5 cents Mountain Goat
The fourth annual wildlife series set was issued by the Canada Post Office Department on April 12, 1956. The stamps were designed by Emanuel Hahn, R.C.A., of Toronto.
Essays : National Archives of Canada
Caribou
Mountain Goat
First Day Covers
Samuel R. Balcom was the Liberal M.P. for the Halifax riding from 1950 to 1967
Usages
Local letter
Hamilton local letter, April 30, 1956
4 cents local letter rate
Quebec local letter, June 1-, 1956
Returned to sender: "Left without giving forwarding address"
Domestic Post Card
Spences Bridge to North Burnaby, July 14, 1956
4 cents domestic post card rate
Domestic Forward Letter
Vancouver to Kelowna, April 23, 1956
5 cents forward letter rate
Shortpaid 1 cent and taxed 2 cents
2 cent due cancelled Kelowna, General Delivery, April 24, 1956
US Surface Letter
London to Cnicago, May 15, 1956
5 cents US surface letter rate
Domestic Letter
Highgate to Toronto, June 2, 1956
5 cents forward letter rate + 20 cents registration fee
International Air Mail
Norman Wells to Skive, Denmark, June 4 1956
15 cents one-half ounce air mail rate to Europe
The Northern Transportation Company Limited (NTCL) is a marine transportation company in the Canadian Arctic. It is a marine freight hauler on Arctic rivers such as the Mackenzie and the Hay. NTCL became a crown corporation in 1944. In 1985 it was purchased by the Inuvialuit Development Corporation and Nunasi Corporation, two native-owned corporations.
Vancouver to Windisch-Eschenbach, Germany, June 16, 1956
15 cents one-half ounce air mail rate + 20 cents registration fee