Wednesday, November 3, 2010

1966 Peaceful Uses Of Atomic Energy

The Atomic Energy stamp was issued to commemorate Canada's role in the peaceful uses of atomic energy in applications such as materials science, biology and health physics, cancer therapy, and electricity generation.

The Douglas Point Nuclear Power Station went into operation in 1966. It was Canada's first full-scale nuclear power plant. The reactor was known by its code name CANDU, Canadian Deuterium Uranium. Douglas Point was to be the forerunner of the Pickering Generating Station.



The Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy Stamp, designed by Allan Pollock, was issued on July 27, 1966

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First Day Covers





Canada Post Office Announcement Cover


Announcement cover mailed to Brussels, Belgium


Overseas Mailers

The Overseas Mailers first day cover was an non-embellished Chickering/Jackson cachet. The enclosure identifies the cover as being an Overseas Mailers product.



















Shering Corporation




India and Pakistan


The Canada Post Office leaflet announcing the Atomic Energy stamp made reference to CANDU reactors to be built in India and Pakistan:

"The CANDU principle has been employed in a reactor being built by India, and plans are being made for a heavy water reactor of a similar type at Karachi, Pakistan."

Pakistan issued a stamp on April 30, 1966, to commemorate its new CANDU reactor.

Overseas Mailers






India

On November 14, 1965, India issued a 10 Rs. definitive stamp featuring the CANDU reactor at Trombay.


(Not in author's collection)