Sunday Stamps from Canada

Today's theme in Sunday Stamps is... no theme: Your choice.

I hope you will enjoy the stamps on this letter sent by Rosemary (Canada) at the beginning of December. It was a great surprise.

13 May 2011. Se-tenant stamp showing two unusual methods of mail delivery: the ponchon (large barrel) used in 1910 in order to transport mail between the Magdalen Islands and the mainland; and the dog team, that persisted in remote Canadian regions until the early 1960s. (More information.)

28 May 2006. Samuel de Champlain Surveys the East Coast. A joint issue with the United States - that features Champlain's 1606 exploration of the east coast of North America. (About this stamp.)

18 May 1984. Tall ships visit.  An estimated one million people will gathered in Quebec City from 25 to 30 June 1984 to greet a large spectacular procession of tall ships, many of which will have sailed from Saint-Malo, France. The voyage honours the 450th anniversary of Jacques Cartier's first voyage to North America. (More information about the stamp.)

25 October 1984. Canadian Locomotives, 1860-1905: CP Class D10a 4-6-0 Type. This stamp, designed by Ernst Roch of Montreal, continues the series begun in 1983 and shot the locomotives against a plain background, which enhances their attractiveness and complexity. (Read more about this issue.)