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LETTERS / LETTRES
Dear Editor,
To find my name referred to by
two different writers in the
March-April issue must mean I
have arrived at last! “They have
all got it in for me,” as Caesar
said in one of the Carry On films.
First, I hope that George
Arfken will now have read my
views on the 2c bisects dating
from the 1880s. I no longer think
that they are philatelic. Similar
covers, which I understand can
be found dated a decade later
when Postmaster King held
sway at Halifax and his wife
traded as a stamp dealer, may
well be a different kettle of fish.
Since George listed some of the
known bisects may I add to the
list? I have a “Ruggles’”bisected
6c dated 20 AU 1873 at Wilmot
and I know of another one dated
My 25 72 from the same town.
One wonders if Lawyer Ruggles
was sending his clients prestamped
envelopes franked with
these bisects because, like the 2c
bisects, the addresses are largely
in different hand writing.
Incidentally, Gibbons has a bisect
dated NO 25 88 for sale which is
so heavily clobbered by the
killer-cancel that I am surprised
some postal historian hadn’t
snapped it up years ago. Charles
Firby had one dated JY 23 1893 in
the June 2002 sale. So much for
the 6c.
Second, I am not entirely
certain what point Michael Peach
was trying to make in his
response except to confirm
Henry Hechler’s handwriting is
distinctive; and, if I may say so,
very artistic.
Just to finish, I attach a scan of
a 2c bisect which did not come
from any of the Maritime
provinces and since it was sold
by Leo Baresch, to the gentleman
I got it from, it must have been
on this side of the pond since we
were all running around in short
trousers dreaming of Penny
Blacks.
Sincerely,
John Hillson
RPSC News
EXCHANGES / DEMANDES D’ÉCHANGE
Monsieur le Président,
Cher ami et collègue
philateliste, bonjour !
Je suis président d'une
association philatélique ici en
France, et à titre plus personnel je
viens de débuter la collection des
timbres du Canada il y a
quelques mois seulement. Après
plusieurs semaines de recherche
et le passage de nombreuses
petites annonces dans la presse
et sur le web, je n'arrive pas à
satisfaire ma quête d'un (une)
correspondant (te) philateliste au
Canada, parlant Français de
préférence, et avec lequel je
pourrais effectuer des échanges
de timbres. Collectionnant la
France depuis plus de trente-cinq
ans, j'ai une très grosse quantité
de doubles de ce pays à proposer,
y copmpris des anciens et
classiques antérieurs à 1900, et
qui dorment inutilement en
classeurs, sans servir à personne.
Je suis prêt à les échanger, ainsi
que des timbres modernes et des
nouveautés, blocs, feuillets,
carnets, neufs et oblitérés, ainsi
que des catalogues Yvert et
Tellier «France» d'années
passées, contre l'équivalent en
timbres de vote pays.
Dans la mesure ou il vous
serait éventuelement possible de
m'aider, je vous adresse, outre le
courriel (E.mail) de référence,
mon adresse postale...
Club Philatelique
Monsieur A.Blond
86, rue du Maréchal Leclerc
«Le Reposoir»
95440 ECOUEN FRANCE
186 May - June / Mai - Juin 2004