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2014 saw big rate hike, sports stamps aplenty
Canada Post marked the return of the CFL to Ottawa with stamps depicting a Redblacks player and the new team’s logo.
The big news in 2014, for collectors and mail users alike, was a whopping increase in postage rates. As announced late in the previous year, money-losing Canada Post intended to increase the price of mailing a 30-gram domestic first-class letter from 63 cents to 85 cents, a 35 per cent hike only if customers bought... Continue reading →
Personalized postage creates new hurdles
Publishing deadlines being what they are, this issue has a Dec. 30 cover date, is being prepared the first week in December, and will go in the mail the middle of the month, making this the last issue you will receive before Christmas. I couldn’t quite bring myself to do my Seasons Greetings thing in... Continue reading →