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
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
