Preview of Stamps Catalogue: VOLUME 1

NEWFOUNDLAND (Canada) 1897 onwards

Return To Catalogue - Newfoundland (Canada) 1857-1865, pence issues - Newfoundland 1866-1896, cents issues, part 1 - Newfoundland 1866-1896, cents issues, part 2 - Postal Stationery and Fiscal stamps - Canada

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1897 Inscription "1497 1897", discovery of Newfoundland by John Cabot, various designs

  1 c green
  2 c red
  3 c blue
  4 c green
  5 c lilac
  6 c brown
  8 c orange
  10 c brown
  12 c blue
  15 c orange
  24 c violet
  30 c black
  35 c red
  60 c black

Overprinted 'Trans-Atlantic AIR POST 1919 ONE DOLLAR'

  15 c orange

Overprinted 'AIR MAIL to Halifax, N.S. 1921'

  35 c red

Surcharged (1920)

  2 c on 30 c black
  3 c on 15 c orange
  'THREE CENTS' on 35 c red

These stamps are perforated 12.

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
1 c	c	c
2 c	c	c
3 c	c	c
4 c	*	*
5 c	*	*
6 c	*	*
8 c	*	*
10 c	*	*
12 c	*	*
15 c	*	*
24 c	**	**
30 c	**	**
35 c	***	***
60 c	***	***
Surcharged
2 c on 30 c	**	**
3 c on 15 c	**	**	Two types of overprint, differing in the distance between the two bars: 10 mm or 14 mm.
3 c on 35 c	**	**
'Trans Atlantic Airpost 1919'
1 $ on 15 c	R	R
'Airmial to Halifax 1921'
35 c	***	***

1898 Members of the royal family

  1/2 c olive
  1 c red
  1 c green
  2 c orange
  3 c orange
  4 c violet
  5 c blue

These stamps are perforated 12, but some rare imperforate stamps exist.

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
1/2 c	c	c
1 c red	c	c
1 c green	c	vc
2 c	*	*	2 Shades of colour
3 c	c	vc
4 c	*	*
5 c	*	c

1908 Map of Newfoundland

  2 c red

This stamp is perforated 12.

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
2 c	c	c

1910 Inscription '1610 1910', 300 years existence of the colony

  1 c green
  2 c red
  3 c olive
  4 c violet
  5 c blue
  6 c lilac
  8 c brown
  9 c green
  10 c black
  12 c brown
  15 c black

These stamps exist with several perforations.

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
1 c	c	c
2 c	*	c
3 c	**	**
4 c	**	**
5 c	*	*
6 c	***	***
8 c	***	***
9 c	***	***
10 c	***	***
12 c	***	***
15 c	***	***

A 5 c stamp with overprint 'Money Order Stamp Tax only' (two types, with and withour stop after 'only'), is a fiscal stamp issued in 1914.

1911 Coronation issue, royal family and seal of the colony (15 c)

  1 c green
  2 c red
  3 c brown
  4 c violet
  5 c blue
  6 c grey
  8 c blue
  9 c violet
  10 c green
  12 c lilac
  15 c red

These stamps are perforated 14.

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
1 c	c	vc
2 c	*	vc
3 c	**	**
4 c	*	*
5 c	*	*
6 c	**	**
8 c	***	***	Exists on white or blue paper
9 c	**	**
10 c	**	**
12 c	**	**
15 c	**	**

1919 Caribou issue, text at bottom different for every stamp, inscription 'TRAIL OF THE CARIBOU' or 'ROYAL NAVAL SERVICE'

  1 c green (Suvla bay)
  2 c red (Ubique)
  3 c brown (Gueudecourt)
  4 c violet (Beaumont Hamel)
  5 c blue (Ubique)
  6 c black (Monchy)
  8 c lilac (Ubique)
  10 c black (Steenbeck)
  12 c orange (Ubique)
  15 c bue (Langemarck)
  24 c brown (Cambrai)
  36 c green (Combles)

Overprinted 'FIRST TRANSATLANTIC AIR POST April 1919'

Image reproduced with permission from: http://www.sandafayre.com
Only 200 stamps were issued with this overprint. 15 got damaged and were destroyed I've been told. 95 were actually used, 11 were given away and the rest was sold to help the Marine Distasters Fund. Many forged overprints exist (see image below for an example).

  3 c brown

Overprinted 'Trans-Atlantic AIR MAIL Bv B.M."Columbia" September 1939'
  'Fifty Cents' on 36 c

These stamps have perforation 14. 'Ubique' is the Latin word for everywhere.

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
1 c	c	vc
2 c	c	vc
3 c	c	vc
4 c	*	c
5 c	*	c
6 c	**	**
8 c	**	**
10 c	**	**
12 c	**	**
15 c	**	**
24 c	**	**
35 c	**	**
'First trans-atlanctic airpost 1919'
3 c	RRR	RRR

Forgeries exist, example:

(Forgeries)

1923 New set, various designs

  1 c green (Twin Hills, Tor's Cove)
  2 c red (South West Arm, Trinity)
  3 c brown (war memorial, St.John's)
  4 c lilac (Humber river)
  5 c blue (Coast of Trinity)
  6 c grey (Upper staedies, Humber River)
  8 c lilac (Quidi Vidi, near St.John's)
  9 c grey (cariboes crossing lake)
  10 c violet (Humber River Canyon)
  11 c green (Shell Bird Island)
  12 c red (Mount Moriah)
  15 c blue (Humble River near Little Rapids)
  20 c brown (Placentia)
  24 c brown (Topsail Falls near St.John's) 

Surcharged (1929, issued due to a shortage of 3 c stamps) 
  'THREE CENTS' and bar (red) on 6 c grey

1928 New set, various designs

  1 c green (map)
  2 c red (steamship: SS Carbiou, operating 
    between Port-aux-Basques and North Sidney, Nova Scotia)
  3 c brown (King George V and Queen Mary)
  4 c lilac (Prince of Wales)
  5 c black (express train between St.John's and Port-aux-Basques)
  6 c blue (Newfoundland hotel at St.John's)
  8 c brown (Heart's Content: relay station for transatlantic 
    cables from Great Britain)
  9 c green (Cabot Tower)
  10 c violet (war memorial, St.John's)
  12 c lilac (general post office at St.John's)
  14 c brown (Cabot Tower)
  15 c blue (airplane, tranatlantic flight)
  20 c black (parliament building)
  28 c grey (post office)
  30 c brown (Grand Falls on Hamilton River)

Specialist distinguish two types of the values 6 c, 10 c, 15 c and 20 c.

1932 New set, various designs (Resources Issue)

  1 c green (codfish)
  1 c grey (codfish)
  2 c red (King George V)
  2 c green (King George V)
  3 c brown (Queen Mary)
  4 c violet (Edward VIII as Prince of Wales)
  4 c red (Edward VII as Prince of Wales)
  5 c violet (caribou)
  6 c blue (Princess Elizabeth)
  7 c brown (Queen mother Elizabeth, Duchess of York)
  8 c red (Corner Brook paper mill)
  10 c black (salmon, king of the rivers)
  14 c black (Newfoundland dog)
  15 c lilac (seal pup)
  20 c green (Transatlantic beacon)
  24 c blue (loading iron ore)
  25 c violet (sealing fleet)
  30 c blue (fishing fleet)
  48 c brown (fishing fleet)

1931 Airmail, inscription 'AIRMAIL'

  15 c brown
  50 c green
  1 $ blue

Overprinted 'L.&.S. Post' (1933)

  15 c brown; 'L&S' meaning for use on Land and Sea.

Overprinted in red: 'TRANS ATLANTIC WEST TO EAST Per Dornier DO-X May 1932'

  'One Dollar and Fifty Cents' on 1 $ blue

1933 350 Anniversary annexation: Sir Humprey Gilbert

  1 c black (Sir Humprey Gilbert)
  2 c green (Compton Castle England)
  3 c brown (arms of Gilbert family)
  4 c red (Eaton College)
  5 c lilac
  7 c blue (the commission)
  8 c orange (fleet leaving Plymouth)
  9 c blue (fleet arriving at St.John)
  10 c red
  14 c black
  15 c red (Gilbert's ship)
  20 c green (map)
  24 c lilac (Queen Elizabeth I)
  32 c black (statue of Sir Gilbert)

1933 Airmail, inscription 'AIR POST', various designs (Labrador airmails)

  5 c red
  10 c orange
  30 c blue
  60 c green
  75 c orange
 
Overprinted 'GEN. BALBO FLIGHT 
  $4.50' on 75 c

The Balboa stamp exists with inverted overprint (only 8 genuine stamps exist with this inverted overprint). I have seen forgeries with the inverted overprint though.

1935 Silver Jubilee of King George V, inscription '1910-1935'

A 4 c red, 5 c violet, 7 c blue and 24 c green were issued in a design identical to many other British colonies (Windsor castle). However, for most other colonies two colours were used, the stamps for Newfoundland were printed in one colour only.

1937 Inscription '12th MAY 1937' portrait of King and Queen

For stamps in the same design, but for another British colony, click here

The values 2 c green, 4 c red and 5 c violet were issued (design identical to that of many other British colonies).

1937 Various designs with King George V in an ellipse (Newfoundland's long coronation set)

  1 c black (codfish)
  3 c brown (map)
  7 c blue (caribou)
  8 c red (Corner Brook paper mills)
  10 c black (salmon in river)
  14 c black (Newfoundland dog)
  15 c lilac (northern seal)
  20 c green (beacon at Cape Race)
  24 c blue (loading iron ore)
  25 c black (fishing fleet)
  48 c violet (sealing fleet)

1939 Royal visit, portrait of King and Queen

  5 c blue

Surcharged
  '2 CENTS' on 5 c blue
  '4 CENTS' (red) on 5 c blue

1941 Royal family

  2 c green (King George VI)
  3 c red (Queen Elizabeth)
  4 c blue (Princess Elizabeth, the later Queen Elizabeth II)
  7 c blue (Queen Mother Mary)

1941 Polar expedition?

  5 c blue

1943 Airmail

  7 c blue

1943 Memorial University College

  30 c red 

Surcharged 
  '2 CENTS' on 30 c red

1947 Princess Elizabeth, design similar to 1941 Royal Family issue

  4 c blue

1947 Carot in the 'Matthew' off Cape Bonavista 1497

  5 c lilac

In 1949 Newfoundland entered the Canadian Federation.

Postage Due Stamps

1939 Inscription 'POSTAGE DUE NEWFOUNDLAND'

  1 c green
  2 c red
  3 c blue
  4 c orange
  5 c brown
  10 c violet

Bogus issue (Paris 'Essays')

In 1902 some bogus stamps of Newfoundland appeared. See also: http://bnatopics.org/hhlibrary/newsletters/nfie/nfl-1991-08-w036.pdf (The Newfie Newsletter of the Newfoundland Studygroup of BNPAS, Number 36, August/July 1991). The designs are 1 c post-rider, 3 c sailship, 5 c train leaving station and 10 c steamship.

This essay from the Ed Wener collection shows a fourth design of a child on a fish (with no value). The 10 c is not in the essay.

The 10 c value with steamship.

The inscription 'A.Baguet Gr. 58 Strasbourg Paris' below the 5 c value.

Apparently the colours of each stamp can be olive, black, purple, red, blue, brown and green (7 colours). Under the 5 c value, the name 'A.Baguet Gr. 58 Strasbourg Paris' can be found. This is the same Alfred Baguet who made forgeries of the first stamps of Haiti ('Gr.' stands for 'Graveur'?). According to the above document the name 'William B.Hale' and 'Williamsville, Mass, USA' can be found on the margins above some 3 c and 10 c values (sorry, no image available yet). This is the same Hale mentioned in 'Philatelic Forgers, their lives and works' by V.E.Tyler.
Baguet seems to have imprisoned in Paris in 1922 for 3 months for forging French and French colonies stamps. He apparently also made bogus labels for Crete. The Crete labels were printed with the above Newfoundland stamps in one sheet of 12 stamps. Baguet apparently also lived in 4 Rue St.Laurent (not far from the 58 Rue Strasbourg address).

The Baguet-Hale combination might also have been responsable for some poster stamps for the 1901 Pan American Exhibition at Buffalo. I have no further information.

More information can also be found in http://www.canadianpsgb.org.uk/mpl/mpl-1992-08-v022n11-w239.pdf (Maple Leaves; Journal of the Canadian Philatelic Society of Great Britain, Vol. 22, No. 11, 1992, Whole No. 239, page 376).

Paris essays together with two Crete bogus stamps on the same sheet; image originally from the British Library (image appeared in the above mentioned journal). In it, all without country names, the train design, the child on a fish design, a lion, Mercury, a globe, a reading lady and in the bottom row the horse design, the ship design, a lighthouse, Mercury standing, a hut(?) and the steamship design.

I've seen the standing Mercury design with inscription Crete (KRHTH) in the value 2 Drachmes and the Mercury head design (also with inscription 'KRHTH') in the value 5 Drachmes:

The Crete 'essays'.

In the Express du Midi of 20-December-1922 the following text can be found on Alfred Baguet:
M. Alfred Baguet, graveur chez qui la police saisit un matériel destiné à fabriquer des timbres et 300 kilogrammes de vignettes estimées à 9 millions de francs a été condamné à deux ans de prison avec sursis et à la saisie des des timbres faux.