1968 Gray Jay
Canadian artist Glen Loates designed the beautiful Gray Jay stamp issued on February 15, 1968. The gray jay is a bird of the coniferous forests of North America whose breeding grounds are in a broad unbroken geographic band extending from British Columbia and the Yukon to Newfoundland.
First Day Covers
Canada Envelope Company
H and E
Shering Corporation
Overseas Mailers
Elliott-Marion (Pharmaceuticals)
Cole Cover
David Pritchard
Maple Leaf Cachet
Stewart, Warren and Benson Bank Printers
Usages
International Air Mail
Montreal to Munich, February 25, 1968
15 cents air mail letter rate to Europe
Domestic Letter
Vancouver to Edmonton, March 19, 1968
Letter Carriers Branch
South Burnaby
Vancouver B.C.
RATE SUMMARIES
- 1. Canadian Domestic Letter Rates From 1868 to the Present Day
- 2. Canada Domestic Local Letter Rates : 1851 - 1968
- 3. United States Letter Rates: 1851 to the present day
- 4. United States Air Mail Letter Rates : 1927 - 1976
- 5. Canadian Domestic Air Mail Rates : 1928 - 1954
- 6. United Kingdom and Empire/Commonwealth Letter Rates : 1859 -1971
- 7. Air Mail Letter Rates to the United Kingdom
- 8. International (Universal Postal Union) Letter Rates : 1892 to the present
- 9. Reduced International Letter Rates : Mexico, Cuba, West Indies and Central America, France, South America, and Spain
- 10. Links to Other Posts Dealing with Canadian Postal Rates
- 11. Revamped Centennials