1962 Victoria, British Columbia

Victoria is Western Canada's oldest city. The City began in 1843 as a Hudson Bay Company trading post, named in honour of Queen Victoria. With the Fraser Valley gold rush in 1858, Victoria grew rapidly as the main port of entry to the Colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia.

Victoria was incorporated as a City on August 2, 1862. When the colonies combined, the City became the colonial capital and was established as the provincial capital when British Columbia joined the Canadian Confederation in 1871.

Helen Roberta Fitzgerald designed the Victoria Centennial postage stamp which was issued on August 22, 1962.

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Usages

Military Mail NATO Forces


CFPO 5050, Lahr to Barrie, September 11, 1962
15 cents air mail letter rate


UPU Surface Letter


Saskatoon to Haulickuv Brod., Czechoslovakia, September 22, 1962
6 cents UPU surface letter rate


International Air Mail


St. John's to London, October 10, 1962
15 cents air mail rate to Great Britain



Winnipeg to Berlin, September 26, 1962
15 cents air mail rate to Europe



St-Jean to Biel/Bienne, Switzerland, October 11, 1962
15 cents air mail rate to Europe

1962 Jean Talon

Jean Talon (1626 – 1694) was a French colonial administrator who was the first and most highly regarded Intendant of New Frances under King Louis XIV. As the first intendant to arrive in New France, his mission was to boost the growth and prosperity of the remote colony by making it self-sufficient. The most innovative idea instituted by Talon was bringing unmarried women, "filles du roi" to New France. Between 1663 and 1673, 700-900 filles du roi emigrated to New France to marry and bear children.

The Jean Talon stamp, designed by Philip Weiss, was issued on June 13, 1962.











Essay


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Based on an excerpt from
the writings of a young
officer of Talon's time,
Baron of Lamontan, ten
or fifteen years after
the immigration.
..."The Governor-General
received upon the married
couple a bull, a cow, a hog,
a sow, a cock, a hen, two
barrels of salt meat and
eleven crowns"

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Usages

Domestic Letter


Hamilton to Stratford, May 2, 1962
5 cents forward letter rate + 10 cents special delivery fee



Kentville local letter, July 6, 1962
4 cents local letter rate + 20 cents registration fee ( 1 cent convenience overpayment)


Domestic Acknowledgment of Receipt


Registered item sent from Victoria to Terrace, June 28, 1962
Receipt acknowledged on July 3, 1962
10 cents acknowledgment of receipt fee



Surface Letter to the United States


Guelph to Bloomfield, N.J., July 9, 1962
5 cents surface letter rate to the United States


International Air Mail



RCAF Station St. Hubert, Ont., to Belfast, Northern Ireland, June 15, 1962
15 cents air mail letter rate to the United Kingdom



Grove Park Lodge, Ont. (Seasonal Office) to Berlin, June 15 (no year in cancellation)
15 cents air mail rate to Europe