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I believe they first · appeared on the 1'9.35 Issue. On. the lower denomlna­U.ons, 1oe to 8c they are on the lower left, where the maple leaf cuts through tbe :f•rame of the King's picture. ,

On the 10.c R. C. M. P. Lower right; 13c Fathers of Com.--\Lower rjght; 20c Niagara Falls-At right of Fans; 50c Vict'orla-Lower left; $1 Cihamp­lln Mon.-iLo-wer right; Sc Ail1llla11-Lower right.

On the lawer denoanlnatlons; 1c to Be of the 193'7 isS'lle, a secret mark Is fo.und in the tiny triangle space on the left hand s1d'e between "F' of Postage and the nume.ral. What is it?

The MgJier denominations came out in 193.8: On the 10c Memorlal Oham.­ber-On step behind Memorial; 13c HaJllfax Hanbour--A.bove 'IS" of cents; 20tc Fort Garry Gate-Lower right near numeral "20!'; 50c Vancouver Harbour -Under "50" at right; $'1 Chateau de R!amezay--Lower rlg<ht .beside 17'1"; 6<)

Alr Mall-LOIWer left. 1:942-43> Issue-On the lc to &c Eing's

Head, the date can be .found in the centre of the lower border. On the 4c G.rain Elevatar on the wharf at right centre; 8c cows, lower right between "8" and "c" of cents·: lOc on ste·P· at right of !ront door; 6c, 7c, l.&c, 1•4c, 2.01C, 50c, $1, on bottom ma;ple leaf at left.

On the 1946 lsSIUe, in the centre of Iawer scroll work on aH denomina­tions: On the Citizen stamp, lower right; On the Brinces·s stamp, IQIWer

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To the Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

New Brunawick Cover Valuation• By W. W. Chadbourne ..........•.... 220

Letter Carda by Frank W. Campbell ..... 222

Canada 5c 1869--Renumbering of F lawa By Major G. A. E. Chapman .. . . . . . . . 223

Trail of the Caribou . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . 233

New Canadian laauea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 234

Bringing Newa About 'People and Stampa 235

Varioua and Sundry ...................... 235

Variety Hunting in Canada .............. 236

Report of the s'ecretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

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lew Brunswick Cover Valuations By WALTER. W. OH.AlDBOU'RINE

'I'hls Is the third and last In a series of articles attean-ptlng to establish a 8Uitable valuation scale !or maritime province covers. The Plr1nce lli'Ward Is­land at•tlcle appeared In• BN'A TIQIPWC!S, Vol. 6, No. 4, April, 1949, p. 84; that on :-.ova Scotla In Vol. 7, No . .1, .Tanuary, 1'950, pp. 13-'15. 1It wi!J l)e well to repeat the statemen ts mad~ In the previous al'tlcles about cover valuaUons In general. These were to the ef.Cect that valuations can be only approximate due to the em'oJl •floating supply and the sub>jectlve attitude of collectors towaret Individual pieces. Demand Is likely to 11)8 IJOmewhat fickle and: dependent to a large de­gree on the number 01 collectors Interested at the moment and having know­ledge of the Items being on the market. .So tar as poss~ble, the values given below are representative of 1950 <:ondHions for coveM with stamps In fine con­d!ltlon genuinely used on reasonably clean covers with proper postal markings and either well tied or having all the earmarks of proper use.

Considered In the aggregate, the supply o! New Brunswick covers is larger than that of Prince Edward Islanet but smaller than that of Noova Slcotia. This seems In accord with the fa.cts ot relative population an·d eoonoml<: lmportwn.ce Qf the three provinces during their stamp-Issuing perloods. lit ls alii'O probably correct to state that In "poopula.rlty" of collecting, New Brunswtck has ranked a little .below Nova .Scotia but above Prince Edlwal'\d Island. In the field o! cover collecting, certain New Bruns'wlck stamPfl are, unlike tbc Nova Scotia ls!lues, '\problem chlldre'll," w.hlch means that a nlice sense of discrimination II!' necessary in judging genuineness or use. This Is not to IJQ.y that all Nova Sco­tia (and Prince EdWard Island) covers are free !rom suspi-cion o! faking-far from It-but only that one's knoowlecige andl perception must .be somewhat keen­er In evaluating the N- Brunswick It-ems.

The three pen'Ce, six: pence, and shilling stamps of New Brunswick went on ~ale In the Province on .Saptemb-er 6, 18511, Clve days later th•an the Nova S'cotia lsf:luee. New Brunswlct, did not Issue a one penny stamp, as .did Nova Scotia. Drop letters and advertising matter had to be -prepaid In cash. In tact, during the entire currency ot the pence Issue, the use of stal'll/Ps was optional for Intra­provincial mall. These three denomlna"ttons of shilling and pence stamps were superseded: by the. decimal ilsSiues which went on sal·e May 1·5, 1860. HO'Wever, 'here wa.s no demonetization or the older issue as was the case In Nova Scotia. so legitimate usa.ge continued after the date Indicated rubove. The writer's col­iectlon contains a six pence on cover used August 28, 1860, !rom Carleton to Houlton, Maine. The cents IS'sue& (except the 2c orange) were put In· use May 1'5, 1860, an'd withdrawn upon confederation April 1, 1868.

.Destination Stamp :and Variat ion

# 11, 3d Red lntraprovlnce (domestic rate not

exceeding ~ oz.) and BNA provinces

Ma r ket Value

(exoea>t N.nd. and British Columbia) ·Single $20.00

:Date of issue (same for # '2, #3' and # 14), September 6, 185'1. T:he Scott cat-a log about three years ago began listing a #la, dark red, priced nearly double the major variety. There Is nu justification, In my opinion, for such a listing and cet·talnly no reason tor a higher price. Like most reds, the coloration var­leos, there beln·g many fadled stam.ps. -Bright red cv.pte.s arc the most desirable u.nd anyone who pays a premium for a "d'a.rk red" Is a sucker. United States Pair $iO.OO

('Now Brunswick pairs are much rarer than 3d Nova 'Scotia palrs.) United Kingdom Pair and ibt.sect (71hd) United KingdOm Bisect with 6d yellow #(I; United Kingdom :Single with 1 a. #3 or #4 ..... .

(T.he rate to the United Kilngdom by British packet via Hall!ax was le ad un til 1802 when: It was reduced to 7·~d. Jarrett states that be foWldi this rate

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to be In existence on ~a.y 1, 18~ "and It .had probably been In use some time previous to that date." Poole states that It was lnauguretedl In 18'59. I am ln­

· cllned to believe that the change was simultaneous Wllth that of Nova Sootla, t.ltat Is , In lS-52. This seven and one-halt pence rate was In effect to 18.60. :A lO'd rate bY U. S. packet via New York ,beca-me effective on January 1, 118'57. 'Previously this rate had been one &billing, !lve and one-ha.l.f pence.)

#2, 6d Olive Yellow Intraprovlnce Bisect UnJted States (except California and Oregon) Single tTr.lted Kingdom Sin-gle and quarter (7%d)

$100.00 70.00

(!See #P.. above for 7 Y.!d rate. IS Ingles or this stai'II!P are round used' for d'ouble the -domestic rate, and pairs tor double the U. S. rate. The orange yel­:ow shade, # ·2a, Is considerably rarer than the olive yellow and Is mostlJ<" found used In 1.851 anu' 1852. Ap,parently the orange yellow shade sheets were on the "top" o.t the shipment nnd were the first distributed! to post offices. Add a preanium of at Je111st 25 ver cent over the olive yellow but be sure the stam-p Is a real "orange" yellow. The rate to California and Oregon was nine pence.)

#,J and #4, Bright Red Violet and Dull Violet

New Brunswick s.hllllng stamps on cover are great rarities and seldom ap­pear on the market. In the r acent Reford 181l.le a 'money letter" with a red vi­o let shilling and a six pence orange yellow, to Bathurst, sold for $61215. iln the Gl•bson sale (L9>44) a copy o.t the sMiling with a. threc, pence on regls,teredi cover, Harvey to Sussex, brought $4'Ni. !In JanuarY, 19oM, at a H. R. Harmer London sale a perfect dull violet with three pence, to England brought 100 pounds ster­Hng, or $486 at the then prevailing rate o-r exchange.

#5. 6c Brown ("The Connell")

This Is not the place to debate whether this object Is a legitimate postage l!tamp of New Brunswick or a rejected design on stamp paper. 1f covers exist, their authenticity could be esta.b.lis.hed only when facts proved that some stamps were delivered t o (a) post office(.s), were sold, and used! on mall before the postmasters were a w.are of their recall. Tn vllrn' C1f the limproba'blllty of the tacts, .rather than legends, being establlshed, cover valuation Is Idle speculation.

#1.6 and # 6a, 1c Re'd Lllao and Brown Vdolet

DrO'I) letters and lntraprovlnce adver tising clrculai'S, etc.

lntraprovlnce and B. N. A. rate (Above values tor red lilac;

Single Strip or five

adld 50 per cent tor brown violet.)

#7, 2c Orange (lS&S) County rate ( ?) Single Intraprovlnce and B. N. A. rate Pair and Single 6 or 6a (6c)

$5.00 $&5.00

It Is very strange that this stamp is hardly known used on cover In view ot the rather wide use ot the 2c Nova Scotia. Was there r eally a. county rate In New Brunswick? Poole s tates that this rate was established In 1863. Not long a.go, the author saw a pair and single or #'- which was apparently genuine. The two -cent as a single L8 one o! the cover rorltles of B. N. A.

# '8, Yellow Green Intraprovlnce and B. N. A. Slrugle $.L50 United States Pair 4.00

Add Z6 per cent tor #8a, ·bluish green an<L 100 per cent tor #.Sb, olive green. This sta.mJp was issued sometime between May lS and Oct. ~. l.s.GO, ~:»ut the ex­:\Ct date I have not been aoble to establish. Presuma:biY, the Amerloo.n Bank Note Company was requested to furnish a siJ'PII)ly after the rejection or the Connell .Stam-p on or b&tore May 115. ,Collectors would do a distinct favor to tho author if they wouLd Inform him or any dates or use earlier than Oot. 31, .860.

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IntraprovJnce, doulble rate Intraprovince United ·states

#9, lO'C VermUllon Single Bisect Single

$W.OO 75 .00

7.50 T.he bisected ten cent verunllllon of New Brumi•wick was used extensively

'between May 15, 1860, and the date of receipt of the .five cent greens. There. i1a s been extensive faldng of this usage and collectors should be caretU!l to have p;enu!nenees attested 'bY a competent exrpert. •Fortunately, the use of post o·tf1!ce n umerals In the cancelling d'evlces Is a gu1d·e, though not an lnfalUble one, to proof of correct usage.

United Kingdom #'10, l2<%'C Blue

Single. $215.00

#:l.IJ., 17c Bla.ck United Kingdom, via New York Single

One of the great co.ver rarities of B. N. A. •In man:,.· years of collecting, the writer has seen only one that was beyond question. Dou'btless others. w!ll even­tually come on the mat'ket, but there could have been very little need o.! s uch a rate. N ova. .SCotia had no such cl!enomina't>!on and the fa.ct that the Province of C'anada had need for such a rate via New York when the Canadian .S't. Lawrence packets ~ere not sailing Is an Insufficient reason in the case of New Bruns: wick. [n a 1•946 .S!ssone sale, a cover with a com•b!nat!on of the 1· cent, 2 cent, and 17 cent (1W cent rate) from St. John to Harvey, 18EH was offered. The cat­a loger noted that "it has .been many years s.lnoe a 17c has !been offered on cover at auction·."

Colonia l Expreas Mail

On rare occasions there come onto the market NEiW Bruns.wick covers tH!ar­;ng the circular Colonial Express Mall, :St. John, N. B. Nearly all of these co-v­ers come to the United States an·d ·bear a six pence yellow or a pair (1!. three pence reds. T.bey are highly prized items and should a dd $2.5 and up to s1m!1ar covers sent throUgh the regular malls.

LETTER CARDS By FRJA:NK W. C'A•MlPBEI.iL

Canada letter cards are no longer . made. Or.!glna.lly they were mostly · UBed ·by banks for senlUn·g out month­ly statements, as that way it wae in a form quickly made out when S·til.te­m ent d·ay came at th.e bank otitice, and tH!Ing sealed frcml pubUc scrutiny.

Tlhey were ocommonly on sale a,t C. P. R. newsstands and el.gar · storee Jn the larger stations for convenience od' travellers in their day,

ISo.me paper lett over from one of the issues was used to print the ' 'I:Jilue paper" oftlc!a.l seal of the period. T he paper was poorly adapted to the "fold" the Beal used! and was s oon euperseded by a tougher white paper. Postally used! s eals of the -period· current In the blue paper is a. "~ item !nd~.

I picked! u.p a. superb -one in New York f or a dealer's price of .85 cent s a whlle ago, and n ext day was: otfe.red $1!5 tor it.

Back to the letter cards. The cheap­est can usuaHy oo picked up f or ~

dime, the more expensive ones being varieties of the rate change that .was stamped on .by hand, o,r pertora.t1on variations.

Catalogue prices are difficult to :be­l!eve. Dli1l'ferent catalog;ues "vary In their estimate of the scarce ones, and besides I find the available on es dJo not necessarily fit ml08t catalogu.e Ideals of their worth. The 1 cent den omina­tion seNDs the scarcer.

'l:t ls a. small but good line to try to complete.

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Canada 5c ~ 1859 RENUMBERING OF FLAWS By M.A.JI()(R G. A. E. C'HAPIMlAIN, DJS.O.•

(Reocord· of the Re·entriea Is aUected· only a& far 3AI the ren"Wl'l'berlng of their respective flaws Is concerned.)

PART I

Ul

SQ many adidltlonal fla-ws have been proven elnoce the list complied by the Hon. J. A. Calder was 'PUbLished In the LondQn Phlla.tellat of March, AprU and May, U39, that the numbering of them under the exietlng syetem has been not only impossl·ble of accuracy In some cases·, but has rendered the complete list most cumbersome and Involved. A complete revls:lon of the number,lng betng oo clearly d'elllra~ble, a,s Is also em.bodlm.ent of data. u'pOn a-dditional flaws 101 the Ola.ssl!flca.tlon Ta:ble, the follow1ng system has been evQlved with the kind and valued assistance or Dr. Kenneth ?.:!. Day of P1ttsburgh, Pa.

!Four o!f the 186 Oawe originally listed bY Senator Calder have been dropped as ll•kely being par ts of re-entr.les, so that with the addlltlon of 7'3> Oa.ws eub­sequently proven, .the tota.l num'ber of flaws at present known to the writer stands at ~5. These 2o6S flaws are grouped as follows:

!Class

a. 1 "Named" or Ma.jor flaws .b. ti In•termedlate Claws c. lilil Minor fla:ws d . Unlisted e. Dropped

In reference to the ·foregQlng:

A.saoclated NQ. !Numbered! Flawe Total

2o5 o&l.

1(}8

1- 2•61 s. '26- 75 H 7&-1•1t3· 10 (a.J, .b.l8,c.~)

31 65

11-8 ..r

1

(89a being shown as 2 flaws) 2~

a. Since the large majority of nawe are of such minor or even very Indefinite b . character as to be of little Interest to collectors In general, yet are of def-c. lnlte Importance In the study of this sta.m:p, It was decided to es~llsh

three clal!ses of flaws, as shown a~bove. The selection and disposition of the flaws Is naturally most vulnerable to criticism, ,but It muet be appreciated that ow1ng to the various states or strength In which o.ny one Claw may be round, (the lack of anything to govern or determine demarkation and other <ta.ctor6) the d1fflculty of a'Sslgnlng with any accura.cy the large num'ber of .flaws that lie between outstanding exa.mlples and those aJpproacblng lnslg­nltlcance borders alimost upon the lmposst·ble. Therefore It is hoped that In a generous spirit o!f understan·dlng of tbe · problem, &eceptance may be accorded the way dn which It has ·been treated h ere.

By selecting, naming, and giving priority to the better kn<YWn and more def­Inite fla·ws, a s well as obY weedJng out a.ndl segregating the n umerous• "non­entitles" tha:t ma.8lced the possibilities· ot the remaining ones, Interest In flaw stuody might be stimulated. Advanced; collectors would sur ely eeek all the Clasa I or Major flaws, while the specialist would likely wekome new

• This article by Major G. A. E . Cha.pman, of Ottawa, Canada., f irst appeared ll" The Stamp Speclaltat (1Fore8t Green Book) In 1948, and Is re-printed with kind permission of the author and H. I,. Lindquist, publll'her ot The Stam'P Specialist. Copyright by H . L. I.A.Ddqu!Jrt.

pastures to explore as pre!!Pented by the lists or Olaas LI and! ni, espedally now that the yield Crom the field or the better kno'l\'ll Claws Is so meagre.

c. Relegated to ClaBS In as Minor ClaW!S are those, Cor the most part dot&, con­slderea more Indefinite than those of Class l'I. A few ()If these are Insignif­Icant, but owing to the fact that they corry a study value or which record should n ot be lost, and· to their lack of Qualifications for lnclualon under "Unlisted," they are taken care of here, their num'hers (old) being given In -braokete.

d. Under "Unlisted" are those "Associate" Claws (•see footnote) that be.lng considered too lnde11nlte to be numbered (with suf!lxes) as such are re­cot'd>ed thl·ou.gh the medium of lnoluslon In the deS~Crlptlon or their listed "associated" flal\',

NUM•BERING

For the purpose of revision a Key Is pro-vided consisting of six pane.ls (en­largements of the 5c stamp) upon which all the flaws are reproduced with their ntJW nu.m·l>ilrs. P anel I contains the Claws of Class I , Pane.ls na and• b flaws or Class n, and Panels lila, b. and c tho.se oC Class III.

'!'he Claws .have been numbered as Car as practicable in one continuous se­c;uence as the surest .means towards rapid Identification.

Tho numbering upon each panel of the Key sta1·ts from the Cross, and runs clockwise around and ove1· the stamp. .Beginning with Panel r upon which all tl~e "Named" Claws are shown, the nuanbers are continued around the Crown Area (reproduced In the centre of Panel U) and thence around the margin and then around the lnte1·lor circumference of that panel, and In !Ike fashion around the remaining panels.

Character and Looatlon, which hitherto governE>d numbering, are now dls­rogarded, as their Influence would render numberlng-ln -.seQuenlle upon the Key lmposslbl.e. Both Character and Location or any one flaw are selC-wldent upon the stamp concerned, and In the case of the stamp not being n.valla!:l le, the de-6iroo Information Is Olbtalnable In the Classification Ta.I:J.le.

CLASSIFICATION TABLE

Number Loca­New Old t ion Deacription

&5 18' 6L I(F)Jv.E, taint scratch runlng s. W. from heel. of.

F5&a ·Siun, long scratch from (A)GE to top of tree& below.

&Sa '28 ~F as a:bove,

C.R. Perf. C. dot

E

Note•

Stamp ·below car­rie.~~ .tun W. lm­oprlnt.

This '11a.ble has been re-constructed and Is a ppllcable to all tlaws. Columns Nc>s. 8 and 4 (IClassfiflcatlon) of Senator Calder'S' Talble have been dropped but columns regoar.d:lng location and the C d'Ot are add'ed. The following are the columns In order of arrangement:

1. The Revised Number-followed •by ItS> original.

! . For the purptOJ!e oC lndJcatlng the location of Claws as briefly as possible,

• Not&-'l'he term "AssO!Ciate" Indicates the relation o! two or more fla:ws to one another •bY reason o! occuiTen·ce upon one and the same stamp, !Such flaws are Ueted under the same number q,uall!ied: -by the- adod'ltlon of eurcixee, A, B, etc.

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without recouN!e to the Class1fkatlon Table, the e:x:pedlent hu 'been adopt­ed ot dividing the w.hole area of the sta~Unlon J ack-wl-lnto eight segments.

The combination or the segment num1bor with the Initial letter ot the Area (C-rown, M -argins, F-rames, 'Si-<Pan<l<rels, L-ettering or B-eaver) In both CJII. which the flaw occurs will Indicate the approximate locality ot that ! law.

Si. Deecription (1ormerly "Name"). In an endeavor to rend'er dell(:riptlon (with emphasis on Location) as concise as J)OSS~ble, the eye Is first d ir ected to the por tion of the stamp that carries the !law by the letters directly concern~u 'beln.g plaoeed In brackets. For exampl&-"Splash above 0 of POSI'" woula appear as ·'P(O)'SIT, EQ;>Iash above." ·In further cause of simplicity and 'brevity the descriptive text oeontalM suCh reference as "Flag," "Ball" an~ "C1·oss"-lt •being considered super'tluous to adid "of •5" or "of Crown." As ldentlflcatlon often ~pends upon recognJtlon of cross r eference features, d~rlptlon of these Is repeated, here for convenience.

4. C.R. I.e. Cross reference. The number of any other flaw that has been found to occur upon the same stamp, and In the case of Re-entry of the stamp. Its Re-entry number.

5. Perla. For the sake of space and brevity the three Perforation state.s are Indicated: ll*x'll* by 11, 1.1*x:12 bY X, and Uxl2 by 112.

6. C. dot. The C dot has proved such an Important a1d' to Identification that endeavor has been made here, through the medium Olf a Key, to desoeribe IUJ location and peculiarities, If any. While In a few Instances the dot can be described accurately by this method, yet In the majority ot cues• descrip­t ion can be only appr oximate. However, even It description Is only approx­imate, concrete ln-tormatlon as to whether the C <)ot Is present or Is not present is of value, and furthermore, detaUed data cannot but lbe ot addi­tional help, If only In negative fashion.

'!'he most u&ua l position of the C oot, and consequently considered Normal, would appear to 'be at the lntersect.lon ot two Imaginary lines:

1('1) one vertical, being halt'wa.y 'between the centr e of. the bod'y of C and! Its E edge.

(2) the other horizon tal, being mld.way between the to.p of. the taJl of C a nd' a point tn the gap baJtway ·between the tall and head o! C.

'The meaning ot the letterao of the Key below Is In relation to or ·based upon comparison with the a,bove descrJbed Normal position.

- ...... N o C dot Is apparent 0 - C d'ot is r eported to be present D- Dot Is doubled iE - Dot touches E edge of bod'Y of C H- High

HlH - Very high IN - ~ormal, as ahown In Illustration L-Low

I1L - Very low R - ,Right, not touching E edge •S - !Strong W ...... LLott (West) W - Weak !3 - .2 dots 3 - 3 dota ? - unobeerved

Examoples: EHlH-IMuch. higher than normal and touching Eaat Edge. RL & - -.Lower to the rlght ot normal. lAlsto round without c dQt.

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CANADA Sc 1859

FLAWS RECORD OF ( Reviaed J a n. 1948}

!-Major or Na med Flawa

Number Loca­New Old tion Deacr iption C.R. Perf. C. dot Note a

1 1 1.L BOIS. scratch trom Crown throug'h N .E. pearls and.

S ·l.L (.OO)ST, scratch trom Orown below.

.a. US 1.8 N. E. ball, •blem1.at a.croefJ the oval w. of.

X

4 lo21Z l.F N. E. flag, whlte area R29 12 astrtde the -frames N .W. 4a. U of.

N. W. 6, dot between trames N. W. of.

F4a (PO(IS)T, splash joust Inside Beaver area below W. side o.t..

6 &21 2.B Sun, enlongated splash N. E. o.t..

·6 64 2.B ·Sun, ].ar,ge splash over ' E. eye of.

7 7 2:B Sun, Parallel ob11que ..cra.tene. trom VI((R) to West of Ai(G)E.

X 1'2, .

X

(HIR "Crown-iPos"

L

sCl"atcheS'

iPl. l p06. 6~ iN·ext etamp E carries F66

"The Gouge"

''The N. E. Void" Pl. , pi08. 98

S :Lmprdnt Type 2·

"The Comet Sip lash"

R · "Siplash over the .Siun"

"R-AGE scratches"

& 16& S.B .SUIII, round splash be­tween AG(E) and'.

:1J2J 'LILEw •1Sp!ash s. E. ot &un"

& &8 '2:B .Sun, blur upon the tree R:ll Hl1 ;under.

SUn, am.a.ll sp!aah N. N. E. ot. (12&)

"The Shaded! Tree"

Pl. 1 pos. 10

CANADA Sc 1859 By J\fAJOR G. A . . K CHA.PlMJAN

I !

. \ I I

l '.'.uatrating the "C". Dot . ' ~ .. "

b· :, .

~· ,,

I '.' ustration Show a Division into 8 Segments and 'I? Areas

CANAOA So 18St

I nte~r;nediate

.. , .•.

Draw ing Show ing Addit ional F law s

II~ Ill ~ 77 ' \ . .

, • • .. •·-•• •· IDI

JIO ,

, . I ,~ \

'Pi (fl " 91 94 93

i {

C.A:NADA 5c 1859

Descr ibed in T ables

7t :79 so , 6 2

~~ •

·u

. • 86

·tn .. ' 92 Ql 9(\

,., .. 119

' Draw ing Showing Further Fla ws .aa Described In Ta bles

CANADA 5c 1859

Drawing Showing Flaws as Described and Numbered in Table

\Drawing .Showing Flaws as Numbered. 176 to 183 in Table

Number Loca· New Old t ion Deacr iption

10 3 'JFI E. rosette, parallel eoratobea through traanes E. or.

L1 4>2 a.e S. E. !lag, elongated splash In spandrel iN. E. of.

12 11<31 -'·S S . E. spandrel, 2. obllque curved parallel scral'Chea from OE(·NT)S through.

1·3' 1)1 41S CE(iN)''VS, splash u1pon w. toot ot.

l it 1~4' 6.L IIUVI(E), an arched l:lreak, ot the Inner line under.

C.R. Perf. C. dot 'Notea ·

X W: ''Ea.« borllbntl.l ecratches" Pl. 1 polS. Si

1~ LL "S. E. spandrel aplaah'' Pl. 1 1)011. 8 N. :Imprint Tyl)e .1

X LL ''Cents paralle.l curves"

12 L '"The En splaah." Next stamp E carr~s naw 45 and the next W 111.

l

"BrOOk In the Oval" N. Margln ata.mp

16o ·29 6.B Watmall. Obllqu~ Ilia X R "Log in Waterfall" ecratch extending S. w. 16ob 121 lfrom a splash below Beaver's front pa.w.

1\A.(Q}tE, splash 'between frames E. of (~9).

tF115a (IP}<XST splo.ah In Inner oval ovsr stem ot..

Fl6b 0E(N)'l.1S, dot in head ot E. upright of.

16:11. 48 1JL see above

154b '108 4.L see above

116- 1~ 5.L J.o"'1IV1(•E C)N'l.1S, scratch sloping from S. w. span­drel up through.

U I6(Jo 5.B Water!aill, epla.!!b oves F'('IV)!E.

18 61 6.B Beaver's noee, SIPlash IS. W. ot.

19 4<6 ·6.Y CAN, M'arglnal splo.ah :w. ot.

X

HHiE "Rook In Water· ta:U"

"Leaptllg' Fish"

N12J '1Sp1ash W, 1:4 OA" Stamp above ear­n• Faa

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Number Loca · New Old tion Description C.R. Perf. C. dot Notes

20 20 G.B Beaver, obllque scratch- 20a X WS ea from C(A)N down through forepart ot.

AJ(D), dot 1n l>aae ot. (9o6aa).

F2.0a N. W. ·6, splash In centre of body ot.

208. 29d 8.18 aa ·a.bOtVe

2.1 GOa. 7.B C.A(N), large spla.sh on 1.2 H bill E. of.

22 '310 7.S N. W. flag, splaah on Fl2·6 11 I.tRD top of. X

Guide dot at N. W. cor­ner.

12

23 •34 8.F N. W. 5, round spla.Bb on 2S<a X N. trame N. E. ot.

nsa. PIOS(T), Splash In centre of stem of.

2311. ~01a. 2.L e.a preceding above

2t 36c 8.S N. w., rupture In span- 24a 112 drel E. 0'! .J.ower half ol. lbody of.

ill"2~ CAI(!N), d<ash across 11pper angle in.

24a 77·b 7 ill a.e above

21J 2•2 8.L Al(D.A), horizontal scratch through.

L

"The Beaver scratohes"

"The HJilalde spla.sh '•

"N. \V. nag splash" P>L 2 poe. 8

'but not on Imprint copies

"Ball on N. frame"

iStam1> belo.w car­ries F19

"N. W. spandrel lbleml'l!lb

...

"The DA scratch"

Editor's Note---The second lnsta..Jment of this article, which will ~­pear In the November Issue, will deal with Intermediate Flaws. Aa a matter ot convenience, the Illustrations for the complete article have •been Included In a special Insert In this IIIBue. When reading subse­quent InstaLments, reference should \be made to the appropriate Illus­tration contained on these .s>Pecla.l plates.

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By Preret Meyerton

W hile the 1•95(} GibbonS' bas gone a long way .in listing those stamps bhat exist In both line and comb perfora­tion. there are still qu:lte a few that they have overlooked. Under the Gil­bert Tssue they say "P 18•li. or 14." TMa Is not entirely true as the stamps are not an pert 13li. or 14, but rather some oC bhem are comb pe.rC 1.31% and line perC H. This condition exists jn only seven values and the line pert stampa are the scarcer of the two. varieties. It Is only the 7'c, 9c, lOOc, 14c, 20c, 214c and• 32c values tllat are• found In both pevforatlonos. '11hls m l.ght ·be as good a time as any to· get all the varieties 'blrl'ore th~y are given separate listings and bhe prices In­creased. T he otlle.r stamp missing from the list Is the 4c rose, Scott #189 which !.s also found In comb pert 13-% and line perf 14 cond•ltlon. As was the case prevtlously, the line <perf var­Iety Is the S{lS.rcer ot the two . .Among the earlier stamps w e find bhls omis­sion, the lc, 2c and 5c values of t h e 191!1 Coronation Set also exist In two perforations, comb perf liS% and line pe.rf 14. We hate to repeat ourselves conlJtanUy, but the line pert vardety Is also the scarcer of the two In th'ls Instance.

Bill Kemp, BNAPS # 85, writes rn to teH us u;bout a block of # 176 that h e bOU8'hot and believes rare .becaJUse the difference between the bars on the top two stampg Is 17mm, whereas on the bottom two It Is 18mm. This Is not at all strange since In examln1ng a proof of the setting of this surcharge we find that in the first horizontal row the difference between the bars Is 17mm, In the second row It Is Ul mm, In the third row Jt Is 18li. mm and •I n the fourth row It Is J.8 mm. This would lead us to lbelleve that Bill's block Is trom the first two rows. We did not concer n ourselves with tile firth row as this row doe~r .not con­tain #7·6 but No's 76 and 77. Bill also asks about the 1•6c A'!rrnall, Scott #C9, w.!th the "GREEK CROSS" water­ma.l'k. There Isn't muoh we have to

tell as Bill knows everything that we know a.bout It, ha"VIng gained his in­formation r.rom the late Chris Goulden, the same place we got ours. We un ­derstand: that it was Cohrls' conten­tion that only 28 .such 'blocks were In existence, but how he could' set such a.n odd t:lgure we never odlld find out. We don't know whether there are Z8 or 1000, but we do know that they are rather rare and a welcome addition to any specialized collection of Newfound­lanld.

Dr. R. Willan, BNAPS # 668, writes us concerning our bit .Jn the J uly "Trall" re the two d"-t!erent printings In the 19'11 Coronation Set as. wrm1s­ed• from the proofs an<l the different perfo.ratdons. It Is his opinion that Whitehead .Morris Co. probably subiet part of the contract and that six val­ues we~e done by one company and the other five by another company. T hllJ wo.uld account for the d·lfferences we di&Cu'Ssed in the July "Trail." D r. W.lllan a.lso ad.vlses that he believes that the line thlrough the "CE" ot oents In the 1(}c black, Scott #6J, oc­cul'8 on lhe sixth ver tical row. Can any member substantiate this state­ment? Dr. W!Han also wants to know If any of our members have In their Possession or knOIW ot the existence of pairs o! Clo<l an'ct en, with one stam.p watermarked and the other unwater­marked.

This lut bit Is· ou.t of the July 2.9th Issue or "Stamp Collecting," and ap­peared In the .column ot W. E. Fyn.­dem. It concerns a shade variety ot the 16c Caribou ·listed by Gibbons as Prue.slan Blue, #tt39a. There has been a con.tl'lderable amount o.C controvel'8y concerning thiS> stamp, eome o! the correspondents insisting th'Git theshade variety did not exist. Mr. Fyndem quotes a.n English collector wbo says that the stamp dooes exist as he has several. He does go on to say tha.t the stamp while fairly hard to find mint le extremely rare used and' It took this particular collector !our years hu!lltlng bet~re .he loca.toct his oop:y!

NEW CANADIAN JS8UE8

CANADA POST OFFICE ANNOUNCES SET OF STAMPS FOR CENTENNIAL

'The Canadian Postmaster General has announced that the Post Office DeJ)'artment i-11• deslgninog postage stanliPs to be issued in S~ptem'ber 11951, marking thE! centennial of the trans­fer o! the administration Oof the pOstal serv:lces f-rom the· Dmpe.rlal Govern­ment of Great Britain to the ColOonial Governments or British 'Nlorth 'Am.er­ica, andi all!'o the centenrual o! the tlrst postage stamp Issue of the latter governments.

The Postmaster General statee that the postage 8tamps will be released d'ur.ing the International Exhl'bitlon to be held. ht Toronto l n September 1~51. First day cover.s prepaid with these special at.amP8 will •be cancelled at this e:x:hibLtlon on the f!.r.st day of issue, which wdll coincide with the opening date. of the show, September 211, 19·51.

fllew Air ·Letter ·Form

.A new air letter form to repla.ce the l<lc form In current use was Issued dlurlng August. The design (Illustrat­ed' h ere) dlspla)'lB a typical p·laile no:w used for transporting air mall, fly'ing over a small rural -hamlet. The winged d·eslgn at the lett Js the crest of the Canadian Air M>all Service.

New 10c Stamp

r--~,---

~-'4rJta.JUJ~:srn

4ioo. '"'""...!WL.i;~il.t: .. ~..::..;l.l.d

A ne.wly designed lO'c postage stamp Is scheduled to be Issued October 2, and w!H replace the cu!1l'ent design of this denomination. The new stamp de­sign represents the fur resources of Canada, whdCih enable this country to .bold a foremost •place Jn the ranki!f of the world's f·ur producing na;tlone.

'':Mle new design depicts an Indian woman hanging wp ·bea:ver skins mounted· on 5tretcbers to dey for the market. In the ba.<:kg>round appears an :En'Uian wlgtWam, the normal s•beliter used 'IllY these natives in the sparsely settled areas of Canada. 'The design was created by artists of the N'atlonal F.Hm Board. of Canada and of the can­adlan Bank Note Company. ThestaJllp w'dH be the same size as the current lO!C, a.nd w111 be -brown In oolor.

~~ ~~~mtt ~eopk aw1 s~ By Rev. John S. Bain

I have intended ~r some time to Wl'ite a comment on the George van den Berg--J. N. Sbsons--Gordon R. Ha1111ler opinions as to the !uture of the stamps cff NeiWifound~and. Mr. van den Berg says that because the coun­try Is ''Philatelically dea<f' the "aver­age" collector wlH ignore them, and thus "prices will show llttle or no a;dJ­vance." On the other .hand Mr. Sis­sons and Mr. Harmer ·both stand· to­gether tha t the stamps of Newfound­land wiU continue on to holld their place among coHector8' as they alwaya have. With all the pro and con argu­ments In, I would llke to go on- record in this· c olumn, for future reference in a society that includes N~lfound­land In Its study, th·a t. the'Se &tamps wlll show a d~llne In both -p-rices and collecting popularity. The English market i·s already reflecting this, and then try to sell NewtoundJ1anrdJ items to a stamp dealer and hear what he aays!

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Here is a s uggestion for collectors to act up:on in the:lr local club toward the support Otf t·he coming Canadian C'enten'a.ry International PM!atellc Ex­htb1tlon (!C.A!PEX) . Let us start to hold CIAPIEX A'U!CTII'ONIS, bY d'onattng Jtems, and then sending the ·proceed:s to "OAPEX,'' 70 Bloor Street West, Tor-onto 5, Ontar io, C'a.nada.

BNAPS

While thinking about OA!PfEX open­Ing its doors, Se}ltember .211..st-2>9th, 195·1, In Toronto, Canada, we are re­minded from phllatellc history that Canadla was the 2.4th country to fol­low Great Britain In the iSII'Uance ot. postage stamps. Oth.er.e that will cel­ebrate their phllateUc centenary in · 19151 are: Sardinia, Denmark, Tus­cany, Trinidla:d, Baden, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Hawallan ls·lands and Wurtemlberg. What a wonderful dis­play could be mad'& If the C:AIPEX Committee on Arrangements could In­vite specialists to show one .fral!D.e •from each of the a.'bo-ve countrlee, aldie by

side, on the. number one stamp is­sued in 1851.

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Say, that was a nice BNIA.PS· YEAR­BOOK for 1950•! We should all be pro\lld of our SOciety and the stl"ldes that it has made since BINI.APS'er #1. Jack Levine, founded It a short seven years a.go. Out of the first twenty­nve members to- join Bf.NlAPIS only three have d!ropped out: These BNAP­Sers mean •business (aH of them). That i& why It is one of the foremost pblla­te.Jic sooieties In the world:. T.he mem-· bershi p covers China, Jamaica, Eng­land, Italy, Alaska, SQotland, Austral­Ia, U. S•. A., Irelan'd, British Guiana, Southern Rhodesia, Channel Ls1and8, New Ze!lllland, New!ound•land, and Cana.d'a.

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The Officia l BN'A.P1S ·Convention Auction, .held September 3.0'th, at the Benjamin Franklin Hotel, Philadel­phia, .by Ro-bson Lowe, Inc., under the d:lrect!on of Arthur Pierce, turned up an unlisted Oanada envelope essay, cut square, l<lc l)'llrple, lo-t :jf1S5. T'hi& it­em, properly a proof, is similar to the P!PISI'I numbers Usted In Boggs' Can ­ada book.

. Various & Sundry By GEO. E. FOSTIEJR

At the A.P.S. auction sale in Wash­Ington, Sept. 6, condlucted .by John A. FO'X, two Cana.d'lan ttems of unusual interest were. oMered. The first, a small Queen, pert. 1.2~, on co.ver, :brought $85; the postmarlQ on the cover reads, "H & P. R., East, Ma 25, 70, N . .S'."

The second Item, a used 12 pence, black, expertly rapalre.d! tear and with four margins, realized $3175.

A year or two bac k, an A!uil!rs.llan, probably a coroner or mortician in pri­vate Ute, .cOmJ>lled a. li&t of the "delaid

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count.rles," $bowing present demand and price trends or the "has beens." The maritime provinces of Canada, who haven't Issued a postage stamp In over three quarters of a century, head the !let In both demand an.d the stead'y mwlntalnence of prices.

Dr. Clarence Brazer, the proof bar­on, Is toying with the Idea or brinoging out a wol'k on B. N. A. proofs, ll.n fact the Doctor half already pre'J)'ared some copy for the book. Wblle, prlmarily, this wHJ prooably be an undertaking of the Essay-Proof Society, yet It Is a project that e.houldi have the atrong WP'POrt of every B.~:Al"'S'er.

W e recent ly acquired a coni:pJete mint sheet or the 6 cent l!'reen, Queen, of New BrunS'W'ick. This sheet Is com­pletely devoi'd of any IITI'l)rlnt. We ha.ve maintained for some yeara · tlbat the tlrst Issue of the .stamps of this prov.lnce bore no Imprint, hence our satisfaction in own·ing thiS' piece. An­other belief of ours, though we have nothing but circumstantial evidence, Is that only three values, the• 1 cent, 10 cent and 12Y.t cent were placed on sale In the 1)0S'tottlces In May, U60, when the decimal issue was !lrst ottered to theo publlc.

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The Coronation Boil

An error-variety that might wen e­qual the sensation caused by the "Weeping Princess" and other nota;IJ.!e ·Canadian errors (!! It were better known) Is the "B o11 on Neck" In the three cent, red, Coronallon l.ssue of 19317. The "boil" Is easy to spot-when you know what to look for, and! where - It Is a blO<b of red that sticks out on th& K!rrg's neck midway between collar and lobe of tho ear.

The "boll" and Its location Is ,illus­trated-'together with seve-ral other error-varlefies in this popular 6tamp:

('1) Boll on Neck. (2) Colot. marks near "H" of "Elizabeth." (.S) Llnelback ot letter "B'' in "EllZWbeth." (4) Small dots between letters "H. M." In "li. M. Queen Ellza'beth." (5) Dot In scroll below maple lea1' In top right corner. (6) Dot below fra.mellne underneath .maple leaf, •bottom right. (7) Mark a­bove letter "R" of ••H. M. George VJ:."

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SEPTEMBER 15, 1950

NEW MEMB.ERS &7'1 Kaw, Albert A .. 27128 King1S Highway, Apt. E-•10, Br<>olclyn 28·, N. Y .

. A PPLICATION S ·FOR MEMBERSHIP Abbott, Ch·arles A., 20t22 Grand Ave., Pueblo, Colo. (C) CiAIN-~M'Int postage.

Proposed by R. P. H edley, No. 1'64. Blois, E. 1\:1., 4 Cartaret St., Hal!fax, N. So., Canada (IOC) CAN, N .B., N.S.-1•9th

~cntury mint & used postage. Pre-stamp and stamples;J covers. Literature. Proofs of N. B ., & N . . S. Proposed by G. P. Lewis, No. 50t6. Seconded by E. K. Allen, No. 126.

Brown, F. L. K ., Stone Farm, Stone S't., Stelling, Nr. Canterbury, Kent, Eng. (•C) C!ANADA. Pr<>posedl bY B. C. Binkls, No. 74.

Clem, .Major W. A. Jr., 261.3 Lincoln Ave., Richmond 28, Va. (C) CA..I."', NFD-1'9th & 2{)1th century mint & used postage. Litecature. Proofs. (Former mem­ber).

Deering, J., Honeymoon Bay, B. C ., Canada (CC) CoA.N, NFD, P. E. I., N . .S., N. B., B. C.---'L9th & 20'th century mint & used: postage and blocks. Coils. Mint & used airmails. Proofs & IDssays. Proposed by H. A. 1\facl\:l)aster, No. 484 . • seconded •by D. •C. Lee, N.o. j)36.

Folimibee, Dr. J. A .. 7o&O Ma rine Dr., W. Vancouver. B. C., . Canadla (C) CAIN-19th & 20th century mint & used postage. O.H.M,S. Federal & P r ovincial revenues. Proposed. by H. A. MacMaster, No. 484. Seconded bY Lt. ·Col. F. B. Eaton, )<o. 608.

German, Gordlon T ., c/o Ban1' of Montreal, Sidney, B . .C., Canada (CX) CA:N­. . :~nnt & used postage. Precancels. O .H.M,s. Proposed by H. A. Macll.\:laster, No. 484. Second•ed oby D. C. Lee, No 6'316.

fl.old~Sborough, J·oseph R., 25'4 J·ack..son St. , Wlilimantic, Conn. (C) OAN, NFID, i.N • . S.~Mint posrtage and blocks. Book-lets complete and mint panes. Coils. F ederal & Prov incial reYenues. Literature. Proposed· iby R. L . Powe, No. 464.

Guylee, Mrs. Edi th W., ~03 Vir·hirlowdJale Rd., 'Sheffield, Eng. (C) CAJN, N'FD, PIROV-2.0th century mint postage and blo.cl{s. :1st f.l!ght covers. Coils. Mint airmails. Pr-oposed• ·bY R. :r. Duncan, No. ·3·7. Seconded· by A. E. Stephenson, .xo. 3.3'7.

Hall, A. H., 4800 Dewdney Ave .. Regina, Sask, Canada .(IC) CAN, N!F\D-iMJnt & used postage. ProO'fs. Govers. Proposed bY 1'\T. C. Beckman, No. 1418.

James, Fred J., 21l Barker St., London, ·Ont., Canada (DCX) OAN, NoFID, PROV-' 19th & 20th century mint & used posta.ge and: blocks. Mint & used ·booklet

opanes ·and complete booklets. Coils. O.H.M . .S. Precancels. Federal revenues. •Mint, used· and semi-Oiff!oial alrma!ls. R. R. & Flag cancellations. Proposed by R. J. Duncan. N(). 37. Seconded by Lt. Col. B. F. Eaton, No. 608.

Shipton, C'harles E. C., 6 •Cranes Bark, Surb!ton, Surrey, Eng. (CX) CIA'N-19th and 2Qoth century mint ·posta.ge. Mint booklet panes. Coils. O.H,MJS. Pre­cancels. )'Ilnt airmails and semi-official airmails. 2-ring canceHatlons. Pro­posed by R. .J. Duncan, No. :37. Secondedi by Major G. B. Harper, No. 5·70.

van Ou.denol, Pieter Dirk, 16•29 .East l ·Oth Avenue, Vancouver, B. C., Canada I(CX) oCAJN---41\fint & uSJed posta.ge. 1st Day, 1st Flight and 1'9th cent. covers· . • Plate Blocks. Goils. O.H.M.S. Oomplete ·bOO'klets and minot panes. Precancels . . Seals. Federal & Provincial revenuello and: Tax-Palds. Mint, used & eem l­o'flf!c!al alrma!ls and on cover. Postal stationery entires and cut-squares. Registered cancellations and private punches. Proposed by H. A. MacMas­ter, No. 4•84. Second•ed lby Lt. Col. B. F. Eaton, No. 608.

A PPLICAT ION FOR RE- INSTATEMENT 4015 :Whiting, Mrs. E. W., f14' Eddy St., Ithaca, N. Y.

CHANGES OF ADD.RESS 41.'2 Dron, George, 82 S'econd St., New T<>ronto, Ont., Can. (!r om l!Ong Branch)

all BNA TOPIOS

~5 Ransier, Lester A., add postal zone-Inglewood (5), Calif. 581 Hennell, Robert Gordon, P. 0. Box 907, Vancouver, B. C., Canada. ~1 Littlefield, Lester N., 52 W. Emerson St., Melrose 716, Mass. 490 Webb, Honer, 405 Forest Ave., Ann Arbor. Mich. (.from Bloomsburg, Pa.)

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J. REG. BARRACLOUGH

A former VIce-President o-f our So­C'Iety and one at our ear'ly mem.bers. J , Reg. Barraclough was born In Lin· dock, Ontario, on August ·3, 1897".- For some years he• lived In BritiSh Colum­.b'J.a and It was In that Province, at the age of 7, he first started collect­Ing stamps. His first collection was made up of Yukon r..a.w st111mps, doubt­len due to the attractive design and color . A:tter trading his general -col­lection tor one of British Co1onlalii, be disposed of the latter to George A. Lowe about 19~. and bought oanadian "Pen'Ce" Beavers with the proceeds.

iMr. Barraclough, who now lives in Westmount, Quooec, and Is a leading ~mlesman tor the Imperial lAte Assur­ance Comoany, has formed many col­lections since those early dla.ys, not­ably one ot Semi-Ottlo1al Canadian Air Mal1 stamps which won a seCond award at CJIPEX In 111t7. He Is at present worklng 011 a "Ph11atellc His­tory ot Ur'ban oana'da Between 1<8·57 and 187() as Slhown by the 4 a.nd 2' Ring Numel"al Cancellations" and the "\Var Tax Issues ot 19\l.S-18." Mr. Barra­clough has also oollectlona ot Canad­tan "Local" stamJ)8 and Canadian Preaeontatlon Booklets. He has wrJtten several articles on Canadian ph'llatellc matters during the last ten yean, most of tbem a.ppeer1nJ in BNtA 'l1(>P!r(::S.

Other hobbles are photograpiby and golf andl !rom outside sources the writer has been told he Is an excellent bridge player. (No, he doesn't play Canasta!)

Mr. Barraoloug'h has a brother ln Toronto, Dr. W. Wray BarraclO'Uglh, who Is• one of Cana.dla.'s lea.dlng neurol· oglsts and Is also a phllatollst of note and. a m<11llllber of the Brlll6h North America. Phllate!Jc .society.

LETTERS - From page 21.8

lett; On, th~ 19411 188ue, lower right, near lwpel of ault; On &Oe OJ!well, dglht side nea.r base of oil derrick.

The above ma.y be of Interest to others as it was to me.

J.AMIDS W. C~TTER>liCIK

Variety Study Group Dear Sir: In reading th~ philatelic

press over the past eighteen months one cannot help but be impressed with the a.ch>levements and good work of va11lou:s Studly Groups, Wihlch are add­Ing constantly to the philatelic know­ledge ot our B. N. A. etam')'ls. Wlhynot a .study Group for Canadian Varl­etles?

The Cleld 1s Immense, even exclud­Ing tor a time the abomlna.'ble ' 'fly specks" of the Arch Issue. Take, for example, the "Man on the Sail Oil the BLuenose" (\Scott No. 115<8) mentioned by R. M. Bryan In the excellent ar­ticle appearJng In bhe June 1S6Ue of Topios--a. hard to get 'lconsta.nt,'" but who knows Its• pla.te number or lts position thereon?

There are dozens or similar Inter­esting constants, "homeless" and seeking a domicile. Tben agaln there are hun.d'Teds of others, equally Inter­esting, whose constancy, wb:lle highly probable, ha.ve not been definitely proven and diuly record~juat wait­Ing to become known and adlmltted to the :family of "good fellows." A Study Group to open up this field ln. all Its raml!lcatlona would be of absorbing Interest to :Its memberS> and could contribute a valuable service to phll­a.tellc kllowledge.

'W. T. WHI'I'E

BNA TOPIOS

CANADA Pence (/nd L(/tge Cents

FOR SALE BY PRIVATE TREATY

On instruc tion s ,·ecei·ved from a ben C'ficiary in 1Sou~h Africa

A magnificent collection beautifully presented, written

up and illuatr ated with an exceptional range of proofa,

e .. aya, " SPECIME NS," entire• a nd poatmal"ka.

Price $32,500 (Ava!Jwble ror ins pection at '32. E ast ·57t h S treet, or would be s·ent to serious enquirer. Full descr iption available on a pplk:ation.)

H. R. Harmer Inc. INTERNATIONAL STAMP AUCTION EERS

32 East 57th St., New York 22, N. Y. Plaza 3-6481

"'

INA TOPICS Official Journal of

The British North America Philatelic Societ11

Vol. 7- No.9 OCTOBE>R, 1960 Whole No. 73

.ADVERTTS·ING RATES 1 Ineertlon s Inaertiona

$7 .00 4.00 1.60

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NOTES and COMMENTS Mem ber Displays at " Royal"

One or our members In E>ngland, Ev­an• R. G!ll, contdJb.uted to a combined display of "Interesting Adhes~ve Cov­er&" at a recent meeting or the Royal Philatelic Society, London. Part of Mr. Gill's showing was described oby The Lonilon Phllatelist as foll<YMJ:

"Can•ada-Four combln'atlon covers emanating from Yarmouth, Nova 'SiCo­t1a, addressed to Llver<pool, Ellglland, showing the use of U. S. 5c stamps cancelledl en route at B03ton, ~a&s., ranging In date from 1896 to 1-9<11, the !ourth showing the reduction In postal ra:te.s from Sc to 2c.

"The 2c surcharged on Sc numerals type ()!( Queen Victonla usedl at EsquJ­malt, B. c., August 7, 1899. It Is gen­era11y assumed (which the catlalogue'8 support) this stamp was not lssuod beli'ore August 8, 1'899, being preceded by the similar surchar.ge on the 'Maple Leaves' stamp---given as July 28, 1899. Exactly the reverse was Ute case and thle cover (which Is back-stamped ''VIIJCITORIA, B. C., 7 AUG., 11899') con­mrms this stlateanent. (Qt. Howe's 'Canada • . . ', Boston, 19111)."

It's All Clea r Now!

To those who were Intrigued with t.he wording or the advertisement from a group of British Columbia BN'A:PS­ers appearing In the 19~ Yearbook, we will quote a portion of a letter from B. C. Blnks which explains everything. "K'la-How-Y'a is Coast or Chinook In­dian meaning 'Greetlngw,' and of

By The Editor

course, 'TIIMcums' means 'friends.' 'Potlatch' means a 'gat.hering.' Toda.y such things are 11Jegal, but the woro sticks. 'l'he old-·Ume Indians used to lnd,ulges themse1ves pretty treely at such aftalr.s. but we are just a group of local BNIAPS members, and our on1y Indulgence Is with stla.mps. May­be some of my Eastern friends 'Won't believe that, but that's my story!"

T o Hold F irat Exhibition

The B. N. A. Collectors OhJob of Mon­treal wJII .hold its first exhibition at the Wirrdsor Hotel, Montreal, Novem­ber 17 and 18. Founded last year, thlll club has progressed rapidly to recog­nition by specialists, and the member­ship list Includes th~ names o.f lead­Ing collectors in Canada. The exhibi­tion wlll feature a compre'hen!Pive .dls­play of B. N. A. , oontrulnlng some rarely seen material which wlll be of Interest to many. ~A.RSer Peter J. Hurst Is secretary or the clu'b.

NOT"ES . . . All member• w111 be pleased to hear that the Canadian Post Office Intends to Issue m.ore than one stamp for the Centenary in 196;1 . . . The Government is preparing special phlla.tellc disp'laY'S to be shown at OA;P.EX, OJCcordlng to oflfllclal W'ord . . New regulations have !been issued with regard to t.he reproduction of POsltage stamps in Canada. If in doubt as to t.he proper procedure. get In touch with the P. 0 . Department OT t!ie Edi­tor df TOPICiS', who has a copy of the regulations.

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