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Canada Semi-Postal stamps were issued from 1974 to 1976 and a final one in 1996. These stamps were sold with a 2 or 5 cents surcharge. The surtax of the B1 - B12 semi-postals was in support of the 21st Olympic Games, held in Montreal in 1976. B13 issued in 1996 pictures a missing piece of the litera...

Canada Air mail stamps were issued between September 21 1928 and September 16 1946. Four Air Mail Special Delivery Stamps were also issued. Many countries started issuing airmail stamps as transporting of mail by air started gaining popularity. Postal administrations charged a premium for Airmail se...

Canada Special Delivery Stamps were issued between June 28 1898 and September 16 1946. Special delivery is a service providing expedited delivery of mail. Special delivery is also sometimes called express mail, or as of today called Xpresspost.

Canada issued Registration stamps between November 15 1875 and 1888. This special mail service assures that the mail authorities keep a record of a letter assuring its delivery. This service provides the sender a proof of deposit and also supplies a confirmation of the delivery date.

Canada Postage Due Stamps were issued between 1906 and 1978. Postage due is the term used for mail sent with insufficient postage. While this problem existed since the creation of regular postal systems, it was greatly intensified by the advent of postage stamps, since customers were now making thei...

Canada War Tax Stamps were issued between April 15 1915 and December 1916. A War Tax stamp is an added tax in addition to regular postage; it is very similar to a semi-postal stamp, but whose use is mandatory rather than optional for some period of time. The added revenue was used to defray the cost...

Canada Official Stamps were used between 1923 and 1963. These stamps were used for mail sent from, or by an authorised governmental agency. In Canada the first issues began with perforating regular issue postage stamps "OHMS" (On His Majesty's Service). In 1949, the practice of perforating stamps wa...

Beginning in 1985, the Migratory Bird Regulations have required that the current habitat conservation stamp be purchased and affixed to a hunting liscense before hunting. One stamp design is issued each year in a booklet format consisting of a single pane of one stamp.

Revenue stamps, unlike postage stamps, are used to collect taxes or fees on various items and to show that these taxes have been paid.These revenue stamps can be found in virtually every household on some old documents. These documents include old cheques, wills, passports, gas inspection certificat...