Friday, March 16, 2012

Jacques Cartier
1934 Commemorative Stamp



On July 1, 1934, the Canada Post Office issued a 3-cent stamp commemorating the four- hundredth anniversary of the discovery of Canada by Jacques Cartier. The stamp, masterfully engraved by the British American Bank Note Company, shows Cartier directing the first landing operation on the shores of Canada.

National Archives of Canada


Usages


Montreal to Milton, Vt., July 17, 1934
3 cent surface letter rate to the United States



House of Commons, Ottawa to Zurich, September 10, 1934
5 cents UPU letter rate


First Day Covers



Gaspe





Quebec





Toronto





Saskatoon


London