Postal history takes centre stage in the latest issue of Canadian Stamp News, Vol. 50 No. 22, as Eastern Auctions prepares one of its most ambitious and scholarly sales in recent memory. Anchored by two major collections built over decades, Eastern’s Feb. 24–28 auction offers an unusually deep and diverse selection that will resonate with collectors of British North America, Newfoundland and Canada’s Small Queen era. Continue reading →
Dated Aug. 5, 1709, this folded letter sheet (Lot 72) is believed to be the earliest recorded outgoing mail from Newfoundland bearing postal markings, documenting the colony’s earliest interaction with the British postal system.
