Unitrade Canada 2017 Current Catalogue Status

in the 60's and 70's I used Lyman's Catalogue. Affordable and plenty of usefull info, and a few details on Canadian Stamps (varieties, papers, plate blocks etc. I still have about a dozen different years in my references. I'll try to post a sample front cover when I have a minute.

Here it is. 60cents, good reference for a beginner at the time.

Great piece of History, Gilles......1968, I was stamping and had fun ! The year after Expo 67 - Ye
Thanks !
Rene

Didn't Lyman become Canada Specialized later? I think that their last issue was in 1988 for CAPEX.

A friend of mine found this 1961 Lyman's at a garage sale and gave it to me. It uses Scott numbers but does not acknowledge it.



Here is my 1982 Charlton Specialized, volume 3. I am not sure what is in volume 1 and 2.

I believe that Lyman got into trouble for using Scott numbers without their permission or license. Maybe they should have presented it as an illustrated retail price listing rather than catalogue. It also does have Vance's father's store address on the front bottom cover of your copy.

I do not know if Charlton Canada Specialized volumes 1 and 2 were ever published since it appears that they started first with volume 3 Elizabethan and planned the other volumes for later in a sense going backwards. I have only seen volume 3 in the philatelic library.

jogil

jogil, since you gave this link I contacted the RPSC, of which I am a member, to find out they had sold their literature (philatelic) to Saskatoon Stamp Centre and contact with them informed me that they had sold all literature to Weeda Stamp in Victoria, B.C. I contacted them by e-mail....no response yet but I looked specifically for Richard Morris's booklets on small Qs - on ebay - and found his Color Guide for Canada Small Queens, set of 3 and bought it with an offer. I am a happy camper !!

Renden: Great to hear that you found the Small Queens colour chart that you were looking for. I bought the one on the Admirals and found it very helpful.

I am looking for that SQ color chart too.

Check your email for more information.

Here is more information on the colour guides as obtained from ( http://www.weeda.com/news/Newsletter.aspx?ID=348 ):

Here is some important additional information from J. A. (Jack) Forbes, FRPSC

Thanks for the comprehensive listing of publications related to the Canadian Small Queens issues as provided in the latest newsletter. This is a valuable reference tool for collectors of that period. A couple of comments:

1) Despite the notation in the description of the BNAPS publication of my exhibit on the blocks of this era, we did end up having a second edition. Demand for the initial printing was so strong and swift that it sold out in a few days, with many back orders to fill. As noted in the description, the printing process for the first edition was very complicated, and required significant effort to try to replicate, as closely as possible, the actual shades. Because of those complexities, the second edition had to be produced using copies of the pages in the first edition rather than from the actual exhibit pages, and although the representations are surprisingly good, they do vary somewhat from those in the first printing.

2) A few years ago, Richard Morris expressed the desire to cease producing the Colour Guides for Canadian material. Recognizing the enduring importance of the Guides, I thought it would be a shame to lose all the research and effort that Richard had put into these publications so my wife and I agreed to purchase the rights to those hand books. We still provide both the Large/Small Queens edition, as well as the one for the Admiral issues. These are available from a couple of dealers in Canada. If anyone needs information on obtaining either or both of these, they could contact me at: jafrbs@aol.com.

Best regards,

J. A. (Jack) Forbes, FRPSC