Collection of 9 Cole Private First Day Covers (1970-1)
SKU: COL-FDCCAOLD1970-71
Description
Very beautiful collection of 9 colourful private first day covers with Cole covers (with matching themes) from 1970 to 1971, which is just around the time Canada Post started issuing its own official first day covers (Apr. 14, 1971).
- #505: Manitoba Centennial (1970-01-27)
- #506: Northwest Territories Centennial (1970-01-27)
- #512: Henry Kelsey (1970-04-15)
- #515: Louis Riel (1970-06-19)
- #516: Sir Alexander MacKenzie (1970-06-25)
- #531: Sir Donald Alexander Smith (1970-11-04)
- #533: Discovery of Insulin (1971-03-03)
- #540: Samuel Hearne (1971-05-07)
- #552: British Columbia Centennial (1971-07-20)
PS: The last two FDCs (#540 & #552) command a slight premium, because they are private cachets which are ulterior to the aforementioned official FDCs launch date.