Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery

About this eBook

Author

Howes, Clifton A. (Clifton Armstrong), 1872-1936

Credits

E-text prepared by Simon Gardner, Adrian Mastronardi, The Philatelic Digital Library Project ( www.tpdlp.net), and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( www.archive.org)

Language

English

LoC Class

HE: Social sciences: Transportation and communications

Subject

Postal stationery -- Canada

Category

Text

eBook-No.

37457

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37457

Release Date

September 17, 2011

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.E-text prepared by Simon Gardner, Adrian Mastronardi, The Philatelic Digital Library Project ( http://www.tpdlp.net ), and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( http://www.pgdp.net ) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( http://www.archive.org ) — Transcriber's Notes — CANADA ITS POSTAGE STAMPS AND POSTAL STATIONERY
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.KEY TO PLATES — Plate I . — Plate II . — Plate III . — Plate IV . — Plate V . — Plate VI . — Plate VII . — Plate VIII . — Plate IX . — Plate X . — Plate XI . — Plate XII . — Plate XIII . — Plate XIV . — Plate XV . (Frontispiece).
4. 4.FOREWORD
5. 5.INTRODUCTION
6. 6.CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY MATTERS — 13 o & 14 o Victoriae., Cap. XVII. — 14 o & 15 o Vict. Cap. LXXI.
7. 7.CHAPTER II THE ISSUE OF 1851 — CANADA ONE SHILLING POSTAGE STAMP. — DETAILS OF ISSUE.
8. 8.CHAPTER III THE REMAINING PENCE ISSUES — 16 o Vict. Cap. CLVIII. — 20 o Vict. Cap. XXV. An Act to Amend the Post-Office Laws of this Province. [Assented to 10th June 1857.]
9. 9.CHAPTER IV THE PERFORATED PENCE ISSUES
10. 10.CHAPTER V THE CANCELLATIONS OF THE EARLY ISSUES
11. 11.CHAPTER VI THE ISSUE OF 1859
12. 12.CHAPTER VII THE DOMINION OF CANADA — Preliminary . — Preliminary—Interpretation. — Organization and General Provisions . — Rates of Postage . — Organization of the Department. — PRINCIPAL RATES OF POSTAGE. — NEWSPAPER RATES. — PRINTED PAPERS, CIRCULARS, PRICES CURRENT, HAND BILLS, BOOKS, PAMPHLETS. — PERIODICAL PUBLICATIONS. — PARCEL POST. — BOOK AND NEWSPAPER MANUSCRIPT, AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS MATTER. — POSTAGE STAMPS. — FRANKING AND FREE MATTER.
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII THE ISSUE OF 1868
14. 14.CHAPTER IX THE SMALL "CENTS" ISSUE, 1870-82
15. 15.CHAPTER X THE SUPPLEMENTARY VALUES OF 1893
16. 16.CHAPTER XI THE JUBILEE ISSUE OF 1897
17. 17.CHAPTER XII THE "MAPLE LEAF" ISSUE OF 1897
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII THE "NUMERALS" ISSUE, 1898-1902
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV THE "CHRISTMAS" STAMP OF 1898
20. 20.CHAPTER XV THE "KING'S HEAD" ISSUE OF 1903-1908
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI THE "TERCENTENARY" ISSUE OF 1908
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII THE REGISTRATION STAMPS
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII THE POSTAGE DUE STAMPS
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX THE SPECIAL DELIVERY STAMP
25. 25.CHAPTER XX THE "OFFICIALLY SEALED" LABELS
26. 26.CHAPTER XXI THE STAMPED ENVELOPES
27. 27.CHAPTER XXII THE NEWSPAPER WRAPPERS
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII THE POST CARDS
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV THE LETTER CARDS
30. 30.CHAPTER XXV OFFICIAL STATIONERY — Customs Postal Package Office.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI PRECANCELLATIONS AND PERMITS
32. 32.REFERENCE LIST — PROVINCE OF CANADA — DOMINION OF CANADA — Dominion of Canada . — Transcriber's Notes

Community reviews

Sign in to write a review.

No reviews yet.