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These pages form a catalogue of existing stamps, continuing the work of Steve Hiscocks.   It attempts to give an idea of values. It is not a pricelist of stamps for sale. I have made some additions and given them 'RH' (Revised Hiscocks) numbers to preserve the original Hiscocks numbers. I have also brought the prices up to date and added currency selection.   CheckList         Setup

 

Canada

II.   -   Telephone Stamps

Directory:

Private Companies.

1. Bell Telephone Co. of Canada

Steve Hiscocks wrote in 1982:
Bell Canada now operates in Quebec, Ontario and the eastern part of the North West Territories. Through subsidiaries and licences it has however
covered most of Canada. The company was founded in 1880 when it took over various existing licenses.

While message franks were not issued until 1897, Annual Card Passes (outside the scope of this catalogue*) were issued from 1885 to 1907. From
1897 to 1900 Complementary Message Franks were issued for personal use over designated routes within Canada. While most of these are dated
as illustrated below, they are also known dated '189_' and may therefore have been used before the period of specific dating.

So called 'Coupon Franks' were introduced in 1900 in two series — A and B. These apparently, corresponded to 'Contract' and 'employees/personal'.
respectively. The letter designation was on the booklet cover and not on the franks themselves. On 1 January 1908 the system was reorganized. The
Annual Card Passes were discontinued, as were the earlier form of 'coupon franks' and three classes of 'Coupon franks' were introduced in the familiar
small format which continued until 1959. Since these all bore designated values I would myself class them as stamps rather than franks although
they were issued free of charge. The three series were A, B and C where 'A' was 'Personal' and continued to 1959, 'B' was 'Employees' and was used
until 1 September 1911 and 'C' was 'Contract' and was used until 1913.

On 1 September 1911 the B series was replaced by 'Employees' Franks' in two forms — Limited and Unlimited. The limited franks were for the use of
employees while away from the office to pay for simple calls while the unlimited franks were to pay for two or more calls on an office bill. These
employees' franks would appear to have been small non-adhesive forms (82 x 70mm) issued in booklets of 50, undated,
and marginally outside the scope of this catalogue†. They were discontinued in 1940.

While the above constitutes the 'official' account of the Bell Telephone Co. of Canada franks, there existed one 'private' frank predating all the above.
This was issued by a Mr. J. W. Tringham, the energetic manager of the Windsor, Ontario, exchange of the Dominion Telegraph Co. (which became
part of the Bell Telephone Co. of Canada in July 1880) in $50 and $100 booklets to raise capital for building extension lines. After the take-over it was
found that some booklets of franks had been forged (not by Mr. Tringham) but since these had been bought in good faith, they were honoured regardless.
That illustrated below is in fact a forgery and no genuine example is available for comparison.

My notes:
*   Not being in printed form, this catalogue has less restraints than Hiscocks' book.
If anyone can supply scans of these, I will be happy to illustrate them with acknowledgement.

†   These are now illustrated below and listed as RH6L and RH6U.        

A. Without stated value.

1880? Issued by J. W. Tringham (Dominion Telegraph Co. Windsor Exchange Manager) at Windsor, Ontario, in booklets of $50 and $100.
This was to raise capital for building extension lines. Some booklets were forged. This illustration is of a forgery.

Taken from Hiscocks Book, page 32.

189- Message frank issued in booklets with panes of two in black on pale blue paper, with a stub at the left.
Dated '189-'. Red controls. Perf. 12 between franks.


Type 2 - 1898, H4 courtesy of Edward Zaluski.

1897 As above but dated 1897 by handstamp.

1898 As above but dated 1898 by handstamp.

1899 As above but printed date of 1899.


Type 2 - 1899, H5 courtesy of Edward Zaluski.

1900 As above but printed date of 1900.


Type 2 - 1900, H6 courtesy of Edward Zaluski.

As mentioned above, Steve Hiscocks said of 1911:

"On 1 September 1911 the B series was replaced by Employees' Franks in
two forms — Limited and Unlimited. The limited franks were for the use of
employees while away from the office to pay for simple calls while the
unlimited franks were to pay for two or more calls on an office bill. These
employees' franks would appear to have been small non-adhesive forms
(82 x 70mm) issued in booklets of 50, undated, and marginally outside the
scope of this catalogue. They were discontinued in 1940".

Thanks to Edward Zaluski I can now illustrate these. To me they do not look radically different to Type 2, so I
Have listed them with designations that do not disrupt the original numbering scheme as I know that it is still used by others.
As always, it is for individuals to decide what they wish to collect.

1911 Limited Frank. Rouletted 6.7


Type 2BL - Limited Frank courtesy of Edward Zaluski.

1911 Unlimited Frank. Rouletted 6.7


Type 2BU - Unlimited Frank courtesy of Edward Zaluski.

B. With stated value.

1900 Lithographed in panes of five in black on coloured wove papers as indicated.
Dates in black shading. Red controls. No gum. Perf. 11¾ between franks.
On paper containing a sheet watermark of a coat of arms over the words:
"EMPIRE — LINEN BOND — MADE IN CANADA" once in each sheet.

H7 and H9 courtesy of Siegel Auction Galleries.

1901 As above but dated 1901 and Perf. 11 between stamps.

H12 courtesy of Siegel Auction Galleries.

1902 As above but dated 1902. Perf. 14 between stamps. Watermarked.

1903 As above but dated 1903 and date outlined in red.


Type 4 (H19) courtesy of Eric Jackson

1904 As above but dated 1904. Perf. 11 between stamps.

1905 As above but dated 1905. Perf. 14 between stamps.

H23


H24 courtesy of Siegel Auction Galleries.

1906 As above but dated 1906. Perf. 11 between stamps.

1907 As above but dated 1907.

Hiscocks added the following 2 notes:

1907 Lithographed booklet panes of 20. White wove paper. No watermark. Perf. 14 between stamps.
Date and controls in red. Control numbers preceded by letters A, B, C. All colours are variable.

Type 5 - 1907, H32 courtesy of Edward Zaluski.

Hiscocks added the following note:

1908 As above but dated 1908.

H39	H41	H42

These 3 courtesy of Edward Zaluski.

1909 Altered design ('Frank' omitted at top). Dated 1909.

Type 6 - H45 courtesy of Eric Jackson.	Type 6 - H48 courtesy of Edward Zaluski.

1910 As above but dated 1910. Rouletted 7.

Type 6 (1910 - H50), one of mine.	Type 6 (1910 - H51), courtesy of Edward Zaluski.	Type 6 (1910 - H50 & H53), courtesy of William Rink

1911 As above but dated 1911. Small controls. Perfs. as indicated.

Type 6 - H55	Type 6 - H57	Type 6 - H58	Type 6 - H59	Type 6 - H60
Images courtesy of Eric Jackson   (click on them for listing).

1912 As above but dated 1912. Large controls. Perfs. as indicated.

Type 6 - H62	Type 6 - H63
Images courtesy of Eric Jackson   (click on them for listing).

Hiscocks added the following note:

1913 As above but dated 1913. Perf. 14.

Type 6 - H65	Type 6 - H66	Type 6 - H67	Type 6 - H68
Images courtesy of Eric Jackson   (click on them for listing).

1914 As above but dated 1914. Perf. 14. Control letter A only.

Type 6 - H69 a used one of mine.	Type 6 - H69 and H70, courtesy of William Rink

Hiscocks added the following note:

1915 As above but dated 1915.

Type 6, courtesy of William Rink

1916 As above but dated 1916.

Type 6, courtesy of William Rink

1917 As above but dated 1917.

Type 6 - H75	Type 6 - H76
Images courtesy of Eric Jackson   (click on them for listing).

1918 As above but dated 1918.

Type 6 - H77	Type 6 - H78
Images courtesy of Eric Jackson   (click on them for listing).

1919 As above but dated 1919. 25c value redrawn.

5c type 6 and 25c new type 7, courtesy of William Rink

1920 As above but dated 1920. 5c value redrawn.

5c new type 8 and 25c type 7, courtesy of William Rink

1921 As above but dated 1921.

Type 8 - H83	Type 7 - H84
Images courtesy of Eric Jackson   (click on them for listing).

1922 As above but dated 1922. Perf. 12.

Type 8 - H85	Type 7 - H86
Images courtesy of Eric Jackson   (click on them for listing).

1923 As above but dated 1923. Perf. 14.

1923, 5c and 25c, courtesy of William Rink

1924 As above but dated 1924. Perf. 12.

1924, 5c and 25c, courtesy of William Rink

1925 As above but dated 1925.

Type 8 - H91	Type 7 - H92
Images courtesy of Eric Jackson   (click on them for listing).

1926 As above but dated 1926.

1926, 5c and 25c, courtesy of William Rink

1927 As above but dated 1927.

1927, 5c and 25c, courtesy of William Rink

1928 As above but dated 1928.

1928, 5c and 25c, courtesy of William Rink

1929 As above but dated 1929.

Type 8 - H99 Image courtesy of William Rink	Type 7 - H100 Image courtesy of Eric Jackson
	(click on image for listing).

1930 As above but dated 1930.

1930 5c, courtesy of William Rink

1931 As above but dated 1931.

1931, 5c and 25c, courtesy of William Rink

1932 As above but dated 1932.

1932, 5c and 25c, courtesy of William Rink

1933 As above but dated 1933.

1933, 5c and 25c, courtesy of William Rink

1934 As above but dated 1934.

1934, 5c and 25c, courtesy of William Rink

1935 As above but dated 1935.

1935, 5c and 25c, courtesy of William Rink

1936 As above but dated 1936.

Type 8 - H113	Type 7 - H114
Images courtesy of Eric Jackson   (click on them for listing).

1937 As above but dated 1937.

Type 8 - H115	Type 7 - H116
Images courtesy of Eric Jackson   (click on them for listing).

Note: The 5c illustrated has a damaged 'N' in 'TELEPHONE'. I am not sure how constant it is,
but appears to be on the second stamp of the pane of 20. It is probably on all years of Type 8 and commands a small premium.

1938 As above but dated 1938.

Type 7 - H118

Courtesy of Eric Jackson (click image for listing)

1939 As above but dated 1939.

Type 7 - H120

Courtesy of Eric Jackson (click image for listing)

1940 As above but dated 1940.

Type 8 - H121	Type 7 - H122
Images courtesy of Eric Jackson   (click on them for listing).

1941 As above but dated 1941.

Type 8 - H123

Courtesy of Eric Jackson (click image for listing)

1942 As above but dated 1942.

Type 7 - H126

Courtesy of Eric Jackson (click image for listing)

1943 As above but dated 1943.

Type 8 - H127	Type 7 - H128
Images courtesy of Eric Jackson   (click on them for listing).

1944 As above but dated 1944.

Type 8 - H129	Type 7 - H130
Images courtesy of Eric Jackson   (click on them for listing).

1945 As above but dated 1945.

Type 8 - H131	Type 7 - H132
Images courtesy of Eric Jackson   (click on them for listing).

1946 As above but dated 1946.

Type 8 - H133	Type 7 - H134
Images courtesy of Eric Jackson   (click on them for listing).

1947 As above but dated 1947.

Type 8 - H135	Type 7 - H136
Images courtesy of Eric Jackson   (click on them for listing).

1948 As above but dated 1948.

Type 8 - H137	Type 7 - H138
Images courtesy of Eric Jackson   (click on them for listing).

1949 As above but dated 1949.

Type 8 - H139	Type 7 - H140
Images courtesy of Eric Jackson   (click on them for listing).

1950 As above but dated 1950.

Type 8 - H141

Courtesy of Eric Jackson (click image for listing)

1951 As above but dated 1951.

Type 8 - H143

Courtesy of Eric Jackson (click image for listing)

1952 As above but dated 1952.

1953 As above but dated 1953.

Type 8 - H147

Courtesy of Eric Jackson (click image for listing)

1954 As above but dated 1954.

Type 7 - H150

Courtesy of Eric Jackson (click image for listing)

1955 As above but dated 1955.

1956 As above but dated 1956.

Type 8 - H153	Type 7 - H154
Images courtesy of Eric Jackson   (click on them for listing).

1957 As above but dated 1957. Control letter A but no control number.

Type 8 - H155	Type 7 - H156
Images courtesy of Eric Jackson   (click on them for listing).

1958 As above but dated 1958.

Type 8 - H157	Type 7 - H158
Images courtesy of Eric Jackson   (click on them for listing).

1959 As above but dated 1959.

1959, 5c and 25c, courtesy of William Rink

Hiscocks added the following note:

Bell Telephone Co. Messenger Service.

Date ?   Perhaps someone can supply information ?


Type 9   Image courtesy of Dick Keiser.

2. British Columbia Telephone Co.

Steve Hiscocks wrote:
There were originally many small telephone companies operating in British Columbia but in only one case is there evidence of the issue of franks. Until
it was taken over by the British Columbia Telephone Co. (BCTC) in 1904 the New Westminster and Burrard Inlet Telephone Co. was the largest in the
Province and there are references to "long distance coupons"* issued from 1901 or 1902 to Canadian Pacific Railways (CPR) in return for free transport
in servicing the lines which followed the railway tracks. Examples of these have not been reported and nothing else is known except that they were
issued in booklets.

Uncertainty still surrounds the earliest franks of the BCTC. The large frank of 1909 (No 1 below) was valid only for long distance calls and this was
presumably replaced by the second type, which mostly had spaces for writing in the charge and were first issued the same year. What happened between
1904 and 1909 is not clear. In view of the agreement with CPR known to have been inherited from the earlier company, it seems that franks of some
sort would have been needed but whether the old NWBIT Co. franks were retained for four years or whether there were earlier issues of the first BCTC
type is not known. The latter is possible in that all known copies of No 1 derive from a single booklet (Control No 23) and it is credible that no copies
of earlier issues survived. The BCTC reference collection includes only No 1 before 1914.

More general complimentary franks (or 'stamps' since their values are stated) were first issued on 16 December 1910 for the year 1911. These
were issued to Company Superintendents, railway and electrical company officials and a few Government officials and were valid for long distance
calls, or for payment of bills, over Company lines. The list of those receiving complimentary franks grew over the years until 1959. In 1960 employees
were excluded and only officials of a few companies and around six BCTC pensioners received them and in 1961 and thereafter to 1967 (?) only the
only the few pensioners were left. No further franks were printed after 1960 and dates were handstamped on 1960 stock thereafter. The 1961—1967
'pensioner stamps' are naturally very scarce.

My note:
*   These would be more properly called franks, they are similar to Type 1 shown below and 2 examples are illustrated on page 4 of the Canadian Revenue Newsletter,
a publication of the Canadian Revenue Study Group of BNAPPS, number 89, June 2016, shown to me by the editor Christopher Ryan.
The two examples are dated 1902 and numbered 4300 from the bottom-left of a pane, and 4302 from the left of a pane.

(a) Franks

1909 Typographed in black on green wove paper. No watermark.
Perf. 12 between stamps in panes of 4.
Issued without gum except for 1911 and 1913.

Type 1, H1	Type 2 , H3

Images courtesy of Siegel Auction Galleries.

More examples of H1 can be seen at CanadaRevenueStamps.com.
They all have control number 23.
I would like to hear from anyone with examples of these with a different control number.
Even more so with an earlier year !

1909 Lithographed on wove paper in panes of 6 by the British American Bank Note Co., Ottawa.
Perf. 12½ between franks. Dated 1909. Controls (letter A) in red.

1910 As above but dated 1910. Controls (letter A) in red.

1909 Similar design without date — year indicated by control letter (S).
Other details as above. Controls in red.

1914 example (SE).

1910 As above but controls SA. Controls in red.

My note:
To me it seems really strange that both Type 2 and Type 3 should be issued for both 1909 and 1910.
I have seen no images to support that. Can anyone supply any of the missing three images ?

1911 As above but controls SB. Controls in red. (These issued with gum)

1912 As above but controls SC. Controls in red.

1913 As above but controls SD. Controls in red. (These issued with gum)

1914 As above but controls SE. Controls in red.

1915 As above but controls SF. Controls in dark blue.
I understand that these were issued without gum.

1916 As above but controls SG. Controls in red.

1917 As above but controls SH. Controls in red.

1918 As above but controls SI. Controls in red.
I understand that these were issued without gum.

1919 As above but controls SJ. Controls in red.

1920 Design altered by omission of the word 'LIMITED'. Control letters SK. Controls in dark blue.
Other details as above.

As Hiscocks Book, page 40.

1921 As above but controls SL. Controls in red.

1922 As above but controls SM. Controls in red.
I understand that these were issued without gum.

1923 As above but controls SN and SO. Controls in red.

1924 As above but controls SP. Controls in red.

1925 As above but controls SQ. Controls in red.

1926 As above but controls SR. Controls in red.

1927 Design altered by omission of signature tablet at base. Control letters SS.
Controls very small and in red. Perf. 11 between franks.

As Hiscocks Book, page 41.

1928 As above but controls TT. Controls large and in red.

1929 As above but controls UU. Controls in red.

1930 As above but controls VV. Control letters in red.

Hiscocks added the following note:

1931 Design altered — tablet replaced by ornamental pattern, shading pattern altered, etc.
Lithographed on white wove paper. No watermark. Perf. 12 between franks. Control letters WW. Controls (medium letters and large numerals) in red.

Type 6 as Hiscocks Book, page 41.

1932 As above but control letters XX. Controls (small) in red.

1933 As above but control letters YY. Controls (large) in crimson.
Paper watermarked with design of pattern and large double letters in the sheet.

1934 As above but control letters ZZ. Controls (medium — as in 7) in black.
Watermarked paper.

1935 As above but control letters AA. Controls as above in black.
Watermarked paper.

1936 As above but control letters BB. Controls in black. No watermark.

Imperf between horizontal pair, courtesy of Siegel Auction Galleries.

* I have added RH31a due to the example shown.

1937 As above but control letters CC. Controls in black.

1938 As above but control letters DD. Controls in dark brown.

1939 As above but control letters EE. Controls in black.

Hiscocks added the following note:

1940 As above but controls letters FF. Controls in black. Watermarked paper.

1941 As above but controls letters GG. Controls in red. No watermark.

1942 Design altered — pattern below 'FRANK No.' redrawn and other minor changes.
Control letters HH. Controls in black. No watermark.

As Hiscocks Book, page 42.

1943 As above but controls letters II. Controls in black.

1944 As above but controls letters JJ. Controls in black.

1945 As above but controls letters KK. Controls in black. Watermarked paper.

1946 As above but controls letters LL. Controls in black. Watermarked paper.

1947 As above but controls letters MM. Controls in black.

Hiscocks added the following note:

(b) Stamps

1911 Engraved. Issued in panes of 6. Perf. 12¼ between stamps. Off-white wove paper
No watermark unless indicated. Large controls in dark blue. Letter B.

Type 8 - 1911 set.

Hiscocks added the following note:

1912 As above. Medium sized red controls. Letter C.

Type 8 - 1912 set.

Hiscocks added the following note:

1913 As above. Large red controls. Letter D.

Type 8 - 1913 set.

1914 As above. Medium red controls. Letter E.

Type 8 - 1914 set.

1915 As above. Medium dark blue controls. Letter F.

Type 8 - 1915 set.

1916 As above. Medium red controls. Letter G.

Type 8 - 1916 set.

1917 As above. Small red controls. Letter H.

'lines extending to base of column' types, taken from Hiscocks Book, page 44.

1918 As above. Small red controls. Letter I.

Hiscocks added the following 2 notes:

My note: I think this is talking about the vertical lines on the columns, but I really need to get some better illustrations.

1919 As above. Small red controls. Letter J.


Type 8 (H72), courtesy of Edward Zaluski.

1920 Design altered — 'LIMITED' omitted. Date changed from white on colour to colour on white.
Perf. 12½. Small red controls. Letter K. Other details as before.

Taken from Hiscocks Book, page 44.

1921 As above. Medium red controls. Letter L. Change to Perf. 11.


Type 9 (H77), courtesy of Edward Zaluski.

Type 9. (H80, 82) courtesy of I.B RedGuy.

1922 As above. Small red controls. Letter M.

1923 As above. Small red controls. Letter N.

Type 9. (H83) courtesy of I.B RedGuy.

1924 As above. Small red controls. Letter P.

1925 As above. Small red controls. Letter Q.

1926 As above. Small red controls. Letter R.

1927 As above. Small red controls. Letter S.

1928 As above. Small red controls. Letter T.

1929 As above. Small red controls. Letter U.

1930 As above. Small red controls. Letter V.

1931 Change of design. Larger date, bases and tops of columns altered. Change to Perf. 12.
Paper as above. Controls in red — small letters and medium numerals. Letter W.


Type 10 (H107-109), courtesy of Edward Zaluski.

1932 As for 1931 but with smaller dates again. Small red controls. Letter X.

1933 As above. Small red controls. Letter Y.


Type 11 (H113-115), courtesy of Edward Zaluski.

1934 As above. Small red controls. Letter Z.

1935 As above. Small red controls. Letter A.

1936 As above. Small red controls. Letter B.

1937 As above. Small red controls. Letter C.

1938 As above. Small red controls. Letter D.

1939 As above. Small red controls. Letter E.

Imperf. between vertical pair. Image courtesy of Siegel Auction Galleries.

1940 As above. Small red controls. Letter F. RH # Hisc. Type Description Mint Used RH134 H134 11 5c dull yellowish green 0.80 - RH135 H135 11 25c black 1.20 - RH136 H136 11 $1 dark orange-red 15.00 - *RH136a -           Imperf. between vertical pair 80.00 - * I have added this due to the example shown.   1941 As above. Small red controls. Letter G. Hisc. Type Description Mint Used H137 11 5c reddish violet 0.80 - H137a           on watermarked paper 1.50 - H138 11 25c brown 1.20 - H139 11 $1 blue 2.00 - H139a           on watermarked paper 4.00 -

1942 As above. Small red controls. Letter H.

1943 As above. Small red controls. Letter I.

1944 As above. Medium red controls. Letter J.

1945 As above. Medium red controls. Letter K. Hisc. Type Description Mint Used H149 11 5c deep dull green 2.15 - H150 11 25c reddish brown 4.50 - H151 11 $1 carmine-lake 13.50 -

1946 As above. Medium red controls. Letter L.

1947 As above. Medium red controls. Letter M.

1948 As above. Larger black controls. Letter N.

1949 As above. Largish thick scarlet controls. Letter O.

1950 As above. Largish thick scarlet controls. Letter P.

Type 11. (H165) courtesy of I.B RedGuy.

1951 As above. Largish thick crimson controls. Letter Q.

1952 As above. Largish thick red controls. Letter R.

1953 As above. Largish thick crimson controls. Letter S.

1954 As above. Largish thick scarlet controls. Letter T.

1955 As above. Controls as above but close-spaced in red. Letter U.

1956 As above. Controls as above. Letter V.

1957 As above. Controls as above. Letter W.

1958 As above. Controls as above. Letter X.

1959 As above. Controls as above. Letter Z.

Hiscocks added the following note:

1960 As above. Controls as above. Letter A.

1961 Stamps of 1960 hand-stamped 1961.

Taken from Hiscocks Book, page 48.

1962 Stamps of 1960 hand-stamped 1962.

1963 Stamps of 1960 hand-stamped 1963.

1964 Stamps of 1960 hand-stamped 1964.

1965 Stamps of 1960 hand-stamped 1965.

1966 Stamps of 1960 hand-stamped 1966.

1967 Stamps of 1960 hand-stamped 1967.

1968 Stamps of 1960 hand-stamped 1968.


Type 11 (H218), courtesy of Edward Zaluski.

* I have added these due to the example shown.
RH219 and/or RH220 may not exist.

Hiscocks added the following General Note:

3. Kamouraska Telephone Co.

Steve Hiscocks wrote:
Nothing seems to be known about this company beyond what can be deduced from a booklet of its stamps in the Bell Canada collection. The
company was incorporated on 10 November 1902 as 'Cie de Telephone de Kamouraska' and was apparently centred in Fraserville whence its main line
ran west to Quebec and east to Rimouski with branch lines to a number of towns including Kamouraska and Edmunston N.B. The 'coupon-franks' are
similar in design to their contemporary equivalents from Bell and Saskatchewan and the Bell collection booklet is made out to C. F. Sise who was
President of the Bell Telephone Co. of Canada at that time. The printing on the inside of the booklet cover implies that dates other than 1906 were
produced or envisaged but no other dates have been reported.

1906 Printed in black on white or coloured paper in panes of 5. Perf. 12 between stamps. Date and control numbers in red.

Taken from Hiscocks Book, page 49.

4. King Telephone Co.

Steve Hiscocks wrote:
A single stamp of this company is reported by Jarret (1929). Nothing more is known about it.

My note:
Fortunately an image is now available, as well as additional information from Chris Ryan, Editor of the Canadian Revenue Study Group (BNAPS) Newsletter.
He says: "incorporated July 1907 at Temperanceville, Ontario in King Township. It had exchange of services contracts with Bell Telephone".
Chris goes on to say that King Telephone Co. was purchased by the Woodbridge and Vaughan Telephone Company in November 1923
The Globe newspaper of 19 November 1923 noted that “it was one of the oldest telephone companies in the Province.
It had started from a single line, with a farmer connected at each end, and grew until it served the whole township.”

He cites as sources:
The Toronto World of 15 July 1907, page 8, “New Companies”.
The Globe (Toronto) of 12 August 1912, page 7, “Woodbridge”.
Report of the Ontario Railway and Municipal Board for 1914, page 146.
The Globe (Toronto) of 19 November 1923, page 12, “Brief Bits of News of Toronto and Suburbs”.
A 1975 Report on "The Independent Phone Industry in Ontario".

Only known example, courtesy of Siegel Auction Galleries.
The current owner wrote an article about this stamp in the American Philatelist published March 2016.

Date? Perf. 11¾ (if the image property information was accurate.)

* I have added this due to the example shown.

5. New Brunswick Telephone Co.

Steve Hiscocks wrote:
Nothing is known about this frank and only one copy has been reported.
It was presumably issued to company employees.

1907 Paper? Rouletted 7.5 Red control.

As in Hiscocks Book, page 49, courtesy of Edward Zaluski.

6. New Westminster & Burrard Inlet Tel. Co.

Steve Hiscocks wrote: (under British Columbia Telephone Co.)
There were originally many small telephone companies operating in British Columbia but in only one case is there evidence of the issue of franks. Until
it was taken over by the British Columbia Telephone Co. (BCTC) in 1904 the New Westminster and Burrard Inlet Telephone Co. was the largest in the
Province and there are references to "long distance coupons" issued from 1901 or 1902 to Canadian Pacific Railways (CPR) in return for free transport in
servicing the lines which followed the railway tracks. Examples of these have not been reported and nothing else is known except that they were issued in booklets.

These were brought to my attention by an article written by Christopher D. Ryan on page 4 of the Canadian Revenue Newsletter,
a publication of the Canadian Revenue Study Group of BNAPPS, number 89, June 2016.
In that article, it becomes clear that the characterisation above of BCTC 'taking over' NWBITC is grossly inaccurate.
In fact, cutting a long storey short, James Matthew Lefevre, formerly of Canadian Pacific Railways, became manager of the Vancouver Office of NWBITC,
and later Vice President. He then, by a bit of wheeling and dealing, managed a hostile takeover of NWBITC which was renamed to the BCTC in 1904.
(I understand that the details of this information can be found in the Jean-Guy Rens book:
“The Invisible Empire” (History of Telecommunications in Canada), McGill-Queen’s University Press, Montréal 2001.)

I have scaled these on the assumption that they are the same perforation (slightly less than Perf.12)
as the first frank of the British Columbia Telephone Co. that superseded and resembles them.

I understand that these were sold on eBay in March and May respectively of 2016.
If the seller, or current owner of either of these would care to contact me, I would be happy to attribute the images accordingly.
I would also like to hear from anyone with other examples of these, particularly with a date of 1901.

1901-2 Perf. 11¾ (assumed)

7. Okanagan Telephone Co.

Steve Hiscocks knew nothing of this.

According to MemoryBC.ca, " The Okanagan Telephone Company was incorporated in 1905 to
construct, equip, maintain, and operate a telephone system in the County of Yale in the Province of B.C.
Telephone exchanges were set up in Vernon, Armstrong, and Enderby, with Salmon Arm being added in 1910. "
It eventually merged with B.C. Telephone in 1978.

1915 - Proof only known from the archive sale of the British American Bank Note Company.

President J. J. Jones.
Image courtesy of Fritz Angst.

Provincial Government.

1. Alberta Government Telephone System

1907? On white wove paper. No watermark. Perf. 12. Control letter A. (Not dated.) Controls in red.


Type 1 (H1 & H2), courtesy of Edward Zaluski.

1908? As above. Control letter B. (Not dated.) Controls in brown ?


Type 1 (H3 & H4), courtesy of Edward Zaluski.

1909 As above. Controls (letter A) and date in red in small type. Dated 1909.

2. Manitoba Government Telephones

1908 Lithographed. Issued in panes of 20 On white wove paper. No watermark. Perf. 12 between stamps.
Red date and control (no letters). Issued without gum.

Type 1. (H6) courtesy of I.B RedGuy.

1909 As above.

1910 As above.

1911 As above but rouletted 7½.

 
Type 1 - 1911, H7 & H8 courtesy of Edward Zaluski, together with H8a courtesy of John Barefoot.

3. Saskatchewan

Steve Hiscocks wrote:
The province of Saskatchewan came into being on 5 September 1905. In 1909 the Provincial Government took over the assets of the Bell Telephone
Co. of Canada, the Saskatchewan Telephone Co. and the Wapella-Harris Telephone Co. and set up a system whereby it owned the trunk lines, and
groups of farmers owned local telephone companies which paid tolls to the Government for long distance calls. From 1900 to 1909 stamps were issued
by the Saskatchewan Telephone Co. Ltd. in booklets of vertical strips perforated between stamps. They were dated '190  ' with the last figure of
the year inserted by hand. They are rare. Presumably Bell Telephone Co. of Canada stamps were also used in the Province over this period.

In 1909 a new, much smaller stamp was issued bearing the coat of arms of the Province and the words 'Government Telephones'. This is about the
time that the Alberta and Manitoba Government stamps were issued and there seems to have been a general move towards the takeover of
telephone services by Provincial Governments. The Saskatchewan Government stamps were not dated but can be allocated to particular
periods by type and control letters. The stamps of the Saskatchewan Telephone Co. Ltd. are
included with those of the Provincial Government for convenience.

(1) Saskatchewan Telephone Company Ltd.

1900(?)—1900 Typographed on coloured wove papers (without watermark) in dark blue. No gum.
Value and control numbers (no letters) in same colour. Perf. 12 between stamps. Various dates written in.

Images courtesy of raritiesstampauctions. Click image for listing.

Two examples each are known of the 10c, 15c and 50c; four of the 25c and only one of the $1.

(2) Saskatchewan Government Telephone.

1909—1910 Lithographed on white wove paper by the Stovel Press Ltd., Winnipeg.
No watermark. Perf. 12 between stamps (panes of 20). Controls in red with letter B on left and number on right.


Type 2 (H6 & H7), courtesy of Edward Zaluski.

1911 As above. Controls in vermilion. Letter C.


Type 3 (H8 & H9), courtesy of Edward Zaluski.

1919 Design altered — shape of shield changed and sheaves of corn in line rather than staggered.
Paper yellowish. Controls in red, numbers 1-500 without letter, either centre or right of centre. Other details as above.

Type 4 (H10 & H11)		Type 4 with double print (H10b & H11b)

Images courtesy of Edward Zaluski.

1932 Similar to above but redrawn (especially lion on crest). Control numbers 501 to 800 placed to right.


Type 4 (H12 & H13), courtesy of Edward Zaluski.

1949 As above. Control numbers 801 to 999. Whiter, thicker paper (design does not show through).


Type 4 (H14 & H15), courtesy of Edward Zaluski.

It should be noted that sometimes errors occurred with serial numbers.


Serial number errors on H14b and H15b, courtesy of Edward Zaluski.

If anyone can provide scans to help with this, I am happy to give appropriate credit.

Comments, criticisms, information or suggestions are always welcome.

Please include the word 'Telegraphs' in the subject.

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