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On this date (December 21) ...

Birth of Emmanuel-Persillier Lachapelle (1845)

The Royal Canadian Regiment active (1883)

MacKenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister (1894)

... plus 1 more.

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1970 Christmas

2020 marked the 50th anniversary of the 1970 Christmas stamps.

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Read all about it here, and download over 45 hi-res (600dpi) scans of full panes to study for constant plate varieties.

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Used Canadian Elizabethan-era stamps.
Used USA modern-era stamps.
Album pages: Canada, Great Britain Machins.

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Canada Specialized Books & Album Pages

[updated Feb 11, 2024]

I have prepared seven different books and album pages on the Canadian definitives issued since 1952.

Oct 2020: Major updates are underway on these books.

Second editions of following now available:

"Environment" first edition was 114 pages. Second edition is 482 pages! Click for details and ordering.

"Mammal" first edition was 82 pages. Second edition is 340 pages! Click for details and ordering.

Canada definitive specialized checklists Checklists of Canadian stamps for the discriminating collector [updated Feb 16/14].

Postal Rates [updated May 9/24]

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Lowe-Martin Serpentine Die Cutting

Lowe-Martin is a printer of Canadian postage stamps. Their coil production has produced thousands of unique stamps due to the serpentine die cutting.

Free, extensive 68-page PDF article available for viewing (updated September 30/23)

Machins
[updated November 20, 2022]

I have always had an interest in the on-going Great Britain Machin series of stamps.

Jan 2022: newly designed site!

Click here to enter the Machin portion of this site (over 3,000 varieties).

The Unitrade Specialized Catalogue of Canadian Stamps

I have been the editor of the Unitrade catalogue since November 2004 (nineteen editions now under my belt).

The 2024 Unitrade began shipping around the end of October 2023.
[ 2024 errata; updated Mar 26/2024]

Elizabethan II Study Group

A specialized Study Group of the British North America Philatelic Society (BNAPS) exists for the Elizabethan II era. I have been editor of the Corgi Times since July 2001.

Click here for information on this study group and its journal, the Corgi Times.