Download or read book The Postage Stamps of Canada written by Bertram W. H. Poole and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2015-07-31 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This antique text details the history of Canada's postal service, with particular emphasis on the development and evolution of postage stamps as a means of payment. A fascinating and detailed treatise on the subject, this text will greatly appeal to philatelists and anyone with an interest in the history of the Canadian postal service. Chapters included in this text are: 'Its Postal History', 'A postmaster's Provisional', 'The First Issue', 'The Second Issue', 'The Perforated Pence Stamps', 'The First "Cents" Issue', 'The First Dominion Issue', 'The Lc Orange of 1869', 'The Large 5c Stamp', 'The Small "Cents" Stamp', 'The 20c and 50c Stamps of 1893', and many more. This text has been elected for modern republication due to its historical and education value, and is proudly republished here complete with a new introduction to the subject.
Download or read book The Canadian Map Stamp of 1898 a Plating Study written by Bradley, Whitney L and published by [Canada?] : British North America Philatelic Society. This book was released on 1999 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Stamps of Canada written by Bertram W. H. Poole and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-22 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Stamps of Canada" is a 1912 edition on the history of the post and stamps in Canada. The book reviews all the collection stamps commemorating the most important events in the history of the country, such as the Diamond Jubilee issue, the King Edward Issue, the King George Issue, etc. The author also elaborates on the special delivery stamps, registration stamps, postage due stamps, etc.
Download or read book Canadian Philately written by Cimon Morin and published by Bibliothèque nationale du Canada. This book was released on 1979 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compiled by the Librarian at the National Postal Museum in Ottawa, publication brings together literature on the postage stamp, postal stationery, postal history and postal markings of Canada and British North America.
Download or read book The Postage Stamp written by Frederick John Melville and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Stamp Collectors Fortnightly and International Stamp Advertiser written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The American Philatelist written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with 1894 consists mainly of the Proceedings [etc.] of the American philatelic association.
Download or read book Northern Armageddon written by D. Peter MacLeod and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2016-03-22 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A huge, ambitious re-creation of the eighteenth-century Battle of the Plains of Abraham, the pivotal battle in the Seven Years’ War (1754–1763) to win control of the trans-Appalachian region of North America, a battle consisting of the British and American colonists on one side and the French and the Iroquois Confederacy on the other, and leading directly to the colonial War of Independence and the creation of Canada. It took five years of warfare fought on three continents—Europe, Asia, and North America—to bring the forces arrayed against one another—Britain, Prussia, and Hanover against France, Austria, Sweden, Saxony, Russia, and Spain (Churchill called it “the first world war”)—to the plateau outside Quebec City, on September 13, 1759, on fields owned a century before by a fisherman named Abraham Martin . . . It was the final battle of a three-month siege by the British Army and Navy of Quebec, the walled city that controlled access to the St. Lawrence River and the continent’s entire network of waterways; a battle with the British utilizing 15,000 soldiers, employing 186 ships, with hundreds of colonists aboard British warships and transports from Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, with France sending in a mere 400 reinforcements in addition to its 3,500 soldiers. The battle on the Plains of Abraham lasted twenty minutes, and at its finish the course of a continent was changed forever . . . New military tactics were used for the first time against standard European formations . . . Generals Wolfe and Montcalm each died of gunshot wounds . . . France surrendered Quebec to the British, setting the course for the future of Canada, paving the way for the signing of the Treaty of Paris that gave the British control of North America east of the Mississippi, and forcing France to relinquish its claims on New Orleans and to give the lands west of the Mississippi to Spain for surrendering Florida to the British. After the decisive battle, Britain’s maritime and colonial supremacy was assured, its hold on the thirteen American colonies tightened. The American participation in ousting the French as a North American power spurred the confidence of the people of New York, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts, who began to agitate for independence from Great Britain. Sixteen years later, France, still bitter over the loss of most of its colonial empire, intervened on behalf of the patriots in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783). In Northern Armageddon, Peter MacLeod, using original research—diaries, journals, letters, and firsthand accounts—and bringing to bear all of his extensive knowledge and grasp of warfare and colonial North American history, tells the epic story on a human scale. He writes of the British at Quebec through the eyes of a master’s mate on one of the ships embroiled in the battle. And from the French perspective, as the British bombarded Quebec, of four residents of the city—a priest, a clerk, a nun, and a notary—caught in the crossfire. MacLeod gives us as well the large-scale ramifications of this clash of armies, not only on the shape of North America, but on the history of Europe itself. A stunning work of military history.
Download or read book The Collectors Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Living with War written by Robert Teigrob and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2016-04-11 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canada and the United States: we think of one as a peaceable kingdom, the other as a warrior nation. But do our expectations about each country’s attitudes to war and peace match the realities? In Living with War, Robert Teigrob examines how war is experienced and remembered on both sides of the 49th parallel. Surveying popular and scholarly histories, films and literature, public memorials, and museum exhibits in both countries, he comes to some startling conclusions. Americans may seem more patriotic, even jingoistic, but they are also more willing to debate the pros and cons of their military actions. Canadians, though more diffident in their public displays of patriotism, are more willing than their southern neighbors to accept the official narrative that depicts just wars fought in the service of a righteous cause. A provocative book that complements critiques of contemporary Canadian militarism such as Warrior Nation, Living with War offers an intriguing look at the relationship with the military past on both sides of the border.
Download or read book Scott s Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue written by Scott Publications, Inc and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 1742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Canada Stamp Sheet written by and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book How Maps Change Things written by Ward L. Kaiser and published by New Internationalist Public. This book was released on 2012-02-29 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: March 5th 2012 marks the 500th birthday of map-maker Gerhard Kremer, aka Mercator. There are many wishing the Flemish map maker well! From blogs to books the man who has shaped for many our world view is celebrated as often as vilified. Four centuries later, Arno Peters created what many see as a fair view of our world, but others see as a distorted or misleading map! Across the centuries it is maps that link these men and their impact on current human activity. This landmark book - How Maps Change Things: A Conversation About the Maps We Choose and the World We Want - looks at maps by these two men and others. This examination goes beyond maps as nouns, as tactile objects that show locations and distances. "Maps are verbs ... don't be fooled" we are told at the outset of How Maps Change Things. The book examines maps as change agents, reflecting intentions and setting agendas, stating who has what, and who has not. What are the messages sent by maps? What were Mercator, Peters and other map makers setting out to do with each of their creations? Ward Kaiser, author, publisher, pastor, and historian was instrumental in bringing the Peters Equal Area Map to North America. He has been leading the discussion of what maps mean and the power of maps in framing human activities. In How Maps Change Things Kaiser takes a passionate view of how maps illustrate and influence the significant paths humans pursue. Rather than looking for definitive answers, Kaiser focuses on asking thought-provoking questions. "What does our world, through the view of maps, really look like and what does the perspective (or frame of reference or bias) of the viewer mean to the map and its view? Are all maps simply propaganda for the hidden agenda of the map-maker? What is the world we get and what is the world we want ... and who cares and why?" Kaiser has stimulated an impressive and important conversation.
Download or read book Mekeel s Weekly Stamp News written by I. A. Mekeel and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sessional Papers written by Canada. Parliament and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 980 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Report of the Dominion fishery commission on the fisheries of the province of Ontario, 1893", issued as an addendum to vol. 26, no. 7.
Download or read book About Christmas written by Nicolae Sfetcu and published by Nicolae Sfetcu. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christmas characters and food, Christmas-linked holidays and music, Santa Claus and traditions. Related to Annunciation, Incarnation; Crucifixion; Advent, the four weeks preceding Christmas; and the period between the day after Thanksgiving and the Sunday after New Year”s Day, the American holiday season. Christmas or Christmas Day is a holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus, the central figure of Christianity. Aspects of celebration may include gift-giving, Christmas trees, display of Nativity sets, church attendance, the Father Christmas/Santa Claus myth, and family gatherings. Users of the Gregorian calendar observe the holiday on December 25. Some Eastern Orthodox Churches celebrate on December 25 by the Julian calendar, which currently corresponds to January 7 on the Gregorian calendar. These dates are merely traditional; the great majority of scholars agree that the actual birthdate of Jesus is unknown. In Western culture, the holiday is characterized by the exchange of gifts among friends and family members, some of the gifts being attributed to Santa Claus (also known as Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Basil and Father Frost). However, various local and regional Christmas traditions are still practiced, despite the widespread influence of American, British and Australian Christmas motifs disseminated by film, popular literature, television, and other media.
Download or read book Encyclopedia Canadiana written by John E. Robbins and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
