Let's See Your Classic Stamps on Cover 1851-1951

I'll add these here, seeing as how no one else has added to jimjung's thread recently.
Occasionally, when my PayPal account is getting low, I'll challenge myself and see what I can get for very little money. Sort of a shopping challenge. I recently got these two pieces for under $9CDN.
The first is a UX5c (lilac) postal card sent from my hometown of St. Catharines' branch of the Bank of Commerce in 1886. It was sent to the town of Niagara, now called Niagara-on-the-lake. The Bank of Commerce merged with the Imperial Bank in 1961 and became the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC).
My research shows that manager F.O. Cross was at the banks Dunnville branch in 1879 and moved up to the Toronto branch by 1902. Congratulations Mr. Cross!



This other cover is an 1881 envelope sporting a 3¢ small queen, SC#37e. The recipient John Waddell was a furniture maker, and well established business man in Orono Ont., just east of Toronto.
The cover is postmarked in Little Britain Ont. with back cancels in Newcastle and Orono.

I deleted my other thread to insert this Map Stamp cover, cancelled with "roller" with Victoria, BC 

Hi vikingeck. Here's a passage from a War Tax exhibit I did a couple of years ago which explains the stamps on Active Service soldiers mail.

Canadian soldiers overseas were granted franking privileges, so postage was not required on mail from the European Theatre of Operations. However, until July 28, 1917, Canadian Exchange Offices - offices charged with processing incoming and outgoing mail - affixed Canadian postage and war tax stamps on stampless mail received from military personel. The stamps were not paid by the sender or recipient, but provided freely by the Post Office Department. This was because Britain considered Canadian soldiers to be members of the British forces, therefore they were not thought to be ‘overseas’. As such, they were required to pay the one pence letter rate, or U.P.U. postage due rates would apply. But the Canadian government did consider them to be overseas and therefore exempt from paying postage, and solved the problem by paying the postage themselves.

Canada Cover - with Jubilee # 53 - three cents (Unitrade Canada Specialized Cat) - sent to Woodstock, New Brunswick - received SP20, 1897

Here is a nice cover with #14 showing Whitworth's flaw 1a, the Q-flaw.  This is the strongest example I have seen.

Cover:







The stamp showing the Q-flaw:

One of my Jubilee covers (Canada # 53 - 1897 on the back, not scanned)) received today. Nice simple cover that is going to a very good friend in the U.K., Chris Beryllium Guy ......I know he loves Canada's Jubilees   and I like covers and have others - it is always fun to share with a special friend.

René

Wow, René, what an amazing announcement!  I don't know what else to say besides thank you very much!  I am truly honoured that you would want me to have this cover.  As it happens, I do not have any covers in my Canada QV Jubilee Collection, so this will make an excellent addition.

You are a most kind and generous friend, René, thank you again so very much!

-Chris 

That's an absolutely wonderful cover renden - Congratulations 

Received today from Weeka Stamps Canada:

1) in the scanned envelope with a S/S Canada 756a, 4 X 424 5 cents, 1 X 399 5 cents Victoria Centenary
2) the nice FDC # 211-216 Jubilee Issue KGV (set) Postmarked Montreal May 4, 1935

Here is a First Official Flight cover from Prince Albert-Lac La Ronge, Saskatchewan.

Dan

2 Flag cancelled covers - CANADA
-3 cents jubilee stamp 1891
-2 cents QV numeral issue 1899

The ADMIRALs.....so important for Canada Stamps that they wrote a BOOK on it.......
René