Collection search - Samuel Allan Taylor works [philatelic record, textual record, graphic material]

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Samuel Allan Taylor works [philatelic record, textual record, graphic material]

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Series

Date:

1863-1881.

Reference:

R669-3-5-E

Type of material:

Photographs, Stamps and stamp products, Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

139495

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R.A. Jamieson fonds

Samuel Allan Taylor works
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Record information – Details

Date(s):

1863-1881.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

1 photograph b&w.
5 labels.
1 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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The series consists of philatelic items relating to and created by postage stamp dealer Samuel Allan Taylor. This includes bogus post labels; Kerr's City Post, Baldwin's Railroad Postage and promotional label for Taylor himself. Also includes a photograph of Tayor with annotations by his daughter, and copies of "The Stamp Collector's Record" published in the United States.

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Taylor, Samuel Allan, 1838-1913

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Taylor, Samuel Allan, 1838-1913 : Samuel Allan Taylor was born in Ayrshire Scotland in 1838 to Douglas and Agnes Taylor. His father died shortly after his birth,and when his mother died shortly after remarrying he was orphaned. Left in the hands of strangers he was sent to the United States to live with an uncle. This arrangement did not work and Samuel ran away. He was found and raised by a doctor. At the age of fifteen he became a messanger boy for the New York Telegraph Company. It was here that he learned about posts and began to collect stamps and labels. In 1861, Samuel Taylor fled to Canada to escape the draft during the Civil War. He would reside in Montreal until the end of 1864, where he worked in a drugstore. It was while he was in Montreal that he began publication of the first stamp journal in North America, The Stamp Collectors Record. While in Montreal, Mr.Taylor met Frances Mathieson and married. They would have three children, one of which would survive, daughter Frances. Taylor and his wife moved back to the United States, Albany, New York where he would publish the American edition of The Stamp Collectors Record. The family would then move to Boston where Taylor worked as a dispensing clerk at Boston Hospital. It was here that he finished publication of the journal in 1877. His interest in stamps led him to begin manufacturing and marketing bogus stamps and promotional labels. He died in 1913 in Waltham, Massachusetts. Stamps, July 4, 1942, "Samuel Allen Taylor" by R.A. Jamieson

Philatelic Literature Review, "Caveat Emptor; The Life and Works of S. Allan Taylor" by Jan Kindler

Finding aid:

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(Paper) CPA-222

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Source of title:

Title based on creator of the series.

Custodial history:

The material was acquired from D. Gordon Campbell by the Canadian Postal Archives. Mr. Campbell acquired the items from R.A. Jamieson.

Arrangement note:

Arrangement imposed by archivist.

Source:

Private

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119-080423-9
1991-168 DAP
91-017
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [1991-168] 161

[Consultation 90 Open]

Philatelic records

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [1991-168] A500-06

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [1991-168] POS-002551--POS-002552

[Consultation 90 Open]

Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [1991-168] 4116

[Consultation 90 Open]

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