Sunday, October 31, 2010

INDEX

Cameo Period (1962 - 1967)

Diefenbaker and Pearson
Domestic Forward (Out-of-Town) Letters
Domestic Local Letters
Domestic Post Cards
Domestic Services : AR, Registration, Special Delivery
Domestic Third Class Mail
Export Trade $1.00 1963
Cameo Definitives Introduction :Essays and First Day Covers
Free Mail Diefenbaker
Free Mail Pearson
Geese in Flight 15 cents 1963
International Postage Due Taxation 1966
International Rates and Fees
Jet Plane 7 cents 1964
Jet Plane 8 cents Overprinted 1964
Jet Plane 8 cents 1964
Jet Plane Stamps 1964 Overview
Kapuskasing, Model Town of the North
Military NATO forces
Military Navy Mail, 1953- 1966
Military Pine Tree Line Lowther Ontario
INDEX

Wilding Definitives Period (1954-1963)

Air Crash 1956
Airlines Courtesy Flight
Arctic Grise Fiord
Censored Mail
Chemical Industry 25 cents 1956
Diefenbaker and Pearson
Domestic Acknowledgment of Delivery
Domestic Forward Letter
Domestic Local Letter
Domestic Post Card
Domestic Registration
Domestic Services
Domestic Special Delivery
Domestic Third Class
Eskimo (Inuit) Hunter 1955
Free Mail Diefenbaker
Free Mail Governor General
Free Mail Pearson
Free Mail Senate
Index

Karsh Period Definitives (1953-54)

Canada Goose 7 cents 1952
INDEX

Centennial Definitives Period (1967-74)


Air Crash
Arctic and Sub-Arctic Mail
Booklets, 1967-68
Bush Plane
Cachets, Falkland Post Office
Censored Mail
Centennial Definitive Stamps, 6 cent Black, Booklet Stamp
Centennial Definitive Stamps, 6 cent Black Sheet Stamp
Centennial Definitive Stamps, 6 cent Orange Booklet Stamp
Centennial Definitive Stamps, 6 cent Orange Sheet Stamp
Centennial Definitive Stamps, 7 cent
Expo 67 Post Offices
Fire
First Day Covers, Chickering
First Day Covers, David M. Pritchard
Free Mail, House of Commons
Free Mail, Senate
House of Commons
International Acknowledgment of Receipt
International Aerogrammes
International Despatch Notes
International Letter, Air Mail
International Letter, Surface
International Parcel Post Great Britain
International Post Card, Air Mail
International Post Card, Surface
International Postage Due Inbound Mail (Part 1)
International Postage Due Inbound Mail (Part 2)
International Postage Due Surface Letters
International Postage Due, Surface Post Cards
International Postage Due Taxation Errors
International Poste Restante
International Printed Matter, Airmail (Other Articles)
International Printed Matter, Surface
International Special Delivery
International Underpaid Air Mail Correspondence
Kaulbach Island
Kapuskasing, Model Town of the North
Local Posts
Lundy Island
Mechanization, Winnipeg and Ottawa
Mechanization, Burroughs Machine Winnipeg
Mechanization, Pitney-Bowes Machine
Military Bomarc Missile North Bay
Military NATO Forces
Military Naval Mail
Military Nimrod Caper Jamaica
Military RCAF Stations Name Changes
Military, Tattoo
Military Viet Nam, Anti-War
Military Viet Nam, Canadian Supervision
Missent
Paquebot, Great Lakes
Postal Strike 1968
Postage Due Cover 1973 : Australia, GB, Canada
Precancelled Stamps
Prison Censorship
Senate
Ships and Ferries
Slogan Cancellations 1967
Slogan Cancellations 1968
Slogan Cancellations 1969
Slogan Cancellations 1970
Slogan Cancellations 1971
Slogan Cancellations 1972
INDEX

Commemoratives 1952 - 1966


Abbott, 1952
Alberta and Saskatchewan Anniversary, 1955
Alberta Floral Emblem, 1966
Alouette II, 1966
Atomic Energy, 1966
Beaver, 1954
Bennett, 1955
Bowell, 1954
Boy Scouts Jamboree, 1955
British Columbia Centennial, 1958
British Columbia Floral Emblem, 1965
Canada Floral Emblem, 1966
Caribou, 1956
Charlottetown Conference 1964
Christmas, 1964
Christmas, 1965
Christmas, 1966
Churchill, 1965
Civil Aviation Organization, International, 1955
Colombo Plan, 1961
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Conference, 1966
Coronation, 1953
Country Women of the World, Associated, 1959
De La Salle, 1966
Dollard Des Ormeaux, 1960
Education, 1962
Fire Safety, 1956
Flag, 1965
Flight in Canada, 1959
Floral Emblem Alberta, 1966
Floral Emblem British Columbia, 1965
Floral Emblem Canada, 1966
Floral Emblem Maple Leaf Unity, 1964
Floral Emblem Manitoba, 1965
Floral Emblem New Brunswick, 1965
Floral Emblem Newfoundland, 1966
Floral Emblem Northwest Territories, 1966
Floral Emblem Nova Scotia, 1965
Floral Emblem Ontario, 1964
Floral Emblem Prince Edward Island, 1965
Floral Emblem Quebec, 1964
Floral Emblem Saskatchewan, 1966
Floral Emblem Souvenir Card, 1966
Floral Emblem Yukon, 1966
Free Press, 1958
Frobisher, 1963
Gannet 15 cents, 1954
Girl Guides, 1960
Goat, Mountain 1956
Grenfell, 1965
Gzowski, 1963
Highway Safety, 1966
Hockey, 1956
Inter-Parliamentary Union Congress, 1965
International Co-Operation Year, 1965
International Geophysical Year, 1958
Johnson, E. Pauline, 1961
La Verendrye, 1958
London Conference, 1966
Loon, 1957
Mackenzie, 1952
Manitoba Floral Emblem, 1965
Maple Leaf Unity, 1964
Meighen, Arthur 1961
Mining Conference, Commonwealth, 1957
Moose, 1952
Musk Ox, 1955
NATO, 1959
New Brunswick Floral Emblem, 1965
Newfoundland Floral Emblem, 1966
Northern Development, 1961
Northwest Territories Floral Emblem, 1966
Nova Scotia Assembly, 1958
Nova Scotia Floral Emblem, 1965
Nursing, 1958
Oil Industry, 1958
Ontario Floral Emblem, 1964
Ottawa, National Capital, 1965
Peace on Earth, 1964
Plains of Abraham, 1959
Polar Bear, 1952
Postal Bi-Centennial, 1963
Prime Ministers 1952 : Abbott, Mackenzie
Prime Ministers 1954 : Bowell, Thompson
Prime Ministers 1955 : Bennett, Tupper
Prince Edward Island Floral Emblem, 1965
Quebec City Anniversary, 1958
Quebec Conference, 1964
Quebec Floral Emblem, 1964
Recreational Activities 1957
Red Cross International Conference, 1952
Red River Settlement, 1962
Resources for Tomorrow, 1961
Royal Visit, 1957
Royal Visit, 1959
Royal Visit, 1964
Saskatchewan Floral Emblem, 1966
Sheep, 1952
St. Lawrence Seaway, 1959
Talon, Jean, 1962
Thompson, David, 1957
Thompson, John, 1954
Trans-Canada Highway, 1962
Tupper, 1955
Universal Postal Union Congress, 1957
Victoria, B.C., 1962
Walrus, 1954
Whooping Crane 1955
Wildlife Series 1952: Polar Bear, Moose, Sheep
Wildlife Series 1954 : Beaver, Walrus, Gannet
Wildlife Series 1955 : Musk Ox, Whooping Crane
Wildlife Series 1956 : Caribou, Goat (Mountain)
Wildlife Series 1957 : Loon
Yukon Floral Emblem, 1966

Friday, October 29, 2010

1966 London Conference

The London Conference was held in the Great Britain from December 1866 to March 1867 and was the last in a series of conferences held(commemorative stamps issued for Charlottetown 1864, and Quebec City 1864) that led to Canadian Confederation in 1867. Delegates from the Province of Canada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia met with officials of the British government to draft the British North America Act, 1867. Queen Victoria asssented to the bill and the Dominion of Canada was created when it came into force on July 1, 1867.


The Fathers of Confederation at the London Conference (Canada Archives)


Essays


National Archives of Canada


National Archives of Canada


National Archives of Canada


National Archives of Canada


National Archives of Canada


National Archives of Canada


National Archives of Canada


National Archives of Canada

Accepted Design



National Archives of Canada



The original wording did not include the word "CONFÉRENCE" in French. The wording was to read:
LONDON
CONFERENCE
CONFÉRENCE
DE LONDRES
1866


Revised Model




Issued Stamp




First Day Covers


Canada Post Office Announcement Cover


Canada Post Office two-flags cachet used to mail leaflet describing the London conference stamp. Letter sent to Portugal




Chickering/Jackson




Overseas Mailers embellishments







Shering Corporation




Royal Philatelic Society of Canada




Hamilton
"First Day of Issue"
























Usages

Domestic Forward Letter


Halifax to Amherst, June 28 1966
5 cents forward letter rate


Maccan to Amherst, June 14, 1966



Vermilion to Edmonton, June 3, 1966
5 cents forward letter rate + 35 cents registration fee

International Air Mail


Dundurn to Switzerland, September 20, 1966
15 cents air mail rate to Europe

Thursday, October 28, 2010

1966 Highway Safety


The Canada Highway Safety Council held its 12th Annual Conference in Calgary. Canada Post Office issued the Highway Safety commemorative on May 2, 1966, coinciding with the first day of the conference.



Essays

National Archives of Canada

National Archives of Canada

National Archives of Canada

National Archives of Canada

National Archives of Canada


Die Proof


National Archives of Canada


First Day Covers

The Economical Mutual Insurance Company






Canada Post Office Announcement Cover


Announcement cover sent to Brussels, Belgium








Chickering/Jackson




Overseas Mailers embellishment






















Usages


Domestic Forward Letter


Kamloops to Port Alberni (General Delivery), June 2, 1966
5 cents forward letter rate
Unclaimed and returned to sender



Local Vancouver letter, June 9, 1966
4 cent local letter rate (1 cent overpayment)