1970 Christmas
The 1970 Christmas stamps, issued on October 7, 1970, featured twelve drawings submitted by children to a Canada Post Office national stamp design project.
First Day Covers
Canada Post Office Publicity First Day Cover
Shering Corporation
Canada Envelope Company
Elliot-Marion
Atlas Chemical
H and E
Rosecraft
Cole
Jackson
Cachetcraft
David Pritchard
Usages
Domestic Letter
Clarkson to Ottawa, October 27, 1970
6 cents domestic letter rate
Edwards, Ont., to Toronto, October 15, 1970
6 cents domestic letter rate
Toronto local registered letter, October 27, 1970
6 cents domestic letter rate + 50 cents registration fee
Winnipeg Tag
NATO Military Forces
CFPO 5051, Baden-Soellingen, Germany to Peterborough
Undeliverable and returned to sender
5 cents return fee handstamp
Air Mail to U.S.
Vancouver to New York, December 30, 1970
10 cents air mail letter rate to the U.S.
International Air Mail
Calgary to Buenos Aires, November 20, 1970
15 cents air mail rate to South America
UPU Printed Matter
Vancouver to Bandhagen, Sweden, December 9, 1970
6 cents UPU surface printed matter letter rate
Shortpaid 1 cent and taxed 20 ore
Thematic Collection
"Christmas Look at Christmas"
RATE SUMMARIES
- 1. Canadian Domestic Letter Rates From 1868 to the Present Day
- 2. Canada Domestic Local Letter Rates : 1851 - 1968
- 3. United States Letter Rates: 1851 to the present day
- 4. United States Air Mail Letter Rates : 1927 - 1976
- 5. Canadian Domestic Air Mail Rates : 1928 - 1954
- 6. United Kingdom and Empire/Commonwealth Letter Rates : 1859 -1971
- 7. Air Mail Letter Rates to the United Kingdom
- 8. International (Universal Postal Union) Letter Rates : 1892 to the present
- 9. Reduced International Letter Rates : Mexico, Cuba, West Indies and Central America, France, South America, and Spain
- 10. Links to Other Posts Dealing with Canadian Postal Rates
- 11. Revamped Centennials