List of people on the postage stamps of the Canadian provinces
This is a list of people on the postage stamps of the Canadian provinces prior to joining Canada. Six present day Canadian provinces, before each joined Canada over a period ranging from 1867 to 1949, issued their own stamps. All of them adopted the stamps of Canada when they joined the federation.
British Columbia
- Queen Victoria (1860), used by the two colonies that eventually became the province of British Columbia in 1871[1]
Province of Canada (present-day Ontario and Quebec)
New Brunswick
- Charles Connell (1860)
- Edward VII of the United Kingdom (1860)
- Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (1860)
Newfoundland
- Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1865)
- John Alcock (1919)
- Alexandra of Denmark (1911)
- Arthur, Duke of Connaught (1911)
- Francis Bacon (1910)
- Italo Balbo (1933)
- Arthur Whitten Brown (1919)
- John Cabot (1947)
- Edward VII of the United Kingdom (1868)
- Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (1911)
- Elizabeth I of England (1933)
- Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (1932)
- Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1932)
- Prince George (1911)
- George V of the United Kingdom (1910)
- George VI of the United Kingdom (1911) as Prince Albert
- Humphrey Gilbert (1933)
- Wilfred Grenfell (1941)
- John Guy (1910)
- Harry George Hawker (1919)
- Prince Henry (1911)
- Henry VII of England (1897)
- James I of England (1910)
- Prince John (1911)
- Princess Mary (1911)
- Mary of Teck (1911)
- John Mason (1933)
- Francesco de Pinedo (1927)
- Victoria of the United Kingdom (1865)
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Gallery
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Province of Canada 1855 - Jacques Cartier 10d -
New Brunswick 1859 - Charles Connell 5 cents -
Newfoundland 1933 - Sir Humphrey Gilbert 1 cent -
Newfoundland 1941 - Wilfred Grenfell 5¢ -
Newfoundland 1947 - John Cabot 5¢ -
Nova Scotia 1863 - Queen Victoria two cents
References
- ^ Pearce, J. A. (April 1942). Lamb, W. Kaye (ed.). "The Victory "V" and the Colonial Stamps of 1865-71" (PDF). The British Columbia Historical Quarterly. Vol. VI, no. 2. Victoria, British Columbia: British Columbia Historical Association. p. 95. Retrieved 2022-09-08 – via University of British Columbia Library Open Collections.
Captain W. D. Gossett, R.E., came to the colonies in 1859 ... he was appointed acting Postmaster-General from 1859 to 1860. He designed the first Colonial stamp—the 2½d.—which was used in 1860—65 both in British Columbia and in the adjacent colony of Vancouver Island.
- ^ Treasures of the National Archives of Canada. University of Toronto Press. 1992. p. 120. ISBN 9780802050229. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ^ "The American Philatelist". Vol. 82. p. 397.
{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires|magazine=(help) - ^ "Visible Language". Vol. 14. University of California. 1980. p. 44.
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