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TOPICS Vol. 5, No. 7 July-August, 1948 Whole No. 50

• CONTENTS ~

From the Editor 102

T he Royal T ra in Post Office. By R. A. Jamieson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

T he Centa l .. ue of P r ince Edwa rd lela nd. By Mervyn V. QuarlGe ........ . 104

Trail of the Caribou. Freres Meyeraon

Review• a nd Reporta. By Ed. W hiting

Sales Topic• ............ 108

109

Report of the Secretary Official Notice ..• . ..•. 110

R. P. 0 . Bumps and Grinds. By Wllsdon & Wat mough . .. . . .. •..•.....•... 111

Index to Canadian Philatelic Magazine•. By R. J. Duncan ................ 112

Various &. Sundry. Geo. E . Foster "Off the Cuff." V. G. Greene .... 113

Bringing News About People &. Sto~mp1. B y R ev. John S. Baln . • •.. . ...... 114

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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE

BRITISH N ORTH AMERICA PHILATELIC SOCIETY

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We Have a Few Albums Left Order to-day to avoid disappointment.

GRADUATE, regular (weight 3 lbs.) •. •, ............... $5. 7:> GRADUA'l'E, speclallsl tor Canada, or Newfoundland,

or Gt. Britain (wt. 3 lbs.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6. 75 BURLEIGH (weight 4 lbs.) .. . .. . . .. .. .. .. .. . . .. .. .. . .. 8. 7.5

WA.RWlCK, regular (weight 6 lbs.) ...........•...... 16.00 WAR\\'ICK, spoolalist for Canada or Newfd. (6 lbs.) 18.00

The Newfoundland AJbums have leave.9 for B.C., 1-'.E.I., Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. Postage is alwaye extra, at He per lb.

Theae Specialist albums are printed from pre-war plates and have no leaves (except blank) for war l88ues.

Write for our deecri·ptlve list or albums which we have left In •tock to- day.

Every collector of Canada. needs for his album one of the fronUspiece works of art by "Szyk." lt shows In color the Coats of Arms of the Dominion and the several P'rovln~es. 1t makee a most I.Jeautlful introduction to the contents of the pages that follow. Price ls only $2.00, IJOStpa.id $%.10.

PLATE BLOCKS AND STRIPS OF CANADA We have an extensive stock of these popular items.

They are not :plentiful and are !a!rt being bought and placed in collections. A few offers-

Complete Bell set .................... $5.00 Complete Citizen Slet • . . . . • . .. . • . . . . .. . 3. 75 Complete Princess set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. 50

Royal Visit from 3&<: up.

We have many other Plate Blocks or CanQda In stock.

VICTORIA STAMP CO. ONTARIO CANADA

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FROM the Editor Dear Member:

The ord~r changes this month and instead of the usua:l- "Lettere TO the Editor'• appears a letter F'RO.M the Editor. There is much that has to be explained, much that has to 'be told, so I'm presuming to use this page for those purposes.

After patiently and anxiou9ly (I hope) . waiting for this Issue, It fin<tl­ly arrives. J·ust as you're ready to for­give the delay, you notice the front .cover Is dated July-August. You justly ask, "vVhat's going on?" There Is much to explain, much t'O tell. First let me tell and: may<be tha:t w!ll ·help a lot to ex:Plain.

I'm juet home after more tha;n two weeks In the hospital. Ruptured ap­pendix and peritonitis! That wouldn't have been too, ba:d (1 can very flippant­ly say that now) but what a time it picked to happen - June 12th-·.217th! Just when everyth'ing has to be done -copy &hould have beeat sent to the printer. .Dan & Bill Meyerson (my steady visitors) "shot a wire" to ~he printer tell!ng what had hawened and asking wh<rut could be done. You can thank the printer for h is swetl coop­errutlon and rearranging of his sched­ule to get the magazine to you even at this date. That's why TOPICS is late thiS> month.

Our printer closes shop part of July and takes himself a well-deserved va­cwtlon. I must remark that I can read­ily understand his need of a vacation --,he must work velly hard to give the fine service he does. But, no printer­no magazine. So, we try to make it aJppear like we are> missing nothing (again, I hope) and we date this is­sue July-August .

• Vacation time. l\fany of us will be enjoying our weU-deserve{l vacation. The best and .nicest one to all of you. But, don't .forget me -completely! I've said it before and I'll say It a gain and aga;in. If this ma.gazlne Is a good one,

you and you are r~onsl·bJCJ and de­s«:>twe the .credit. There are many, many more is1rues of TOP.DOS to. be published. MaY.be on one of those oc­casional cool days which come to re­lieve our despair y·ou'll sit down and dash off something for the magazine. It doesn't necessarily have <to be a 12 page article--a 6 pager will be very welcome too. In fact, if your vacation mall produces an unu1rual canceilation, write me all about it-it will be very Interesting information for the O·tJhers to read. So, relax and «:>njoy your­selves, but please don'•t forget me com­pletely.

There are other thoughts you might squeeze in during your relaxing mo­ments. The Year Book wiLl be pub­lished In Ocrober. Ha.ve· you sent in your l!ld? Doe.s the .Secretary have your correct addre&a and collecting In­terests? How a.bout that letter to yout· favorite dealer asking for h'is ad? ;w-hat about that fr!eatcl w.h.o still has ;not sent !n p!s application? Better re­.m·ind him to do It now so that his .name wi'J.l be included in the Xear Book.

Then there's the notice in this• is­sue about nominations. Have you any­one In mind for a.ny particular office? Have you enlisted four other members to endorse y'Our candidate? Better work on It and send your slate to the Secretary.

Do you still have any ,s.pare time'? How about that Jetter you've been pl'Omi&ing yourself you' d• write answer­ing that T'OPIOS ad'/ Tha t's; really vet·y important. It will help TOPICS, please the dea,ler or adJvet~tiser and helip you too, I'm sure. Please, will you remember that letter.

·wen, dear member, I've explained, I've told, a;nd, I've certainly asked. Please excuse me for trying to pre­sume amd impose on your spare time. I'm sure you appreciate and under­Stand· the reasons.

Sincerely, The Edit or.

NOTICE BN A TOPICS will not be published dur ing August !

T he next issue of the magazine w ill be released for September 1st, 1948. · •Copy for the September Issue, especially a ds, must be in the handS' of the

Editor by August 15th. The Editor regrets tl)at our advertisers were not previously advised of th.e change In publication sc:hedule and refers them to the above Jetter

for the explanation.

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THE ROYAL TRAIN POST OFFICE (May 15, 1939 to June 15, 1939)

By R. A . JAM3EISON

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I have been ma.lntalnlng for several yeal's that the Royal TrHin p·os t Office o.ffe-red collectors many deslmble fe-atures not so readily found In ma.ny spe.~ ­laltles. l admit I haven't had many ''takers" but I've bad. lots or fun almost bY :lly9E!IIf. In this short article r want to present som ething about my collection or this t)'pe ext material which is. in many respects, unique. H owe-ver, 1 should first remark that 1939 Is not too long ago and l'm sure that a groo.t deal of this material Is still In hands of collectors and dealer~:~. Just what tronsplred lead­Ing up tlo this unique event Is still of interest; the actual operation of the Post .OMice l1tsel! Is aJbsor:blng, and that one month of hist<ory Is a real prelude to many aspects of the rocent War.

We know nOI\v that the visit of King Ge()(rge V and Que'Em Ellza,betb of Gr~at Britain to Canada and the United RtatM was no chance event. It was designed :o .shOIW the English speaking people on this side of the Ai.lantlc that the Brit­Ish monarchy was not a cloistered. institution, but rather a. great rallying for ; e tor true Democracy. Not many months after the King and Queen left these shores did the '\Var break out.

In order to make the oneo month's histori-c visit possible, It was necessarY that the King and Queen make their home In a railway train. Many people :r·avelled on this t1·aln; not the least impot·tant being representatives of the Press. Ma!J for the whole enltoura.ge was a .prLmat'Y consideration and the Trav­elling Post Office was the result.

In Canad'a the Royal Truln Post Oi'flce was a real Post Office with post­master an<L all postal facilities, Including l!wo dlstlnctive postmark&. 'Wben the train crossed at ::-llagn.ra Falls to the United States, it assumed t he status of an R. P. 0. pass1ng tht-ough three postal jurisdictions, from e-ach of which different ot'flclals were In charge.

ln both Canada andl the United States two distinctive cancellations were used!--hand and machine. '!'he same machine was use'd with dlilfet·ent slugs. Jn Canada, hour markings appear on all •Cancella.tlons, 'but not s.o In the United States. The marking .hiSWJ'Y of the Royal Train P. 0. cove-rs thirty-one d'ays. ln Cll.!nll.da the various hout· marks make Interesting varieties t'or both the hand and machine postmarks. _

'£he tlrst goal of the collector Is to gilt the thJrty-one day markings. T hen he may go Into the hour marks; here the go1ng really gets tough, but not too t>oug.h aso some days had only one hout· mark. Other days, like the First Day, show markings for almost every hour. .May 17th, the day of the a.ctual arrival at Quebec ·City, ha;s the minute markingS> as w ell (1{}:30 A .M.). This Is, as far as I know, the· only Instance <Xf such. a marking.

On one day only, June 11th, the Post Ofe!ce operated! In both Canada and U. s. Ea-rly in the morning of that day, the Royal Train crossed from the Un,ted States to Canada. Only thirty letters got the U. S. marking that day so this Is mighty rare material.

It was Intended that all Canadian l-etters be cancet.led with purple Ink. At 3 A.M. on May 15th purple Ink was used but It was tound that the composbtlon ot tMs Ink was not suitable for cancellations and was almost Immediately rubandoned. Ord.tnal'ly leotters so cancelled were J'eoplaced with others -cance.lled !n b'la.ck bu t ilt was deemed un;wise, for o•bvtous reasons, to re,pil\.ce registered leotters cancelled in purple. .How many of thes.e registered leit·ers ex:ls t r do not know, prOibably less than fifty. They arc unique rarities. However, I have a stili greoate-r rarity.-.an unregistered covet· with purple mat'l<lng which missed being replaced!

,Special Royal T rain stationery was designed for and used by those travel­ling on the R oyal Train. These co.vers with Royal Train markings at·e desir­able and scar.ce too. Covet·!! with both hanc.L and machine postmarks on the one cover a1·e good property. In Can~da, French markings were used for four days

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THE CENTS ISSUE OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

tc orange yellow- orange brown-orange

By Mervyn V. Q uarles, BNAtPIS, A.PS, OPS

1c stam p

(Machine C' (Machine® (CompOund C

PL.A,TE V.A!RlET'J.ES

P. 11% X 12 P. 121% X 13

&E

# '1()0- Defectlve numlber In the S•E corner, very thin and indistinct pared' to others.

when com-

PR'OIOF1S lc prel!minary prQ'Of in black prior to final touching up. of die with pencil in­

struCitions as to -color of $lamp.

lc brO<wn-orange die proof , lc black-plate proof

Fig. 1 Fig. 2

2c blue

Liechtengte1n Collection

PQSTI?f!tA.RIKS Fig. 3

2c stamp

a: bisected diagonally with 2c stamp for Sc rate bisected veTtically with 2c st:arnp for 3c rate

MachineD Compound C

PLATE VAHiiET'IES # 1 Large white dot juSJt under Queen's ear. #16 Peor·lod betlween PRINC.E and ED!W<ARD.

Fig. 4 Fig, 5

P. 12 x 12~ large holes & D

# '>1·6 Large white dot breaks· the llne of the label before the Queen's head Im-mediately over the N O'f !JS.UA:ND

# ·66 Back 1ine of Jetter E in CENTS ·broken by a dash of ·blue completely l:lev­#7·6 er1ng the lettoc In two. #•8f> dLuto #96 ditto (Note: Two dies rep'Orted on this stamp. Die I (•65 stampS) and Die 1il (3-5 stlillmps).

Fig. 1

3c rose

PLATE PROOFlS· 2-c blue, imperforate

POST MlARK:S Fig. 2

3c atam,p

Fig. 3

,P, 11% X 121

.P. 12!% x u !mlall holes a. •bisected diagonally .b. imperforate horiz.

(Machine iC (Machine E •(Compound C & E .

Fig. 1 Ftg. 7

Period between ditto ditto diltto ditt'O

F ig . 11

PLA:'.l'E. V' ARiiE'.rn!ES PRINICE and EQWARID.

Fig. 2 Fig. 8

·Fig. 12

PROOl"S .so oroa&-d!e proo.t

Fig.,, Ft.g. 9

Fig, 13

Fig. 5 Fig. 1(),

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So r<>s&-plate proof 3c blaok-color proo.!

ESSAY There Is a n essay knc~wn of a three-cent eta.m-p on a thick soft-wove paper

or '))OOr quality, perfora ted 12. It de'))lcts the Queen In her Widow's habit.

4o.tamp 4c yellow-green (MachJne D P. 12 x 12-~ ~arge ho'les

a. bisected diagonally tor 2c rate. FlLA '1\E V .AJRIETIES

# '37• \VMte epot where the letter& A and N In lSLAND should be. Po88ibly cwused by an Injury to the plate.

#61 E In POISTAGE Is missing, a white space showing Instead. POST~

Fig. 1 Fig. 2 Fig. 3 Fig. 13

4o PROOFS 4c green--die proo.!

4c yellow-green-plate proof The 4c bogus specimen was mentioned In the Stamp Collector's Magazine In

September, 1872. The counterfeit was said to have been made b.y A'lllan Taylor or Bost<>n and !I& It wa.s denounced before many could' hav.e been mark{lted thi& spe: lmen Is now an extremely rare one. Below are the characterl&tlcs of the rorged and the genuine:

GENUIN E FORGED 1. The crown of the head of the por· trait does not touch the frame. There 111 a plainly viSJI!ble space between !t and the frame along the whole 'length. 2. The S'Quare discs In the lower an­gles. containing the figur e 4, are a trifle higher than the band: running botween them Inscribed with thevalue. 3. There Is a clear space between the letter 0 In the word :J"'OSTAGE In the first line of the Inscription and the letter E of PRINOE In the second line. 4. There Is a vertical line of dote outside the exterior row O'f fine horl­zorvtal ·lfnea which terms part of the ground on the right hand side. In other words. each• or these horizontal lines Is suc:eeded by a dot.

1. The crown of the head touches the frame along a certain d'lstanee and In a d·lrect line under the letters DW of the word EDWtARD In the Inscrip­tion In uP'))er mar.gln. 2. The squa~e dlscs in •the lower an­gles, containing the figure 4 do not p1·oject a:bove the Intervening ·band Inscribed with the value. 3. The .letter 0 In the word POST­AGE In the first line of trhe Inscription touches the letlter E of PR.rNCE on the second line. 4. The l!ne of dots referred to on other side Is aba'ent.

A cleverly deslgneod .IJOgus 4c starn·p wat~ circulated a;fte1· the Issue of the genuine stamps In 18'72. 'l'he specimen was llthogrlla)hed andl the de31gn Wa8 l)a.tterned after that or the three pence value of the previous Issue. It exists in sheets of 100 and Is frequently observed with a false post.ma.I1i. acro!NI the face to disarm suspicion.

6c black a. bisected diagonally .b. bisected vertically c.· biee~tCid horizontally d. Imperforate horlzon·tally

6o atamp (MachineD

(Machine E P. 12 x 12'1.4 large holes P. 12~ X 13

e. Imperforate vertically

PLIA.TE VAlbLETiiES #~ Period between P and 0 In BOSTAGE and another dot In the center or the

o.

Fig. 1

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POST M!A.R.KS Fig. 2 Fig. 3

PROOP'S w black-die proo·r

6<l .black-plate proof

tOe Specimen

1017

'Fig. 16

Jn July, 1872, the Stamp Collectors' Magaz.ine mentioned a lOc stamp In rosy mauve and Illustrated the value. lt was 8'1mllar In d'esign to the 3d value ol the Pence Issue and was perforated 12. This specimen was Issued a t the same rtlme as the Cenll9 Issue and was supposedly to form a part 0! lt. It was believed to be the handiwork o! Allan Taylor ot Boston.

12c atamp 12c reddish mauve (Machine D P. 12 x 12 1(. large holes

a. blsoected diagona.Hy for Ge rate ThiS' stamp has been reported in Dies I , II and Ill In the tollo.wlng

tlons: Die 1-7~ stamps; Die LI-21 stamps; Die ll!l- 7 stamps.

PLATE VAR.IJDTIES #72 .Broken S in JeLAND #86 Large white dot a.bove the numerals o! value In N\V corner.

Fig. 1 Fig. 2 Fig. 3 P.R.OO<FS'

12c reddish mauve--«>late proof

15c imperforate

propor-

•Fig. l.S

There Is a Hie thlue Imperforate which exl9ls and Is sbnllar In design to the ~ stamp. No details ot this specimen are know.n. Possibly It was the work ot some unscrupulous dealer as were the bogus 4c and 1& varieties.

(to be concluded)

The Royal Train Post Office <Continued from page 103)

only. These are an added variety. Hand and machine, l.n French and. English. on the same cover exist a nd are very scarce.

A collection ot ll'll this material may be em'beliiShed with other rated ma­terial. Special T ime Talbles In purple were tawed In Canada; traveHtng orders to trainmen; 'V'arlous official a nd unofficial releases to the Press; special pro­gr81llls of the various Cities and. Towns where t he T rain $topped'; special Is· su es ot newspapers -ot these various ta.wns coinciding wi th the Train stop!f; S'Pecla.J dally menus or the dlnJng car for each daY': all t·h ese and other Items, almo&t ad infinitum, can dreSI8 up a ooHectlon. Cach(;ts to n o end were pro­duced ror the event; aome are rare, too. But, the Grand-'Daddy ot them all, I believe, rests in my own treasure chest!

It Is ' the red tag which was attached ro the Klng's diplomatic pouch used d'urlng !the visit. On the race, It Is addressed THE KING and It hae two Royal Train P. 0. markings on the reverse. There's something that cannot be dupll­ca.ted'!! J'ust as rare as the celebrated British Guiana, a nd I have never had to 'buy and burn a second one to keep It unique-as Arthur Hind was said to ha ve done.

So, check over your J>Oasess!on s and It you th·lnk .you have something, Jell me hear !rom you . Just one last memo--aU orther dates a.re s ~arcer than "First Day." .Tune lOth Is the scarcest U . S. date eJreept tor the J une 11th one men­tioned previously.

Articles on the Roya1 Train Post Office by the writer have appeared In : Weekly Philatelic Oo .. ip, ,Sept. U.th, 1S40, Popular Stamps, March 19•41.

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Trail of the Caribou Fr erea Meyeraon

A recent letter from Stan W10od of Auckland, New Zealand, posoo a ques­tion that sent us to our pel"foratlon gauge for the ans-wer. Well, we round the perforation gauge without any trouble; it was the ansrwer that real­ly bothered us. Stan saya, "Wben the postage due stamps rlrst came out they were Issued In the per! lO•'hxlO, a nd now they app~ar In a perf llx9. 1 have the 2c and 4c In the new perf: do you know If any or the other values have appeared In the 11x9 perf?"

We dragged out the set of blocks we bought yea1·9 ago when the set firs-t made It!~ appearance and by as­siduous use of our "In8taota•• gaua-e we got the following results:

1c 10>\4x10 2c l!OxlO So 10>\4x10 4e 10\4X10 5o 1014x10

lO'c 10x11) To get a !basis for comparison we

hot'tocitedl it over to ·the Office o! the Trade Commissioner of Newfoundland and picked up a new set of block9.

That was our second mistake; the first was In trying to answer Stan at all. The 1c when examined was prtnted on a m uch thinner paper than the or­Iginal printing, and the stamp meas­ured Uxll. The 2c, So and 4c values were sJI In the llx9 m~mt!onEld by Wood. The 6<: value wa'9 the one to really upset ua. We st•arted with an uJ1per lett hand corner block and found It to be perf 10• h1:1rlzontally. When we checked the vertical perfs hawEWer, we ran Into trouble. The lett hand row was <perf 10, the center row 10\4 and the right hand row back to 10 agaln. It was wltb. re11~ that wo checked the 10c and found lt to be 10x10\4.

So drag out our perf gauges, drag out your postage dues, and let's hu.ve your find ings SO that W& Can pasS them on to the rest of the 'boys.

• • • The 5c C'abot Commemorative was

withdrawn from sale at the close of Business on June 23l'd, 19<48. Don't .say we dld·n't wat·n you. It bas been replaced by the 5c · Oarlbou.

• • • T he current ~c lltamp ls narw a-

vallable with plate number. T he exact num:Oer a.nd first day of sale a1·e un­know.n to us at present .but w111 be re­ported In thls column In the next Is-~rue.

• • '!'he eventful day In Newroundhnd,

June Srd. has come and gone and the fate of Newfoundland Is still unde­cided.

A referendum was held to detet·mlne the tutut·e gove11nment olf the colouy. 'l'he citizens were of!ered .the !o.llow­lng choice:

1 . Con tinuation ot the current Comm:sslon Go' ernme~t.

2. Return to responsible govern­ment.

3. Confederation with Canada. A majority vot& was re(lulred for

decision. The results or the voting were:

· Resl)onsible government: 67,670 Conted&ration with Canada: 61,930 Comml&slon government: 21,661

Since no major ity was achieved, an­other referendum will be held on JulY 22. 1948, !or a declalon between the two leaders. We have our !lngers crossed, as our sympathies are uef­inltely against Con'federatlOJl. "Ve would rathet· collect a. stamp-Issuing country.

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Reviews and Reports E'D. WiHIT.l'NG

I have in hand an exhibition prospectus for the 54th A-nnual Convention of •the Society of Philatelic Americans under the Sponsorship of the "M!c.higan Stam:p Club" to be held at the Detroit-Lel·and Hotel, Dertroit, Michigan, Septem­ber 17- 18-19, 1948. Of special intere&t to BNA:f'IS'ers is> the donation by the CanadiAn Philatelic Club of D11troit of the "A. STANLtEY DE!AVILLE AWARID" for t·he best B. N. A. Exhibit. If s·uftident entries: are received in the B. N. A. Pection, it mlg.h.t then be divided into separate Canada and Newfoundland Groups, witih a.wards .provided fo1· eaqh group and the "A. ,Stanley Deavllle Award" given to <the beSit of .both. ·vve reg1·et that t-he photograph of the Dea­vllle Award reached us too late to oe included in this issue of BNA TO·PIC:S b·ut a reproduction of it wlll surely be offered In the next Issue. It's a beaut! Well wor~h your sitting do.wn and writing Henry Cates, BNA'PS # 114, 5300 West Owter Drive, Detroit 21, :Mich., and getting your entry bdan.k ·and prospec­tus. l<' orm>SI must be in by September 5'th, so don't Jose any time!

I see in the la:test issue of Popular Stamps that the ne.wly elected officers of ·the Canadian Philatelic Society are driving forward energetically to make their Society one of .greater S>eJ-vice to its members. .More power to you Bert Baulch ancr to those working wit•h. you. Best of lu.ck! lt was a great pleaJsure to us to find a fellow BNAl?IS'er ach•iev1ng such a distinguished and influential position in BNtA. PhHrutely as you have •bY virtue of your election to the Presi­dency of the C. P . .S.

Mr. R. M. Angus, in the June 1948 Issue of Popular Stamps, decries the use of "S>cot-ch Tape" in connection wit.h. censored covers of the last war. My ex­perience has been t•ba,t catibon tetrachloride will dllssolve the gum of scotch tape and so enable it •to .be removed ·without damage to the paper to which it \va:s a-tta•:~ed. It is sold in 5 & 10· cent stores under the trade name of "Carbona." The non-inflamab'le kind will not dama•ge SJtamps and Is an excellent watermark detectar. As the scotch cellulose tapes used vary gre81Uy in composi1lion, I would not suggest to run any experiments on any particularly valuab·le cover as carbon-tetrachloride may roo.ct some~vhat differently on the v·ariouos types of •tape.

The London Philate list for Ju.ne 19<18 contains a very interesting and inform­ative study of '".rhe 1868 IsSJUe of Canada." .by R. vV. T. LeeSI-Jone&, B'NlA.PS · # ·4'93. IStud·ents of that Issue must read this artiC'le which Is "a paper accom­panying a display of the 18618 issue of Can-ada given before the Royal Philatelic Society, London, on J.\.i:ay 8, 194'7." A c·opy of -that i9S!Ue may be obtained fro.n the Li'bra.ry.

·One of my jobs as Associate Editor ill to report on the activities O<f the var­ious Groups. I'd JQ've to make these reports· out unfortunately I can't visit each Gr<oup rut their meetlnS's to learn and see for mysel! what happen·s and theri come back and write up a report for pUibUcation in the magaz.1ne. 1 m uat and do dependl on each Gro1JiP to forward a report of their meetings, etc., an~ from there on in I'll give th.em all the publicity I know how a-nd make each member tee'! that .he simply must at.tend your meeting if and w.hen he's in y.our ne1gh­l:>orho.od. Another important reason for teportlng on your meetings is to shQ:\V other cities where gl'oups are ·posslble just what they're miss-ing not forming their own grou'P--the pleasure of meeting and talking to other members on your. own pet sub-ject, BN:A; the chance to look over super cl!·cuits whi~lh the •S1111es Mana:ger sends these group meetings; the ne.w possibility o>f personal exchange or material and, b.etter yet, Information and advice; the o,ppontunily to witness ~xhibltionso CJf outstandlng BNA collections; the endless· other personal jo'YSI an-d privilege& that only P&r~Wna:l• contact with fellow-members can provide; · So, fell-O'w&, send me your reports and early, please, so I'll have <them in time tor publication.

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N'EW MEWBER;S 611 Hyre, John E., 114 West 6-&tih Street, Minneapolis 9, Minn. 512 MalV!hall, W. N., 86 Regal Road, Toronto 10, Ont., Canada. !'113 :Mc?dorra.n, Gordon A., Souris, Ma.n., Canada. 51+ Steele, Don&ad M., 430 Vernon Road, Jenkintown, Pa.

LIFE MtElMBER L -510 Lowe, RobJJOn, 60 PaJ.l Mall, London S. W. 1, England.

APtP!J.IOAITiiONS F10R ME'MBER!SiHIP Christensen, Alolen H., 4'76 Mt. Pleasant Ave., Montreal 6, Que., Canada (C) CAIN

-Used po9tage a.nd blocks, 19th & 20th cen t. Pre-stamp & stampless cov­ers. Colle. O.H~~JS. Precarucels. Used alrmal1s. R.R. cancellattons. Pro­posed by Ed. Richardaon, No. 168.

La.w, James, 20 Ranlelgh Ave., Toronto, Ont., Canada (·C) CtA.N, NFD-19tb cent. mint & used postage. Used :bJock!l. Ca.ncellatlonjj-R.IR., Territorial, 2 & 4 ring. Proposed. .by Geo. /3. Wegg, No. 3'08. Seconded by J. Levine, No. 1.

Patrick, Douglas A. 8'4 Runnymede Road, T oronto 3, Ont., Canada (C) 0~'1. N1FD, N.B., N.S., P.E.tl.-19th & 20th cent. mint & used postage and blocks. 1st dlay & 1st flight covers. Complete bookletls and mint & used pane!l. Coils. Mint & used airma.lls. Literature. Cance1latlons- R.R., slogan, 2 & 4 ring. •Specialty-World War II Censot·ed Covers. Proposed by J. Levine, No. 1

Peatman, .Alfred N., P. 0. Box 20'2, Fairvllle, X. a.. Canada (C) NFID-19th & 20th cent. mint & u!led po!fta4>e and blocks. Pre-stamp & sta.mp.less covers. B<J<>.klet-s. Revenues. Airmails. Stationery. Literature. ProofS' & Essays. Can­cellations. B. W. I. and Belgium & C.olonles. Pt,oposed b'Y A. B. MilroY, No. 422.

•vorwood, W., 78 Poirier St., Charny, Que., Canada (C) O.AIN, NFD, RRE-19th & 20th cent. mint & u!led postage a nd blocks. Pre-stamp & st.amplee& cov­ers. let da.y & 181: tllg.ht. Complete booklets and mint & used panes. Colle. O.H.iMJS. Alrmal.ts. Proofs & IDe9ays. Proposed by Ed•. Rlchardsoon, No. 168.

CH.A:NGES OF AIDDR®StS Ba.nyai, A., to Pa.rk.wood Manor B-30'2, By•wood, Pa. from Lancaster, Pa. MdLaren, R., to WbamcUtte Cottage, Crawcombe, Somerset, England, !rom Lon­

don, Eng. .RlmlGNATIONS· AC~D

1.89 Andersan, P. 1., 92 Ha.wthorr.e St., Brooklyn 25, N. Y. 14'7 L eslie, IJloyd, 117 Catalan Blvd., ,snell Isle, ,St. Petersburg, Fla.

RES1G.I.'I'ATION'S RIECIE!LVED 180 .Armstrong, J., 24 Montee Ste. Marie, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Que., canada 326 Schober, J. E., 8 MIUer Ave., Cambridge 40, Ma.ss. 467 Teale, Frank H., Forest P. 0., Ont., Canada.

OFFICIAL NOTICE NOM.JiNlATIIOINS & ELECTIONS

Article IV, Section 3. The elective of'ficerg .of ~he oS'OCiety shall be so elect­ed by ballot In the odd numbered years, during January.

Nominations may be filed with the Secretary by any five (5) members In good standing not 'later than 90' days prior to the date of election. At le8.Sit 90 days prior to the election date, the President ot the Socl!rt.y shad! seleC't and ap­point three (3) members of the Society to serve and function as a. Nominating Committee whose prime purpose shall be to prepare a.nd present a. slate of nom­Inees for each elective office to be voted. Each nomination made &hall be pub­JIBbed In BNA TOPJCS nat lees than 60 dayS' prior to the election date.

An oftlclal ba1lot shall be preparedl by the ,Secretary containing all nomina­tions, spaces fo•· maT'kln.g against each name, and S~Pace fot· the signature and :number or the member ca.11ting the ·ballot. No ballots .othet• than the Otflclai Ballot shaU be valid. .Ba.ll'ots Shall be relturned to the Committee on Election.s wb1ch shall be apl)Ointed by the President at a. time .prior to the election. The Committee on Elections shall canvass the vote and report the results 81l the e lection meeting and refer a similar report to the :Secretary tor rt.llng and notice In BNIA TO'Pl'CS. A plurality of all V'Ote9 cast sh·o.ll be required for •the election ot a ca.ndddate. If no one candidate shal1 receive a plurality of the vote. caat for such office, the Committee on Elections shaH cause to be Issued new be.llota tor the election to tbJa ott1ce.

BNA TOPI.CS

R. P. 0 . BUMPS and GRINDS By WILSDON & WA'IIM.O.UGH

THIS NAIL WAS CARRIED IN TRAVE LLING LETTER 6 0X TO TORONTO.

THIS MAIL WAS CARR\£0 8'( TRAVELLING L ETTER BOX

1'0 TORONTO

REC£1VED AT NORTH BA'V, ONT. IN TRAVELLING lETTER 80~.

THIS MAIL ~AS CARRIED BY T_RAVELLING LETTER l===1 BOX TO TORONTO

THIS MAIL WAS CARRIED BY TRAVELLINC LETTER BOX

TO TORONTO

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T'1PE I .

"T'(PE 2.. .

T'tPE ~ .

TY PE 4 .

TYP£ 5 .

As a boy, the wdivertlscanents of certain c•orrespondence schools excited my Imaginations and ambitions. "See the ·world f:rom a Railway :vrall Car,'' it chal­lenged. 'T.he Idea<>! travel at Government eJrpense was convincing and although my nam~ was never listed among -the pupils, no.w , forty years later, I can still sec the ad' w1th Its cut of a well pa.ld clerk lolling In the open d~rway of a mail car.

The picture Is much clearer as the a1bum pa.gee turn. Town names can only bring forth the Image of pseudo- Greek temples which serve as post CY!'fices In !!O many of our cities. Not a very pleasant picture, Is· it? And a .heanty "boo!" for the dour individuals properly ,behind the bars at the stamp windows. They lnvarlll!bly consider th e 81mple philatelist as an unprincipled fellow.

But what happens to the rare can-I-heJip-you-hall-fe'IIO<W who Is sometimes hired by the P. 0. D.? T.he answer Is easy, you'll find him In a R. P. 0., cheer­fully accepting your cover and carefully, cautiously postmarking It to your taste. Even the King and Queen owed much o-f their North American travel pleasure to his assistance.

Everything with this service IS' trea·gai, &Yen to -the wording or the post­marks. Doesn't the t'OIWJl name of Elmira snarl at you wihlle HAM & SOUTH or 'l'OR & HAM make you drool with E picurean a ntlclpoa.tlon.? And w1th Qo.RAtNIG(E & TEEIS, the hea.dy od'ors or dessert and 'beverage top 00'! the phila­telic meal. .On 1the lighter aide, the city of Moos:e J•a.w abways has had the pit­Ifully strained sound of the Kilroy grade of humor when compared to the gentle and whJm.slcal CHAT & WALK.

Surprises are never lacking for a R. P . 0 . markings collector. Wbat would be your reaction to a 1otter posted In the home town of a friend but act ually postmarked in another town several hu ndred mllee to the south? Your conster­nation would. be much greater I!, when searching for explanatlone, you found the en'Velope to sho.w a. purple ru•bber s~p mAl'klng "Carried In Travelling Let-

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ter Box to North Ba.y, Ont." This would have d~llghted Lewis Carroll. What a. setting for his Allee!

An ord1inary postal markings cO'Hector would be srutl!ffled to leave It go at that but never a specialist In R. P. O.'s. The next day would see him In the ortlce of Mr. J. P. Allen, District Superintendent O't Malls at North Bay. A!ter hearing that ten 'thousand philatelists awaited his explanation, Mr. Allen would forget hush- hush orders and teLl all.

T.he T. & N. 0., a Province of Ontario owned railway, strikes north from ~orth Bay to Cochrane. At ,Swa&tlka, the to\vn which changed Its name dur­Ing the last wa1·. It connec<ts with a branch running east to K.!rkl.and Lake, Rouyn, Noranda and other gold mining towns. There is no R. P. 0. service on thls line and the &ehedule Is such that the afternoon trains leave the larger towns just before or just after lnlslness closing hours.

Fearing thart. normal post oC!Ice routine would cause their Important mall to miss the train, business !irtnll got Into the habit of handing their mall to the baggageman on the train, relying on his wlll!ngness to post It on the proper R. P. O.'s at the Nonth Bay ·station. T.he accomodatlng baggugeman soon <found that he was handling more mall th:ln •baggage.

'The P. 0. D. decided to do something about this and they hit upon the Idea ct having tY."' boxes placed In the doorway or the baggage car, one marked "North Bay'' a nd the other "Toron.to." Anyone with mail for eastern or we6tern Canada would put It Into the first box wh!le 80Uthern Ontario mall would ~ inserted in to the second box.

When the train arrives at North Bay, the !ll\lrt ·box Is removed by t he d river of tho mail truck and ·br.ough't to the post oftflc& wher-e It Is postm arked and >)roper distribution made. The other box receives the sam& u·eart.ment In Tor­ont>O with the exception that usually, Instead ot a rubber stamp marking de­ecr1blng the journey of the letter, It Is In t.he form of a slogan ot a machine cance!Jatlon.

And that's the story, worthy of an Uncle Remus. It also helps explain why raHway markings collectors never hear train wheels give the conventional ~llcklty-cla.ck. N(), t he lma.glna.tlon of these sal t-of-the-earth philat elists hear RPO-MC-·T·PO, T.PO-R!FO-MC, MC-RPO-'DPO which is what the wheels actu­ally do sing.

INDEX TO CANADIAN PHILATELIC MAGAZINES By R. J. DU:r\C'A'N

Canada Stamp &. Coin Journal Published at Halifax, Nova .Scotia. E leven numbers in one volume. Nos. 1

& Z published I>Y John R. Findlay. The balance by the Maritime Printing Com­pany. 6 x 8*. Noe. 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 have color ed paper wrappers.

Vol. I No. 1, July 18&8. Nos. 2, 3, 4, fi, 6, 7 (Jan. 1889), 8, 9, 10, 11 (May 188'9) BNA CONT.ENTS

The Coinage of Nova Scotia . Vol. I, N os. 1, 2. llluatra t iona of Nova Scotia Tokena. Vol. I, No. 3. Counterfeit• of British Columbia Stampa (Wm. ,S. Hale) Vol. I, No. 7.

Philatelic Re<:ord Publl!ilhed at Montreal, Que., by Arthur R. Magill. &¥.! x 7¥.!. Five numbers

In two volumee. Colored paper wrappers. Vol, I, No. 1. Jan. 1'900.. Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (June). Vol. II, No. 1. July 1901.

BNA CONTIDNTS Nova Cenh Seriee (Edgar Nelton) Vol. I, No. 1. Lea gue of Ca nad ian Philateliata. Vol. I, No. 1. T he Royal Seriea of Newfoundland. Vol. I, No. 4. Through t he Lachine Rapida. Vol. I , No. 6. Report of Convention of D. D. A. and L. C • .P. Vol. II, No. 1.

The T oronto Stamp One numlber publish ed by .John H. Lowe a t To ront o, Ont. Size 6 x 9% . Vol. I, No, 1. S eptem ber L89·4. ContaJna only abort note..

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Various 6 Sundry GEO. E. FOSTER

I

·1 was ve~ry pleased to read the "Let­ter to the Editor" or J. C. Goodwin, Esq., In the June issue o! TOPICS. Shows that somebody reads this col­umn. These lett-ers of comment are frequently valuable aids In solving some knotty problems and points. In my May notes (Vo'l. 5, No. 5, ·P. 78), the sentence to which :\fr. Goodwin refers has not been properly punctu­ated. The address on the letter is somc·what tricky. Tns :ead o·r being ad­dressed to Bu.ffal'O, N. Y. it is ad­dresseld to Buffalo, U: S. So, if we remove the semicolon after Buffalo, Inserting a comma instead, and place the semicolon after the abbreviation U. S., the sentence will read correctly. I shall try to h1we an mustratlon of th·is cover for a n early Issue of 'DOP­IOS.

Covet·s ·bearing the 17c black, New BrullSwlck, are seldom.. found, either alone or in com•blnatlon with other st,arrm)s. In the last two years I have n()tlced only two offered in auc tions. The firm was a cover add!ressed to the deputy tre~asurer O'f the Province, at

·Harvey; bBick&ballnped ·St. John, Nov. 6, 1·864, and Harvey, Nov. 8, 186'4. This was evidently a heavy letter tak· ing four Urnes the single rate, as In addition to the 1.7 center, a one and a two cent stamp w~~Js• aJdded.

The second cover was a lot in the May sale Of J. N. Sissons and was another four Umes single rate; the 818JTle combination o'f stamps as the first cover. A letter taking four times the single rate iii!· not so remarkable, but what seems so peculiar to me is the comlblnwtion of values: to m.a,ke the required rate. The use of two 10 cent stamps would aJPpear to .be'more con­venient and natu·ral. Anybody have any ideas or data on the subject? This last cover was at one time in the ,Sie­bold collection, and fetched! US at that s~le.

In this same &Bile another Item worthy of a brief notice was a mar­gin pair, imperforate between, of the oOc value, 7th 188ue, British C'o'l!um'bla La;w Stamp. This choice bit was from the lower left hand corner Of the sheet and rea:llzed! $12.

"Off the Cuff" V . G. GR·EENE

An Interesting circular was issued by the Post Office Depat•tment at Ot­tawa dated May 28, 1948, ind!catiag certain changes In policy O<f the Phil­atelic Division which will be of inter­est to collectors. "PO.STAGE S.TAMPIS F.OR

OOLLECTION PURO·PISIEIS It has been decided thwt in all fu­

ture general Issues only sufficient stock will be rll'talned In the Phila­telic ·Section to cove<r a period of ap­proximate ly two years after the final distribution by the PO<Sitage Stamp S'ect1on to P ostmasters throughout the country. This should give the Individ­ual oollector· wmple time to obtain his requh·ements. F1IR:ST DAY ANiD E'IRISIT FLlGH,T'

COVERIS A.ND SPECIIAL OAOHET DESIG'NlS

(1) :rt is· not now Depoal.'ltmental pol­Icy to provld'e First Day Cover ,ser­vice on ·the occasion of n~ postage stam'p IS8Uel6 In Canada. However, no­tices announcing new postage stamp issues wil'L C()ntinue to be sent to all persons whose names appear on NEW ,LSISUIES mailing liet maintained by the Philatelic Section. (2) It Is not nO<W Departtmental pol­Icy to provide cachets or .service First Fl!gh'l' Covers catTied on Inaugural air maLl flights originating tn.Cana.da. Official announcements will no longer -be Issued and the FlR$T FLIQMTS ma:!llng list. maintained by the 1?hl1a­tellc Section of the Post O.tfice De­partmeart, has bee.n abolished. (3) Cachets will no longer .be used by the Post Otnce Department. An exception will be ma-de In those cases · wheJ'e municipalities, cham'bers of commeree, etc., desire that a cachet be used and are willing to pay the coet of the cachet. Perm189h>n to use ca­chets under these circumstances must be obtained from the Post Office Dept. POST'~E STAMPS• BIDRFORATED

O.H.'M$. The sa:le of postage stamps per.forat­

ed O.H.MJS. has b-een discontinued. POS'T'AL STATiiONERY

The so.le of posta.J &tatlnery, I.e., po.sbcards, en'Vel.opes, etc., for collec­tion purposes, throug.h the Philatelic Section, has b-een disoontlnued.

L. J. Jlri.II.jLS

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Bringing News About People & Stamps By REV. JOHN S. BA.I;N

That long awaited vote. is· in f.rom Newfoundland and the tally shows that self-gover.nment received 4:4% uf the vote, corufederation with Canada 40%, oa;nd commiSl9ion government 1-6%. ,SLnce no t-ype of government received a conclusive majority, a run-off ref­erendum l>etween responsible! self-gov­ernmen•t and confederat1on with Ca.n­ada will take pJace in lllb·OU t 6 weeks. Over 50•% is· required to win the elec­tion. The outcome is still very much Ln d:oUibt and anything can hi!IJppen. Who k.nows, but i-t may be that· the g.reat p.hllate1ic event of the year will be the news thM Newfound.land joins Canada! That s•hould oo.ll for a reai issue of stamps! !

BNAPS ;S'peak:lng of new issues .... in Vince

Greem~1s co.Iumn, "O'ff the Cu.ff'' in tha.t iirst sentence undet· heading, POS'l'AGE ST.AiMPS FIQR CO:UUEC­TlOiN PURPOSE, do you read what I read - " .... in all future general is­sues . ... " - -could tha-t portend a new is•sue In mind?? Could It? It could.

BNAPS BN:A.PS'er Charles deVolpi, # •266,

aands In a "Quebec District Emergen­cy February 22nd 19·41" cancella·tion for lnspect!O<n i.n J·espons:e to our query in• our May column. Two interesting· things are noted; first. that the can­cellation is in English and not in French as· one might ex:pect; second, that there Is n.o district number.

BNAPS Cla.n:cedlation experts have something

new i.n Canadoian postmarks. In the future, the month: of th e year In Postl Office date stamps will be Indicated ·by Roman numerals; e.g., "21 V 48." As the .present type of date stamps become exhaJUsted they wlll be re­pla.cect by the new style. •Some offices in the Province of Quebec are already tlllin.g the new type, It Is .believed that Tlngwlck, QuEfuec, Is one of the num­ber. here Is another question fOr Can­adian phi'Latell~&ts to answer. When w.as flr8t day of , use? My guess Js tha.t It Is sometime In April. Am I rlghit or wrong?

. BNAPS Here is an answer I got from my

paging of Walter Bayley the ''Fearless

Phllatellst" In· the May column. "Did you know that there is- only one Wal­ter Bayley In existence. We've booed him, cheowed .him, and phooed him for years, nevertheless h·e remains the same Walter, an(! there will never be another. He is the life line. of th:e Tor­onto ,Stamp C·lu.b, a.nd: the most lov­able cluck that ever was, and that's why we aU stand it." There It Is with no perf's! ! !

BNAPS What the P. :VI. G. of Canada stated

at a Postmaster's co·nventlon about . two years ago has •become a reality.

J:t is a fact that all first class mail in Canada n ow goes by al.r at the 4c rate. This new rule Will only app'}y to one main air line between main d t­ies. The airmaLI rate of 7c wlli apply to the "feeder" air lines. One step closer to the day when an first class mal'! will go by air at regular rates.

BNAPS From now till August 15th I can

cover m.y trusty typewriter and relax. Many time-& I've sat before it and wondered what I could write to fill a column for the magazine. Many times I've almost despaired but my trusty tYJPeWriter " c.ame through" and tap­ped out a column. So I say, r elax. But not so for y.ou; you ust still think up newsy items to send me. After all, how long can I d.epend on my typewriter. O.h well, you ca.n relax a bit too and enjoy yourself a pleasant vaootlon time. But don't forget me completely.

Robson Lowe Inc., Philaaelphia Vacation July 5th to 31st ·

The Philadelphia Branch of Ro.beon Lowe Ltd. will be clio.sed for personal !ntervi.e~Ws d.'Uring the pe·rlod m.entlon­ed, ·but all mail a.nd posted communi­cations wLll be taken care of. ~ . . .... . . ...... ... .......... 4 .... . ... . . .... .... . . ... ...... . .... . ... . .... . . ~

Copies of BN~~~PI CS are dis- f t ributed each month to B. N. A. i collectors. T ake advantage of i this opportunity to reach the collectors who a re especially I interested in what you have to sell or want to buy. .

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ANNOUNCEMENT

THE BR•JTTSH XORTH AMERIOA PHILATEIJIC SOClETY YEARBOOK FOR 1948

·W& wls:h to announce th& 1948 Edition of the Yearbook. Thi-s Yearbook wUI contain al'l the pertinent data about the Society-membership I!Sitlng, By-Laws, Rules of the Sale& Department and Library, etc.

This Yearbook w111 be combined with the OctO!ber issue of BN'A TQPIOS. This means that, In addition to the other features named, the Yearbook will contain the regular fe-atures of BNA TO.PirCS; artldes by eminent BKA collec­tors, newsy and Informative columns by-lined by authors a lready kn<l'WD to BNAPS'ers, r·eports, r·eviews, etc.

The cost of the Ye-arbook is financed by member and dealer ads. The more Income so realized, the larger the size of the Yearbook. We therefore urge you to roserve some size space and to solicit your friends and favorite dealenJ to do likewl&e. You will .surely want to >SUPI>Ort this: venture and alsoo reoaJize the advantages of placing your offerings or wants before such a prospective audi­ence.

Date of lnue : October 1st. Deadline for Copy: September 16th. SCHEDULE OF RATES

Full page $17.60- Ilalf page $10.00- Quarter· page $6.00- Eighth page $3.50 Column Inch $1.76

Sales Topics Since the }nauguratlon of the small

sa.les book system we have had a to­tal of 441 books entered In the ci rcuit an<l a ·total of 24·2 retlr·ed. During the first half of 1948, rlfty-aeven of the 242 have been retired, and 25 che<!.ks for the proc•eeds have ·been gent to the owners totaling $481.89. This · leaves 199 books· In circulation which oontaln some v&ry fine material !or YOU. While there were a total of 145 orig­Inal applicants !or the clrcults, there are now only 25 active buyers (ex­cluding those who see the books at the group meetings). !t you are In the market to buy for yot1r co1lectlon, for lnvesotment 'Or accumulation, drop me a line; I'll send you a trial circuit. Tell mo your preferenc&S.

Flnan<:&S: T here is $119-.84 In t he I nsurance Account, after deducting about $12 for minor lossee for the last two years. I have on hand $368.11 un­d'lstrl1buted purchases from boo'kso still in the circuit, while the cash on hand account shows a nrlnue of $2'21. 44. This will cJf. course be made up when the commission is deducted from the saleso from books on han'd.

Don't forget to WRITE ME FOR THE CIROUlTS.

H. R. Meyer1, Sales Mgr. 101 West · G()oth St. N. Y. 23, N. Y.

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COVER$--Newtoundland Stamplees or Pre-ata mp and any used prior to 1880. Dan C. Meyerson, 765 Ea4tern Park· way, Brooklyn 13, N. Y.

WANTED- NEVI·''F'OU'N __ D_L_AN_ D_ O_ N_­LY. Wholesale sources or supply, 'llso good singles on 20 day approval. Ken­neth Mlnuse, 1236 Gre.nd Concourse, New York 66, N. Y.

WANTED- Newfoundla.nd 5c Blue, r ouletted Seal, Scott #•0. Used palra , strips or blocks. Dan C. Meyerson, 765 Eastern P·arkway, Brooklyn 13, N . Y.

CANADIAN PLATE BLOCKS-elnoe 19•27. Wanted to buy or exchange. T . B. Hig-ginson, Finch, Ont., Canada (10)

I collect Cana.da only~For Sale or Ex­change--Stationery; B. C. L&ws ; Plate Noa; Flag Cancels. C. B. D. Garrett. Box 512, Cranbrook, B. C.

FINE USED BLOCKS ot

Canada 1912 to date write for price list and approvals

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( I) United Stcrt" & lrlflsll Nortll Amerlco, complete wltll 1,000 ll lu•lrotlon•;· 121 Alrmoll Stomps; (J) ritialt Empire; (4) Modern Europe; (S) Stomp Collector's An1tuol Cotolo• (olbvms pockets, Jupplies, etc.) with comJ!l el~ "Guide to Stomp, Collecl•n9 ond lnvoluoble 'Stomp Find· er". bch cotolo9 121 ot more po9eJ, profusely lllus· treted, wonderfully Inform•· live listln9 floe stomp• ~I mo~•Y·•••In9 prlcu. bch ••"' for only IOc fo co••• ''"'"'n•·

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WORLD'S Lot,RGEST STAMP FIRM

PHOOEY .... to Jorrett-ond Bayley! Tho•• two guy• think they get ALL the atampa. But I, for one,

managed to get A STAMP lut year! C'mon member• ..•..... aell me ~me

Pence .... or .... 1869 l11u18 I' ll even take a cover, or two, or three

DICK HEDLEY 462 Franklin St. · Buffalo 2. N. v.

OUR SPECIALTY-

Est. 1900

BRITISH NORTH AMfRICAN POSTAG[ STAMPS

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TREASURE TROVE

The results of our Spring Tour will be shown Jn the addE'<l attrliMion~ of our fall ~ales.

The high-spots Include- •

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the "Dr. Longstroth" and "J. A. Fraser" BRITISH NORTH AMERICA

the "Dr. Longstroth" BRITISH WEST INDIES

the "F. Gordon Green" NEWFOUNDLAND

the "Major W. H. Lynn" IRELAND

the "Marcel Cossette" BALLON MONTE

and on exceptional lot of UN I TED STATES

Ji'urther su~able material can he lncol1})orated in thelle sales pr·ovldlng thl• propertlf's rE>nch us hy July lOth.

NOW IS YOUR CHANCE TO SELL In the moet lntenlstlng stamp auctions

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Mr. J. L. Phillipa Masona Building Sugden Place Melbourne C. 1, Auatralia

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FINE NEWFOUNDLAND :\lint

No. Block Single 1935 SILVER JUBILEE

22-6 4o bright rose .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .32 .08 227 So violet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 .14 228 7o do.r<k blue . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .90 .22 229 !He olive green .. .. . .. .. .. .. . 2. 40 . 60 226-29 4o to 24c, 4 var. complete .. 4.00 1.00

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1937 CORONATION 280 2o deep ,green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . 05 231 4c carmine rose . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 . 0'9 2321 o6 • dark violet .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 60 .15 230-32 2c to Sc, 3 var. complete .... 1 .00 .25

1937 CORONATION LONG SET

Used Blo-ck Single

.3~ .015

.55 .12 • SO' . 70

1. 15

. 20 .04 .OS

.60 .18 .2!>

Designed same as regular 1931-37 h<>4ue with King's Ilead added. 3c die I, fine Impression. no dots on ridge of King's nose. 3c die II, coarse lmpre~lon, dote on ridge ot King's nose.

2331 lc gray black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 233A lc hook In fish's mouth ...... l .0~ 23-1 Sc orange bro-wn die I ........ 1.201 234A Sc die II .................... 1.00• 235 . 7c blue . .. . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .80' 2.85A 7o oval doubled .............. 3.50 23·& 8c orange red . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 00 23J7 lOc olive gray .............. 1.20 2>38 He black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 40 239 !5o rose lake ................ lli.Oo 240 20:: green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 60 241 24c turquoise blue .........• 3.00 242 25c Gray .. .. . .. .. .. .. . .. . .. . 2. 00 ~43 •sc dark violet .............. 4.00 233-43 1c to 48c, 11 var. complete .. 16.00

.051 .75 . 30' .25 • 2()

2. 7·5 .25 .31) .3-1'> .75 .40 .75 .50

l. 00 4.00

1938 ROYAL FAMILY PERF. 13V2 .3& .35 .15 .20•

241J 2c green .................... 1.40< 216' 3c dark carmine .. .. .. .. .. .. 1. 40 247 4c light blue .. . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .60 248 7o dark ultramarine . . . . . . . . '. 80 245-48 2c-7c, 4 var. complete ........ 4 .00

1939 ROYAL VISIT On sale G weeks only

5 violet blue . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 1. 00 complete sheet (100) ........ 2%.50

1.00

.25

.20 1.0·0

.50

.60 1.00

1.0{)1 1.21) 1.40

.20

.20

.15

1.00

1939 ROYAL VISIT WAR PROVISIONALS 250 2:i0 261 261 251A

252 252

2 on 5c •...•................. 1.00 .25 1.00 complete sheet (100) ........ 22.&0 4 on 5o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60 .15 .GO eum.plete sheet (10'0) . . . . . . . . 12.50 4o var. broken "s" . . . . . . . . . . 8. 50 3. oo

1941 SIR WILFRED GRENFELL .5c dull blue (plate block . 75) .•60 .15 .50 complete sheet (100) ........ 12.60'

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