• Introduction
  • Welcome
  • About BNAPS Education
• Canadian Philately
  • Canadian Philately - An Outline
  • The Canadian Posted Letter Guide
• Novices
  • Youth
    • Introduction
    • Canada’s Art and Artists on Canadian Stamps
    • My Favourite ... Cartier, 1534-1934
    • Collect Canada’s 1953–57 Wildlife Stamps
    • A Ship from History
    • First Day Covers
  • Adult
    • Introduction
    • A Small Start Can Build a Grand Collection
    • Canada's prime Ministers series of 1951-1955
    • The Admiral Stamps of Canada
    • An Introduction to Canadian Machined Slogan Cancels
    • Topical Collecting
• Experienced Collectors
  • Stamp Collectors
    • Introduction
    • Grenfell on Stamps of Newfoundland and Canada
    • Bluenose is Still Considered Canada’s Finest Stamp
    • The Open (or Shut) Case for Booklet Collecting
    • 1946 Stamps Show Canada’s Return to Peace
    • Issues of WWII: King, Country, and Conflict
    • The 1932 Medallions are Modern Classics
    • Canadian Stamps Marked Montreal Olympics
  • Postal Historians
    • Introduction
    • Canada’s ½¢ Small Queen had Multiple Uses
    • Covers Commemorated the Royal Visit of 1939
    • Some 19^th Century Mail That Took it on the Chin
    • Markings on Canadian Naval Mail of WWII
    • Crashes, Fires, and War Interrupted the Mail
    • Paquebot Covers: Mailed on the High Seas
• Exhibitors
  • Introduction
  • Aid to Exhibitors and Judges
  • Getting Started in Philatelic Exhibiting
  • Use resources to help solve puzzling covers
• The Press
  • Commercial publications
    • Introduction
    • Stamp Society Supports Youth Philately
  • Society publications
    • Introduction
    • Stamp Society Supports Youth Philately

This catalogue is intended to provide a pricing guide to the covers of Canada and the British North American Provinces (which eventually joined Confederation). It has long been known by serious collectors that the classic period in Canadian philately is characterized by far fewer covers than is comparable for the U.S., Great Britain, or European countries. Canada is the second most collected country by U.S. collectors, and is also widely collected in England, Australia, South Africa, Switzerland and Germany. These facts have a drastic impact on pricing.

In this 2nd edition the authors have attempted to list all recorded rates and frankings for the postal history of Canada between 1851 and 1902, and to provide a comprehensive listing that can be used to compare new finds against.

Division of the guide is based on the issues of 19th century Canada. Each issue section is divided into Domestic, Interprovincial, United States, United Kingdom, and Foreign, and each of these sub-sections divided into Letter, Registered, and Special Non-letter. For each sub-section rates are listed from smallest to largest recorded.

Individual chapters can be downloaded one at a time using the links below:

0. Introduction (0.1 Mb)
1. Pence Issue 1851-1859 (0.1 Mb)
2. Decimal Issue 1859-1868 (0.1 Mb)
3. Large Queen Issue 1868-1902 (0.1 Mb)
4. Small Queen Issue 1870-1897 (0.1 Mb)

The following sections will be published shortly:

5. Jubilee Issue 1897-1900
6. Leaf Issue 1897-1900
7. Map Issue 1898-1900
8. Numeral Issue 1898-1902

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