Quebec 1864-1964 Un siècle de timbres de loi et d’enregistrement / One Century Of Law And Registration Stamps

Jean-Pierre Forest
Released June 2023. Exhibit series # 115.
134 pages, 8.5"x11", spiral bound.
Colour C$ 40.00 [ISBN 978-1-989280-33-1].

Jean-Pierre Forest’s exhibit, Québec 1864-1964: Quebec 1864-1964 Un siècle de timbres de loi et d’enregistrement / One Century Of Law And Registration Stamps, starts at the founding of Québec City in 1608 with a deed of sale dated 1718. The deed details how Jean Turcot bought a piece of land in Charlesbourg. It includes the chain of titles of previous owners going back to the first, Les Dames Religieuses Hospitalières de Québec (The Religious Sisters Hospitaller of Québec City), in 1617.

The exhibit covers different documents (last will, marriage contract, donation, deeds, Court judgment...) of well known people living before the advent of the first 1864 stamps in Lower Canada, and then after.

The exhibit is presented with an English translation on pages facing the French originals, so the largely English-speaking membership of BNAPS and other English-speaking philatelists can enjoy this fine example of the fascinating revenue and old papers of the Quebec province.