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Picture Postage™

TheOctober11issueofCanadian Stamp Newsreported that Canada Post is issuing PicturePostage™ stamps honouring Diwali, Eid andHanukah this fall. Two different designs areavailableforeachreligiousfestival.

ESG member Andrew Chung was told bythe National Philatelic Centre of Canada Postthat Diwali was issued September 12, Eid wasreleasedOctober13andHanukahwillbereleasedNovember7.

These non-denominated domestic postagepaid stamps are available from Canada Post inpanesof21,at$17.90perpane.Sixdifferentpanes,totalling $107.40 are required toobtainasetofsixdifferentsingles.

Jim Phillips, Director StampServices, Canada Post, notesthat initial quantities printedare 1,300 panes of the Diwalistamps. Depending on demand,additional panes can be printed.Firstdaycoversarenotavailable.

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CORGI

TIMESThe Elizabethan II Study Group NewsletterUnder auspices of BNAPS — The Society for Canadian Philately

September–October 2011 Whole Number 116 Volume XX, Number 2

2011/12 XX 2

In This Issue

PicturePostage™ . . . . . . . . . 17CanadaPostNews . . . . . . . . 18StudyGroupBusiness . . . . . . 19AnnualDuesNotice/Donations. 19AnnualIndex . . . . . . . . . . . 19ArticleRequest . . . . . . . . . . 19CanadianPrideReprint?. . . . . 19Canada2011StampProgram. . 20BNAPEX2011 . . . . . . . . . . . 21MarketPlace. . . . . . . . . . . . 2150¢RedCallyLily. . . . . . . . . 236¢CentennialConstantFlaws. . 26MajesticForestsofCanada. . . . 28

Feature Article

PaperTextureofPrintingsfromWildingPlates. . . . . . . . . . . 22

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Majestic Forests of CanadaSee page 28

Dues Notice

A special thanks to all of thosemembers who responded promptlywith theirdues renewal includedwiththepreviousissueoftheCorgi Times.

A red X here ____ indicates thatthis will be your last issue of Corgi Times.Pleasetakeaminuteandsendinyour2011/12duesnow.

Eid Picture Postage™ stamps, panes of 21.

Diwali Picture Postage™ stamps, panes of 21.

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Who are We?

We are the Elizabethan II Study Group under the auspices of the British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS) — The Society for Canadian Philately.

Our journal, the Corgi Times is published 6 times a year.

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Market Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vacant

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Canada Post News

HereiswhatCanadaPostisuptothesedays...

w Quarter 4 Stamp Issues

Canada Post’sDetails magazine for the fourthquarter issues of 2011 lists only twodifferent issuedates:

•October 3 – International Year of Chemistry:singlestampinbookletpaneof10stamps

•November1–Christmasstamps:fourdesignsincludingasouvenirsheetandgutterbookletproduct. There are three stamps featuringStainedGlass(Permanent™,$1.03,$1.75)andasingledesignshowingHolly.

w Holiday Greeting Cards

An intriguing package ofHoliday Greeting Cards is beingreleased this Christmas season byCanadaPost.Thepackageoftwelvecards features four designs fromrecent Christmas postage stamps:“Snowman” (2005), “Reindeer”(2007),“ChristmasTree”(2009),andthisyear’s“Holly”.

I personallyfind thesedesignsgorgeous in their “simplicity”. I hope Canada Post continues this theme formanymoreyears.

Snowman (2005) Scott 2124

Reindeer (2007) Scott 2239

Tree (2009) Scott 2344

Holly (2011) Pre-issue image

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Study Group Business

vNewmembers

BarryMagill(AB)GillesMorel(ON)

vDeceased

RusselJ.Harvey(UK)

Planning Calendar

ThisisalistingofmajorexhibitionsandbourseswithalargecontentofbothCanadianExhibitsandCanadiandealers.

Thegoalistolisteventsfarinadvancetoencourageeitherexhibitingorattendanceandpreferablyboth.

2012 ORAPEX 2012:May5-6RACentreOttawa.Themeoftheshowis‘TheDiamondJubileeofQueenElizabethII’.JohnM.HillerawardforbesttraditionalCanadianElizabethanexhibit.InfofromRobertPinetatpinet.robert@gmail.com.

ROYAL 2012:Jun1–3,2011inEdmonton,AB BNAPEX 2012:Aug31–Sep2,2012inCalgary,AB

Annual Dues Notice / Donations

Thankstoallthosewhorespondedquicklyandpassedalongtheir2011–12duesrenewal,asrequestedinthelastissueofCorgi Times.Fourteenpeoplehavenotyetrenewed.Aspecialthankstothosewhoincludedamonetaryorpostagedonation:

RobertAnderson(C$20)RichardBeecher(C$25.50postage)JohnBurnett(US$25)BrianCannon(C$5)AlfredCarroccia(US$5)TimCreech(C$10postage)AndréDumont(C$10)GeorgGerlach(C$5)AndreGiguere(C$25)

Annual Index

ThanksagaintoESGmemberRobertMcGuinnessforcompilingandpassingalongtheannualindextothe2010–2011Corgi Times(VolumeXIX).YouwillfinditattachedtothisCorgi Times.

ArthurGillard(C$10)WilliamGreig(C$10)RobertHaslewood(C$20)JohnJamieson(C$100)LarryKemp(US$100)LoisMcAuley(C$10)RobertMcLeish(C$21)DavidOldfield(C$8.20postage)DelPeters(C$20)

SamuelRock(US$5)ArleneSullivan(C$20&19.99postage)LloydTancock(C$5)DonaldUre(US$5)AdriVeenstra(US$1)ClarenceWigmore(C$15)MirkoZatka($94postage)

Article Request

This Corgi Times is about three weeks late beingcompletedandmailedtothemembership.Why?

Same answer as noted in previous issues ... simplya lackofmaterial. I’mnotsurewhatelse tosay.Withoutmaterial,Ieitherdelayanissueuntilsuchtimeasenoughmaterialisgeneratedand/orreceivedtofillacustomary16-pageissue(thisoneisonly14pages),orImailaslimmeddownversionofthenewsletterat itsregularlyscheduledtime.Ifwewentwiththelatterroute,thenthisissuewouldhavebeenabout6,maybe8pagesinlength!

Canadian Pride Reprint?

ThereappearstobeareprintoftheCanadianPride(OCanada)bookletsof10 (Scott2423a)and30 (Scott2423b)thatwerefirstreleasedJanuary17,2011forthe59¢-eraratechange.

Theredinkontheoriginalappears“flatter”thanthereprint.Theredonthereprintseemstohaveabitmoreofa“glossy”look.

Inaddition, theyellowinkfluorescesontheoriginalprinting,butisnon-fluorescentonthereprint.

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Canada Post 2011 Stamp Program (partial)Issue dates are subject to change by Canada Post. Shaded entries are changed/new from the last time we presented this list.

Issued Description Scott#

May 3 Commemorative Envelope: Canadian Forces Postal Service

May 9 Commemorative Envelope: University of Regina

May 13 59¢ Unusual methods of mail delivery (2 designs) 2468–69

May 19 59¢ Parks Canada 100th Anniversary • self-adhesive booklet of 10 • $1.89 postal card

2470

May 20 Permanent™ (59¢) Signs of the Zodiac: Gemini • self-adhesive booklet of 10 • $1.89 postal card

2451

Jun 1 Commemorative Envelope: Wilfrid Laurier University

Jun 9 Permanent™ (59¢) Art Deco (5 designs) • self-adhesive booklet of 10 • $2.95 souvenir sheet • $1.89 postal cards (one of each design) • $53.10 uncut press sheet (18 souvenir sheets)

2472–762471

Jun 22 Permanent™ (59¢) Signs of the Zodiac: Cancer • self-adhesive booklet of 10 • $1.89 postal card

2452

Jun 22 Signs of the Zodiac • $2.36 gummed souvenir sheet of 4 designs 2445

Jun 22 Royal Wedding Day • Permanent™ (59¢) self-adhesive booklet of 10 • $1.18 gummed souvenir sheet of 2 (with Westminster Abbey) • $1.18 gummed souvenir sheet of 2 (with Parliament Buildings ) • $1.89 postal card

247824772477b

Jun 30 Recording Artists(Ginette Reno, Bruce Cockburn, Robbie Robertson, The McGarrigle sisters) • Permanent™ (59¢) self-adhesive booklet of 8 (4 different covers) • $2.36 gummed souvenir sheet of 4 • 4 x $1.89 postal card (1 of each design)

24832482b

Jul 7 Roadside Attractions(The World’s Largest Lobster, The Wild Blueberry, The Big Potato, The Giant Squid) • Permanent™ (59¢) self-adhesive booklet of 8 • $2.36 gummed souvenir sheet of 4 • 4 x $1.89 postal card (1 of each design)

24852484

Jul 30 Recording Artists • Permanent™ (59¢) gummed panes of 16 (4 different) 2479–82

Aug 8 Miss Supertest III • Permanent™ (59¢) self-adhesive booklet of 10 • $2.34 gummed souvenir sheet of 2 (Permanent™ (59¢) and $1.75) • 2 x $1.89 postal card (1 of each design)

24872486

Aug 17 59¢ Canadian Innovations (4 designs), self-adhesive booklet of 8 2488

Sep 6 Mental Health • Permanent™ (59¢) + 10¢ self-adhesive booklet of 10 • $1.38 gummed souvenir sheet of 2

Oct 3 International Year of Chemistry, self-adhesive booklet of 10

Nov 1 Christmas: Stained Glass • Permanent™ (59¢), self-adhesive booklet of 10 • $1.03, self-adhesive booklet of 6 • $1.75, self-adhesive booklet of 6 • $16.68, self-adhesive gutter booklet (6 x $1.03 and 6 x $1.75) • $3.37 gummed souvenir sheet of 3

Nov 1 Christmas • Permanent™ (59¢) Holly, self-adhesive booklet of 10

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Elizabethan II Market Place

Classified listings in the Market Place are $1.00 for25 words. Additional words are 5¢ each. Camera readydisplayads(preferably300dpi,blackandwhitetiffscans)pertainingprimarilytotheElizabethanerawillbeacceptedatthefollowingrates:⅛page$5.00;¼page$8.00;½page$15.00 and a full page at $30.00. 25% discount for fourconsecutiveinsertionsofthesamead.

Full payment must accompany ad. Payment inCanadian funds to: Elizabethan II StudyGroup.Mail toEditor:RobinHarris,POBox104,SeddonsCorner,MBR0E1X0,Canada.

WANTED: Covers bearing stamps from BK88 (#939,#941,#947)or#947c, cancelledbetween1985 to1987.Alldestinations.ContactDavidOldfield.kdoidaho@roadrunner.com

BNAPEX 2011by:Bob Elias

TheElizabethanIIStudyGrouphelditsannual“ShowandTell”onSeptember2,duringBNAPEX2011inNorthBay,Ontario. Sixteen enthusiastswerewelcomedbyBobElias.

JohnBurnettgotthingsstartedwithsome“lettersfromhome”.Thesefeaturedcurrentstampsthatareseldomseenoncover,aswellasstampsfromtheMillenniumCollectionbook that were used before the post office issued thesestampsinsouvenir-sheetformat.Johnalsohada2001itemfromKelownaadornedwith35ofthe95¢stylizedmapleleafstamps.

EarleCovertshowedexamplesofhigh-denominationstamps used on redirection ofmail cards and holdmailcards,withratesofupto$30.Hementionedtheuseof$250worthof25¢stampsonsheetsstapledtohouseholdermailcards! Earle also broughtCanadaPost’s current pre-paidregistered envelope, prompting a discussion of whetherthisproductalwaysfulfillsitspromise.

JimWattpassedaround twoof thevery fewknownCameobookletsthatcontainthe5¢WildingstampinsteadoftheproperCameoissue.Healsoshowedascarcelower-rightblockofthe6¢Centennialorangeonlow-fluorescentspeckled paper, perforated 10, having the light-in-trainvarietyinposition89.

DavidBartlethadtwodramaticitemsofthe39¢QueenElizabeth booklet issue. One was a long selvedge stripshowingthecolourbarsthatwouldnormallybetrimmedoff.Theotherwas theuncutpartial sheetof stamps thatgoes with it. David also tempted us with full sheets ofpostage due stamps that have been overprinted for nextyear’sBNAPEXinCalgary!

Andrew Chung showed us an unissued CanadaPostpresentation card,whichhadbeenprepared for the

1976 Summer Olympic Games in Montreal and signedbyPostmasterGeneral BryceMackasey.He also broughta strip of 10¢Weathercock stamps from the top pane ofthe second printing, which was miscut to the right andthereforerevealedtheinscription.

AdriVeenstrahadgoodluckintheopeninghoursofthebourse!HepassedaroundhisCentennialacquisitionsincludingmailtoLebanon,Finland,andKenya,aspecialdelivery item fromBurlington toDetroit at the 48¢ rate,andanexampleof8¢postalstationerywiththesmall-sizeimage.

RobertLemireraisedthesubjectofcollectingmodernpostal stationery envelopes according to their printingdates.Manysuchvarietiesareavailable,butassemblingallofthemisachallenge.Thesealedpacksavailableatpostofficesdon’tnecessarily contain complete sets, anddatescan’tbeseenonalloftheenvelopeswithoutopeningthepackage.

LeopoldBeaudetdiscussedrecentresearchonthe8¢Centennialcoilstamps,basedonmaterialexaminedattheArchivesinOttawa.Numerousdotsand“coiledscratches”were found on the plate proofs, so evidently these areconstantvarieties. Inonecase,adot in the leftmargin isrepeatedatregularintervalsalongthecoilofstamps.

Peter MacDonald concluded by pointing out that anew,“FakesandForgeries”studygroupisbeingformed.Itssubjectisrelevanttoallotherstudygroups,includingElizabethanII.

Next year, our annual “ShowandTell”will be heldduringBNAPEX2012CALTAPEX,August31toSeptember2attheHyattRegencyinCalgary,Alberta.I’msureourget-togetherthenwillbeaslivelyasitwasthisyear!

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Paper Texture of Printings from Wilding Platesby:Robert J. Elias

Paper texture is significant in the study and classification of theCanadian1¢to6¢Wildingdefinitives[1].Thesestampswereprintedonwire-wovepaperhavingaribbedtextureononeside.Inthecaseofstampsfrompost-office panes, it is important to consider both the direction ofribbingandthesideofthestamponwhichribbingoccurs(seeFigure).

Ahorizontalorverticaldirectionindicateswhethertheprintingplatewasconfiguredtoproducesheetsof400stamps(fourpanesof100intwocolumnsandtworows)or600stamps(sixpanesof100inthreecolumnsandtworows).

Ribbingonthefrontorbackindicateswhetherpaperwasfedtothepresswiththeribbedsidefacingtowardorawayfromtheplate.Harris[2]identified thedirectionof ribbingassociatedwitheachof thenumberedWildingplates, forallof thedenominations.Butwhichplatesyieldedprintingsofstampshavingaribbedfrontoraribbedback?

Wilding paper texture: A) horizontally ribbed front; B) horizontally ribbed back; C) vertically ribbed front; D) vertically ribbed back.

In order to answer that question, I identifiedthe paper texture of several thousand inscriptionblocks.Theserepresentedallof theplates forwhichinscriptionblocksexist,forallofthedenominations.The results are summarized in the accompanyingTable.

For several plates that would have yieldedhorizontally ribbed stamps, it cannot be verifiedwhether ribbing ison the frontorback,because theinscriptionsweretrimmedofftheprintings(1¢plate10,2¢plate10,4¢plates13and14,5¢plate14).Twolinesofevidencesuggestthatthesestampsprobablyhavearibbedback:1)printingsfromtheseplateswereissuedverylatein1957orin1958[3],whendecliningusageofstampswithahorizontallyribbedfrontwasoffsetbyapeakinthosewitharibbedback[1];and2)printingsfromtheimmediatelyprecedingplatesofthe1¢,4¢,and5¢denominationsallhaveribbingontheback(1¢plates8and9,4¢plates10-12,5¢plate13;seeTable).

Inscriptionblocks representingplates11and12ofthe1¢denominationwereissuedbythePhilatelicOffice. They all have a vertically ribbed back.However,1¢stampswithaverticallyribbedfrontarealsoknowntoexist[1,4].Theymusthavecomefromamongthepanesofplate11and/orplate12thatwere

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distributedtopostofficesas“fieldstock”,whichhadtheinscriptiontrimmedoffandisthereforeunidentifiableastotheprintingplate.

Aproofofthe5¢plate20exists,butprintingsattributabletothisplateareunknownandtheplatewasevidentlynotused[3].Likeplates15-19ofthe5¢denomination,plate20wasconfiguredtoprint600stamps(sixpanesof100inthreecolumnsandtworows).Itwouldthereforehaveyieldedverticallyribbedstampsifithadbeenused.

Thisstudyshowsthatprintingsfromsomeplatesallhaveribbingonthesameside,butforotherplatesthereareprintingswitharibbedfrontandalsoprintingswitharibbedback(seeTable).Forthe1¢,2¢,4¢,and5¢denominations,thechangesinpapertexturethroughthesuccessionofplatenumbersarecomparabletothechronologicchangesinpapertexture thathavebeendetermined fromdated,usedstamps [1].Theearlyprintingshadahorizontally ribbed front,followedbyatransitiontoprintingswithahorizontallyribbedback.Laterprintingswereverticallyribbed,mostlywithribbingonthebackbutsomewitharibbedfront.

[1] Elias,R.J.2003.PapertextureofWildingdefinitives.Corgi Times,January-February2003,p.58-60.[2] Harris,D.R.1998.1952-53 Karsh, 1954-62 Wilding, 1962-66 Cameo Definitives.[3] Elias,R.J.2011.DatesofWildingplateproofsandprintings.Corgi Times,July-August2011,p.12-13.[4] Elias,R.J.2003.PapervarietiesofWildingdefinitives:checklist.Corgi Times,March-April2003,p.75.

50¢ Red Calla Lily

In the March–April 2011 Corgi Times (page 65)we reportedof thenewdiscoveryof amajorpaper/taggantvarietyonthe50¢RedCallaLilyflowercoilstamp,firstissuedonDecember20,2004(Scott2072).

Thevarietyconsistsofanoverallturquoisegreen“fluorescent” ink, across the entire stamp (Unitrade2072aiii).

AndrewChunghaspassedalongascanofanothercoverofthisrarestamp.Thiscoverispostmarkedon2005.11.29 at Thunder Bay ON. Compared to otherdated copies thatwe have reported, this is a rather“late”usage.

50 cent coil with turquoise green fluorescent ink postmarked on 2005.11.29 at Thunder Bay ON on cover

Articles Urgently Needed

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Picture Postage™ Religious Holidayscontinued from page 17

AtthetimeofthiswritingitisnotknownifScottPublishingwillbeassigningnumberstothesestamps.Remember,though,thatScottassignednumberstotheWriteMe...RingMestampsissuedin2004aswellastheCanada-AlaskaCruisestampsof2003.

Thesestampsareavailablefromthreesources:NationalPhilatelicCentreCanadaPost(phone),CanadaPostwebsite(online),selectedCanadaPostoutlets.Tofindanoutletnearyou,visittheCanadaPostwebsiteforeachofthestampsandsearchyourcity.Thereisa“findacity”searchboxoneachofthesescreens.Ifthereareanyoutletsinyourcitytheywillbelisted.

www.canadapost.ca/diwaliwww.canadapost.ca/eid

Diwali stampsHereisalistofpostofficesthatweredisplayedwhensearchingspecificcitiesfortheDiwalistamp:

Jane Park Plaza PO (in Pharmasave)873 Jane StToronto ON M6N 4C0

Toronto Stn P704 Spadina AveToronto ON M5S 2J0

City Centre (in Shoppers Drug Mart)Unit 379/25 Peel Cntr DrBrampton ON L6T 3R0

Brampton Main Retail26 Hale RdBrampton ON L6W 3M0

Brampton West (in Rexall/Pharma Plus)545 Steeles Ave W # 0980Brampton ON L6Y 4C0

Countryside (in Shoppers Drug Mart)10970 Airport Rd. Unit BBrampton ON L6R 0E0

Brampton South (in Pharma Plus Drug Mart)499 Main St. S. # 0984Brampton ON L6Y 1N0

Great Lakes (in Shoppers Drug Mart)25 Great Lakes Dr.Brampton ON L6R 2S0

Cottrelle (in Shoppers Drug Mart)3938 Cottrelle Blvd. Brampton ON L6P 2R0

Snelgrove (in Shoppers Drug Mart)11965 Hurontario St.Brampton ON L6Z 4P0

Northgate (in Shoppers Drug Mart)980 Central Pkwy DrBrampton ON L6S 3L0

Springdale Sq.(in Shoppers Drug Mart)49 Mountainash Rd.Brampton ON L6R 1W0

Westwood Mall (in Shoppers Drug Mart)7205 Goreway DrMississauga ON L4T 2T0

Mavis Road PO (in Shoppers Drug Mart)3980 Grand Park DrMississauga ON L5B 4X0

Fraser PO (In Fraser Speedway Shipping)6417 Fraser StVancouver BC V5W 3A0

Sunridge PO (in Shoppers Drug Mart)135 - 2525 36th St NECalgary AB T1Y 5T4

Falconridge PO (in Shoppers Drug Mart)5500 Falsbridge Drive NECalgary AB T3J 5J0

Millwoods PO607 - 2331 66 St NWEdmonton AB T6K 4B0

Toronto Atrium On Bay PO595 Bay StToronto ON M5G 2C0

Toronto Adelaide PO31 Adelaide St EToronto ON M5C 2J0

Leslie Lakeshore17 Leslie StToronto ON M4M 3H0

Rockwood Mall PO (in Shoppers Drug Mart)4141 Dixie RdMississauga ON L4W 1V0

Brittany Glen (in Shoppers Drug Mart)5602 Tenth Line W. # 101Mississauga ON L5M 7L0

Mississauga Stn B966 Dundas St E Unit #3Mississauga ON L4Y 4H0

Mississauga Square One100 City Centre DrMississauga ON L5B 2B0

Levi Creek (in Shoppers Drug Mart)7235 Bellshire Gate Mississauga ON L5N 8A0

Roseborough (in Pharma Plus Drug Mart)1240 Eglington Ave. W.Mississauga ON L5V 1N0

Mississauga Stn Streetsville145 Queen St SMississauga ON L5M 1L0

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Varieties Pane varieties have already been spotted (basedon only 6 panes viewed so far) ... this listwill surely beupdatedasmoreinformationcomesforward.TheDiwalipanesareknownwithandwithoutaUPCbarcodeontheback.ThesepaneshaveeitheranA 12 2006orC 12 2006 codeinthelowerleftcorner.TheEidpanesIhaveseenhavea12 2006codeinthelowerrightcorner,readingup(thereisnoprecedingletter).

Catalogue listing? Should these religious themed Picture Postage™stamps be listed in either (or both) the Scott and/orUnitrade catalogues? There are “pros” and “cons” and Iwouldcertainlyliketohearfromyou.

w Picture Postage™ The traditional Picture Postage™ stamp is one thatis custom made and ordered by the general public in(typically) an extremely low quantity. Perhaps only oneortwopanesofstampsareordered.Therearelikelytensofthousands(orhundredsofthousands?)oftheseuniquestampdesignsthathavebeenrequestedandprintedovertheyears.OnlyCanadianBankNoteCompanywouldhaveacompletelistingofthese.Itwouldbeimpossible,withouttheserecords,toproduceanaccurateandcompletelistinginacatalogue.

But, these six new Religious Holiday designs werespecifically requested by Canada Post, not the generalpublic.The1,300panesof21 stamps is a largerquantitythanthatreportedfortheWriteMe...RingMeissueof2004.

w Official release by Canada Post? Since these designswere requested byCanadaPost,andproducedbyCanadianBankNoteCompany,justlikeanyotherstampissue,doesthatmeantheyareanofficialreleasebyCanadaPost?Inmanyways,theyare.

wProduct announcement Formost collectors,the first you wouldhave heard of thesestamps is likely fromthe front-page article inthe October 11 issue ofCanadianStampNews.

Typically, a newCanada Post stamprelease is announcedaboutayear inadvancewith the annual stampprogram release. Thisis followed by a fullproduct listing in thequarterly publication,Details.Onthedayofissue,apressreleaseise-mailedtohundreds (thousands?) ofmedia outlets. So far, none of

theseannouncementshavebeenmadebyCanadaPostforthesedesigns,althoughsomethingisexpectedinthenextCollectionsmagazine.

w Availability A“normal”stampreleasebyCanadaPostisavailablebyphoneorder,onlinewebsite,andallpostaloutletsacrossCanada. Subsequently, the stamp(s) is released in thequarterlypackandtheannualcollection.

Youcanorder these sixdesignsbyphoneorvia theCanadaPostwebsite.However,lessthan40selectedpostaloutletsacrossthecountrywillhavethese,inaverysmallgroupof cities. In fact,mostentireprovinceswillnot seeany of the stamps made available for sale at a CanadaPost outlet! In addition, theywill not be available in thequarterlypackorannualcollection.

w Cost There has always been a premium to be paid forPicturePostage™stamps.That is the casewith these sixdesigns, but not quite asmuch as the traditional PicturePostage™ stamp. The smallest order that one can placeforaPicturePostage™stampisapaneof21,whichcosts$27.95,or$1.33astamp.Inthiscase,thereligiousthemedstampsare$17.90perpaneof21,or72¢astamp(comparedtotoday’sdomesticrateof59¢).

With that said, many past stamp issues have beenreleased byCanada Post at a premium over face,whichhavebeenlistedinthecatalogues.

w Single stamps Single stamps cannot be ordered for these religiousthemed Picture Postage™ stamps. However, neither canyou order a single stamp for any of the self-adhesive orsouvenirsheetissuedstampsinrecentyears.

w Future stamps If thesereligiousthemedstampsprovepopularwiththe general public, will Canada Post issue other theme-specificPicturePostage™designs?Mostlikely.

So,“tolistornottolist”,thatisthequestion!Whatareyourthoughts?

•ShouldthesereligiousthemedPicturePostage™stampsreceivea“major”number,listedinsequenceamongsttheother2011stampissues?

•Or, should they receive a minor number after theexistingoriginalPicturePostage™stampsreleased in2004(Scott2063–2064)?

•Alternatively,shouldtheseCanadaPost-releasedPicturePostage™stampsbelistedinthe“back-of-the-book”,intheirownsection?

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6¢ Centennial Constant Plate Flaws

TwopagesfromtheMichaelPaintercollectionshowingthetwokeyflawsofthe6¢Centennialstamp—the“C”flawand“A”flaws.(scanscourtesySaskatoonStampCentre)

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Majestic Forests of Canadaby:Robin Harris

OneofthemostpopularsetofstampsissuedbyCanadain1990wasthefourstampstitledMajesticForestsofCanada(Scott1283-1286).Theywerereleasedinpanesof20stampsonAugust7.

Thepanearrangementofthese-tenantdesignswassuchthatidenticalpairsof eachdesigncouldbe removed from thepane.Mostse-tenant issuesdonotprovide thiskindofvariety.Whentheydooccur,collectorstakenotice.

The Unitrade Catalogue of Canadian Stamps first recognizedtheseidenticalpairsontheForeststampsbyaddingan“i.identicalvert.pair”listingforeachstampinthe2008edition.

Canada Post included a strip of 4 of theseMajestic Forestsstamps inoneof theirThematicCollections -Our World Volume Two: Images of Nature(listedinthe“Back-of-the-Book”sectionoftheUnitradecatalogueasitemNo.47).

Asnotedon theLibraryandArchiveswebsite, this25.0x24.6cm“bookhas15pagesof textwithstamps fromSweden,Australia,Canada,UnitedStates,UnitedNationsandtheUnitedKingdom;Canadianstampstripof4stampsofthe1990MajesticForestsseriesContainsbilingualtext;Englishwithlanguageof issuecountry; informationaboutissues.”

PETRO-CANADA PROMOTION Petro-Canada,inconjunctionwithCanadaPostCorporation,hadaspecialpromotionwiththeseMajesticForestsstamps.

Atthetimeofissue,Petro-CanadawasacrowncorporationofCanadainthefieldofoilandnaturalgas.Atitsparticipatinggas stations, drivers could receive one package of four 39¢CanadianForestsstamps(a$1.56value)forjust$1.00(Figure1).ThesewereavailablefromSeptember7throughNovember18,1990(just10weeks).

These fourstampswerespeciallyproduced inadifferentpane configuration just for this promotion. Each of the four

Figure 3: Petro-Canada promotion envelope

Figure 1: Petro-Canada promotional pamphlet

Figure 2: Majestic Forest mini-panes of 4

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designs appeared by itself in miniature panesof 4 stamps (Figure 2) and were distributed inspecially prepared envelopes (Figure 3) with anaccompanying pamphlet describing the varioustreesandforestsappearingonthestamps.

This pamphlet included a detachable postagepaid reply card that the consumer was to affix asingleofeachstampinthedesignatedlocation,mailthecardtoCanadaPostatwhichpointCanadaPostwould thenaffixacommemorativecancellation tothe stampsand return themwitha“CertificateofParticipation”(Figure4).Thisparticularitemisthe“cancelled on Petro-Canada souvenir card” entrylistedintheUnitrade.

Scott Publishing assigned a “a. pane of 4”listingforeachoftheseminiaturepanes(Figure2).Themintandusedpricesinthecatalogueareforthecompletepanesof4stamps,notsinglestampsfromthepanes.

Thecataloguenotesthatthepaneof20stampswasprintedonHarrisonpaperwhiletheminiaturepanes of 4 stampswere printed on Peterboroughpaper. Thus, single stamps of each can bedifferentiated.

The Introduction to the Unitrade catalogueincludesasectiontitled“PaperManufacturers”.Atablewithinthissectionliststhevariouscompanieswhohaveproducedthepaperusedonthemodern-erastampsofCanada.Thetabledescribesthegumcolour(usefulforidentifyingmintstamps)andthepaper appearance,which is useful for identifyingusedstamps.

PRESS SHEETS WhileonavisittotheLibraryandArchivesinOttawainJune2009,ItooktheopportunitytoviewthepressmaterialthatisavailablefortheMajesticForestsstamps.

Twodifferentpresssheetsareavailableforviewing:asheetof120subjectsin6panesof20stampseach,andasheetof112subjectsin28panesof4oftheminiaturepanes.Thisparticularinformationwasaddedtothe2010editionoftheUnitradecatalogue.

IllustratedinFigures5and6aredigitallyre-createdimagesofthesetwopresssheets.

Figure 4. Certificate of Participation(Courtesy Andrew Chung)

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Figure 5. Press sheet of Majestic Forests panes of 16 (digitally created as observed June 10, 2009 at Library and Archives Canada)

Figure 6. Press sheet of Majestic Forests mini panes of 4 (digitally created as observed June 10, 2009 at Library and Archives Canada)

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Corgi Times IndexVolume XIX — 2010–2011

Number 1 — pages 1 – 16 Number 2 — pages 17 – 32 Number 3 — pages 33 – 48 Number 4 — pages 49 – 64 Number 5 — pages 65 – 80 Number 6 — pages 81 – 96

1954-1962-Wilding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11962-1966-Cameos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11967-1972 Centennials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11972-1977-Caricatures and Landscapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11977-1982-Flowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11979-1987-National Parks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11977-87 Queen Elizabeth (Cameos) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11989-2000 Flag Over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11998-1999-Stylized Maple Leaf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11997-to date Mammals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12002-2004 Flag Over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12003-2005 Queen Elizabeth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12004-to date Flowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12004-to date Flag Over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12007-to date Beneficial Insects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12009 Olympic Emblems and Mascot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12011-to date Baby Animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12011 “O” Canada Definitives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Booklet and Booklet Stamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Books, Catalogues, Reviews and References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Canada Post News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Cinderellas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Coils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Commemoratives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Editor’s Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Financial Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2First Day Covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Market Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Obituary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Philatelic and Special Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Philatelic Exhibitions and Exhibiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Postage Dues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Postal History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Postal Markings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Postal Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Postal Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Postal Stationery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Study Group Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Tagging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Varieties and Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Websites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

1954-1962-Wilding

5c Wilding Constant Plate Variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

1962-1966-Cameos

$1.00 Export FDC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

1966-1973 Centennials

8c FDC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448c Library Extra Spire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6350c Centennial Ink Blob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701967-1973 Centennials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Centennial Booklet OP Tag Spacing Varieties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Favourite Eliz-era Variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

1972-1977-Caricatures and Landscape

8/10c coils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Notes from Members re 50c papers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1977-1982-Flowers

Two Constant Tag Varieties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

1979-1987-National Parks

Letters from our members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

1977-87 Queen Elizabeth (Cameos)

Hook Tag Flaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Two Constant Tag Varieties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

1981-1984-Maple Leaf

“A”-Stamp Usage in 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Hook Tag Flaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Two Constant Tag Varieties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

1982-1987-Artifacts

Letters from our members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

1989-2000 Flag Over

40c Flag over Seacoast Press Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90-1Tagging Varieties on Flag Coils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56-62

1998-1999-Stylized Maple Leaf

47c Leaf Missing Colour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,42

1997-to date Mammals

$10 Blue Whale Press Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37$10 Definitive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,29Colourless Gum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Press sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

2002-2004 Flag Over

Lighthouse Varieties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

2003-2005 Queen Elizabeth

Shifted Die Cuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

2004-to date Flowers

50c Red Calla Lily coil Major Variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,80Lowe-Martin Die Cutting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,23,39,64Permanent Coil Horiz. Pair Imperf Between EKU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Coralroot Die Cutting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96Press sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Shifted Die Cuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Striped Corairoot Orchid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2004 to date Flag Over

Counterfeit Lighthouse Permanent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,65,79Shifted Die Cuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

2007 to date Beneficial Insects

6c Assassin Bug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Beneficial Insect Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Beneficial Insect Reprints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,22Colourless Gum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Press sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

2009 Olympic Emblems and Mascot

Counterfeit Olympic Booklets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Overprinted Souvenir Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

2011 “O” Canada Definitives

“O” Canada Tagging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

2011-to date Baby AnimalsBaby Wildlife Tagging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Hidden Dates/Text (2011 definitives) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Lowe-Martin Die Cutting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,72-3

Booklet and Booklet Stamps

2011 Sunflowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Celebration (2011) Die Cutting Varieties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Centennial Booklet OP Tag Spacing Varieties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Counterfeit Lighthouse Permanent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,65,79

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Counterfeit Olympic Booklets . . . . . . . . . 10Die cut varieties on Mental Health Stamps . . 31Hook Tag Flaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Lighthouse Varieties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Mental Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30O” Canada Tagging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Shifted Die Cuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Sunflowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Books, Catalogues, Reviews and References

2011 Unitrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Details-April-June 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Postal Rates Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,85Scott Number Assignments . . . . . . . . . . 24Stamp Collecting on the Internet . . . . . . . . 8 Canada Post News

$10 Definitive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,292010 Quarter 2 Quarterly Pack . . . . . . . . 102011 Quarter 1 Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Canada Post 2010 Stamp Program4,20,36,52,84-85Canada Post 2011 Stamp Program . . . . . 52,68Canada Post 2012 Stamp Program Announce 81Canada Post News . . . . . . . 2,17,34,50,65,82New Canada Post President/CEO . . . . . . . 49

Cinderellas

Counterfeit Lighthouse Permanent . . . . . . 46Counterfeit Olympic Booklets . . . . . . . . . 10 Coils

8/10c coils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4447c Leaf Missing Colour . . . . . . . . . . . 26,4250c Red Calla Lily coil Major Variety . . . . 65,802011 Sunflowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,73Baby Wildlife Tagging . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Coralroot Die Cutting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96Hidden Dates/Text (2011 definitives) . . . . . 54Lighthouse 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92Lowe-Martin Die Cutting . . . . . 7,23,39,64,72-3Permanent Coil Horiz. Pair Imperf Btwn EKU . 22Shifted Die Cuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Striped Coralroot Orchid . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Sunflowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 72-3Tagging Varieties on Flag Coils . . . . . . . 56-62 Commemoratives

15c Earth Sciences Press Sheet . . . . . . . 4725c Olympic Ceremonies (1976) . . . . . . . 551961 Commemoratives . . . . . . . . . . . 94-52011 Sunflowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,72-3Celebration (2011) Die Cutting Varieties. . . . 73Christmas 1975 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92Colourless Gum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Cupids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Home Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Die cut varieties on Mental Health Stamps . . 31Lighthouse 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92Linn’s Stamp Market Tips . . . . . . . . . . . 45Marine Wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-16Marine Wildlife-Constant variety . . . . . . . . 38Marine Wildlife eBay Prices . . . . . . . . . . 38Mental Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,66 86Olympic Overprinted Souvenir Sheets . . . . 49Recent Commemorative Comparison . . . . . 25Recording Artists (2009) Colour Shift . . . . 11,22Repeating Flaws on 1971 BC Centennial . . . 12Royal Wedding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88Souris Swinging Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Sunflowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Corrections

Correction to A Janson articleMay-June 2010 (p91) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Editor’s Notes

Postage at Face . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Too Many Stamps? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Financial Statements

Annual Dues Notice/Donations . . . . . . . . . 1ESG Financial Statements . . . . . . . . . . . 5ESG Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

First Day Covers

8c Centennial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44$1.00 Export FDC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442011 Sunflowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Lighthouse 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Market Report

Linn’s Stamp Market Tips . . . . . . . . . . . 45Market Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,93Recent Auction Realizations . . . . . . . . . . 46 Obituary

Machum, Harry OTB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33McCann, Bill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Philatelic and Special Item

15c Earth Sciences Press Sheet . . . . . . . 4740c Flag over Seacoast Press Sheet . . . . 90-12010 Quarter 2 Quarterly Pack . . . . . . . . 102011 Quarter 1 Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502011 Sunflowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Olympic Overprinted Souvenir Sheets . . . . 49Press sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Philatelic Exhibitions and Exhibiting

BNAPEX 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,17BNAPEX (Corgi Meeting) . . . . . . . . . . . 19BNAPEX 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,51,67ROYAL 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,51,67,83ROYAL 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Postage Dues

Constant flaws on every “Red Dues” . . . . . 38Fractional Postage Due Markings in 1966 . . 74-9Free Franking by Postal Union of Amer.and Sp40-1

Postal History

2012 Rate Changes announced . . . . . . . . 82A Change of Heart? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Fractional Postage Due Markings in 1966 . . 74-9Free Franking by Postal Union of Amer.and Sp 40-1

Postal Paper

2010 Rate Brochures . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Colourless Gum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Postal Rates

2010 Rate Brochures . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37A Change of Heart? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87“A”-Stamp Usage in 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . 28Fractional Postage Due Markings in 1966 . . 74-9Free Franking by Postal Union of Amer.and Sp 40-1 Postal Stationery

2011 Sunflowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Study Group Business

Chairman Bob Elias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Charge Verge (OTB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Corgi Times Mailing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Harry Machum OTB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Help Wanted (Treasurer and articles) . . . . . 51Index for 2009-10 follows page . . . . . . . . 32John S. Sivers Award (Bob Dyer) . . . . . . 32Late Mailing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Letters from Members . . . . . . . . . 44,55, 88-9M. Molnau ATA Distinguished Topical Philatelist 83New Members . . . . . . . . . . . 3,19,35,67,83Philatelic New Year’s Resolutions . . . . . . . 53Postage at Face . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Notes from Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Postage at Face . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Tagging

Baby Wildlife Tagging . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Centennial Booklet OP Tag Spacing Varieties . 48Hook Tag Flaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Members Respond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89“O” Canada Tagging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Tagging Varieties on Flag Coils . . . . . . . 56-62Two Constant Tag Varieties . . . . . . . . . . 62Winter Fun (Follow-Up) . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Varieties and Errors

5c Wilding Constant Plate Variety . . . . . . . 706c Assassin Bug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348/10c coils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448c Library Extra Spire . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6315c Earth Sciences Press Sheet . . . . . . . 4725c Olympic Ceremonies (1976) . . . . . . . 5547c Leaf Missing Colour . . . . . . . . . . . 26,4250c Centennial Ink Blob . . . . . . . . . . . . 7050c Red Calla Lily coil Major Variety . . . . 65,80$10 Blue Whale Press Sheet . . . . . . . . . 372011 Sunflowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,73Baby Wildlife Tagging . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Beneficial Insect Reprints . . . . . . . . . . 9,22Centennial Booklet OP Tag Spacing Varieties . 48Celebration (2011) Die Cutting Varieties. . . . 73Christmas 1975 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92Colourless Gum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Coralroot Die Cutting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96Correction to A Janson articleMay-June 2010 (p91) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Counterfeit Lighthouse Permanent . . . 46,65,79Constant flaws on every “Red Dues” . . . . . 38Counterfeit Lighthouse Permanent . . . . . . 46Counterfeit Olympic Booklets . . . . . . . . . 10 Cupids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Die cut varieties on Mental Health Stamps . . 31Fabourite Eliz-era Variety . . . . . . . . . . . 35Hidden Dates/Text (2011 definitives) . . . . . 54Home Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Hook Tag Flaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Jacques Cartier FDC Variety . . . . . . . . . 96Letters from our Members . . . . . . . . . . . 55Lighthouse 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92Lighthouse Varieties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Lowe-Martin Die Cutting . . . . . 7,23,39,64,72-3Marine Wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-16Marine Wildlife-Constant variety . . . . . . . . 38Marine Wildlife eBay Prices . . . . . . . . . . 38Notes from Members re 50c papers . . . . . . 6“O” Canada Tagging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Olympic Overprinted Souvenir Sheets . . . . 49Permanent Coil Horiz. Pair Imperf Btwn EKU . 22Press sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Recent Commemorative Comparison . . . . . 25Recording Artists (2009) Colour Shift . . . . 11,22Repeating Flaws on 1971 BC Centennial . . 12,27Scott Number Assignments . . . . . . . . . . 24Shifted Die Cuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Striped Corairoot Orchid . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Tagging Varieties on Flag Coils . . . . . . . 56-62Two Constant Tag Varieties . . . . . . . . . . 62Winter Fun (Follow-Up) . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Websites

Canada Post Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18ESG Website-Viewing Corgi Times . . . . . . 21ESG Website-update . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

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