hdm1950
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What I collect: I collect world wide up to 1965 with several specialty albums added due to volume of material I have acquired. At this point I am focused on Canada and British America. I am always on the lookout for stamps and covers with postmarks from communities in Queens County, Nova Scotia. I do list various goods including stamps occasionally on eBay as hdm50
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Post by hdm1950 on Jul 25, 2023 16:07:54 GMT
That pane of 20 stamps which you show has a bit of a history to it. Those were originally sold as Cello Paqs (or Cello Paks, or Cello-Packs, or whatever it was - black cat is on my arm as I type & the catalogue is not at hand right now). A number of Canadian definitive & Christmas issues were sold in small panes wrapped in a cellophane packet ("for pocket or purse" - imagine how crumpled your stamps would get if you carried them in your pocket...). The 5 cent stamps were sold in panes of 20 so the total price would be $1, whereas 4 cent stamps came in a pane of 25 to also sell for $1. 2 cent & 3 cent issues exist as well - those were sold with two panes in a packet. Here's an image of the 5 cent Cameo in its Cello Paq, nabbed from an eBay listing. Ryan philatelia I thought for sure I had seen the block in the wrapper on TSF before and here it is from 2019.
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philatelia
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Post by philatelia on Jul 25, 2023 16:10:02 GMT
Yes! I thought I’d remember seeing those, too. That label “for pocket or purse” is odd. Pocket??
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Post by seagull on Jul 25, 2023 16:26:12 GMT
Yes! I thought I’d remember seeing those, too. That label “for pocket or purse” is odd. Pocket?? In all fairness, I'm sure I've kept far stranger things in my pockets at times over the years! Joking aside, maybe it could mean the pocket of a bag, and purse as in wallet? Potentially slightly lost in translation and oddly phrased, but I like it.
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renden
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Post by renden on Jul 25, 2023 16:40:37 GMT
Yes! I thought I’d remember seeing those, too. That label “for pocket or purse” is odd. Pocket?? In all fairness, I'm sure I've kept far stranger things in my pockets at times over the years! Joking aside, maybe it could mean the pocket of a bag, and purse as in wallet? Potentially slightly lost in translation and oddly phrased, but I like it. Unitrade numbers it as # 405bi (Cello paq) while #405b (shown in another thread) is without Cello - René
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hdm1950
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What I collect: I collect world wide up to 1965 with several specialty albums added due to volume of material I have acquired. At this point I am focused on Canada and British America. I am always on the lookout for stamps and covers with postmarks from communities in Queens County, Nova Scotia. I do list various goods including stamps occasionally on eBay as hdm50
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Post by hdm1950 on Jul 25, 2023 17:49:58 GMT
Yes! I thought I’d remember seeing those, too. That label “for pocket or purse” is odd. Pocket?? One has to think of the era of these sheets when men were wearing suits and sports coats more often with good size pockets on the side and women’s purses were a good size.
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renden
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Post by renden on Sept 20, 2023 21:48:52 GMT
Canada - 3 souvenir panes of 4 Majestic Forests of Canada -Issued 1990 Sep 17Unitrade 1284a - 1286b Won at Auction $2C each (CV 12.50 each) - Did not win the 1283a
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Sept 21, 2023 6:04:45 GMT
I remember these! They were only sold at Petro-Canada gas stations. I had to make a special trip to get a set.
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hdm1950
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What I collect: I collect world wide up to 1965 with several specialty albums added due to volume of material I have acquired. At this point I am focused on Canada and British America. I am always on the lookout for stamps and covers with postmarks from communities in Queens County, Nova Scotia. I do list various goods including stamps occasionally on eBay as hdm50
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Post by hdm1950 on Sept 21, 2023 23:24:07 GMT
Back in July these Cameo miniature panes came up for discussion again featuring the 5 cent value in the cello paq. I knew I had one of those but had forgotten I also had the 4 cent pane still in the packaging. The Unitrade number is 404b for this one. I would be a little excited if it was the 404bi which has florescent paper. My black light needs batteries so I am not able to check it.
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renden
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Post by renden on Sept 21, 2023 23:52:44 GMT
Back in July these Cameo miniature panes came up for discussion again featuring the 5 cent value in the cello paq. I knew I had one of those but had forgotten I also had the 4 cent pane still in the packaging. The Unitrade number is 404b for this one. I would be a little excited if it was the 404bi which has florescent paper. My black light needs batteries so I am not able to check it. Yes Hugh and a CV right up there with a F pane !!! René
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hdm1950
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What I collect: I collect world wide up to 1965 with several specialty albums added due to volume of material I have acquired. At this point I am focused on Canada and British America. I am always on the lookout for stamps and covers with postmarks from communities in Queens County, Nova Scotia. I do list various goods including stamps occasionally on eBay as hdm50
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Post by hdm1950 on Sept 30, 2023 11:46:11 GMT
Today is the 3rd National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada. It is a time to reflect and honour the 1000’s of children placed in residential schools, many of whom never made it home. It is not a proud moment in our history. Canada Post has issued 4 new stamps today as a remembrance of this sad past. The following images are from their Instagram posting today.
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JeffS
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Post by JeffS on Sept 30, 2023 12:01:35 GMT
@ hdm1950 I had not heard of this before your posting so I visited the subject online. Thank you for posting it.
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madbaker
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Post by madbaker on Sept 30, 2023 16:00:36 GMT
Thank you for sharing the TRC stamps, hdm1950. I'll be sure to purchase some in the coming days, although the images of the schools chill my heart. I haven't been following Canada new issues for several years now, though I just purchased some Indigneous leader booklets after seeing the George Manuel stamps at the post office. I didn't know Canada Post was offering stamps around the day of Truth and Reconciliation. I'm off to two gatherings today - one with Residential School survivors and later to the South Island Powwow. It promises to be a powerful and emotionally moving day, for sure.
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renden
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Post by renden on Dec 2, 2023 19:07:39 GMT
CANADA Souvenir Sheet - Unitrade 3333f - Capex S/S Vintage Travel Posters June 9, 2022
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JeffS
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Post by JeffS on Dec 3, 2023 0:38:29 GMT
CANADA Souvenir Sheet - Unitrade 3333f - Capex S/S Vintage Travel Posters June 9, 2022 First I've seen of these, quite attractive.
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hdm1950
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What I collect: I collect world wide up to 1965 with several specialty albums added due to volume of material I have acquired. At this point I am focused on Canada and British America. I am always on the lookout for stamps and covers with postmarks from communities in Queens County, Nova Scotia. I do list various goods including stamps occasionally on eBay as hdm50
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Post by hdm1950 on Feb 4, 2024 13:11:26 GMT
These 2 annual collection books were at the bottom of one of the boxes I bought yesterday. I had cut off my Canada collection at 1990 but it appears now I have advanced to 1992. This is the first time I have seen the annual collections of this era and I must say I am impressed with the coffee table quality with hard covers and dust jackets. 1992 is still in it’s plastic although a bit tattered.
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Ryan
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Post by Ryan on Feb 4, 2024 21:35:22 GMT
I must say I am impressed with the coffee table quality with hard covers and dust jackets. Once upon a time I bought a mint Canadian collection and it came in a Lindner hingeless album (volumes 1 & 2, up to 1974 or so), so later on I started looking for later volumes of the Lindner hingeless albums. A dealer told to me to not bother beyond volume whatever it was, because the Canada Post yearbooks were so vastly better in value - hardly any more costly than the mint stamps themselves and packaged in such nicely illustrated books. I did eventually buy another collection that contained even more Lindner pages so now I have them up to about 2014 or so, but I kept buying the Canada Post yearbooks up to about 2015 too, and they are certainly far more informative and nicer to look at. Ryan
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Mar 16, 2024 23:47:56 GMT
The High cost of modern Philately The cost to secure a full pane of Cinderellas with a retail value of just cents. (Nonetheless, desired by moi) Must say, I prefer the Modern Canadian Ring Postmarks, against the large Oblong impressions I am presuming the ring has the Postcode?
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Post by iswscwebmaster on Mar 17, 2024 16:42:09 GMT
<snip> I am presuming the ring has the Postcode? Hi rod222, That is definitely not the postal code. It is the numeric identifier of the post office.
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Ryan
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Post by Ryan on Mar 17, 2024 17:18:50 GMT
Cancellations with those 6-digit numbers are known as POCON cancellations - Post Office Computer Organization Number. They were introduced in 1973 and replaced the older 4-digit numbers (and sometimes 5-digit, for tiny post offices) seen on MOON cancellations, with that acronym standing for Money Order Office Number. Apart from postal cancellations, you can also see those on old Canadian precancelled stamps where they were used to represent the city. Here's an example of that, my city of Calgary (image nabbed from a HipStamp seller). For the non-tiny offices which used the 4-digit numbers, Maritime provinces in the east started with an X, then Quebec starting with 0 or 1, Ontario with 2, 3 or 4, Manitoba with 5, Saskatchewan with 7, Alberta with 8 and British Columbia with 9. Ryan
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Mar 17, 2024 17:45:26 GMT
Thank you Alyn, Ryan. linkFurther Info P.O.C.O.N cancels
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