Philatelic collections [philatelic record, textual record]
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Philatelic collections [philatelic record, textual record]
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Record information Philatelic collections [philatelic record, textual record]
Date:[ca. 1867-1954].Reference:R3089-1-3-EType of material:Stamps and stamp products, Textual materialFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:164089Date(s):[ca. 1867-1954].Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:65 postal covers.
1 postage stamp.
1 pane of postage stamps.
2 blocks of postage stamps.
1 cm of textual records.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:The series consists of philatelic items from the private collection of Lewis L. Reford. It includes 1 mint postage stamp 3 cents Large Queen, 1868 (Scott no. 33) printed on laid paper, among the first stamps issued in the Dominion of Canada, 1 left pane of 100 postage stamps 8 cents Small Queens, 1893, regular issue, printed by the British American Bank Note Co. and 1 postal cover (ca.1867-ca,1871), bearing a label from the American Express Company courier.
The series consists also of philatelic records including textual records (correspondence) given from Lewis L. Reford to some members of the family. It contains 1 file "Aurora Reford" which includes 31 censorship postal covers from the First World War and the Second World War, 2 postal covers from Hitler's enter in Vienna in 1933 and 12 postal covers from 1931 to 1954 (airmail, crash cover, ship, special delivery, etc.); 1 file "Family - W.R. MacInnes, 1939" which contains 2 airmail postal covers and correspondence; 1 file "Gift from Lewis to Michael" which contains 2 first day covers with slogan on the Third International Philatelic Exhibition Station and 2 blocks of United States postage stamps, and 3 postal covers including two "registered";1 file "Gift from Lewis to Michael, Marion and Robert" which includes 12 first day covers on the Royal Visit (May 15 to June 15, 1939) and correspondence; and 1 file "Robert Reford brother of Lewis Reford" which includes 1 letter and 2 blocks of postage stamps of the 2 cents Seal of New Brunswick issued on August 14, 1934.Provenance:Biography/Administrative history:Reford, Lewis L., 1879-1949 : Dr. Lewis L. Reford was born in Montreal in 1879. He received a private education before going on to McGill University from which he graduated in 1900 with a degree in Arts. In 1904 Reford took a degree in medicine, also from McGill. His postgraduate studies were spent at Johns Hopkins Hospital of Baltimore. In 1911, he was appointed to the surgical staff of the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal. Reford died in 1949.
Dr. Lewis L. Reford was a noted philatelist in Canada. In 1916, he began a significant study of the issues of British North America. Ten years later, Reford was considered an authority on Canadian stamps, and in 1925, he was President of the Third Canadian Philatelic Exhibition held in Montreal. In 1939, Reford collaborated with Senator James Calder on Calder's book, Some phases of the Canada '59 issue. Dr. Lewis L. Reford collection was sold by Harmer, Rooke & Co., Inc. of New York in 1950-1951. Cited: BNA TOPICS Vol. 6, No. 7, Jul/Aug, 1949Additional information:Custodial history:Three records from this series were part of the former Lewis L. Reford collection (R4564-0-4-E) and now belong to the series of the Reford family fonds. These items are 1 postage stamp (1994-007, formely 1989-565), 1 postal cover (1991-055) and 1 pane of postage stamps (1990-151). There was an accrual of philatelic materials in 2007.Philatelic issue data:Canada and other jurisdictions: various denominations.Container note(s):32 : Container 35 has files 1 to 5.
33 : Container 35 has files 1 to 5.
34 : Container 35 has files 1 to 5.
35 : Container 35 has files 1 to 5.Source:Private -
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Consultation under the supervision of an archivist of the Philatelic Collections section.Volume [R3089] 32--35[Consultation Open]Textual records[Consultation Open]Volume [R3089] 35[Consultation Open]Terms of use:Philatelic records: Copyright of philatelic products (stamps) belongs to the respective postal administrations. Trademark of the label belongs to the American Express Company.
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