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TOPICS Vol. 5, No.5 May, 1948 Whole No. 48

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~ CONTENTS ~

Lettere To The Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . 66

Canadian Traneatlantic Maile. F. W. Staff . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Index To Canadian Philatelic Magazines. R. J. Duncan .................... 70

Re. Royal Train Money Orders. E. G. Lloyd ................................ 71

Report of the Secretary ••..... "V. G. Greene Trophy" Awarded for 1947 ..•. 72

Newfoundland Revenue Essay. \V. s. & D. C. Meyerson ................... 73

Trail of the Caribou. E'r·eres Meyerson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Early Canadian Railroads. R. P. Hedley .................................. 75

Great Northwestern Telegraph Covers. C. B. D. Garrett ..•................ 76

Bringing News About People &. Stamps. Rev. John s. Bain . . .............. n Varioue & Sundry. G. E. Foster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE

BRITISH NORTH AMERICA PHILATELIC SOCIETY

-7th EDITION-

THE HOLMES CATALOGUE ON

Canada and B. N. A. Haa gone 'through 6 Edition• Iince 1935

It 11 therefore well known In Canada, United States, Gt. Britain and every other quarter o! tho world where Canadian Stamp IssuelJ are prime tavourltea.

Thoultllnds ot Collectors, Dealers and Au.tloneer& have bought theae previous Editions. It Is recognized everywhere u the autJlor· lty on Canada. and B. N. A.

IT IS A FACT that this Catalogue Ia the only one publlehed which covers this field ot collecting.

HERE ARE A FEW POINTED FACTS---It lists and Prices every atamp ever illued tor Canada, New­

foundland, British Columbia, Ne\V Brunawick, Xova Scotia., and Prince Edward Island In a epeclallzed manner according to ~~rhade, paper, pe!I'lorat!on, re-entrY, a.nd minor varieties.

--It aleo prices theo earlier lasues according to condltLon-Superb, Very Fine, l<'lne, and Good, both Unused and Used.

--LISTS A..'lD PRICES---Flrat Day Covers, -on cover (after 1st day), -;Pairs and strtps of early Issues, -Blocks ot t, unused and used, -<Blocks of 4, 6, or 8 with Imprint & plate #. -Strl~ with Imprint and plate #, -Esaa.ys and proota, -Pioneer a.lr mall stamps, -First flight C'OVer&-for every flight to take place In Canada, --cancellatlonlJ, such as Numeral, R. P. 0., Registered. Corks,

Targets, Towns, Leaf, J<'lag, Colored. Crown, :-;tal'!i, }{, Way letter, Etc.,

-E;uJy post oftices, showing the relative scarcity or nurn~al cancellations. This ha& never been worked out before and 1:1hould prove to be -very valuable to a.ll.

-Moat completely the Revenue starnplJ ot the Federal and Pro­vincial lssuee.

-.Post Cards, enveloJ)es, letter cards, wrappers, postal bands, .and air sheets.

-Much research and study has been done and Is In evidence ·throu.rh'Out the oa.talogue.

-It is very pr.otueely lllustra.ted~ven to enlarged details for the "varieties" and dies ot Canadian stamps.

--The coming - 7th Edition - halJ been entirely re-written and brought right up to date by a. very comi)Otent group or Canadian Specialists.

--Prices ,rerleoct the current mua·ket NET prices.

WATCH FOR THE DATE 01•' !~SUE

VICTORIA STAMP CO. LONDON, 40, ONTARIO CANADA

BNA TOPICS

BNA TOPICS OfficiaJ. Journal of

The British North America Philatelic Societ11

Vol. 6, No.6 May, 1948 Whole No. 48

Published Monthly U .OO per Year

' Editor : JACK LEWllNE, 74 Arlington Avenue, Brooklyn 7, N. Y.

Aaaociate Edit ora: RII·CHAJRJ:> P. HEDLEY, 462 Franklin Street, Buttalo %, N. Y. E>DW A!RID WIH!lT.LNG. 126 Woodland Ave., Malvern, Pa. CHARLES deVO:UPI, 4720 Groavenor Ave., Montreal, Canada.

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THE BRITISH NORTH AMERICA PHILATELIC SOCIETY

• • • OFFICERS FOR 1947-1949

P reeident: EDWA.RID A. RICHARDSON, 217 Columbia. St., Itba.ca, N. Y. Vice Preeidant: RJOHAJRD P. HEDLEY, 45% Franklin St., Butralo 2, N. Y. Sec retary : JACK LEVINE, 74 ArUngton Ave., Brooklyn 7, N. Y. Treaeurar : WILLI:A.M C. PETElt:M.AJN, 80 Cranberry St., Brooklyn 2, N. Y. Board of Governore: D. C. MEYERSON, 765 E!uttern Pky., Brooklyn 18, N. Y.

REV. JlOH'N S. B:AIN, 1-181 East Maple St., Kankakee, Ill. J. R. BARRA:C·:UOUGH, 454 Mt. •Stephen Ave., Westmount, Que., CU. NiElJS;ON S. BONiD, Willow Road, Grove Park, Roanoke 17, Va. F. W. CAM•P.BELL, 1112 Pinehurst, Route 6, Royoal Oak, Mich . H . R. MiEYERS, 1()1 Weet 60th St., New York 28, N. Y. IAN c. MORGAN, H55 Union Ave., Montreal, Qu&., Canada

• • • Oapar tmanta: SALES MIA'NA!Gl!lR, H. R. MeYetW, 101 W. 60th St., N. Y. ta, N.Y.

LliBR.AR.llA.....,, R. J. Duncan, Box 118, Armstrong, B. C., Cana.da ·P.UBLDCITY, R. L. Pearsall, 8l6 Huds{)n St., Ith&e&, N. Y.

TheN. Y. Group meets the 1st Tuesday of each month at the Collector's Club, 22 East 35th Street, New York Cit11

The Philadelphia Group meets the ht Thursday of each month at 7934 Pickerinp Str~et1 Philadelphia.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR P rofi lea?

Dear Sir: As a n~w member of BNAPS, I am

writing first to congratulate tholle responsible tor some of the very tine services provided by our Society. BNA TOPICS .Is a splendid publica­tion ranking with the best. Through our moet capaole Librarian, Mr. Dun­can, I have had the pleasure of read­Ing the back numbers: o! our magazine and found many useful items of in­formation. The Library 1111 a real fea­ture o! the Society and well worth memberehlp.

Permit me to make a. euggeetlon. We "out&1dere" read a r ticles by some of the members who are undou btedly outstanding and leading phllatelis';s. Would It be possible to print a short history, one an Issue (picture If •pos­sible), about a member o! BNAPS? I'm certain many other members would like to meet and learn some­thing, In th.ls way, about these men.

F01U3ES C. BRICKER Llstowel, Ont.

T he B. N. A. Catalog

Mr. Qordton R. Harmer ·Scott Publications 1 Weet 47th Street New York 19, N. Y.

My dear Mr. Harmer; No doubt you are aware of the su g­

g&Stlon made by George Sloane In his "Sloane's Column" In the .i.\iarch 13th, 19>48 Issue of STAMPS a.nd re­printed In the April '48 i811ue of BNA TOPICS. This .particular edition led ott with "Who Wants a. B. N. A. Ca.t­alog?"-nd proceeded to do a worthy job of presenting the possibilities and benefits that would be the result, if Scott Pu,blications would undertake the annu !lll publication of a B. N. A. Speodallzed Catalog, elmUar to the present U. S. Specialized.

The purpoee of my letter Is to add t o t he steady !Jtree.m of lettere you m ust be receiving as a result of Mr . Sloane's column. Personally, a nd a.s President of the British North Amer­i ca Philatelic Society, I am convinced that there are s:roat po.tllilb1llt1ee for

euch a catalog. Nothing would create as much Interest in B. N. A. a.s would a Scott's Specialized.

However, I realize that there would be no purpose in Issuing such a publl­catlon it there were not a.ssutance of a market. In tes.lmony that there is such a demand, 1 would call these ra. ta to your attention:-

1) That approximately 121% of the &erlouff collectors ·of this country are collectors of B. N. A. material.

2) That B. N. A. rates first ·ln the c c.. ilecting intereet.l!' of U. s. col­lectors, next to U. s. material It­self.

3) That there Is a good Canadian market.

4) That the B. N. A. P. s., definitely a .specialists Society, now has 500 membens.

5) That Canadian philatelic material Is also populrur with oolle.ctors In many foreign coun tries.

6) That coltectors of .B. X. A. have supported numerous special phil­atelic publi'~tlona In the past­as witness, Jarrett's, Hogge ', Holmes', etc.

7) That Scott Publications would have the adlvantage of the serv.c­ee of the members o f .the B. N. A. P. S., and probably the sincere cooperation and assistance ot the Canadian Philatelic ::ioclety, anll the C.madian Revenue Society and the Canadian S ta mp Dealers As­eociation.

May I assure Y'(>U that I wlll do whMever possible to help mak-e a. Scott's Specialized B. N. A. a realitY, and I am certain that practically ev­et·y member o! B. N . A. P. S. would join me In rendering a~JS!stance and In saying, "Nothing Is of greater im­portance to B. N. A.. Phlla.tely."

Sln.:.etely, E. A.. RIOHA:RD!:>O:-l', President

The Secretary of each Group Is re­queeted to forward all reports of hla Group's activities for publication ln BNA TOPICS to Associate Editor, E. J. Whiting, l~<i Woodland Ave., Mal­vern, Pa..

~NA TOPJGS

CANADIAN TRANSATLANTIC MAlLS By F. W. STAFF

The finst Government Mail Packet service ·between Can·ada and the United Kingdom · commenced in March 1788 when the Falmouth-New York Packet put In at Halifax on both Its outward and Inward trips to New York. ·

Previous· to this letters were sent pri''ate!y by any ·ship, -or were given to a traveller g·Oirig to England who would po&t them on arrival. .Much of the mall went via Montrea-l to N ew York, but the whole system was a haphazard affair and was a real cause f-or discontent among the early B.rltlsh settlers, besides being a cause .for considerable loSIS of revenue to the G. P. o.

The HSJllfax-New Y-ork-Falmouth Packet service of 1788 was maintained on­:ry during the summer months, when a re·gular courier service was established . between Quebec and Halifax from March to November, and during the winter ·months letters went by New York as bef-ore. · Thl& Pack et service was very unpopular--the Packet boats often waited In ·Halifax for a week or so after the a;rrival of the mall and there was no knowing how long a Jetter would take to get to England.

The pu•bllc much preferred to send :letters by the small trading ves.sels w.hich came up the St. Lawrence River 'Or which .put In at Halifax, or at St. Joh.n, New Brunswick. Not only were they quicker-they were als;o cheaper, and postage rates in thO's:e daye was no small matter.

In 1790 the British Ship Letter Act was passed which more or Jess regular­i·zed: the sending of letters by private fihip. A charge of 4d was made on each lett·er entering the United Kingdom, but on outward letters the charge' wae one half (eventually ·one third) the Pa~k-etboat rates and the ships captains 're­ceived: a gratuity -of ld on every Jetter del!vered by them to the Post O!!ice.

' This S·hlp Letter Rate was ·increased in 1814· to 6d and again in 18•37 to 8d. ·During these years a number of attractive looking postmarks were in uoo at t'he Ship Letter offic-es attached to those Post Offices of Ports handling overseas mail by private ship.

As example& of different methods in u&e up to the end of the 18th century the following d·eacriptlona of three covers in· my coHectiO'n will not be out o! place. --Dated 1753 from Nova Scotia to London, showing postag·e' paid of One Penny

only. The letter was ob-viously' ca;rrled by traveller ·and ·posted on arrival in LO'nd•on for delivery in London.

-----<Dated 6 June 17<60 from Camp Crown Point ('Lake Champlain) showing the British Type two line postmark New/Yor,k and hav·lng the official packet boat rates written in shillings. (The rate· was 1/- for ~oz; 2/- for ·1oz and so -on, .p.Jus the British Inland postage.) · · , Although this cover was sent trom what is now United Stat·es, jn that year

it was British territory, only a fe·w m!le.s from the Canadl·an border and eerves the pu·rpose of this article.-- Dated Montreat 11 June 1800 to Scotland (showing the iFa.lmouth Ship Letter

stamp) ·and forwa.t'ded by· Wm. Hunter ·of Queb-ec. · · ' · In 'this Jetter the writer (:]early describes the u.ncert.alnty of getting mail

(Napoleonic War period) and after writing, that he had called· at the Post Office and learned of the arrival of two stiips flfom the Clyde, with a las, no mail for him, goes on to say '' . ... no less than four veSISeis have arrived from Glyde­the Countess of Darlington, Qughton, the EUza and the Neptune ... . But ·per­haps you wrote by the Oughton, and if you have you may console yourself with the very pleasing idea that they. are now at the bOttom of the ocean. •She was chased upon the Banks of Newfoundland by a Vessel under French colours and the Captain with an amazing deal o'f prudence thought pr-oper to throw all his paper.s and letters overboard. To be sure it w-ould have been of great con!Je­quence indeed, altho the Republicans had got our loving epistles. lt's the !lrst time I ever he.ard of a Merchantman throwing her ·letters overboard till once she wa,s fairly boa'!"ded. Curse it, it I don't think the fellow deservee a round cLoz!m at the Gangway for hds foolishness .... "

Acoord.ing- to the Quebec Alma.na.cic· tor th& year 1800,

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"At .the beginning o! every month a Packet Boat &ails from Falmouth for North America, having the mall for Quebec on Board. In the summer months &he puts In at Halifax (on her way to New York) and then delivers the Mails for Canada.. In the months of November, DecemJber, January and February, the Packet. Boats pass Halifax and deliver the Malls for Oa nada. to the Agents f.<Jr Brltl.sh Packet Boats at New Y.ork, who forward them th·rough the ·United Sitate.s by the nearest post route fo·r Montreal. A mail for England Is ddspatched from Quebec once every fortnight In summer and once a mon-th In winter to be put on boSJrd the firs-t P-acket Boat for Falmouth."

By the W(llr of 1812 the I'IlJOvement of mails through the United States to New York, and the British Packet Boa;t Service there, naturally came to an end and· the ov6l"Jand route to Hlalijjax: had to be resorted to. This route was a verY unpopular one; furthernnore the inl·and po'stage added considerably to the total. A letter In my coJ.lection dla.ted Leatherhead (Surrey) Oct. 21, 1815 addreesed to Fredel'icrton, N. B . .shows the· Packet rate (In sterling) 2/~d with. an addltionall sum In the top rlg>ht hand corner thu&: 2< N 6 (2/6 currency was the equivalent of 2/2 sterllng) 1 1

3 N 4 The letter arrl'ved Halifax N. S. Feb. 16, 1816 having taken about 4 months! Oftlclal enquiries made in the year 1826 disclosed the startling Information

that nearly a.:Il overseas letters coming to Canada were being carried bY Amer­ican Paclu!ts; the letters wou·ld be sent to the care of V'arlous Agenta of the d.tf­ferent U. S. Packet Boat Companies tor posting In New York. The Ocean Postage wu only two cents so that, with the U. S. and Canadian Inland postage added, the tota;l postage on ·a Jett-er was usually about 2/1d (currency).

These American Paolret }}oats began first in 1816 with the famous Black Ball Line (New York to Liverpool); other well knoiWn Llnee were the R-ed Star Line, the Dramatic Line, the SwaBowtail Line, ·and a host of others, all plying oetween Llve!1POOI and London from New York, Philadelphia or Boston ..

I have several covers caNied by these Pack-et services; aU are from England, dating between 1S.21 and 1835 and addressed to Montreal and Quebec. None bear any British Postal markings or postage. All .have the New York arrival postmark.s, and· are rated to the U. S. ·bord-er in cents, and In sterling to their Canadlan destination.

One of my faV'Ourite cov-ers, "stample¥1$" In every meaning of the term, be­cause it bears not a single handstruck postmark, Is one from Glasgow, March 30, 18•28, to St. Catherines, near Montreal, endorsed 'per Favorit-e'. The con­tents concern an Invoice for pig Iron 'shipped on board the Brig Favorite, Alex­ander Allan, Mas·ter'. Alexander AHan was the father of H'Ug:h AHan, the found­er of the Allan Line, and· according to a book on erurly Canadian shipping, the "Favorite" was one of the most -p:opulaT ves:soeLs sailing from the Cly·de to the St. Lawrence River, and was owned by Alex.ander Allan.

I recoHect buying this cover for a fe·w cents In M-ontreat a year or two ago, and wu attracted not only by the name Allan, but by ll~d w.rltten In red Ink in the top right .hand corner. I have been unable to ascertain just where thl& letter was handed In tor It to be assessed ll~d postage. Obv·lously somewhere along the St. Lawrence River. Another slmUar cover dated South Shields March :n, 1.825 by the "Ho~>atio," addressed simply to Montl'eal, carries the pen­written pollltage (In red, denoting paid) l/8.~d. Whether this was also given in by the Capta.ln at a little St. Lawrence port or not I cannot determine for sure. Doubtless people depended a great deal upon these sm·all tradlng veSI8elEJ for the carrtage of mall to and tram the oJ.d country in the first quart-er of the 19'th century.

Around 1830 great agitation arose -for lmll'l'Oved postal services, not on-ly on the Overseas services but a.lso within the Provinces and Canadian merchants as well as those In High Offices, including the Governor General, voiced their protests In no uncertain terms. There Is no oouM that this continued agitation stirred the British Government to action and that the arguments put forward by the peopie of Canada had .90rne weight In bringing about their decision to IIUbsldlze a new Mail Packet service, what was to become the famous Cunard Line.

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The year 1838 saw the first mall carried acrose the Atlantic to New Yor~ by steamship, the "Great \¥estern" and the "Sirius" belng the two Pioneo·r Mail Steamers. The "Great \Ve&tern" continued for many yean& In service and Can ­adian mall carried by this ship Is not uncommon. On May 4th 1839, Samuel Cunard, a well-known and respected citizen of Halifax, N. S., secured a. con­tract with Her Majesty's Government for the carriage o! Ma.tls by steamship and on July 4, 1840 the ttrst of his neet of four stearnen "The Britannia.'• made the V'oyage .across the Atlantic from Liverpool to Boston In 12% cLays, The contra-ct was for two trips monthly each way between Liverpool and Halifax, between H&llfax and Boston, and between Pictou, N. S .. and Quebec, and the British Governll'\~nt granted a substantial 9\lbsldy, whilst requiring of Samuel Cunard a most exactln'g and efficient service. The Cunard Line, or to give it Its correct title, ·'The British & North American Royal Mall Steam Packet Company," was the British Governrrent's remedy to the year long complaints of the people of Canada tor a good and efficient Packet service, and the Cuna.rd Line certainly surpassed all expecta tions In the magnificlent service It ren­aered not only the merchants and citizens of the United States. but also to qanada, and ~rade and good relations between these two •countr·ies was . eub­!ltantlally lncrea&ed as a cause of lt. A further boon. wa.B> the reduction In the t>oetage rates--1/- ' per ~'Oz between the U. K. and Halifax, N. S. and l/2Jd (1/4d currency) to pta£es beyond Halifax.

The Cunard Line quickly glllned supremecy or the Atlantic a nd In spite of hard and healthy com~tltlon from the United States became one of the World's lfreatest Steamship Ltnos. .

In 185•3 the Can-adian Government contracted· with a Livet·pool firm, M·essrs. McKean, McLarty and Lamont, to run a line 'Of screw ste.uners tor the con­veyance of H. M. Canadian Mall twice a month In summer to Quebec and once lt month to Portland, :\<Ialne In the winter. This Llvert>Ool firm tailed badlY 1"{1 maintaining any regular service and after two years t he contract was can­celled. This failure was the opportunity for Hugh Allan, a prominent .M·ontreal merchant and a man of great ene1·gy a nd enteq)r\s.e to found what eventually came to be known as the Allan· Line, a Line which existed up to the beginning ot the present century. In April 1866. Hugh Allan, having obtained a Mail contract from the Canadian Government, founded the Montreal Ocean Steam­ship Co. Both Allan a nd the · Cana.dlan Government tried repeatedly though unl!uccesstulty to secure a Malt carrying contrru:rt f,rom the British Government. Gt. Brlta.·ln however took an elttraordlnary attitude by . te'l'ming th'ese Canadian owned ships as American and insleted on treating these steamere as foreign al­though they salted under t.he British Fla.g! (POrtland, l\lalne was the U. S. port used by the Allan Co.) Britain, dvbblng these Canadian mall stea.mem American caured Mall cn.rrled by thE)m addreese!l to the U. s. to be rated higher tJlan mall catTICd b.Y Cunarclet•s. Doubt!~ this attitude by the mother country was adopted to safeguard the i'nt~rests of the Cunard Line which had so Calth­Cully carried out its contract besides establl.\lhlng a splendid reputation and whose name wa& a hallmark of British enterprize and reliability. The same reputation certainly could not be accredited to the early eftorts ·Of the Allan ~ne ships, wM~h. In their efforts to establish recot'd Atlantic crosslng18, prob­ably took undue risks a.nd suffered an alarming number of shipwrecks. The Cunard Line suffered only one- wreck In the whole of lt.s. existence and that, without loss or llfel

The Canad1a.n public a.la.rmed at such a h igh rate of shipwreck demanded an enquiry by the Government whlc.l'l resulted In the Line being thoroughly re-0!-g.a.nlzed. From t·hat time onward the Allan Line ranked al()n.galde the tore­most In the world and built Itself a first class reputation.

During the 1.S60's the Allan Line carried the bulk of the Canadian mall be­tween Canada and Gt. Bt1taln via the St. Lawrence Route a.t a 6d rate and there can be no doubt thail. the competition offered by this Canadian venture was .respons-Ible !or a gradul.\.1 redJJctlon in the pOstage rates. In 1878 Canada be-

.., came a membe·r of the U. P. U. when the rate of postage between Gt. Britain and Canada was. fixed at 5 cents (2'~d).

Lettere carried by Allan Line stoomet's between Canada. and Gt. Britain (Continued on page 77)

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INDEX TO CANADIAN PHILATELIC MAGAZINES By R. J. DUNCAN

"THE STAMP COLLECTOR'S RECORD" Published bY S. Allan Taylor at Montreal, Que., on white paper without

• Wl'apper.s, size 8"'x6. This waso the first .philatelic magazine publis·hed In North .America.. The publisher later moved to the United .States where publication was ~ontlnued with a new serJes.

Vol. 1, No. 1. Feb. 1·5th, 186<4. Four pages unnumbered. Vol. 1, No. 2. March 1864. This number was suppose<d to have been pub·

U!Jhed ·but is now unknown.

CONTENTS T.hrough the courtesy of R. King · Farlow, Treasurer Of the Royal Philatelic

Society, London, we are very fortunate to be able to present the accompanying· reproduction of the front page of this magazine. You· will notice It starts with a "blurb" announcing Itself. Then there Is a brief note on the New Issue­New Brunswick 2 cent yellow. Follows a short note debunking bogus· Canada 1 cent Newspaper Wrapper Stamps. Then some answers to co.rrespondents (probably bogus-who corresponded with a new Journal?) A fairly long ac­count of the famous "beautiful soteel engraving or General Jackson." A hoax! (You will remember "sucke118" got a 2 cent Black Jack ln ,return tor their mon­ey!) Some li&ts of stamps offered for sale by S. Allan Taylo~tartlng rather ominously with U. s. , ~als. iF'Inally, some small adverti~Jements of wants and Cftters from S. Allan· Taylor and box numbers.

Re: Royal Train Money Orders By E. G. LLOYD

ln the Railway Mail Service Distribution Liat of April 29, 193·9 (this Is Iss• ued weekly), the following notice was printed:

"Unprecedent in the history pf CanadJian Posot Ot'tlce Department will be the opening and operation 15th Miay to 1·5th J .une of Accounting Office No. 395-6, Royal Tra.in, with POstmaster, G. W. Ross. . "This post office operating ·1n the pilot train wiU function as does any ac­counting office, .handillng stamps, . money orders." This notice did not register ·with me for several days. Then, when d1B·

cussln·g the new Silver Dollar then IB.lrued, I told· one of my banker friends that I would get a souvenir more unusual than the Silver Doltar. I wrote the P. M. ot the Royal Train P. o: enclosing a money order to cover three ordeM of one dol.lar each and •the return postage, a.aldng that they <be ·returned under regis· te1-ed cover. Instead· they were returned by air mall but the stamps were can· . celled with the large clrc.u·lar hand-stamP. not the u.sual nag machine cancella­tiOn. The three. I received (each . for $1.00) were nos. 10, 11. & 12; Issued on May 28oth, 1939. I believe the train wa.e then In the Canadian We&t.

The check figures on the left were not properly cut as they should have shown "not over $1 . 00" whereas the complete line of figures were left to show "not over $100. 00." The ·remitter's receipt wa.& not detached .. f·r.om any of the orders. I don't consider thi~J unusual a.s the ordel'S were all mailed to me.

I still hold order #10. One I sold; the other I donated to an auction that WillS held at the Royal York Hotel in Toron<to du·rlng the War, the proceeds trom this awc:tlon g.olng to the Br!Ush Bomb VIctim's Fund.

I later tried for an order on the last day of operation of the Royal Train. Un!ortunatEMY, my letter arrived •too late and my remittance was returned. I have not learned how ma.ny orders . were Issued bY this office but my gueaa Ia that there were less than one hundred .

.At tha.t time. money orders were made a.nd numbered for each ottice. The Serial Number of this book to'r the Royal Tra.tn would sta.rt with · 3&56-.1 or U~-0\l, the 3956· being the offlc~ number. The office name Is In two lines, one above the other as follows; printed In r'oyal purple:

Royal Train Post Office . · , :Bureau De Poste Du ';l'ralll Royal

· The one I sU.ll have is, I betiev.e; the tenth one issued on· the Royal Tra.ln. The office was closed In less · than three weeks ao, unleS& there was a. · · ruah · of sales In the last two weeks, the total Issue would be very llmlte4. : ' .

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REPORT OF THE SECRETARY NEW M.ETh1lBIDRS

497• Bramhlll, · William G., Box 20, Waterv.!Ile, Kings C., N. S., Canad•a 498 Connor, Michael A. J·r., 2&1. Grandview Ter.ra.ce, Ha.rt:ford 6, Conn. 4g.9 Met.ca lf, Robert E., 1700 .So. Indi·ana Ave., Chicago 5, HI. 500 Riehle; J ohn A., 69•4 E. Montana Ave., St. Pau·J 6, Minn. 501 Schuman, Clifford R., · 110 ·west 8•6th St., New York 24, N . Y. 502 Sonne, Carl C., Box 193, Rouleau, Sask., Canad•a 503 Spain, Cornelius ·w., 85·80 Birwood Ave., Detrolt 4, Mich. 504 Wellman, Earl H ., 3532 OaJk Ave., Brookfield, Ill.

APfPLJCA 'l'ION.SJ F10R MIDMlBERSHIP Keen, J. F., 6446 Chur-chJJJ St. , Vanc'Ouver, B. C., Canada (C) CAN, NFD--va.r­

, ietles, cancellations, etc. By B. C. Binks, No. 74: Lewis, Gordon P., 20. Ellen St., Brampton, ·Ont., Canad·a (CX) CAN, NF'D-Mint

postage· & blks., .19th & ZOth. :\:lint bklt. panes, coll6, stationery. ·B. R. J. I;>uncan, . No. ·37.

MarShall, Richard B., .Box 647, Preaque Isle, Main.e (CX) Canada, all phases mint & used, also Nfld. used. Pr(Jposed by E . Richard,s:on,. Xo. 168. Seconded by J. Levine, No. 1.

·stewart, Cuthbert S., P. 0. Box 1322, W'elllngton, New Zealand (C) B. N. A., N. Z., So. Africa, Australia. By R. J. Duncan, No. 37.

Stripp, George, Box 471, Vancouver, B. C., Canada (C) CAN-used ·pOstage 19th & 20th, pre-stamp & stamp.Je.ss covers, stationery. P.ro.posed by R. \V. Fra.nk­lln, No. 483. Seconded by B. C. Binkls, No. 74.

CHANGES OF ADDRESS Loo, \VHUam 0., 2326 Airport ·way, Seattle 4, Wash. Llewellyn, George B., 3'3·18 Fri·end!Ship St., Philadelphia, Pa.

· RESIONA'I'lONS ACCEPTED 4iH Oarr, Grant C., Port Robinson, Ont., Canada 3.69 DeGroat, Robel·t W., 73 Howe St., New Haven 11, Conn. 185 Gordon, W. c ., 482o5 Connaught Dr., ·'Vancouver, B. C., Canada 1•53 J•ones, Daniel P., Bedford, Que., Canada 88 Nichols, c. H., Box 168, Wilmington, Ohio

~35 Openshaw, E., Box 3U, V-ernon, B. C., Canada 297 Phiilips, S. E., 12 Myrtle St., Rochester, N. H. ·178 Vin•c.e.nt, A. H., 40 Douchastel Ave., Outremon t; Que., Canada ~5o5 oKuhn, W. s., 1n7 Ivy St., San Mateo, Calif.

' 3&8 . vVirlets, GHson V., H24 26oth Ave., S . Francisco 22, Calif. . . RES>IGNAT.fO~S RECE•IVED

4'9 BC:llis, Royal E., 3 Sturg·es St .. Binghamton 4, ·N. Y. 37& Harris, ·'H. ·A., 512 E. Broad St., \V-estfield, N . J. 236 Kent, David, Willow Road, Grove Park, Roanoke ·17, Va. 350 Ley, R()bert, Box 697, Vernon, B. C ., Canada

· 296 Newberry, Roger, 837 Fort St.; VJctor!a, B. c., Canada 424 · .Stanford; Eidsel c., E. M. J. ·c., Scooba Miss. · 40~ Steiner, W., 1450 ·\V-est 38th St., Vancouver, B. C., Canad·a 3&6 Th?moa.s, Jesse B.; 31 No·rth St., George<towri, ·Mass .

. AWARD OF THE "VINCENT G. GREENE TROPHY" FOR 1947 In accordance w!oth the .ruling of the Board Of Governors (BNA TOPICS

Mar-ch '1948, p. 3·5), the fout· elected officers, the seven mem))ers of the encum­'berit Board, arid the Donor have each been canvassed for · his .selec.t!on of thle 'be·s't, second and third best artiCle or seories of a.rtl<:les· authored ))y a memb-er O·r member6 of BNAPS and pub.Ushed in BNA TQ·PlJCS during 1947. Based on a point system of a. for first selection, 2 for· seo2.orid, and 1 for third, the votes have been tabulated and the fol lowing results . noted:

W.!lli~~ s. & Daniel c. Meyerson 23 C. B. D. Garre~t · · .......... · .. · 5 Ian C. Mor.gan .. ... .. . . .. ·. . . . . 18 Rev. J<>hn S. Batn ... . ..• • .... • . . 6 Nelson S. Bond ............ · . .. , ... 8 · R:· J. Duncan ........ · .. ........ 2

· M. W. Cryderman . . • . . . . . . . • • . . 2 · · · ··As · a: result of the above noted balloting, the "Vincent G. Greene ·Trophy"

't.s· ~eorebr awaorded for the year 1947 to · W ill iam· s. and Daniel C. Meyerscan

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Trail of the Caribou Freres Meyerson

Our good friend, Bert Talt, asked us to ·remind yiOu birds (Newfoundland Collectors only). that the ::\ewtound­land Trade Commissioner's Office at 620 Fifth Avenue, New York, X. Y., sells the current Newfoundland•.stamps ln sheets at face. Why send to SL. John's?

Did you know that parcel post to Grea-t Britain Is sent direct to L!ver­po.ol from St. John's by the Rl\fS New­foundland or the RMS Nova SCotia?

The registration fee of 5c for inland registration mullit be paid on all 0. H. M. s. mail presented ·by Govern­ment offlclaloS f10r registration w~th the exception of mall .posted by Post 0!­flce Officials on official bu.siness.

Yes, our faces are a bright ·crimSQn! The Nev.."f·oundland Inland Ra.te of P10stage tor letters, town dellve·rY, is 3c for the Glrst ounce and 2c for each ·O~n.ce ·thereafter.

Clarence W. Brazer, BiNAP'S .#149, takes. us to . task for our choice of words in our article on page 52 of the April 1948 issue of BNA T'O·PICS. Mr. Brazer says that they shou·ld• be de­scribed as color samples. We bow to Clarence on the condition that we b<' penn!Hed to add the words "for the trade."

Harry A. Mac Master, BNAPS # 48>4, .has written to ask for Informa­tion concerning the Newfoundland cancellation ''235" between bars. Boggs mentions that the cancellation may be a. registry mark, but such is definitely, . not the case as we find the cancella­tion on a cover ·posted at Fogo <Jn June 11, 1873, add-ressed to England fra.nked with the 6c dull r.ose (S·:.ott's #35) . There are no regl!jtry marks on the cover and -the rate to England at that time was 6c per 7ft ou.nce. ·we also have the same cancellation on a oover posted at St. John's on July 3, 1-886, and add·ressed t10 Hat,bor Grace. This cover is fi'anked with the 3c blue

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(Sco:t's #49). As In the previous cas-e, there are no r egistry markings on the cover and since the rate for ·In­land mall at th·a,t time was 3c, no reg­illitrY surcharge was paid. W e would ap•pre'ciate any light tha n any mem­ber can throw -on ·this subject and we would also like to hear 'Of any 'COver with this cancellation used prior to June 11, 1873.

F. W·alter Polloclc, BNAPS #7, wants us t<J give a more detailed rea­son for stating that .the 1930 Po.stal Card d.ie was reengraveod. Well, Wal­ter, in addition w the differences list-

. ed on page 39 of the March '48 'D.OP­ICS, the words "One Cent" in the 1-9'30 die are much heavier than those fn the 1912 die and can ·be distinguished with the naked eye.

N ewfou ndla nd Revenue Essay

By BILL & DAN :MEY·ERSON

We recently had occasion to pur­cha;se the Item illustrated from a deal­er in London. \Ve had never seen it before and thought that our ·fellow­collectors of Newfoundland might be Interested In seeing a photograph Qf the item. It Is also of paramount in­terest to BNA Revenue collectors.

The piece In question Is undoubtedlY an Essay of an Inland• Revenue StamP probably prepared for U9e but nev~r Issued. It Is printed on stamp paper In a lake shade and Is Imperforate. Nothing else Is known about the Es­say and any Inf-ormation will be great­ly appneclated, partlculal'ly since New­found.Jand bas never had occasion to iswe a 2c Inland Revenue Stamp,

114 OOKKEROIAL .lDVERTISD DiaiOTOb'.

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NIAGARA FALLS

8V82Bll810ll BBZDGB TO HAMILTON, TORONTO AND DETROIT,

CONNECTI NG AT DETB OIT W ITll .

MI CHI GAN CENTRAL. A ND THE

· DETROIT AND IIILWAUXEE RAILWAYS TO

CHIClGO, MllW!UKff,·RoCK ISLlND, BURUNGTOK, . . ··DUBU QUE, ST. PAUL,

IUDDOK, C&IRO, QUIKCY, P1lAIRIE DtJ CHIElf, POKD DtJ LAC, ST. LOtJII, ST. JOan. UKIAI AJm ·DB&AIKA, UD ALL POlBtB IX TKB WEST AKD lfOBTK WilT.

PATENT SLEEPING OARS · Su~rior t.o any heretofore in use, aeeoropany eaeh Night Train,-but 36 pa~ngen1 admitted

to eaeh ear. The Bertha are perronuent, and fitted up with Hair Mattresaea, resting upoa Spiral Spriuga; in additiou each Passenger bas o.11eat, thus avoiding the necessity of bCiDf

I ·C.Urned iu or out at the.pleaaure of othe1'8, and aeeuring as comfortable r~ aa in. o.uy drat-c:W.

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BA.GGA.GEI OECIIO~J!I:D T:EER.OUG~

TnouoK TIC&:&Ta by this Route c:an be obt.aln,d at all the principal Railroad aad StMmboll. Ollie~ iu the United Sto.teaand Canadu.

,c. J. BRYDGES, -.....,'-..~DIIa~~C.lf._

JULIUS IIOVIUS. -....a .. ~

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EARLY CANADIAN RAILROADS (and their int•rl8t with regards to the development of Canadian Po.t,a l· History)

by Richard P. Hedley, B.N.A.P.S., A.P.S., c.q.N.Y.

CHAPTER I

The Great Western Railway '!'he Great W-e.stern Railway Is Important to collector.s of r ailroad cancella­

tions and postal history because It was completed from Hamilton to Windsor in 1~4 _and thereupon begJI.n oa,r.ry1ng mall •.. ~.Just a~ ;the .ume wheiJ phtlllltellc hls.tory was being made. · · . · . ·

To review its history a bit. the G. W. R. had ltifl beginning in 1834 when it was granted a charter under the title of London & Gore Railroad. However, ther~ was no action in •building and later, In 1845, the ch·arter.· wa.s rene!Wed 1,mder the , na me of Great Western Railway and actual construction · began · In l849 . . T.he. rail connections between Niagara F'alls (Ont.), Hami.Jton and Wind· sol' wer.e c ompleted In 18·54. In 18-~5. it Wal!i extended over the · Sus-pension Bridge and made connection with the New York .Central Railroad. Also this YeaT, the line Waf! built to Toronto. Later acquisitions by. the ·G: ,V, R. Included Lpndon & P?Tt Stanley, Rwy., Weiland Rwy., .Welllngton-G.rey & Bruce R. R., London Rwy., Huron & Bruce R. R., Brantford-Norfolk & Port J3u'rwell .

. The Oompany continued operating Independently In Omtario. until · It was a;bsorbed bY the Grand Trunk System In 188•2. Today · tMs . Toad Is known as the Michigan Central Railroad, a part of the Ne.w York Central System.

· Ita Part In The Postal Development , Due to the succes~ of the .St. Lawrence & Atlantic R. R. .In carrying the

maiLs In 185-2, Postmaster Morris was Instructed to enquire into the possibll­ttles, of further expansion as the railroadS< of Cana da were completed• .... with the res,ult that the Postmaster Repoorts sho·wed Increased railwa-y mal! .facllltles in 18<5'3, 1S•5J4, etc. The Great Western was included and <their first <con<tract ~ l'fov.ember 114, 18>53; running until December 211, 1853. It was renewed h.ow­ev.eT; and In his Report of 18>54, the P ostmaster-Genera! related· how the malls gtven to G. 'W. R. had passed the whole route from Niagara ·to vV•Indisor, 2>29 mlle.s, since· January ~5th, 1854. There were two mans a da y each way, with the· <trip requiring only 8 to 10 how.s lnetead of four days. It waa al.so stated that ~he United States Post Office had been perm.ltted to for.ward :a closed mall over ,the Une between Detroit and Niaga ra without postage charge .... af'fordlng a Uke privilege to <the Canada PQI!t O:fflce tor transmission of malla between Montreal and Canada \Vest over the "Ogdensburg Road."

The Railway Poet Office came Into being In 1855. Jt wa s stated, "M'oreover on all railway lines of Importance, the proper mana gement a nd dlstrf.butlon of the malls inde.spensall'ly necessitates the employment of Post Off.ice clerk8 or conductors to travel with the malls In a raHway car or portion of a car, appro­priated ae a Post -Qftlc.e and attend to the duties required to be performed whilst the malle are In transit." The early rai-lway post o~ce was a space set off in · a coaeh wlth compartments for sorting malls and n ewspapei\s. The mall clerks · In the early days travelled .singly tak.lng care of the -sev·eral duties of sorting, etc. Th~ length of the run was. not long, and each travelled the line from end to end. 'The conductors were few, 32 permanent and 12 temporaries, and bY September 30, 1857, the staff had lncreal!ied to 59.

<The Great Western Railway covered the foll-owing poin-ts , as listed In the year 18>76. ·

:suspension Brid.ge to Windsor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~29· mllee Hamilton to Toronto .. . .... . . ..................... . .... . ... · 39•1h .HarriSburg to Brantford . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Harrlsb'urg to Southampton .......................... : : : .. : · 129 ·Palmerston to Kincardine . . ......... : . .. . .... . ... . . .. ..... . 661,2 •London to Wingham, Londlon, Huron, a.nd Bruce Branch . . . . 74 London to Port Stanley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~31h Komoka to Sarnla (Sarnla Branch) ........................ 51 Wyoming •to Petrolia (Petrolia Branch) . . . . . • . . . . . . • . • • • • . • 5*

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Glencoe to Blru k R:ock, International Bridge, Air Line .. H6~ w ·euand Rwy and Allanburg Branch ....... . ...... ..... ... 17~ Allanburg Jet. to Merrlton Junction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Y.a

Postal Markings The handstruck stamps applied by the Groot Western were of the single

line circle type, \\·ith G. •v. R. set at the -top. Tllis Is shown below. and is Jarrett'.s #1606.

'l'hese cancellations are not rare, as you wi.Jl find them struck on many of the Large and Small Queens covers. How­ever, like all handstruck &tamP8, they a-re scarce In superb strikes. The Sarnla Branch of the G. W. R. used a slmllar strike except that "~arnia Branch" was added around the IX>t­tom of the cir. le, Jarr•ett #1605. The London Railway a lso had Ita own cancellation, same tYI>e as above, Jarrett #1606x.

GREAT NORTH WESTERN TELEGRAPH COVERS By C. B. D. GA'R.R:IDTT

At a rec&nt auction I bid on 1300 covers with the 2c red of the 1912 issue, Scott # 106. 1 was In sea1·ch or postal slogans and my other sidelines, like railroad cancellations, hotel covers, etc., and I also wanted to make a study of the 2c Itself. But now, !rom this lot, starts another sideline as am.ong them were 14 telegraph cover-a, all of the type shown cor this C()lllpany on the ·last page of the Marks 1945 catalog. ·we find some new types· forom d~alls noted on the.9e covers. The .Marks catalog lists only one form, which we use a& the No. 1 on the following IJstlng. No. 1 Form 51 appear.e over the Insignia on the face of the envelope. Nothing

else on the face eX'. ept the Insignia. The paper is orange yel·low, of good Quality, and the Bide seams are Inside. From Quebec to Naplervme, diWted 20 Nov. 19>12.

No. 2 Form 61a. over the Insignia which, like No. 1, Is prln.ted in black. Also printed on the front Is "Manager/ Great North Western Teleg:ra.pb Com­pany" and below are two lines for the ·address. The color ot the paper Is the same as No. 1 but thinner. The side !Seams ·a re outside and the flap ha..s squared shoulders to r halt an Inch which, when the flap Is cl~d. lay along the edge or the sldea. Six covers, all to the manager at :'\aplerville, Que. One from Montreal, Oct. 18; tour from Toronto, Mar. 21, Apr. 16. Sep. 11 (2); one from Ottawa, Ju 8; all 1912.

No. 3 As :>:o. 2 except the end seams are on the Inside and there ar-e no square shoulder& on the !lap. Addressed as No. 2, Toronto 26 Nov. 191·2.

No. •4 The ln•slgnla. Is embos-sed In hr.tght blue on whlte (cream) wove paper of good quality bond. watermarked College Bond. End seam& are ln.slde. To same addre~~s from :\1ontreal, Apr. 30; and Toronto, Xov. 6, 1912. No form No. on face.

No. 5 Slmt.lar to ::o<o. 4 but no watermark. All addre&aed to agent at Napler­vl'lle fl"o().ln Toronto, Aug. 1, Oct. 16, Nov 6 (2>).

Prom thesoe notes, one will observe that they were not used only fo.r local use.

I have had reprinted In booklet fonn my eight page article on the "Northern Ontario Post Offices to 1895'• with some new Informa­tion and data added to the original article.

I believe this history of post offices, coveiiing an area as ·l·arge as Great Britain and which were previously known merely aoS a name, should be added to every one's library and to every club or society ltbrary.

$1 each - 3 for $2 Tbls Is not a per.&onal venture and all proceeds w1Jl be d'Onated'

to BNAPtS. F. W. CAMPBELL

1112 Pinehurst, Route 5 Royal Oak, Mich.

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Bringing News About People & Stamps By REV. JOHN S. BAIN

BN'.A.PS'er Arthur L. GusS's, # ·'322, wrl·tes to this column that he has found the current lOc Canada, .perfor­ated "O.H.M,S.", doubled inverted, and the 1942, Canada, corvette 20c, double on one stamp only of a pair. There Is considerable Int-erest ·in the stamps of Canada perforated "O.H.M. S." and some items are v·ery scarce. Mr. Guess say.s he has coHected Can­ada Perlorated initials other th'l.n "O.H.M.S." and has eome 62 .types, and about 3()0 stamps, ln·~lud1ng ln­vert.s, rever9ed doubles, etc. He Is nO'W trying to secure eome of thes·e on cov­ers to l~entlfy the user.

BNAPS Have you read In Bileskl's new boo1(,

'Philatelic Pathways,' that &'\!:A TOP­ICS Is mentioned · as a MUS·T for the specialist! We apprecl·ate those kind words, Mr. B:lles·kl, and S'hall endeavor .to live . up to tha~ standard. Also of interest to BNA.P:S'ers is the fact ·that Mr. Bl!eski gave as a premium to his title page su:bscrlber&, a copy of the beautiful CAN<A([):A p.age.

BNAPS I t<>.Jd you I'd tell you, so I'm telling

you. The proud P<>SSe9SOr of the copy ot ·Canada's Revenue Classic, thoe "ln­Vlerted Head," advertised in ·the March '·38 BNA TOPICS i~Mr. Raymond A. Menendion, BN·APS #-16. That'·s a nice Item to ·have t<>o, Ray!

BNAPS Some information has been received

to the query concerning the emergency cancellation stamps of Canada.. It any of the read·er.s ha~ such .stamps., ple'a.se report them for reference for a future article.

I think I ·shall start a new sideline in the way 'Of covers created by BNAPS'er Walter S. Bayley, #141, the "Fearless PhllateUst.'• The latest to come to my attention is a cover with a hand-drawn scene of a tree and hill. A sign hanging on !lie .tree reads, "B Day January 1st." To the uninitiated thils means "Bayley Day." The puzzle to me is how does the Tor­onto Stamp Club stand it? Snow me under with the anawer.s, boys.

B NAPS Have just reocelved the Jates.t prbe

list of Clarence W. Brazer for British Nor<th America essays and proofs. New listings and price changes are given in the current brochure which can be obtained for lOc from 415 Lexln:gton Ave., N. Y. 17.

BNAPS A news Item from Ottawa informs

us that the wir letter shee·ts· wm come out In .a larger size. Ther.e was a sl!ght reduction In ,the size of the air Jetter sheet printed last year with P<lS•tage. T·hey will now be the size of forms be<fore the postage was Imprinted.

BNAPS BN'APS'er.s Henry Gates, #114, and

J . Alex. Park, #4·5, are In line for our congratulations and bieet wls'hes. At the 755·th meeting of the MichigRn Stamp Club, Mr. Gates, also General Chalrm'an of t·he S. P. A.'s 54th An­nual Convention, was elect~· P r esi­dent wl.thout opposition. Mr. Park was elected Treasurer at the same meeting to add to hds other duty as· F1inance Chairman of the S. P. A. Con­vention Committee.

(Continued from page 69) w!ll often be found stamped with a small circular dated stamp in red "PAl:D OOL PAiCKET DERRY" whilst mall reaching Glasgow (A'Oan's Glasgow Line was formed in 186·1) received a ma.rking in black ''Glasgow COL PACKET" In tw'O line.s, and at Liverpool a similar red stamp to that uSed at LondonderrY was employed. It would ap.pear then that the Brittsh acknowledged the Mail !rom C·anada as "Colonial" (assuming the abbreviation COL to denote 'coloni·al') and applied the American designation to t he Allan Ships on mail destined to a U. S. Port.

Other postmarks associated with the AJ.lan Line are numeral obliterators which woere lasued to some of the Mall Packets. These are very rare, especially w hen found· on entire cover.s. Among those definitely :kfrown to have been used on Alls;n Line Mall are B.l7. B.l8. B.27. B . 28. and B.29.

All! a sideline to a Canadian Postage stamp collection, an ·arrangement ot covers Illustrating the points described in this a.rticle will be found to have veri gTeat intereet and appeaJ.. ·

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Various & Sundry GEO. E. FOSTER

During the Clrst week-end of April, Robeon Lowe of Philadelphia, beld a three session auction sale or U. R., B. N. A., and general foreign. At the ttu.t session, 136 lots of the regular lseues a nd proofs of Canada and the Prov­Inces were offered.

Newfoundland was represented by a choice lot or regu.Jar Lssues, proofs and airmails. Proofs of the 10c, · 1866, In lllx colors brought $50. P•ate proot11 on colored paper, perforated and gum­med, various colors, or the 2c, 5c, 10c and 13c 186·6 l·ssue, ten Items in all, sold for $60. In the regular Issues, a tine mint copy of # 1 realized $6. 60. An exceedingly fine mint copy of #I with wdde and even marg-Ins, fetched $60. A complete sheet of 20 of the o'ne Pence · rose, # 23, with a portion of t'he w•mark, •••••cey W.ise, was knock-ed down for $46. A block of 8 ot the 1c on Sc, 1897 provlelona.l, s how­Ing four of Type J, two of T ype n and two or Type ITI, was sold to or­der for $76. In t he Airmails, a superb block of tour, with no comma and JIO

stop varieties, brought $80. The grand Item In Canada wa.a a

horizontal strip of four of ·the 3 pence beaver, # 1, on cover to Buffalo; U. S. arc type exchange mark; Montrea.l date stamp, AP 26 1851. The fourth eta.in'p has a reentry. ThJ.s dellctablc Item was sold to orde1· for $475. A ~nl!lcent copy of the 6d reddl9h purPle, 181>7, on tMck, soft wove pa­pS!' .sold for $165. T hree lots of proots of Bill stamps, Receipt sta.mp,s and a Gas Inspection s tamp were eagerly taken at an advance over catalogue valuatton.

I n N ew Brunswick, t1v& lots of proofs and tour lots ot regular Issues were offered. A lot of 12;{ac proofs. 2 ahadee of green, 2 of black and 1 brown, on white paper, perforated and gummed, brought $20. A d le proof on India on card 1-n green ot the 5c Con­noll fetched $27 . 50.. In tbe regutar Is­sues, #l's s old for $10, a copy of #2 got $22.50 a.nd a. thin, but fine looldng, 11gbtly cancelled copy of the one shlll-1ng-, dull violet, pr oduced $77.

In Nova. Scotia, just three Iots of regula.r -lssuee were offered, while the proota num~red ten lots. A fine, !our

marg!ne<l copy of the 3d blue, tied to cover to HaHfaX', &Old for $18. Plate proofs of the 1c and 81,2:: on white paper, perforated and gummed, four colors of each value, sold tor $40. Plate proofs of the S.'hc green and the 5c blue, 8%c vermdllon and lOc black on proof paper, the last three over­printed "Specimen," brought $8.2-6. A block or tour of the lOc plate proof In black, overprinted "Specimen" m gold, realized $14.

The late A. Stanley Deavllle had been working on n. book on Can.1dlan stamps for a number o! years and was looking fonvardJ to completing this \vben he ret ired this year. All! we all know and regret, "F~~ote" decreed oth­erwJse. Ju!Vt what will be the final dispos ition of the book, no one knows as yet. It Is not likely that Mrs. Dea­ville will pub!Lsb It, and while the1·e Is a chance that the Can~d·lan Govern­ment mlg'ht, yet It Is a rather remote chance. I n the absen-ce ot any concrete plan, I believe Jt would be apJ>roprlate for the B.N.A.P.S. to act. Wlllle the Society may not be able to dJrect~r publish It, from my conversation with some or the members, It is feasible to form a syndlcate to underwrite the venture.

N othing of a definite nature has yet been made publlc as to the book or other philatelic pr'Operty of Mt·. Dea­vllle, but thanks to Robson Lowe, on his t·ecent trip to Ottawa, he was kind enough to arrange contacts tor me t o secure Information or the lnten­tlon,s und desires of t he family re­specting the book.

BRITISH NORTH AMfRICA . .. Is otrten extensively r epre-6ented In the H. R. HARMER. lNC. auctions. Write for FREE catalogues and buy th e right way- the H. R . HARMER way.

H.!(. Harmer Inc. The Roosevelt Auctioneers

32 E. 57th St., N. Y. 22, N. Y.

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CANADA Mint, Fine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1S..OO MLnt, SU'.PERB .............................. 60'.00 Mint, Very Fine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.00 t:sed, Fine ................................... 30.00 Mint. Fine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . 42.00 t:sed, Fine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30. 01> l\IInt, Ve1·y Fine .............................. 48.0() Full 0. G. Very ·Fine for this. Rare .. ........ 90 .00' Mint, SUPERB .............................. 25.00 Completeo sheet, Very Fine ......... ....... .... S·.50 Complete sheCit, Very 1!1 ine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. 50

,Complete sheet. Ver~' l<'lne ...... ......... ..... 3 . 35

Marks # CANA'DIAN REVE NUES B.C. · 8th llloll'Ue, 10c pair, imperf. vertically ........ 30.00

8th Issue. $1 block of 4. lmperf. vertically .... 60.00 Ml3-15 10c-26c signed & numbered "A. Begg" ........ 65.00 016 5c green "F. F.'' Roulett.ed .................... 7. 50 O·S.2 lOc green " L. S." Rouletted .... ...... ........ 7.50 ~-65 !:Set 5c-$50 less #'s 59, 60. Cancelled 'C' on Gum 35.00 9>211-32 1\;llnt set ($5 used) 5:.-$20. Very scarce ...... 125.0.0 I have a very. Jar~re stock of B. N. A. In all Its branches. ·Can

supply your wan•tfJ at moderate prices. Satisfaction guar11.nteed. l'ostage extra under· $l 0. 00.

1t you collect U. R. Stamps, I can O..'lsm·e you ot one or the lal'g­est stock>S on hand to select trom. Mint & used, singles, blocks and cov-ers.

MARTIN STAMP CO. 233 West 42nd Street

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Complete - lnt•ct

N~York City 18, N. Y.

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2l18•b English 1.25 "THE PHILATELIC MAGAZINE" .....

231b English ..... .60 2•Slb French . ..... .70 282b English •••• 0 .60 2S2b French ...... . 70 231&., 2a, 3a.. Eng. .. l.-10

Comp-:u·e these prices!

lYON GARCIA 214 West 6th StNJet

NORTH VANCOUVER B. C., Can•d• I : ...............................

carries Stamp news and view!! trom all parts ot the world .

- $2.00 per annum -

Harria 'Publicatlona Limited 445 Strand, London, Eng.

FINE USED BLOCKS ot

Canada 1912 to d.ta write tor price list a.nd approvals

M. W. CRY•DERMAN BOX ·2$9, . .Ro'!>l!n, Man., Canada-

80 BN\1\. TOPICS

CLASSIFIED TOPICS Reaerved for Membera of B.N.A.P.S. Rates 2c per word. Minimum 15 words· per ad. Three Insertions at the price of two. 5()0 words, at wlll, $4.00 pay­able In advance. Scott's numbers used unless otherwise &pecitled.

COVERS~Newtoundland Stample.ss or Pre-stamp and any used prior to 1880. Dan C. Meyerson, 7o65 Eas'tern Park­way, Brooklyn 13, N. Y.

WANITED - NEV\t'F'OUNDLAND ON­LY. Wholesale sources of supply, 'll3o good singles on 20 day approval. Ken­neth Mlnuse, 1236 GMnd Concourse, New York 56, N. Y.

WANTED - Newfoundland 5c Blue, rouletted Seal, Scott #40. Used pairs, strips or blocks. Dan C. Meyerson, 765 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn 13, N. Y.

CANADIAN SEALS-complete set all Canadian Crippled Children Eastet: Seals $1.00. Price list sheets, blocks. imperf, proofs on r equest. B. L. Baulch 16·2 Ohatham St .. BMntford, Canada 13

I collect Canada only- For Sale or Ex­change- Stationery; B. C. Laws; Plate Nos; Flag Cancels. C. B. D. Garrett. Box 512, Cranbrook, B. C.

CANADA P.RIDC.AJNCIDLS-Need scarce Items for my collection. wm bu.y, or trade for your better grade dupllcates. Have approvals tor Interested collec­tors. H. G. Walburn, R. R. #:3, Kelow­na, B. C., Canada. (3)

CANADIAN PLATE BLO.CKS--eince 19:217. Wanted to buy or exchange. T. B. Higginson, Finch, Ont., Canada (10)

( 1) Unlled Sfotos & lr/1/slt folorth Amorlco, c:omploto with 1,000 Illustrations· (21 Alrmoll Stomps; (l) irill•lt Empire; (4) Modern, Europe; (5) Stomp Collector s Annuo/ Coto/og (albums packets, supplies, etc.) with com'!let~ "6ulde to Stamp, Cotlecton9 and Invaluable 'Stamp Find· er" Each c:ataloq 128 or mo;e pa9es, profu•ely itlus· trated wonderfully Inform•· tive ilstinq fine stamps ,...t mo~oy·savlnq prices. Each sel'lt for on/~ fOe to co•or moiling.

~ARRIS &- CO., llA TRANSIT BLDG., BOSTON, MASS.

WORLD'S LA.RGiiST STAMP FIRM

PHOOEY .... to Jorrett-ond Bayley! Those two guys think they get ALL the stamps. But I, for one,

1 managed to get A STAMP laat year! C'mon member• ..• .. .. . sell me some

Pence .... or .... t869 lsaues I'll even take a cover, or two, or three

DICK HEDLEY 452 Franklin St. Buffa lo 2, N, Y.

.. Canada and Newfoundland Stampless Cover Catalogue $2.00

Canadian Railroad Cancellation Catalogue-Price ........ 1.50

Canadian Revenue Catalogue-Price ................................ 1.00

Canadian Precancel Catalogue-Price .............................. 1.50

CENTURY STAMP CO. Est. 1900 1253 McGill College Ave. Montreal, Que.

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~--OPPORTUNITIES~--~~~~ _I ATA_u_cT_I_o_N ___ ~----~-~ The &tall L.owe Ltd. operation. eections:-

'Work of Robaon Is once more In It falls Into two

Other · people'• material for .ale on commlsaton­thls L9 handled by the Private Treaty Depart· ment o! Robson Lowe Ltd., on the first floor o! 50 Pall Mall, S. W. I.

Selections & speolal ot­tere of British Empire stampe from the stock of the Regent Stamp Co. Ltd. eltua.ted on the third floor of 50 ,Pall :Mall, H. W. I.

Monthly announcementlt will indicate the mater­Ial available and etampe will be supplied: 1. From our llst11 of

epeclal offere. 2. In the form of selec­

tions advertl&ed. 8. In res.ponse to want

lists of those coun­trJel8 advertised as available for thla purpose .. I

The ll&ts wlll be puhlleh&d monthly In The Philatelist (p1·lce $4. 0() per annum post free) and ex tracts Ln other

philatelic periodical&.

ROBSON LOWE LTD. Private Treaty Dept.

T he REGENT STAMP CO. L TO. BriUsh Empire Stamps.

LONDON May 12th. 8peclalls&d F'<>reign

with good France, U. S. A. 88$8.YIJ a.nd covers.

May 19th, Specialised Cape of Good Hope and Ma ur­itiua, lncludln&' the coi­JeocUon of L. U. G. T ripp, Eeq., F.R.P.S.L.

June 2nd. Speclalleed Fa lk ­la nd lela nde and Brit iah Empire, lnoludlng the collection of L. U. G. T ripp, Eeq., F.R.P.S.L.

BOURNEMOUTH J u ne 5th. A General Stamp

Sale, with specialised .sections ot Falkland Ia· Iande, Gambia and St. Helena,

PH I LADELPH lA May 15t h. Great Britain and

good Cape of Good Hope. F'or'eign Includes Fra nce and U.S. A.

J une 5th. Specialised Mex· ico, with classic Issues and many unusual piec­es with some or which a1·e unique, lnoorporat· lng the collection o! J, C. Ta ylor, Eeq.

Ca t a loguea f rom :

ROBSON LOWE INC. 1320 WIDENER BUILDING

PHILADELPHIA 7, PA., U.S.A. Teh:phone: Locust 4-1!87

Plea11e note the address has been hanged from 721 Wide· ner BullcUng to 1320 W idener 11 ·l[ldi ng.

In auociation with:

Robson Lowe Ltd. LONDO N • BOURN E MOUTH · MELBOURN E

Head Office: 50 P all Mall, London, S. W. 1, England Telepbone: Abbey 4034. Cable.,: •'Stamps. London" .

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FINE NEWFOUNDLAND These th~e Publicity t;ets were on "'<lit! Cor a very short time and

60me values are scarce, particularly the watermarked ~t. 1928 P ublicity Un-Watermarked

First l!S8ne on thin. hard, )Jebbly paper Mint Used

N'o. Block Single Block Slns-le Hr> lc Deep Green ............•. $ .60 $ .15 $ .40 $ .031 146 :lc Deep Carmine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 .15 117 ac Brown . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . 60 .1& 148 4c Hose Purple ................ 1.40 .3& Hila lc Mauve ...................... 4.50 1.00 11~ 6c Slu.te Green ................ 1.80 .15 150 6c U1tru.marine .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. . 1. 40 . 35 151 Sc Light red brown ............ 2.00 .50 152 ~~ :.Iyrtle Green ............... 4.00 1.00 15!* 10c Dark Violet ................ 4.00 1.00 154 12c Brown Carmine ••.......... 3.00 .75 151> 14c Red Brown ................ 3.00 .7:i 156 He Uark Blue .. .. .. . .. • . .. .. .. . 2 AO . 60 157 20c Grey Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. 20 . 80. t5S 28c Grey Green .............. 12.00 3.00 lG9 30r Olive Brown ............... .!.00 1.00 145·59 1-SOc, 15 Vars. Complete ...... 40.00 10 .00

160 160

1929 Provisional '3 on 6c, 19·20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l. 2·0 Complete sheet (25) ........... 7.50

l.l>O 2.00 4.80

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1929 Publicity, Re· Engraved, Unwatermarked On thick, soft paper. :.tany small changes In engraving.

163 164 165 166 167 H& 169 170 171 163·71

The general Impression Is coarser. lc Green . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . • . . . . . . 28 .07 2c Deep Carmine . . . • • . . . • . . . . • . 32 . 08 3c Deep Red Brawn

111 • • • • • • . . . . . • . 48 .12

4<l l\Iagenta . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . 1.00 . 25 6c Klu.te Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . 20 . 30 6;: Ultramarine .. . .. .. . .. .. .. .. . 7. 00 1. 75 JOe Dark Violet ............ , ... 3.20 .80 15c Deep Blue ................ 10.00 2-.50 20c Grey Black ............... 20.00 5.00 1-20c, 9 Vars. complete ........ 40.00 10.00

1931 Publicity Watermarked Thinner sott paper

172 lc green .. . .. .. .. . • .. .. • .. .. •• . .60 .15 178 2c red ......................... 1.20 .30 17~ Be red brown ......... 1. ...... 1.60 .40 176 4c rose ....................... 3.00 .75 176 6c greenish gray .. .. .. .. .. • .. .. 4. 00 1. 00 177 6c ultramarine ................ 12.00 3.00 178 8c red brown .................. 11.00 2.75 179 lOc dark violet ................. 5.00 1.25 180 16c deep blue ................ 19.00 4.7& 181 20c ll'l'a.Y black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40·. 00 10.00 182 SOc olive brown ............... 14.00 3·.50 172·182 1o to SOc-, 11 var. complete .. 100.00 25.0:>

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