Tuesday, August 3, 2010

1954 Prime Ministers Series
4 cents John Thompson
5 cents Mackenzie Bowell


The third set in the Prime Ministers Series was issued on November 1, 1954 to honour John Thompson and Mackenzie Bowell.

The stamps were designed by Herman Herbert Schwartz from photographs supplied by the Public Archives of Canada.

John Thompson

National Archives of Canada

National Archives of Canada


Mackenzie Bowell

National Archives of Canada

National Archives of Canada
The denomination of the issued stamp was 5 cents


First Day Covers


























The London Assurance


















Usages

Domestic Post Card Rate


St. John's Newfoundland to Lewisville, N.B., July 15, 1955
4 cents domestic post card rate


RMS "Nova Scotia", Furness Warren Line, Liverpool was built in 1947 and worked on the Liverpool - St. John's - Halifax - Boston run until 1962.

The sender of the post card writes that the ship docked at St. John's that morning, passing some icebergs in the night.


Domestic Forward Letter


Vancouver to Kelowna, December 8, 1954


US Surface Letter


Vancouver to Tampa, November 16, 1954
5 cents US surface letter rate


International Preferred Surface Letter


Medicine Hat to London, November 29, 1954
5 cents preferred surface letter rate to Great Britain

International Air Mail


Westbridge, B.C., to Porjus, Sweden, December 20, 1954
15 cents one-half ounce air mail rate to Europe