Postage Stamps

A personal selection of Canadian Postage stamps

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 2203476)

Bluenose 50-cent postage stamp issued by the Canadian Post Office on 8 January 1929. The design, by the Canadian Bank Note Company, Ottawa, is a montage of two different images of the vessel, racing off Halifax Harbour.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 2184276

Champlain's Habitation, 300th Anniversary of the founding of Quebec, 5-cent postage stamp issued by the Canadian Post Office in 1908.

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(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 2203809)

Mount Hurd 10-cent postage stamp issued by the Canadian Post Office in 1928.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3379211)

Firearms, weapons, saddlebag etc. for protection of the mails. Historical photo from the Postal Department.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 2204184)

Canadian stamp: Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, and the Duke of Edinburgh, 1951.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 2264571)

One of the designs for the 1959 Canada 5-cent stamp (not the finalist)..

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 2264579)

1909-1959 Commemorative stamp.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3922995)

Stamp, Silver Dart, 1909-2009, Bras d'Or Lake, Baddeck, Nova Scotia, issued on 23 February 2009.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 2222007)

Canada 6-cent stamp, Harvard trainer, issued in 1943.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 2222014)

Canada 7-cent stamp, Harvard trainer, issued in 1943.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 2266422)

Canada 43-cent Stamp, Billy Bishop, issued in 1994.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 2266435

Canada 43-cent stamp, Hawker Typhoon, issued 1994.

RCAF 75th Anniversary stamps. Canada Stamp #1808 - Canadian Air Forces 1924-1999.

Canadian stamps from my personal album, begun in 1960:

Pages of Canadian stamps from my personal album, begun in 1960.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4276472)

Some of our Canadian stamps come and go so quickly, we miss seeing them.  This one is a Blue Whale stamp from 2010.

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My father served in the RCAF, and while we were posted overseas at 3 (F) Wing, Zweibrucken, Germany, he corresponded with family still living in Denmark and visited often.  Ever heard of the story "Out of Africa"?  Well, his Aunt Laura was the real McCoy, and while they were working in Kenya, she sent us this postal collection - it sparked a life-long interest in all of us wanting to see more of the world.

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