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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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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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. $49.00.
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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. $54.00.
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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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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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