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1 c violet 2 c violet 4 c violet (1928) 5 c violet 10 c violet (1928)
These stamps have perforation 12. Specialists distinguish two different shades of colour for the 1 c, 2 c and 5 c.
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vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon |
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare |
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| Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
| 1 c | c | vc | |
| 2 c | c | c | |
| 4 c | c | c | |
| 5 c | c | c | |
| 10 c | c | c | |
Don't confuse these stamps with the ones issued in 1930, where the ornaments besides the value are different (the ornaments are inverted):
(1930 issue: the values 1 c, 2 c, 4 c, 5 c and 10 c exist; all in
violet)
In 1934 yet another set was issued ('POSTAGE DUE' on top): 1 c, 2 c, 4 c and 10 c (all in violet)
(1934 issue)
In 1935 again another set was issued ('CANADA' on top): 1 c, 2 c, 3 c, 4 c, 5 c, 6 c, and 10 c (all in violet colour).
In 1967 another set followed with the value in the center and two arrows pointing to it: 1 c, 2 c, 3 c, 4 c, 5 c, 6 c, 8 c, 10 c, 12 c and 16 c (all in red colour).
2 c orange to red 5 c green 8 c blue
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| Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
| 2 c | * | c | For registration in Canada, withdrawn in 1890. |
| 5 c | * | c | For registration to the United States initially. After 1890 used for registration in Canada, withdrawn in 1893. |
| 8 c | R | R | Issued 15 November 1878. For registration to the rest
of the world. 125,000 stamps issued, withdrawn in 1878. 75,000 remainders were destroyed in 1878. |
After 1893, postage stamps of 8 c were used which included the registration fee of 5 c (source: The Ontario Philatelist Vol.1 , June 1896, No.4, page 26).
I have seen a genuine 2 c stamp with a forged 'REGISTERED' cancel applied twice (I wonder why somebody would like to forge this?).
Could these be genuine Ker's City Post stamps?
(Bogus issue made by the forger Taylor
of the Kers City Post)
Two types of the Portland Express Winslow & Co No3 Place
D'armes Montreal, bogus issue issue possibly made by the forger Taylor
I have also seen the above Winslow stamp in the colour black on red. I've also seen a blue stamp in a slightly different type (no ornaments in front and behind the word 'MONTREAL').
(Bell's dispatch Montreal)
Bell's Dispatch seems to be a bogus issue. Besides the above blue stamp, I have also seen red, brown, lilac, green and black stamps in the same design (alll in the value 2 c). Several types seem to exist (at least five). At least one of the designs was made by the forger Allan Taylor.
Four types of forgeries.
Another bogus issue: 'BANCROFT'S CITY EXPRESS 43 St. JAMES STRT MONTREAL':
Note the striking resemblance of the design of the first forgery (same person) with a USA Whitteley's bogus issue (see image next to it). This bogus issue was first made by J.A.Nutter in the design with the man facing to the right (see also the next bogus stamp). They were subsequently forged by the forger Taylor in the second design. By the way, J.A.Nutter closely worked with Taylor.
In the Stamp-Collector's Magazine of 1865 (page
80) one can read:
'A NEW CANADIAN LOCAL'
To the editor of the 'Stamp-Collector's Magazine.'
Dear Sir,- Mr.Bancroft, the proprietor of the City Express, is
soon to issue a 5 cent stamp for his own use. He had a woodcut
made, but as he was displeased with it he rejected it. Some
person obtained an impression from the rejected block and
counterfeited it, and has put the counterfeits in circulation. I
understand that the genuine Bancroft stamp is to be engraved on
copper and perforated.
Yours very truly,
Montreal
I.A.N.'
I believe the initials 'I.A.N.' must have been from James A.Nutter (or John Appleton Nutter?). The 'person' referred to above was Taylor.
On page 89 of the same journal (Stamp-Collector's
Magazine, June 1865) an image of the above stamp (with Bancroft
facing to the right) can be found. The text reads:
'Our solitary engraving represents a local stamp for
Montreal. It was alluded to in the correspondence of our number
for April, and its genuine character is confirmed by a letter
received direct from a trustworthy party in its native city. We
confess we cannot understand why the price should be so
comparatively high for a stamp apparently destined for mere local
duty, but suppose Canada continues in the same state of
destitution of local goverment post office, as was formerly the
case in the United States.'
And another bogus issue for 'J.A.Nutter Montreal' (a dealer label?):
'COLLEGE STAMP. MONTREAL', another Taylor product? The Stamp
Collectors Monthly Gazette (Vol.1, no 1, p. 2) writes "The
so-called College Stamp, B.S.& Co., blue rect, is ficitious.
It was issued by an enterprising dealer in Montreal and made to
sell only". This dealer was probably J.A.Nutter.
Baldwin's Railroad Postage
These labels are forgeries made by (or inspired by) Allan Taylor in or before 1865 with the help of Craig and Melvin (both stamp dealers in Canada). The train design exists in a number of colors (red, blue, brown, black) and on colored paper. A sub-type seems to have a blotch in the frameline next to the bottom left '2'. The design with 'PAID' in the ellipse seems also to exist in the colors 2 p black on red and 2 p black on green.
More pictures acan be found at: http://alphabetilately.com/US-trains-00.html.
The following text was found in the Stamp Collector's Monthly Magazine of 1866 (Vol.1, No. 10) of St.John, New Brunwick by George Steward Jr. concerning the Baldwin stamps:
A TIMBROPHILIC BUBBLE BURST!
STAMP COLLECTORS BEWARE!!
AN EXPOSE!!!
BALDWINS RAILROAD POSTAGE : an obsolete local of considerable
rarity"-as it is impudently termed by dealers interested in
its sale-is attracting some attention at present in Philatelic
Circles. Of course the venders of these stamps affirm stoutly
that they are genuine ; but we beg to assure buyers that this is
not the case. The "Baldwin" is a forgery and the Boston
dealer who now advertises it as genuine knows that it was made to
sell only. For the information of our readers we submit
a brief historical sketch-gleaned from authentic sources - of
this stamp.
In the month of May last two young gentlemen belonging to this
city entered into copartnership - which for distinction sake we
shall call Messrs "A. and B., Stamp and Coin dealers.'' They
had been in business but a short time when it occurred to them
that they might "get up" a stamp. Others had done so
with some degree of success, why could not they? Only represent
it to their correspondent as a genuine "local" issued
and used in the province of New Brunswick, and by its sale they
might easily replenish their coffers, and increase their business
many fold. Having hit upon this "happy thought " the
next thing wanted was a name and date. The latter was easily
settled ; it should be an obsolete local, for this would
sell best and be least liable to detection. But the name, -what
should it be? This was a puzzler ! It could not be "Turner's
" -or the " Eastern'' Express, for both of these
companies had agents in almost every city, town and village of
the Union, as well as in the British Provinces, an application to
either of whom might ''spoil their leetle game."
After much grave thought and consideration it was remembered that
a Mr. H. Baldwin had had some years before, an express office on
the European and North American Railway, which runs from St. John
to the Shediac oyster beds. Why not therefore call the
"obsolete local" BALDWIN'S RAILROAD POSTAGE
Nothing could be more favourable and the name was at once
adopted. After sketching a rough design of the projected
"obsolete," the honourable firm went next in
search of an engraver whom they soon found in the person of a Mr.
Gregory of this city. Mr. Gregory being an adept in his art soon
furnished a block or cut of the new stamp, which was taken to the
printing establishment of Messrs J. & A. McM..... of St.John,
and shortly after our enterprising young gents had the
satisfaction of gazing upon the fruit of their own ingenuity-or
in other words upon fifteen hundred of the "BALDWIN'S
RAILROAD POSTAGE LABELS" in the following colours: viz, red
on white, blue on ditto., black on ditto., red on grey, blue on
ditto, black on ditto, red on green, blue on ditto, black on
ditto, red on yellow, blue on ditto, black on ditto, red on blue,
blue on ditto., black on ditto. That such stamps should be
rare-very rare indeed- no one can doubt, for they could only be
had from the makers. We do not know that the manufacturers are to
blame altogether for saying that these stamps were of
"considerable rarity" -seeing they could only be
obtained from themselves, -but every honest man will say that
they were very much to blame for stating that they were NEW
BRUNSWICK LOCALS. But further, we have it on good authority, that
of these " gems, "four hundred were sold to S. Allan Taylor of Boston -
as stamps that never existed, but were issued to
sell only. Mr. Taylor knows all this, but does he denounce
the imposition? oh no! On the contrary, he tries to bolster it up
by "a change of base," and mendaciously says in his
paper, " that the New Brunswick to which these bogus
"obsolete locals'' belong is New Brunswick - New Jersey!!!
Could anything be more audacious? Can he tell us or his readers
when these TWO PENNY locals were issued and used
in New Jersey? and why it is that no mention is made in any of
the NewY ork Price Lists or American Catalogues of the U. S.
local stamps? We hope that our readers will make a note of what
we have said and avoid the Bogus " Baldwin's."
Advertisment of Edward A.Craig & Robert J.Melvin in the Stamp
Collector's Monthly Gazette (Vol. 1, No 1. 1865, page 4) stating
that they are 'sole agents for the sale of BALWIN'S RAILROAD
POSTAGE, an obsolete local of considerable rarity'. They
sold the set of 15 varieties for $1.50 N.B. currency
The Grand Trunk Railway was a genuine railway company, but this stamp was never issued by this company... Probably a Taylor product.
"DIETZ & NELSON'S B.C & V. EXPRESS FROM
VICTORIA" label with two trains.
The following stamps were issued with the year left and right of the circle: 1887, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895 and 1896. All these stamps are in black color and quite rare. I've also seen the years 1916 and 1919 (also in black color).
1890 blue 1891 red 1892 green 1893 brown 1894 dark green 1895 violet 1896 ? 1897 ? 1898 ? 1899 ? 1900 red 1901 light blue 1902 ? 1903 ? 1904 ? 1905 ? 1906 green 1907 brown 1910 red 1911 black 1912 black 1913 blue 1914 black 1919 black
The signature at the bottom of the stamps changes over the years.
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(Montreal Telegraph Co 1847)
I presume the above Montreal Telegraph Co stamp is a cut from an envelope.
10 c green 20 c red (1922, different design) 20 c red (1930, 'SPECIAL DELIVERY EXPRESS') 20 c red (1933, as 1930 issue, but without 'TWENTY' at the bottom)
This stamp is perforated 12.
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| Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
| 10 c | * | * | |
| 20 c | * | c | 1922 |
| 20 c | * | c | 1930 |
| 20 c | * | * | 1933 |
20 c orange
20 c red
10 c green (1939) 20 c red Surcharged '=10 10 =' on 20 c red (1939)
10 c green (with flags) 10 c green (without flags, 1946) Overprinted 'O.H.M.S' (1950 10 c green (without flags) Overprinte 'G' (1950) 10 c green (without flags)
(-) brown (-) black (slightly different design, 1913)
(-) black on blue (-) black
Examples:
"5099" for the city of Brandon and "4530" of
Toronto
In the above design I have also seen "0700" Montreal, "1142" Rock Island, "2186" Beamsville, "2575" Cobourg, "2980" Galt, "3080" Guelph, "3100" Hamilton, "3340" Kingston, "3366" Kitchener, "3470" London, "3800" Niagara Falls, "3893" Oshawa, "4035" Peterboro, "4530" Toronto, "4940" Windsor, "5850" Winnipeg, "7120" Moose Jaw, "7977" Yorkton, "8160" Calgary, "8605" Lethbridge, "9500" New Westminster, "9890" Victoria, "X275" Halifax.
More info: "The Standard Canada Precancel Catalogue". Prencancels were used from the late 1880's to 1977.
Not sure if these ones are genuine
5 c red 10 c brown
Reprints exists of both values.
Forged postal stationery also exists. The next forgeries are Fohl forgery of Queen Victoria envelopes. When discovered, the stock was distributed with certain stamp journals as examples (they received the overprint 'Falsch!' = forged in German).
Fohl forgeries of the envelopes
Fohl forgery of the 5 c red envelope (reduced size)
1 c blue 2 c green
1 c blue (several types, also in shades ranging from blackish to greenish)
Forgery of this 1 c postal stationary.
1 c blue 3 c red
2 c green
Also exists in 1 c green and 1 c red.
I've also seen a 1 c green in the same design.
Henry Hechler was born in 1853 in Germany (Darmstadt) and moved to Halifax (Canada, 184 & 186 Argyle Street) around 1871 after he fought in the Franco-Prussian war. He sold tobacco, coins and stamps for collectors. When the North-West "Indian and half-breed" Rebellion of 1885 broke out, Hechler was involved as a captain of the 63rd Batallion Halifax Rifles. During this time, Hechler made some "Service" and other bogus overprints on genuine Canadian envelopes (such as 'OFFICIAL'). Usually a text "HEAD QUARTERS 63RD. RIFLES" or similar is printed at the left bottom hand side. Even doubly printed 'errors' or double overprints in different colors were produced by him.
Examples of Hechler's 'improved' envelopes.
Bogus "OFFICIAL." overprint, made by Hechler.
Advertising label of the Canadian stamp shop 'Marks Stamp Co, 462
Spadina Ave Toronto' in a similar design to the last issue of Bavaria, but with country name and value
omitted.
