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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.
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)
Canadian definitive postage stamps. Canada Post has issued several definitive stamps series since the Dominion of Canada was formed in 1867 featuring both novel and recurring themes. See Postage stamps and postal history of Canada for an overview and for history prior to federation. Details of stamp issues have been collected and published in ...
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.
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 ...
3. Denomination. 4. Country name. A postage stamp is a small piece of paper issued by a post office, postal administration, or other authorized vendors to customers who pay postage (the cost involved in moving, insuring, or registering mail). Then the stamp is affixed to the face or address-side of any item of mail —an envelope or other ...
The postage stamps and postal history of British Columbia started in 1860 with the issue of a single brownish-rose stamp depicting Queen Victoria in profile and denominated as 2½ pence. It was issued jointly by Vancouver Island and British Columbia as each colony had insufficient postal trade to justify printing separate stamps. In 1862 ...
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.