Below is a list of Canadian Postal History Reference Literature that we currently have available. With these references, collectors and dealers can identify and evaluate thousands of different postmarks.
Most of these books are regular stock items, but some are available
in limited quantities. As an example, the total printing of my
Illinois Post Offices book was 418 copies. More than two-thirds
of those have been sold since it was published in February, 1996,
and I do not plan to reprint it. Such limited-edition titles are
often difficult to obtain once the original printing is sold out.
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Post Offices of Alberta. (Robinson/1998): The authority
on this province. Gives details on town names, changes of status,
opening & closing dates, cancel types, and location of all
Alberta towns to 1998. (96 pages; stapled.) #760103. $29.00.
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Manitoba Post Offices. (Robinson/1988): Names of all
post offices are listed with dates, changes, and known postmark
types. The rarity factor code is like that for the other provinces,
too. There are lots of towns rated E (closed and rare) to challenge
collectors. This book - like the others in this series - is accurately
and neatly prepared, and is absolutely essential for anyone interested
in or collecting western Canada. The entire series is excellent.
(48 pages; stapled.) #760101. $20.00.
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New Brunswick Post Offices. (Small/2001): Lists 2,453
post offices from 1783 to 1987, with years of operation. (74 pages;
softbound.) #730107. $30.00.
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Newfoundland, Canada, Post Offices. (Small/1999): Lists
1,582 post offices, with years of operation, from 1850 forward.
(43 pages; softbound.) #730104. $25.00.
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Northwest Territories Postal Cancellations 1907-1986.
(Kevin O'Reilly/1987): A comprehensive alphabetical listing of
101 postal facilities in the Northwest Territories. This total
includes post offices that changed their name although still located
in the same area. Under each post office name is listed location,
population, name origin, date or opening and where appropriate
closing date, the postal code, office status, "Moon"
and "Pocon" numbers plus a full description including
illustrations of the associated postal markings. The Eastern Arctic
Patrol is included and is well documented. The book contains 13
maps and four appendices. One appendix lists the itineraries of
the ships involved in the Eastern Arctic Patrol 1932 - 1962. Cancellations
and registration markings are listed with information on ink colours,
proof dates as well as earliest and latest known dates of use.
(230 pages; softbound.) #760102. $34.00.
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Nova Scotia Post Offices. (Small/2001): Lists 3,264
post offices from 1755 to 1987, with years of operation. (128
pages; softbound.) #730108. $35.00.
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The Post Office on Prince Edward Island (1787-1990).
(G. Douglas Murray/1990): Brief history of mail service in Canada's
smallest province plus listings of all post offices, open and
close dates, rarity factors and many notes for each town. (82
pages.)
Hardbound: #760110. $39.00.
Softbound: #760111. $29.00.
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2000 Postmarks of Prince Edward Island: 1814-1995. (G.
Douglas Murray/1996): Well researched with many illustrations
recording all known cancellations used in this province. On the
odd numbered pages are the post office names, the period of opening,
descriptions of the markings with proof date and early and late
dates (if available). The even facing pages show the postmarks
themselves. (217 pages; comb bound.) #760108. $45.00.
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Quebec Post Offices. (Small/2001): Lists 7,765 post
offices from 1763 to 1986, with years of operation. (115 pages;
softbound.) #730109. $35.00.
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The Postal History
of Yukon Territory, Canada. (Robert G. Woodall/1976): This
comprehensive work is in four parts. In the six chapters of Part
1, the history of the Yukon from 1843 to the Klondike Discovery
(1897) is related and the various postal services described. Part
2 (seven chapters) covers the Gold Rush period of 1897 to 1900
which brought about an increase and improvement of the postal
services available in the territory. These included private expresses
and even carrier pigeon post, although the known Pigeon Mail items
are all $1 and $2 stamps of unproven authenticity. The final chapter
of Part 2 lists and illustrates Canadian post offices and postmarks
to 1900. Part 3, The Twentieth Century, is the largest part of
the book and devotes separate chapters to such topics as the winter
mails between Dawson and Whitehorse, Dawson and Fort McPherson;
the development of air mail services; the Alcan and Canol Roads
and Canol Pipeline; among others. The final part is The Catalogue,
a combined check list of Yukon postmarks and gazetteer of those
places which have had a post office at some time. Only the main
types of postmarks are catalogued and coded, with accompanying
valuations. (The unit of value is about 50 pence.) The book concludes
with an index which is illustrated with 1 halftone and 3 line
maps, 12 pages of postmarks and 50 halftones of covers, postcards,
letters and photographs. This is a book that Yukon collectors
and postal historians will need and general collectors and northern
Canada devotees will want to read for the interesting account
of the history of the Yukon. Quarterman Reprint of the original
1964 edition. (267 pages; hardbound.) #760109. $49.00.
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Territorial Post Offices of Canada. (William G. Robinson/1990):
Lists all western territorial post offices, rarity factors. Includes
Assiniboia, Alberta, Athabaska, B.C., Keewatin, NWT, Saskatchewan,
and Yukon. This is a handbook of some 70 pages crammed with data
on the relevant post offices in checklist form. Dates of opening
and, where appropriate, closing are listed along with types of
cancellation used and rarity factor. Anyone interested in nineteenth
century Canadian cancellations will need this book in the bookcase
as the period covered runs from the 1870's to, in most cases,
1905 when Provincial status was attained by a number of territories.
Northwest Territories are covered in two sections, pre and post
1905, while Yukon, which is still a territory, is covered to date.
(76 pages; stapled.) #760104. $22.00.
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Catalogue of Canadian Railway Cancellations and Related
Transportation Postmarks. (Lewis M. Ludlow/1982): The standard
authority on this field with rarity factors for all cancels. (272
pages; spiral.) #760105. $49.00.
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Canadian Military Postal Markings. (W.J. Bailey &
E.R. Toop/1996): Final Canadian Military Postal History book by
these writers, a massive work in two softbound volumes with multi-color
cover & slip case. (872 pages; softbound.) #760106. $110.00.
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Canada Domestic & International Postal Rates & Fees
1870-1999. (Dr. Robert C. Smith & Anthony Wawrukiewicz/2000):
A useful reference with data compiled by Canadian postal rate
expert Dr. Robert C. Smith and organized by U.S. rate expert Anthony
S. Wawrukiewicz, this publication presents the vast majority of
postal rates that a collector is likely to encounter. Organized
in such a way that all necessary information to rate a cover is
found on a single page, even if you do not know if the cover contained
a letter or printed papers, this book makes quick work of looking
up covers' rates. (55 pages; loose-leaf binder.) #760107. $55.00.
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Imperial Mail Marking Machines in Canada. (Robert J.
Payne/2003): Illustrates and describes the Canadian flag cancels
and other types attributable to the Imperial Mail Marking Machine
Company. Complete listings of earliest and latest known usages
for all known types, many which are scarcely seen. (64 pages;
unbound.) #750603. $24.00.
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Postal History U.S.A.: A Bibliography (Also Includes Canada).
(Small/2006): A listing of thousands of U.S. postal history reference
publications, indexed and categorized by state and territory.
Shows author, title and year of publication, with known sources
and prices. Also includes more than 120 entries for Canadian post
office references, as well as a listing of periodicals and their
publishers. An impressive and invaluable bibliography. (96 pages;
softbound.) #760112. $25.00.
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