1951 Prime Minister Series : Bordern and King

The first set in a series honouring Canadian Prime Ministers was issued on June 25, 1951 featuring Robert Borden and William Lyon MacKenzie King,

Robert Borden

Borden was the  Prime Minister (Conservative party) from 1911 to 1920.

William Lyon Mackenzie King

King served as Prime Minister (Liberal Party)  from 1921-26, 1926-30, and 1935-1948.

First Day Covers

Usages

3 cent Borden

Toronto local letter, August 14, 1951

3 cents local letter rate

Halifax local letter, September 25, 1951

3 cents local letter rate

Charlottetown local letter, June 29, 1951

3cents local letter rate

Railway Post Office cancellation

Halifax, Digby & Yarmouth R.P.O. to Gradyville, Pa., August 13, 1951

3 cents post card rate to the U.S.

Posted at Temagami, Ont. to Erie, Pa. on train bound for Toronto 

Toronto machine cancellation, August 22, 1951

 

THIS MAIL WAS CARRIED BY TRAVELLING LETTER BOX TO TORONTO

Montreal to Finland, August 15, 1951

15 cents air mail post card rate to Europe

4 cent King

Petrolia to London, September 19, 1951

4 cents domestic forward letter rate + 20 cents registration fee

Calgary Exhibition Post Office to Monroe, Iowas, July 9, 1951

4c surface letter rate to the U.S.

Calgary Exhibition Post Office to Dayton, July 13, 1951

4c surface letter rate to the U.S.

Hamilton to Philadelphia, June 27, 1951

4 c surface letter rate + 20 cents registration fee

Sebringville to Rochester, July 4, 1951

4c surface letter rate + 10 cents Special Delivery fee

London to Petion-Ville Haiti, August 27, 1951

4c preferential rate to the Americas

Calgary to Brisbane, Australia, October 25, 1951

4c Commonwealth surface letter rate

Montreal to Rio de Janiero, September 6, 1951

10 cents air mail rate to South America

Arvida to Glanshammar, Sweden, August 8, 1951

15c air mail letter rate to Europe

1950 Petroleum Industries Definitive

The huge oil strike (Leduc #1) southwest of Edmonton on February 13, 1947 marked the birth of  Western Canada’s modern oil industry and has been called one of the most important economic discoveries in Canada’s history. On March 1, 1950, Canada Post Office issued a 50-cent definitive stamp in recognition of the oil discoveries in Alberta, replacing the 50-cent logging operations stamp of the 1946 Peace issue.

Designer Herman Herbert Schwartz relied on photographs of oil derricks, storage tanks, and a sludge flare to create a scene depicting an Alberta oil field.

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Schwartz collage
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Silas Robert Allen engaving
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First Day Covers

Usages


Registered Domestic Parcel

Ballot boxes sent prior to a Federal election by Returning Officers addressed to Deputy Returning Officers were liable to postage at the parcel rate. Registration was optional.

Annapolis  Royal to Malvern Square, N.S., August 15, 1953
8 lb. 4 oz. ballot box sent registered

 International Air Mail

Toronto to Adelaide, Australia, July 23, 1952
50 cents paying 1/2 oz. air mail letter rate to Australia ( 2 x 25c per 1/4 oz.)

Montreal to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 25, 1952
60 cents paying the 1 1/2 oz. airmail letter rate ( 6 x 10c per 1/4 oz.)

 Registered International Air Mail

Winnipeg to Stockholm, June 23, 1952
30 cents paying 1/2 oz.air mail letter rate ( 2 x 15c per 1/4 oz.) + 20 cents registration

Petawawa to Sydney, Australia, October 2, 1950
75c paying 3/4 oz. air mail letter rate (3 x 25c per 1/4 oz.) + 10 cents registration fee 

Toronto to Trieste, Italy, March 20, 1952
60c  paying 1 oz. air mail letter rate (4 x 15c per 1/4 oz.) + 20 cents registration fee

1950 Fur Resources Definitive

On October 2, 1950, Canada Post Office issued the 10 cent fur resources definitive stamp which was described as follows in the Postage Stamp Press Release:

The exploitation of furs in Canada has had a prominent place in our economy for over three and one-half centuries. Canada still holds a foremost place in the ranks of the world's fur-producing countries. Raw furs are at present the only economic return from hundreds of thousands of square miles of the area of Canada and are an important product of all the provinces and territories. The design for this new issue postage stamp was created by the artists of the National Film Board of Canada and the Canadian Bank Note Company. The new issue stamp will replace the current 10¢ postage stamp.

Official Stamp "G" overprint

 Essays

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Photographs used as models  for the stamp

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First Day Covers

Usages

 Domestic

 Toronto to Oakville, March 22, 1951

10 cents registration + 4 cents forward letter rate

 The minimum domestic registration fee was increased from 10 cents to 20 cents on April 2, 1951.

 Cornwall registered local letter, May 16, 1951

20 cents registration fee + 3 cents local letter rate

BT perfins (Bell Telephone)

 Kenora to Winnipeg, April 25, 1952

20 cents registration + 4 cents forward letter rate

Official stamps with "G" overprints

Acknowledgment of receipt, Edmonton, March 31, 1952

The AR fee was 10 cents at the time of mailing

Vancouver to Hamilton, December23, 1952

10 cents Special Delivery fee + 7 cents air mail letter rate

Foreign

Toronto to London, November 13, 1951

15 cents air mail rate to Europe (one-quarter oz.)

 

 London to Wilderswil, Switzerland

15c post card rate to Europe

 Hamilton to Copenhagen, Denmark, December 13, 1950

30 cents paying the second weight air mail letter rate ( one-half oz.)

Toronto to Nassau, Bahamas, October 30, 1951

10 cent air mail letter rate (one-quarter oz.)

 Montreal to St. Lucia, October 26, 1950

10 cents registration fee + 10 cents air mail letter rate