21 September 2011
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The British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS) Ltd. is pleased to announce the release of a supplement to Peter Motsons exhibit series volume, Newfoundland Airmail Stamps and Air Mail Flights: 1918-1949, which was published in 2009.
Newfoundland Airmail Stamps and Air Mail Flights: 1918-1949, Supplement - Changes for London 2010 International Exhibition, by Peter Motson. 38 pages, 8.5 x 11, spiral bound, 2011. BNAPS Exhibit Series #54-Supplement. ISBN: 978-1-897391-88-4 (Colour),
978-1-897391-89-1 (B&W). Published by the British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS). Stock # B4h923.54S.1 (Colour) - $C40.00; B4h923.54S (Black & White) - $C28.95.
Peter Motson's award winning exhibit, Newfoundland Airmail Stamps and Air Mail Flights: 1918-1949, was published as BNAPS Exhibit Series Book No. 54 in April 2009. The exhibit was first shown in 2004 and attained a Large Vermeil award in London, England. Peter's 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. Not content to rest on his laurels, Peter then began to upgrade the exhibit for presentation at the London 2010 International Exhibition. His efforts were rewarded when it received not only a Large Gold but also the Best of Class Award for Aerophilately. To progress from a national level Gold to the London 2010 level is a major achievement. For this reason BNAPS decided to prepare this supplement to the 2009 book to illustrate the significant changes between it and the material presented at London 2010. BNAPS wishes to thank Peter Motson for the scans of the supplement pages and additional text files, Robert Lemire and Mike Street for coordination, and Liz Ellison for preparing the master printing file.
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24 August 2011
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The British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS) Ltd. is pleased to announce the release of Clayton Rubec's The Hunting, Fishing and Conservation Stamps of Canada.
The Hunting, Fishing and Conservation Stamps of Canada , 2011 by Rubec, Clayton. 450 pages, 8.5 x 11, spiral bound, 2011. ISBN: 978-1-897391-86-0 (Colour), 978-1-897391-87-7 (B&W). Published by the British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS). Stock # B4h050.1.1(colour) - $C148.00; B4h050.1 (Black & White) - $C60.95
The latest BNAPS catalogue, The Hunting, Fishing and Conservation Stamps of Canada, was prepared by Clayton Rubec to fill a huge void in the published knowledge base of Canadian revenue stamps issued for hunting, fishing and conservation permits and fund-raising. Collectors of all stamps, and members of the hunting and fishing fraternity, will be amazed at the variety and colour of these stamps issued to date in Canada, and also that the author was able to gather together the vast amount of material. BNAPS wishes to sincerely thank Clay Rubec for compiling the book, and the whole Rubec family for preparing the printing files.
Clayton Rubec graduated with a B.Sc. degree from Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario and an M.Sc. degree from McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario with additional post-graduate studies from several universities and institutions. In his work related to wildlife, wetlands and habitat conservation science, policy and international treaties, he has travelled to over 45 nations. He is an environmental scientist who retired from the Government of Canada in 2008 after 34 years of public service. His last federal government position, with the Canadian Wildlife Service of Environment Canada, was as Senior Policy Advisor. He is currently Vice-President of the Centre for Environmental Stewardship and Conservation (CESC) based in Ottawa, Ontario. Mr. Rubec has authored or co-authored over 195 books, journal papers, reports and other articles - a few of which deal with philatelic subjects. He is a collector of both Canadian and Iraqi stamps, postal history and revenues with obscure interests in philatelic ephemera from several other countries. He is a member of the British North American Philatelic Society, the Postal History Society of Canada, the International Peat Society and the Society of Wetland Scientists. He and his wife Leslie are also avid Chicago Cubs baseball fans.
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August 2011
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The British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS) Ltd. is pleased to announce the release of two new handbooks, Gary Dickinson's A.C.Roessler's Canadiana and Michael Powell's Notes through Barbed Wire.
A.C. Roessler's Canadiana, 2011 by Dickinson, Gary. 62 pages, 8.5 x 11, spiral bound, 2011. ISBN: 978-1-897391-83-9 (Colour). Published by the British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS). Stock # B4h048.1- $C33.95
A.C. Roessler's Canadiana by Gary Dickinson, is the result of many years of studying and collecting Canadian covers bearing cachets, not only First Day Covers but also those printed for commercial First Flights and other events such as Newfoundland joining Confederation in 1949.
While sometimes spoken of in less than positive terms because he was so prolific, Gary recognized that Roessler had made a significant contribution to Canadian philately and decided to record his work in one volume. Gary is the author of many articles on cacheted covers in BNA Topics and is also the Editor of the newsletter of the BNAPS First Day Cover Study Group. In addition to the author, BNAPS wishes to sincerely thank Liz Ellison for her assistance with the final layout of the book, and for preparing the printing files.
Dr. Gary Dickinson worked in British Coumbia secondary schools, colleges, and universities for 35 years until he retired in 2001. The last 20 years were at Okanagan College and Okanagan University College where he served as South Okanagan Regional Director for five years and Dean of the Faculty of Adult and Continuing Education for 15 years. He was also Acting Vice-President, Academic for the year and a half prior to his retirement. Since 2002, Gary has followed up on his interest in continuing education by serving as President of the Society for Learning in Retirement, a 700 member organization providing educational programs for seniors in the Central Okanagan. Gary and his wife Barbara have six grown children and were foster parents for 20 years.
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Notes through Barbed Wire, 2011 by Powell, Michael. 412 pages, 8.5 x 11, spiral bound, 2011. ISBN: 978-1-897391-84-6 (Colour), 978-1-897391-58-3 (B&W). Published by the British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS). Stock # B4h923.049.1.1(colour) - $C138.00; B4h923.049.1 (Black & White) - $C56.95
The latest BNAPS handbook, Notes through Barbed Wire by J. Michael Powell, subtitled Mail to and from Prisoners Of War, Civilian Internees, Japanese Evacuees and Others in Canadian Internment Camps during World War II is an extensive survey of the subject of Canadian Internment Mail.
Building on the military postmark studies of W.J. Bailey, E.R. Toop and C.D. Sayles and the BNAPS Exhibit Series books by Stephen C. Luciuk and Kenneth V. Ellison, the author has taken a different approach. Focusing strictly on the World War II era, his chapter subjects range from Standard and Special Stationery to Rates, Destinations, Hand-stamps and Postmarks, through Censor and Foreign Markings to seldom seen material emanating from the Administration & Support side of Internment Operations. Extensive use of both contemporary and modern photographs of the various camps adds tremendous additional context to the philatelic material. In addition to producing the book, BNAPS wishes to sincerely thank Michael Powell for preparing the printing files.
J. Michael Powell, B.Sc., F.S.A., F.C.I.A. is an actuary and long time philatelist who took up the hobby under the tutelage of his father at a young age. After retiring early from professional practice due to health reasons, he took up the study of postal history and has exhibited at the national level on several occasions. His exhibits have included his Canadian P.O.W. and internment camp material as well as related foreign subjects. He has also exhibited his collection of the 1934 Jacques Cartier commemorative stamp issue of Canada.
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June 2011
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The British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS) Ltd. is pleased to announce the release of Donald Fraser's "Postmarks of Manitoba prior to 1900".
Postmarks of Manitoba prior to 1900, 2011 by Fraser, Donald. 128 pages, 8.5 x 11, spiral bound, 2011. ISBN: 978-1-897391-80-8 (Colour). Published by the British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS). Stock # B4h046.1 (Colour) - $C65.00
Don Fraser's "Postmarks of Manitoba prior to 1900", the newest BNAPS handbook, is the result of many years of study and collecting the postmarks of Manitoba before the start of the twentieth century. The first of four parts is a collection of postmarks on stamp from pre-1900 Manitoba, based on the collection initially formed by Harold Wilding of Winnipeg, displayed alphabetically by town name. This is followed by a set of copies of the Proof Strikes of Manitoba with maps showing the locations and a separate collection of Fort Garry, Lower Fort Garry and Winnipeg cancels. The last section shows Squared Circle cancels from the 17 Manitoba post offices that used them, drawn from an exhaustive dated calendar collection from late 1893 to 1900. This book provides an excellent visual accompaniment to the lists of Manitoba post offices previously published by William Topping and the late William G. Robinson should be of value to philatelists and students of postal history. Don is also the author of Postmarks of the District of Assiniboia, published by BNAPS in 2000.
Don Fraser's interest in stamp collecting started at the age of 8 when his uncle gave him his stamp collection. Several years later he decided to concentrate on certain countries. He and some friends became interested in the postal history of Manitoba. They researched early records at the Winnipeg Post Office and found opening and closing dates of Manitoba post offices and the names of the postmasters. He took many photographs of post offices throughout the province. The interest in town cancels then followed, especially split ring types and squared circles.
Don is a life member of the British North America Philatelic Society, a member of the Royal Philatelic Society of Canada, the Canadian Philatelic Society of Great Britain, the Winnipeg Philatelic Society, the Postal History of Canada, and a member of a volunteer group that sorts and mounts stamps 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 David E. Crotty's "Canadian Postage Meter Stamps".
Canadian Postage Meter Stamps, 2011 by Crotty, David E. 130 pages, 8.5 x 11, spiral bound, 2011. BNAPS Exhibit Series #63. ISBN: 978-1-897391-81-5 (Colour), 978-1-897391-82-2 (B&W). Published by the British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS). Stock # B4h923.63.1 (Colour) - $C74.00; B4h923.63 (Black & White) - $C41.95
David E. Crotty's 'Canadian Postage Meter Stamps", the 63rd volume in the BNAPS Exhibit Series, is the first to illustrate the wide variety of material that can be found in the often neglected field of the postal history of mail prepaid by postage meter impressions instead of by stamps. This exhibit was first shown in Canada at BNAPEX-2008-SEAWAYPEX in Kingston, Ontario where it received a Silver award, and then at ROYAL-2009-ROYALE in Windsor, Ontario where it received a Vermeil and the BNAPS BNA Research Award.
Working under the rules of the American Philatelic Society's "Display Class", David has blended an amazing assortment of meter impressions with an equally impressive amount of contemporary advertisements produced by the manufacturers to promote their products. Far from distracting from the story, when shown in conjunction with examples of the pertinent meter impressions, the ads bring the whole process to life. Everyone is familiar with Pitney-Bowes and the impressions made by their machines. Readers will be surprised to learn that there are and have been several companies, mostly based in Europe, that have almost equally long records of success in the field. Of interest also is the fact that meter machines have progressed with modern technology, from the early mechanical units through the electronic counterparts to the digital versions in use today. For those who think that meters appear to look pretty much the same, this exhibit is a revelation.
After obtaining B.S. and M.S. degrees in Chemistry, David Crotty taught high school chemistry and mathematics. He returned to university for a Ph.D. degree and then he worked as a research chemist, mostly in the electroplating field. A collector as a child, he became interested again and began saving postage meter impressions from mail at work. David retired in 2007 and has since spent a considerable amount of time in various philatelic pursuits. In addition to developing and showing his Postage Meter exhibit, he became interested in the aircraft that flew mail across the Pacific and later the Atlantic during the 1930s and 1940s and prepared an exhibit of Pan American Airways activity across the Pacific. Currently David is working with that group on the update of the Canadian Airmail Catalog. David also volunteered to help the American Air Mail Society with their catalogs and was assigned to work with the author of the AM and CAM sections to redraw maps. He has also written a number of articles on airmail subjects for the American Airmail Society Airpost Journal.
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The British North America Philatelic Society is pleased to announce that by special arrangement a new book, British Empire Civil Censorship Devices, World War II: Section 7 - Canada & Newfoundland, is available to members through BNAPS and Ian Kimmerly Stamps.
British Empire Civil Censorship Devices, World War II: Section 7 - Canada & Newfoundland, edited. by Peter C. Burrows. 160 pages, 9 by 11 inches, card covers, spiral binding, Civil Censorship Study Group, USA and United Kingdom, 2010. ISBN 978-0-9517444-7-5. BNAPS Stock number B4h047.0. Price: $C25.95 + taxes if applicable + 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.
The previous edition of British Empire Civil Censorship Devices by Chris Miller included other western countries. In this new edition by Peter Burrows the Canada and Newfoundland portion has been separated, revised and expanded. It is essentially an illustrated catalogue of the censorship devices used during WW II. Each marking has a catalogue number and brief description, the size in millimetres, and the colour(s) known.
The listing begins with cachets of the Censorship Division, Censorship Office and Examination Division, as well as Forces and miscellaneous cachets. Earliest and latest known dates of use are sometimes listed, as are censor numbers of particular examiners. Each cachet is illustrated to enable easier identification.
Similar treatment is given to labels of the Censorship and Examination Divisions. A separate table indicates the geographic location of censors and examiners by their numbers. Various memoranda and forms are listed and illustrated for easy identification. Memoranda include confidential items released by the Directorate of Censorship. Stationery is also listed.
The next section, devoted to cachets and forms used in the examination of POW and internee mail, is followed by a section on the Foreign Exchange Control Board, again itemizing cachets, labels, forms, and postmaster handstamps categorized by the towns and cities where they were known to be used. The final section covers similar material used in Newfoundland and Labrador since it was a separate crown colony until several years after the war.
Appendices include excerpts from government documents, a list of censorship personnel that has been reconstructed and therefore lacks some dates, and additional notes on censorship to help collectors to understand how surveillance was conducted.
Some covers are shown in black and white and scattered throughout the text. A few are shown in color on the front and back covers of the book. A table indicates relative scarcity using a scale of 1 to 10, where "10" means that the item is worth about forty times the value of a "1." It is nice to see this section updated and issued separately for the collector of Canada and Newfoundland WW II censored mail.
Release notes for British Empire Civil Censorship Devices, World War II: Section 7 - Canada & Newfoundland courtesy of Alan Warren.
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May 2011
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The British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS) Ltd. is pleased to announce the release of Victor L. Willson's Admirals Away: Canadian Letter Rates 1912 - 1928.
Admirals Away: Canadian Letter Rates 1912 - 1928, 2011 by Willson, Victor L., 196 pages, 8.5 x 11, spiral bound, 2011. BNAPS Exhibit Series #61. ISBN: 978-1-897391-76-1 (Colour), 978-1-897391-77-8 (B&W).
Published by the British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS).
Stock # B4h923.61.1 (Colour) - $C97.00; B4h923.61 (Black & White) - $C47.95
Vic Willson's Canadian Letter Rates 1912 - 1928 is the 61st volume in the BNAPS Exhibit Series, and the first to illustrate the wide variety of rates and services that were in effect during the periods just before, during and for nine years after World War I. The war brought diversions of mail as new routes had to be developed to get around combat zones and enemy territories, correspondence to and from Canadian servicemen and women in many parts of the world, and an increase in Canadian domestic postal rates through the imposition of War Tax. The upheaval caused by the war led to the end of empires and formation of new countries, the beginning of the end of other colonial empires, the rise of motion pictures and radio as means of popular entertainment, a tremendous increase in the amount of travel done for pleasure and, of course, the air plane.
All these elements of the years 1912-1928 can be seen in the amazingly varied selection of covers and other items Vic presents for our viewing pleasure as he develops his theme. Not only were the stamps of the Admiral issue highly colourful, but so also were many of the envelopes used by businesses of the day. The rate buff can find registered, special delivery, single, double and other multiple rates, early air mails and much more. Those interested in geography will find letters to exotic places such as the Falkland Islands, Italian Libya, and the Ottoman Empire, as well as covers to Russia during the reign of the Tsar and after it became the Soviet Union. Any postal historian, regardless of specialty, will find this book to be of great interest for both its philatelic and social aspects.
Vic Willson has collected stamps since the early 1950s. Following the usual college and military slump, he picked it up again after graduate school and was enticed into Canadian 3 Small Queens in 1973. On moving to Texas he encountered the BNAPS Prairie Beaver regional group and became a firm convert to Canadian philately. Ed Richardson introduced him to postal history. Vic focused first on 19th century Canadian covers and in 1994 received the BNAPEX Grand Award at Burlington, VT. He then began collecting post cards and received another Grand Award for his early post cards at Edmonton in 2005. His study and exhibit of Canada 19th Century Nonletter Mail received the BNAPEX 2007 Grand Award and was reprinted as Volume 46 in the BNAPEX Exhibit Series.
Vic was editor of BNA TOPICS from 1989-1995, First Vice-President and then President of BNAPS 1995-98, and editor of BNA Portraits from 2002 until it ceased publication in December 2009. He was elected to the honor society of BNAPS, the Order of the Beaver, in 1999. He is currently Chairman of the BNAPS Board of Directors.
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April 2011
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The BNAPS Book Department is pleased to announce the release of its newest publication:
The BNAPS Catalogue of Canadian Military Mail Markings, Volume 2 The World War 2 Era 1936-1945; by C. Douglas Sayles (Editor). 2011. Spiral bound, 304 pp. 8.5 x 11. ISBN 978-1-897391-68-6, Stock # B4h046.1.
$C49.95
The result of more than six years of hard work by Doug Sayles, Volume 2 of the new BNAPS Catalogue of Canadian Military Mail Markings is a complete reworking and updating of the previous catalogues published by the late W.J. Bailey and E.R. Toop (B&T). The reworking consists of a completely new numbering system built around keeping cancellations from individual military locations (by era or type) in a single group, and ordering them by marking shape and size. Each new catalogue number is cross referenced to a B&T number if one existed, and in the Appendices there is a reverse cross reference from B&T numbers to the new BNAPS numbers.
The spiral binding and heavy paper used in the Sayles catalogue are intended to allow collectors to use it to record and annotate their holdings and, with luck, find new and previously unreported items. The military postal markings of the World War II era formed the largest part of the B&T catalogues. All cancellations, both those previously recorded and the more than 400 new cancellations unknown to or unseen by B&T, have been reproduced in excellent illustrations. Volume 1, covering military activity in Canada from the 1800s through 1935, will be published in due course and will follow the style and format of Volumes 2 and 3.
SPECIAL OFFER to members: Buy The BNAPS Catalogue of Canadian Military Mail Markings, Volume 2 The World War 2 Era 1936-1945 at the members price and you may also purchase the two volume Canadian Military Postal Markings by Bailey and Toop (Stock # B4h429.0), at a special net price for members of $C25.00 plus shipping. The books will be mailed together to minimize postage costs.
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March 2011
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British Colony of Canada 1865 Second Bill Stamp Issue, 2011 by Fleet, Richard, 192 pages, 8.5 x 11, spiral bound, 2011. BNAPS Exhibit Series #62. ISBN: 978-1-897391-78-5 (Colour), 978-1-897391-79-2 (B&W).
Published by the British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS). Stock # B4h923.62.1 (Colour) - $C97.00; B4h923.62 (Black & White) - $C47.95
Richard Fleet's British Colony of Canada 1865 Second Bill Stamp Issue is the 62nd volume in the BNAPS Exhibit Series and the first Revenue Stamp exhibit book since Ian McTaggart-Cowans Yukon and British Columbia Law Stamp exhibits were published in 2004-2005.
Bill stamps were introduced in 1864 as a means of showing that tax had been paid on Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes and Drafts (cheques).
Although not the postage stamps normally sought by collectors, revenue stamps and the documents on which they were used are classic examples of the design and engraving practices of the second half of the 19th Century. In this volume examples of proofs, specimens and imprints of the issue are followed by a study of the stamps themselves, including papers, perforations (and imperforates) and printing irregularities.
The section on cancels illustrates the great variety of devices used by banks and companies to cancel stamps used on documents. Many documents illustrate postage stamps used as revenue stamps, bill stamps used as postage stamps and, of course, the broad range of bill stamps used properly on financial instruments, both domestically and to foreign countries. The chapter on trade samples is followed by an appendix giving the Bill Stamp act time line and the full text of the various acts relating to Bill Stamps from 1864 until they were repealed in 1882.
Rick Fleet was born in Victoria, B.C. in 1946. He began collecting stamps as a youth, asking for a Minkus Canada album for his 13th birthday. Revenue stamps always interested him, and he focused on these issues after Jim Sissons catalogue of the revenue stamps of Canada was published in the 1960s. In the 1980s, he started specializing in the Second Bill Stamp Issue. His exhibit of this issue has won gold medals at many exhibitions, starting with VICPEX 2000 and subsequently at BNAPEX (Edmonton and Victoria), VANPEX, the Royal, and in New Zealand. Having done almost all there is to do with Bill Stamps, Rick is now starting a study of B.C. Law Stamps.
Rick has combined his two main interests, philately and computers,
into one great hobby. He has used his computer skills to help design exhibit pages that have been the models for many Victoria collectors.
In addition, he has created a web site to explain the Second Bill Stamp Issue . Over the years, he has assembled an extensive philatelic library for the study of revenue stamps and their production. He joined the Board of Directors of BNAPS in 2010.
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February 2011
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BNAPS is pleased to announce the availability of Maurice Hampson's 'The Royal Canadian Navy Postal History 1939-1945, Supplement IV' (vol. 6).,
and the release of a supplement to Jack Wallace's exhibit series volume, British Columbia and Vancouver Island, which was published in 2008.
'The Royal Canadian Navy Postal History 1939-1945, Supplement IV', Maurice F. Hampson, 40 pages, 8.5 x 11, spiral bound, 2008. Published by the author. ISBN: 978-0-968674-62-8 (B&W). Stock # B4h340.6
$C24.95
BNAPS has acquired all stock of the fourth and last supplement in Maurice Hampson's Royal Canadian Navy Postal History series. The new information was gathered by the author in the 2005-2008 period, before illness forced him to end his long term work. Among the sections in this installment are a follow-up on Camp Norway in Nova Scotia, seven pages of DB/N censor numbers on covers, including illustrations of miscellaneous cancellations and markings found on them, and another seven pages showing the text on different official government envelopes and labels.
A rare cover addressed to a Wren at HMCS Coverdale is shown, as are two photos of RCN personnel saluting King George VI during the 1945 Royal Naval Review at Buckingham Palace. Details of 31 new miscellaneous covers are followed by a very interesting article on a DEMS (Defence of Empire Merchant Ships) gunner assigned to a merchant navy vessel, accompanied by a diagram of how war materials were stowed on the S.S. Algonquin Park for a voyage from Saint John, NB to Bombay and Calcutta, India.
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British Columbia and Vancouver Island Supplement - Numeral Cancellations; John M. Wallace. 34 pages, 8.5 x 11, spiral bound, 2011. BNAPS Exhibit Series #52-Supplement. ISBN: 978-1-897391-74-7 (Colour), 978-1-897391-75-4 (B&W). Published by the British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS). Stock # B4h923.52S.1 (Colour) - $C23.95; B4h923.52S (Black & White) - $C15.50.
Jack Wallace's award winning exhibit, British Columbia and Vancouver Island, was published as BNAPS Exhibit Series Book No. 52 in December 2008. Since then Jack has continued to work with his collection. At BNAPEX 2010 in Victoria, BC he displayed his two-frame exhibit of the Numeral Cancellations of British Columbia and Vancouver Island. In the interest of completeness BNAPS has decided to print these pages in limited quantities as a supplement to copies of the original book printed to date. If and when a new printing of the original book is required the supplement will be included under the same cover. BNAPS wishes to thank Sandra Beauregard and family for the scans of the supplement pages, and Liz Ellison for preparing the master printing file.
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January 2011
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The British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS) Ltd. is pleased to announce the release of two new books in its exhibit series, Bill Robinson's Canadian Participation in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 (and in the South African Constabulary, 1901-1906) and Horace Harrison's Canada Registered Mail: The First Twenty Years (1855 - 1875).
Canadian Participation in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 (and in the South African Constabulary, 1901-1906), Robinson, William G., 88 pages, 8.5 x 11, spiral bound, 2011. BNAPS Exhibit Series #1, Revised.
ISBN: 978-1-897391-72-3 (Colour), 978-1-897391-73-0 (B&W). Published by the British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS). Stock #
B4h923.1.1 (Colour) - $C62.00; B4h923.1 (Black & White) - $C35.95
Canadian Participation in the Anglo-Boer War is a complete revision, with many added covers, of the first volume of the BNAPS Exhibit Series. The book is divided into eight chapters, one each for the First and Second Contingents that went overseas in 1900, Lord Strathcona's Horse which travelled in 1901, and the Third and Fourth Contingents which shipped out in 1902, as well as a chapter on the South African Constabulary, one on Canadians Serving in Irregular Units, and a brief final chapter about the Halifax Citadel Garrison and the Royal Review in Toronto in 1901. Illustrated are letters both to and from the Canadians, including several mailed en Route, i.e.
at sea before the unit reached South Africa, and a cover from one of the four Canadian Army Nurses who served there. Many of the beautifully designed and printed patriotic covers are included.
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1926, the late (December 2010) William George (Bill) Robinson was a 1947 graduate of the University of British Columbia with Honours in Civil Engineering. He worked for Parks Canada and the Department of Indian Affairs until his retirement in 1978, and spent 30 years in the Canadian Militia, attaining the rank of Colonel.
Bill's militia background also fed his strong interest in Canadian Military Postal History. He was a Charter Member of the BNAPS Military Mail Study Group (MMSG), formed in September 1973 at the BNAPEX convention in Calgary. He contributed often to the MMSG newsletter and was the go-to person on some military subjects. One of those topics was the postal history of the Canadians who served in the Anglo-Boer War, the subject of this book, first published in 1996 in photocopy form as Volume 1 in the BNAPS Exhibit Series. BNAPS was able to obtain the greatly expanded and updated exhibit and have it scanned in digital colour prior to it being shown for the last time at BNAPEX 2010 in Victoria, BC. Although he did not live to see the printed colour version, Bill was very pleased that his work was to receive the technical updating that was possible 15 years after the first publication.
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Canada Registered Mail: The First Twenty Years (1855 - 1875); Harrison, Horace W. 176 pages, 8.5 x 11, spiral bound, 2011. BNAPS Exhibit Series #60. ISBN: 978-1-897391-70-9 (Colour),
978-1-897391-71-6 (B&W). Published by the British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS). Stock # B4h923.60.1 (Colour) - $C94.00; B4h923.60 (Black & White) - $C46.95.
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. Canada Registered Mail: The First Twenty Years
(1855 - 1875), a necessary companion to the four previously released Harrison Registered mail exhibit books, covers the period following the end of the Money Letter system up to the release of the first Registered Letter Stamps.
The book is divided into several time-related sections for domestic Registered mail, the Pence period, followed by the Cents era, and then the Dominion period following Confederation in 1867. Separate sections illustrate international Registered letters to the United Kingdom and to the United States of America. A truly unique cross-over cover, mailed on the last day of the money letter system and delivered on the first day of the registered mail system, which shows both a money letter and a registered handstamp, was shown in the Money Letter exhibit and is the initial cover in this book.
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.
Canada Registered Mail: The First Twenty Years (1855 - 1875) 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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