Canada Post Office issued three stamps in its 1969 bird series on July 23. The stamps featured the art work of Glen Loates who was also the designer of the 1968 Gray Jay stamp.
6 cents White-Throated Sparrow
National Archives of Canada
10 cents Ipswich Sparrow
National Archives of Canada
25 cents Hermit Thrush
National Archives of Canada
First Day Covers
Rosecraft
Canada Post Office Publicity First Day Cover
Schering
Canada Envelope Company
Chickering/Jackson
Cole
David Pritchard
Artopages
Usages
Domestic Letter
Rexdale to Toronto, July 29, 1969
6 cents domestic letter rate
Air Mail Letter to the United States
10 cents air mail rate to the United States
Ottawa to Keneohe, Hawaii, August 18, 1969
10 cents air mail letter rate to the United States
Domestic Registration Fee
Pelee Island to Watford, December 17, 1969
6 cents letter rate + 50 cents registration fee ( 2 x 25 cents Hermit Thrush stamp)
Cite-de-Jacques-Cartier to Bloemfontein, South Africa, October 7, 1969
25 cents air mail rate to Africa