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PRECANCELS /CANADAWHOLE NUMBER 6 • JANUARY, 2002

CHAIRMAN 'S COMMENTS by Andy Ellwood

Another year is just about overand it has been quite a year: Idoubt that anyone would havebeen able to predict the eventsthat have occurred this year andmaybe that is just as well

The major BNAPS event of theyear was the BNAPEXConvention which we werehonoured to be able to host herein Ottawa. The Committee of12 worked hard for over twoyears in preparation and theresult was certainly worth everyminute. Over 200 membersregistered; 25 dealers were inattendance; 250 frames wereexhibited, including anexcellent presentation by BruceFields on Precancels which wasawarded a Gold Medal. Welldone, Bruce!!! There was also alovely exhibit by Alan Selbywhich included many finePrecancels of the EdwardExperimental coils.

The Precancel Study Group metduring the Convention with ahalf a dozen members inattendance. Jim Kraemer led adiscussion about the Cataloguewhich resulted in concurrenceby all present, of the Editors'intention to require Certificatesof Authenticity for any newlisting of a precancel which isvalued at $500 or more. BruceFields gave a short talk aboutthe Precancel printing processthat he has researched througha printing contact who still hasa operational printing presswhich could have been used forPrecancels in Montreal. Therewere several rare itemscirculated for viewing, includinga set of Truro and a set ofMilitary Precancels.

Unfortunately, both LarryGoldberg nor Duncan MacDonaldhad to withdraw at the lastminute and there were missed.

Larry Goldberg has completedhis efforts to produce a Guideto Bar Precancels and a fineproduct it is. He used actualstamps received from membersas the basis and has producedan excellent document. Eachmember has received a free copyof the Guide with this Newsletter(or directly at the Convention).A few additional copies are stillavailable and can be purchasedfor $5.00 plus S/H.

On the Executive front, I am sadto report that Larry Goldberg hasdecided to cut back on hisphilatelic involvements and willleave Precancel collecting.Consequently, this Newsletterwill be his last effort for us. Hehas set a standard that will behard to maintain and his effortshave been rewarded with severalmedals and much recognition.Many thanks, Larry, for yourhard work and for yourleadership in getting the StudyGroup off to a great start.

Fortunately, I can report thatLarry's replacement as Editor hasbeen found in the person ofSean Michel. Sean is also in thepublishing business and it canbe hoped that he will be able tocarry on Larry's standards. Seanis resident in the Ottawa areaso I am sure that he willcontinue to pressure me to keephim supplied with articles.Welcome aboard, Sean.

Elsewhere in this Newsletter isthe announcement of the ap-

pointment of Bruce Fields as anEditor of the Precancel cata-logue. Bruce's diligence inresearch has demonstrated thequalities required in this de-manding position. Congratu-lations, Bruce, on your appoint-ment. And thanks to JimKraemer and David Marasco forcontinuing their efforts in main-taining a high standard on theEditorial Board of the catalogue.We all look forward in great an-ticipation to the next edition ofthe catalogue. When will it be,I wonder?????

I must also advise that we haveonly had 5 people renew theirmembership dues in the Studygroup for 2001. I am sure thatthis is only forgetfulness on yourpart, but your contribution issorely needed. Please send yourdues for this year (and for 2002,if you can) right away. USmembers should send their$10.00 US to Wayne Walton andCanadian members should sendtheir $15.00 Cdn to me. Yourcontinued financial support isessential if we are to keep thisStudy Group going. The cost ofthe Bar Guide has just aboutdepleted the coffers at present.

Thais about all for now. Letskeep the research effortsunderway. Some articles for theNewsletter would be greatlyappreciated.

Best regards.

Andy Ellwood

THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE CANADA PRECANCEL STUDY GROUP

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IN THIS ISSUEChairman's Comments ......... 1"The Canada PrecancelHandbook" ...................... 2A Word from Your Editor ...... 2This and That In Precancels .. 3Letters to the Editor ........... 4Reasons .......................... 5Current research Projects ...... 7Oddities .......................... 8WANT LISTS ...................... 8

***PRECANCELS/CANADA ispublished quarterly by theBNAPS Precancel StudyGroup

***OFFICERSChairperson:Andy EllwoodPO Box 83004Ottawa, Ontario K1V 1A3CANADAPhone: (613) 737-2137Email: [email protected]

Membership Secretary/Treasurer.Dr. Wayne Walton589 Thomas Jefferson CircleMadison, TN 37115-2165Email: [email protected]

Webmaster:Duncan MacDonald15407 75th AvenueEdmonton, Alberta T5R 2Y9CANADAPhone: (780) 487-8943Email: [email protected]

Editor.Larry GoldbergPO Box 7170Buffalo Grove, IL 60089-7170USAPhone: (847) 808-9575Email: [email protected]

"THE CANADA PRECANCEL HANDBOOK"The following letter wasreceived from Jim Kraemerand is reproduced here in itsentirety:

Dear Larry:

Please be advised that BruceField, St. Lambert, Quebec hasbeen appointed as the thirdmember of what is known as,The Precancel Committee. Thecommittee consists of threeeditors:

Bruce Field, St. Lambert, QCJames Kraemer, Ottawa, ONDavid Marasco, Surrey, BC

The rights and ownership of"The Precancel Handbook",and "The Standard CanadaPrecancel Catalogue ", belongto The Precancel Committee.

The foregoing two works arecopyright including thenumbering system with allrights reserved in the name ofThe Precancel Committee.

The editors are revising thecatalogue. A new edition willlikely be published in late 2002or early 2003.

With so many dubious pre-cancels being „discovered" ithas been suggested that allprecancels that are now intrhe catalogue and whichcatalogue $200.00 or overshould have a certificate ofauthenticity from a recog-nized organization, e.g. TheVincent Graves Greene Phila-telic Research Foundation, inorder to be given catalog

status. Members of the studygroup are asked to expresstheir opinion concenring thissuggestion.

Yours sincerelyJames F. Kraemer forThe Precancel Commitee

NOTE: The last paragraph ofthe letter was set in bold typeto get your attention. This isa matter of no small impor-tance and one in which youropinion is requested.

Jim can be reached by emailat:[email protected] or bysnail mail at 17 CommancheDr., Ottawa, ON K2E 6E8.

A WORD FROM YOUR EDITOR by Larry Goldberg

As Andy told you in hiscomments on the front pageof this issue, this will be thelast issue that I will edit.

My reasons are the usual:there are just so many hoursin a day. In addition toediting this newsletter, I alsoedit a quarterly publicationfor KGVI collectors that takesa good chunk of time to fillthe 28 to 32 pages per issue.

And if that isn't enough, un-til recently I was actively in-volved in Christian ministriesserving as preaching pastor ata local church of the Christianand Missionary Alliance aswell as guest preacher at anumber of churches in thegreater Chicago area. This isa part of my life that I havesorely neglected in the lastyear; I need to get involvedagain.

Ellwood for their contribu-tions.

My apologies to Bruce Fieldswho took the time to send anarticle and a CD with scans.Unfortunately, I did not checkthe CD until I went to publishthis issue. For some reason itwould not open. Hopefully,Bruce will correct the problemand send it to Sean for thenext issue.

In addition, I publish phila-telic books on Commonwealthpostal history and stamps.last year we published fivenew titles and already havefour planned for the first quar-ter of the new year. And thesetwo jobs are only my sidelines.

I own an ad agency with astrong specialization in thehealthcare industry.

So something had to give ...other than me.

It was a lot of fun helping tostart this group, and I hopethat it will flourish.

My thanks to Martin Cross forthe information and articleshe provided for this issue.Also, thanks to WayneWalton and, of course, Andy

Blessings.

Larry Goldberg

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THIS AND THAT IN PRECANCELS by Wayne Walton

The following seven itemswith unusual characteristicshave been accumulated over30 years of collecting. Al-though most are differentfrom the regular issues, mostmay be unique or very limitedin number. Each photo speaksfor itself.

1.The pair of Toronto 13-217-D is not a rare precancel, butin this case the doubling ishorizontal and not vertical.This is the first double of thistype that I have found. (Top)

2. The Montreal 8-197 showsa complete lack of the upperbar. There is also a slight lossof the last "0" in 0700. Thisprobably resulted when theprevious sheet did notadvance forward enough andthe upper bar was printed onthe salvage of that sheet whenthe next sheet was imprinted.(Second row, left)

3. Canada 74 seen here hasan unusual precancel. I sentthis to Geoff Walbum in theearly 70's and he was not ableto determine that type ofprecancel that is present onthe stamp. I have no ideaeither. (Second row, right)

4. Precancel X-231 shows thatthe sheet was moved in amotion to the upper rightwhile the imprint was beingapplied . This resulted in theimprint being applied in anunusual way. The device wasmost probably rubber, whichallowed for the distortion.(Third row, left)

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5. Precancel U-90 shows avertical imprint from lower leftto upper right, from lowerright to upper left, and onenormal horizontal imprint. Ihave no idea how such animprint might have beenproduced in normal imprint-ing of the stamps. (Third row,right)

6. Precancel V-166 shown onthis pair of stamps shows thatthe ends of the sheets oftenreceived a less distinct andsomewhat broken imprint.Also the upper bar is made upof 4 parallel lines which mightindicate that the bars were notone solid piece but weremadeup of closely spaced parallelrubber lines. (Fourth row)

7. Precancel I-36i shows inthis pair that the inclinedimprint is not a part of a rollercancel but the sheet was justnot fed in correctly. I haveseveral multiples of both I andJ types that show theseslanted imprints. Precanceltype J shows this type ofimprint very often even to thepoint that the imprint is onthe diagonal of the stamp.(Bottom row)

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LETTERS TO THE EDITORMy apologies to Martin Crossfor taking so long to publishthis letter, but it arrived rightafter we printed issue 5, andthis is, in fact, the next issue.His comments here refer toarticles that appeared in issue4 of this publication. Manythanks for taking the time towrite, Martin. Ed.

Martin wrote:

Starting with Allan Magee'snote on the two covers illus-trated on page 7. The firstthing that struck me is thatthere is no date stamp onthem, this leads me to thinkthat they are 3rd or 4th classmail, just the type mail thatprecancels are used for. Thesize of a bulk mailing thatqualified for precancel stampusage in the 1890's I havenot been able to determinein my research as yet butlogic dictates that 100+ itemswould seem a sensible num-ber for such a minimum size.What then if someone camewith say 105 items this wouldrequire one complete pane of100 stamps precanceled plusa further five stamps. Thefive extra items could havenormal stamp attached and

then be cancelled with theroller and then be handledwith those, which had precan-cel stamps affixed. The letterfrom J.B. Lewis has traces ofType J roller in two places onit, which could be overridesfrom such roller cancels. Thesecond cover is interestingadditionally because it is toa destination outsideCanada, Saginaw in MichiganUSA, the question I have is12 the correct rate for thisletter. In addition it wouldhave been useful to knowwhat information any backstamps on the letters wouldgive us. The late David Izzettwas kind enough to allow meaccess to the collection ofH.G. Walburn, which hebought, and at one of themeetings with him we dis-cussed the Type J rollerlargely to ascertain the townof use. Although we came tono firm conclusion, the townwe thought most likely wasOttawa and the first coverwould have been useful tohelp confirm this. On look-ing through the notes I madeat the time, we commentedon a number of blocks andstrips in the collection whichsupported the idea that four

SUBMISSIONS TO THE EDITORIn the future, all material forthe newsletter should be sent Speaking from experience,to our new editor: little things like that go a long

Sean Michel1411-A Carling AvenueOttawa, ONK1Z 1A7

CANADA

To make things a little easier,please key your illustrationsto the text, so the editor doesnot to have guess at what youhad in mind.

way toward assuring you thatevery issue doesn t have a neweditor.

If you are citing otherperiodicals or books, pleaseprovide good bibliographicreferences. In the case of abook, this means that youshould supply the name of theauthor, the exact name of thebook, place of publication,

and five bar precancels thatexist with Type J line widthsand spacing are in fact madewith a Type J roller run overalternate rows of perfora-tions, the postmaster thushaving to run the roller onlyfive times over the sheet ofstamps.

his comments on page 3 re-garding style 10 precancels.At least two plates weremade for this style, the firstone was in use from 1936when the Canadian BankNote company gained thecontract to print stampsuntil 1941-42 when thewarning strip legends were

Martin also commented on added to the overprintingvarious articles by Duncan plate. Perhaps it is worthMacDonald, to wit: reminding collectors that

from when the CanadianTurning now to DuncanMacDonald 's contributionon page 6. The enclosedphotocopy of a full 100stamp pane of precanceledstamps (See facing page)shows exactly why the posi-tioning is not consistent onall stamps . It can be seenthat the size of the over-printing plate is less thanthe size of the pane ofstamps. A further point toremember is that in mostcases there are four differ-ent margin layouts for thepane, which are derivedfrom the cutting of theprinted sheet of 400 stampsinto 100 stamp panes.

Still with Duncan Mac-

Bank Note company tookover the contract to printprecancels they used aHeidelberg Press the plateofwhich overprinted all fourpanes of 100 stamps on thesheet of stamps at the sametime. This means that if the0700 had been entered in-correctly in one position onthe plate, the frequency ofoccurrence would be 1 in400. The press was in useuntil 1957 with this sheetlayout. When the sheet lay-out was changed, no furtheroverprinting plates for thethree cities still using MoneyOrder Office Numbers weremade and these cities thenused Style X or Style Y pre-cancels.

Donald, but this time with

publisher's name, yearpublished, and if you areciting a specific piece of thetext, the page or pages uponwhich the reference appears.If the reference is to apublication article, show theauthors name, the article title,the publication's name,volume number, issue numberand/or whole number, monthand year of the issue, and pagenumbers.

standards that you can obtainon request from the editor.

Please share your knowledgewith your fellow study groupmembers. Write articles;comment and/or correct thosethat others have written.

NONE OF USIS AS GOOD

AS ALL OF US!

We have a set of submission

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Sheet shows exactly why the positioning is not xonsistent on all sheets. See letter on facing page.

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REASONS by Martin Cross

The block of 50 Torontoprecancelled stamps Type 3-89-I shown here providesanswers to some of thefrequently asked questionsabout why many of theavailable precancels are ofsuch poor quality.

The block of 20 Ottawa pre-cancelled stamps Type 3-149gives the answer to the ques-

tion: "Why is it difficult tofind well-centered precan-cels?':

The Toronto block shows awide variation of inking of theoverprinting legend on thestamps , those in positions 55and 56 on the full pane beinglightly inked and showing nosign of fine scroll work. Myexplanation of this is that the

cleaning of the plate betweenprinting runs has resulted inmuch greater wear in the cen-tre of the plate than at itsedges.

Comparing the two blocks, itcan be seen that the width ofthe GV Scroll Issue stamps isgreater that that of theEdwardian stamps . Howeverthe width of the overprinting

plate is the same in each case,thus giving the impression ofa drift of the imprint legendson the GV stamps.

Close examination of bothblocks shows that some of theletters in the legends are dam-aged and this will give rise toconstant varieties, whichcould be catalogued.

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CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS by Larry Goldberg

In issue 3, we went to greatlengths to publish a completelist of the current researchprojects and their coordina-tors.

In most issues since then, wehave included a paragraph re-questing that the coordinatorskeep the editor informed oftheir progress (see page 8 ofthis issue.

To date, I have heard noth-ing-

The only project that I knowof that has been completed isthe Bar-Type IdentificationGuide. I did that; it was nobig deal because all of the in-formation came from HansReiche and Andy Ellwood. Ijust put it together an had itprinted.

study group exists, if no oneis sharing the fruit of theirstudies with their fellow col-lectors.

Without ongoing research anddisclosure of new information,what reason do we have forexisting as a group? Or, onemight even tale it one stepfurther and ask, why bothercollecting at all?

I have taken the liberty ofpublishing the list of projectsand coordinators again. Dosomething with it ... please.

PRICING STATISTICSDavid Marasco13293 24th AvenueSurrey, BC V4A [email protected]

MAJOR USERS

Norm Wagner

#1320, 720-13th Ave. SWCalgary, AB T2R 1M5

LATHEWORKDuncan MacDonaldP.O. box 37013Lynwood Postal OutletEdmonton, AB T5R [email protected]

ADMIRAL SHADESSean Michel1411-A Carling AvenueSuite 202Ottawa, ON K1Z [email protected]

PLATE BLOCKSAdrian Ellis2 Old Brompton RoadLondon SW7 [email protected]

VARIETIESAndy EllwoodPO Box 83004Ottawa, Ontario K1V [email protected]

I have to ask myself why this

RE-ENTRIESDuncan MacDonaldP.O. box 37013Lynwood Postal OutletEdmonton, AB T5R [email protected]

An interesting precancelled cover from the editor's collection advertising B&C (Brush & Company) Straight Front Corsets. Veryattractive deep blue ink on yellow stock cancelled with Type T-75. Amherstburg destination cds dated NO 22 01 appears on thereverse side.

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WANT LISTS You can have your own want list published here ... absolutely FREE.

FOR SALE OR TRADEHundreds of duplicates ofprecancelled stamps. Mostare the less expensive tointermediate pricedstamps. I will tradecatalogue value forcatalogue value or sell at1/2 catalogue price. Dr.Wayne Walton 2116 GoldenOak Lane Madison, TN37115

TORONTO PRECANCELS

ON COVER

Larry Goldberg is seekingcovers bearing Torontoprecancels. What have yougot for sale? [email protected] or bysnail mail at Box 7170,Buffalo Grove, IL 60089-7170

PRECANCELS ON THE3c SMALL QUEEN ISSUE.Ron Ribler, chairman of theLQ/SQ Study Group, isinterested in buyingprecancels on the 3 cent SQissue. He has the A, I, J, R,S, and T and is looking forthe others. Send pics andprices to him at [email protected] or PO Box22911, Ft. Lauderdale, FL33335.

PRECANCEL LATHEWORK& ANY MAJOR

PRECANCELLED RE-ENTRIESI am also interested intrading or purchasing forthe more expensive $100+town type precancels Ineed. I can be reached bye-mail at duncan@

camacdonald com or atDuncan MacDonald, P.O.Box 37013, LynnwoodPostal Outlet, Edmonton,Alberta T5R 5Y2, CANADA

TOWN PRECANCELS ONKGVI REVISED &

UNREVISED ISSUESLarry Goldberg is lookingfor town precancels (otherthan the more commonones) on the KGVI revisedand un-revised issues.What have you got for sale?Email [email protected] orby snail mail at Box 7170,Buffalo Grove, IL 60089-7170

FREE WANT ADS!JUST SEND THE EDITOR

COPY FOR YOUR AD.

ODDITIES by Andy EllwoodAmongst my collection, Ihave a number ofstamps which I casually referto as Oddities. In somecases, I have seen referenceto them in the literature, butin others, I have never seenanything. Any informationthat anyone can supplywould be most appreciated.

The first item is a "double"of two types of theestablished Winnipegprecancels. Invert-ed on acopy of # 92, the Town Name

is a type 2 with the barsbelow. The Province Nameis a type 3, with the barsabove. Between the two setsof bars are a set of short barswhich could be from the topsof the letters "FOR" from thetype 2, but, even incompleteas they are, it is obvious thatthese additional partial barsdo not match these letters,nor are they compatible witheither type 2 or 3.

So we have a mystery.Perhaps, the printer wasinterrupted while resettingthe type for a run and failedto complete the set-upproperly. While I am surethat I have seen anillustration of this Odditysomewhere, I cannotremember where.

The second item is ahorizontal pair of #41 witha light purple "BROWN'SNURSERIES," between two

solid bars. The bars are 2 mmwide and are 2 mm above andbelow the name. Possiblythis is merely a cancel, butif so, it is an unusual style.It also somewhat resemblesthe HUNTINGDON Overprint(Precancel Handbook page85), but is a much earlierissue. The presence of the"," at the end of the namewould prsume that theprovince name followed onthe next stamp. Thus, the"cancel" would have covered

ATM : RESEARCHPROJECTCOORDINATORSPlease keep the editorinformed of the progress youare making on your researchprojects. By keeping themembership informed, you aresetting up a useful pipe-linefor further information.

Thanks for your help.

See page 7.

a strip of three which wouldbe an unusual way to applyprecancels.

So I am disposed to assumethat this is some form of"cancel", but not a"precancel". What do youthink?

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