
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. HowesLength9h 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Postal Stationery is a foundational philatelic monograph that treats Canadian stamps not as mere collectibles but as historical documents embedded in systems of empire, administration, design, and communication.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
19CHAPTER XIV THE "CHRISTMAS" STAMP OF 1898
2KEY TO PLATES
20CHAPTER XV THE "KING'S HEAD" ISSUE OF 1903-1908
3FOREWORD
21CHAPTER XVI THE "TERCENTENARY" ISSUE OF 1908
4INTRODUCTION
22CHAPTER XVII THE REGISTRATION STAMPS
5CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY MATTERS
23CHAPTER XVIII THE POSTAGE DUE STAMPS
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6CHAPTER II THE ISSUE OF 1851
24CHAPTER XIX THE SPECIAL DELIVERY STAMP
7CHAPTER III THE REMAINING PENCE ISSUES
25CHAPTER XX THE "OFFICIALLY SEALED" LABELS
8CHAPTER IV THE PERFORATED PENCE ISSUES
26CHAPTER XXI THE STAMPED ENVELOPES
9CHAPTER V THE CANCELLATIONS OF THE EARLY ISSUES
27CHAPTER XXII THE NEWSPAPER WRAPPERS
10CHAPTER VI THE ISSUE OF 1859
28CHAPTER XXIII THE POST CARDS
11CHAPTER VII THE DOMINION OF CANADA
29CHAPTER XXIV THE LETTER CARDS
12Preliminary .
30CHAPTER XXV OFFICIAL STATIONERY
13CHAPTER VIII THE ISSUE OF 1868
31CHAPTER XXVI PRECANCELLATIONS AND PERMITS
14CHAPTER IX THE SMALL "CENTS" ISSUE, 1870-82
32REFERENCE LIST
15CHAPTER X THE SUPPLEMENTARY VALUES OF 1893
33PROVINCE OF CANADA
16CHAPTER XI THE JUBILEE ISSUE OF 1897
34DOMINION OF CANADA
17CHAPTER XII THE "MAPLE LEAF" ISSUE OF 1897
35Memorable Quotes
18CHAPTER XIII THE "NUMERALS" ISSUE, 1898-1902