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[Imperial Penny Postage first day cover] [philatelic record]

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Item

Date:

25 December 1898.

Reference:

R6578-0-1-E, Box number: C57

Type of material:

Stamps and stamp products

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

182661

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[Imperial Penny Postage first day cover]
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Date(s):

25 December 1898.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

1 postal cover : commemorative cover, lithograph on laid paper, rose-lilac ; 10.8 x 13.3 cm.

Language of material:

English

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Item is a Canadian private first day cover: a souvenir pictorial envelope, in the colour pink, probably inspired by the Mulready envelopes of 1840, and printed with the text: To commemorate the inauguration of Imperial penny postage / Christmas day 1898. The envelope bears a postage stamp of the 2 cents Imperial Penny Postage issue of 1898, with a Berlin / Ont. cancellation, and is unaddressed. The reverse of the envelope is printed with the text: Entered according to Act of Parliament in the year 1898 by the Review Ptg. Co. at the Department of Agriculture.

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Peterborough Review Printing and Publishing

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Peterborough Review Printing and Publishing : The Peterborough Review Printing and Publishing Co. (Ltd.), printed the Peterborough review, a newspaper, and took on other printing work as well. The company was amalgamated with the Maxwell Printing Company, becoming Maxwell-Review Limited.

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The inscription refers to the registration of copyright, which was then the responsibility of the Minister of Agriculture. An entry in the Canada Gazette, Vol. XXXIL, Sat. December 10, 1898, p. 108 reads: 10309 "Envelope Commemorative of the Inauguration of Federal Penny Postage, Christmas Day, 1898". The Peterborough Review Printing and Publishing Co. (Ltd.), Peterborough, Ont. 3rd December, 1898.
These commemorative pictorial envelopes, found in pale blue green or in pink, with the 2 cents adhesive commemorative postage stamp, and what appear to be Berlin, Ont. cancellations of Christmas Day 1898, have been the subject of speculation. Some philatelists have written that the "Berlin" circular date stamp appearing on such items does not appear in the proof book and is not an exact match to the "Berlin" circular date stamp in use in that period. This dubious Berlin strike and the fact that many of these items are unaddressed, have led to the conjecture that such items were made after 1898 as a philatelic product, using envelope remainders, and a cancellation device in use after 1898, or one produced for this purpose. See A. D. Hanes, and J. E. Winmill and R. B. Winmil, "The 1898 Map Stamp and the 'Mulready Covers,'" Maple Leaves vol. 16, no. 9, whole no. 165 (October 1977): 235-238; J. T. Anders, [article], The 1898 Christmas Stamp Newsletter vol. 1, no. 3, whole No. 3: 26-29; Bill Longley, [letter], The 1898 Christmas Map Stamp Newsletter vol. 2, no. 1, whole no. 4: 36.

Physical description note:

2 cent Xmas 1898 postage stamp affixed to cover.

Custodial history:

Acquired at auction: Phillips' Pictorial envelopes of the nineteenth century : 14 Mar. 1991 : London, England. Phillips Son & Neale, London, England.

Availability of other formats note:

POS-003743

Exhibitions note:

Exhibition Title: DAP Acquisition Open House. Curator: Lilly Koltun, National Archives of Canada, Documentary Art and Photography Division, Ottawa, Ontario; 1992.06.17 - 1992.06.17

Markings note:

Cancel: location: Berlin, Ont.; date 1898-12-25; black; cancellations on recto and verso of cover.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Imprint: Entered according to Act of Parliament in the year 1898 by the Review PTG. CO., at the Department of Agriculture.

Link to related resource:

Stamp information: http://data4.collectionscanada.ca/netacgi/nph-brs?s1=(000086.A050.)&l=20&d=POST&p=1&u=http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/02011702_e.html&r=1&f=G&Sect1=STMP

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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119-080410-7
1991-154 DAP
91-031

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1991-154 CPA
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Box [1991-154]

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C57 Item no. assigned by LAC 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Copyright: cover unknown. Copyright of the postage stamp belongs to Canada Post Corporation.

Credit: National Archives of Canada.

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