Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts

Friday, August 7, 2015

CA-P22

A card on Canadian Rockies' wildlife. It shows the moose, bald eagle, bighorn sheep, wolf, black bear, mountain goat, black bear cub, Rocky Mountain goat, cougar, chipmunk and elk. Canada shares this mountain range with USA. Thanks Scolet.





















A C$2.50 deer stamp was used. It was not cancelled.



Tuesday, July 28, 2015

CA-P21

A free postcard sending service from "Canada Comes Home." It promotes visiting Kingston, Ontario. Sender could post a picture into the left side frame. Thanks Dini.















This card was printed with the postage paid license number. No other post marking was found.



Saturday, May 16, 2015

CA-P20

A self-printed postcrossing meet-up at Ingersoll, Ontario on July 26, 2014. Various type of post boxes were used to design this card. Thanks LyndaC for organizing this meet-up and also the rest who signed on this card.
















A $2.50 scenery stamp was used. It was cancelled on 28.7.2014 at post office with N5Y code.



Wednesday, December 10, 2014

CA-P19

A postcard on Upper Canada Village in Morrisburg, Ontario. A heritage park, it is located near St. Lawrence River.Thanks mirage3ks.
















A $1.85 Year of the Snake stamp was used. It was first cancelled by commemorative handstamp from Morrisburg ON on 12.6.2013. Later, it was printed with meter cancellation of K1A OC1 on 13.6.2013.



Sunday, November 30, 2014

CA-P18

A postcard from Parc Oméga (Parc Omega) in Montebello, Quebec. A safari park for drive-through experience to observe the nature and wildlife, including this wapiti or elk on this postcard. Thanks mirage3ks.
















A $1.85 bear cub stamp was used. It was initially cancelled at Montebello QC J0V 1L0 on 31.5.2013. Later, it was machine cancelled at postal center with postcode H4T 1T4 on 1.6.2013.



Wednesday, November 19, 2014

CA-P17

A postcard on dog sled from Québec. This transport was used by Canadian indigenous people known collectively as Eskimo. Thanks mirage3ks for sharing a postcard during vacation.















A $1.85 Year of the Snake stamp was used. It was first cancelled by handstamp from Otter Lake (J0X 2P0) on 3.4.2013. Then it was machine printed postmark from K1A 0C1 on 4.4.2013.



Saturday, August 16, 2014

CA-P16

A city view on Mont-Tremblant, the first resort in Eastern Canada. It is located on Laurentian mountains of Quebec and famous for its ski resorts. Thanks mirage3ks.

















A $1.70 flower stamp and a 10 cents dragonfly stamp were used.These stamps were first cancelled at Mont-Tremblant QC J8E 1B0 on 24.10.2012. A meter cancellation from post processing center with postcode H4T 1T4 was added on 25.10.2012.


Friday, August 15, 2014

CA-P15

An aerial view showing boat and wakes on Big Rideau Lake in Ontario. This lake forms part of the Rideau Waterway, registered UNESCO World Heritage Site as "Rideau Canal," and it is the largest lake along the route of the Rideau waterway. Thanks mirage3ks.















A $1.80 houses stamp was used. It was cancelled with a rectangle postmark of Smiths Falls, ON K7A 1H0 on 1.10.2012.



Sunday, May 25, 2014

CA-P14

A night view postcard of Ottawa, Ontario. It shows the Centre Block (Édifice du centre) of the Parliament Building on the Parliament Hill (Colline du Parlement). Thanks mirage3ks.
















A $1.80 Year of the Dragon stamp was used. It was cancelled at Ottawa, Ontarion on 3.4.2012.



Friday, March 21, 2014

CA-P13

A postcard on covered bridge from Waterloo County, Ontario. This West Montrose covered bridge near Elmira is known locally as "Kissing Bridge." It was built in 1881 and designated as National Historic Site. Thanks corinnacr.

















A strip of two different stamps on Royal Wedding, with face values $1.75 and P-value, were used. They were cancelled by postal processing center with postcode L8E 5A3 on 20.12.2011. It has an interesting slogan, Santa HOHOHO Père Noël.



Thursday, March 13, 2014

CA-P12

A postal card from Canada showing the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (la Gendarmerie Royal du Canada). Thanks rjcanuck.





















This card has a postage paid label with a pre-printed Canadian flag stamp. However, there is no postal cancellation on this card.



Monday, February 3, 2014

CA-187326

A postcard on the First People Gallery in Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, British Columbia. It shows the masks made from cedar wood that are used in ceremonies and dances. Thanks red_dianthus.
















A $1.75 Royal Wedding stamp was used. It was cancelled with dotted meter cancellation which is hardly able to recognize its writing on the first row (information on stamping).





Friday, September 13, 2013

CA-P11

A postcard from Quebec (Québec). It shows the Canadian Museum of Civilization (Musée canadien des civilisations) in the Hull area of Gatineau, Quebec. It is a museum on human and cultural history of Canada. Across the Ottawa River, it is the Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario (as shown in the background in this card). Thanks mirage3ks.















It was sent with three P value stamps. They are stamps on aid with helicopter, Aries zodiac sign and Year of the Rabbit. A block rectangle cancellation without place name and date was used to cancel these stamps. 



Sunday, July 28, 2013

CA-P10

A postcard on a bull moose in Canada. A large animal in the Canadian wilderness.Thanks phuleshouse.















A $1.70 flower stamp was used. Blocked lines cancellation was used. No indication where and when it was cancelled.



Saturday, June 15, 2013

CA-P9

A postcard on the native American, the Alberta Cree Indian. They live in many parts of Canada and also in USA. Thanks phuleshouse.




















Three 57 cents stamps on Home Children were used to send this postcard. However, there is no cancellation on this card.


Tuesday, June 11, 2013

CA-P8

A postcard on a girl with red-color cloths in the snow, a painting by Albert Hencke (1925). Thanks phuleshouse.





















A $1.70 stamp on plant was used.  It was cancelled at post office with postcode R3H 3H0 on 21.9.2010 at 10.38am. This meter cancellation comes with postal slogan "Support Mental Health/Appuyez la sante mantale."



Wednesday, September 26, 2012

CA-P7

Wheat farm in Manitoba, Canada. Wheat is often referred as "Prairie Gold" because of its important as cereal grain cultivated there. In the picture shows the cultivated grain using machine.Thanks Allikat.
















Three non-value indicator stamps of games in Canada (lacrosse, five-pin bowling and basketball) were used together with two insect definitive stamps (3 cents and 5 cents) on this postcard. They were cancelled at post office with postcode R3C 0J0 on 19.2.2010.



Sunday, March 4, 2012

CA-P6

A postcard showing carved cerimonial mask, "Nuu-chah-nuith" or ancestor potrait by Mr. Douglas David on year 2000. Thanks moonlessnite.






















A P class non-value indicator Christmas stamp and a $1.18 Sumi stamp were used to pay the postage. Unfortunately, both of them are pen-cancelled.








Sunday, July 24, 2011

CA-P5

A view of Toronto skyline from the Toronto Island Airport. The CN Tower, a communication and observatory tower and also the tallest structure in Toronto, is seen projected from downtown Toronto. Thanks renegade_Cavalcade. Two meter cancellation could be seen printed on this postcard on 25.11.2009 by postal sorting machine with postcode L8E 2RD.
















A $1.65 Quatchi, mascot of Vancouver Winter Olympic, stamp is used. After twice not able to cancel this stamp, finally, it was done manually. A round shape Toronto ??L 3TO cancelled this stamp on 26.11.2009, the next time after this postcard was processed in the sorting machine.




Monday, November 15, 2010

CA-P4

Wheat field near Brandon, Manitoba. A common scene at flatland with farm house surrounded by trees to block wind. Thanks AlliKat.















Many stamps were used to pay the postage. A 54-cent La crosse stamp and two P-value stamps were used. Also, two low value definitive stamps, 1cent bookbinding and 2cents decorative silverwork, were added. The machine cancellation is not clearly printed. So, two handstamped box stamps with 5-straight line were used to cancel the stamps.