George V "Dated Die" Issue
1935 - 1937
Domestic and International Rates
Domestic and International Rates
A. Introduction
In 1935, the Canadian Bank Note Company (CBN) regained the contract to produce stamps for the Canada Post Office. A new definitive series was released on June 1, 1935 consisting of George V low value denominations (1 cent- 5 cents, 8 cents), a 6 cent air mail stamp, as well as higher value pictorial stamps ( 10 cents - $1.00) showing scenes from across Canada.
George V Image
The image of George V used for the 1935 definitives was based on a photograph by Lafayette Portrait Studios and engraved by Edwin Gunn. The following photographs of the Gunn engraving are in the National Archives of Canada.
Date of Manufacture
The issue has been called the "Dated Die" issue because, for the first time, the dies of the stamps bore a date indicating the year of manufacture of each design. The date on the lower value stamps is located on the left side within the inner oval frame at the King's shoulder level.
The right tip of the maple leaf separates 19 and 35
B. Domestic Rates and Fees
1. Forward Letter
The forward letter rate was 3 cents for the first ounce and two cents for each additional ounce.
Precott to Hamilton, July 14, 1936
3 cents forward letter rate
St. Peter, Quebec to Cookshire, December 9, 1936
3 cents forward letter rate
Frasier, Thornton & Cie, Limitee return envelope
The Daily Sun Times Owen Sound to Toronto, October 6, 1936
3 cent coil paying the forward letter rate
Illustrated
Ottawa & Maniwaki R.P.O. 534
Travelling Letter Box
Kapuskasing Inn, Kapuskasing to Toronto by travelling letter box ( deposited in box attached to train at the Kapuskasing station)
THIS MAIL WAS CARRIED BY TRAVELLING LETTER BOX TO TORONTO
Toronto arrival October 3, 1936
2nd Weight Step
Vancouver to Cranbrook, August 2, 1937
5 cents forward letter rate for 2 ounces
5 cents forward letter rate for 2 ounces (3 cents first ounce + 2 cents next ounce)
Montreal to North Hately, August 8, 1936
5 cents forward letter rate for 2 ounces
Shortpaid 2 cents and taxed 4 cents (dues cancelled August 9, 1936)
2. Local Letter
The local letter rate was 2 cents for the first ounce and 1 cent for each additional ounce.
Toronto local letter, March 11, 1936
2 cent coil stamp paying the local letter rate
Redirected Local Letter
Redirected letters were not liable to any additional postage provided the change of address did not require the letter to be sent to any place to which the postage rate was higher. If the change required a higher rate, additional postage had to be prepaid or postage due charges collected on delivery. Only the single deficiency was to be collected.
St. Catharines local letter, April 18, 1935
Re-directed to Post Peck, Montana
Charged 1 cent, the difference between the U.S. letter rate and the domestic local letter rate.
It appears that the letter was returned to the sender
Penticton local letter, May 4, 1937
Redirected to Winchester, England
Charged 5 centimes ( 1 cent= 5 centimes) by the Canada Post Office, the difference between the letter rate to England and the domestic local letter rate.
British Handstamps:
INSUFFICIENTLY PREPAID 723
1D TO PAY 723
1d. postage due label cancelled at Kingsworthy, Winchester, May 30, 1937
3. Business Reply Letter
The business reply letter was 4 cents payable upon receipt of the letter.
London to Waterloo, May 4, 1936
4 cents business reply letter rate
4 cents due cancelled at Waterloo May 5, 1936
4. Post Card
The post card rate was 2 cents.
Holland, Man., local post card, September 9, 1937
2 cent post card rate
Winnipeg to Montreal, February 15, 1935
2 cents post card rate
5. Printed Matter
The printed matter rate was 1 cent for each 2 ounces.
Toronto local printed matter mailing, April 19, 1937
1 cent printed matter rate
Islington to Thamesville, August 8, 1936
1 cent printed matter rate
Simcoe to Lambton, September 1935
Undated Simcoe machine cancellation
Langton receiver September 13, 1935
Muir Cap & Regalia Limited Toronto local mailing, April 15, 1936
1 cent Toronto 4530 precancel paying the printed matter rate
Toronto local printed matter mailing (undated cancellation)
2 cents paying the printed matter rate for 4 ounces
6. Air Mail
The air mail rate was 6 cents for the first ounce.
Vancouver to Montreal, July 15, 1936
6 cents air mail letter rate
Vancouver to Quebec City, March 11, 1937
6 cents air mail letter rate
7. Registration
The minimum registration fee was 10 cents.
Local Kitchener registered letter, June 10, 1936
2 cents local letter rate + 10 cents registration fee
Toronto to Kitchener, August 18, 1936
3 cents forward letter rate + 10 cents registration fee
Collingwood to Owen Sound, April 5, 1937
3 cents forward letter rate + 10 cents registration fee
Ottawa to Cobourg, May 3, 1936
8 cents forward letter rate for 3 ounces + 10 cents registration fee
(1 cent overpayment)
8. Acknowledgment of Receipt
The acknowledgment of receipt fee at time of mailing was 10 cents.
Registered mail from Victoria to Toronto, September 14, 1936
Acknowledges at Toronto, September 19, 1936
10 cents AR fee
9. Money Packet
The money packet rate was 15 cents for the first ounce (including registration) and 5 cents for each subsequent ounce.
The Bank of Nova Scotia, Saint John to Bath, January 9, 1937
$1.85 paying the 35 ounce money packet fee
10. Special Delivery Fee
The special delivery fee was 20 cents.
Gaspe & Camp'ton RPO to Montreal, December 27, 1935
3 cents forward letter rate + 20 cents special delivery fee
B. United States Rates and Fees
1. Letter
The letter rate to the United States was 3 cents for the first ounce and 2 cents for each additional ounce.
Newport & Montreal RPO to Montpelier, Vt., January 27, 1937
CPR perfin
3 cents letter rate to the United States
Crystal Beach to Buffalo, May 28, 1936
3 cents letter rate to the United States
Union Station St. John to Brunswick, Maine, September 2, 1937
CNR perfin
3 cents letter rate to the United States
2. Post Card
The post card rate to the United States was 2 cents.
St. Andrews to Newton Highland, Mass., July 9, 1937
2 cents post card rate
Canadian Pacific Algonquin Hotel
3. Printed Matter
The printed matter rate was 1 cent for each 2 ounces.
Victoria to Philadelphia, July 11, 1935
1 cent printed matter rate
Montreal to Tyngsboro, Mass.
1 cent Montreal 0700 precancel paying the printed matter rate
4. Air Mail
The air mail rate was 6 cents for the first ounce.
Ottawa to West Los Angeles, April 25, 1936
6 cents air mail letter rate
Quebec to St. Louis, June 15, 1936
6 cents air mail letter rate
Shortpaid 3 cents and taxed 6 cents (double the deficiency)
5. Registration
The registration fee was 10 cents.
Montreal to Springfield, Mass., February 12, 1937
3 cents letter rate + 10 cents registration fee
Welland to Chicago, January 12, 1937
3 cents letter rate + 10 cents registration fee
Windsor to Detroit, July 13, 1936
4 ounce registered letter
6. Special Delivery Fee
The special delivery fee was 20 cents.
Toronto to Des Moines, August 19, 1937
33 cents paying for registration and special delivery service
D. Great Britain and Empire Rates and Fees
1. Letter
The letter rate was 3 cents for the first ounce and 2 cents for each additional ounce.
Drummondville to Kew Gardens, June 26, 1936
3 cents letter rate to Great Britain
Toronto to Edinburgh, June 11, 1935
5 cents letter rate for 2 ounces
Montreal to Dunedin, New Zealand, April 27, 1937
3 cents letter rate to New Zealand
Upper Yarmouth to Waltair, India, November 30, 1936
3 cents surface letter rate to India
Waltair rceiver
January 3, 1937
Beauharnois to Pretoria, February 4, 1937
3 cents Empire letter rate
France
The preferred letter rate to France was the same as the Imperial rate, 3 cents for the first ounce.
Ottawa to Saint-Maur, December 16, 1935
3 cents letter rate to France
2. Post Card
The post card rate was 2 cents.
Sydney, N.S., to New Plymouth, New Zealand
2 cents post card rate
3. Registration
The registration fee was 10 cents.
Toronto to Valetta, Malta, May 7, 1936
3 cents letter rate to Malta + 10 cents registration fee
Montreal to Fecamp, France, December 22, 1936
3 cents letter rate to France + 10 cents registration fee
E. UPU Rates and Fees
1. Letter
The letter rate to UPU destinations was 5 cents for each ounce.
Toronto to Copenhagen, Denmark, June 6, 1936
5 cents UPU letter rate
Montreal to Hannover, Germany, February 4, 1937
5 cents UPU letter rate
Toronto to Utrecht, Netherlands, December 19, 1936
5 cents UPU letter rate
Montreal to Brussels, January 25, 1936
5 cents UPU letter rate
2. Post Card
The UPU post card rate was 3 cents.
Gaspe to Vienna, Austria, August 20, 1936
3 cents post card rate
3. Registration
The minimum registration fee was 10 cents.
Winnipeg to Bucharest, December 7, 1936
5 cents UPU surface letter rate + 10 cents registration fee
Bucharest receiver
December 23, 1936
4. Samples
The sample rate was 1 cent for each 4 ounces.
Vancouver to Bern, Switzerland, August 8, 1936
16 ounce registered sample
F. International Air Mail
[not including the United States]
a) Newfoundland and Great Britain
The air mail rate to Newfoundland and Great Britain was 6 cents for the first ounce.
Brantford to Gaultois, Newfoundland, May 5, 1936
6 cents air mail letter rate + 10 cents registration fee
Vancouver to Oxford, England, November 28, 1936
6 cents air mail rate
Montreal to Dorking, England, July 11, 1936
11 cents paying the 2 ounce air mail rate
Air to Rimouski, the port from which the Empress of Britain would be sailing
b) Europe
The air mail rate to Europe was 10 cents. Air service in North America, sea to Europe, air service in Europe.
Hamilton to Canadian Rowing Team, Olympic Village, Berlin, Germany, July 6, 1936
10 cents air mail rate
New Westminster to Bremen, January 4, 1937
10 cents air mail rate
Opened by German authorities for currency control
Resealed with tape
Bremen handstamp, January 18, 1937
Toronto to Malung, Sweden, April 1, 1936
10 cents air mail rate to Europe
c) West Indies
The air mail letter rate to the West Indies was 25 cents for each one-half ounce.
Toronto to Malvern, Jamaica, September 16, 1937
25 cents air mail rate
Saint John to Port-au-Prince, January 18, 1937
25 cents air mail rate
d) Africa
The air mail letter rate to Africa was 25 cents for each one-half ounce.
Vancouver to Bulewayo, Southern Rhodesia, October 23, 1936
25 cents air mail letter rate