Canada 2003 Till Date

This is probably going to be the final post on my Canadian stamps collection unless I do another statistic post. So after India now, I have been able to post all of my Canadian collection. I still have to put up Australia and UK and of course the rest of my US stamps collection.

2003, Jan. 3: New Year 2003 (Year of the Ram)
2003: Universities
2003, Feb. 21: Bird Paintings by John James Audubon
2003, Oct. 4: Trees of Canada and Thailand
2004, Jan. 8:  New Year 2004 (Year of the Monkey)

2004, Nov. 2: Christmas
2005, Jan. 7: New Year 2005 (Year of the Cock)

2005, Nov. 2: Christmas
2006, Feb. 3: 2006 Winter Olympics, Turin, Italy
2006, Mar. 8: Gardens

2006, May 26: Canadians in Hollywood
2006, June 28: Canadian Forces Snowbirds Aerobatics Team
2006, Aug. 3: Ducks and Duck decoys
2006, Sept. 29: Endangered Animals

2007, Jan. 5: New Year 2007 (Year of the Pig)

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Covers - Malaysia

This has been a really wonderful week, covers wise for me. I received them from all over and these four from Malaysia with the same set of odd shaped (hexagonal) stamps are really awesome.

Covers from Maryam. Thanks Maryam.

Covers from Bree. Thanks Bree.

In conjunction with the release of new coins, Malaysian post issued this series of stamps that features the new coins. The 5 sen and 10 sen coins are in silver and the 20 and 50 sen coins in gold. The sizes vary with the denominations and the 50 sen coin in particular is slightly different and not entirely round and smooth at the edges.

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Cover - Canada

Beautiful cover with lovely odd shape stamps. Thanks Eddie.

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Cover - Great Britain

A nice cover from GB with all Christmas stamps on it. Unfortunately Royal mail does not cease to cancel stamps with pen marks across them.

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Canada 1999 - 2002

This is my second album of stamps of Canada. In this album are my Canadian stamps from the year 1999 onwards. Ofcourse there are huge gaps that remain to be filled. And since there are so many gaps I am not sure of having left space enough for all the missing stamps. It is more or less OK and there is always scope for a complete rearrangement. But I will start doing that after I get hold of most of the missing stamps.

1999, Jan. 8: New Year 1999 Year of the Rabbit
1999, Feb. 24: Birds
1999, Mar. 31: Scenic highway
1999, Apr. 27: Paintings (Canadian Orchids)
1999, July 12: 1999 Pan American games, Winnipeg
1999, Oct. 1: Odd shaped Kite designs
a, Master Control, sport kite Lam Hoac (triangular). 
b, Indian Garden Flying Carpet, edo kite by Skye Morrison (trapezoidal). 
c, Gibson Girl, manufactured box kite (rectangular). 
d, Dragon centipede kite by Zhang tian Wei (oval).

2000, Mar. 1: Birds
2000, Apr. 28: Decorated Rural Mailboxes, One stamp missing in this set
2000, Oct. 2: Cetaceans or marine mammals

2001, Jan. 5: New Year 2001 Year of the Snake.
2001, Feb. 1: Birds
2001, Apr. 9: Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Team, 25th Anniv.
2001, Oct. 1: Hot Air Balloons

Background colors: a, Green. b, Blue violet. c, Red violet. d, Olive.

2001, Nov. 1: Christmas
2002, Jan. 3: New Year 2002 Year of the Horse
2002, Jan. 25: 2002 Winter Olympics, Salt lake city
2002, May 3: Tulips
2002, May 19: Corals
2002, July 23: 17th World Youth day, Toronto.
2002, Nov. 4: Christmas.

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Cover - Myanmar

With this cover, I have now received three lovely covers from Myanmar. The cover maybe slightly soiled in transit but nevertheless nice selection of stamps.

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Cover - Finland

Received a lovely cover from Finland yesterday. All odd shaped stamps on it with the recent self adhesive stamps from the January 2012 release of the very interesting sheet featuring the Sami cultural center, Sajos.

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Cover - UAE, Country #66

Not really my first ever cover from UAE. But this one is a better one that I received recently. It was posted to my old address and Im glad I received it nevertheless.

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Canada 1991-1998 Pt 2

1995, June 6: Nat. Golf Week. Canadian Amateur Golf Championship, cent. Royal Canadian Golf Assoc., cent.
1995, Aug. 15: Migratory wildlife
45c Monarch butterfly
45c Belted kingfisher
45c Northern pintail
45c Hoary bat
1995, Sept. 15: Canadian Arctic. One stamp missing from this set.
1995, Oct. 2: Comic book characters
1995, Nov. 2: Christmas
1996, Jan. 9: Birds
From 1996 to 2001, Canada post issued a set of four stamps of birds of similar design each year. I have all the six sets in my collection.

1996, July 8: Canadian olympic gold medalists. One stamp missing from this set.
1996, Oct. 1: Winnie the Pooh
1996, Nov. 1: Christmas.
1997, Jan. 10: Birds

1997, Sept. 20: Canada-USSR Ice Hockey “Series of the Century,” 25th Anniv.
1997, Nov. 3: Christmas

1997-2005 High Values Mammals

$1 Loon
$1 White-tailed Deer
$1 Atlantic Walrus,
$2 Peregrine Falcon,
$2 Sable Island Horse,

$2 Polar Bear

$5 Moose
$8 Grizzly Bear:  The number 8 has been incorporated into the bear's rear right limb, the green grass and blue sky have been printed using tiny bear images, and the two lines below CANADA actually consist of the words "MAILPOSTE" engraved repetitively.

The two stamps in red are missing from my collection of this set of definitives.

1998, Mar. 13: Birds

1998, Nov. 6: Christmas, Sculpted wooden angels: 

45c, “Angel of Last Judgment” blowing trumpet. 

52c, “Adoring Angel” raising hand. 

90c, “Adoring Angel, Kneeling,” by Thomas Baillairg

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Postcard from Trogir, Croatia

This postcard came from Trogir in Croatia. This friend on vacation in Europe made it a point to send one across when she was there. I cant thank Johanne enough for this kind gesture.

Beautiful scenes of Trogir on the front.

And a recent commemorative stamp on the back.

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Cover - Switzerland

Theodor sent me this lovely cover from Switzerland with 25 stamps of Switzerland in it too. Nice cover, lovely stamps and great cancellations. Thanks Theodor.

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Canada 1991 - 1998 Pt1

1991, May 7: Masterpieces of Canadian Art.
Forest, British Columbia by Emily Carr.
1991, May 22: Public Gardens
1991, Sept. 23: Dangerous public service occupations
1991, Oct. 23: Christmas
Santa Claus. The 35c stamp has bar code at left; for use on covers with printed postal code matrix

Low-value Edible Berries (1992-99)

The low-value edible berries first made their appearance August 5, 1992. The designs were the first Canadian low-value definitives to have the design appear continuous across the pane of stamps (pane of 100).
1c Blueberry
2c Wild Strawberry
3c Black Crowberry
5c Rosehip
6c Black Raspberry
10c Kinnikinnick Aug
25c Saskatoon Berry

Medium-value Fruit Trees (1991-96)

The medium-value fruit trees first made their appearance December 27, 1991. Twelve different designs have appeared in both sheet (panes of 50) and booklet (panes of 5) forms.
As postal rates increased on an almost annual basis, three new values were issued on four different occassions: a USA rate (48c-52c), second step rate (65c-71c), and international rate (84c-90c).
USA rate:
48c Macintosh Apple
49c Delicious Apple
50c Snow Apple
52c Gravenstein Apple
2nd step rate:
65c Black Walnut
67c Beaked Hazelnut
69c Shagbark Hickory
71c American Chestnut
International rate:
84c Stanley Plum
86c Bartlett Pear
88c Westcot Apricot
90c Elberta Peach

Architecture, Series 2: 1994-98
$1 Court House, Yorkton, SK
$2 Provincial Normal School, Truro, NS
$5 Public Library, Victoria, BC
1992, Feb. 7: Winter Olympics, Albertville
1992, Mar. 25: City of Montreal, 350th Anniv


1992, Oct. 9: Natl. Hockey League, 75th Anniv.

1992, Nov. 13: Christmas

Santa Claus. Again the bar code on the stamp for use on covers with printed postal code matrix.

1993, May 17: Intl. Year of Indigenous People.
Painting: Drawing for The Owl, by Kenojuak Ashevak.

1993, Sept. 7: Folk Songs
1993, Oct. 1: Dinosaurs
1993, Nov. 4: Christmas
1994, Apr. 22: Canadian Rivers
1994, May 6: Vera, by Frederick H. Varley (1881-1969).
1994: XV Commonwealth Games, Victoria,

1994, Aug. 12
Billy Bishop (1894-1956), Fighter Ace
Mary Travers, “La Bolduc” (1894-1941), folk singer
1994, Nov. 3: Christmas

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Cover - Guernsey, Country #65

This lovely cover from Guernsey made my day. And, another addition to the list.

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Cover - Macau, Country #64

My first cover from Macau and another addition to the list.

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Cover - Canada

Though I received only a few covers in the last two weeks, the three that I received made up in quality for the small number. This one came with the Titanic stamp showing a side view of the ship and the cancellations are absolutely clear.

I have a cover already with the SS. Now Ive got this one with the stamp, another one with the two setenant
stamps showing both the bow and stern of the ship and I will have the complete set on covers.

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Christmas Stamps - Gibraltar

My Christmas stamps of Gibraltar....

1996, Nov. 27: Christmas Images Formed with “Lego” Blocks

1979, Nov. 14: Children, IYC Emblem, silver embossed 

1977, Nov. 2: Rubens Paintings:
3p, Annunciation, 
9p, Nativity. 
12p, Adoration of the Kings. 
15p, Holy Family under Apple Tree.

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Christmas - Malta

Christmas stamps of Malta. Rearranged with a few additions into a different stock album. The additions here are stamps, the complete sets from 1971 and 1973.

Christmas Miniature Sheets from Malta

Semi-postal stamps

1971, Nov. 8: Angel, Madonna & Child, Shepherd.

1972, Dec.: Christmas
3c+1c, Angel playing tambourine.
7c5m+1c5m, Angel singing.

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Christmas - Malawi

Some beautiful complete sets of Christmas stamps and sheets from Malawi.

1964, Dec. 1: Star of Bethlehem over World
1968, Nov. 6: Paintings
1sh6p, Adoration of the Shepherds, 
3sh, Nativity with God the Father and the Holy Ghost, by Giovanni Batista Pittoni.
4d, Nativity, by Piero della Francesca
9d, Adoration of the Shepherds, 
1976, Dec. 6: Christ Child on Straw Bed
1979, Nov. 15: Designs: Landscapes.

The sheets :-
1967, Oct. 12: Nativity
1964, Dec. 1: Star of Bethlehem over World
1969, Nov. 5: "Peace on Earth"
1970, Nov. 4: Mother and child
1973, Nov. 8: The Three Kings

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Canada 1982 - 1990

1982: CANADA ’82 Intl. Philatelic Youth Exhibition, Toronto, May 20-24, One stamp missing from this set.

1982-87: Artifacts Definitives
A new series of definitives, featuring Artifacts, appeared in 1982. This type of design lasted just 5-6 years, resulting in 7 low-value and 9 medium value designs.

I have arranged the stamps as per the Scott Catalogue and Nos. Hence the complete set doesn't appear in the first sheet below. The one from the low value and the three from the medium value can be seen in the fourth sheet.
1c Decoy
2c Fishing Spear
3c Stable Lantern
5c Bucket
10c Weathercock
20c Skates
25c Butter Stamp

37c Wooden Plough
39c Settle-Bed
42c Linen Chest
48c Cradle
50c Sleigh Aug
55c Iron Kettle
64c Wood Stove
68c Spinning Wheel
72c Hand-Drawn Cart

1983, Nov. 3: Christmas
1983, Nov. 10: Army Regiments, Centenaries

1985, Oct. 23: Christmas. Paintings by Barbara Carroll.
1986, Oct. 29: Christmas Angels
1988-92, Definitives Low-value Mammals
1c Flying Squirrel
2c Porcupine
3c Muskrat
5c Varying Hare
6c Red Fox
10c Skunk
25c Beaver

Medium-value Mammals
43c Lynx
44c Atlantic Walrus
45c Pronghorn
46c Wolverine
57c Killer Whale
59c Musk Ox
61c Timber Wolf
63c Harbour Porpoise (the only one missing in this set)
74c Wapiti
76c Grizzly Bear
78c Beluga Jan
80c Peary Caribou


1989-92: Architecture, Series 1
$1 Runnymede Library
$2 McAdam Railway Station
$5 Bonsecours Market

1988, July 4: Intl. Entomology Congress, Vancouver

1988, Aug. 19: Dogs

1988, Oct. 27: Christmas

1989, Feb. 1: Canoes

1989, Mar. 22: Explorers of the North

1989, June 23: Photography in Canada, Sesquicentennial

1989, Oct. 4: Performing Arts

1989, Oct. 26: Christmas

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