In response to an earlier request for full-length examples of philatelic
descriptions.
Example of a philatelic collection described according to the Rules for
Archival Description (RAD)
008 990629i18511870xx eng d
045 2 $bd1851$bd1870
100 1 $aSaint, J. Ronald,$d1928-
245 10$aJ. Ronald Saint collection$h[philatelic record]
258 $aPrince Edward Island :$b1 penny, 9 pence, 4-1/2 pence
258 $aNew Brunswick :$b1 shilling, 2 cents
260 $c[1851-1870]
300 $a2 panes of postage stamps
300 $a1 block (12 postage stamps) :$bbrown
300 $a1 block (16 postage stamps) :$bplate proof, black
300 $a1 sheet (100 postage stamps) :$borange
520 2 $aCollection consists of panes, blocks and one sheet of postage stamps
for Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick. The Prince Edward Island stamps
include: one mint pane of 30 for the 1862 1d yellow orange, one mint pane of
30 for the 1867 9d violet, and one block of 12 (2 rows of 6) for the 1870
4-1/2d brown. The New Brunswick stamps include: a LR plate proof block of 16
in black (for the one shilling bright red violet) with SPECIMEN overprint
(1851) and a New Brunswick sheet of 100 for the two cents orange, without
gum (1863)
540 $aNo restrictions on use
540 $aCredit the National Archives of Canada
545 0 $aJ. Ronald Saint is a prominent collector of BNA Postage Stamps and a
postal historian. He was born December 13, 1928 in Kensington, PEI, of
Newfoundland parents. He spent his youth in Amherst, N.S. Mr. Saint began
his career in the banking industry, but later moved to insurance and estate
planning. He has lived in the Maritimes, Toronto, and Ottawa. His collecting
interests have, in recent years, focused on the Maritime provinces of
Canada. His two major philatelic collections, reproduced in facsimile form
within the holdings of the Canadian Postal Archives, are New Brunswick :
stamps and postal history, and Prince Edward Island : stamps and postal
history. He has published numerous articles in both the PHSC Journal, and
BNA Topics. He is a member of the Transatlantic Mail Study Group (BNAPS) and
a life member of the Postal History Society of Canada. Mr. Saint has three
sons. He and his second wife live in Ottawa
Example of a philatelic item (one postage stamp) of unknown provenance.
008 040106e19850417onc000 0 0e eng d
100 1 $aWood, Muriel
245 10$aEmily Murphy$h[philatelic record] :$bwomen are persons = Emily
Murphy : les femmes sont des personnes /$cDesign: Muriel Wood, Ralph Tibbles
258 $aCanada :$b32 cents
260 $a[Ottawa :$bCanada Post Corporation, $c17 April 1985]$f(Ashton-Potter
Limited)
300 $a1 postage stamp :$blithograph on Harrison paper, 6 col., perf. 13.5
700 1 $aTibbles, Ralph
To view the image of an Emily Murphy postage stamp, go to:
http://data4.archives.ca/netacgi/nph-brs?s1=1005&l=20&d=POST&p=1&u=http://ww
w.archives.ca/02/020117/020117030305_e.html&r=1&f=G&SECT3=POST
<http://data4.archives.ca/netacgi/nph-brs?s1=1005&l=20&d=POST&p=1&u=http%3A%
2F%2Fwww.archives.ca%2F02%2F020117%2F020117030305_e.html&r=1&f=G&SECT3=POST>
Gerald Stone
Director, Standards Centre
National Archives of Canada
344 Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ont., K1A 0N3
Telephone: (613) 996-7790
Facsimile: (613) 947-1546
E-mail: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Web: www.archives.ca <http://www.archives.ca/>
