Project Gutenberg 2021-01-07 Public domain in the USA. 160 Philatelic Society (London, England) The postage stamps, envelopes, wrappers and post cards of the North American colonies of Great Britain Charlene Taylor, Adrian Mastronardi, The Philatelic Digital Library Project and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "The Postage Stamps, Envelopes, Wrappers, and Post Cards of the North American Colonies of Great Britain" is a philatelic work compiled and published by The Philatelic Society, London, in the late 19th century. This publication aims to offer a comprehensive history and catalog of postal materials associated with the British Colonial postal systems in North America, particularly focusing on British Columbia, Newfoundland, and Canada. The work is likely of great interest to stamp collectors, historians, and philatelists due to its detailed research and reference to early postal practices. At the start of the book, the preface outlines the challenges and motivations behind compiling this reference on postage stamps and related items from the North American colonies, highlighting the discrepancies found in previous publications and the Society's goal to provide accurate information. The initial chapters provide historical context about British Columbia's postal system from its establishment in 1858 due to the gold rush, presenting early postal rates and practices through various public notices. The book emphasizes the significance of the postage stamp in recording the history of communication in these colonies, as well as detailing the evolution of postal services leading to the introduction of different stamps and regulations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 70.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Postage stamps -- Canada Postal stationery -- Canada HE Text Category: History - American Category: History - British Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Sports/Hobbies Category: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference 291004 2025-06-25T10:12:45.935190 text/html 269238 2024-10-18T09:39:47 text/html 5372057 2025-06-25T10:12:54.750119 application/epub+zip 5368494 2025-06-25T10:12:47.917256 application/epub+zip 144897 2025-06-25T10:12:46.455135 application/epub+zip 3953445 2025-06-25T10:12:58.901153 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3921626 2025-06-25T10:12:53.179178 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 219560 2022-09-28T22:27:04.244857 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 238655 2025-06-25T10:12:44.927192 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 218351 2024-10-18T09:39:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16613 2025-06-25T10:12:59.037115 application/rdf+xml 8906 2025-06-25T10:12:46.562186 image/jpeg 1834 2025-06-25T10:12:46.508162 image/jpeg 4861368 2025-06-25T10:12:46.039149 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia