Monday, October 7, 2013

Canada Post Office Publicity First Day Covers : Part II 1967 - 1973

In Part 1 of this series dealing with Canada Post Office First Day Covers (FDCs) the basic elements of the covers were outlined and the different cachets used from 1960 to 1966 were shown. This concluding article covers the 1967 to 1973 period featuring the six  different FDC cachets used by Canada Post Office (C.P.O.) in its publicity programme aimed at "influential people abroad". (The envelopes were also used to replace FDCs damaged in processing.)

Publicity FDC Cachets 1967 - 1973

1.  Centennial Cachet: 1967 


During the 1967 Centennial year, C.P.O. used a special Centennial cachet featuring the stylized maple leaf Centennial symbol along with the Canadian coat of arms and two crossed Canadian flags.

2. Coat of Arms and Crossed Flags : 1968


The Coat of Arms and Crossed Flags cachet was introduced in late 1965 and used in 1966. Its use was suspended during the Centennial year but the cachet was re-introduced for stamps issued during the early months of 1968.

3. Maple Leaf Cachet : 1968 - 1971




In May 1968, the Coat of Arms and Crossed Flags cachet was replaced by the Maple Leaf cachet which featured a single red maple leaf. .


4. Maple Sapling Cachet : 1971 - 1972


A maple sapling cachet which was appropriately introduced for the first day of issue of the Maple in Spring stamp, April 14, 1971. The cachet was replaced in early 1972 by the Mosdossy cachet.


5. Mosdossy Map of Canada Cachet : 1972 -1973

 A fifth type of Canada Post Office cachet, used in 1972 and 1973 for  publicity mailings, was designed by Imre von Mosdossy and  shows a map of Canada within which are images representing Canadian cultures, industry, and wildlife. The lettering and outline of the map are embossed in gold colour. Modossy's name is printed in smaller lettering at the bottom of the cachet. Two varieties were used for the publicity FDCs:

a) " First Day of Issue - Jour D'Emission" Printed on Cover




b) "First Day of Issue - Jour D'Emission" omitted





 Publicity First Day Covers : 1967 - 1973

1967

Centennial Year

January 11, 1967 to Johannesburg, South Africa
Insert in English



 Expo 67

 April 28, 1967 
To Brussels, Belgium



 May 24, 1967 
To Hong Kong


Royal Visit 1967

June 30, 1967 
To Brussels, Belgium


 Winnipeg , July 18, 1967
To Katowice, Poland,



August 31, 1967 
To Kingston, Jamaica


Georges Vanier

 September 15, 1967 
To Kingston, Jamaica



September 28, 1967 
To Kingston, Jamaica


October 11, 1967
To  Kingston, Jamaica


1968


Not in author's collection



March 13, 1968
To Brussels, Belgiun



 April 10, 1968
To Kingston, Jamaica


International Hydrological Decade

 May 8, 1968
To Brussels, Belgium

 Voyage of the Nonsuch

 June 5, 1968
To Petennberg Bay, South Africa

 Lacrosse

 July 3, 1968
To Brussels, Belgium

George Brown

August 21, 1968
To Brussels, Belgium


Henri Bourassa
 
 September 4, 1968
To Brussels, Belgium


 John McCrae
Armistice

October 15, 1968
To Kingston, Jamaica


 Christmas 1969 (6 cent stamp)

November 15, 1968
To Brussels, Belgium


1970


January 15, 1969
To Kingston, Jamaica


February 20, 1969
To Plettenberg Bay, South Africa



 March 14, 1969
To Plettenberg Bay, South Africa



 May 21, 1969
To Manchester, England



June 13, 1969
To Brussels, Belgium

Sir William Osler

 June 23, 1969
To Brussels, Belgium 
 July 233, 1969
To Brussels, Belgium

 Charlottetown
Canada Games

August 15, 1969
To Katowice, Poland


Sir Isaac Brock

September 12, 1969
To Katowice, Poland


Christmas 1969

 Ocotber 8, 1969
To Brussels, Belgium

Stephen Leacock

November 12, 1969
St. Thomas, Jamaica

1970


January 1, 1970
To Katowice, Poland


International Biological Programme

February 18, 1970
Vienna, Austria

 Expo 70

March 18, 1970
To Brussels, Belgium 
Henry Kelsey

April 15, 1970
To Katowice, Poland


 United Nations 25th Anniversary



 May 13, 1970
To Plettenberg Bay, South Africa


Louis Riel
 
   June 19, 1970
To Kingston, Jamaica

Alexander MacKenzie

June 25, 1970
To Vienna, Austria


Sir Oliver Mowat

 August 12, 1970
To Brussels, Belgium


Group of Seven
 
 September 18, 1970
To Plettenberg Bay, South Africa

 Christmas 1970

October 7, 1970
To Plettenberg Bay, South Africa











Sir Donald Smith

November 4, 1970
To Katowice, Poland



1971

Emilie Carr

 June 13, 1969
To Brussels, Belgium

Discovery of Insulin

(Not in author's collection)


Sir Ernest Rutherford

 March 24, 1971
To Lisbon, Portugal

Maple in Spring

 April 14, 1971
To Kingston, Jamaica


Samuel Hearne
Louis Joseph Papineau

May 7, 1971
To Lisbon, Portugal

Census
Radio Canada International

June 1, 1971
To Lisbon, Portugal


 Maple in Summer

June 16, 1971
To Katowice, Poland


 British Columbia Centennial

 July 20, 1971
To Brussels, Belgium


 Paul Kane

 August 11, 1971
To Lisbon, Portugal

Maple in Autumn

September 3, 1971
To Lisbon, Portugal

Christmas 1971

 October 6, 1971
To Kingston, Jamaica

Pierre Laporte

October 20, 1971
To Lisbon, Portugal

 Maple in Winter

November 19, 1971
To Kingston, Jamaica

1972

World Figure Skating Championships

 March 2, 1972
To Plettenberg Bay, South Africa


 United Nations World Heart Day

April 7, 1972
To London, England


Frontenac

 May 17, 1972
To London, England


Plains Indians

July 6, 1972
To Lisbon, Portugal

 Earth Sciences

August 2, 1972
To Lisbon, Portugal

August 2, 1972
To Plettenberg Bay, South Africa


Pacific Coast Indians

October 4, 1972
To Lisbon, Portugal

Christmas 1972

Mosdossy Cachet : "First Day of Issue- Jour D'Emission" omitted

 November 1, 1972
To Plettenberg Bay, South Africa


Krieghoff

  November 29, 1972
To Plettenberg Bay, South Africa



1973

Laval

January 31, 1973
To Stockholm, Sweden


Algonkian Indians

 February 21, 1973
To Kingston, Jamaica 
February 21, 1973
To Brussels, Belgium

R.C.M.P. Centennial

 March 9, 1973
To Brussels, Belgium


 Jeanne Mance

 April 18, 1973
To Brussels, Belgium

 Joseph Howe

May 16, 1973
To Brussels, Belgium