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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 ...
The stamps are engraved and printed by the Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited, Ottawa. This was quickly followed by a series in 1954 featuring the Queen's Wilding portrait. 12, 9½ x imperf. 12, 9½ x imperf. 12, 9½ x imperf. The next series of Canadian definitives starting in 1962 again featured the Queen.
The Bluenose is the nickname for a 50-cent definitive postage stamp issued by the Canadian Post Office on 8 January 1929 as part of the King George V "Scroll Issue". Scott number is 158 with a perforation of 12. The stamp depicts the fishing schooner Bluenose and the design, by the Canadian Bank Note Company, Ottawa, is a montage of two ...
G. Charles-Émile Gadbois (1997) Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau (2003) Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye (text is only "La Vérendrye" on the stamp) (1958) George V of the United Kingdom (1908) George VI of Canada (1935) Chief Dan George (2008)
Canada Post (French: Postes Canada) is the Federal Identity Program name. The legal name is Canada Post Corporation in English and Société canadienne des postes in French. During the late 1980s and much of the 1990s, the short forms used in the corporation's logo were "Mail" (English) and "Poste" (French), rendered as "Poste Mail" in Québec ...
The gallery of passport stamps by country or territory contains an accurate alphabetical list of sovereign states, partially recognised states, and dependent territories with images of their passport stamps including visas. All Schengen countries and Cyprus use the same format for their stamps and stamps are not issued when traveling from one ...
C. Canada 2c Large Queen on laid paper. Canada 12d black. Canada Post millennium stamps. Canada Post stamp releases (2000–2004) Canada Post stamp releases (2005–2009) Canada Post stamp releases (2010–2014) Canadian definitive postage stamps. Canadian ice hockey stamps.
Province of Canada 1855 - Jacques Cartier 10 d. New Brunswick 1859 - Charles Connell 5 cents. Newfoundland 1933 - Sir Humphrey Gilbert 1 cent. Newfoundland 1941 - Wilfred Grenfell 5 ¢. Newfoundland 1947 - John Cabot 5¢. Nova Scotia 1863 - Queen Victoria two cents.