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Canada Post Millennium Collection; Country of production: Canada: Designer: Various: Engraver: various: Dimensions: 112 mm × 108 mm (4.4 in × 4.3 in) Commemorates: Events and people of the 20th century in Canada in 17 minisheets that commemorates various aspects of Canada: Depicts: Various people, things, events in 4 stamps per minisheet ...
The "Threepenny beaver" stamp of 1851. 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.
An international reply coupon (IRC) is a coupon that can be exchanged for one or more postage stamps representing the minimum postage for an unregistered priority airmail letter sent to another Universal Postal Union (UPU) member country. IRCs are accepted by all UPU member countries.
The price of a First-Class stamp reached 10 cents in 1974, just before the 200th anniversary of the service. As recently as 2002 it stood at 34 cents, or half of the current price.
Canada Post also receives letters to God and, on occasion, the Easter Bunny. In 2001, Canada Post started accepting e-mail messages to Santa. In 2006, more than 44,000 email messages were responded to. [70] The 2024 strike caused Canada Post to remove its deadline for sending letters to Santa when its letters to Santa program was disrupted. [71]
After increasing the price of a first-class postage stamp to 68 cents in January, ... In the first quarter of fiscal 2024 alone, USPS reported a $2.1 billion net loss, more than double its $1 ...
The U.S. Postal Service revealed dozens of stamp designs for 2024 on Oct. 23, with more to be unveiled in the coming months. This is one of five low denomination stamps, each depicting a different ...
A total of 73 postage stamps were issued in colonial and self-governing Singapore between 1948 and 1963, first "Singapore", and from 1959 "State of Singapore", with English inscriptions. In addition, a long definitive set marked simply Singapore was issued from 1962 onwards.