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  2. Postage stamps and postal history of Canada - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. ISO 216 - Wikipedia

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    The standard defines the "A", "B" and "C" series of paper sizes, which includes the A4, the most commonly available paper size worldwide. Two supplementary standards, ISO 217 and ISO 269 , define related paper sizes; the ISO 269 " C " series is commonly listed alongside the A and B sizes.

  4. Canada Post - Wikipedia

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    A delivery truck wrapped in an ad promoting a series of commemorative stamps from Canada Post where Leonard Cohen is the subject, 2019. Although Canada Post is responsible for stamp design and production, the corporation does not actually choose the subjects or the final designs that appear on stamps. [56]

  5. Metrication in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Canada uses the inch-based paper standard e.g. the US Letter (8.5 inches × 11 inches), rather than the metric-based A4 paper size (210 mm × 297 mm) used throughout most of the world. The government, however, uses a combination of ISO paper sizes, and CAN 2-9.60M "Paper Sizes for Correspondence" specifies P1 through P6 paper sizes, which are ...

  6. Postal stationery - Wikipedia

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    A registered envelope for Kenya and Uganda from 1930. A scarcity of postage stamps during WWI in German East Africa was the cause for this handstamped envelope. Any indication that postage is prepaid (see top right handstamp) is what makes the item postal stationery. The fact that this indicium was applied to an envelope makes this a stamped ...

  7. Canadian definitive postage stamps - Wikipedia

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    Canada Lily 12x12.5, 13x13.5 22 April 1977 4c Hepatica 12x12.5, 13x13.5 22 April 1977 5c Shooting Star 12x12.5, 13x13.5 22 April 1977 10c Sparrow's Egg Lady's Slipper 12x12.5, 13, 13x13.5 6 July 1978 12c Jewelweed 13x13.5 16 August 1979 15c Canada Violet 13x13.5 Flora, medium size [1] 8 August 1977 15c Trembling Aspen 13.5 8 August 1977 20c

  8. Canada 2c Large Queen on laid paper - Wikipedia

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    The Large Queens were normally printed on wove paper, but the 1¢, 2¢, and 3¢ values were also printed on the less-desirable laid paper. The 1¢ and 3¢ on laid paper were long-known although uncommon. The Unitrade Specialized Catalogue of Canadian Stamps lists Scott number 32, the 2c Laid Paper Large Queen, at $250,000. The last auction ...

  9. Postage stamp - Wikipedia

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    A first day cover usually consists of an envelope, a postage stamp and a postmark with the date of the stamp's first day of issue thereon. [69] Starting in the mid-20th century some countries began assigning the first day of issue to a place associated with the subject of the stamp design, such as a specific town or city. [ 70 ]

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