Postal Stationery Newspaper Wrappers and Post Bands from CANADA

The dimensions of these wrappers is approximate - the dimensions given are the smallest known size. The size can be as much as 10mm more than the figures quoted here.

Newspaper wrappers from Canada are commonly referred to as either wrappers or post bands. The description "wrapper" is applied to newspaper wrappers which were intended for use by publishers and carried a two line inscription “THIS WRAPPER IS TO BE USED ONLY BY PUBLISHERS...”. The term “Post Band” is applied to newspaper wrappers which were available to the general public without this message.

Wrappers 001 to 007 were printed by the British American Bank Note Co Ltd.

Kosniowski	Higgins&Gage	Webb (2019)		size
001	E1	W1	.	125 x 235	1 September 1875 1c dark blue
002	E2	W2	indicium same as 001	125 x 290	1878 1c dark blue
003a	E3	W3	indicium same as 001	125 x 280	1881 1c dark blue, paper 0.08mm
003aa			indicium same as 001	125 x 280	1881 1c dark blue, thin paper 0.06mm
003b				125 x 280	1881 1c light blue
004a	E4	W4	.	125 x 280	April 1882 1c light blue on cream
004b	E4a	W4a		125 x 280	April 1882 1c light violet blue on cream
	E4b		no copies seen to date	125 x 280	April 1882 1c slate blue on buff
004c	E4c	W4b		125 x 280	April 1882 1c light blue on yellow
005a	E5	W5		125 x 280	May 1887 1c blue on cream, paper 0.08mm
005aa	E5a	W5a	indicium same as 005a	125 x 280	May 1887 1c blue on cream, thin paper 0.06mm
005b	E5b	W5b	indicium same as 005a	125 x 280	May 1887 1c blue on yellow
006	E6	W6		125 x 273	February 1892 1c blue
007	E7	W7	indicium design same as 006	125 x 273	February 1894 1c black on cream
007a	E7a/E7b	W7a	indicium same as 007	125 x 273	February 1894 1c black on buff
	E7a/E7b		the colour of the paper was listed as light brown (E7a) and dark brown (E7b). With the passage of time it is now not possible to differentiate the shades.	125 x 273	February 1894 1c black
			Wrappers 008 to 023 were printed by the American Bank Note Co. In 1923 the ABN Co, became the Canadian Bank Note Co.	124 x 273
008	E8	W8		124 x 273	June 1898 1c green on buff/cream
008a	E8a	W8	indicium same as 008	124 x 273	June 1898 1c green on dark brown
009	E9	W9		124 x 273	October 1903 1c green on buff
009a	E9a	W9a	indicium as 009	124 x 273	October 1903 1c green on oily dark brown
	E9b		indicium as 009 not clear what "dark brown butcher paper" is	124 x 273	October 1903 1c green on dark brown butcher paper
			Subsequent issues occur either as what are known as POST BANDS, size 121mm x 233mm, which are without any text;or as WRAPPERS, which are with text and size 152mm x 330mm; unless otherwise stated.
010	E10	W11	WRAPPER indicium as 009 with Text Setting A - Y over the first S of CLASS	203 x 381	11 July 1907 1c green
011	E11	W12	WRAPPER with Text Setting A - Y over the first S of CLASS	203 x 381	11 July 1907 2c carmine
012	E12	W13	WRAPPER with Text Setting A - Y over the first S of CLASS	203 x 381	11 July 1907 3c violet
013	E13	W14	WRAPPER Only 280,246 copies were produced	203 x 381	18 June 1908 overprint on 011 1c on 2c carmine
014	E14	W15	WRAPPER Only 52,190 copies were produced	203 x 381	overprint on 012 1c on 3c violet
015a	E15	W10	WRAPPER indicium same as 009 Text Setting A - Y over the first S of CLASS	152 x343	1910 1c green, smaller size wrapper
015b		W10a	WRAPPER indicium same as 015a / 009 with Text Setting B1 - Y over the second S of CLASS	152 x343	1910 1c green
015c			WRAPPER indicium same as 015a / 009 with Text Setting B2 same as Text Setting B1 but with part of text on right side lower and tilted at 0.5°	152 x343	1910 1c green
			Die 1 . . . . . . . . . . . Die 2
016	E16	W16	POST BAND	125x275	1912 1c green, die 2
			Die 1 - white collar drops at back of neck Die 1a - white collar curves up at back of neck Die 1 . . . . . . . . . . . Die 1a
017	E17	W17	WRAPPER Text setting C B over second S of CLASS	152 x 330	1912 1c green, die 1
017a		W18	WRAPPER indicium same as 017 with Text setting C - B over second S of CLASS	152 x 330	1912 1c green, die 1a
017bb		W19	WRAPPER with Text Setting B1 - Y over the second S of CLASS	152 x 330	1912 1c green, die 2
017bc		W19a	WRAPPER indicium same as 017 with Text setting C - B over second S of CLASS	152 x 330	1912 1c green, die 2
018	E18	W20	POST BAND	121 x 233	1922 1c orange, die 2
018a			POST BAND indicium as 018	121 x 233	1c orange die 2 as 018 but precancelled
019	E19	W22	WRAPPER indicium as 018 with Text setting C - B over second S of CLASS	152 x 330	1c orange die 1
			Die 3 - ONE background line below CENT Die 4 - TWO background lines below CENT
020	E20	W21	POST BAND indicium as 018	121 x 233	1927 1c orange die 4
			Text Setting D is very similar to Text Setting C, with a modified font Text type C - thicker letters, R with rounded tail Text type D - thinner letters, R with straight tail
021	E21	W23	WRAPPER indicium as 018 with Text setting C	152 x 330	1c orange die 3
021a		W24	WRAPPER indicium as 018 with Text setting D	152 x 330	1c orange die 4
022	E22	W25	POST BAND	121 x 233	1928 1c orange
023	E23	W26	WRAPPER indicium as 022 with Text setting D	152 x 330	1c orange
024	E24	W27	POST BAND	121 x 233	1930 1c orange
025	E25	W28	WRAPPER indicium as 024 with Text setting E - B over AS of CLASS	152 x 330	1c orange
026A		W29	POST BAND	121 x 272	5 June 1931 1c green, Buff Paper, 0.14/0.18mm thick
026B		W31	POST BAND indicium as 026A	121 x 272	5 June 1931 1c green, Dark Buff Paper, 0.07/0.08mm thick
027Aa		W30	WRAPPER indicium as 026A with Text setting E	152 x 343	8 January 1931 1c green, Buff Paper, 0.14/0.18mm thick
027Ab			WRAPPER indicium as 026A with Text setting F - B over first S of CLASS	152 x 343	8 January 1931 1c green, Buff Paper, 0.14/0.18mm thick
027Ba		W32	WRAPPER indicium as 026A with Text setting E	152 x 343	8 January 1931 1c green, Dark Buff Paper, 0.07/0.08mm thick
027Bb		W32a	WRAPPER indicium as 026A with Text setting F	152 x 343	5 June 1931 1c green, Dark Buff Paper, 0.07/0.08mm thick
028	E28	W33	POST BAND		18 May 1933 1c green
		W35
029a	E29	W34
	E29a
		W36
029b
030	E30	W37
031	E31	W38
032	E32	W39
		W39a
	E32a
033	E33	W40
033a	E33a
034	E34	W42a
034a	E34a	W42
035	E35	W43
035a	W35a	W44
036	E36
037	E37	W45
038	E38	W46
038a	E38a	W46a
039	E39	W47
040	E40	W48
040a
041	E41	W49
041a	E41a
042	E42	W50
042a	E43	W51

WORK IN CURRENT PROGRESS

Canada Newspaper Wrappers BIBLIOGRAPHY

Handbuch für Postmarken-Sammler, by Alfred Moschkau, 1885/1896
The Postage Stamps, Envelopes, Wrappers and Post Cards of the North American Colonies of Great Britain, by the Philatelic Society London, 1889
Catalogue Prix-Courant de Timbres-Postes, by J B Moens, 1893
Ketcheson’s Standard Catalogue of Canada Stamps, by H F Ketcheson, 1894
A Catalogue for Advanced Collectors of Postage Stamps, Stamped Envelopes and Wrappers, by Henry Collin and Henry L Calman, c1895
Canada its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery, by Clifton A Howes, 1911; reprinted 1974
Postage Stamps of Canada, by Fred Jarrett, 1923
Grosser Ganzsachen-Katalog, by Dr Siegfried Ascher, 1928
Edward Overprinted Wrappers, by Frank W Campbell, in BNA Topics, Vol 3 No 5, June 1946
Billig’s Philatelic Handbook, Vol 11, 1949
The Postal Stationery of Canada, by Nelson Bond, 1953
OHMS Perfins, in BNA Topics, Vol 11 No 10, November 1954
Precancelled Canadian Postal Stationery, by R B Hetherington, in Maple Leaves No 37, August 1955
Precancelled Postal Stationery, in Maple Leaves No 48, June 1957
Perfin on 1897 1c green wrapper, in BNA Topics No 152, December 1957
New Postage Items Available from the Philatelic Section, in Maple Leaves No 89, June 1964
Higgins & Gage World Postal Stationery Catalogue, 1966/1990
The Encyclopædia of British Empire Postage Stamps Vol V North America, Robson Lowe, 1973
Post Office Department Order No 15, in BNA Topics No 352, Mar-Apr 1976
Post Office Bulletin 17 Nov 1951, in BNA Topics No 355, Sep-Oct 1976
The Medallion Issue - A Record of the Printing Orders, by Allan L Steinhart, in BNA Topics, Vol 35 No 6, November 1978; Vol 36 No 1, January 1979; Vol 36 No 2, March 1979; Vol 36 No 3, May 1979
Headings on Georgian Newspaper Wrappers, by Don Frazer, in Postal Stationery Notes, Vol 2 No 5, November 1983
Canadian Precancelled Postal Stationery Handbook, by George E L Manley, 1984
Wrapper Heading Varieties, by Don Frazer, in Postal Stationery Notes, Vol 3 No 2, May 1984
Update on Wrapper Headings, in Postal Stationery Notes, Vol 3 No 4, August 1984
The Inland Revenue Weights and Measures Post Bands, in Postal Stationery Notes, Vol 8 no 6, December 1989
Earliest Reported Postmark Listing for the Postal Stationery of Canada and Newfoundland, by the BNAPS Postal Stationery Study Group, June 1994
The CBNC Wrapper and Post Band Orders mid 1952 - 1959, by Robert Lemire, in Postal Stationery Notes, Vol 16 No 1, July 2000
Webb's Postal Stationery Catalogue of Canada and Newfoundland, by Earle L Covert & William C Walton, 2001
Postage Due Wrappers, in Maple Leaves No 292, April 2004
Pseudo Stationery, by Wayne Menuz, Postal Stationery No 355 July 2007 (re Heckler “Officials”)
W12d: Another Copy Found, by Pierre Gauthier, in Postal Stationery Notes, Vol 22 No 2, May 2008
Newspaper Wrapper Heading Settings - A Summary, by Robert Lemire, in Postal Stationery Notes, Vol 22 No 3, October 2008
Webb's Postal Stationery Catalogue, by William C Walton & Earle L Covert (editors), 8th Edition, 2019

"Postal Stationery Newspaper Wrapper Catalogue", by Jan Kosniowski, published June 2019
In addition to the post office issue newspaper wrappers this catalogue also lists all the known private overprints on Canadian stationery newspaper wrappers, a total of 46 items.