The Postage Stamps of Canada
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The Postage Stamps of Canada

  1. 286 pages
  2. English
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The Postage Stamps of Canada

About this book

This antique text details the history of Canada's postal service, with particular emphasis on the development and evolution of postage stamps as a means of payment. A fascinating and detailed treatise on the subject, this text will greatly appeal to philatelists and anyone with an interest in the history of the Canadian postal service. Chapters included in this text are: 'Its Postal History', 'A postmaster's Provisional', 'The First Issue', 'The Second Issue', 'The Perforated Pence Stamps', 'The First "Cents" Issue', 'The First Dominion Issue', 'The Lc Orange of 1869', 'The Large 5c Stamp', 'The Small "Cents" Stamp', 'The 20c and 50c Stamps of 1893', and many more. This text has been elected for modern republication due to its historical and education value, and is proudly republished here complete with a new introduction to the subject.

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Table of contents

  1. THE POSTAGE STAMPS OF CANADA
  2. Stamp Collecting
  3. Introduction.
  4. Chapter I.—Its Postal History.
  5. Chapter II.—A Postmaster’s Provisional.
  6. Chapter III.—The First Issue.
  7. Chapter IV.—The Second Issue.
  8. Chapter V.—The Perforated Pence Stamps.
  9. Chapter VI.—The First “Cents” Issue.
  10. Chapter VII.—The First Dominion Issue.
  11. Chapter VIII.—The 1c Orange of 1869.
  12. Chapter IX.—The Large 5c Stamp.
  13. Chapter X.—The Small “Cents” Stamps.
  14. Chapter XI.—The 20c and 50c Stamps of 1893.
  15. Chapter XII.—The 8c Stamp of 1893.
  16. Chapter XIII.—The Diamond Jubilee Issue.
  17. Chapter XIV.—The “Maple Leaf” Issue of 1897.
  18. Chapter XV.—The “Numeral” Issue of 1898.
  19. Chapter XVI.—The “Map” Stamp of 1898.
  20. Chapter XVII.—The “2 Cents” Provisionals.
  21. Chapter XVIII.—The Bi-sected Provisionals.
  22. Chapter XIX.—The 2c Carmine.
  23. Chapter XX.—The 20c Value of 1900.
  24. Chapter XXI.—The Queen Victoria Seven Cents.
  25. Chapter XXII.—The King Edward Issue.
  26. Chapter XXIII.—The Quebec Tercentenary Issue.
  27. Chapter XXIV.
  28. Chapter XXV.
  29. Chapter XXVI.
  30. Chapter XXVII.
  31. Chapter XXVIII.
  32. Chapter XXIX.
  33. Chapter XXX.
  34. Chapter XXXI.