Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery

by Clifton A. Howes

And under this:

"Received at Freemason's Hall, London, Eng., at ... o'clock, ... day of January, 1899.

...
"Grand Secretary."

This is probably the first time in philatelic history that race-track timing has been employed on the passage of mail matter through the post!

[159] Monthly Journal, IX: 1.

[160] Stamp Lover, I: 263.

[161] A Penny All the Way, Melville, p. 23.

[162] ibid., page 22.

[163] ibid., page 36.

[164] Weekly Philatelic Era, XII: 129.