Volume 49 – #20

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Volume 49#20

January 14 – January 27, 2025

Canada Post issued nine new ‘Far and Wide’ definitive on May 6, to correspond with an increase in postal rates.

Canada issued 75 different stamps in various formats in 2024

With last year’s production increased, collectors’ albums will require more space for all versions of 2024 Canadian stamps. For one in every format – totalling 75 – the pre-tax cost was $77.14, compared with $52.28 for all 2023 definitives and commemoratives, $91.02 for the 2022 stamps. With one exception, all of last year’s stamps were included as singles in Canada Post’s four quarterly packs, which are sold at face value. Continue reading →

Features
Miss World 1963 made history for Jamaica, and inspired a unique set of commemoratives
Page 1
Canada’s Mary Pugh wins top honours
at Royal Challenge 2024
Page 4
West Toronto Stamp Club creates 90th-anniversary logo
Page 4

Regulars
CSN Marketplace
Are you buying or selling
Page 16
Show & Bourse
Check out the shows in your area
Page 19
Columns
Everett Parker
Philatelic Journals
Report questions authenticity
of Fiji stamp’s overprint
Page 8
Ian Robertson
Stamping Grounds
Songs and stamps among
new year traditions
Page 14

Robin Harris
New Issues
From around the world
Page 18

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