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Page HILLS OUTLOOK Friday February IWT Stamps by Larry Mclnnis Two Versions Of Same Stamp Likely This Year Collectors of Canadian stamps this year could have an unusual opportunity to get two commemorative ps of the same design with different values A stamp was issued Feb to promote CAPEX 87 the big international show to be held in Toronto June 13 to It shows the OnJune 12 the day before CAPEX opens Canada will issue three other com stamps showing historic post offices On same day sou ventr sheet will be issued containing four stamps One of them will be the Toronto post office stamp probably bearing the new cent denomination If approved by the federal government new postal rates will lake effect April I in the change in denomination The design of the first stamp of the year is interest because l wo printing tech were used The post office is shown in six color lithography This provides tremendous contrast to the surrounding design which shows adjacent buildings in stark one color intaglio en graved sometimes referred to as recess printing AH of the buildings arc shown as they appear today Toronto s first post office was built in at what is now Adelaide St It was primarily the home of James Scott Howard Howard was Toronto s firl postmaster but he was York s last postmaster In 1797 the new town of York became the capital of Upper Canada with a proud population of 1400 a lough merchant who was also the lax collector became postmaster He was William Allan Allan did quite well for the mails and from he mails In Allan was replaced by Howard who hanged post office buildings ihrec times the ilmd being fip1 post office That because Allan makeshift post officecustoms house and Howard s first two post offices were in York Letters are invited Please send incs to the writer at O Box Beauharnois Quebec J6N SAME DAY TAX RETURNS SI 8772217