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l Orono WeeklyTimes, Wednesday, August 12, 1987-9 Orono Boy *s Baseball offices mentioned to be sold in any way at once." , „ Atwater wrote that . he would provide no further information information "for the reasons that a complete answer could not be given without an apparent apparent criticism of another postal administration. " The stamp is not listed in Scott, Scott Canada Specialized Specialized nor Darnell, but it is mentioned in Canada Specialized Postage Stamp Column, by Wm. ,H.P. Maresch and A.W. Leggett, in which it is claimed Statons from all three printings exist on covers mailed from Canada. The stamps of the first printing bear a Canadian cancel. It seems that later printings used with Canadian Canadian stamps from Canada were only cancelled on arrival at Nassau. A cover- cancelled • in Canada prior to" the agreement agreement being ended in mid- December 1916 has* been given a value of $600. The Orono Baseball team takes time out from a game to smile for the camera. The boys coached by Peter Maaartense have played teams from the region throughout the summer. The other two* Nassau printings and the London printing have appeared on covers with Nassau cancels bearing dates as late as 1918. This first Bahamas special delivery stamp is further interesting interesting because of many errors, including double overprint, inverted overprint, overprint, double overprint with one inverted, and one-with- one-without overprint. LETTERS Letters are invited. Please send enquiries to the writer at P.O. Box 40, Beauhar- nois, Quebec, J6N 3C1. Job Printing Orono Weekly Times Phone 983-5301 Orono i Stamps r jby Larry Mclnnis Canada-Bahamas Special Stamp Agreement in 1916 C anada has always had good relations with Caribbean countries and colonies. The Turks and Caicos Islands are making overtures about becoming part of Canada. As far back as World War I, Canada and the Bahamas had a convenient postal ar- - rangement -- until it was ; ruined by stamp collectors. Despite the rigors of the ^ war, many Canadians vaca- -f tioned in the Bahamas, and some lived there more or less permanently for tax avoidance avoidance reasons. Some mail addressed to recipients was to be special delivery. The problem was, the Bahamas didn't have a special delivery stamp ât the time . A further complication was'the British Crown colony's colony's small postal staff -- and . there was a War on. . On Jan. 1, 1916, Canada and the Bahamas made an agreement on à special delivery delivery service, at the request of the Bahamas. - H.E. Atwater, financial superintendent, Canada Post ' Office Department, explained explained it later in a letter dated May 2, 1928: "The idea was that letters written in Canada for the Bahamas could have one of the stamps placed on them for special delivery in those islands." The Bahamas chose the 5-pence orange-and-black of 1903 (Scott 34), known as the "Queen's Staircase," for an overprint, special delivery, delivery, in two lines near the top. The Scott standard catalogue catalogue lists this issue as El, but makes no mention of its use from Canada. As Atwater stated in his letter, the total overprint issue issue was to be 600 stamps. "These were placed on sale at four offices in Canada -- Ottawa, Toronto, West- mount (a Montreal suburb) and Winnipeg -- and about 430 were distributed in this manner," according to Atwater. In practice, the correct Canadian postage was affixed affixed to the envelope, plus the 5-pence Bahamas stamp, which could be bought for 10 cents. The stamps were over- , printed on the press of the ■ Nassau Gazette. The first ' was May 1, 1916, and these were the stamps sent to Canada. There were two subsequent subsequent Nassau printings and a large printing done in Britain. Each of these print-,, ings differed, but none were authorized for use from Canada, according to Atwater's letter. He wrote that soon after the stamp came into use in Canada in mid-1916, Canada Post discovered that nearly all were being sent to two stamp collectors in the Bahamas. Collectors throughout the world complained they couldn't get the overprinted stamp. ' 'The Bahamas government government had strong representations representations made to them (sic) from stamp collectors throughout the world that they were unable to get the stamps, owing to the limited quantity, quantity, and they* immediately, without the knowledge of the (Canadian) department, had a further supply of 6,000 printed in England for distribution distribution to collectors" Atwater wrote. The agreement was cancelled cancelled by Canada. Atwater's letter, written 12 years after the event, leaves unclear what happened happened next. Were 430 stamps distributed distributed to the four post offices, or were 600 distributed and 430 sold, leaving a balance of 170? When the agreement was cancelled, Canada Post "ordered "ordered the balance of the stamps in the hands of the FOLK ART DEMONSTRATION AND SALE SUNDAY, AUGUST 16 ; 2 P.M. - 5 P.M. at '■ * Clarke Township Museum &'Archives Hwy 35/115 at Kirby Featuring the work of tocal Artists NOTICE CLOSURE OF DARLINGTON LANDFILL SITE The Darlington Landfill Site will be permanently clpsed on August 15,1987. For a three month trial period, bins will be provided on the grounds of the former Darlington Landfill Site for your convenience for thei disposal of HOUSEHOLD garbage only. , All other refuse is to be taken to the Metro Toronto (Brock West) Landfill Site in Pickering. See map below for directions. - HOURS OF OPERATION Monday to Friday (Incl.) 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Saturday Metro Toronto (Brock West) Landfill Site 7:00 a.tn, to 12:30 p.m. TAUNTON RD. 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