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Post by jamesw on Apr 13, 2014 23:58:51 GMT
Law stamps were used on court and legal documents. The provinces of British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan all issued law stamps of similar design. British Columbia 1888-1891 Second Series # BCL5 (van Dam)  |
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Post by jamesw on Apr 14, 2014 0:03:25 GMT
Manitoba 1892 nine scallops ML107  |
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Post by jamesw on Apr 14, 2014 0:06:35 GMT
Ontario 1870-1911 #OL47 Different shades of red exist.  |
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Post by jamesw on Apr 14, 2014 0:15:05 GMT
Quebec left - 1893-1906 QL32? (#32 is listed as gray violet in colour. van Dam states that colours will range from gray to violet. This example is more of a gray green hue) centre - 1912 QL63 right- 1912 QL56  |
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Post by jamesw on Apr 14, 2014 0:26:06 GMT
Saskatchewan - all on documents 1938 SL49 50¢, SL51 $1, SL52 $2    |
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Post by cjd on Mar 7, 2015 18:26:11 GMT
More Ontario for you. OL3 with a pen cancel and OL4 with a very faint cds:   |
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Post by zipper on Mar 8, 2015 8:39:49 GMT
Beautiful stuff, guys! Classic, flowing, art nouveau lines on the ladies sculpture.
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Post by cjd on Mar 8, 2015 15:48:22 GMT
Not being Canadian, I'm going to take my best shot at explaining the three common overprints on Upper Canada law stamps.
The C.F. overprint was for the Consolidated Fund; the F.F. overprint was for the Fee Fund; and the L.S. overprint was for the Law Society. (The L.C. overprint was for an entirely different region, Lower Canada.)
C.F. was used in the more-important (Superior) courts and F.F. was used in the lower courts. L.S. was used to repay a debt to the Law Society, which had financed the construction of the court complex in Toronto. Certain court tasks, along with admission to the bar, required payment of "L.S." fees.
As for Upper Canada and Lower Canada, I believe the designations are in relation to the St. Lawrence River, Upper Canada being upriver, closer to the headwaters.
As soon as our neighbors to the north stop laughing at the above and regain their composure, perhaps one of them will correct any wildly inaccurate information.
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Post by jamesw on Mar 9, 2015 3:17:18 GMT
No is laughing, cjd (shhhh...shhhhh! quiet over there!)
I believe your info is correct.
And as to the Upper and Lower Canada designations, you are also correct. Certainly the early explorers paddling their canoes upstream all that way were pretty certain which was higher.
And to this day the law society here in Ontario is still called the Law Society of Upper Canada. Guess they didn't want to change all that stationary.
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Post by cjd on Aug 30, 2015 3:25:14 GMT
I thought, how can it be that there are no Yukon law stamps shown here? And then it hit me, this thread is for provincial law stamps. I hope no one minds a couple territorial law stamps slipped in. Here are 50-cent and $1 Yukon Territorial Court Law Stamps, each with a CANCELLED puncture.  Pretty nice production values, eh? From the listings I've seen online, it looks like the punctures come in large and, later, small sizes. These look to be large. Anyone with more specific information can pipe up. edited to add that I have these as YL9 and YL10, respectively. |
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Post by jamesw on Aug 30, 2015 12:24:40 GMT
Cjd, the answer is actually because I just don't have any. Some day...some day...
But those are nice.
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Post by Admin on Aug 13, 2020 13:42:44 GMT
The Forum has received a request for information regarding this 10 cent Manitoba Law stamp (e.g., catalog ID, value, usage, etc.) from a collector in the UK. If you are able, please provide any information you can contribute by replying to this thread.  |
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Post by kasvik on Aug 13, 2020 14:27:32 GMT
The Forum has received a request for information regarding this 10 cent Manitoba Law stamp (e.g., catalog ID, value, usage, etc.) from a collector in the UK. If you are able, please provide any information you can contribute by replying to this thread. Breathtaking. Did they make a poster-sized version? |
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Post by jamesw on Aug 15, 2020 23:17:21 GMT
Hi Steve
Regarding the Manitoba stamp from the UK, I'd say it's exactly like the one i posted six years ago, except better centred!
Manitoba
1892 nine scallops
VanDam #ML107
Value in the 2009 Catalogue (I don't have the new edition) is $2 used.
While mine is canceled with perforated letters CANCELED, the UK version was canceled using what looks possibly like a purple date stamp.
Again, these were used on court and legal documents.
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Post by jamesw on Oct 12, 2020 2:03:22 GMT
Some law stamp additions from todays journey to an antique market. Some condition issues, but had at a good price, so I'm happy. Ontario 1864 #OL3 (same as cjd's shown above)  Quebec 1864 QL5  Saskatchewan 1907 SL3  Yukon 1902 YL8 YL9 and YL10 (the day has come cjd!)  And just for good measure, though not provincial... Canada 1915 FSC17  |
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Post by WERT on Oct 12, 2020 13:58:35 GMT
Here are a couple more... Robert
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Post by hdm1950 on Dec 30, 2022 23:10:36 GMT
The last of the items worth sharing from the mail this week were these 1864 Law Stamps. 3 are from Ontario and the one on the far right is from Quebec (L.C. for Lower Canada). I have just started to add some revenue stamps to my collection when I see them at reasonable price. These were bought for pocket change that came with about 10 other lots from one eBay seller's weekly auction. I like the Aesthetic designs of this era.  |
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Post by johnamichael on Jan 3, 2023 17:10:02 GMT
Very interesting post with beautiful images.
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Post by sudbury12000 on Feb 21, 2024 1:16:53 GMT
Let me first say, what I don't know about law stamps could fill a room. This stamp came to me as 11x11x11x 5.5 perf, but the bottom perf is uneven. I do not have a Van Dam Cat so not sure if it is listed. If any one has an opinion I would welcome it!
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Post by JeffS on Feb 21, 2024 5:21:01 GMT
As 5.5 is half of 11, my first thought is that this is an victim of some missing perforations
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Post by rod222 on Feb 21, 2024 7:27:52 GMT
Let me first say, what I don't know about law stamps could fill a room. This stamp came to me as 11x11x11x 5.5 perf, but the bottom perf is uneven. I do not have a Van Dam Cat so not sure if it is listed. If any one has an opinion I would welcome it! I would tend to agree with Jeff, The right hand bottom row (as you show it) shows some other punctures. (Blind Perfs) As an aside, and under "one good turn, deserves another" if you send me your email I can send you FREE a Van Dam Catalogue (I have 2) early though (25th anniv edition) Cheers Rod  |
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Post by hdm1950 on Apr 5, 2024 18:33:40 GMT
I was able to add 3 more of these 1864 (pre confederation) Ontario Law Stamps to the small accumulation I already had. The C.F. stands for consolidated fund. I was suspect that the $1.00 was damaged when I saw the photos of the lot due to a few flat hinges on the back so no surprise to find a tear. The SON cancel makes it worth keeping for now. Just love the designs of these.  |
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Post by daniel on May 2, 2024 0:36:06 GMT
Ontario Law Stamps on slips from the 'Land Titles Office' 1925 and two from 1917. Just received from Stanley Gibbons. All stamps cancelled by being punched. 20c and 5c, 30c and 10c.  |
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Post by hdm1950 on Sept 27, 2024 20:56:21 GMT
The Halifax Law Library stamps first came into use in 1879 and have been used on various types of legal documents right through to the 1990's. They began to have overprints in 1955. This is the first one in my collection and it is actually a rather scarce 1993 never hinged example missing a red 3.00 overprint. The van Dam number is NSF13a.  |
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