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Kingston Stamp Club Chapter 49 of the Royal Philatelic Society of Canada Volume #10, Issue #3 Whole Number 39 Spring 2016 Issue 1932-2016 Our 84th Anniversary Year Table of Contents

1. President’s Message 2. Editor’s Comments 3. Quebec Tercentenary Issue - 7 and 10

cent Issues 4. Famous Canadians - Alexander

Graham Bell 5. British Colony- British Guiana 6. Locomotives - Part 3 7. February 8,2016 Meeting - How to Use

Microscope, UV Light and Water Mark

Detector on Stamps and Clothes Line

Exhibits

8. Speaker Night May 9,2016

Upcoming Meeting Listing for the Spring/ Summer Calendar 2016 March 14 Meeting Night March 28 Auction Night April 11 Meeting Night April 25 Auction Night May 9 Speaker Night June 13 Cobourg Club Night Summer Break September 12 Meeting Night October 22 Annual Stamp Festival

1) President’s Message We had a very warm winter and spring is early this year, hooray ! There are two events this spring, one is Speaker Night and the second is the Cobourg Club is coming to us again. Your Executive Committee are working diligently on the Kingston Stamp Festival, more details to follow in our Sept 12th meeting. Richard Weigand Richard Weigand, President 218 Richmond Street, Sandhurst, ON K0H 1G0 Tel 613-352-8775, Email [email protected]


2) Editor’s Comments Current Issue We are pleased to present the second part of four-part series this club year: Quebec Tercentenary Issue of 1908 Famous Canadians British Colonies Locomotives As your editor, I want to take this opportunity to thank Don Mann for editing these newsletters, he provides a valuable and much appreciated support to the final polish on these newsletters. Over the summer your editor will be working on four new four - part series ! Any suggestions are always appreciated. Editor – Richard Weigand 3) Quebec Tercentenary Issue - 7 and 10 Cent Issues Historical Background - In the summer of 1908 Canadians honoured the three hundredth anniversary of the founding of Quebec in 1608 by Samuel de Champlain, the French explorer and colonizer. In March, 1908 the government proposed to issue a series of postage stamps to commemorate the occasion. In view of the marked departure from the precedent in subject matter for the proposed stamp design, the Department sought the permission of King Edward VII to use portraits of non-royal persons and historical subjects on stamps of permanent validity. His Majesty consented, and the stamp were released on the16th day of July, 1908 for sale to the public throughout the Dominion before the Prince of Wales (later King George V) reached Québec.

Issue Printing Details / Date - This set of eight stamps were all issued on 16 July 1908. All issues printed by American Bank Note Company, Ottawa. All stamps were issued in sheets of 100. These issues were sold as imperforate pairs, [both gummed and without gum] as well as perforation 12. Postal Rates in 1908 -Domestic and Local Rates were 2c per ounce, Postcards 1 cent, USA 2 cents, Registration 5 cents, and Special Delivery 10 cents. Issue Valuation - This is a great series to collect as there are major reentries and plate blocks to collect across this entire issue. The full set MNH is valued at $1,500 for MNH VF condition!. The full set of 8 imperforate with gum or without gum are valued at $8,000 VF and $4,800 F condition !

Scott No 100 7 Cent Olive Green Plate Block #1 issued. Title: Montcalm and Wolfe 700,000 Issued Historical Military Figures - Portraits of Montcalm (1712-1759) and Wolfe (1727-1759), the two military antagonists in the final struggle for the mastery of Canada. Louis Joseph, Marquis de Montcalm, the French general, was born near Nîmes in 1712. A soldier from his early youth, Montcalm


received the appointment of commander of the French forces in North America in 1756. Despite his brilliant military efforts the British forces closed in on Quebec on 13th September, 1759. Montcalm, fatally wounded, died in the evening of the following day, and was buried in Quebec City. James Wolfe, commander of the British forces arrayed against Quebec, was born in 1727 in Westerham, England. He had a strong military background and, at thirty-one, was a Brigadier-General. In June, 1759, his expedition advanced on Quebec and besieged the fortress for twelve weeks. On the night of 12th September his forces climbed the heights to the Plains of Abraham. Wolfe, wounded three times, died in battle and was buried in England. Designer and Future President of Canadian Bank Note Company - Jose Antonio Machado

José Antonio Machado, designer, was born on January 20, 1862 on Puerto Principe Island, Cuba. He was educated at public school in Salem, Massachusetts, and Harvard College in Cambridge. After graduating from Harvard in 1883, he

took a special course in mechanical engineering, followed by business training in New York City. He arrived in Canada in January 1902 and began as general manager of the American Bank Note Company (ABNC) in Ottawa, Ontario. At this time, the Ottawa office specialized in the printing of high security products such as bank notes, postage and revenue stamps, stocks and bonds and other security documents. This office was staffed by Canadians: many of them had received their training in the company's New York plant. With

growth occurring in Canada, the volume of work was steadily increasing in Ottawa. The New York parent company reorganized in 1922-23 and separated the Ottawa office from the American Bank Note Company and it became the Canadian Bank Note Company. José Machado was the first president of this new Canadian company. While in Ottawa, he was a member of society during the 1920s and 1930s and belonged to the Rideau Golf Club. He traveled extensively visiting Europe, the West Indies and Mexico. While employed at the ABNC, he designed the Québec Tercentenary series of stamps issued in 1908 Engraved by Charles Skinner "Born 1841, died 14 March 1932. In the early

1860s he was working as an illustrator of books in New York City. He

joined American Bank Note Company in 1864 and moved to the

Continental Bank Note

Company in 1874. Skinner remained with American Bank Note Company after consolidation; he retired on 20 June 1911."


Scott No 101 10 Cent Violet Plate Block #1 issued. Title: Québec in 1700 500,000 Issued Historic Background - "Québec en 1700." View of Quebec city in 1700. The view shows a portion of the area known today as "Lower Town," at the foot of the cliff below where the present Citadel stands. Designer and Future President of Canadian Bank Note Company - Jose Antonio Machado Engraved by William J. Brown "This respected and prolific picture engraver was employed at American Bank Note Company as early as 1882, and was engraving as late as 1920." Based on - Engraving by Claude-Charles Le Roy Bibliography - Library and Archives Canada - Canada Postal Archival Site

4) Famous Canadians - Alexander Graham Bell

Scott No 274 4 cent deep blue Issue Date 3 March 1947 Issued as single stamps in plate blocks 1 and 2 with perforation of 12. 25,000,000 issued Printer - Canadian Bank Note Company Historic Background - Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, a native of Edinburgh and inventor of the telephone, was born in 1847. After studying at the universities of Edinburgh and London he emigrated to Canada with his father, who like himself had studied speech and the methods of treating vocal defects. He settled at Paris, Ontario and later at "Tutela Heights," a community near Brantford, Ontario.


During a visit to his parents' homestead in "Tutela Heights" in 1874 he invented the telephone. The first telephone was manufactured in 1875 in Boston, Mass., but Dr. Bell gave his first successful demonstration of transmitting speech (one way) over a telegraph wire between Brantford and Paris, Ont. In Boston, there is a historical plaque attesting to this homestead on the main street of Paris, Ontario. Dr. Bell opened a school for teachers of the deaf and became Professor at the University. The stamp depicts a winged figure of Fame crowning the effigy of Dr. Alexander Graham Bell. The symbolic figure and the portrait of Dr. Bell surmount a representation of the Western Hemisphere, indicating the main theatre of his activities. Dr. Bell's invention of the telephone is suggested by the poles with wires in background. Designed by Herman Herbert Schwartz Herman Herbert Schwartz, designer, was born in Nova Scotia on May 13, 1885, of Dutch ancestry. He showed little interest in the family spice business, W.H. Schwartz & Sons, founded by his grandfather in Halifax in 1841. He was interested in art. In August 1909, he was hired as an apprentice by the American

Bank Note Company (ABNC) of Ottawa. Schwartz was transferred to ABNC headquarters in New York City in 1917 to acquire more experience and to continue his studies. He is credited with the design of 154 Canadian stamps issued between 1927 and 1956. He designed the famous Bluenose stamp issued in 1929. He also designed foreign postage stamps and Canadian bank notes. He retired in 1956 at 70 after a career of 47 years. Schwartz died in Ottawa on March 22, 1962. Engraver Silas Robert Allen

Silas Robert Allen, born in 1888 in Ottawa, Ontario, was a master in steel engraving. Even as a primary school student in Ottawa, he was awarded first prize for his artistic talents in drawing. He then took basic art training with illustration courses at

the Ottawa Technical School. In addition to his talents in drawing, he was a highly skilled oil painter and photographer. He learned the basic techniques of engraving at the British American Bank Note Company in Ottawa, under the supervision of Messrs. Copelan and Smilie. Then, in 1922, he began working for the Canadian Bank Note Company (CBNC) in Ottawa, as a portrait engraver. He worked there for 35 years and engraved 78 postage stamps. His particular and very personal engraving style set him apart from other postage stamp engravers. The best example of this famous style is the 1954 portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.


He loved skillfully executed artwork, and his dominant etching approach served him well. Throughout his career at the CBNC, redoing and retouching illustrations would be part of what he did before doing his steel engraving work. Having worked with Herman Herbert Schwartz, a designer at the CBNC, he reworked Schwartz's stylized sketches for his steel engraving work. Silas Robert Allen's body of work is enormous. Although most postage stamps issued in Canada before 1922 were engraved in New York, Allen, in Ottawa, was the unchallenged steel engraving master. He engraved 61 Canadian postage stamps issued between 1922 and 1955. In addition to Canada, two other countries also made use of his talents: the Bahamas and Norway. A prolific artist, he also trained a number of apprentices in the difficult art of steel engraving, including his successor, Yves Baril. His best engravings include three separate series: prime ministers, the definitive Queen Elizabeth II series of 1954, and national wildlife. Allen was most proud of the dies of prime ministers Mackenzie, Thompson, Abbott and Bowell. In the national wildlife series, he was particularly pleased with the mountain sheep, polar bear, walrus, beaver and whooping crane. Created during the peak of his career as an engraver, these dies embody the perfect mastery of his craft. Allen's role in Canadian philately was invaluable, despite the fact that this pioneer artist, who died in 1958. Bibliography - Library and Archives Canada - Canada Postal Archival Site

5) British Colony - British Guiana

British Guiana (also spelled Guyana) was

the name of the British colony on the northern

coast of South America, since 1966 known as the

independent nation of Guyana. Its indigenous

people are the Arawak-speaking Lucayan, part of

the Taino people.

The first European to discover Guiana was

Sir Walter Raleigh, an English explorer. The

Dutch were the first Europeans to settle there,

starting in the early 17th century, when they

founded the colonies of Essequibo and Berbice,

adding Demerara in the mid-18th century. In

1796, Great Britain took over these three colonies

during hostilities with the French, who had


occupied the Netherlands. Britain returned control

to the Batavian Republic in 1802, but captured the

colonies a year later during the Napoleonic Wars.

The colonies were officially ceded to the United

Kingdom in 1814, and consolidated into a single

colony in 1831. The colony's capital was at

Georgetown (known as Stabroek prior to 1812).

As the British developed the colony for

sugar cane plantations, they imported many

Africans as slave labour. The economy became

more diversified since the late 19th century, but

has relied on resource exploitation. Guyana

became independent of the United Kingdom on 26

May 1966.

Postal Administration

A privately run packet service for mail

existed in British Guiana in 1796, and continued

for a number of years. Postage stamps of Britain

were used in those days at Georgetown

(Demerara) and Berbice. The first adhesive

stamps produced by British Guiana were issued in

1850.

British Guiana is famous among

philatelists for its early postage stamps, some of

them considered to be among the rarest, most

expensive stamps in the world. These include the

unique British Guiana 1c magenta from 1856,

which sold in 1980 for close to $1 million.

In June 2014 the 1856 British Guiana one-cent

magenta stamp was sold at auction in New York,

to an anonymous bidder, for $9.5m (£5.6m) at

auction in New York, a world record.

Cottonreels

The London government established an

inland postal system on 1 July 1850, but postage

stamps had not yet been produced. The postmaster

in Georgetown went to the local newspaper, the

Royal Gazette, where he had them print

imperforate stamps in the form of an outline

circle, with "BRITISH GUIANA" inside the rim,

and a denomination, from 2c to 12c, in the

middle. The printing was in black, on different

colors of paper depending on the denomination.

These became known as the "Cottonreels"

because of their circular shape, like the labels on

spools of cotton, and are quite rare.

1852 Issues

The first issue from London eventually

came, in 1852. It was a very simple typeset design

depicting a sailing ship and the colony's motto

(misspelled) DAMUS PATIMUS QUE

VICISSIM ("we give and expect in return").

These, also, are quite rare. Better stamps from

London showed up in 1853, engraved and

correctly inscribed, using PETIMUS instead.

The numbers were apparently insufficient, and in

1856 the postmaster had new 1c and 4c issues

printed locally, crudely typeset and imitating the

design of the London stamps, motto and all. These

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are among the rarest of all stamps. The British

Guiana 1c magenta is considered to be the rarest,

as only one copy is known to exist.

British Guiana is famous among philatelists for its

early postage stamps, some of them considered to

be among the rarest, most expensive stamps in the

world. These include the unique British Guiana 1c

magenta from 1856, which sold in 1980 for close

to $1 million.

In June 2014, the 1856 British Guiana

one-cent magenta stamp was sold at auction in

New York, to an anonymous bidder, for $9.5m

(£5.6m), a world record. Another shipment of

stamps showed up in 1860, but difficulties were

not over yet: locally printed stamps were needed

again in 1862 and 1882. After that, stamps were

reliably available.

Inland Revenue Issues of 1865

British Guiana's first revenues were issued

in 1865 for Summary Jurisdiction. Eight values

between 12c and 96c were issued, and the lowest

value was surcharged 50c in 1875. Between 1883

and 1887, nine values between 12c and $1 were

issued, and the $1 is the rarest stamp of these. In

1887, a number of provisional surcharges were

produced, however some think that these were

never issued.

Inland Revenue Issues 1888

The first Inland Revenue stamps were

issued between 1869 and 1877, and this first issue

is very scarce and stamps are often found in poor

condition. In 1888, a new issue based on special

printings of un denominated postage stamps

overprinted and surcharged, was issued. In 1889 a

new set with a ship as the main design was issued,

and these were reprinted in 1911. The $4.80 value

of this set was overprinted for postal use over

seventy years after it was originally issued, in

1983.

Medicine Duty

Various Medicine Duty stamps were issued

around 1900, and all are rare.

Guyana

Georgetown, Guyana

British Guiana became independent as

Guyana in 1966, and its first revenues as an

independent state were issued in 1975. The first

issue consisted of the contemporary flower

definitive overprinted REVENUE ONLY.

Despite the overprint, they were still valid for

postal use. A year later a new issue with the map

of Guyana was issued, and in 1981 the 5c and 35c

values from the 1978 butterfly postal set were also

overprinted and surcharged for fiscal use. In 1995,

a new design with the coat of arms was issued,

and it was reissued in self-adhesive format in

2002.

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Commemorative stamps

In 1898, a pictorial commemorative was

issued for Queen Victoria's Jubilee, depicting

Mount Roraima and Kaieteur Falls, and another in

1931, commemorating the 100th anniversary of

the colony's formation. Additional regular

pictorial series, depicting local scenes and

industries, came out in 1934, 1938, and 1954, as

well as the usual omnibus issues of the

Commonwealth.

A set of three stamps issued in 1961

commemorated self-government. In 1964, a set

was issued commemorating the 1964 Summer

Olympics held in Tokyo.

Independence

In 1966, the country achieved

independence from the United Kingdom, and

changed its name to Guyana. Later stamps were

issued by Guyana.

Bibliography - Wikipedia

6) Locomotives - Canadian Locomotives Part 3 (1906-1925) Set Issue Date - 7 November 1985

Scott No 1071 34c multicoloured Title: GT Class K2 4-6-4T Type The Whyte notation for classifying steam locomotives by wheel arrangement was devised by Frederick Methvan Whyte and came into use in the early twentieth century, encouraged by an editorial in American Engineer and Railroad Journal (December 1900). The notation counts the number of leading wheels, then the number of driving wheels, and finally the number of trailing wheels, groups of numbers being separated by dashes. The second-largest user of the 4-6-4 type in North America was the Canadian Pacific Railway with sixty-five H1a to H1e class locomotives, numbered 2800 to 2864 and built by Montreal Locomotive Works between 1929 and 1940. They were highly successful and improved service and journey times on the CPR's transcontinental routes. The third and


later batches of CPR Hudson, H1c to H1e numbers 2820 to 2864, were dubbed Royal Hudson and were semi-streamlined. Royal permission was given for these locomotives to bear the royal crown and arms after locomotive No. 2850 hauled King George VI across Canada in 1939. Printer: Ashton Potter Limited. Tagged General Tagging 2 Bar. Perforation 12.5 by 13. Se tenant Pair with Scott No 1072. 9,000,000 issued

Scott No 1072 34c multicoloured Title: CP Class P2a 2-8-2 Type This type, 2-8-2 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, usually in a leading truck, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle, also usually in a trailing truck. This configuration of steam locomotive is most often referred to as a Mikado, frequently shortened to Mike, but at times it was also referred to on some railroads in the United States of America as the McAdoo Mikado and, during World War II, the MacArthur. The Canadian Pacific (CP) used Mikado locomotives for passenger and freight trains throughout Canada. Most worked in the Rocky Mountains, where the standard 4-6-2 Pacific's and 4-6-4 Hudson's could not provide enough traction to handle the steep mountain grades Printer: Ashton Potter Limited. Tagged General Tagging 2 Bar. Perforation 12.5 by 13. Se tenant Pair with Scott No 1071. 9,000,000 issued

Scott No 1073 39c multicoloured Title: CNR Class 010a 0-6-0 Type This type was called "Six Coupled" and was used for hauling a very heavy load where speed was not essential. Printer: Ashton Potter Limited. Tagged General Tagging 2 Bar. Perforation 12.5 by 13. 8,600,000 issued

Scott No 1074 68c multicoloured Title: CGR Class H4D 2-8-0 Type The 2-8-0 gradually became the standard heavy freight steam locomotive type in the Canada during the first half of the 20th century. This type could haul heavy loads or passenger cars across the Canadian Rocky Mountains, albeit slowly. Printer: Ashton Potter Limited. Tagged General Tagging 2 Bar. Perforation 12.5 by 13. 8,200,000 issued Historic Background - From fond hopes... to a bottomless pit of debt... to consolidation and renewal; that sums up Canadian railroading from 1906 to 1925. The railway craze of the early twentieth century, however, gave Canada no fewer than three transcontinental lines. In 1885, Donald Smith drove the last spike on the CPR. Fifteen years later, an economic boom, the growth of mining, the rapid development of the Prairies, and a spirit of optimism were


generating a huge demand for new railways. Entrepreneurs and politicians eagerly stepped forward to satisfy this demand. William Mackenzie and Donald Mann, for example, had started out as CPR contractors in Western Canada. In 1897 they launched their own 197 km (123-mile) railway in Manitoba. Their system, later known as the Canadian Northern, expanded rapidly, especially in the northern Prairies. When Mackenzie and Mann tired of shipping freight to Eastern Canada and the Pacific on rival lines, they developed transcontinental fever. They began work on their transcontinental line after having failed to agree on building on in conjunction with the Grand Trunk, a prominent eastern railway. The Grand Trunk, on the other hand, still wished to enter the market in growing Western Canada. It, therefore, decided to build a subsidiary - the Grand Trunk Pacific - from Winnipeg to Prince Rupert, and to lease a line that the federal government would construct from Moncton to Winnipeg via Quebec City. Cash and land grants from governments and government guarantees for private bond issues largely paid for the Canadian Northern and the Grand Trunk Pacific. Rising construction costs, economic recession, and war eventually crushed these firms. Private loans for construction dried up. Immigration and its major contributions to the railway business stopped. With initial success, these railways turned for aid to the federal government. However, in 1917 the government began the nationalization process, having concluded that the suppliants would never cease to drain the public purse and that the country's credit rating would suffer if they went under. By 1923, the Canadian Northern, the Grand Trunk Pacific, the Grand Trunk (dragged down by its subsidiary), and several other bankrupt

railroads found themselves consolidated into the government-owned Canadian National Railways. Designer Ernst Roch -The locomotive stamps were designed by Ernst Roch of Montreal. The format chosen, which presents the locomotives in profile against a plain background colour,

are ideal for presenting the mechanical complexity that makes locomotives so visually interesting. The principal challenge of designing these stamps was to simplify the engines to make a sufficiently strong graphic statement at stamp size without sacrificing significant

detail. The meticulously detailed painting of locomotives from this period - Canadian Pacific P2a, a Canadian Northern 010a, a Grand Trunk K2, a Canadian Government Railways H4D - show the wealth of interesting detail associated with their drive mechanism. The rendering of the engines in a range of grey's reflects the drab coloration typical of locomotives of this time period. Bibliography - Library and Archives Canada - Canada Postal Archival Site 7) February 8,2016 Meeting How to Use Microscope, UV Light and Water Mark Detector on Stamps and Clothes Line Exhibits We had a great presentation by Peter Macdonald and Val Mayers on how to use the above equipment to better identify stamps.


An email was sent out to all to bring a stamp (s) that needed

better identification

using the above equipment.

Peter helped those members to better understand the various details of their stamps which means

proper identification

and maybe a higher priced stamp !!! This presentation was viewed by many members of our club during our meeting tonight. Peter Macdonald is show here getting ready to help our club members. Val Mayers was busy at the Consignment Tables as this was a busy night for this area of our club as well. Clothes Line Exhibits We had four clothes line exhibits tonight, coordinated by Ron Barrett. Mel Campbell presented an Alexander

Graham Bell Cover. The Bell stamp is catalogue

no 274, issued to celebrate the 100th

anniversary of the birth of our famous

inventor. There were 50 types of special

envelopes created by the City of Brantford

which were also used to cancel the first day of

issue of this stamp. It is estimated there are

172 cache designs by various cache makers for

this issue.

Maynard Slack presented the US Elvis

Presley Stamp. This stamp was issued in 1993

using the younger image of this world wide

celebrity. This is the most popular US stamp

with 517 million stamps issued celebrating

Elvis Presley! We also had an opportunity to

see an Elvis Presley stamp imbedded above a

digital watch!

Richard Weigand presented a book of

Christmas Cards dating from 1910-1930. Some

of the cards are black and white, some in

colour and some were embossed. England was

the first country to start producing black and

white Christmas Cards on card stock paper.

Germany , however became the world leader in

coloured Christmas cards. The cards were first

printed in black and white. An assembly line

was then used for each person to add their

distinctive colour to the card as it moved along

the line. Embossed Coloured Cards added a

distinctive feel to the Christmas Card which

reflected the major theme portrayed.

Peter Wheatley presented a complete

collection of Swiss Semi Postal's from 1913 -

1946. These are beautiful stamps and enhances

Peter's collection of Swiss Stamps.

8) Runnymede Library- The Architect John Macintosh Lyle ( November 13,1872 to December 19,1945) John Macintosh Lyle was born in Belfast, Ireland, on November 13,1872. The family came to Canada in 1877 to start a new life. John's father, Reverend Lyle, took the position at Central Presbyterian Church in Hamilton. John took courses at Hamilton Art School, moved on to Yale University and, in 1894, enrolled in the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, France. In France John studied


architecture, furniture design, statuary design and city planning. Graduating in 1896, John sailed to New York and worked for several prestigious architectural firms. John moved to Toronto in 1905, aged 33. In 1908, John married Isabel Moncrieff of Windsor and they had two daughters. John worked out of his office on Bloor Street, several miles east of the Runnymede Library. At various lecture halls at University of Toronto, John won over the local architects to view with fresh perspectives the classic Italian, Greek and Roman architecture.

Designs attributed to this new style include Toronto's Union Station, and bank main office buildings in Ottawa, Calgary and Hamilton. John also designed a new church structure for his father's congregation. The Memorial Arch at the entrance to RMC is also one of his designs. The Dominion Coin Competition of 1936 was won by John's designs of the maple leaf (1cent) and the beaver ( 5 cents). A large number of awards was granted to John Lyle in his career both from Canadian and French organizations. On December 19,1945 at age 73, John passed away.

Memorial Arch, Royal Military College, Kingston

Upper Left and Right Shields at top of the Memorial Arch


Runnymede Library Design

The design of this imposing library in Toronto is based on symbols drawn from nature, west coast Aboriginal Indians and the first French settlers. A stylized flint arrowhead is on the face of the main doors' header. A stylized native Aboriginal Indian totem pole flanks both sides of the heavy wooden main doors to this library. Each totem pole has a raven at the top panel, a beaver and bear below. The tall, high- pitched roof has a distinctive Quebec design. The small slates used as roofing tile design is the same pattern found in France. The space just below the overhanging roof has an Indian dogtooth motif. The iron grills on the main floor windows consist of upside down triangles, which John Lyle said was the Indian implement of progress.

John Lyle also added a door-way on the west side so that children could enter and go up to the second floor for their portion of the library. The entrance was a giveaway as the lintel of stone said "Boys and Girls Entrance". Added to this stone lintel are images of squirrels, pine cones and lilies, suggesting a Canadian child's character. Children were more catered to than adults. The children's librarians were dedicated to their very special work: art shows, hobby shows, puppet shows, talent shows all showing their love for these young readers. On Saturday morning stories were read to them in a separate Story Room. In 1979 a 15,000 square foot addition, which included a solarium, was added to the back of the building to house the growing collection of 15,000 more books and 3,000 vinyl records. Space was set aside for reading areas as well.

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Location - 2178 Bloor Street West, Toronto This grand library was built on the corner of Bloor Street and Glendonwynne Avenue (2178 Bloor Street West) at a cost of $52,445. The City of Toronto paid for this entire project to support libraries in this new area of Toronto. Construction began in 1929 and the formal opening was on November 12,1930. This new library boasted 32,000 volumes on a new style inlaid shelving system that went around each room! Stamp Issue Details

Date of Issue: 5 May 1989 Series: Architecture Series Year (inclusive dates): 1989-1996 Scott No 1181 Printer: B A Bank Note Inc Printing Method: Lithography Perforation: 13.5, 13.5 x 13 Variations: This stamp came with errors as an imperforate pair (1181b) as well as missing colours as and also, with inverted inscriptions in left margin pair. Designed by Raymond Bellemare: In addition to pursuing a career in graphic design, Raymond was a lecturer at the Cégep du Vieux Montréal in 1967-1968, then at the Université du Québec à Montréal in 1970-1971, 1982-1983 and 1994-1995. He has designed a number of stamps for Canada Post Corporation and was a member of its advisory committee from 1983 to 1987. Raymond

Bellemare participates in exhibitions and his works are published in numerous magazines worldwide. Bibliography: Canadian Stamp News February 25,2003 Canadian Stamp Archives Unitrade Specialized Canadian Catalogue 2015 Edition Page 259 9) May 9, 2016 Speaker Night - Forensic Philately By Don Mann Our Guest Speaker Mr. Garfield Portch Mr. Portch will speak and use a Power Point Presentation format on Forensic Philately, and show and tell us how this new science helps us especially in regard to the expertization of stamps, and detecting flaw and fakes. He was presented at The Smithsonian and assisted both US and Canadian Government Departments in tracking down counterfeiting of tamps, currency and other related documents. Mr. Portch is a member of the Board of the Vincent Graves Greens Foundation, and a member of their Expert Committee. Time permitting, there will be a short talk on paper-making, watermarks and a Question and Answer Period. Your Executive Committee has approved this event with the view that such a distinguished speaker would be of great interest to our members at this time. Garfield Portch is an avid collector. Please plan to attend what should be a very interesting evening.

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President’s Message Editor’s Comments · Spring 2016 Newsletter Page 2 of 15 Pages 2) Editor’s Comments Current Issue We are pleased to present the second part of four-part