Additions, Amendments and Corrections to the

Catalogue of the Federal Tobacco Stamps of Canada

by  Christopher D. Ryan

Second Edition, January 2021


The catalogue can be accessed on-line at the following links to Library and Archives Canada. (24 February 2023)


6 April 2025

- Correction to Post of 21 June 2023 - Re: Page 104 - New Item: RR3A -- Plug Box with blue 5½ mm Roman serial number.  (Corrected from 6 mm.)


13 January 2025

- Page 20 - New Item: RM429 -- Rock City Tobacco (6-13-D) - Superfluous 48CT in red on RM435 (blue 48c) on 3 lbs. - coded '2407' for July 1942  (Courtesy of Erling van Dam.)


20 November 2024

- Page 57 - Remove daggers from RP1926 and RP1934 -- They have been seen.

- Page 93 - Series 1897 Snuff Strip Stamps -- Re: 20 lbs, "Over 40% Moisture" -- An unfinished production proof in Red of the left half only of this stamp was sold on eBay recently.  The outer "20" is present at the end of the stamp, but the surrounding filigree is missing.  The issued stamp in Black is RS58.  (Also see 25 June 2024 below.)

- Page 94 - Correction to descriptions of RS103 and RS104 -- Delete the "on 2c." in each listing.  They should simply be "4c. on 1/13 lb".  (Thanks to Eric Jackson for pointing out the error.) 


3 July 2024

- Page 50 - New Item: RP1388 -- Blue 4c on 2c on 1/13 lb - coded 'BOA' for Feb 1943


25 June 2024

- Page 93 - Series 1897 Snuff Strip Stamps -- The right half of a die-proof has been seen in RED of the 5 lbs - "Not More Than 40% Moisture" stamp courtesy of Darrel Staley.   The issued stamp would be the red counterpart of RS54 & RS59.


22 March 2024

- Page 8 - Delete RM10 -- Blue, square stamp, perf-11¾ -- The stamp that was the basis of this listing has been examined.  The perforations are the fake perf-12 described in the Notes on page 62 of the catalogue.


20 March 2024

- Page 19 - Series 1897 Coupon Stamps in Blue -- A proof has been seen of the 60 lbs stamp only (no coupons) courtesy of Darrel Staley.   The issued stamp would be RM372.


11 February 2024

- Page 12 - Remove dagger from RM68Cn -- It has been seen. 


9 January 2024

- Page 87 - Remove dagger from RC590 -- It has been seen. 


26 November 2023

- Page 47 - New Item: RP1254a -- 4c on 2c on 2/29 lb, 4c Overprint on front and back 


28 September 2023

Remove the daggers from the following items.  They have been seen.

- Page 12 - RM89n -- Black, Montreal, 1 pound, no serial number.

- Page 13 - RM118n -- Black, Windsor, 1/10 pound, no serial number.

- Page 60 - RW14n - Brown, Re-Worked, 10 pounds, no serial number.


10 August 2023

- Page 3 - John Harper passed away on 7 February 2023.


11 July 2023

- Page 3 - Replace "Lee W. Brandom (1916?-1985)" with "Lee William Brandom (1915-1985)"


21 June 2023

- Page 104 - New Item: RR3A -- Plug Box with blue 6 mm Roman serial number


26 May 2023

- Page 15 - Remove dagger from RM225n -- It has been seen.


24 February 2023

- Page 27 - Re: RN280 -- 1/12 pound with black denomination -- Examples of this stamp have been seen with such poorly aligned trimming that is evident that the items were issued in imperforate form.  However, this does not preclude the similar trimming by the tobacco company of hyphen-perfed stamps.


11 March 2022

- Page 50 - New Item: RP1416 -- Short 4c on 2c on 1/9 pound


30 November 2021

- Page 66 - New Item: RG80 -- 'Red' Warehouse, Montreal Division, as RG79, but stamped "J.L. Vincent / Acting Coll." in violet.

- Page 76 - Remove dagger from RC4 - Black, Windsor Division, 1/20 lb Cigarettes -- It has been seen.


25 October 2021

- Page 102 - New Item: RL40 -- Like RL41, but Excise Tax overprint positioned at left end of cancellation box rather than at the standard right end.  Observed serial numbers show that RL40 predates RL41.


17 August 2021

- Page 101 - New Item: RL21 -- "LIVRE" at Left End, blue 8c excise tax on 1 pound, green.


17 July 2021

- Page 37 - RP699 -- Series 1897, Green 1/9-lb -- has been found with albino impressions of the serial numbers, which are readily observed from the back of the stamps.   Very little or no trace of the red ink is present in the impressions of the numerals.


7 July 2021

- Page 74 - In the conversion to PDF format, the image labels "RG660" and "RG668" were transposed into the right column text.


4 July 2021

- Page 77 - Correction - Delete "L" from image label "RC101L"


28 June 2021

- Page 13 - New Item: RM169 - Black Caddy, as RM168 but stamped "J.L. Vincent / Acting Coll." in violet.


15 March 2021

- Page 39 - Re: Note regarding Paste-Up Stamps.

A copy of RP730 -- Series 1915, 1/20-pound, imperf with blue serial numbers -- has been seen as a paste-up.  Like most examples of these paste-ups, this used stamp has a serial number that is a multiple of 30.  The stamp is well aged and Its roller cancel is unreadable.  The 1/20-pound denomination of Series 1915 continued in use through the Series "A" and "B" periods into 1935. 


16 February 2021

- Page 75 - Correction - Delete RG688, and replace it with RG687 -- 20 Cigars, Fine Roulettes


9 February 2021

- Nothing yet to report.