Published Articles
10 November 2020
- Click HERE for illustrations and listing of the orientations of the "EXCISE" and Stacked "crown/EXCISE/1867" watermarks.
- Click HERE for details of the new Tobacco and Cannabis Excise Stamps introduced October 2019.
25 June 2018
- Click HERE for a listing of the current Excise Stamps for Cigarettes and other Tobacco products.
- Click HERE for discussions of the Series 1883 Stamp in Black for 500 Manilla Cheroots and an Obsolete Cancel on a Series 1883 Cigar Stamp.
- Click HERE for a discussion of the Wetter Numbering Machines used by the American Bank Note Company, Ottawa on the tobacco and other revenue stamps produced for the government of Canada.
16 October 2017
- Click HERE for three articles:
- Irregular Stamping of Tobacco Packages in the Nineteenth Century
- Introduction of Cigar-Making Machines
- Introduction in 1910 of the 25-Cigarette Stamp of Series 1897
(PDF file on Dropbox)
12 July 2017
- Click HERE for a discussion of an advertising postcard sent out by Fabien René Édouard Campeau in 1894.
- Click HERE for a History of Canada’s Snuff Stamps and their use.
- Click HERE for a discussion of the Packaging of Pressed Tobacco in late Nineteenth Century Canada, and the use of the Jobber’s Label.
(PDF files on Dropbox)
18 December 2016
- Click HERE for an updated list of the Licence Codes for Canadian Tobacco Manufacturers. The new list greatly expands upon the previous version. It also corrects an error where an Ottawa cigar manufacturer was included in the list of tobacco manufacturers.
(PDF file on Dropbox.)
13 September 2016
- Click HERE for an Addendum to the history of the Cigarette stamps.
- Click HERE for the history of the stamps for Domestic Raw Leaf Tobacco, 1918 onwards.
30 May 2016
- Click HERE for the early history of the Raw Leaf Tobacco stamps, 1868 onwards. (1.22 MB PDF)
22 January 2016
- Click HERE for a History of Canada's Cigarette Stamps and their use, 1877 - 1974.
(5 MB PDF File on Dropbox)
19 January 2016
- Click HERE for a discussion of the Secret Identification Marks on Canadian federal revenue stamps. These marks are also known as Hidden Letters.
30 October 2015
Licence Codes and Identification Numbers for Manufacturers and Tobacco Packers:
- Click HERE for Canadian Tobacco Manufacturers.
- Click HERE for Canadian Cigar Manufacturers.
- Click HERE for Canadian Raw Leaf Tobacco Packers.
- Click HERE for Foreign Manufacturers.
6 May 2014
- Click HERE for a discussion of the colours found on the Series 1897 Tobacco Stamps, and the lack of red Snuff Stamps. (PDF file posted on Dropbox.)
3 March 2014
- Click HERE for details of the B. Houde Company, the National Snuff Company and the small Snuff Stamps of Series 1897. (1.27 MB PDF file posted on Dropbox.)
22 January 2014
- Click HERE for the story of Fabien René Édouard Campeau and the tobacco stamps
(1.17 MB PDF file "F R E Campeau for WEB" posted on Dropbox.)