Saturday, May 31, 2014

Expo 67 : A Philatelic Commemoration (May 31, 2014 Update)



Expo 67 , held in Montreal from April 27 to October 29, 1967, was Canada's main celebration during its centennial year.


Expo logo

A. Participating Nations


 Countries participating at Expo are listed below. Countries that issued Expo stamps are in bold.

1. Africa :Algeria, Cameroun, Chad, Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Morocco, Mauritius, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, and Upper Volta

2. Asia : Burma, Ceylon, China (Taiwan), Korea, India, Iran, Israel, Japan, Thailand and the United Arab Republic.

3. Caribbean :Barbados, Cuba, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana

4. Europe :Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Federal Republic of Germany (1997), Greece, Iceland, Italy, Jugoslavia, Monaco, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, the USSR

5. North America : Canada, United States , Mexico

6. South America : Venezuela

B. United Nations

The United Nations postal administration issued stamps in Canadian denominations which were valid at the United Nations post office in Montreal.

C. Non-participating Nations

In addition to the above countries, the following non-participating countries issued commemorative Expo stamps:
  • Bhutan
  • Burundi
  • Central Africa
  • Dahomey
  • Kathiri State in Hadhramaut
  • Maldive Islands
  • Mauritania
  • Quaiti State in Hadhramaut
  • Reunion
  • Romania
  • Umm al Qiwain

A. Countries Participating at Expo


1. Africa

Cameroun

A set of three stamps was issued.




Gutter pairs








Cameroun Day at Expo (not in author's collection)


Imperforate Stamps













Congo




Imperforate :






Ethiopia

The three Ethiopian stamps captured the spirit of the Ethiopian pavilion.







Correspondence from the Ethiopian Pavilion








































Gabon

A single perforated stamp was issued.




France and its colonies also printed imperforates and Deluxe sheets of its issues.

Imperforate block:




Deluxe Sheet:






Gabon Day was celebrated at Expo on August 7. The souvenir below was produced for the occasion:





Usage

Libreville to Toulouse, April 23, 1968

Niger

A single stamp showing an aerial view of the Expo site was issued by Niger.







Rwanda

Rwanda issued several colourful stamps and a souvenir sheet to commemorate its participation at Expo.

Perforate Stamps:



Imperforate Stamps :








Souvenir Sheet perforate:



Souvenir Sheet imperforate :



Souvenir sheet unissued colour:






Senegal

Imperforate












Togo

Togo issued 6 stamps and a souvenir sheet. The stamps were overprinted for Togo Day.














Overprints : Togo Day







Usage:


Lome to Paris, May 14 1968
Registered air mail letter with Acknowledgment of Receipt


Sender : Director-General National Pharmacy Office


Tunisia

Tunisia issued two sets of stamps commemorating its participation at Expo.














Tunisia Day at Expo









2. Asia

Korea

Two stamps and one souvenir sheet were printed by the Republic of Korea.

















Commercial Usage

Chunchon to Washington, May 4, 1967

Iran

Iran issued two Expo stamps:










Teheran to Berlin, July 4, 1967


3. Caribbean

Cuba

The Cuban government issued five stamps to celebrate its pavilion at the fair:






Grenada

Grenada definitive stamps were overprinted to commemorate Expo.


Overprint









Grenada Day at Expo September 5 handstamp added:








Haiti

Haiti was another nation than overprinted definitive stamps.










Jamaica

The Jamaican pavilion was featured on Jamaica's two commemorative stamps.











Commercial Mail


Kingston to New York, May 22, 1967
1s. air mail letter rate to the United States



Guyana

Although Guyana did not issue stamps for Expo 67, the 1967 Christmas stamp pictures "Millie" the bilingual parrot who appeared at Expo.





November 6, 1967






Commercial Usage





January 22, 1968




4. Europe

Czechoslovakia

The Czechoslovakia pavilion was a crowd favourite. Six stamps and a souvenir sheet were issued.










Czechoslovakia Day at Expo:




France

France issued one stamp showing its beautiful pavilion.







































Usage






Grenoble to Stockholm, Sweden, September 24, 1967

Elbeuf to Therwil, Switzerland, July 18, 1967


France : Reunion

Reunion is a French island located in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar. Administratively, Réunion is one of the overseas departements of France.









Usage on First Flight Cover


St. Denis, Reunion to Paris, August 8, 1967
Air France Boeing 707 first flight from St. Denis to Paris


Germany

Germany did not issue a stamp in 1967 to commemorate its participation at Expo; however, labels were made available:


The pavillion was designed by Frei Otto using a roof of steel mesh suspended from eight slender steel masts of varied height, situated at irregularly intervals and supported by steel cables anchored outside the structure. The roof's steel mesh net, hung from the guy wires, was then covered by a translucent plastic skin.

Lufthansa Advertizing





German Pavilion Expo 76


1997

In 1997, Germany issued a souvenir sheet featuring exceptional post-war German architecture . Frei Otto's design for the German Pavilion was among the structures selected to showcase post-war German architecture.









Iceland

 















Jugoslavia

Space exploration was the theme for the six stamps issued by Jugoslavia.











Monaco

A single stamp was issued by Monaco.














USSR

The massive USSR pavilion was the most visited pavilion at Expo. Three stamps, one souvenir sheet and one piece of postal stationery were issued.


















5. North America

Canada

The Canadian Post Office Department issued a single 5 cent stamp for Expo.









Overseas Mailers


Overseas Mailers insert
















Expo 67 Post Office


Expo-3 cancellations


Expo-3 registration handstamp


Expo (no numeral in handstamp) to Taiwan, June 23 1967
10 cents air mail post card rate


Souvenir card to Germany, July 10 1967



Scout and Guide International Day
July 20, 1967


Machine Cancellation:


Expo to Hamilton, September 15 1967


Canadian Pavilion Machine cancellation:






Last Day of Expo






United States



The United States issued a 5 cent stamp commemorating the 100th anniversary of Canadian confederation. The stamp was first placed on sale at the United States Pavilion at Expo 67 in Montreal, on May 25, 1967. This was the first time a United States first day cover had carried the cancellation from another nation.


Post Office Lobby Poster




Stamp Ceremony Program






Pavilion "Visa" and First Day of Issue Markings


Buckminster Fuller's Geodesic dome


I applied the cancellation myself. The handstamp was on an unattended table in the U.S. pavilion.



The US pavilion "Visa". Each pavilion had a visa which could be stamped on visitors' "passports" (week-long or seasonal tickets in the form of passports).


First Day Cover from the Postmaster General





National Day of the United States Jazz Festival Program



First Day Covers











































































Advertizing First Day Covers

Union Carbide (Marg cachet)






Elliott-Marion




Stewart-Warner Corporation




University of Louisville Century Club (Prestige Reaction cachet)








Atlas Chemical Industries, Inc. (Artcraft cachet)




Return address printed on the back






B. United Nations

The Pavilion of the United Nations was sponsored by the World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA) with special support from the United Nations Association of Canada.


With the agreement of the Canadian Government, the United Nations Postal Administration established a United Nations postal station outside United Nations territory.

Five stamps were issued in Canadian denominations:






































Souvenir Folder




5 cents letter rate (sealed)




 Artmaster




Chickering : Cachet Craft

8c



 4c



5c



10c


 15c




Kolor Kover









Advertizing

BOAC:






Royal Trust:






Nesbitt, Thomson and Company. Limited:



Nesbitt, Thomson and Company. Limited




International Paper Company:




Usages


4 cents domestic post card


10 cents international air mail post card rate to Germany



15 cents per 1/2 ounce air mail rate to Great Britain


Roller Cancellation




1972 United Nations Souvenir Card

The Expo 67 stamps showing  the panels on the doors of the U.N. General Assembly were reproduced on the 1972 United Nations Souvenir Cards featuring art on United Nations postage stamps.





C. Non-participating Nations

The following non-participating nations issued stamps commemorating Expo 67.
  • Bhutan
  • Burundi
  • Central Africa
  • Dahomey
  • Kathiri State in Hadhramaut
  • Maldive Islands
  • Mauritania
  • Quaiti State in Hadhramaut
  • Reunion
  • Romania
  • Umm al Qiwain

Bhutan

Bhutan overprinted three of the stamps and the souvenir sheet issued for the 1964 New York World's Fair (perforate and imperforate).

The New York World's fair stamps:




Expo 67 overprints:









The New York World's Fair Souvenir Sheets (perf. and imperf.):



Expo 67 Overprints (perf .and imperf.)






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Burundi

Burundi issued six stamps and one souvenir sheet (perforate and imperforate) showing paintings that were exhibited at Expo 67.

Stamps (perforate) :
















Stamps (imperforate) :













Souvenir Sheet (perforated)






Souvenir Sheet (imperforate):




Central Africa

The Expo 67 site map stamp issued by Central Africa is the same design as used by Niger.











Dahomey

Three stamps and a miniature sheet of three stamps were issued by Dahomey.

Stamps :


















Deluxe Sheet


Deluxe Sheet


Miniature Sheet







Deluxe Sheet : Thin paper with gum


Kathiri State in Hadhramaut

The Kathiri State in Hadhramaut was a sultanate in the Hadhramaut region of the southern Arabian Peninsula in what is now offically considered part of Yemen.

The Expo issue consisted of one stamp and one souvenir sheet.









Maldive Islands

The Maldive Islands issued six lovely stamps along with a souvenir sheet.






Imperforate stamps :















Souvenir Sheet






Mauritania issued a single stamp to commemorate the Montreal fair.








Quaiti State in Hadhramaut

Quaiti State in Hadhramaut was a sultanate in the Hadhramaut region of the southern Arabian Peninsula in what is now offically considered part of Yemen. The sulanate was abolished in September, 1967.

The Expo issue consisted of one stamp and one souvenir sheet.









Romania

New Issue Brochure
























Umm al Qiwain

Umm al Qiwain is one of the emirates in the United Arab Emirates.

On October 1, 1967 the Post Office issued seven stamps and one souvenir sheet (perforate and imperforate) reproducing paintings exhibited by Great Britain, France, Austria and the Netherlands.

Perforated:












Souvenir Sheet



Imperforate






Post Office Announcement

The announcement below was mailed on October 3, 1967 from the Government of Umm al Qiwain Post Office :