The Stamps of Canada

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In this weeks episode we look at the stamps of Canada with a brief look at the early province stamps and their forgeries. We focus on the impressive commemoratives of the early 20th century before discussing the confusing state of the current stamp policy.

[@stampsforgramps1268]

Great overview of the stamps of Canada.

[@tkzic]

Excellent overview woven together with great stories. Thank you.

[@tgkstamps]

Thank you very useful video, very good

[@chrislovesstamps]

Hey Pete, nice video like always. You always pack it with good info. Recently I have gotten into Canada collecting also, very interesting country to collect. I didn’t notice the war fund stamps as a series yet, feels strange indeed. Have to see how that plans out when I fill my pages with the 1950’s stamps, if it is such a mish mash. Anyway, have a wonderful weekend!

[@barryfong2844]

Cool Canadian stamps which r fascinating.

[@GreatStampAdventure]

Thank you so much for another informative video with so much to learn from. I know I said it with another one, but I am saying it again: I really enjoy these introduction/review of a country's stamps. Since I am largely still a beginner stamp collector it opens up the countries for me. I was amazed to see the unmatched sets of stamps. I would never have recognized them as a set. Thanks again!

[@ourdadsstamps]

Thanks again for your comments. I'm glad you enjoy the videos.

[@GarryRobertson]

Very nice overview. I'm born and raised in Canada and I've been collecting Canadian stamps as long as I can remember. My mother gave me here small collection which she started as a young girl in the 1920's. A couple comments, at 9:28 you show a 20c stamp with a 'Toronto, Ont' cancellation. That is one of the pre-cancelled stamps that were sold, to businesses I think, to help with their bulk mailings? Finally, the 1967 Centennial box your father got you at Expo 67 (I was there for a week as a youngster) I still have my box in the drawer of my desk. I store loose stamps when I need to send a physical letter and the box is in good shape. I think I put water in it a couple of times but didn't want to ruin the stamp which are still in the cover just showing a little yellowing from age. It was a nice collection you showed but I like the variety in stamps issued here and actually have have a standing order with Canada Post to get every mint stamp as they are issued.

[@ourdadsstamps]

Thanks for your interesting comments. I think the Expo box was a great idea. I wonder how many they sold? I'm also glad you enjoy the current Canadian stamps, just not my taste. Enjoy your collecting.

[@sockpuppety]

I love the variety. it's riotous. it's colourful. it's liberation of design. When the basic graphic format for numerical and national label font stabilized in the late 60's/early 70's, it never hampered the multiplicity of influences that pushed the lithograpy and photogravure processes to their limit. It was a nice balance. I think the 70's and early 80's were an iconic period for philatelic design in Canada. It's one of my favourite periods.

[@ourdadsstamps]

You make some very good points and I'm glad you like their stamps. Just not to my taste though.

[@patrickmartin1172]

Hi Pete I'm a long time subscriber to your channel and really enjoy your comments on philately. I live in Quebec and therefore, I appreciated that you made this video on the subject of Canadian stamps. May I say right from the start that you are absolutely right about Canadian philately. Older issues (prior to the ''Peace'' issue from 1946) are magnificently line engraved, usually well crafted with beautiful old looking designs and these stamps are very enjoyable to collect. During the 50's and 60's the problem wasn't only the lack of coherence as you mentioned but also, alas, the designs in general that were sometimes just plainly awful. The coronation stamp from 1953 is a sad exemple of this. When in 1954 a new definitive set was issued with the Queen, complaints were made at the time that the portrait wasn't representing her realistically and therefore, a new definitive set was issued not long after that. Canada Post decided to completely redesigned their stamps in 1970. One of the thing they did was to virtually stop making line engraved stamps and start using systematically the lithography printing process to enhance the color palette of the stamps in general. Another thing was to adopt a unique lettering of the name Canada which was used on almost all stamps until the middle of the 80's. They somewhat tried to have more discernable sets during the 70's and 80's and this increased a bit beyond that period. I will not dare to venture on current Canadian philately let's just say that their subjects are more political rather than thematic, commemorative or... just artistic? Thank you so much for all your videos and your contribution on the subject of philately on KZbin! :)

[@ourdadsstamps]

Thank you so much for taking the time to comment on my video. I am glad you enjoy them, and in particular, this one from your home country. I also think the designs after the 1950's are not very inspiring, but I didn't want to get too critical in the video, let's jut say my Canadian collection won't extend far beyond the "Peace" issue.

[@olivermiller2013]

Hi, I agree with you regarding the issues from 1950 and later. I also was never impressed by the Canadian stamps. But the ones from the beginning to late 1940s some of them are nice. A lot of people are looking especially for the Blue Nose stamp, but several sets are pretty. They cost money, so you have to decide what you like. I´m not far into Canada and I probably never will. For the future I may buy some of the old sets, but definitly not looking behind 1950. For me Canada is a difficult stamp country.

[@ourdadsstamps]

Thanks for sharing!

[@jackmlynek8817]

Canada's first stamp was the 1851 3 pence beaver stamp. The first stamp to feature an animal. Worth mentioning, I believe.

[@ourdadsstamps]

Yes, that's a good point, and definitely should have been mentioned.