Canadian Philately - The Stamps and Postal History of Canada 1851 to Present by Brixton Chrome

This week's post will deal with the remaining aspects of the 1930-1935 Arch Issue, including a scoping out of the potential catalogue value of a large collection, just to give you some idea of what is involved in assembling a comprehensive collection of this issue.

Postal History and Cancellations

Today's post will continue my discussion of the Arch Issue.

Shade and Gum Combinations Continued

The last post covered the shade variations found on the regular issue stamps to the $1. The list below details some of the shade and gum combinations found on the 5c airmail and 20c special delivery stamps:

5c sepia with cream gum and no visible mesh.
5c deep sepia with cream gum and no visible mesh.
5c agate with cream gum and no visible mesh.
5c agate with cream gum and coarse vertical mesh.
20c deep Indian red with deep cream gum and no visible mesh.
20c deep Indian red with coffee gum and no visible mesh.
20c deep Indian red with cream gum and no visible mesh.
20c deep Indian red with brownish yellow gum and no visible mesh.

I should mention that the colour names I have given in this and the last post are based on the Stanley Gibbons Stamp colour key, with the colour names modified as required to bring them into line with the actual colours.

In addition to the above, the 2c brown s…