1937 - 1942
United States Rates and Fees
United States Rates and Fees
1. Letters
The letter rate was 3 cents for the first ounce and 2 cents for each additional ounce.
Regina to Kettle Falls, Wash., July 5, 1937
3 cents letter rate to the United States
Sherbrooke to Hudson Falls, N.Y., May 13, 1936
3 cents letter rate to the United States
Vancouver to Seattle, Wash., November 7, 1939
3 cents letter rate to the United States
Toronto to Fitchburg, Mass., August 2, 1939
5 cents letter rate for 2 ounces
London to Detroit, August 20, 1937
5 cents letter rate for 2 ounces
Shortpaid 2 cents and taxed 4 cents
Toronto to New Brunswick, N.J., February 10, 1940
7 cents letter rate for 3 ounces
2. Post Card
The post card rate was 2 cents.
Moncton to Honolulu, March 18, 1938
2 cents post card rate
Ottawa to Clayton, N.Y., September 29, 1937
House of Commons handstamp
2 cents post card rate
London to New Orleans, March 21, 1938
2 cents post card rate
3. Printed Matter
The printed matter rate was 1 cent for each 2 ounces.
Victoria to Middleton, N.Y., June 8, 1939
1 cent printed matter rate
Halifax to Union Spring, N.Y., February 12, 1941
1 cent printed matter rate
Kingston, N.S., to Lancaster, Pa.,
1 cent printed matter rate
4. Air Mail
1 cent printed matter rate
4. Air Mail
The air mail letter rate was 6 cents for each ounce.
Toronto to New York, June 4, 1940
6 cents air mail rate
Toronto to Cambridge, Mass., June 30, 1941
6 cents air mail rate
Vancouver to Sacramento, May 30, 1938
6 cents air mail rate
The registration fee to the United States was 10 cents.
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Lunenburg to Detroit, August 16, 1937
5 cents paying the 2 ounce letter rate + 10 cents registration fee
Montreal to Bay City, Mich., January 16, 1939
3 cents letter rate + 10 cents registration fee
Lockport, N.S. to Boston, July 11, 1940
3 cents letter rate + 10 cents registration fee
Duncan, B.C., to New Haven, Conn., December 12, 1939
6 cents air mail rate + 10 cents registration fee
Saskatoon to Detroit, April 29, 1937
28 cents paying the 3 oz. air mail letter rate (18 cents) + 10 cents registration fee
6. Special Delivery
a) To February 28, 1939
The special delivery fee was 20 cents.
Toronto to Des Moines, August 11, 1937
6 cents air mail rate + 20 cents special delivery fee
b) From March 1, 1939
The special delivery fee was reduced to 10 cents.
Winnipeg to Pittsburg, May 3, 1940
6 cents air mail rate + 10 cents special delivery fee
Canadian Pacific Lodge : Lake Wapta
The CPR maintained a train station and lodge on Lake Wapta, Hector B.C., in the Canadian Rockies. The glacier lake is located in Yoho National Park near the Alberta border.
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Lake Wapta
Lodge mail was brought to the train station and picked up by passing mail cars on CPR trains.
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Calgary & Vancouver RPO to Washington, August 13,1940
6 cents air mail rate + 10 cents special delivery fee
The CPR maintained a train station and lodge on Lake Wapta, Hector B.C., in the Canadian Rockies. The glacier lake is located in Yoho National Park near the Alberta border.
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Lake Wapta
Lodge mail was brought to the train station and picked up by passing mail cars on CPR trains.
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Calgary & Vancouver RPO to Washington, August 13,1940
6 cents air mail rate + 10 cents special delivery fee
Montreal to New York, June 1, 1942
6 cents air mail rate + 10 cents special delivery fee
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Guelph to Sharon, Pa., March 10, 1938