Tuesday, August 31, 2010

1961 Northern Development

Prime Minister John Diefenbaker outlined his "New Vision" for northern development in his first speech of the 1958 federal election campaign on February 12 at the Winnipeg Civic Auditorium, saying:

We ask from you a mandate; a new and a stronger mandate, to pursue the planning and to carry to fruition our new national development programme for Canada...This national development policy will create a new sense of national purpose and national destiny. One Canada. One Canada, wherein Canadians will have preserved to them the control of their own economic and political destiny. Sir John A. Macdonald gave his life to this party. He opened the West. He saw Canada from East to West. I see a new Canada - a Canada of the North.

Diefenbaker's grand vision did not materialize during his term of office.


Essays

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Die Proof

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The Northern Development stamp was issued on February 8, 1961.

First Day Covers

























Whitehorse slogan : THE NORTH'S NEWEST HORIZON


Advertising first day cover sent by:




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Usages

Domestic Forward Letter


HMCS Stadacona (Halifax) to Toronto, February 13, 1961
5 cents domestic forward letter

Surface Letter to the US
Flin Flon to Detroit, March 12, 1961
5 cents surface letter rate the the US


International Air Mail




Toronto to London, February 20, 1961
15 cents first step air mail rate to Great Britain



Sarnia to Troden, Scotland, MArch 26, 1961
30 cents 2nd weight step (1 oz.) airmail letter rate to Great Britain

Shortpaid 5 cents
Double deficiency = 10 cents
1 cent = 3 centimes (gold)
10 cents = 30 centimes (gold)

The Canadian post office taxation was 30 centimes(gold).
The British Post Office tax calculation resulted in a charge of 8d.