George VI Wilding Era
1949 - 1950
1949 - 1950
Domestic Rates and Fees
The George VI Wilding definitive stamp issue of 1949 - 1950 was described in an earlier post. This post is the first in a series dealing with the postal history of the issue. Domestic and rates and fees in effect from 1949 to 1953 are considered in this installment:
1. First Class Mattera) Forward Letter
b) Local Letter
c) Post Card
d) Air Mail
e) Money Packet
2. Second Class Matter
3. Third Class Matter
4. Fourth Class Matter
a) Insurance
b) COD
5. Services
a) Registration
b) Acknowledgment of Receipt
c) Special Delivery
1. First Class Matter
a) Forward Letter
The forward letter rate was 4 cents for the 1st ounce and 2 cents for each additional ounce.
Braden's Kapuskasing to Toronto, March 11, 1950
Original design 4 cent stamp paying the forward letter rate
The Walker House Toronto to Hamilton, June 6, 1950
Original design 4 cent stamp paying the forward letter rate
City Hardware Timmins to Hamilton, May 1, 1950
Original design 4 cent stamp paying the forward letter rate
J.C. Bastendorff New Hamburg to Toronto, April 7, 1950
Original design 4 cent stamp paying the forward letter rate
T.M. Palmer Jewellers North Bay to Toronto, February 13, 1950
Original design 4 cent stamp paying the forward letter rate
Cochrane Old Home Week
Canadian Legion Cochrane to North Bay, May 5, 1950
Original design 4 cent stamp paying the forward letter rate
Cochrane Old Home Week advertising on the back of the envelope
Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Toronto, April 9, 1951
Revised design 4 cent stamp paying the forward letter rate
Miller Hardware Limited Timmins to Hamilton, April 17, 1950
Original design 4 cent stamp paying the forward letter rate
Lloy Motors, Simcoe to Hamilton, March 13, 1951
Original design 4 cent stamp paying the forward letter rate
Meaford Steel Products, Limited Meaford to Hamilton, February 11, 1953
Orange 4 cent stamp paying the forward letter rate
McFayden Seeds Winnipeg to Ottawa, February 25, 1952
Orange 4 cent stamp paying the forward letter rate
The City of Moose Jaw, Moose Jaw to Vancouver, May 11, 1953
Moose Jaw Golden Jubilee slogan cancellation
Orange 4 cent stamp paying the forward letter rate
Bowaters, Corner Brook to Gardenvale, October 27, 1952
Orange 4 cent stamp paying the forward letter rate
Imperial Oil, Arborfield Sask., to Toronto, August 11, 1953
Orange 4 cent booklet stamp paying the forward letter rate
George McLeod Department Store, Calgary to Kitchener, April 10, 1953
Orange 4 cent stamp paying the forward letter rate
Calgary and Vancouver R.P.O. to Forrest, Man., April 9, 1952
Orange 4 cent stamp paying the forward letter rate
A.A. Carlson, North Bend, B.C., Calgary and Vancouver R.P.O. to Vancouver, June 16, 1952
1 cent and 3 cent revised stamps paying the 4 cent forward letter rate
b) Local Letters
The local letter rate was 3 cents for the first ounce and 1 cent for each additional ounce.
City of North Bay, North Bay local letter, February 22, 1950
Original design 3 cent stamp paying the 3 cents local rate
Toronto local mourning letter, February 1952
Revised design 3 cent stamp paying the local letter rate
West Toronto Printing House, Limited, Toronto local letter, April 18, 1950
Original design 3 cent stamp paying the 3 cents local rate
St. James Cathedral, Toronto local letter
Revised design 3 cent booklet stamp paying the local letter rate
Canadian Pacific Express, Toronto local letter, July 14, 1950
Revised design 3 cent coil stamp paying the local letter rate
Appleford Bros., Tillsonburg local letter
Revised design 3 cent sheet stamp paying the local letter rate
Bulman Bros., Vancouver local letter, April 2, 1952
Revised design 3 cent coil stamp paying the local letter rate
c) Post Card
The post card rate was 3 cents.
Kapuskasing to Sudbury, August 1951
3 cents post card rate
Returned to sender (Terrace Bay)
Toronto to Windsor, April 27, 1951
3 cents post card rate
Shortpaid 1 cent and charged 2 cents due
Barrie to Brownville, July 9, 1952
3 cents post card rate
Shortpaid 2 cents and taxed 4 cents
4 cent orange stamp paying the amount due, July 10, 1952
d) Air Mail
On July 1, 1948, domestic "all-up" air mail service was introduced. Domestic mail posted at surface letter rates would be sent air mail if such service was available. However, a specific request for air mail service required payment of the air mail rate.
The air mail rate was 7 cents for the first ounce and 5 cents for each additional ounce.
Winnipeg to Toronto, March 14, 1950
7 cents air mail rate for the first ounce
Vancouver to Montreal, July 22, 1952
12 cents paying the 2 ounce air mail rate ( 7 cents for the 1st ounce + 5 cents for the 2nd ounce)
Vancouver to Renfrew, May 2m 1952
12 cents paying the 2 ounce air mail rate ( 7 cents for the 1st ounce + 5 cents for the 2nd ounce)
e) Money Packet
The money packet rate was 7 cents for the first ounce and 5 cents for each additional ounce. The registration fee was also to be prepaid.
70 ounce money packet from The Bank of Toronto, Calgary to The Bank of Toronto, Dawson's Creek, June 6, 1950
$3.76 paying the 70 ounce money letter rate
Rate Calculation
Registration Fee.................................$0.10
First ounce...........................................0.07
Next 69 ounces @ 5 cents/0unce........3.45
Total..................................................$3.62
An interesting RPO marking:
ED. & D.C. R.P.O. ? July 7, 1950 J.H. Lyall
2. Second Class Matter
Newspapers and periodicals were classified as second class mail. Several rates were in effect.
Popular Stamps Magazine, Cobden to Norwich (Sept., 1952 on address label)
1 cent second class mail rate
Endorsation
"Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa", was to be printed on the cover.
3. Third Class Matter
a) To April 1, 1951
The printed matter rate was 1 cent for each 2 ounces.
Toronto to Tilsonburg, January 20, 1950
1 cent printed matter rate
Port Credit to Hamilton (pencil notation receipt July 7, 1950)
3 cents paying the 6 ounce printed matter rate
Strip of three revised design 1 cent precancelled coil stamps
b) From April 2, 1951
The printed matter rate was 2 cents for the first ounce and 1 cent for each additional 2 ounces.
Montreal to Temiskaming, April 2, 1951
First Day of 2 cent printed matter rate
Shortpaid 2 cents and charged 2 cents due
Brantford to Tillsonburg, June 20, 1951
2 cents printed matter rate
Quebec to Ste-Anne-de-la-Pocatiaire, February 29, 1952 (Leap Year cancellation)
2 cents printed matter rate
Toronto to Langstaff, December 18, 1952
2 cents printed matter rate
Precancelled : Bar Cancels
St. Andrew's, Tillsonburg local mailing
2 cents printed matter rate
Columbus to Waterford, February 6, 1953
2 cents printed matter rate
Toronto Numeral Precancel
Royal York United Church, Toronto mailing
Toronto numeral (Money Order Office Number 4530) precancel
Dodd's Remedies mailing, Tronto
2 cent Toronto numeral precancel
Montreal Numeral Precancel
Elastoplast mailing, Montreal to Hamilton
Montreal numeral (Money Order Office Number 0700) precancel
Montreal Roofing Company, Montreal to Truro, April 18, 1953
2 cent Montreal numeral precancel
Wrapper
Montreal to Kitchener, April 1953
Uprated postband paying the 2 cent printed matter rate
Advertising Printed Matter Post Card
Georgetown to Norwich, December 29, 1951
2 cents printed matter rate
Toronto local mailing, June 18, 1952
2 cents printed matter rate
Calgary to Toronto, 1951 (before June 24,1951)
2 cents printed matter
The printed message looked like real handwriting to the Toronto post office and was treated as an insufficiently paid post card. Incorrectly taxed 2 cents due.
The message was a reminder that the "Allied Florists Conference" was being held in Banff, June 24th to the 28th
Stationery
Montreal local mailing, October 17, 1952
2 cents printed matter rate
Horticultural Experimental Station, Vineland to Cayuga, July 16, 1951
2 cents printed matter rate
Householder Mailings
The printed matter rate for items addressed "Householder" or "Boxholder" was 1 1/2 cents for the first 2 ounces.
Saint John to Springhaven, received at Springhaven October 30, 1951
Maple Leaf Milling Co. requested the delivery of 56 items
Rate Calculation : 56 items X 1 1/2 cents/item = 84 cents
84 cents postage was affixed on Householder Label 7p
4. Fourth Class Matter (Parcel Post)
Parcel post rates were based on weight and destination.
Saskatoon to Fort Vermillion
26 cents paying the 2 lb. 4 oz. parcel rate (Saskatchewan to Alberta)
22 cents (2 lb) + 4 cents (next 4 ounces)
Insured
Parcels prepaid at parcel rates could not be registered but could be insured. The scale of insurance fees was as follows:
Insured parcel, Pelee Island to London, April 27,1951
55 cent rate
The applicable rate was that for any post office beyond 20 miles but within the province of Ontario.
Weight Determination
The 55 cent rate could have paid for a 7 lb. 3oz. parcel or a 5 lb. 3oz. parcel depending upon the insurance fee:
5. C.O.D. Service
C.O.D. service was available at Money Order Post Offices in Canada. Up to $100 could be collected from the addressee and remitted to the sender by Post Office Money Order. The C.O.D. fee was payed by the sender by means of postage stamps affixed by the sender in addition to ordinary postage. The amount to be collected from the addressee was to include the sum to be remitted to the sender plus the money order fee.
Two ounce C.O.D. letter, Toronto local mailing, November 27, 1950
$2.50 to be collected from the addressee
4 cents two ounce local letter rate + 15 cents C.O.D. fee
(9 cents money order fee to be paid by addressee)
5. Services
a) Registration
i) To March 30, 1951
A graduated scale of registration fees was in effect.
The minimum registration fee was 10 cents for $25 indemnity.
Toronto to Oakville, March 22, 1951
4 cents forward letter rate + 10 cent registration fee
Brampton to Kitchener, August 22, 1950
4 cents forward letter rate + 10 cent registration fee
Fort Frances to Harriston, Augsut 17, 1950
4 cents forward letter rate + 20 cent registration fee ($50 indemnity)
Hudsons Bay Company, Smooth Rock Falls to North Bay, June 7, 1950
4 cents forward letter rate + 10 cent registration fee
Toronto local registered letter, December 21, 1950
3 cents local letter rate + 10 cent registration fee
"A-R" handstamp for Acknowledgment of Receipt service
Ottawa local mailing, November 27, 1950
3 cents local letter rate + 10 cent registration fee
ii) From April 2, 1951
The registration fees were changed on April 2, 1951.
The minimum registration fee was increased to 20 cents for $25 indemnity.
Cockburn Island to Little Current, January 18, 1952
4 cents forward letter rate + 20 cents registration fee
Turnerville to London, April 22, 1942
4 cents forward letter rate + 30 cents registration fee ($50 indemnity)
Guelph to London, July 24, 1952
4 cents forward letter rate + 20 cents registration fee
Mount Brydges to Waterdown, August 15, 1952
4 cents forward letter rate + 20 cents registration fee
Toronto local registered letter, January 8, 1952
3 cents local letter rate + 20 cents registration fee
Registered 3 ounce Montreal local letter, February 25, 1952
5 cents local 3 ounce letter rate (3 cents 1st ounce + 2 cents next two ounces) + 20 cents registration fee
Registered 6 ounce Toronto local letter, August 5, 1952
8 cents local postage (6 ounce rate) + 20 cents registration fee
b) Acknowledgment of Receipt
The acknowledgment of receipt fee was 10 cents at time of mailing and 20 cents after the item had been despatched.
At time of Mailing
AR card for local Chatham registered mail, November 15, 1951
10 cents AR fee
AR card for registered letter from Edmonton
Acknowledged at Revelstoke, March 31, 1952
10 cents AR fee
After Despatch
AR card sent subsequent to despatch from Toronto, October 28, 1952
20 cents subsequent to despatch AR fee
Acknowledgment that the item was delivered on July 23, 1952
c) Special Delivery
The special delivery fee was 10 cents.
Ottawa to Woodstock, December 16, 1952
4 cents forward letter rate + 10 cents special delivery fee
Quebec City to Toronto, March 3, 1952
4 cents forward letter rate + 10 cents special delivery fee
Vancouver to Toronto, June 16, 1950
7 cents air mail letter rate + 10 cents special delivery fee
Victoria to Ottawa, June 5, 1950
7 cents air mail letter rate + 10 cents special delivery fee
Charlottetown to Toronto, June 19, 1952
7 cents air mail letter rate + 10 cents special delivery fee
Vancouver to Hamilton, December 23, 1952
7 cents air mail letter rate + 10 cents special delivery fee
Shortpaid
Letters endorsed for special delivery but without sufficient postage to cover the special delivery fee and the ordinary postage were to be specially delivered subject to collection on delivery of double the deficiency as regards postage and special delivery fee.
Montreal to Ottawa, April 24, 1950
4 cents forward letter rate + 10 cents special delivery fee
Shortpaid 4 cents and charged 8 cents due
Free Postage
Surface letters mailed by Members of Parliament were sent free if forwarded from Ottawa, ten days before and after a session of Parliament. The franking privilege did not extend to special delivery fees.
M.P. Paul-Emile Cote, House of Commons, Ottawas to Verdun, March 5, 1951
Free postage + 10 cents special delivery fee
Registered + Special Delivery
Registered, special delivery, Montreal local letter, February 23, 1952
3 cents local letter rate + 20 cents registration fee + 10 cents special delivery fee
a) Forward Letter
The forward letter rate was 4 cents for the 1st ounce and 2 cents for each additional ounce.
Braden's Kapuskasing to Toronto, March 11, 1950
Original design 4 cent stamp paying the forward letter rate
The Walker House Toronto to Hamilton, June 6, 1950
Original design 4 cent stamp paying the forward letter rate
City Hardware Timmins to Hamilton, May 1, 1950
Original design 4 cent stamp paying the forward letter rate
J.C. Bastendorff New Hamburg to Toronto, April 7, 1950
Original design 4 cent stamp paying the forward letter rate
T.M. Palmer Jewellers North Bay to Toronto, February 13, 1950
Original design 4 cent stamp paying the forward letter rate
Cochrane Old Home Week
Canadian Legion Cochrane to North Bay, May 5, 1950
Original design 4 cent stamp paying the forward letter rate
Cochrane Old Home Week advertising on the back of the envelope
Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Toronto, April 9, 1951
Revised design 4 cent stamp paying the forward letter rate
Miller Hardware Limited Timmins to Hamilton, April 17, 1950
Original design 4 cent stamp paying the forward letter rate
Lloy Motors, Simcoe to Hamilton, March 13, 1951
Original design 4 cent stamp paying the forward letter rate
Meaford Steel Products, Limited Meaford to Hamilton, February 11, 1953
Orange 4 cent stamp paying the forward letter rate
McFayden Seeds Winnipeg to Ottawa, February 25, 1952
Orange 4 cent stamp paying the forward letter rate
The City of Moose Jaw, Moose Jaw to Vancouver, May 11, 1953
Moose Jaw Golden Jubilee slogan cancellation
Orange 4 cent stamp paying the forward letter rate
Bowaters, Corner Brook to Gardenvale, October 27, 1952
Orange 4 cent stamp paying the forward letter rate
Imperial Oil, Arborfield Sask., to Toronto, August 11, 1953
Orange 4 cent booklet stamp paying the forward letter rate
George McLeod Department Store, Calgary to Kitchener, April 10, 1953
Orange 4 cent stamp paying the forward letter rate
Calgary and Vancouver R.P.O. to Forrest, Man., April 9, 1952
Orange 4 cent stamp paying the forward letter rate
A.A. Carlson, North Bend, B.C., Calgary and Vancouver R.P.O. to Vancouver, June 16, 1952
1 cent and 3 cent revised stamps paying the 4 cent forward letter rate
b) Local Letters
The local letter rate was 3 cents for the first ounce and 1 cent for each additional ounce.
City of North Bay, North Bay local letter, February 22, 1950
Original design 3 cent stamp paying the 3 cents local rate
Toronto local mourning letter, February 1952
Revised design 3 cent stamp paying the local letter rate
West Toronto Printing House, Limited, Toronto local letter, April 18, 1950
Original design 3 cent stamp paying the 3 cents local rate
St. James Cathedral, Toronto local letter
Revised design 3 cent booklet stamp paying the local letter rate
Canadian Pacific Express, Toronto local letter, July 14, 1950
Revised design 3 cent coil stamp paying the local letter rate
Appleford Bros., Tillsonburg local letter
Revised design 3 cent sheet stamp paying the local letter rate
Bulman Bros., Vancouver local letter, April 2, 1952
Revised design 3 cent coil stamp paying the local letter rate
c) Post Card
The post card rate was 3 cents.
Kapuskasing to Sudbury, August 1951
3 cents post card rate
Returned to sender (Terrace Bay)
Toronto to Windsor, April 27, 1951
3 cents post card rate
Shortpaid 1 cent and charged 2 cents due
Barrie to Brownville, July 9, 1952
3 cents post card rate
Shortpaid 2 cents and taxed 4 cents
4 cent orange stamp paying the amount due, July 10, 1952
d) Air Mail
On July 1, 1948, domestic "all-up" air mail service was introduced. Domestic mail posted at surface letter rates would be sent air mail if such service was available. However, a specific request for air mail service required payment of the air mail rate.
The air mail rate was 7 cents for the first ounce and 5 cents for each additional ounce.
Winnipeg to Toronto, March 14, 1950
7 cents air mail rate for the first ounce
Vancouver to Montreal, July 22, 1952
12 cents paying the 2 ounce air mail rate ( 7 cents for the 1st ounce + 5 cents for the 2nd ounce)
12 cents paying the 2 ounce air mail rate ( 7 cents for the 1st ounce + 5 cents for the 2nd ounce)
e) Money Packet
The money packet rate was 7 cents for the first ounce and 5 cents for each additional ounce. The registration fee was also to be prepaid.
70 ounce money packet from The Bank of Toronto, Calgary to The Bank of Toronto, Dawson's Creek, June 6, 1950
$3.76 paying the 70 ounce money letter rate
Rate Calculation
Registration Fee.................................$0.10
First ounce...........................................0.07
Next 69 ounces @ 5 cents/0unce........3.45
Total..................................................$3.62
An interesting RPO marking:
ED. & D.C. R.P.O. ? July 7, 1950 J.H. Lyall
2. Second Class Matter
Newspapers and periodicals were classified as second class mail. Several rates were in effect.
Popular Stamps Magazine, Cobden to Norwich (Sept., 1952 on address label)
1 cent second class mail rate
Endorsation
"Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa", was to be printed on the cover.
3. Third Class Matter
a) To April 1, 1951
The printed matter rate was 1 cent for each 2 ounces.
Toronto to Tilsonburg, January 20, 1950
1 cent printed matter rate
Port Credit to Hamilton (pencil notation receipt July 7, 1950)
3 cents paying the 6 ounce printed matter rate
Strip of three revised design 1 cent precancelled coil stamps
b) From April 2, 1951
The printed matter rate was 2 cents for the first ounce and 1 cent for each additional 2 ounces.
Montreal to Temiskaming, April 2, 1951
First Day of 2 cent printed matter rate
Shortpaid 2 cents and charged 2 cents due
Brantford to Tillsonburg, June 20, 1951
2 cents printed matter rate
Quebec to Ste-Anne-de-la-Pocatiaire, February 29, 1952 (Leap Year cancellation)
2 cents printed matter rate
Toronto to Langstaff, December 18, 1952
2 cents printed matter rate
Precancelled : Bar Cancels
St. Andrew's, Tillsonburg local mailing
2 cents printed matter rate
Columbus to Waterford, February 6, 1953
2 cents printed matter rate
Toronto Numeral Precancel
Royal York United Church, Toronto mailing
Toronto numeral (Money Order Office Number 4530) precancel
Dodd's Remedies mailing, Tronto
2 cent Toronto numeral precancel
Montreal Numeral Precancel
Elastoplast mailing, Montreal to Hamilton
Montreal numeral (Money Order Office Number 0700) precancel
Montreal Roofing Company, Montreal to Truro, April 18, 1953
2 cent Montreal numeral precancel
Wrapper
Montreal to Kitchener, April 1953
Uprated postband paying the 2 cent printed matter rate
Advertising Printed Matter Post Card
Georgetown to Norwich, December 29, 1951
2 cents printed matter rate
Toronto local mailing, June 18, 1952
2 cents printed matter rate
Calgary to Toronto, 1951 (before June 24,1951)
2 cents printed matter
The printed message looked like real handwriting to the Toronto post office and was treated as an insufficiently paid post card. Incorrectly taxed 2 cents due.
The message was a reminder that the "Allied Florists Conference" was being held in Banff, June 24th to the 28th
Stationery
Montreal local mailing, October 17, 1952
2 cents printed matter rate
Horticultural Experimental Station, Vineland to Cayuga, July 16, 1951
2 cents printed matter rate
Householder Mailings
The printed matter rate for items addressed "Householder" or "Boxholder" was 1 1/2 cents for the first 2 ounces.
Saint John to Springhaven, received at Springhaven October 30, 1951
Maple Leaf Milling Co. requested the delivery of 56 items
Rate Calculation : 56 items X 1 1/2 cents/item = 84 cents
84 cents postage was affixed on Householder Label 7p
4. Fourth Class Matter (Parcel Post)
Parcel post rates were based on weight and destination.
26 cents paying the 2 lb. 4 oz. parcel rate (Saskatchewan to Alberta)
22 cents (2 lb) + 4 cents (next 4 ounces)
Insured
Parcels prepaid at parcel rates could not be registered but could be insured. The scale of insurance fees was as follows:
Insurance up to $50.......................................Free
Insurance over $50 to $100.............................12c
Insured parcel, Pelee Island to London, April 27,1951
55 cent rate
The applicable rate was that for any post office beyond 20 miles but within the province of Ontario.
Weight Determination
The 55 cent rate could have paid for a 7 lb. 3oz. parcel or a 5 lb. 3oz. parcel depending upon the insurance fee:
5. C.O.D. Service
C.O.D. service was available at Money Order Post Offices in Canada. Up to $100 could be collected from the addressee and remitted to the sender by Post Office Money Order. The C.O.D. fee was payed by the sender by means of postage stamps affixed by the sender in addition to ordinary postage. The amount to be collected from the addressee was to include the sum to be remitted to the sender plus the money order fee.
Two ounce C.O.D. letter, Toronto local mailing, November 27, 1950
$2.50 to be collected from the addressee
4 cents two ounce local letter rate + 15 cents C.O.D. fee
(9 cents money order fee to be paid by addressee)
5. Services
a) Registration
i) To March 30, 1951
A graduated scale of registration fees was in effect.
The minimum registration fee was 10 cents for $25 indemnity.
Toronto to Oakville, March 22, 1951
4 cents forward letter rate + 10 cent registration fee
Brampton to Kitchener, August 22, 1950
4 cents forward letter rate + 10 cent registration fee
Fort Frances to Harriston, Augsut 17, 1950
4 cents forward letter rate + 20 cent registration fee ($50 indemnity)
Hudsons Bay Company, Smooth Rock Falls to North Bay, June 7, 1950
4 cents forward letter rate + 10 cent registration fee
Toronto local registered letter, December 21, 1950
3 cents local letter rate + 10 cent registration fee
"A-R" handstamp for Acknowledgment of Receipt service
Ottawa local mailing, November 27, 1950
3 cents local letter rate + 10 cent registration fee
ii) From April 2, 1951
The registration fees were changed on April 2, 1951.
The minimum registration fee was increased to 20 cents for $25 indemnity.
Cockburn Island to Little Current, January 18, 1952
4 cents forward letter rate + 20 cents registration fee
Turnerville to London, April 22, 1942
4 cents forward letter rate + 30 cents registration fee ($50 indemnity)
Guelph to London, July 24, 1952
4 cents forward letter rate + 20 cents registration fee
Mount Brydges to Waterdown, August 15, 1952
4 cents forward letter rate + 20 cents registration fee
Toronto local registered letter, January 8, 1952
3 cents local letter rate + 20 cents registration fee
Registered 3 ounce Montreal local letter, February 25, 1952
5 cents local 3 ounce letter rate (3 cents 1st ounce + 2 cents next two ounces) + 20 cents registration fee
Registered 6 ounce Toronto local letter, August 5, 1952
8 cents local postage (6 ounce rate) + 20 cents registration fee
b) Acknowledgment of Receipt
The acknowledgment of receipt fee was 10 cents at time of mailing and 20 cents after the item had been despatched.
At time of Mailing
AR card for local Chatham registered mail, November 15, 1951
10 cents AR fee
AR card for registered letter from Edmonton
Acknowledged at Revelstoke, March 31, 1952
10 cents AR fee
After Despatch
AR card sent subsequent to despatch from Toronto, October 28, 1952
20 cents subsequent to despatch AR fee
Acknowledgment that the item was delivered on July 23, 1952
c) Special Delivery
The special delivery fee was 10 cents.
Ottawa to Woodstock, December 16, 1952
4 cents forward letter rate + 10 cents special delivery fee
Quebec City to Toronto, March 3, 1952
4 cents forward letter rate + 10 cents special delivery fee
Vancouver to Toronto, June 16, 1950
7 cents air mail letter rate + 10 cents special delivery fee
Victoria to Ottawa, June 5, 1950
7 cents air mail letter rate + 10 cents special delivery fee
Charlottetown to Toronto, June 19, 1952
7 cents air mail letter rate + 10 cents special delivery fee
Vancouver to Hamilton, December 23, 1952
7 cents air mail letter rate + 10 cents special delivery fee
Shortpaid
Letters endorsed for special delivery but without sufficient postage to cover the special delivery fee and the ordinary postage were to be specially delivered subject to collection on delivery of double the deficiency as regards postage and special delivery fee.
Montreal to Ottawa, April 24, 1950
4 cents forward letter rate + 10 cents special delivery fee
Shortpaid 4 cents and charged 8 cents due
Free Postage
Surface letters mailed by Members of Parliament were sent free if forwarded from Ottawa, ten days before and after a session of Parliament. The franking privilege did not extend to special delivery fees.
M.P. Paul-Emile Cote, House of Commons, Ottawas to Verdun, March 5, 1951
Free postage + 10 cents special delivery fee
Registered + Special Delivery
Registered, special delivery, Montreal local letter, February 23, 1952
3 cents local letter rate + 20 cents registration fee + 10 cents special delivery fee
