Question About Newfoundland Stamps After 1949...???

Hi guys

Was wondering (as the picture shows) what happens to Newfoundland stamps after they join confederation...??

The cover is a "first day cover" with a Canadian stamp on it from Newfoundland...Did they destroy the remaining NFLD stamps or were they turned back in the Ottawa.

Does anyone have a NFLD stamp with a cancel after 1949...???

Newfoundland stamps were not destroyed, they remained valid as postage throughout all of Canada.

Thanks BeeSee

May have sounded like a stupid question, but I always wondered what happens to pre-federation stamps...???

You can even use those pre-Confederation Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and PEI or BC stamps, as long as they are decimal currency, ie cents. Though I can't imagine wanting to mail that magazine subscription in that badly.

You might be interested in this example of a 1951 usage of a Newfoundland stamp off of an old auction site:

Don't forget the FABULOUS exhibit of Canada and Provinces at the Canada Post Archives site...

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/...11703_e.html

I've spent hours there
KirkS

Where have I been? I can't believe this is the first time I've seen his website!

Wow first for me as well. Great Canuck database super images.

What an awesome website. Thanks Kirk. Got it bookmarked already.
Also explored deeper and found my great grandfather in an 1891 census. Will be diving into the past with this one.

amazing website! thanks for posting that

Hello Wert,

What a great question! This one really stumped me, as a collector of only Newfie stamps, I went back through my 1000 covers and found this one from November 1, 1969.

Note that it was registered from Gander to Switzerland and used C19 (an airmail stamps) plus the entire set of #253 to #267 (16 stamps in total). It has two hole punches, which I believe were registration items. It has a back stamp in Aarau Swizterland on Nov. 6, 1946

Maybe we can all find the record for the latest use of Newfie stamps. Or maybe someone wants to use some stamps currently!

Enjoy

From the May 1949 C.P.S. (Canadian Philatelic Society, Inc.) Bulletin at page 2:

All stamps of Newfoundland now have equal status with those of Canada. All supplies of Newfoundland stamps have been turned to the Department at Ottawa and can be obtained through the philatelic service.

http://www.rpsc.org/CP_scans/C.P.S....,%201949.pdf

Find a latest use and someone will create a later one tomorrow.

This might be an unanswerable question, but I wonder when the last non-philatelic cover was created...

I got a lot of ebay about a year ago with a Newfoundland stamps included on the postage. I will have to see if I can dig the stamp up!

I am collecting covers using Newfoundland stamps and postmarked outside of Newfoundland and Labrador
and if members have any of these the I would be interested in trading/buying for them.

Here is an example of what I am interested in.

Thanks
Paul

Paul,

Interesting focus. I collect all Newfoundland covers, and you could say that I never met a cover that I did not like. I have organized mine by Unitrade/number but never thought about subgroup of those stamps used outside of Newfoundland.
Besides the one cover that I posted above in 2013, here are a bunch that I have to share...some from outside, some after Canada took over Newfoundland.

In particular, note the 1920 stamp (#120, the 6 cent Caribou) which was used in 1967 ! Wierd and not proper use to purists, but it does appear to be normal use and not philatelic.











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