Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

CANADIAN STAMP COLLECTION

Date Range From

1900

Date Range To

1980

Materials

PAPER

No. Pieces

1+

Height

4.7

Length

29.3

Width

25.4

Description

BLACK CARDBOARD 3-RING BINDER WITH SIMULATED LEATHER FINISH. WORN AND TAPED ALONG SPINE. PAPER LABEL TAPED TO FRONT; TYPEWRITTEN "STAMPS CANADIAN". TAPE DRIED; BINDER WORN IN GENERAL. CONTAINS 47 PAGES, EACH TAPED WITH NUMEROUS STAMPS SEQUENTIALLY NUMBERED AND ORGANIZED INTO HAND-DRAWN GRID. MANY SQUARES MISSING STAMPS. MOST STAMPS ARE NEW; SOME ADDITIONAL SHEETS OR INDIVIDUAL PIECES HAVE BEEN INSERTED LOOSE BETWEEN APPROPRIATE PAGES. LOOSE IN FRONT OF BINDER (STORED IN SEPARATE FILE) ARE ASSORTED ITEMS AS FOLLOWS: (1) BROWN ENVELOPE WITH 12 FLOWER STAMPS (FOR EACH PROVINCE); ASSORTED SHEETS EASTER SEALS STAMPS; CANADA TRUST SEALS; SET OF CENTENNIAL ISSUE POSTAGE STAMPS, WITH CARD; AND 10 PIECES ASSORTED TRAIN TICKETS, GAS RATION COUPONS, AND AIR MAIL STAMPS. (1) USED 68 CENT CANADIAN STAMP. (19) WAXED PAPER ENVELOPES CONTAINING VARIOUS COMPLETE AND PARTIAL SHEETS OF CANADIAN POSTAGE STAMPS (ASSORTED VALUES). (2) SHEETS LOOSE PAPER TAPED WITH ASSORTED WAR TAX STAMPS, GAS RATION COUPONS, EASTER SEALS, AND AIRMAIL STAMPS. PAGES ARE FOLDED AND BADLY WORN. (10) WHITE PAPER "DAY OF ISSUE" ENVELOPES, WITH CANADA POST MARK AND POSTAGE STAMP AT RIGHT CORNER. ASSORTED. (16) ASSORTED BOOKLETS AND PACKAGES OF COLLECTOR'S EDITION SHEETS OF CANADIAN POSTAGE STAMPS. ASSORTED YEARS AND VALUES. INCLUDES TWO EXPLANATION SHEETS. (9) ASSORTED USED ENVELOPES AND POSTCARD ADDRESSED TO LOIS DUFF. EMPTY. (5) ASSORTED PAMPHLETS AND LETTERS RELATED TO STAMP COLLECTING. (3) "PHILATELIC SERVICE ORDER STATEMENTS" ISSUED TO L J DUFF. (18) ASSORTED PIECES PAPER WITH HANDWRITTEN NOTES ON STAMP VALUES & INFORMATION. (1) BLUE "100% STABLE CANADIAN DOLLAR" (DIEFENBAKER). (1) PAMPHLET, "50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST NON-STOP TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT". (1) WRAPPER, "BEAUTIFUL BRITISH COLUMBIA CANADA'S VACATIONLAND". (1) GOLD ENVELOPE CONTAINING 6 WAXED PAPER ENVELOPES WITH VARIOUS SHEETS OF CANADIAN POSTAGE STAMPS; 1 WHITE "DAY OF ISSUE" ENVELOPE (TOUR DE LA LANTERNE) 1 EXPLANATION CARD ON LIGHTHOUSE STAMP COLLECTION; AND 2 SEALED STAMP SETS. (1) GOLD ENVELOPE CONTAINING 6 WHITE "DAY OF ISSUE" ENVELOPES; SHEET OF 32 CENT CANADIAN POSTAGE STAMPS; AND PHILATELIC SERVICE ORDER STATEMENT. (11) NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS WITH ARTICLES ON STAMPS ISSUED IN CANADA.

Subjects

EXCHANGE MEDIUM

Historical Association

CURRENCY/MAUNDY

History

COLLECTED BY LOIS DUFF. SEE P19990009001-GA FOR MORE HISTORY. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED AN ARTIFACT SURVEY, WHICH INCLUDED A NUMBER OF ARTIFACTS DONATED BY ARTHUR AND LOIS DUFF. CONTACT MADE WITH THE DONOR’S SON DID NOT YIELD FURTHER INFORMATION. ARCHIVAL RESEARCH INCLUDED LETHBRIDGE HERALD OBITUARIES FOR BOTH ARTHUR AND LOIS. ARTHUR DUFF WAS BORN AND RAISED IN STORMONT COUNTY, ONTARIO. HE MOVED WEST TO CRANBROOK IN 1907 BEFORE GOING OVERSEAS TO SERVE IN WORLD WAR I. UPON HIS RETURN, HE FARMED IN SANGUDO, ALBERTA BEFORE MOVING BACK TO CRANBROOK IN 1921. IN 1928, HE MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE, WHERE HE WAS EMPLOYED BY BECKER LUMBER COMPANY. HE WAS MARRIED TO LOIS JUNE DUFF (NEE CORNWALL). ACCORDING TO LOIS DUFF’S LETHBRIDGE HERALD OBITUARY, SHE WAS BORN IN MOINES, IOWA ON JUNE 26, 1904. THE FAMILY MOVED TO A FARM EAST OF MILK RIVER, ALBERTA IN 1908, THEN MOVING TO LETHBRIDGE 1919. SHE LIVED IN THE CITY FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE. THE CORNWALL FAMILY HISTORY SHE CONTRIBUTED IN THE PIONEER PEMMICAN CLUB ROUNDUP HISTORY BOOK (PUBLISHED IN 1984) STATES, “MY PARENTS, HERBERT AND ELLA CORNWALL AND THEIR FIVE CHILDREN – BERNICE, BEATRICE, BARTLEY, GERTRUDE, AND I (LOIS JUNE) CAME FROM DES MOINES TO WARNER IN NOVEMBER 1908. DAD AND BARTLEY FILED ON HOMESTEADS TEN MILES EAST OF MILK RIVER. THE FAMILY MOVED TO THE FARM IN THE SPRING OF 1910. I CAN REMEMBER SEEING BUFFALO BONES AND THOSE RANGE CATTLE SCATTERED OVER THE PRAIRIE.” THE NARRATIVE CONTINUED, “ON THE FARM WE HAD A LARGE TWO AND A HALF STOREY HOUSE WHICH SERVED AS A STOPPING PLACE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE LUCKY STRIKE AND KIPPENVILLE AREAS BEFORE THE RAILROAD WAS BUILT TO FOREMOST AND MANYBERRIES. IT TOOK MEN FROM THOSE AREAS A DAY TO REACH OUR PLACE WITH A TEAM OF HORSES. THEY WOULD GO TO MILK RIVER AND BACK TO OUR PLACE THE SECOND DAY, THEN LEAVE FOR HOME THE THIRD DAY. WHAT A RELIEF IT WAS FOR THEM WHEN THE RAILROAD WAS BUILT!” “SLEEPY HOLLOW SCHOOL WAS BUILT IN 1912 AND, LIKE ALL SUCH STRUCTURES SERVED ALSO CHURCH SERVICES, MEETINGS AND ENTERTAINMENT. GRADES ONE TO TEN WERE TAUGHT IN THIS SCHOOL. IN THE FALL OF 1919 DAD, MOTHER AND I MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE SO THAT I COULD CONTINUE MY HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION AND ATTEND GARBUTT BUSINESS COLLEGE. I WORKED IN THE OFFICES OF RYLAND’S LADIES WEAR AND THE BECKER LUMBER COMPANY… I MARRIED ARTHUR DUFF IN 1934. OUR SON GRANT WAS BORN IN 1936.” ARTHUR DUFF PASSED AWAY IN LETHBRIDGE ON SEPTEMBER 15, 1976 AT THE AGE OF 85 YEARS. LOIS DUFF PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 18, 2004 AT THE AGE OF 99 YEARS. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE P19738475000 FOR MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING THE COPIES OF ARCHIVAL RESEARCH.

Catalogue Number

P19990009084

Acquisition Date

1999-02

Collection

Museum

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