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(KETCHESON, H.F.) The Canada Stamp Catalogue Giving the Date of Issue, Color, Shape and Value of every Postage and Revenue Stamp used in Canada and the Provinces; also the Prices at which most of them can be purchased, clean or cancelled from the Author.
Belleville, Ontario: H.F. Ketcheson, (1892). Third edition (so stated). Small 8vo., original purple cloth, (38), (1)pp. errata. Spine faded to tan as is common with purple cloth otherwise a fine copy of a scarce items. We did not locate any copies of this in Amicus and only one copy in OCLC (BL).
“Ketcheson was one of the leading philatelists of the the Dominion and was the author and publisher of the first revenue stamp catalogue in this country.” The above work gives a full description of all the varieties of Canadian postage stamps. “Such a work as this would seem to be a necessity to any one interested in these interesting stamps, and the catalogue bears on its face the evidence of much labor and expense....printed on heavy calendered paper and accompanied by many introductory notes regarding the different varieties.” (The Post Office, Vol.2, Issue 85, May 1891).