Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. A Philatelic Guide to Canadian Stamps, Postal Stationery, Rates, Varieties, and Colonial HistoryBy Clifton A. Howes
Length9h 41m
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Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery is a foundational philatelic monograph that treats Canadian stamps not as mere collectibles but as historical documents embedded in systems of empire, administration, design, and communication. Organized with the precision of a catalogue yet written in a lucid, explanatory style, the book surveys issues, varieties, postal stationery, rates, and production details with an attention to evidence characteristic of early twentieth-century specialist scholarship. Its literary context is that of the classic philatelic handbook: descriptive, archival, and taxonomic, but also animated by the conviction that postal artifacts preserve national and colonial history. Clifton A. Howes was a serious philatelic researcher working in an era when stamp collecting was becoming increasingly professionalized through societies, journals, and expert catalogues. His interest in Canada's postal emissions reflects both the growing maturity of Canadian philately and the need to consolidate scattered information into a reliable reference. The book suggests an author attentive to printing processes, official records, and the interpretive value of minute variation. This volume is recommended for collectors, postal historians, librarians, and scholars of Canadian material culture. Readers seeking more than a price list will find an indispensable guide to how stamps and stationery illuminate governance, technology, and national identity.
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GenreOther
Length9 hrs 41 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 30, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2KEY TO PLATES
3FOREWORD
4INTRODUCTION
5CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY MATTERS
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6CHAPTER II THE ISSUE OF 1851
7CHAPTER III THE REMAINING PENCE ISSUES
8CHAPTER IV THE PERFORATED PENCE ISSUES
9CHAPTER V THE CANCELLATIONS OF THE EARLY ISSUES
10CHAPTER VI THE ISSUE OF 1859
11CHAPTER VII THE DOMINION OF CANADA
12Preliminary .
13CHAPTER VIII THE ISSUE OF 1868
14CHAPTER IX THE SMALL "CENTS" ISSUE, 1870-82
15CHAPTER X THE SUPPLEMENTARY VALUES OF 1893
16CHAPTER XI THE JUBILEE ISSUE OF 1897
17CHAPTER XII THE "MAPLE LEAF" ISSUE OF 1897
18CHAPTER XIII THE "NUMERALS" ISSUE, 1898-1902
19CHAPTER XIV THE "CHRISTMAS" STAMP OF 1898
20CHAPTER XV THE "KING'S HEAD" ISSUE OF 1903-1908
21CHAPTER XVI THE "TERCENTENARY" ISSUE OF 1908
22CHAPTER XVII THE REGISTRATION STAMPS
23CHAPTER XVIII THE POSTAGE DUE STAMPS
24CHAPTER XIX THE SPECIAL DELIVERY STAMP
25CHAPTER XX THE "OFFICIALLY SEALED" LABELS
26CHAPTER XXI THE STAMPED ENVELOPES
27CHAPTER XXII THE NEWSPAPER WRAPPERS
28CHAPTER XXIII THE POST CARDS
29CHAPTER XXIV THE LETTER CARDS
30CHAPTER XXV OFFICIAL STATIONERY
31CHAPTER XXVI PRECANCELLATIONS AND PERMITS
32REFERENCE LIST
33PROVINCE OF CANADA
34DOMINION OF CANADA
35Memorable Quotes
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