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Kingston Stamp Club Chapter 49 of the Royal Philatelic Society of Canada Volume #12, Issue #4 Whole Number 48 Summer 2018 Issue 1932-2018 Our 86th Anniversary Year http://www.kingstonstampclub.ca

Table of Contents

1. President’s Message 2. Editor’s Comments 3. Panama Pacific Exposition 1915 4. Alexander Mackenzie 5. Canada Millennium 6. Cameroon 7. Spring Festival 2018 8. Centennial Study Group 9. Canadian Varieties Study Group 10. War Amps Cover 11. QEII 65th Anniversary of Coronation

Upcoming Meeting Listing for the Fall/ Winter Calendar 2017 - 2018 September 10 Meeting Night September 24 Auction Night October 20 Kingston Stamp Festival October 29 Auction Night November 12 Meeting Night November 26 Auction Night December 10 Exhibition, Awards Night and Christmas Party 1) President’s Message As summer slowly comes to us, enjoy the outdoors, your family and friends. Perhaps a trip is in your plans? Thank you for all the support you have provided by coming to our meetings and sharing your knowledge with the other club members. We also want to thank Eldon Mosier for his philatelic quiz items. We continue to learn!

In the fall, we have our Annual Stamp Festival, more details to follow. Also, our Fiftieth Anniversary Issue of our Newsletter is coming and we are going to celebrate this milestone! Richard Weigand Richard Weigand, President 218 Richmond Street, Sandhurst, ON K0H 1G0 Tel 613-484-0891 Email: rew21882@gmail.com 2) Editor’s Comments This club year, this newsletter is featuring four series:

Canada famous places or persons from

the 1960's issues.

British Colony history and stamp issues.

Canadian Millennium Series

US Commemorative Issues

As always, if you have a topic that you want to appear in this newsletter, please contact me. A copy of each of your newsletters is recorded with Library and Archives Canada! Editor – Richard Weigand

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3) Panama-Pacific Exposition of 1915, held in San Francisco, California

Floodlit pavilion at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. The Tower of Jewels on the left, and the Italian Tower on the right. The Panama–Pacific International Exposition (PPIE) was a world's fair held in San Francisco, in the United States, between February 20 and December 4 in 1915. Its ostensible purpose was to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal, but it was widely seen in the city as an opportunity to showcase its recovery from the 1906 earthquake. The fair was constructed on a 635 acre site in San Francisco, along the northern shore, between the Presidio and Fort Mason, now known as the Marina District. . Among the exhibits at the Exposition was the C. P. Huntington, the first steam locomotive purchased by Southern Pacific Railroad; the locomotive is now on static display at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento. A telephone line was also established to New York City so people across the continent could hear the Pacific Ocean. The Liberty Bell traveled by train on a nationwide tour from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to attend the exposition. After that trip, the Liberty Bell returned to Philadelphia, and has not made any further journeys since.

The 1915 American Grand Prize and Vanderbilt Cup auto races were held February 27 and March 6 on a 3.84-mile (6.18 km) circuit set up around the Exposition grounds. The Smithsonian Institution also had an exhibition at the Exposition.

The centrepiece was the Tower of Jewels, which rose to 435 feet and was covered with over 100,000 cut glass Nova gems. The  3⁄4 to 2 inch coloured "gems" sparkled in sunlight throughout the day and were illuminated by over 50 powerful electrical searchlights at night. In front of the Tower, the Fountain of Energy flowed at the centre of the South Gardens, flanked by the Palace of Horticulture on the west and the Festival Hall to the east. The arch of the Tower served as the gateway to the Court of the Universe, leading to the Court of the Four Seasons to the west and the Court of Abundance to the east. These courts formed the primary exhibit area for the Fair, which included the Food Products Palace, the Education and Social Economy Palace, the Agriculture Palace, the Liberal Arts Palace, the Transportation Palace, the Manufacturers Palace, the Mines and Metallurgy Palace, and the Varied Industries Palace. The Machinery Palace, the largest hall, dominated the east end of the central court.

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Palace of Fine Arts At the west end of the central court group was the Palace of Fine Arts. Further west toward the bay, down The Avenue of the Nations, were national and states' buildings, displaying customs and products unique to the area represented. At the opposite end of the Fair, near Fort Mason, was "The Zone", an avenue of popular amusements and concessions stands. US Postal Service Issues - Two Sets were issued, Perf 12 in 1913 and Perf 10 in 1914-1915. Perf 12 sets MNH sell for $1,070, MH sell for $480 and Used sell for $54.00. Perf 10 sets MNH sets sell for $2,750, MH sell for $1,200 and Used sell for $100.00.

Scott # 397, Perf 12 and Scott # 401 Perf 10. Vasco Nunez de Balboa

Scott # 398, Perf 12 and Scott # 402 Perf 10. Pedro Miguel Locks, Panama Canal

Scott # 399, Perf 12 and Scott # 403 Perf 10. Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco

Scott # 400, Perf 12 and Scott # 404 Perf 10. Discovery of San Francisco Bay Bibliography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama%E2%80%93Pacific_International_Exposition Scott Stamp Album 2013 A-B.

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4) Famous Canadians - Alexander Mackenzie

Scott No 319 4c orange vermillion Plates #1 and 2 Issued Printer - Canadian Bank Note Company. Plates of 400 in 4 panes of 100 each. Part of the Prime Minister Series of 1951-1952 Issued 50,868,100 Perf 12 Value MNH .35c and Used .20c. Designed by Herman Schwartz. Engraved by Silas Robert Allen. Portrait of the Hon. Alexander Mackenzie, Prime Minister of Canada, the first Liberal Party Prime Minister. from 7th November, 1873, to the 16th October, 1878. Died 1892. Alexander Mackenzie, PC (January 28, 1822 – April 17, 1892) Alexander Mackenzie was a Canadian politician who served as the second Prime Minister of Canada, in office from 1873 to 1878. Mackenzie was born in Logierait, Perth shire, Scotland. He left school at the age of 13, following his father's death, and trained as a stonemason. Mackenzie immigrated to Canada when he was 20, settling in what became Ontario. His masonry business prospered, allowing him to pursue other interests – such as the editorship of a pro-Reformist newspaper. Mackenzie was elected to the

Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada in 1861, as a supporter of George Brown. In 1867, Mackenzie was elected to the new Canadian House of Commons for the Liberal Party. He became leader of the party (and thus Leader of the Opposition) in mid-1873 and, a few months later, succeeded John A. Macdonald as prime minister, following Macdonald's resignation in the aftermath of the Pacific Scandal. Mackenzie and the Liberals won a clear majority at the 1874 election. He was popular among the general public for his humble background and apparent democratic tendencies. As prime minister, Mackenzie continued the nation-building programme that had been begun by his predecessor. His government established the Supreme Court of Canada and Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston.

Mackenzie Building in honour of the founder of RMC. He also created the District of Keewatin to better administer Canada's newly acquired western territories. However, the government made little progress on the transcontinental railway, and struggled to deal with the aftermath of the Panic of 1873,(the Pacific Scandal referred to above.) At the 1878 election, Mackenzie's government suffered a landslide defeat. He remained leader of the Liberal Party for another two years, and continued on as a member of parliament until his death.

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Bibliography: Unitrade Canadian Catalogue 2015 Pages 132 to 134. Archiva Net. (Canadian Postal Archives) Wikipedia.com 5) Canada - Millennium Series, #8 Humanitarians and Peace Makers Issue Date January 17,2000, GT4 Tagging, TRC Paper with Perf 13.3 by 13.4 Souvenir Sheet of 4 Printer Ashton Potter, 1 million stamps issued. 46c Regular Postage price per stamp. These bold 112-by-108 mm souvenir sheets frame four 36-by-48 mm stamps in thematic groupings that celebrate Canadian giants in fields as diverse as medicine, finance, peacekeeping and international development.

Upper Left - Raoul Dandurand, Senator Designed by Raymond Bellemare. A tireless promoter of equality, peace with justice, and security through cooperation, Montreal-born lawyer Raoul Dandurand spent 44 years as a senator and was named president of the Assembly of the League of Nations.

Upper Right - Pauline Vanier, Red Cross and Elizabeth Smellie, Colonel, Head of Nursing Services Designed by Margaret Susan Issenman. Based on photographs by National Archives of Canada. The wife of future Governor-General Georges Vanier, Pauline Vanier served as a Red Cross volunteer in Paris during and after the Second World War. Elizabeth Smellie, the first female colonel in the Canadian Army, headed nursing services at home and abroad during both World Wars and organized the Canadian Women's Army Corps. Lower Left - Lester B Pearson, Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize Recipient Designed by Kiky Kambylis. Based on an illustration by Thom Sevalrud. Lester B Pearson's involvement in the creation of an international U.N. force to maintain peace in the Middle East during the Suez Crisis earned him a Nobel Peace Prize and highlighted Canada's role as a global peacekeeper. Lower Right - Canada's Role in Banning Land Mines Designed by Carisa L. Romans. Canada has played an integral role in banning anti-personnel landmines, which claim an average of 500 victims a week. In 1997, 122 countries signed the historic Ottawa Convention prohibiting the use of these devices and calling for their destruction.

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6) British Cameroons

The area of present-day Cameroon was claimed by Germany as a protectorate during the "Scramble for Africa" at the end of the 19th century.

During World War I, it was occupied by British, French and Belgian troops, and a later League of Nations Mandate to Great Britain and France by the League of Nations in 1922. The French mandate was known as Cameroun and the British territory was administered as two areas, Northern Cameroons and Southern Cameroons. Northern Cameroons consisted of two non-contiguous sections, divided by a point where the Nigerian and Cameroun borders met. In the 1930s, most of the white population consisted of Germans with Nazi sympathies; they were interned in British camps starting in June 1940. The native population of 400,000 showed little interest in volunteering for the British forces.

French Cameroun became independent, as Cameroun or Cameroon, in January 1960, and Nigeria was scheduled for independence later that same year, which raised a question of what to do with the British territory. After some discussion (which had been going on since 1959), a plebiscite was agreed to, and held on 11 February 1961. The Muslim-majority Northern area opted for union with Nigeria, and the Southern area voted to join Cameroon.

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Northern Cameroons became a region of Nigeria on 31 May 1961, while Southern Cameroons became part of Cameroon later that year on 1 October 1961. In the meantime, the area was administered as a United Kingdom Trust Territory. Bibliography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Cameroons 7) Spring Festival 2018 By Bob Gardner (VP Spring and Fall Festival) On April 28, 2018 the Kingston Stamp Club in partnership with the local coin club held our Spring Festival at Ongwanada Resource Center. This was our second effort with this event. Unlike other shows with established dealers our members along with the coin members act as dealers and sell their stamp and coin material. As in the past year all tables were "rented" to members. While the general consensus was that the event was worthwhile and should be offered next year, there was concern that the show was not well attended by either our members or the general public. We will be reviewing our promotion of this event to explore whether there are other strategies to promote and advertize both this event and our Fall Festival. We also need to consider holding the event in a larger site as we had more requests for tables than were available in the Ongwanada site. Both our members and the coin members want this event to become a permanent part of our services but also want to work together to strengthen the show. During the next few weeks we will review and explore other strategies to improve the concept of this show.

8) Centennial Study Group By Val Mayers (Chair, Club Sales and Auctions) We have met several times since our last newsletter and the more we study the more we realize that this is a fascinating stamp issue. We have just finished the commemorative issues and will next embark on the 7 cent issue with its multiple printing and errors. Shortly we will review all the embedded dates and the various colours in this issue! am pleased to announce that we now have two

study groups ongoing.

The Centennial group meets the first

Friday of every month. To date we have studied

the higher values of this issue. We get to share

both stamps and knowledge with each other. The

group provides encouragement and sharing of

resources. Our last meeting was a challenge to

recreate the 7c booklet although a challenge it was

fun to share stamps to help each other with this

challenge. The group meets at Jim Gould’s house

in Bath at 1:00 pm with our next meeting on June

1st to study the 2c issue and the ‘ blinker gazer

and zombie ‘ stamps being our focus. All are

welcome and we would love to have you join us.

If you would like to join us, please contact Jim Gould at 613-352-5386. 9) Canadian Varieties Study Group By Val Mayers(Chair, Club Sales and Auctions)

The next group I am going to speak of is

the ‘errors , freaks and oddities ‘ group.

Shortened to the ‘varieties ‘group we met

for our first meeting a week ago. We studied the

RMC stamp and were able to share stamps and

history of this local historical site.

We are going to meet on June 5th to study

the Cornelius Krieghoff and Suzor Cote stamps.

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There are many varieties in both of these

issues some listed and some not.

Again all are welcome. Please come and join us

for some fun.

This study group is starting up and if you wish to find out more information, please feel free to contact Val Mayers at 613-354-0083. We meet at Peter Kasserra's home in Kingston. 10) War Amps Issue, 100th Anniversary February 8,2018

Founded 100 years ago on the philosophy of amputees helping amputees. The War Amps continues to improve the lives of war amputees, and all amputees including children. This envelope celebrates the charitable association with photos from the past and present. A timeline of The War Amps iconic Key Tag Service appears on the back.

11) Queen Elizabeth II 65th Anniversary of her Coronation

June 2 of this year marks the 65th anniversary of the coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II – the longest reigning monarch in British history. Many “more mature” Canadians will recognize the Karsh photo on the cover of the stamp booklet from a series of five coronation stamps issued in the spring of 1953. The portrait on this new stamp is from a famous sitting in July 1951, when the Queen was still known as Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth. Over a period of more than 40 years, Karsh photographed Her Majesty on five occasions, two of them before she became Queen. One of the world’s most photographed women, Queen Elizabeth has had her likeness captured by some of the world’s most famous portrait photographers, including Dorothy Wilding, Lord Snowdon, Cecil Beaton and Annie Leibovitz. It is this image by Armenian-Canadian Yousuf Karsh, however, that is best known to generations of Canadians. Bibliography: www.canadapost.ca