Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal StationeryHowes, Clifton A. (Clifton Armstrong)
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Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery
Howes, Clifton A. (Clifton Armstrong)
Postage stamps -- Canada; Postal stationery -- Canada
Surcharged in violet.
2 cents on 3 c. card of 1893, type 2.
1900, Jan. (?) 1 cent, green, _blue-green card_. Perf. A.
2 " carmine, " " " Perf. A.
=LETTER SHEET.=
1894 (?) 1 cent, black, _gray blue laid paper_.
1 " " _white laid paper_.
=OFFICIAL STATIONERY.=
Inland Revenue Wrapper, Size 11 × 5-1/8 inches (280 × 132 mm.).
1879 (?) 1 cent, dark blue, _cream paper_.
Customs Post Card, Size 5-1/8 × 3-1/8 inches (130 × 88 mm.).
1888 (?) [plain front], _manila card_.
[inscriptions on front], _manila card._
Returned Dead Letter Envelopes. Size 6-7/8 × 4-3/4 inches
(175 × 120 mm.).
1889 (?) 3 cents, black, _manila paper_.
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[Illustration: PLATE I]
[Illustration: PLATE II]
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Transcriber's note:
Page 21: changed "or" to "of" ( ... from the sender of such letter or
packet ...)
Page 23: missing or unreadable value in the original ( ... the rate on
Letters by those mails, viâ Halifax, of 1s. [missing value] sterling, if
_un-paid_, ...)
Page 90: changed "setttled" to "settled" ( ... newly settled portions of
the country ...)
Page 99: changed "fradulent" to "fraudulent" (To remove with fraudulent
intent from any letter, newspaper or other mailable matter ...)
Page 141: changed "(C)" to "(D)" ((D) Limits of weight to
Austria-Hungary, ...)
Page 149: changed "beseiged" to "besieged" ( ... literally besieged the
post offices for the coveted treasures.)
Page 149: changed "neceessary" to "necessary" ( ... it would be
necessary for you to apply early ...)
Page 154: duplicate word "in" deleted (The principal variation is only
one of tone in a few values.)
Page 196: changed "monoply" to "monopoly" ( ... an accidental monopoly
of a stamp, ...)
Page 202: changed "promotory" to "promontory" ( ... he disembarked on
the 3d July at the foot of the promontory of Stadaconé, ...)
Page 228: changed "Qneen" (with inverted "u") to "Queen" (The embossed
head of Queen Victoria was evidently copied ...)
Page 238: changed "suppy" to "supply" ( ... when the supply thereof in
the department became exhausted, ...)
Page 256: changed "uncertainity" to "uncertainty" (The reply card in the
new type is again an uncertainty.)
Page 286: corrected "130 × 80" to "140 × 85" (Size 5-1/2 × 3-3/8 inches
(140 × 85 mm.).)
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