t o o .was a Fixast Day. T h e ca rds w e r e v a r i o u s t ypes of t h e s p e c i a l Pos t Cards i s sued by the Na't;ional P o s t a l Xusem, a Banquet Souvenir .

I d i d no t s o o any Hay 31sl; F12g C o v e r s f o r s a l o , - however a t t h e Awards Banquot, - Guests were s u r p r i s e d t o f i n d t h a t t h e i r MENU had boor1 fratlltcd w i t h t h e 2$ L a u r i e r and 7$ S t . Laurent ( two French Canadian Prima N i n i s t e r s ) , and c a n c e l l e d w i t h t h o . QUEPEX FLAG dated May 3 l s t J - 7 -1 GtigBEC May 1 .1.25

6- Play 2 2.00 IVlay 29 1.00 E;ay 30 .80 May 31 Souvenir on ly 2.50