Low-Value Berries and Medium-Value Fruit Trees Definitives : 1992 - 1996

Canada Post Corporation replaced the 1988 Mammals definitive series with stamps featuring wild berries and fruit trees.The  low-value wild berries definitive stamps consisting of 7 denominations (1c, 2c, 3c, 5c, 6c, 10c, 25c)  were issued on August 5, 1992.. The medium value definitives featuring fruit trees were issued in four sets of three stamps each from 1991 to 1996.


 A. Low Values Edible Berries Definitives

August 5, 1992

Edible Berries Stamps on Cover 

1 cent

Aylmer West to North York, July 24, 1994

$4.99 paying 43 cent letter rate + $4.56 registration fee

2 cents

Guelph to North York, August 30, 1994 

$5.73 paying 43 cents letter rate + $5.30 registration fee (indemnity up to $250)

3 cents

 September 18, 1994

$1.33 paying 2nd weight step international letter rate, greater than 20g., equal to or less than 50g.  (March 1, 1994 - July 31, 1995)

5 cents

Sturgeon Falls to North York, June 21, 1994

$3.48 paying 43 cents letter rate + $3.05 registration fee (no indemnity)

6 cent

Melbourne tto Buffalo,N.Y., December 18, 1993

49 cents letter rate to the United States ( January 1, 1993 - February 28, 1994)

43 cents domestic letter rate stamp + 6 cents berry stamp

St. Catharines to Scarborough, August 31, 1995

From Postal Code "L" to Postal Code "M"

$2.75 paying the 50 g Xpresspost rate

10 cents

Nepean to Ratingen, September 6, 1995

$1.37 paying the 2nd step international letter rate, greater than 20g, equal to or less than 50g (August 1, 1995 - December 31, 1998)

25 cents

Nepean to Ratingen, October 17, 1995

$2.50 paying the 3rd step international letter rate, greater than 50g, equal to or less than 100g (August 1, 1995 - December 31, 1998)

B. Fruit Trees Medium-Value Definitives

The medium-value definitives were issued to pay three common rate requirements:

1. United States standard letter rate ( up to 30g.)
2. Domestic 2nd weight step standard letter rate (greater than 30g, equal to or less than 50g)
3. International letter rate (up to 20g.)

Set 1 : December 27, 1991

Set 2 : December 30, 1992

Set 3 : February 25, 1994

 
Set 4 : July 31, 1995

Principal Usage Summary

Fruit Tree Stamps on Cover

 
48 cents

Port Colborne to Buffalo, November 9, 1992

48 cents letter rate to the United States (January 1, 1992 - December 31, 1992)

Mississauga to Palmyra, N.Y., December 13, 1992

48 cents letter rate to the United States (January 1, 1992 - December 31, 1992)

49 cents

Beauvallon, Alta., to Indianapolis, In., July 16, 1993

49 cents letter rate to the United States (January 1, 1993 - February 28, 1994)

50 cents

Nanaimo to Longview, Wash., April 11, 1995

50 cents letter rate to the United States ( March 1, 1994 - July 31, 1995)

52 cents

Toronto to Chicago, May 1, 1998

52 cents letter rate to the United States ( August 1, 1995 - December 31, 1998)

65 cents

Islington to Scarborough, December 10, 1992

$3.27 paying 42 cents letter rate + $2.85 registration fee (no indemnity)

67 cents

 Mississauga to Langley, England, December 10, 1993

69 cents printed matter rate (January 1, 1993 - March 1, 1994)

69 cents

Guelph to North York, August 30, 1994 

$5.73 paying 43 cents letter rate + $5.30 registration fee (indemnity up to $250)

St. Catharines to Scarborough, August 31, 1995

From Postal Code "L" to Postal Code "M"

$2.75 paying the 50 g Xpresspost rate

71 cents

Toronto to Brampton, December 18, 1996

71 cents paying the 2nd step letter rate, greater than 30g, equal to or less than 50g (August 1, 1995 - December 31, 1998)

 Montreal  to Brampton, March 29, 1996

71 cents paying the 2nd step letter rate, greater than 30g, equal to or less than 50g (August 1, 1995 - December 31, 1998)

Montreal to Provins, France, December 30, 1995

90 cents paying the international letter rate (August 1, 1995 - December 31, 1998)

84 cents

CFPO 5000, Lahr, Germany, to Toronto, July 31, 1992

84 cents letter rate

Markham to Lesotho, May 22, 1992

84 cents international letter rate (January 1, 1992 - December 31, 1992)

86 cents

Ottawa to Ratingen, Germany, December 18, 1993

86 cents international letter rate (January 1, 1993 - February 28, 1994)

88 cents

Montreal to Paris, July 20, 1994

88 cents international letter rate (March 1, 1994 - July 31, 1995)

Dundas to Arnhem, Netherlands, April 7, 1995

88 cents international letter rate (March 1, 1994 - July 31, 1995)

90 cents

Toronto to Milan, Italy, March 20, 1996

90 cents international letter rate (August 1, 1995 - December 31, 1998)

Vancouver to Johannesburg, South Africa, August 15, 1995

90 cents international letter rate (August 1, 1995 - December 31, 1998)

Toronto to Munich, April 30, 1998

$2.25 paying the 3rd weight step international letter rate, greater than 50g, equal to or less than 100g (August 1, 1995 - December 31, 1998).

Domestic Oversized Letter Rate

Brampton, October 25, 1996

90 cents paying the oversized letter rate (August 1, 1995 - December 31, 1998)

Calgary to St. Thomas, February 10, 1997

90 cents paying the oversized letter rate (August 1, 1995 - December 31, 1998)