Volume 39 – #11

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Volume 39#11

September 23 – October 6, 2014

An 1871 letter mailed to Scotland from Victoria. The cover has a five-cent overprint on a British Columbia three-pence stamp, to pay for mail leaving the colony, but was carried express by Wells Fargo to the U.S. and then delivered from there. It has a cancelled six-cent U.S. rate to pay for delivery to the U.K.

Two collections to go on the block in October sale

Eastern Auctions has two collections heavy on postal history coming up in the Oct. 16, sale, the Harvey Poole collection of Canada and British North America, and the Jack Wallace Collection of British Columbia and Vancouver. The Poole collection, first started in the 1950s, has expanded for several decades. As with his Newfoundland collection, sold in 2008, the auction is strong in essays, proofs and imperfs. The collection offers a large selection of presentation booklets. The booklets, produced for government and postal officials include a rare Jubilee booklet, and issues from the 1920s through to the 1950s. The essay section is virtually complete, with only some colour variations missing, as well as many stamps never issued. Lot 39 is a block essay of six two-cent Queen Victoria, printed by Canadian Bank Note in green on thin Japanese paper showing the running horse overprint and sample handstamp. Previously in the Vincent G. Greene collection, it is estimated at $2,000 plus. Continue reading →

Features
Canada Post reports profit in second quarter
Page 1
Charlottetown, RMR, featured on commemorative envelopes
Page 17
Canadian comics crack up on five-stamp series
Page 22

Regulars
CSN Marketplace
Are you buying or selling?
Page 19
Show & Bourse
Check out the shows in your area
Page 23
Editorial
Postal history is often underappreciated

I know that stamp collecting doesn’t always have to make sense, but for years I have been confused about postal history. There can be little doubt that postal history is interesting to most collectors. Stand back at almost any stamp event where there are exhibits and watch the people. Most collectors spend a lot of time looking at postal history, particularly where it tells a story. Great rarities may be incredible, but when we look at letters and see them in the context of a human story it means so much more. Those are the exhibits where most people stop, and spend a fair amount of time reviewing.

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By Bret Evans
Columns
Ian Robertson
Looking Back
Lemieux’s art made a splash on 1984 stamps
Page 6
Michael Nowlan
Philatelic Bookshelf
Wilding stamps have a fascinating story
Page 8

Mike Smith
Deltiology
Postcards show army does indeed ‘march on its stomach’
Page 10
Gary Dickinson
First-Day Covers
Historical society’s cachets recall Thompson’s explorations
Page 11

Ian Robertson
Stamping Grounds
Marilyn Monroe in Ontario and on stamps
Page 14
Robin Harris
New Issues
From around the world
Page 18

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