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13,._~ T()VI£.1 Official Journal of

The British North America Philatelic Society

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Vol. 4 No. 3 MARCH, 1947 'Whole N.o. 35

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THE BRITISH NORTH AMERICA PHILATELIC SOCIETY • • • •

OFFICERS FOR 19-47 ·1949 President: EDWARD A. RICHARDSON, 637 Hudson St., Ithaca, N.Y. Vice Presid.ent: RrcKAUD P . HEDU~Y, 452 Franklin St., Buffalo 2, N. Y . .Sec,·etary: JACK LEVINE, 510 Liberty Ave., Brooklyn .7. N. Y. Trea.s1trer: Wn.J.JAllt C. PE'l'ER~AN, 80 Cranberry St., Brooklyn 2, N. Y. Bd. ot Gov '!ntOrs : REv. JoK:-< S. BAIN, 1181 East Maple St., Kankakee, Ill.

J . R. BARRACLOUGH, 454 :VJt. Stephen Ave., Westmont, Que., Canada N~:LSON S. Bo:«D, WilLow Road, Grove Park, Roanoke 17, Va. F. W. CAMPBELL, 1112 Pinehurst, Route 5, Royal Oak, Mich. H . . R. MEYEtlS, 101 West 60th St., New York 23, N. Y. D. C. 1\'IF:y~:asox, 765 Eastern Pky., Brooklyn 13, N. Y. IAJ'\ C. MoMAN, 1455 Union Ave., Mont1·eal, Que., Canada

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LIBRAliL\1", R. J. Duncan, Box 118, Armstrong, B. C., Canada

The N. Y. Group meets the 1st Tuesday o! each Month at the Collectors Club. 22 East 35th Street, New York City

CONTENTS Hl~TOHY 01' T tm AH~Y POSTAL SEHVH'ES IJX CANADA. BY IAN C. MORGAN

I NDEX TO CAXADIA:'< PHTI.ATELY :VIAGAZIXES. BY R. J. Dl:I"('AN

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY

O~'f'ICIAL NOTICK. ANNOt:NCEMEXT

BRTS(JINt. NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE ,\ ND STA~Il'S. By RM'. JOHJ'\ S. B.UN

CAKADA'S Pnovr~CF.S. IBY CflAS. MoDONO'l:OH

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THt~ TnAvEt.LJNG Posr OF~'ICJ'llli m · N EWFOCXDJ. AKD. BY \V. S. AND D. C. MEY"URON

CAN.\ lJTAN POSIAI. !:li.OGAX CAXN1U .. A1'JONS. BY c. B. D. GARRIJ1'1'

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~ISTORY of the ARMY POSTAL SERVICES m CANADA By IAN C. MORGAN

(Conti nued from Vol. 4, page 16)

Fi r . 10. Fln t Co n tlnre nt Cov er m a iled o n H. M. T r oopahlp " Sardin!a" a n d transfere d at aeo to the S. S . uRa nl'atira ," en routo to London. Mo .. c a n Collectio n.

CHAPTER V.

T 11 ..: BOEH WAll 1899-1902 The Boer War was declared on October lOtb, 1899. Shor tly afterwa rds, on October

SOtb, the First Canadian Contingent sailed on tbe Troops hip "Sardinian". This Con-tingent consisted chiefly of the Royal Canad ians.

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On ~ovembe•· 13th, the t roopship passed Cape Verde Islands without stopping. Three days later, they sighted the S.S. ''Bangltara" of the Shaw, Sabill, Albian Line, en route from New Zealand to London. Both ships halted and exchanged newspapers and two large pillow slips of mall from the troops. Thus, the first Acllve Service Mail or the Canadian Contingent was dispatched.

There weren't any stamps available fo•· affixing to letters so none were applied; letters addressed to Ca:nada being f•·ee of postage, but those to the United States were taxed Postage Due. Pi{J . 10 Illustr-ates the fron t and back .of such a cover to the United States, showing the Postage Due marking. The letter is from R. C. B (a!!h) of Coy. E. or the Royal Canadians (Seep. 26)

Gooda le Co llection.

Fiy. 11 is a reproduction of a souvenir Patriotic cover prepared by Capt. Ecelstone and Private Johnston of the Canadian Postal Corps. The earliest recorded use of the Canadian Postal Corps Orderly Room Stamp or postma•·k was April 3, 1900, (see Fig. 1£), and the latest in December 1900. This marking was applied to all mail passing through the Postal Corps base office and is always a later dale than the Field Post Office cancella-Uoo. •

Fir. 12. Earliest k nown cover be, rlnr Canadian Poatal Corpa postal mar·klnra. Siverh Collection.

Fig. 14. Cover bearing a Jc Canadian •tamp c a ncelled at T hree Sisters, C. G. H . R ed mond Colle c tion

F;a. 15. Y. M . C. A. Patr iotic Contin gent Cover.

Fig. 11 illustrates one of the . very scarce Canadian Contingent covers bearing a Canadian 3c stamp. Fig. 15 Is a type of cover given to the troops by the Y.)I.C.A .

• CHART 3, Nos. B2·B8 inclusive (Fiu: 13) illustrate the different main types of Field

Postal markings used ·bY the Imperial Army Postal Corps to which the Canadians were attached. Dates indicated in the foll.owing are the earliest and latest date of use recorded , by the Author with the gracious assistance of many fellow-co llectors, too numer-ous to menti.on by name, and to whom I here express my sincere appreciation :

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Fig. 13. Cha rt 3. Overaeas (Attac.hed) Forces. Field Office P oatal Ma rkings.

B2. Used almost entirely as a backstamp at Base Post Office, Cal}.e1..(>omP L!J&mettmea found on stamps. 13 Nov. 1900. 28 June 1902.

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EARLY LATE 8 Oec. 1901 7 May 1902 9 Jan. 1901 13 May 1902 8 Nov. 1901 28 June 1902

12 July 1902 18 Apr. 1901

26 Dec. 1899 29 Aug. 1900 17 Jan. 1900 20 Aug. 1900 2 Dec. 1900 7 Nov. 1900

10 Sept. 1901 21 Aug. 1900 15 Nov. 1900 30 Apr. 1900 1 Sept. 1900 18 :\fay 1900 2 Aug. 1900 4 Oct. 1900

14 Aug. 1900 28 Feb. 1901

27 Sept. 1900 28 Feb. 1901 2 Apr. 1900 29 July 1900

23 Nov. 1!WO 1 Aug. 1900 18 Oct. 1900

18 Apr. 1900 16 Aug. 1900 29 Sept. 1900 21 Oct. 1900 6 Aug. 1900

The following regular 'fown postmarks have been recorded on Canadian Military Covers, that from Three Sisters being on a Canadian 3c stamp (Fig. 14):

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Dundee, Natal ll·May-02 Lower T ugela, Nata l Orange River, C.G.H.

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Editor·, BN.I 1.'0PTCS Dear Sir:

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I am enclosing herewith my application for mem bership in t he British North America T'hll at~>llc Society.

I n my accumulation or mail which I round on my arriva l home from service with the Army were some copies of B;\'.1 TOPTr~ and I am wondering if it is possible to obtain copies or all back numbe•·s as I find that In the several I have received there are some valuabl l' and interesting articles.

Very truly yours, A. G. K.

• • • • Dear Sir:

Mr. Pa ine's silg'gestlon re. a stamp auction sale to publicize BNAPS Is worthy of consideration.

I wiiJ be quite willing to help with such when the time arrives. Sincerely,

K. M. SMITH, # 273

Dea•· Sir: When restrictions here prohibited the sending of cunency out of the country, you

can imaginl' I was a bit anxious whether my remittance had reached you. Neverthelrss we cannot lPI trilling things like that stop a keen collector being a member of the bes• Philatelic Society in the World, so r am enclosing he1·ewith another $3.00 and this will pay my dues to the year 1950.

S incerely, S. A. WOOD (New Zl'alantl)

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INDEX TO CANADIAN PHILATELIC MAGAZINES BY R. J. DUNCA~

DOMINION PHJLA'l'ELlS'l'

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Published by H. F . Ketcheson, Vol. I , Nos. 1 to 11 and the last Issue, No. 76, were published at Belleville, On t. All the others we1:e published at Petei·borough, Ont. Size 6% x 10, except Vol. Vll which Is 6% x 91Aa. Vol. I, Nos . 1·9 and Nos. 66 and 76 are without pape r wrappers; all other s have colored paper wrappers.

No. 51 is in correctly n umbered 50 on the inside but numbered correctly on the wrap· per. No. 48 contains a .supplement , T . S. Cla1·k's 4th Auction Sale of Postage Stamps.

Vo1 .. I, No. 1 Jan. 1899. Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

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.REPORT OF THE TREASURER NEW MEMBERS

326 Schober, J. E., 8 -Miller Avenue, Cambridge 40, Mass. 330 Ad8'Q61' I 1 1 ~ Stuart Avenue, Outremont, Que., Canada 331 Balch, Clifford J. , 3131 Grand Avenue, Kansas City 2, Mo. 332 Constant, Leon M., 96·65 lllth Street, Richmond Hill 19, N. Y. 333 Dixon, D. J., 51 Fairview Avenue, l::>udbury, Ont., Canada 334 Kessler, Alfred H., 7934 Pickering Street, Philadelphia 19, Pa. 335 Openshaw, E., Box 311, Vernon, B. C., Canada 336 Slngmaster, J . A., 46 Durham Road, Bronxville, N Y. 337 Stephenson, A. E ., 32 Hlllview Crescent, Edinburg 8, Scotland

· APPLICATIONS FOR METhiBERSlUP Brlsley, Charles L., Box 118. Bloomingdale, Mich. (C) Canada Gt. Britain Mul ready's.

By J. Levine, No. 1. Dlena, Mario, Via Vittorla Colonna (40). Roma 126, Italy (C) Literature. By R. J.

Duncan, No. 37. Guertin, J. Paul, 527 Zion St., Ha1·tford 6, Conn. (DC) Canadian Mint Blocks & Singles.

By J. Levin~ No. 1. Klrcboll, oktt'liti ~121 39 Manor Ave., Detroit 4, Mich. (C) Canada, Mint & Used.

By J. Levine, No. 1. Miller, Emest W., 2301 McKinley Ave., Lakewood 7, Ohio (C) Canada, U. S., Mexico.

B'Y R. P. Hedley, No. 164. Pea•·sall, R. L., 635 Hudson St., Ithaca, N. Y. (C) Canada, Oceania, U. s. & Poss. By

E. A. Richardson, No. 168. Phllle•·. William K., 304 Strathmore Road, Haverstown, Pa. (C) Newfoundland. Canal

Zone. By C. McDonough, No. 27. Wheeler. Donald C., Smith Road, RD #5. Binghamton, N, Y. (CX) NFD-)lln t postage,

blks .. bklts .. covPrs. stationery. By E. A. Richardson, No. 168. Bernstlne, Dr. Melvi

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OFFICIAL NOTICE I have made the following appointments for the years 1947-1949 to each designated

.office and same have been duly confirmed by the Board of Governot·s: Editor or BNA TOPICS • JacK L ...:\'1:-.t: Associate Editor or BNA TOPICS RtCHAIID P. Hrnu:y Associate Editor ot BNil TOPICS Editor .of the YEA.RBOOJ( -

EDWARD \VFII'r!NO RICHARD P. HEOLI~\'

Library Committee

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(Signed) Edwa.r

BRINGING NEws Asour PEoPLE AND SrAMPS BY REV. JOHN s. BAIN

Tnta D ..--c1·aph is a direct 1897 Jubilee as the background, but pOI'· appeal to every member of BNAP~ to traits of himsel! In 1896, when he started assume his or her l'esponsibllity as a his first collection, and in 1946, replaced member. A Lounge has been reserved for· those or Queen Victoria. A block or the So::lety at the Centenary Interna· !our or his "Philatelic Golden Jubilee" tiona! Philatelic Exhibition in New York stamps, mounted on a golden card, car-at the Grand Central Palace, :\:lay17-25th. rled his holiday greetings. H every member contributes at lt>asl $1, JJNAPS all costs and expenses will be under· written, and all will be a1111umlng their responsibility and canying the same l.ond financially. If you have not as yet sent in you1· contribution, do so immediately. Send H to IV. C. Petennan. 80 Cranberry St., Brooklyn 2, N. Y. Let's make this a 100% r·esponse and prove that BNAP~ i.& a l'eal lUll s'M ":.4ich believes In bntlon to 'RNAPS. It will be the place fo1· members to mMt each other, and the place to Invite their friends. Jt fs an Ideal setting for contacti-ng anrl interest-Ing new membE"J'S to BNAPS. We all recognize that fact. Your dollar invested in the Lounge will permit a great errort t.o be put (ortb In the Interests of f'X· pandlng the Club as never before. "Meet Me at the BNAPS LOUNGE".

.l.m'"'P8 With the U. S. already considering

parcel post airmail, it follows that Can-ada will be In on this service. Swltzer-larHI has already established It, and pos-tal expe1·ts beiJeve that we will have It in about six months. Perhaps a new issue of stamr>s?

BNAPS BNAPFiter Ca1J1. G. L eona.t·d H em·n, a

Fellow of thE" Royal P1t i1atP1ic l:fociety. J,ontlon. Is also tile P1·esident of the HrrtR Philatelic Society, England. Capt. Hearn .opened thf' new season of the Herts PhWrtelic Society with a selected dis-play from his well known collection of the stamns of Glbralter.

BN A PRier 0. B. D.. Garrett of Cran· b1·o6k, D. C., favored a New York ChnJ)-ter meeting with IJis sppecializc comment was "Ah".

BN.\PRit>r ·w.(llter Bayley's unique Christmas card has gone too long unsung by this wl'iter. Walter created a card to commE"morate his 'Golden .Tubllef'' as collector using the design of Canada's

I notice the Post Office DeJ)artment of Canada has made the statement concem-ing the new Bell Commemorative that "the new stamp will s upplement the regular 4-

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CANADA'S PROVINCES It may interest some of the readers to learn how Canada and its nine Provinces

received their names. The name Canada, and !out· of the Provinces, Ontal'io, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Quebec, were all del'ived from the Indian equiva lents.

Cat·tier, the great French explorer, left a record .of the word. "1\:ANADA" as of the language of the Hlll·on Indians; the translatlo.n being "village". Many of the Indian$ obse1·ved by Ca1tier Jived In villages along the St. Lawrence River. This Jed him to speak of that region as Kanada, or Canada. ·

Ontario Is t ranslated as meaning "Beautiful Lake" and bOth the Hu ron and Iroquois t l'ibes have similar words fot· ' lake'. Ontario has a greater population than any of the other P rovinces.

Quebec took its name from .iln Indian word meaning "TtJe Narrows". Ther-e was a s mall settlement beside a nai'I'Ow part or the St. Lawrence River and this was called Quebec. Later, the name was applied for the tet·ritory far around that settlement.

In the Province of Manitoba is a large lake. This Jake has a nan·ow part which the Ojibway Indians used to call "Manito Bau", meaning "st1·alt of the Manito (or spirit)". Thus the name of the Province and of Lake ::\ianltoba can be traced to the Indian name for th is strait.

Saskatchewan's name goes back to the Cree u·ibe. In the C1·ee language, SaskatchE'· wan bas the meaning "fast flowing river". In addition to the Province, we ha,·E' lht' long and very important Saskatchewan River.

Nova Scotia Is de1·ived from the Latin and mE\ans "New Scotland". Many of the eal'ly settlers in Nova Scotia came from Scotland.

Prince Edward Is land, the Sip,allest of the Provinces, was o~:~e-~ ~fl nonor or Edward, Duke of Kent. This Prince never rose to the British thr u fs daug'hter, Victoria, became Queen.

New Brunswick Is said lo have derived Its name from the town of New Brunswick In New Jersey after settlers moved from New Jersey to Canada.

Alber·ta honors a member of the Br itish Royal Family. A daughter of Queen Victoria and Pl'ince Albert was named Louise Caroline Albet·ta. This Princess was married to the man who was Govet·not·-General of Canada when the name Alberta was given to that part of Canada.

Bl'ltlsh Columbia canles in its name the fact that it was a British Colony before ll became a Pt·ovince of Canada. It also honors Christopher Columbus.

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B Y WU~UA){ s. A:"'D D ANIC:L c. MBYI::Il"-0 -" ( Continued from Vol. 4, p. 20 )

46. " PORT AUX BASQUES, N. G. RY. (Newfo un dland Government) " Dec. 2, 1937. 47. "POR1' AUX UA~

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CANADIAN . POSTAL SLOGAN CANCELLATIONS .

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OBSERVE SUNDAY

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JULY FIRST TORONTO

0 5 "Obey •rratnr Law.s. !=l!tvP Lh•es" Vancouver ~938. , 0 10 "Observe Sunday" Calgary 1929, '30-34, '44. Chatham 1944. Edmonton 1929,

1930, 1944. Fredericton 1930. Gal t 1945, 1946. Hamilton 1944, 1946. London 1944, 1946. ::\ioose Jaw 1933, 1934. Prince Rupert 1932. New Westminster 1932. Regina 1929, 1930, 19ll1, 1934. Toronto 1929, 1930, 1944, 1946. Vancouver 1929, '30, '31. '32, '34, '42, '44 '46. Victoria 1929 1931, 1932, 1934. Winnipeg 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1946.

0 11 "Observe Sunday" Calgary 1936, 1942, 1945. Edmonton 1936. F~edet'lcton 1942. Galt 1942. Halifax 1938, 1944, 1946. London 1942. Regina 1936, 1937. Van-couver 1935, 1936, 1937.

0 12 "Observe Sunday" Calgary 1944. Charlottetown 1944. Galt 1944. Halifax 1946. Hamilton 1936. London 1938. Ottawa 1936. Saskatoon 1937. Toronto 193l!.

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Vancouver .1942. 'Witmipeg 1938. 4 ~ 0 13 "Observe Sunday" Calgary 1938, 1946. Charlottetown 1944. Fredericton 1945,

1946. Galt 1944. Halifax 1942. Hamllton 1938. London 1935, 1937, 1938. Regina 1944. Saskatoon 1944. Toronto 1932·1935, 1937. Vancouver 1938. Winnipeg 1937. '

0 15 "0bset·ve Sunday. Observez Le Dimancbe" Drummondville 1943, 1946. ~Iontreal 1929, 1931. Quebec 1929. Shawiningan Falls 1941·1946. Sherbrooke 1929. , Trois Rivers 1929. Valleyfteld 1941, 1943. · I

0 16 "Observe Sunday. Observez Le Dimanche'' l\fon tt·eal 1935·1938, 1940·1944, 1946. Quebec 1935, 1936. Trois R ivlers 1944, 1946.

0 20 "Old Boys' Reun ion . London, Ont. J u ly 30th AugUst 8lh" 1938. 0 21 "Old Boys Reunion. Niagara Falls, Ont. July 13th·18·1925" 0 25 "Old Home W eek. Carleton Place, Ont." 1924 (not lllue.) 0 26 "Old Home Week. CornwaH, Ont. July 31-Aug 7·1926" 0 27 "Old Home Wee k. Guelph, Ont." 1913. (not !llus.) 0 28 . "Old Home. Week. Listowel" 1921. ( not lllus.) 0 29 "Old Home Week. Owen Sound, Ont. July 1sl to 9th, 1927" 0 30 "Old Home Week. St. Cathet·lne, Ont." 1921 .(not lllus.) .. 0 31 "Old Rome Week. Walkerville, Ont." 1922. (not Ill us.) 0 32 "Old Home Week. Windsor. Ont." 1923. (not illus.} 0 40 "Old Home Week and Fireman's Tournament. Cbal'lottetown. July 13·18" 192fi. 0 45 "On tario Christian Endeavor Convention. Hamilton. Sept. 18·21st, 1913" 0 46 "Ontario Dental Health Day. October-20th-1926". Hamilton, Ottawa, To1·onto. 0 50 "Open Air Horse Parade. July First, Tot·onto" 1927. 0 55 "Orilla Old Home Week" 1922. $not illus.) 0 60 "Ottawa Centenary & Exhibition. Aug. 16·26, 1926" 0 63 "Ottawa Horse Show" 1913, 1914. (not ill us.) 0 65 "Ottawa Winter Fair". ~ov. 29-Dec. 2. 1932. 0 70 "Owen Sound Fair" )915, 1916. (not lllus.)

·:· ·:· CONTRIBUTIONS TO T~E LOUNGE FUND

The following Is a report of the membet·s who have contributed to the Lounge Fund. While this report d.oes not note the amount received from each contributor. It ts otrered as acknowledment or the amount t·ecelved from each member hereafte•· listed. Further •·eclepts will be acknowledged in future issues of our magazinE'.

Armstrong, C., B!tln, Bayley, B.oggs. Brasslm· .. Canham, Cole. Coqns, Dagg:ett, DavC'n· port, Denton, Drake, Edwards, Foster. Galllv~r1 Gray, Greene, Grimmer, Hale. Ransier, H edley, Hltt. Hiscock. Johnstone, Kearns,' Kemp. Lamson, LeBaron, Leslie, Liggett, Makepeace, i\IcCoy, McDonough, Menedian, Mills, Nelson. Olivier, O'Meara. Plmont, Pollock, Romaine, Scott, Smith. K. M .. Sohn. Stagg, Stitt. Tl'ieschmann, Vlzzard. Wll-llams. Winson, Wood. Whitehead. · Wm. C. Peterman, Trea•.

A RtPQ_trt F~OM ~T:~E-~ LIBRARIAN The roll.owing item.s ha.ve be~n added to thE' Library, to the donot·s. we otrer our

gmteful appreciati: valuable reference works on practically any Interest

you may , .. ,~ . ..o· v\l'l": :ll.Ql tdss this opportunity and service provided by your Society to avail ou.~ -t f o. "!ts~.i:xtellent Libt·a•·y material for your use. l.\ · C. '!'tfoROAI' , Montreal. Cana(la

Air Mail Catalogues (CbariipLon, Intet'llatlonal. Gibbons, Scott. etc.) Various Catalogues (Scott, Regent, etc. ol

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CLASSIFIED TOPICS RESERVED FOR MEMBERS OF B. N. A. P. S.

Rates 2c per word. Min. 15 words per ad. Three times at price of 2. 500 words at. wm T I 18 rm~able In advance. Scott's numbers used unless otherwise spe. cifted. CANADIAN REVENUEs-Federal and Provinces I especially want varieties-imperfs, part perfs, plate, die, etc. J. Levine, 510 Liberty Ave., Brooklyn 7, New York. WANTED-CANADIAN Precancels: DOUBLED AND INVERTED VARIE>TIES. Forward with your price or preference in exchange. Jack Levine. 510 Liberty Ave., Brooklyn 7, N. Y. COVERs-Newfoundland Stampless or pre-stamp and any used prior to 1880. Dan C. Meyerson, 765 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn 13, N. Y. WANTED--NEWFOUNDLAND ONLY. Wholesale source of supply, also good singles on 20 day approval. Kenneth Minuse, 1236 Grand Concourse, New York 56. N.Y. CANADIAN POSTAL STATIONERY- Early Victorian and Jater Letter Cards, Post Car~rappers and Early Stamp Embossed Envelopes, Canadian Revenues and Postage. Inquiries Invited. B. L. Baulch, 162 Chatham Street, Brantford, Ontario. WANTED--N~wfoundland 5c blue, rouletted Seal. Scott #40. Used Pairs, strips or blocks. Dan C. Meyerson, 765 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn 13, N. Y. NEWFOUNDLAND REVENUES-Let me know whatever you have. A. B. Moll, 1240-72nd St., Brooklyn 28, N. Y. CANADIAN SLOGANS--Covers and 2 x 4:s In exchange for anything or any year not listed. C. Garrett, Box 512, Cranbrook, B. C. BISON EXCHANGE & CORRESPONDENCE CLUB. Organized 1932. Dues $1.00 a year. Members in all parts of the World, including Malta, Cyprus, Uganda, etc. Time will prove your collection will grow fast with this Inter-national exchange and by mutual agreement with Its foreign partners, secure New Issues, 1st Day Covers, etc., at face. Swap used duplicates. Application form from Pennsylvania State Manager. Charles Cowell, B·E·C 4720jl, Sum· medale Avenue, Philadelphia 24, Penn. WANTED- Canadian used blocks- All issues. Either send stamps or descrip· tion together with your price. H. W. Lussey, 137 Voorhis Ave., River Edge Manor, N.J. STILL LOOKING for -Newfoundland Nos. 190 and 191, upper left corner blocks with sheet margins intact. Also, plate or die proofs of the same stamp. Arthur B. Moll, 1240-72nd St., Brooklyn 28, N. Y. WANTED--Precancels on # 89 and 90 (Edwardians). Rarities, doubles and multiples only. Dr. Alf·red Whitehead, 1463 Bishop, Montreal. WANTED--Canadian Railway markings unlisted in Shaw's Catalogue of Cana-dian Railroad Cancellations. Especially desired on fine, small covers. Dr. Alfred Whitehead, 1463 Bishop, Montreal.

TI-lE NEXT ISSUE OF BNA TOPICS t

will contain thf' following a rticles In addition to other features:

The Canadian. 59'•· By Richard P. Hedley A very fine study of this interesting issue of Canadian stamps.

Fur ther Notes on the Newfoundland Proviaional of 1S97. By W. S. &·D. C. Meyerson. An entirely new ligbt is thr·own on these stamps which were discussed in the Mar~h 1946 issue of BNA TOPICS.

The Story of the Willcox Paper Co. & Ivy Mills. By Chas. McDonough. An interesting history .of the suppliers (if the paper J.or f.he Pence Issue.

Canadian Precancels. By H. G. Walburn and further· notes by J : Levine.

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• • : While current financial re~ulations operate we cannot : send y.ou cash (who knows how soon these restrictions

: will be lifted?) but you can buy in exchange, from the : • wealth of specialized proJ.)erties which consistently stream • : through our Sale$rooms, and so build up another Gold : • :\'Iedal Collection for the next Stamp Show. • • • • • • • : Interested? : • • : As a discriminating vendo1· and : • buyer, you must be and a letter to • : the London Office will bring details : • of the vast properties we sold last • : season, with prices realized ant · : • everything you need to know in • • orde1· to • • • • • • • • • = B d Sell Stamp Dealers and Auctioneers : • uy an • • • : with Satisfaction llOBSON LOWE LTD. : : 50 PALL :MALL, : : You can also arrange to meet Rob· : • son Lowe in New York where he LONDON, S. W. 1 • : will be at the Lexington Hotel dur- England : E ing April and May and of cout'Se Cables: "STA:\'fPS LONDON" E : at the Exhibition. = • • • • • 0 • ~••••••••••• .. •~•••••••••••••••••m••••••••••••••~•••••••••••

GREGORY MOZIAN WILL SELL AT

PUBLIC. AUCTION MARCI-l 28th and 29th

BRICKI:R CO Lt L~CTION

OF BRITISH EMPIRE

and

OTI-IER OUTSTANDING B.N.A.

20th Century British Colonials practically complete,

including all the Centenary Sets.

CANADA and NEWFOUNDLAND Early Issues and 20th Century

including complete EDWARD and V ICTORIA BOOKLETS.

Lots on Display at the Office of Sylv·ester Colby.

505 Fifth Ave., New York, on March 15th, and at

our office from March 17th to March 27th.

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