Canadian Postal Indicia

Postal indicia are markings on mail showing that postage has been prepaid by the sender. This post deals with the indicia Canada Post customers can currently use on their mailings.

  
Postal Indicia Requirements (Canada Post May 1, 2013)

Bilingual

Since Canada Post is subject to the Official Languages Act, postal indicia must be bilingual. For any mailing with a return address in the province of Quebec, the main information contained within the body of the indica must appear French first. In all other provinces, English must appear first.


1. Generic Postal Indicia

2. Perforated Edge Design Postal Indica

3.  Parcel Services Postal Indicia

4. Customized Postal Indicia

Canada Post ad promoting "Customized Postal Indicia"

AIR MILES

Received August 29, 2013

The Lung Association I

Received October 16, 2013

The Lung Association II

 Received November 22, 2013

Shoppers Drug Mart

Received December 7, 2013

The Retired Teachers Of Ontario (RTO)

Customized postal indicia can be used for "Addressed Admail", "Lettermail" and "Publication Mail" items. The RTO mailing shown below is an example of a  Publication Mail postal indicia.

Received, January 17, 2014

Canadian Wildlife Federation

Received March 11, 2014

Share Life

Received March 17, 2014

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CUSTOMIZED POSTAL INDICIA (Canada Post, May, 2013)

Expo 67 Pavilions : Drawings by David Pritchard

Cachet maker David Pritchard's work has been featured in an earlier post. Readers will be aware of my fondness for Mr. Pritchard's creations. In this posting  Mr. Pritchard's drawings of Expo67 pavilions are shown. The drawings, made on posters, were probably done for a stamp club display. Drawings of the pavilions are shown first,  followed by the posters.

Pavilions by David Pritchard

 HAITI

AFRICA PLACE

CUBA

CZECHOSLOVAKIA

IRAN

JAMAICA

TUNISIA

 USA

USSR

 

MAURITIUS

YUGOSLAVIA

 KOREA

 

VENEZUELA

 CANADA

QUEBEC

 ETHIOPIA

FRANCE

UNITED NATIONS

MONACO

Expo67 : David Pritchard Display Posters

Trail Double Circle Machine Cancellation

During the George VI period, the Trail, B.C. post office used an unusual double circle machine cancellation which lacked a  dater hub. Pete Jacobi referred to the cancellation as the "Trail Nude Cancel" in  his 2004 BNAPS Topics article Postal History, Trail (B.C.) .

I recently acquired a cover with the nude cancellation which is shown below.

Unfortunately there was no enclosure to determine when the cover was mailed. The upper limit date for this cover is April 1, 1951 since the domestic printed matter rate was increased from 1 cent to 2 cents on April 2, 1952.

I recall that this cancellation had been discussed elsewhere but I am unable to locate any other reference. Perhaps a reader might be able to shed additional light. [philcovex@gmail.com].

Canada Post Customized Postal Indicia

Canada Post provides business mailers the opportunity to customize their postal indicia on lettermail and addressed admail. Draft indicia templates have been posted on the Canada Post website:

Customized Lettermail

Customized  Addressed Admail