12-07-2026, 01:08 PM
In 2023 I wrote a short item for the newsletter about finding an interesting stamp in a box I had purchased from Don Mann when he was Dealer For a Day.
I kept looking for information about these stamps, and for a copy of the out of print catalogue of Canadian Cinderella stamps. Not a hugely active search, just Google follow-ups on a quarterly basis …
In 2025, I discovered that the third edition of the catalogue was almost finished. I was able to add my name to the publisher’s waiting list. In May 2026, it arrived!
There was an excellent summary about the stamps:
I missed a club meeting in June. Hugh told me Roy had shown him a binder of these stamps, but they were of no interest to him. Hugh SHOULD have told Roy “the woman who has stuck by my side since 1969 and feigned interest in most of my incessant lectures on a wide range of increasingly dull topics would love to see these.” But at least he mentioned it to me …
Thankfully Roy reads his email promptly and the binder was set aside for me to peruse in July.
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And now I feel a bit like Gollum as I hold the book in a close embrace and say “my precious …”
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I kept looking for information about these stamps, and for a copy of the out of print catalogue of Canadian Cinderella stamps. Not a hugely active search, just Google follow-ups on a quarterly basis …
In 2025, I discovered that the third edition of the catalogue was almost finished. I was able to add my name to the publisher’s waiting list. In May 2026, it arrived!
There was an excellent summary about the stamps:
I missed a club meeting in June. Hugh told me Roy had shown him a binder of these stamps, but they were of no interest to him. Hugh SHOULD have told Roy “the woman who has stuck by my side since 1969 and feigned interest in most of my incessant lectures on a wide range of increasingly dull topics would love to see these.” But at least he mentioned it to me …
Thankfully Roy reads his email promptly and the binder was set aside for me to peruse in July.
IMG_1613.jpeg (Size: 256.32 KB / Downloads: 22)
And now I feel a bit like Gollum as I hold the book in a close embrace and say “my precious …”
I love the spirit and passion these stamps represent. The government rejects your request for a stamp to honour your history - not once, but twice - so you create your own stamps …
How can anyone think philately is boring???
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