Rates from March 31, 2014

 On March 31, 2014, domestic U.S.A., and international letter rates were increased.

A. Domestic

Canada Post introduced a three-tier pricing structure for domestic lettermail up to 50g:

• Stamps in bookets/coils/panes
• Meter or Postal Indicia
• Single Stamps 

 

1. Standard 

a) 1st Weight step : up to 30g 

i) Stamps in booklets/coils/panes : $0.85

  

63 cent stamps issued December 11, 2013 uprated with 22 cent Monarch Butterfly definitive

  Hay River to Kanata, March 31, 2014

First day of $0.85 rate
22 cent makeup rate stamp + 63 cent Canada Flag definitive stamp

Creston to Kanata, March 31, 2014

First day of $0.85 rate
22 cent makeup rate stamp + 63 cent Queen Elizabeth II definitive stamp

Invermay, Sask.,  to Kanata, March 31, 2014

First day of $0.85 rate
22 cent makeup rate stamp + 63 cent Baby Wildlife definitive stamp

  Permanent Stamps ($0.85) issued March 31, 2014

 

 Booklet : 85 cents

March 31, 2014

 

 Ashton to Kanata, March 31, 2014

First day of $0.85 rate and UNESCO booklet issue first day

 Coil : 85 cents

March 31, 2014

 Toronto to Brampton, April 30, 2014

Baby Wildlife permanent coil stamp paying the $0.85 rate

ii) Meter or Postal Indicia : $0.75

Milton to Brampton, April 17, 2014

75 cents lettermail meter rate 

iii) Single Stamp(s) : $1.00

Merrickville to Kanata, March 31, 2014

First day of $1.00 rate

Postal labels were also used to indicate payment of the $1.00 single stamp rate:

Islington to Kanata, April 8, 2014

$1.00 letter rate

b) 2nd Weight Step : over 30g up to 50g

The 2nd weight step standard letter rate was increased from $1.10 to $1.20 (stamps) and $1.15 (meter or postal indicia)

 

i)Stamps : $1.20   

 (not shown)

ii)Meter or Postal Indicia : $1.15

Toronto to Brampton, May 2, 2014

$1.15 meter 30 -50g standard lettermail rate

2.  Domestic Non-Standard and Oversize

The first weight step for 100g was increased from $1.34 to $1.80 (stamps) and $1.60 (meter or postal indicia rate)

B. U.S.A. Letter-post

The 30g. letter rate to the United States was increased from $1.10 to $1.20.

C. International Letter-post

The 30g. international letter rate was increased from $1.85 to $2.50.

Centennial Period Registration Fees

 Dozens of posts dealing with the Canadian Centennial definitive issue (1967 - 1973) have been published in the nearly four years Postal History Corner has been on-line. Many of the posts will be revamped. The original post dealing with Centennial period domestic registration 
fees was published on June 11, 2014.


There were three registration fee periods during the Centennial era:

1. To May 31, 1967
2. June 1, 1967 - September 30, 1970
3. From October 1, 1970

1. To May 31, 1967

The rates had been in effect since November 1, 1963. Covers shown in this section were registered for the minimum indemnity ( 35 cents for up to $25).

St. John's to Ottawa, May 13, 1967

5 cents forward letter rate + 35 cents registration fee

 Sudbury to Hamilton, May 17, 1967

5 cents forward letter rate + 35 cents registration fee

 Bracebridge to Toronto, April 11, 1967

5 cents forward letter + 35 cents registration fee

Acknowledgment of Receipt Card attached - fee on card was 10 cents (card removed)

The addressee was not present when the mail carrier attended on April 12, 1967 and April 13, 1967. A card advising the addressee that registered mail was at the post office was left by the postal carrier. The addressee did not pick up the letter. The Toronto Post Office applied a "NOT CALLED FOR" handstamp and returned the letter to the sender.

Cranbrook to Port Burwell, May 24, 1967

5 cents forward letter rate + 35 cents registration fee

 Cranbrook metter label paying the 35 cents registration fee

Corner Brook to Gooshen Corner, N.B., May 25, 1971

Pencil notation "10 silver dollars"

Probably 35 cents 11 oz. forward letter rate + 35 cents registration fee for 70 cents

Registered Local (Drop) Letters

 Hamilton local registered letter, February 10, 1967
4 cents local letter rate + 35 cents registration fee

 Toronto local registered letter, February 13, 1967

4 cents local letter rate + 35 cents registration fee

 Last day of 35 cents fee

Mimico Beach to Toronto, May 31, 1967 , last day of 35 cents minimum indemnity fee

4 cents local letter rate + 35 cents registration fee

2. June 1, 1967 - September 30, 1970

The minimum registration fee was increased to 50 cents for indemnity up to $50. Covers shown in this section were registered for the minimum indemnity.

 Parry Sound to Toronto, July 25, 1967

5 cents forward letter rate + 50 cents registration fee

 Montreal local letter, January 8, 1968

4 cents local letter rate + 50 cents registration fee

 Toronto to Malton, October 3, 1968

14 cents 4 oz. forward letter rate + 50 cents registration

Halifax to Truro, December 8, 1969

 4c x 16 = 56 cents

6 cents letter rate + 50 cents registration fee

 Mansfield to Guelph, April 7, 1979

6 cents letter rate + 50 cents registration fee

 Insufficiently Paid Registered Mail

Insufficiently paid registered items were forwarded and the amount shortpaid (single deficiency) was collected on delivery.

London to St. Hyacinthe, September 23 1970
56 cents : 6 cents postage + 50 cents registration fee
Meter only paying 50 cents of the 56 cents rate
Registration fee shortpaid 6 cents. Taxed 6 cents the amount shortpaid.
Dues cancelled at St. Hyacinthe, September 28, 1970
 

 3. From October 1, 1970

The only change in registration fees on October 1, 1970, was the introduction of $200 indemnity for a fee of $1.10.

 $50 indemity (50c fee)

The minimum fee and indemnity remained unchanged.

 Mississauga to Toronto, September 23, 1971

7 cents letter rate + 50 cents registration fee

 Eabamet Lake to Toronto, March 14, 1972

8 cents letter rate + 50 cents registration fee

 Trinity, Trinity Bay, to Moncton, June 1 ,1972

8 cents letter rate + 50 cents registration fee

 

 Chatham to Moncton, June 6, 1972

8 cents letter rate + 50 cents registration fee

Hamilton, Bartonville to Toronto, April 16, `973

8 cents letter rate + 50 cents registration fee

 Georgetown to Toronto, October 15, 1973

8 cents letter rate + 50 cents registration fee

 $200 Indemnity : $1.10 Registration Fee

Bancroft to Mississauga, December 9, 1972

20 cents letter rate (2-4 oz.) + $1.10 registration fee for $200 indemnity

Refused by addressee and returned to sender

 Chaffey's Locks to Toronto, August 1971

$1.17 paying 7 cents letter rate + $1.10 registration fee

Although the letter originated from Chaffey's Locks where the registration handstamp was applied, the stamps were pen cancelled. Elgin and Smith Falls transits, August 4, 1971, were applied to the back of the envelope.  Received at Toronto Terminal "A", August 5, 1971

Centennial Period Domestic Post Card Rates

 Dozens of posts dealing with the Canadian Centennial definitive issue (1967 - 1973) have been published in the nearly four years Postal History Corner has been on-line. Many of the posts will be revamped. The original post dealing with Centennial period domestic post card rates was published on June 11, 2014.

The first Canadian post card was issued on June 1, 1871.

 Port Colborne to Welland, November 16, 1878

1 cent post card rate

From 1871 to  October 31, 1968,  domestic post card rates were in effect. On November 1, 1968, the rate for domestic post cards became the same as the letter rate.

To October 31, 1968 : 4 cents

The 4 cents post card rate had been in effect since April 1, 1954

Montreal to Port Hope, September 6, 1967

4 cents post card rate

Montreal to Toronto, June 12, 1968

4 cents post card rate

Dundas to Burlington, October 2, 1968

4 cents post card rate

Maximum Size

The maximum size permitted was 6" by 4". Cards not conforming to the allowed size were treated and taxed as letters.

Banff to London, September 4, 1967

4 cents post card rate

Oversized and rated as a letter at the 5 cent rate

Shortpaid 1 cent and taxed 2 cents

Unpaid or Insufficiently Prepaid Post Cards

Post cards bearing written communications (first class matter) posted unpaid or insufficiently prepaid were forwarded to destination taxed with double the amount of deficiency to be collected on delivery.

British stamp invalid in Canada

Victoria to Ottawa, July 23, 1967

Unpaid and taxed 8 cents, double the deficiency

November 1, 1968 - June 30, 1971 : 6 cents

Effective November 1, 1968, the post card rate was the same as the 1st weight step domestic letter rate.

Calgary Stampede Post Office to West Vancouver, July 5, 1969

6 cents rate

 4 cent postal stationery revalued by the British American Bank Note Company

Weston to Rexdale, May 25 1970

Barrie to Toronto, August 31, 1970

6 cents post card Postal Stationery 

Calgary Heritage Park, August 12, 1970

6 cents rate

Collingwood to Stayner, June 2, 1971

Ontario Hydro meter card

Delhi to Fergus, June 4, 1970

6 cents post card rate + 50 cents registration fee

Unpaid or Insufficiently Prepaid Post Cards

Peterborough to Brigden, October 221, 1970

Shortpaid 1 cent and taxed 2 cents

July 1, 1971 - December 31, 1971 : 7 cents

The post card rate was increased to 7 cents.

Parisville to Montreal, September 24, 1971
7 cents post card rate

Winnipeg, october 22, 1971

7 cents post card postal stationery

Revalued Stationery Divider

Centennial postal stationery was revalued in 1969 because of rate increases (see above). The printers received cut stationery stock which included coloured divider cards. In the process of printing new values on the stationery, dividers could also be printed, without the original stamp of course. The post card below is an interesting usage of such a divider. The sender "uprated" the card to pay the 7 cents rate.

Vancouver local, November 19, 1971

From January 1, 1972 : 8 cents

The post card rate was increased to 8 cents. The 8 cent rate remained in effect until August 31, 1976.

Fort Smith, NWT, to Toronto, September 9, 1972

8 cents rate

Toronto to Delta, February 14, 1973

8 cents rate

Toronto, October 10, 1973 (Returned to sender)

8 cents post card postal stationery

Ontario Hydro Meter Reading Cards

Lisle to Stayner, July 21, 1972