Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery

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CONTENTS

KEY TO PLATES Plate I . No. 1. 6 pence, 1851. 2 12 " " 3 10 "

FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY MATTERS

CHAPTER II THE ISSUE OF 1851

CHAPTER III THE REMAINING PENCE ISSUES

CHAPTER IV THE PERFORATED PENCE ISSUES

CHAPTER V THE CANCELLATIONS OF THE EARLY ISSUES

CHAPTER VI THE ISSUE OF 1859

CHAPTER VII THE DOMINION OF CANADA Preliminary .

CHAPTER VIII THE ISSUE OF 1868

CHAPTER IX THE SMALL "CENTS" ISSUE, 1870-82

CHAPTER X THE SUPPLEMENTARY VALUES OF 1893

CHAPTER XI THE JUBILEE ISSUE OF 1897

CHAPTER XII THE "MAPLE LEAF" ISSUE OF 1897

CHAPTER XIII THE "NUMERALS" ISSUE, 1898-1902

CHAPTER XIV THE "CHRISTMAS" STAMP OF 1898

CHAPTER XV THE "KING'S HEAD" ISSUE OF 1903-1908

CHAPTER XVI THE "TERCENTENARY" ISSUE OF 1908

CHAPTER XVII THE REGISTRATION STAMPS

CHAPTER XVIII THE POSTAGE DUE STAMPS

CHAPTER XIX THE SPECIAL DELIVERY STAMP

CHAPTER XX THE "OFFICIALLY SEALED" LABELS

CHAPTER XXI THE STAMPED ENVELOPES

CHAPTER XXII THE NEWSPAPER WRAPPERS

CHAPTER XXIII THE POST CARDS

CHAPTER XXIV THE LETTER CARDS

CHAPTER XXV OFFICIAL STATIONERY

CHAPTER XXVI PRECANCELLATIONS AND PERMITS

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Title: Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery

Author: Clifton Armstrong Howes

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CANADA

ITS
POSTAGE STAMPS
AND
POSTAL STATIONERY

BY
CLIFTON A. HOWES, B. Sc., F. R. P. S. L.

PUBLISHED BY
THE NEW ENGLAND STAMP CO.
BOSTON, U. S. A.
1911



CANADA

ITS
POSTAGE STAMPS
AND
POSTAL STATIONERY

BY
CLIFTON A. HOWES, B. Sc., F. R. P. S. L.

PUBLISHED BY
THE NEW ENGLAND STAMP CO.
BOSTON, U. S. A.
1911


Copyright 1911
By the New England Stamp Co.
Boston, Mass.

Press of
NEWCOMB & GAUSS
Salem, Mass.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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