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The postal and philatelic history of Canada concerns postage of the territories which have formed Canada. Before Canadian confederation, the colonies of British Columbia and Vancouver Island, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland issued stamps in their own names. The postal history falls into four major periods ...
Etsy, Inc. is an American e-commerce company with an emphasis on the selling of handmade or vintage items and craft supplies. These items fall under a wide range of categories, including jewelry, bags, clothing, home décor, religious items and furniture, toys, art, as well as craft supplies and tools. Items described as vintage must be at ...
Canada Post stamp releases (2005–2009) In the latter half of the decade, Canada Post continued to issue a large number of stamps with different designs and themes. One of the key changes in the decade was that Canada Post issued series of stamps on a yearly basis. An example is the 400th Anniversary of the French Settlement in North America.
1869 Pictorial Issue. The 1869 Pictorial Issue is a series of definitive United States postage stamps released during the first weeks of the Grant administration. Ten types of stamp in denominations between one cent and ninety cents were initially offered in the series, with eight of these introduced on March 19 and 20, 1869 and the two ...
Fair use images of United States postage. To place a file in this category, add the tag { { Non-free USGov-USPS stamp }} to the bottom of the file's description page. If you are not sure which category a file belongs to, consult the file copyright tag page. If this category is very large, please consider placing your file in a new or existing ...
6,500,000. Lithography in 5 colours plus 2 foil stampings, embossing/debossing and varnishing. Tullis Russell Coatings. Markham, ON. 8 January 2010. Year of the Tiger (International) $1.70. Wilson Chi and Ian Lam. Bill Lao and Joseph Chan.
The first postage stamps of the Dominion of Newfoundland were issued in 1857. [1] When Newfoundland entered into confederation with Canada in 1949 the new province stopped issuing its own stamps and adopted stamps already in use for the rest of Canada, although existing Newfoundland issues remain valid for postage. [citation needed]
The Fraser River Gold Rush of 1858 caused an influx of settlers to the mainland, via Vancouver Island, and after this, British Columbia was made a new colony on the mainland. In 1866, the two colonies were united as British Columbia and, in 1871, this became a province of Canada. Stamp details 5c stamp issued by Vancouver Island in 1865