Following the withdrawal of permanent-rate P-marked stamps, Canada Post has returned to definitive stamps marked with the current-first class domestic rate of 63 cents. The new stamps were put into post offices within hours of Canada Post announcing a proposed domestic-rate increase to 85-cents per stamp, or $1 if stamps are purchased as singles. Continue reading →
The booklet cover features Wreath of Flowers, an appliqué quilt created by Catharine Gage Pettit in Fruitland, Ont., in 1865 as part of her trousseau for her marriage to William Ira Case Jones. Family and friends helped complete the historic quilt, now part of the Royal Ontario Museum collection. (Image courtesy of Canada Post)
