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 The British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS) Ltd. is pleased to announce the publication of:
British Columbia and Vancouver Island, by John M. (Jack) Wallace.
BNAPS Exhibit Series #52. ISBN: 978-1-897391-39-6 (b&w),
978-1-897391-38-9 (colour). 8.5x11, Spiral Bound, 156pp. Stock #
B4h923.52 (b&w) $34.95, B4h923.52.1 (colour) $110.00
While her colonies in eastern North America were relatively close to Great Britain, those in the west were not. For British Columbia and Vancouver Island the inconveniences of distance, geography and political boundaries - both between themselves and with the adjacent United States – also complicated their philately. At first mail arrived and departed more or less casually on ships, including vessels of the British Navy stopping at Victoria or Vancouver.
The gold rush in California resulted in prospectors looking further north in British Columbia, bringing in their wake express companies that would take letters and parcels to San Francisco for onward mailing. This resulted in letters and packages bearing express company labels and Victoria or Vancouver postal franks, as well as then current stamps of the United States to pay for transmission through that country's postal system.
In 1860 the first postage stamp, a 2½d value, was issued for postage in both British Columbia and Vancouver Island. When dissension arose regarding use and payment for this stamp, each colony requested their own stamps - 5¢ and 10¢ values for Vancouver Island and a 3d value for British Columbia. After the two colonies united as British Columbia in 1866 it was thought economical to have the 3d plate used to print stamps in various colours with values indicated by surcharges ranging from two cents to 1 dollar.
A meeting in 1954 with the late Gerry Wellburn, the first collector to study the stamps and postal history of British Columbia and Vancouver Island, led Jack Wallace to a lifetime friendship and the two colonies becoming his major philatelic interest. The result was Jack's own award winning collection, the subject of this volume. In addition to full coverage of the stamps of the colonies, the Wallace British Columbia and Vancouver Island exhibit includes a strong selection of pre-colonial and colonial postal covers – as opposed to express covers - from (and occasionally to) people living in Victoria. It virtually completes the BNAPS Exhibit Series coverage of British Columbia and Vancouver Island begun with the Warren Wilkinson exhibit, published in 2005.
In addition to being an active member of the Vancouver Island Philatelic Society, the Canadian Philatelic Society of Great Britain, the Postal History Society of Canada (RPSC) and the Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand, Jack is a Fellow of the Royal Philatelic Societies of both of Canada and London and a member of the Order of the Beaver of the British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS). He served on the BNAPS Board of Governors on the RPSC Board of Directors. He and his wife Bev have attended more than twenty-five BNAPS annual conventions and virtually all of the meetings of the BNAPS Pacific Northwest Regional Group.
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The British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS) Ltd. is pleased to announce the publication of 'Dead Letter Office Handstamps 1874 to 1954', by Gary W. Steele.
BNAPS Exhibit Series #51. ISBN: 978-1-897391-37-2 (b&w), 978-1-897391-36-5 (colour). 8.5x11, Spiral Bound, 164pp. Stock # B4h923.51 (b&w) $35.95, B4h923.51.1 (colour) $115.00
Gary Steele started collecting stamps after a little girl in grade four brought her stamp album to school. Little did she know the impact this would have on her classmate. Following discussions in the 1970s with the late Ken MacDonald, a specialist of the Arch Issue, Gary moved on from single country collections of Canada and United States to specializing in Canada's 1937 -1938 Mufti issue.
After moving to Calgary in 1980 Gary met Ed Harris and Sam Nickle at the British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS) Calgary Regional Group meetings and joined BNAPS in 1983. The specialization in King George VI postal history piqued Gary's interest in other areas such as Dead Letter Office handstamps and Canadian short-paid covers to foreign destinations. Conversations with Allan Steinhart and production of a short-lived DLO Study Group Newsletter brought together others with similar interests such as Brian Plain, Marc Eisenberg and Michael Rixon.
Brian's book, The Dead Letter Office in Canada 1830 – 2002, (BNAPS, 2006) allowed Gary to push further into the realm of Dead Letter Office handstamps. The first frame of this exhibit was entered in the single frame category at the Royal 2008 Royale show in Quebec City and received a Gold award. Gary then expanded the exhibit to 10 full frames for the BNAPEX 2008 NOVAPEX show in Halifax where it received a Gold award from the jury. At the BNAPEX 2008 NOVAPEX closing dinner on 31 August 2008 Gary was very surprised and pleased to learn that his exhibit had won the Horace Harrison Grand Award. As is BNAPS' custom, winners of Grand and Reserve Grand award at BNAPEX shows are automatically asked to permit their exhibits to be printed as part of the BNAPS Exhibit series of books. Gary agreed and this volume is the result. |
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 The British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS) Ltd. is pleased to announce the publication of 'Canada - The 1908 Quebec Tercentenary Issue' by Herbert L. McNaught.
BNAPS Exhibit Series #50 (revised). ISBN: 978-1-897391-35-8 (b&w),
978-1-897391-34-1 (colour). 8.5x11, Spiral Bound, 128pp. Stock # B4h923.50 (b&w) $33.95, B4h923.50.1 (colour) $90.00
The eight values of the Quebec Tercentenary Issue, the first set of Canadian stamps issued to honour historic events instead of members of the Royal Family, were released on 16 July 1908. The different designs, very well displayed in the late Herb McNaught's exhibit Canada - The 1908 Quebec Tercentenary Issue, proved very popular with both collectors and the public.
In the stamp section of Canada - The 1908 Quebec Tercentenary Issue the viewer/reader will find replicas of the original artwork used in the designs, die proofs, imperforate pairs and blocks of four, as well as mint and used singles and blocks of four and plate blocks. Examples of usage of the Tercentenary stamps include an unofficial bisect, cancellations of all types, patriotic postcards issued for the celebrations, postcards and letters to both domestic and many foreign destinations – some of them exotic - and an interesting section showing usage from Savard Park, the encampment of the Canadian Militia units that took part in the Tercentenary ceremonies and events. As with Herb's previous exhibit books, this volume is definitely one to peruse in a quiet, comfortable chair with a cup of coffee or other libation.
Herb McNaught started collecting stamps in 1934. After World War II, while working as a Vice-Principal in Kingston Schools, he became active in the local stamp club. A new assignment to the Ontario Department of Education took him to Toronto, where he joined the North York stamp club and became a regular exhibitor at their annual exhibitions. Starting in 1998 Herb's exhibiting focused on the stamps of three issues, the Half-Cent Small Queen, the 1897 Jubilees and the 1908 Quebec Tercentenary set. After receiving Gold awards for the first two he concentrated on the Tercentenary exhibit. The exhibit received a Vermeil award at the 2008 Edmonton Spring National show and was in the Court of Honour at ORAPEX 2008 in Ottawa. Finally, two weeks after the Ottawa showing, Herb and the exhibit were awarded Gold at the Royal Philatelic Society of Canada's ROYAL-ROYALE 2008, appropriately held in Quebec City as part of the celebration of the 400th anniversary of the founding of the city.
Sadly, Herb passed away on 19 June 2008. His family honoured his wish to have the Quebec Tercentenary exhibit shown at BNAPEX + 2008 + NOVAPEX in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where it received a Gold medal, the first ever posthumous award at a BNAPS exhibition.
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September 2008
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 The British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS) Ltd. is pleased to announce the publication of 'Canadian Money-Letters Forerunners of Registered Mail', by Horace W.
Harrison.
BNAPS Exhibit Series #49.
ISBN: 978-1-897391-32-7 (b&w), 978-1-897391-31-0 (colour). 8.5x11, Spiral Bound, 204 pp. Stock # B4h923.49 (b&w) $37.95, B4h923.49.1 (colour) $114.00
Horace Harrison was one of the preeminent philatelists in the field of British North America. Over more than 50 years he collected and researched many specialties, writing and exhibiting as his material and knowledge grew. 'Canadian Money-Letters Forerunners of Registered Mail', a necessary companion to the three previously released Harrison Registered mail exhibit books, includes strikes of all known money letter and money handstamps, as well as rare examples of divided payment money letters (paid in part by the sender and in part by the addressee). It also includes very rare examples of money letters to the United Kingdom and an interesting selection of money letters to the United States. Changes in rates (domestic and to the U.S.) are well represented, and a wonderful range of town and rate markings can be found. There is a truly unique cross-over cover, mailed on the last day of the money letter system, delivered on the first day of the registered mail system, which shows both a money letter and a registered handstamp.
In the end it is the research and writing, the information shared, and the material assembled, that define the collector. This volume too stands as a true testimonial to Horace's philatelic stature. It is comprehensive, and it is definitive. He had fun getting every piece, and was very pleased to know that others would be able to continue the study.
'Canadian Money-Letters Forerunners of Registered Mail' has been printed, as have been all Exhibit Series books produced since October 2002, from computer scanned originals. Digital scanning provides better defined images and allows the exhibits to be reproduced in colour or black and white. It also ensures that a lasting copy of the original is on file for later use in a variety of formats.
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July 2008
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 The British North America Philatelic Society is pleased to announce that by special arrangement a new book, 'The Postal History of World War II Mail between Canada and Switzerland', by Charles J. LaBlonde and John Tyacke, is available to members through BNAPS and Ian Kimmerly Stamps.
Highlights of this book are WW II postal rates, routes and markings for mail in both directions, extensive new discoveries from the Canadian Archives including the fascinating story of the WW II Canadian Personal Postal Message Scheme, complete information on WW II Canadian Censorship, seven appendices on interesting and related topics including blackout postmarks, POW mail regulations and postage due calculations on wartime mail, a postal rate overview and summary for both countries and a nine page bibliography.
Published by the American Helvetia Philatelic Society, 2008, 8.5x11', spiral bound, 250 Pages. BNAPS Stock number B4h431.0. Price: $Cdn26.95 + GST + shipping and postage.
PLEASE NOTE: as this book was made available at a low price and is not a BNAPS publication, the normal member discount does not apply.
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June 2008
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  The British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS) Ltd. is pleased to announce the release of two new books in Ken Kershaw's series on plating classic Prince Edward Island stamps.
Plating Studies on Prince Edward Island Stamps IV. The Six Cent Issue
- Scott #15, 2008, Kenneth A Kershaw. Spiral Bound, 158 pages, 8.5 x 11, colour. ISBN: 978-1-897391-29-7. Published by the British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS). Stock # B4h035.1; $106.00
Plating Studies on Prince Edward Island Stamps V. The Twelve Cent Issue - Scott #16, 2008, Kenneth A. Kershaw. Spiral Bound, 202 pages,
8.5 x 11, colour. ISBN: 978-1-897391-30-3 Published by the British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS). Stock # B4h036.1; $128.00
Ken Kershaw continues his amazing output of plating information on classic Prince Edward Island stamps with two new books, this time on the Six Cent and Twelve Cent Issues - Scott #15 and #16 respectively.
In the Six Cent book he reviews the 19th century based discussion over whether or not the early stamps of PEI were produced by electrotyping or by lithography, and concludes that the cents values were produced by lithography using much higher quality stone than was used for the pence issues. In the 12-Cent book he concludes that only one die, not three as suggested earlier, was used to produce the plates.
Ken Kershaw was born in England and became fascinated by plants at an early age. He graduated from Manchester University with a B Sc degree in Botany in 1952. After military service he went on to a Ph. D.
degree working on pattern in vegetation, and was appointed lecturer in Plant Ecology at Imperial College London in 1957. He was seconded to Ahmadu Bello University in northern Nigeria for two years. On his return to Imperial College he became involved with lichen ecology, particularly in alpine and arctic areas, in addition to his work on computer modeling and data analysis. He obtained his D Sc in 1965 and was appointed Professor at McMaster University, Hamilton in 1969. His research was then devoted heavily to the ecology of the Canadian low arctic and northern boreal forest areas, and in 1982 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He is the author of several university texts.
Ken's passion for wild plants has been transferred to Canadian philately. He sees his plating work simply as the "taxonomy of bits of paper" and after a lifetime of plant taxonomy finds it a fairly straightforward and fascinating hobby. |
May 2008
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 Early Express Company Operations in Ontario and Quebec, Competing with the Post Office Department, by Horace W. Harrison. BNAPS Exhibit Series #2 (revised). ISBN: 978-1-897391-22-8 (b&w), 978-1-897391-21-1 (colour). 8.5x11, Spiral Bound, 70 pp. Stock # B4h923.2 (b&w) $27.95, B4h923.2c (colour) $60.00
Horace Harrison was one of the preeminent philatelists in the field of British North America. Over more than 50 years he collected and researched many specialties, writing and exhibiting as his material and knowledge grew. One of the collections he continued to work on right up to his death in 2002 was 'Early Express Company Operations in Ontario and Quebec, Competing with the Post Office Department'. Early Express Mail was a field that intrigued Horace, and became a major passion in his last fifteen years. Unlike the British Columbia express companies, the eastern carriers had not been systematically studied, and no truly comprehensive collection had been developed. Horace went about both the research and the acquisition relentlessly, and very little passed him by. The results speak for themselves, and present an opportunity for interested collectors that simply will not come again.
In the end, it is the research and writing, the information shared, and the material assembled, that define the collector. This volume stands as a true testimonial to Horace's philatelic stature. It is comprehensive, and it is definitive. He had fun getting every piece, and was very pleased to know that others would be able to continue the study.
'Express Company Operations in Ontario and Quebec, Competing with the Post Office Department' has been printed, as have been all Exhibit Series books produced since October 2002, from computer scanned originals instead of from the black and white photocopies used to produce the 1997 version of this exhibit. Digital scanning provides better defined images and allows the exhibits to be reproduced in colour or black and white. It also ensures that a lasting copy of the original is on file for later use in a variety of formats.
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April 2008
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 The Dominion of Canada: The Large Queens 1868-1896 by Fred G. Fawn.
ISBN: 978-1-897391-22-8 (b&w), 978-1-897391-21-1 (colour). 8.5x11, Spiral Bound, 172 pp. Stock # B4h923.47 (B&W) $34.95, B4h923.471
(colour) $115.00
Fred Fawn has been a collector and exhibitor of Canadian philately for many years. After his Map stamp collection became the first Canada/BNA single stamp exhibit to receive a Gold award at the Federation Internationale de Philatelie (FIP) World level he went on to study the Large Queen issue. 'The Dominion of Canada: The Large Queens 1868-1896', the 47th volume in the BNAPS Exhibit series, is the result.
The Large Queen stamps were the first adhesives to be issued by Canada after Confederation in 1867. 'The Dominion of Canada: The Large Queens 1868-1896' shows the development of the stamps through the essay and proof stages. It then looks at all the stamps in the set, including varieties where they occurred as well as a special study of the colour variations of the 15¢ value, and into the postal history of each value. In recent years Fred has branched out into the field of single frame exhibiting. In a separate section this book includes his two exhibits in that category, one on the 15¢ value and the second on the postal history of the Large Queens. |
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 The Admiral Issue of Canada by Richard M. Morris.
ISBN: 978-1-897391-24-2 (b&w), 978-1-897391-23-5 (colour). BNAPS Exhibit Series #48. 8.5x11, Spiral Bound, 176 pp. Stock # B4h923.48 (B&W) $34.95, B4h923.481 (colour) $115.00
Richard Morris' 'The Admiral Issue of Canada' exhibit is aimed at both the beginner and the specialist; for the beginner to clarify terms used by Marler and to make his book less daunting; and for the specialist to take the study of the Admiral Issue beyond Marler to new discoveries. There are new re-entries, new earliest dates of cancellation, hanging chads caught in the process of a relief break and many findings that Marler either did not see or did not report.
The purpose of the 'file markings' on the Three Cents Brown is studied and illustrated in depth. The experiment of using multiple reliefs on a transfer roll reveals the difficulties the siderographers had in its application. The color shades of each of the denominations of the Admirals are also illustrated.
Richard M. Morris of Norfolk, Massachusetts returned to stamp collecting after retirement as a priest of the Episcopal Church. A challenge by a stamp dealer led to a deep interest in the color and shades of stamps. Ultimately, under the publishing name Pittsboro Philatelics, Richard produced color guides for U.S. and Canadian stamps using Munsell color chips. A new interest in the process of intaglio printing led to his reading the Hon. George C. Marler's 'The Admiral Issue of Canada' and ultimately to this exhibit, which received a Gold award at ROYAL 2007 ROYALE in Toronto. Richard continues to study the Admirals as a member of the Admiral Study Group of the British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS), working closely with Leo Beaudet, editor of the Admiral's Log, and Sandy Mackie of Aberdeen, Scotland. Richard has served on the Board of Directors of BNAPS. He is also a member of the Philatelic Specialists Society of Canada, Royal Philatelic Society of Canada, Canadian Philatelic Society of Great Britain and the American Philatelic Society. He has twice won the APS Research Award as an exhibitor. |
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February 2008
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 Mrs. Brown The Canada Ten Cent 1898 Numeral Issue by Peter Spencer, 2008. Spiral Bound, 128 pages, 8.5 x 11, colour.
ISBN:
978-1-897391-25-9. Published by the British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS). Stock # B4h034.1; C$89.00
'Mrs. Brown The Canada Ten Cent 1898 Numeral Issue' is the fourth volume in Peter Spencer's series on the plating of Canada's Queen Victoria era Numeral Issue. Using today's technology to produce scans of vivid clarity, the author has closely examined the Ten Cent value to advise readers how to determine the plate of individual copies of this popular stamp. Mrs. Brown is a companion to the author's previous Numeral volumes, the Two Cent (2005), the One Cent (2006) and the Five Cent (2007).
As with the earlier books in the series, Mrs. Brown is the first major plating study of the ten-cent value. It will form an excellent basis for further studies of this stamp and possible discoveries which readers may make as they examine their holdings. Calling the Ten Cent value 'Retouch Incorporated', in his introduction Peter states that it is "One of the most pleasureable Canadian stamps of the classic era.."
Peter Spencer began stamp collecting in the 1950s. After schooling in his native Alberta, he received Physics degrees from Queen's University at Kingston and the University of Waterloo. He taught Physics for a third of a century and was privileged to be the Head of Science at Leacock Collegiate in Agincourt, Ontario during the years when it was one of the top twenty Science schools in North America. He was co-author of a physics text which, in one of its editions, was used in the majority of the high schools in Ontario.
On retirement Peter quietly metamorphosed into a full-time philatelist with the world as his interest, preferably used, pre-1900, engraved, colourful, or odd and unusual - preferably all five together. His interests have touched on a wide range from Afghanistan to the Bomba Heads of Sicily to Zaire. In 2003, he co-taught the 'Detecting Fakes and Forgeries' APS Summer Seminar in State College, Pennsylvania with Bill Dixon. |
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 The British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS) Ltd. is pleased to announce the publication of:
Canada 19th Century Nonletter Mail by Victor L. Willson.
ISBN:
978-1-897391-20-4 (b&w), 978-1-897391-19-8 (colour). 8.5x11, Spiral Bound, 140 pp.
Stock # B4h923.46 (B&W) $33.95, B4h923.461 (colour) $94.00
Since 2004 BNAPS has, with the exhibitor's permission, printed the Grand and Reserve Grand award winning exhibits from the annual BNAPEX convention show as part of the Exhibit Series. This year we are very pleased to offer Victor L. Willson's 'Canada 19th Century Nonletter Mail', an amazing treatment of second, third, fourth and fifth class mail originating in Canada in the 1840-1901 period, which received the Grand Award at Calgary in September 2007. Although newspapers, circulars, parcel wrappers and book post items have appeared in isolation as part of exhibits on stamp issues such as the Pence, Cents, Large and Small Queens and later Victorian issues, what Vic has accomplished is to gather the key pieces from all these areas into one comprehensive collection, a task that has taken more than 20 years of research and acquisition to accomplish.
'Canada 19th Century Nonletter Mail' has been printed, as have been all Exhibit Series books produced since October 2002, from computer scanned originals instead of from the black and white photocopies used to produce earlier exhibit series volumes. Digital scanning provides better defined images and allows the exhibits to be reproduced in colour or black and white. It also ensures that a lasting copy of the original is on file for later use in a variety of formats. |
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