1952 International Red Cross Conference Toronto

The XVIII International Red Cross Conference was held in Toronto, July 23 to August 9, 1952. The Canadian Post Office Department issued a 4 cent commemorative stamp on July 26, 1952.

The back cover of the Canadian Red Cross pocket calendar was used as a model for the Red Cross stamp.

Essays

National Archives of Canada

National Archives of Canada

National Archives of Canada

Approved Model

National Archives of Canada

National Archives of Canada

Progressive Die Proof

National Archives of Canada

1. First Day Covers

a) Ottawa













b) Toronto







2. Usages

Domestic forward letter rate

Beamsville to Grimsby, August 20 1952
4 cents forward letter rate



Mission City to Vancouver, November 22, 1952
4 cents forward letter rate
"Found Damaged and Repaired" label



Vancouver City Delivery Branch handstamp on repair label
November 22, 1952


Domestic Post Card


Mailed from the Pacific National Exhibition
PNE cachet applied
Vancouver Sub. P.O. Ex to Edmonton, August 22, 1952
3 cents post card rate (1 cent overpayment)




UPU Surface Letter

The UPU surface letter rate was 5 cents.


Victoria to Sailing Vessel Passat, Hamburg, Germany, September 2, 1952
Registered surface letter
5 cents UPU letter rate + 10 cents registration fee

Forwarded several times. Re-mailed from Antwerp on November 2, 1952 to Germany. Belgium 4 franc stamp affixed and registration marking struck out.


SV Passat is a German four-masted steel barque and one of the last surviving windjammers. The name "Passat" means trade wind in German. In 1951 Passat became an auxiliary sailing school ship of the German merchant marine. In 1957, the Passat was decommissioned. The ship is now a youth hostel venue, museum ship, and landmark anchored in Travermunde, a borough of Lubeck, Germany.


International Air Mail


Toronto to s'Hertogenbosch Netherlands, August 11, 1952
15 cents paying the one-half ounce air mail rate to Europe