1955 World Scout Jamboree

1955 World Scout Jamboree

In 1955, the Eighth World Scout Jamboree was held in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. This was the first major international gathering of Scouts outside of Europe. Over 11,000 Scouts attended from 71 countries around the world.

The Canadian Post Office issued a 5 cent stamp designed by Laurence Hyde on August 20, 1955, commemorating the event.

Essays

 

 

National Archives of Canada

National Archives of Canada

First Day Covers

Colorart






Jamboree Mail


8th World Jamboree stationery
Niagara-on-the -Lake to Reading England, August 24, 1955
15 cents one-half ounce air mail letter rate to Great Britain




Usages

Domestic Forward Letter


Hamilton to Toronto, September 5, 1955
5 cents forward letter rate + 20 cents registration fee


Domestic Local Letter

The domestic local letter rate was 4 cents for the first ounce and 2 cents for each additional ounce.


Local Hamilton letter, November 24, 1955
Taxed 2 cents which suggests that the rate was 6 cents, the local 2 ounce rate
6 cents postage dues affixed and cancelled October 25, 1955 for other postage due items


Domestic Special Delivery


Toronto to Waterdown, September 5, 1955
5 cents forward letter rate + 10 cents special delivery fee


Domestic Acknowledgment of Receipt


Registered mail from Kamloops to Vancouver, October 21, 1955
Acknowledged by addressee, October 24, 1955




Surface Letter to the US


Montreal to Benton Harbor, October 31, 1955
5 cents surface letter rate

The letter was returned to the sender whose name was on the envelope but not the return address. The letter was forwarded to the Montreal Undeliverable Mail Office (UMO). The return address was obtained without having to open the letter. The UMO returned the letter and 5 cents was charged for this service. All markings are on the cover because an ambulance envelope was not required.


Montreal Undeliverable Mail Office handstamp
No. 6


International Air Mail


Saskatoon to Rotterdam, August 27 1955
15 cents one-half ounce air mail letter rate to Europe



Vancouver to Florida North, South Africa, September 21, 1955
25 cents air mail letter rate to South Africa



Quebec to Koulouba, French Sudan, French West Africa, October 15, 1957
25 cents one-half ounce air mail rate to Africa

1955 International Civil Aviation Organization


The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nation
whose mandate is to ensure the safe, efficient and orderly evolution of international civil aviation.
ICAO has its headquarters in Montreal. Created in 1944 and operational in 1945, it has grown to an organization with over 180 Contracting States. ICAO's aim is the safe and orderly development of all aspects of international civil aeronautics. It provides the forum whereby requirements and procedures in need of standardization may be introduced, studied and resolved.
On June 1, 1955, the Canadian Post Office issued a 5 cents stamp designed by Walter Lohse to commemorate ICAO's tenth anniversary.

A web site dedicated to the postal history of the IACO can be found here.

Essays and Proofs

National Archives of Canada

Approved Model

National Archives of Canada

Progressive Die Proofs

National Archives of Canada

National Archives of Canada

Die Proof

National Archives of Canada

Created 20 January 1955

First Day Covers





Overseas Mailers

Usages

 Domestic Forward Letter

 Carseland,, Alberta to Toronto, June 14, 1955
5 cents forward letter rate

Gander to St. John's, August 2, 1955
5 cents forward letter rate + 20 cents registration fee


St. John's Receiver, August 3, 1955




 
U.S. Surface Letter 


Vancouver to Santa Monica, June 19, 1955
5 cents US surface letter rate

U.S. Acknowledgment of Receipt

 

Registered Mail from Dawson Creek to Los Angeles, June 2, 1955
Acknowledged by addressee, June 7, 1955


Los Angeles, June 7, 1955

UPU Surface Letter


Toronto to Prague, Czecholovakia, August 11, 1955
6 cents UPU surface letter rate

Handling of the letter in Czechoslovakia : non-admissible and returned
The envelope was opened by currency control which deemed the letter non-admissible, sealed the letter and returned to the sender.


Czechoslovakian currency control sealing tape


"Non admis" label

Handling of the returned letter by the Canadian Post Office : Returned with charge

Letters with return addresses returned by foreign countries other than Great Britain, Republic of Ireland, United States, Mexico, and Columbia, were not directly returned to the writer but were returned through the Undeliverable Mail Office (UMO) subject to a charge of 5 cents.


The returned letter was sent to the Montreal UMO
Montreal UMO No. 14 handstamp, September 30 ,1955


Montreal UMO 5 cent charge handstamp


International Air Mail

Toronto to Penzance, October 17, 1955
15 cents one-half ounce air mail rate to Great Britain



Nairn Centre to Jyvaskyla, Finland, June 29, 1955
15 cents one-half air ounce air mail rate to Finland