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Selected Collections - Canadian Postal Archives

Related Archival Records

Postal history

Manuscripts and papers of official sources

General Post Office (British) fonds
[records (1686-1953)]

Commission of Inquiry into the Post Office
[records relating to the investigation into the postal service in British North America (1839-1845)]

Canadian Postal Corps
[records (1915-1947)]

Privy Council Office fonds (Series: Postal Censorship Division)
[records on the administration of postal censorship and prisoner-of-war mail (1939-1945)]

Manuscripts and papers of private sources

Hugh Finlay fonds
[reports on late 18th century post routes]

Georges April collection
[records documenting the expedition of Pierre Durand for the new post route between Québec and Halifax (1783-1784)]

George Heriot collection
[letters regarding the appointment of postmasters (1800-1816)]

William Weller fonds
[records relating to the conveying of mail in Ontario (1841-1855)]

R.H. Pratt fonds (Sub-series: Research)
[photocopies of records from the Public Archives of Newfoundland]

William C. Smillie fonds
[records relating to the Canada Bank Note and the British American Bank Note (1854-1908)]

George Melvin fonds
[records on British Columbia post offices]

Jacque Houser fonds
[records on British Columbia post offices]

Herbert D.R. Stewart fonds
[records relating to the career of a postal worker in British Columbia and Alberta (1891-1938)]

Benjamin F. Chapman fonds
[diary of a postal clerk in Dawson City, Yukon, during the gold rush (1898-1900)]

Gordon Myles fonds
[records relating to the Eastern Arctic Patrol mails (1901-1979)]

Canadian Railway Mail Clerks' Federation fonds
[records of the London (Ontario) District Canadian Railway Mail Clerk' Federation (1933-1964)]

William C. Kenyon fonds
[records relating to the railway mail service, Winnipeg district (1942-1970)]

Richard Kenneth Malott
[records relating to the development of airmail in Canada (1907-1989)]

Walter James Turnbull fonds
[records relating to his activities as Deputy Postmaster General (1945-1950)]

William Hamilton fonds (Series: Post Office Departmental files)
[records relating to the design and production of postage stamps (1957-1962]

Circulars and broadsides

Post Office Department collection
[circulars and broadsides (1827-1952)]

Roland Arsenault collection
[administrative post office circulars (1910-1940)]

Photographs

Post Office Department photographic collection

Anatole Walker fonds (Series: Photographs of post offices)
[Quebec post offices]

William C. Kenyon fonds
[railway mail, Winnipeg district (1880-1980)]

Ken Barlow fonds
[British Columbia and Yukon post offices (1950-1990)]

Lester E. Small fonds
[British Columbia and Yukon post offices (1950-1990)]

Neil Hughes fonds
[Alberta post offices (1977-1998)]

C.J. Kilduff fonds
[Saskatchewan post offices (1978)]

Maps

Sam C. Nickle collection
[oldest map making reference to a postal system in North America (1715)]

Evolution of stamp collecting in Canada

Records of international philatelic exhibitions

Canadian Association for Philatelic Exhibitions fonds
[international philatelic exhibition CAPEX held in Toronto in September 1951]

Canada 82 Youth Exhibition fonds
[international philatelic youth exhibition held in Toronto from May 20 to 24 1982]

Canada 92 fonds
[international philatelic youth exhibition held in Montréal from March 25 to 29 1992]

Richard Kenneth Malott fonds
[records relating to international exhibitions]

Records of philatelic organisations

Philatelic Societies collection
[records of Canadian and foreign philatelic organisations]

Royal Philatelic Society of Canada fonds
[administrative records and educational slide programme]

Harry Sutherland fonds
[records relating to the Royal Philatelic Society of Canada]

Richard Kenneth Malott fonds
[records relating to the Royal Philatelic Society of Canada]

R.H. Pratt fonds (Sub-series: Organisations)
[records relating to the British North America Philatelic Society]

Marguerite Fortin fonds
[records relating to the Fédération québécoise de philatélie]

Montreal Philatelic Society fonds
[administrative records (1890-1914)]

Toronto Stamp Collectors' Club fonds
[administrative records (1892-1978)]

RA Stamp Club fonds
[administrative records (1947-1992)]

Records of famous philatelists

Douglas Patrick fonds
[Globe and Mail stamp columnist and host of "CBC Stamp Club" on CBC radio]

Denis Masse fonds
[Montréal's La Presse stamp columnist]

Fred Jarrett fonds
[revised manuscript of his book Stamps of British North America published in 1929]

George Carlyle Marler fonds (Sub-series: Research notes)
[research notes on the King Edward VII stamp issue and the Admiral issue]

R.H. Pratt fonds (Series: Papers)
[research notes, manuscripts and correspondence]

Stanley Cohen fonds
[research notes on 19th century Canadian stamps]

Sale catalogues and pricelists

Canadian Philatelic Dealer's Pricelists collection
[collection of sales catalogues and pricelists from Canadian stamp dealers]