1969 International Labour Organization
(ILO)

The ILO is the international organization responsible for drawing up and overseeing international labour standards. It is the only 'tripartite' United Nations agency that brings together representatives of governments, employers and workers to jointly shape policies and programmes.

The ILO was created in 1919, as part of the Treaty of Versailles that ended World War I, to reflect the belief that universal and lasting peace can be accomplished only if it is based on social justice. Between the two world wars, ILO was an autonomous part of the League of Nations with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.

From 1940-1946, the headquarters were temporarily moved to Montreal.


ILO Montreal (temporary headquarters) to Prague, Czechoslovakia, January 26, 1946
Registered air mail letter
$ 1.60 air mail letter rate + 10 cents registration fee


ILO return address

Canada Post Office issued the ILO commemorative stamp on May 21, 1969.

Readers may be interested in a paper by David Frank, "The Labour Stamp: The Image of the Worker on Canadian Postage Stamps", Labour/Le Travail, 39 (Spring 1997), 179-94. It is unusual for postage stamps to be the topic of a non-philatelic journal.

First Day Covers

Shering






Canada Post Office Publicity First Day Cover




Canada Envelope Company









Overseas Mailers








Fleetwood


Autographed by cachet designer


Cole Cover




Rosecraft




H & E




David Pritchard








United Nations ILO Stamps

On June 5, 1969, the United Nations issued two stamps commemorating "Labor and Development"

Overseas Mailers







David Pritchard

1969 Curling

Curling is a sport in which two teams of 4 players each send stones over an ice surface toward a target circle in an attempt to place nearest the centre. Curling was exported to Canada from Scotland and in 1807, The Montreal Curling Club was the first Curling Club outside of Scotland.


Curling match at Montréal, 1855, by W.S. Hatton

There are several web sites with excellent articles about curling:

Collections Canada
The Royal Montreal Curling Club
Canadian Curling Association

Canada Post Office issued a 6 cent stamp commemorating the sport of curling on January 15, 1969.

First Day Covers

Canada Post Office Publicity First Day Cover




Shering






Overseas Mailers




Canada Envelope Company

David Pritchard




Elliot- Marion

Usages


Domestic Letter Rate


Valleyfield to Hamilton, January 15, 1969
First day of issue



Dr. Arthur Hill was a philatelist who posted covers at many Quebec post offices. This registered cover was mailed from Riviere Matawin, January 23, 1969. Riviere Matawin is located just north of La Mauricie National Park, in the heart of the Laurentians.


Curling Related Covers

Curling, Newfoundland

Curling is a sub-division of the city of Corner Brook, Newfoundland. Curling was known as Birchy Cove, but its name was changed as a dedication to Rev. J.J. Curling.


Curling-Corner Brook, September 27, 1965




Postal Employees Curling Classic

The Canadian Postal Employees Curling Classic has been held annually since 1967. In 1970 Ottawa was host city with entries from Quebec, Nova Scotia, and the New Brunswick-P.E.I. Postal District entered for the first time.

Ottawa Slogan Cancellation:


POSTAL BONSPIEL
APRIL 3-6 AVRIL
CURLING
TOURNOI POSTAL


Ottawa, March 25, 1970

The Alberta team won the 1970 bonspiel.


1970 Manitoba Playdowns


CURLING
PLAYDOWNS
CHAMPIONNATS
FEB. 9 - 14 FEV.


Dauphin, January 25, 1970


1981 Men's World Championship

From 1968 to 1985, the World Curling Championship was sponsored by Air Canada and called the "Air Canada Silver Broom". The 1981 Men's Silver Broom held in London, Ontario, was won by Switzerland. The Canadian team finished third.





Air Canada Silver Broom, London, Ontario, March 3, 1981

Centennial Definitives
6 cent Orange
Communication and Transportation
Booklets

The 6 cent orange booklets (1968 -69) were printed by the British American Bank Note Company in two formats:

• 25 cent booklet consisting of four 6 cent stamps and one 1 cent stamp

• $1.50 booklet consisting of twenty-five 6 cent stamps

All 6 cent orange booklets were perforated 10.


25 cent Booklet






Three major types of 25 cent booklet stamps have been identified:

• Non-fluorescent paper
• Fluorescent ink
• Hi-Brite paper

Non-Fluorescent (left) Fluorescent Ink (centre) Hi-Brite (right)


Identifying Orange Perforated 10 Booklet Stamps on Cover

Stamps with straight edges on the left side come from the booklet. Stamps with straight edges on the right side could be sheet stamps or booklet stamps.

Sheet stamp:


Selvedge left side

Booklet:


Straight-edge left side


Non-Fluorescent Booklet Stamp


Wallaceburg to London, September 10, 1969
Left side straight edge


Hi-Brite Booklet Stamp


Victoria local mail, April 8 1970
From 25 cent perf. 10 Booklet, left straight edge


$1.50 Booklet

Updated Articles:
December 31, 2010

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Sensenbrenner Hospital

The Gore



St. Patrick's Church

Centennial Period International Rates

Air Mail Post Cards

Vancouver to Palembang, Indonesia

May 12, 1971

10 cents air mail post card rate

Expo 67 : A Philatelic Commemoration


Scout and Guide International Day

July 20, 1967

Centennial Period Slogans on Souvenir Covers

Sea Ranger Regatta Dow's Lake Sept. 5, 6,7

Ottawa Sept. 5, 1969

Semaine Scout Guide Week

Ottawa February 18, 1970

1967 Commemorative Stamps:

Expo 67

International Scout Centre

1955 World Scout Jamboree

1966 London Conference

International Air Mail

Dundurn to Switzerland, September 20, 1966

15 cents air mail rate to Europe

1966 Highway Safety

Domestic Forward Letter


Kamloops to Port Alberni (General Delivery), June 2, 1966

5 cents forward letter rate

Unclaimed and returned to sender

1967 Pan-American Games




1968 Lacrosse


NATO Forces


Lawrenceville to CFPO 5056, Baden-Soellingen, Germany, July 3, 1968
5 cents surface letter rate


CFPO 5056 General Delivery receiver June 8, 1968