Canada Stamps : On Steiner Pages.

Nova Scotia.
Sc#10 1860 A3 5c Blue. (Possibly damaged by Silverfish)

Curious about the Postmark.
Anyone have information on it please?
Thanks.

Rod

My opinion....Duplex kill cancel......12 bars.......am searching where ? The first Duplex cancels were supplied in 1860 in Canada by Berri (of London, England). This stamp from Nova Scotia is from 1860 but may have been used some years after. From Nova Scotia I do not have any references (City or Town)......am looking elsewhere - Good question !

René

Looks like a New Brunswick cancel. Could this be possible?

Rod and Gilles,
Am going through a special reference book, "The Postal History of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick 1754-1867", by Jephcott, V.G. Greene and John H. M. Young (Published in 1964)and a section deals with various cancellers used from 1851 in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. They do look quite similar and are not Duplex Cancels. Will scan the reference ASAP and put it on this thread. Presently, what we see is a partial cancel so it will be up for grabs and my scans will include Town, recorded dates and R.F. for both Provinces. It is too late to produce this now......Very interesting, Rod !!
René

Look forward to viewing information.
Certainly not a Duplex.
Large Oval , 11 or 12 bars.

Have seen similar Pmks on other countries (Turkey etc)
which are forgeries.

Update:
Looks to be a common "Oval Grid Cancel" (11 Bars)
[as opposed to a similar "Open Oval Grid" (bars do not have an oval ring)....or, "Rimless Oval Grid cancel"

Reference:

http://www.rumseyauctions.com/pdfs/Sale70.pdf

Update:
1984
Steiner Page 15 (completed)



1985
Steiner Page 17.



1985
Steiner Page 18.

1986
Steiner Page 21.



1994
Steiner Page 8.

Nice Pages, Rod

As promised yesterday, here are my scanned information on Postage stamp cancellations in Nova Scotia (Canada) and New Brunswick (Canada), both eastern Provinces of our Country.This data mentions 1851 as the date postage stamps were to be cancelled (see text)
Scan 1 - Reference page of Book
Scan 2 and 3 - Postage stamp cancellations of Nova Scotia
Scan 4 and 5 - Cancellations of New Brunswick.

Based on this reference, Rod's 5 cent 1860 Nova Scotia stamp would have been cancelled with a "350" type of cancellation (11 bars).

Wow!
A cracker of a Post Rene........Bravo!
Splendid info. Thank you very much indeed.

I have some valuable mint coil strips of 4 squirrelled away for you,
will send in a few weeks time.

In auction docs, #350 is referred to as an "Open Oval Grid" referring to the space in the middle.

Gilles,



Looks like we have that sorted, NS lines are horizontal, NB are vertical........

Nova Scotia.
Postmark just outside your Monograph.
14 or 16 ? bar killer, on Sc#38

That is actually a very useful tidbit of information. I've looked at these cancellations enough, but I hadn't thought about it in those terms. Cool.

Rod, here is another example of your Halifax, NS duplex - from Hillson and Nixon SQ book.

René

Once more..thank you Rene, great info.

Small Queen Postmarks and Sundry.

1912
Steiner Page 12.
Thanks to Rene for the 1 Dollar issue.



1911
Steiner (Lookalike) Slots in at page 12A

Taking this as a Postband Unitrade PB1 fragment 1875
(1c Faded Dark Blue)
Cut to shape.
Unknown Cork cancel.

You know, Rodney. After going through this thread, and one of your old ones on Austrian stamps over there on TSF (we miss you by the way), I have to say you do have some amazing pages of stamps.
Your home must be chock 'a block with paper.