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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.
Postal history has become a philatelic collecting speciality in its own right. Whereas traditional philately is concerned with the study of the stamps per se, including the technical aspects of stamp production and distribution, philatelic postal history refers to stamps as historical documents; similarly re postmarks, postcards, envelopes and the letters they contain.
Atlantic Mails: A History of the Mail Service Between Great Britain and Canada to 1889 (National Postal Museum, 1980). Bickerton, Geoff. "Postal deregulation and its impact on postal workers: a Canadian union perspective." in Liberalization of the Postal and Delivery Sector (Edward Elgar, 2006) pp. 203–216.
The postal collection is being broken up. According to the Canadian Museum of Civilization, "Many [artifacts] will be included in the new Canadian history gallery, to be completed in 2017. The national stamp collection, Reflections of Canada – The National Stamp Collection, will be moved to a new gallery, to open in 2014.
Commissioned by the postmaster of New Brunswick Charles Connell, the colony's second issue is notable in several ways.First, it is believed to include the first steam ship (12½ cents) and first steam train ever shown on a postage stamp (relating to the European and North American Railway, of which Mr. Connell was a director), and third because it contained the first commemorative stamp, a 17 ...
A certificate from The Royal Philatelic Society, London Expert Committee states the following: "No. 18,955 12 Dec 1935 We have examined the enclosed Canada: 1868-72, 2c. pale emerald-green, on laid paper, perf. 12,(SG 57A), used stamp, sent by Dr. Lewis L. Reford. of which a photograph is attached hereto, and are of opinion that it is genuine."
Pages in category "Postal history of Canada" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
Postage stamps and postal history of Canada; Postage stamps and postal history of New Brunswick; Postage stamps and postal history of Newfoundland; Postage stamps and postal history of Nova Scotia; Postage stamps and postal history of Prince Edward Island