December 2009
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 The British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS) Ltd. is pleased
to announce the release of the newest book in its exhibit series, R.F.
(Hank) Narbonne's 'Postal Service in the Bathurst District of Upper
Canada (Upper Ottawa Valley)'.
'Postal Service in the Bathurst District of Upper Canada (Upper Ottawa
Valley)', R.F. (Hank) Narbonne, 132 pages, 8.5 x 11. BNAPS Exhibit
Series #57. ISBN: 978-1-897391-55-6 (Colour), 978-1-897391-56-3 (B&W).
Published by the British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS).
Stock # B4h923.57.1 (Colour) - $C105.00; B4h923.57 (Black & White) -
$C39.95
Since acquiring this exhibit, originally formed by Eric Manchee of
Ottawa, Hank Narbonne has added three frames of new material, the
product of many years of research, bringing the exhibit to its present
seven-frame size.
Included in the exhibit are all of the known postmarks, including the
four known manuscript cancels, used by each office in the Bathurst
District from 1818 to 1850, when the district was reorganized into the
present counties of Carleton, Lanark and Renfrew. Included are cancels
from well-known towns Perth, Carleton Place, Smith('s) Falls and
Bytown, the future Ottawa, and not-so-well known locations such as
Admaston, Bellamy's Mills and South Westmeath. Featured are covers
with social and/or historical content, attesting to the many hardships
endured by our early pioneers. Of special interest is a letter from
Archibald McNab, the 'Laird of McNab', who tried unsuccessfully to set
up a feudal system in the district.
Although the exhibit is an on-going study, it has been praised for
setting the standard on how county and district postal history
exhibits should be presented in the future.
Hank Narbonne took early retirement from the Royal Canadian Air Force
in 1978 and became a full time stamp dealer, specializing in Canadian
Postal History under the name of Greenwood Stamp Company. A National
level judge, he is also a qualified British North America Philatelic
Society (BNAPS) judge. He served as Secretary of the Postal History
Society of Canada for eighteen years, and has been a Director of the
PHSC since 1985. Since 1995 he has also served as Dealer Liaison and
Advertising Manager for BNAPS. He has written many articles for BNA
Topics and the PHSC Journal. In 2003 Hank was elected to the BNAPS
fellowship, the Order of the Beaver, and in 2005 he was elected a
Fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society of Canada.
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 Catalogue of Canadian Railway Cancellations and Related Railway Postmarks including Selected Waterway Postmarks, 2009, Ross D. Gray. Spiral Bound, 336 pages, 8.5 x 11. ISBN: 978-1-897391-54-9. Published
by the British North America Philatelic Society Ltd. (BNAPS). Stock # B4h041.1; $67.75
‘The Catalogue of Canadian Railway Cancellations and Related Railway Postmarks including Selected Waterway Postmarks’, the much anticipated successor to the 1982 Ludlow RPO catalogue, is now available. At 336 pages, it is packed with almost 30 years’ worth of additions to the database of Canadian RPO knowledge, including many new listings and new dates.
In his Preface to the book, W.G. (Bill) Robinson, OTB, Chairman of the Canadian RPO Study Group, writes, “Lew Ludlow’s 1982 Catalogue of Canadian Railway Cancellations and Related Transportation Postmarks has been in use now for 27 years. Lack of space to insert new listings into the numbering sequence meant that train runs were no longer grouped together in alphabetical or chronological order. It was becoming increasingly difficult to insert new listings in any logical order and equally difficult for users to find after new listings were numbered.”
The major change is that all listings have been renumbered, with the old catalogue number shown in the right hand column of the page. Because the old listings were usually sequential, in many cases it is
relatively easy to go down the right column to the old number, then across to the new one. Among the many other improvements are listings that have been reorganized chronologically within each run to present a more historical perspective, Registered cancellations now listed with the contemporary regular postmarks, and the Rarity Factor changed from a numerical format to an alphabetical scheme. Separating listings with headers identifying the run will make it easier to find a particular postmark in the larger sections. The Steamer section has been removed because it is being included in a volume being prepared by others.
RPO collectors and the dealers who help them find material will be very pleased to see the new catalogue. They all owe a great deal of thanks to the members of the RPO Study Group Committee who made this book happen this year, and especially to Ross Gray who pulled together thousands of pieces of new information and blended it all together into the work being released today.
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August 2009
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 The British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS) Ltd. is pleased to announce the release of its newest book, Richard A. (Dick) Johnson's ‘Stamp Perforations with Particular Emphasis on Canadian Stamps’.
Stamp Perforations with Particular Emphasis on Canadian Stamps, Richard A. Johnson, 100 pages, 8.5 × 11, spiral bound. ISBN:
978-1-897391-48-8 Published by the British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS). Stock # B4h039.1 - C$56.95
Dick Johnson's Stamp Perforations with Particular Emphasis on Canadian Stamps presents a history of stamp perforation methods, and results of studies on how various perforation varieties have been produced. The design and operation of early perforation machines are described based on primary reference material, and the evolution of perforating machines through to the high-speed perforators used in the late twentieth century is discussed. It is shown how a lack of understanding of the methods used for perforation during the stamp-production process, especially in a Canadian context, has led to ambiguities and inaccuracies in perforation gauges and consequently in stamp-catalogue listings.
Richard A. (Dick) Johnson retired in 1997 as Professor of Electrical Engineering and Vice-Provost of the University of Manitoba; he continues on its staff as a Senior Scholar. Amongst other philatelic interests, for over twenty years he has pursued the history and development of perforating machines used in North America, as well as perforation gauges and the measurement of the perforations themselves, with the primary objective of distinguishing the facts from the speculations. His current research includes study of the “Jusqu’a” and Postage Due markings of mail to and from Canada. He is a member of the British North America Philatelic Society, the Canadian Philatelic Society of Great Britain, the Postal History Society of Canada and the Winnipeg and Vancouver Island philatelic societies, and is a frequent contributor to BNA Topics and Maple Leaves. He also is a member of a volunteer group that mounts annual sales of stamps and other philatelic material in support of the Winnipeg Art Gallery.
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 The British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS) Ltd. is pleased to announce the release of the newest book in its exhibit series, Richard K. (Dick) Malott’s, ‘Canadian Interrupted Flight Covers’.
Canadian Interrupted Flight Covers, Richard K. Malott, 138 pages, 8.5 x 11. BNAPS Exhibit Series #56. ISBN: 978-1-897391-52-5 (Colour),978-1-897391-53-2 (B&W). Published by the British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS). Stock # B4h923.56.1 (Colour) - C$105.00;B4h923.56 (Black & White) - C$39.95
From the very beginning of manned flight, the ability of aircraft to carry mail faster than other methods of conveyance has been recognized and utilized. Inevitably, some of these airplanes, and the mail they were carrying, did not reach their destination, or did not arrive intact. Over the last 30 years Richard K. (Dick) Malott has developed a postal history exhibit, ‘Canadian Interrupted Flight Covers’, of mail carried on planes within, to or from Canada, which crashed at some point during the flight. This exhibit is the subject of the newest book in the BNAPS exhibit series. Included in the collection, among many others, are examples of mail salvaged from interrupted flights at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Toronto, Ontario, Tokyo, Japan and Prestwick, Scotland.
Major Richard K. (Dick) Malott, CD, Retired, was born in Windsor, Ontario and grew up in nearby Kingsville. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Western Ontario and a Master of Science from the United States Air Force Institute of Technology. Dick joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1950 and served as a navigator and logistics officer. He retired from the military after 24 years service and assumed the position of Chief Curator of Collections at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa. In 1992 he retired from the Canadian War Museum after 42 years of government service.
Dick Malott has specialized in Canadian aerophilately and was the moving force in the formation of the Canadian Aerophilatelic Society, serving for many years as its President. He has exhibited extensively at the national and international level winning numerous Gold and Large Vermeil medals for his air mail exhibits. Dick was the Coordinating Editor of The Air Mails of Canada and Newfoundland volume of the 1997 catalogue of the American Air Mail Society (AAMS).
Among other awards, in 2006 Dick’s efforts on behalf of Canadian philately in general, and aerophilately in particular, were recognized when he was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the members of the Order of the Beaver of the British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS). He was elected to the American Air Mail Society’s Aerophilatelic Hall of Fame in 1996.
Dick’s ‘Canadian Interrupted Flight Covers’ exhibit, the subject of this book, first shown internationally at ITALIA ’85, has progressed from Large Silver to Large Vermeil awards at FIP exhibitions, including the most recent, China 2009. It also received a Gold and the Grand Award at ORAPEX 2006 in Ottawa.
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May 2009
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 Newfoundland Airmail Stamps and Air Mail Flights: 1918-1949; 2009, by Peter Motson. Spiral Bound, 132 pages, 8.5 x 11. BNAPS Exhibit Series #54. ISBN: 978-1-897391-44-0 (Colour), 978-1-897391-45-7 (B&W).
Stock # B4h923.54.1 (Colour) - C$105.00;
Stock #
B4h923.54 (Black & White) - C$37.95
At the age of eight Peter Motson was an aircraft model maker and a “schoolboy stamp collector”, but his philatelic interests did not connect to aerophilately until after 1968 when he had left his first career, in the Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy, where he served for nine years as an aircraft engineer on carrier-borne “front line” squadrons. He later worked at the Westland Aircraft manufacturing company, providing him with a better than average knowledge of aircraft. He is well read in the history of aviation as far back as the Wright brothers.
Although collecting material for his Newfoundland Airmail Stamps and Air Mail Flights: 1918-1949 exhibit first started in 1970, the acquisition of scarcer items was minimal until after the sale of his business interests in 2002. The exhibit was first shown in 2004 and attained a Large Vermeil award in London, England. His study of north Atlantic airmails was rewarded in 2005 with the British Aerophilatelic Federation ‘Medal for Research’. In 2006, the exhibit won the coveted
British Aero Philatelic Club Trophy in addition to a Gold medal. At BNAPEX 2008 NOVAPEX in Halifax, Nova Scotia the exhibit again received a Gold medal, as well as the Meyerson Award for ‘Best Exhibit from a Province of Canada before Confederation’.
 Prince Edward Island - Postal Rates July 1, 1851 to June 30, 1873; 2009, by Warren S. Wilkinson. Spiral Bound, 152 pages, 8.5 x 11. BNAPS Exhibit Series #55. ISBN: 978-1-897391-46-4 (Colour), 978-1-897391-47-1 (B&W).
Stock # B4h923.55.1 (Colour) - C$110.00;
Stock #
B4h923.55 (Black & White) - C$37.95.
After selling other collections, at CAPEX '96 Warren Wilkinson extended a previous interest in the philately of Canada and British North America with the purchase of the Charles Firby collection of Canadian Pence covers. Developing the Pence collection caused him to expand into other BNA areas, including New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, as well as British Columbia & Vancouver Island. He proceeded to win an unprecedented three consecutive Grand awards at the annual British North America Philatelic Society BNAPEX exhibition. His 'Postal Rates of Canada 1851-1859' won at Ottawa in 2001, while 'Postal Rates of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia' received the honours at Spokane in 2002. In 2003 Warren won again at London, Ontario with 'British Columbia and Vancouver Island Postal History: 1850-1871'. In the same years these exhibits also won the Grand award at the Royal Philatelic Society of Canada exhibition.
In 2004 the Prince Edward Island Postal Rates - January 1, 1860 - July 1, 1873 exhibit, built in part on the Dr. Robert V.C. Carr collection, received Gold at BNAPEX in Baltimore, Gold and the APS Grand Award at BALPEX in Baltimore, and Gold and the Grand Award at the RPSC exhibition in Halifax. Since 2004 Warren has added Pence and other covers from the Cusworth collection as well as other acquisitions, expanding the exhibit’s date range backward so that is now from July 1, 1851 to June 30, 1873. It is this much fuller and spectacular collection that is being shown in this volume of the BNAPS Exhibit Book series. In 2005 the exhibit received Gold and the Myerson Award at BNAPEX 2005 in Edmonton, and Gold at the APS Champion of Champions show in Michigan. In 2007 it was awarded Gold and the PHSC and BNAPS awards at the Plymouth, MI show.
 Plating the Seventeen Cents Blue, Scott #19, 2009, by Kenneth A Kershaw. Spiral Bound, 256 pages, 8.5 x 11, colour. ISBN: 978-1-897391-43-3. Stock # B4h038.1; $156.00
Continuing to use his considerable skills on the Cents issue of 1859, Ken Kershaw has now turned his attention to plating the Seventeen Cents Blue, Scott #19. In this latest work Ken has again used today's technology to develop a new approach to this stamp, in the process taking the previous plating work of Geoffrey Whitworth and Senator J. A. Calder to an entirely new level. In highly magnified colour Ken shows how each position can be identified through the location of guide dots in a particular area of the stamp, and illustrates both previously known and many newly discovered varieties and re-entries.
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 and many articles. 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.
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 The British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS) Ltd. is pleased to announce the publication of:
Transatlantic Stampless Mails to and from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island 1757 to 1859, 2009, by Derek Smith. BNAPS Exhibit Series #53. ISBN: 978-1-897391-42-6 (b&w), 978-1-897391-41-9 (colour).
8.5x11, Spiral Bound, 104pp. Stock # B4h923.53 (b&w) $34.95,
B4h923.53.1 (colour) $80.00
Derek Smith's 'Transatlantic Stampless Mails to and from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island 1757 to 1859' exhibit studies the mail services between Europe and the three present "Maritime" provinces of British North America - New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island - from 1757 until 1859. The exhibit specifically excludes mail to or from the Canadas – Upper and Lower - which merely passed through Halifax en route.
The age of 'stampless' transatlantic mails actually extends into the era of postage stamps. The exhibit covers postal rates and rate changes throughout the period and notes the ships which carried the mails on each crossing. Included are variants of normal postal routes and special rates, including FREE mail, soldier's and seaman's mail, as well as re-rated and re-routed mail. Also covered are unusual events such as perils at sea, winter routings via Bermuda, and 'maiden voyages' of some of the new Cunard ships.
Derek Smith was born in Saint John, New Brunswick. He attended the University of New Brunswick, earning a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 1958, and then in 1959 a M.B.A. from the University of California (Berkeley). From university, he joined Investors Group. His career was centered on investment analysis and portfolio management of Japanese and European mutual funds. He became the General Manager of the company's new investment management operations in Dublin, Ireland in 1993, and retired in 2000.
A member of BNAPS for almost 30 years, Derek's roots in the port city of Saint John resulted in his philatelic collecting being centered on the postal history and, lately, post cards of Saint John. It is only since his retirement that he has become an exhibitor, which has enhanced every aspect of his philatelic activity and knowledge. In 2003 his interests expanded in the direction of Transatlantic mail to and from the Maritime provinces. His first exhibit, shown at Novapex 2006 in Halifax, was awarded a gold medal and the Ken C. MacDonald Postal History Award for research. With approximately 20% new material, revision of the text and re-organization into a 6-frame format, it was awarded a gold medal at Royal*2007*Royale in Toronto.
After further refinement, at BNAPEX 2008 NOVAPEX in Halifax the exhibit received a gold medal and was one of three awarded equally the Allan Steinhart Reserve Grand Award.
 Plating the Twelve and a Half Cents Yellow Green, Scott #18, 2009, Kenneth A Kershaw. Spiral Bound, 258 pages, 8.5 x 11, colour. ISBN: 978-1-897391-40-2. Published by the British North America Philatelic Society Ltd. (BNAPS). Stock # B4h037.1; $156.00
Not content with having plated the Half Cent Maple Leaf, the 1898 Map Stamp, the 5¢ Beaver and five different stamps of Prince Edward Island, Ken Kershaw has now turned his attention to plating the Twelve and a Half Cents Yellow Green, Scott #18, issued in 1859. In this new work Ken has used today's technology to develop a new approach to this stamp, in the process taking the previous plating work of W. T. Lees-Jones and Geoffrey Whitworth to an entirely new level. In highly magnified colour Ken shows how each position can be identified through the location of guide dots in a particular area of the stamp, and illustrates both previously known and many newly discovered varieties and re-entries.
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 and many articles.
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.
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