Sunday, August 8, 2010

1958 British Columbia Centennial

In 1858, the Colony of British Columbia was established by an Act of the British Parliament. At its creation, it physically constituted approximately half the present day province of British Columbia , since it did not include the Colony of Vancouver Island, the regions north of the Nass and Finlay Rivers, the regions east of the Rocky Mountains, or any of the coastal islands.

The British Columbia stamp was designed by Jack Kenneth Harman and issued on May 8, 1958.

Essays


National Archives of Canada


National Archives of Canada

National Archives of Canada


National Archives of Canada


National Archives of Canada

National Archives of Canada


National Archives of Canada


Die Proofs - Colour Trials


National Archives of Canada


National Archives of Canada


National Archives of Canada


National Archives of Canada

National Archives of Canada


First Day Covers






















Events


Canadian Philatelic Society Annual Convention
Vancouver May 10, 1958

Usages

Domestic Forward Letter


RCAF Station North Bay, MPO 300 to Toronto, June 27, 1958
5 cents forward letter rate


Domestic Special Delivery


Toronto local special delivery letter, May 21, 1958
4 cents local letter rate + 10 cents special delivery fee


US Air Mail Letter


Penticton to Twenty-Nine Palms, Calif., May 29, 1958
7 cents air mail letter rate


International Air Mail



Vancouver to New Plymouth, New Zealand, September 24, 1958
25 cents one-half ounce air mail rate to Oceania
The letter was shortpaid 10 cents

The following handstamp was applied to the back of the envelope on September 24,1958:



On September 29, 1958, 10 cents additional postage was affixed and cancelled with the "Postmaster Secretarial" handstamp: