Canada 1935 Silver Jubilee

The silver jubilee of King George V was commemorated by Canada with a set of 5 stamps issued on May 4, 1935.

Shown above is the set in blocks of four.

Pictured are:

1c Princess Elizabeth
2c Duke of York
3c King George V and Queen Mary
5c Prince of Wales
10c Windsor Castle
13c Britannia (royal yacht)

Canada postmark Toronto

Toronto is the capital city of the province of Ontario, Canada.

Canada postmark Stirling

Stirling is a village in the Canadian province of Ontario.

Canada postmark

Some Canadian postmarks of 1995 and 1997.

What do the numbers at upper left represent?

How about the alphanumeric codes?

Toronto Journal of Philately

The first edition of the Toronto Journal of Philately is dated May 1892.

This Canadian "monthly magazine published in the interests of stamp collecting" had J.L. Thompson as editor. He says that "it was our intention when we commenced publishing this journal to act in the capacity of official organ for the United Philatelic Association, under the name of the United Association Philatelist, but it appears that the Washington Philatelist has obtained that position in the Society."

An interesting feature article is "A History of Philately," from which I quote the following: "Stamp collecting could now be said to be past its period of baby-hood and although its progress was through many a conflict, many a doubt, yet it was sure and steady."

1899 provisional

The last issue of Canada in the 19th century were two surcharged stamps.

These provisionals, which were the first stamps of Canada to be surcharged, came out in 1899.

Surcharged were the 3c Maple Leaf and the 3c Numeral (shown above). The new value was 2 cents each.

Christmas 1898

Known as the Imperial Penny Postage Issue, this two-stamp set features a map of the British Empire (in carmine) with the inscription XMAS 1898.

Some collectors consider this to be the world's first Christmas stamp...some other collectors don't (you'll have to read elsewhere about this!).

The only difference in the two stamps, which were both issued on December 7, 1898, are the the three colors used: Top stamp has black, lavender and carmine, and Bottom stamp has black, blue and carmine.

These stamps were issued to mark the inauguration of the Imperial Penny Postage rate, which became effective throughout the British Empire on Christmas Day 1898.

Numerals

Looks the same as the Maple Leaf Issue...but with a difference: numerals instead of maple leaves on the lower left and right corners.

The Numeral Issue has more stamps than the Maple Leaf Issue, as follows: 1/2c (issued in 1898), 1c (1898), 2c purple (1898), 2c carmine (1899), 3c (1898), 5c (1899), 6c (1898), 7c (1902), 8c (1898), 10c (1898), and 20c (1900).

Shown above are the six lowest values.

Maple Leaf

Flag cancel

The Maple Leaf Issue of Canada came out in 1897 and 1898.

Eight values make up this set: 1/2c, 1c, 2c, 5c, 6c, 8c, and 10c (all issued in 1897) and 3c (issued in 1898).

Shown above are the four lowest values.

Jubilees II

Aug 31, 1897 Ontario

Aug 19, 1897 Toronto

Flag cancel

Aug 20, 1897 Summerside, Prince Edward Island

July 14, 1897 British Columbia

This time, five stamps with different cancellations.

A circular date stamp (CDS) cancel looks better than smudge cancellations.

Jubilees I

Here's a favorite classic of Canada: the Diamond Jubilee Issue of 1897.

This issue marked the 60th year of Queen Victoria's reign, and portrays the queen in 1837 and 60 years later in 1897.

The values in the set are 1/2c, 1c, 2c, 3c, 5c, 6c, 8c, 10c, 15c, 20c, 50c, $1, $2, $3, $4, and $5. Collect all sixteen values and you'll have a lovely colorful set!

All four stamps shown above were canceled at Quebec on September 13, 1897. 

Small Queen

Following the Large Queen Issue was the Small Queen Issue of 1870-1893, so-called because the stamps were smaller in size (except the 20c and 50c values).

The 1/2 cent value is the smallest compared to the 1c, 2c, 3c, 5c, 6c, 8c, and 10c (all of which are of about the same size) and the much larger 20c and 50c (which are about the same size as the Large Queens).

In fact the half cent was, and maybe still is (can someone please confirm), the smallest postage stamp of Canada!

Large Queen

After the First Cents Issue, Canada issued from 1868 to 1876 what collectors call the Large Queen Issue.

By this time Canada was no longer known as the Province of Canada, but the Dominion of Canada.

The values ranged from 1/2 cent to 15 cents.

Shown above is the 3 cents stamp.

First Cents Issue 5c

A beaver is depicted on the 5 cents value of the First Cents Issue of Canada.

The letters V and R above the beaver stand for Victoria Regina, the royal cypher of Queen Victoria.

First Cents Issue 1c

A challenge in collecting the 1 cent value of the First Cents Issue of Canada is finding a well-centered copy.

This stamp, in general, is poorly centered: Two are shown above.

The First Cents were issued in 1859 (1c, 5c, 10c in two colors, 12-1/2c, 17c) and 1864 (2c). Previously, the stamps of Canada were denominated in pence.

For the 1 cent, profile is Queen Victoria and color is rose.