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For stamps issued after confederation, see List of people on the postage stamps of Canada.

This is a list of people on the postage stamps of the Canadian provinces prior to joining Canada. Six present day Canadian provinces, before each joined Canada over a period ranging from 1867 to 1949, issued their own stamps. All of them adopted the stamps of Canada when they joined the federation.

British Columbia

Further information: Colony of British Columbia (1858–66) and Colony of Vancouver Island
  • Queen Victoria (1860), used by the two colonies that eventually became the province of British Columbia in 1871

Province of Canada (present-day Ontario and Quebec)

Further information: Province of Canada

New Brunswick

Further information: New Brunswick § British colony

Newfoundland

Further information: Newfoundland and Labrador § British colony, and Dominion of Newfoundland

Nova Scotia

Further information: Colony of Nova Scotia

Prince Edward Island

Further information: Prince Edward Island § British colony

Gallery

References

  1. Pearce, J. A. (April 1942). Lamb, W. Kaye (ed.). "The Victory "V" and the Colonial Stamps of 1865-71" (PDF). The British Columbia Historical Quarterly. Vol. VI, no. 2. Victoria, British Columbia: British Columbia Historical Association. p. 95. Retrieved 2022-09-08 – via University of British Columbia Library Open Collections. Captain W. D. Gossett, R.E., came to the colonies in 1859 ... he was appointed acting Postmaster-General from 1859 to 1860. He designed the first Colonial stamp—the 2½d.—which was used in 1860—65 both in British Columbia and in the adjacent colony of Vancouver Island.
  2. Treasures of the National Archives of Canada. University of Toronto Press. 1992. p. 120. ISBN 9780802050229. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  3. "The American Philatelist". Vol. 82. p. 397. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  4. "Visible Language". Vol. 14. University of California. 1980. p. 44. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
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