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THE NATIONAL POSTAL MUSEUM PRESENTATION BOOK
A CANADIAN PHILATELIC TREASURE
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THE BOOK IS LINEN COVERED AND MEASURES 12.4 INCHES BY 8.75 INCHES. PRESENTED BELOW IS AN IMAGE OF THE BOOK'S DUST COVER AND AN IMAGE OF THE FRONT OF THE BOOK. THE COVER SHOWS A REPRODUCTION OF A 1853 FOLDED LETTER CONTAINING THE SC#2 CANADIAN STAMP. THE BOOK CONTAINS 13 ENGRAVED PROOFS OF HISTORICAL INTEREST. WE PRESENT IMAGERY OF THESE ITEMS TO SHARE THEIR BEAUTY WITH OUR FRIENDS. THERE ARE ALSO A NUMBER OF PICTORIALS AND SMALL REPRODUCTIONS.
THE BOOK CONTAINS 112 PAGES AND WAS PRODUCED IN 1974. COPIES WERE PRESENTED THE SAME YEAR, ON SEPTEMBER 27, TO ATTENDEES AT THE OPENING OF THE MUSEUM. THE BOOK STATES THAT THERE WERE ONLY 1200 COPIES OF THIS LIMITED EDITION.
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| 1 | CLICK AT THE RIGHT FOR AN IMAGE. THIS ENGRAVING SHOWS THE OLD CANADIAN PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS AND WAS ENGRAVED BY CANADIAN BANK NOTE (CBN). | CLICK |
| 2 | BEAVERS AT WORK. ORIGINALLY ENGRAVED BETWEEN 1845 AND 1858, IT WAS MODIFIED IN 1920 BY CBN. | CLICK |
| 3 | AN INDIAN HUNTING PARTY ENGRAVED BY CBN BETWEEN 1845 AND 1858. | CLICK |
| 4 | CONESTOGA WAGON CROSSING THE PRAIRIES ENGRAVED ORIGINALLY IN 1935 BY CBN AND MODIFIED IN 1940. | CLICK |
| 5 | CLIPPER SHIP #2 ENGRAVED IN 1874 BY BRITISH AMERICAN BANKNOTE COMPANY, (BABN), MONTREAL. | CLICK |
| 6 | STEAMSHIP "PARISIAN" ENGRAVED IN 1884 BY BABN. | CLICK |
| 7 | MANITOBA RAILROAD STATION ENGRAVED IN 1880 BY BABN. | CLICK |
| 8 | THE RAILROAD "FAST MAIL" ENGRAVED IN 1880 BY BABN. | CLICK |
| 9 | PORTRAIT OF WOLFE, ENGRAVED IN 1872. | CLICK |
| 10 | PORTRAIT OF MONCALM ENGRAVED IN 1872. | CLICK |
| 11 | AN AVIATION ENGRAVING TITLED "SPEEDING THE MAILS" ENGRAVED IN 1928 BY CBN. | CLICK |
| 12 | THE STEAMSHIP "ROYAL WILLIAM" FROM PUBLIC ARCHIVES OF CANADA. | CLICK |
| 13 | PAINTING BY KRIEGHOFF TITLED WINTER SCENE. REPRODUCED BY THE CANADIAN POST OFFICE. | CLICK |
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