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femmefan1946 · ‎12-19-2020

Feeling nostalgic?

ypdc_dennis · ‎12-20-2020

@femmefan1946 wrote:
I was packaging 3c Christmas stamps this evening. QEII era.

These were early in the reign, but for all of Canada. Ian thinks the 2c local rate was 1950s, but he's not a postal rates guy.

No mention about local rates, but post office blurb for the first Canadian Xmas stamps in 1964 says:

Although Canada produced a stamp bearing the words "Xmas 1898" in 1898, the 1964 issues are the first Canadian postage stamps intended especially for use on Christmas mails. The three cent denomination is the stamp used for unsealed Christmas greeting cards, and the five cent value is the usual rate for first class or sealed letters. The five cent issue will be in blue, as are most firstclass rate stamps issued in Canada, and the three cent denomination will be in red. A total of 100 million five cent and 300 million three cent stamps will be printed.

Source: https://postagestampguide.com/stamps/15746/family-1964-canada-postage-stamp-christmas

1943 to 1968 local rates were 1 cent cheaper than the regular rate for the first ounce.

http://postalhistorycorner.blogspot.com/p/canada-domestic-local-letter-rates-1851.html

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kawartha-ephemera · ‎12-19-2020

Would that date back to the 50s?

First time I've seen a box like that but I never had much to do with sending Christmas cards. There was an uncle that we saw once each year at the family get together, he used to hand me a pretty nice card every year ... there was always a nice $5 bill tucked inside!

lotzofuniquegoodies · ‎12-19-2020

Back then you could send a card with change in the mail......And it would arrive...With the change.

-Lotz

femmefan1946 · ‎12-19-2020

Today the change would mess up the machine.

Stick to sending the grandkids $20 bills.

ypdc_dennis · ‎12-19-2020

From 1954 to 1968 the non-local regular postal rate was 5 cents for the first ounce.

I suspect it's from that time era.

femmefan1946 · ‎12-19-2020

I was packaging 3c Christmas stamps this evening. QEII era.

These were early in the reign, but for all of Canada. Ian thinks the 2c local rate was 1950s, but he's not a postal rates guy.

ypdc_dennis · ‎12-20-2020

@femmefan1946 wrote:
I was packaging 3c Christmas stamps this evening. QEII era.

These were early in the reign, but for all of Canada. Ian thinks the 2c local rate was 1950s, but he's not a postal rates guy.

No mention about local rates, but post office blurb for the first Canadian Xmas stamps in 1964 says:

Although Canada produced a stamp bearing the words "Xmas 1898" in 1898, the 1964 issues are the first Canadian postage stamps intended especially for use on Christmas mails. The three cent denomination is the stamp used for unsealed Christmas greeting cards, and the five cent value is the usual rate for first class or sealed letters. The five cent issue will be in blue, as are most firstclass rate stamps issued in Canada, and the three cent denomination will be in red. A total of 100 million five cent and 300 million three cent stamps will be printed.

Source: https://postagestampguide.com/stamps/15746/family-1964-canada-postage-stamp-christmas

1943 to 1968 local rates were 1 cent cheaper than the regular rate for the first ounce.

http://postalhistorycorner.blogspot.com/p/canada-domestic-local-letter-rates-1851.html