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Canada Post 2012 Stamp Program
Updated: Feb 3/12

> First-class Postal Rates
Rates in effect January 16, 2012.
  • Domestic: 61c
  • USA: $1.05
  • International: $1.80
> Elizabethan-era postal rate listing. [Updated Jan 9, 2012]
 
> 2012 Canada Stamp Program
Issue dates are subject to change by Canada Post.

Self-adhesive issues are indicated by the SA logo, used by Canada Post. 

  • Jan 10: Lunar New Year: Year of the Dragon (2 stamps)
    • P (61c) (pane of 25) pic
    • $1.80 (booklet of 6) SA pic
    • $1.80 souvenir sheet pic
    • $1.80 Dragon + $1.75 Rabbit souvenir sheet pic
    • uncut press sheet
    • Prepaid Postcards (1 of each design @ $1.89 each)

  • Jan 16: Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee (Volume 1)
    • P (61c) QE II (booklet of 12) SA pic
    • P (61c) souvenir sheet of 4 pic
    • $5.95 keepsake folder (s/s, postcard, booklet)

  • Jan 16: Rate-change definitives
    • P (61c) Canadian Pride (5 designs) (booklet of 10 and 30) SA pic
    • P (61c) Canadian Pride (5 designs) ($3.05 souvenir sheet of 5) pic
    • Baby Animals pic
      • P (61c) Racoons (vert. coil of 100)  SA
      • P (61c) Racoons (horiz. coil of 5,000)  SA
      • $1.05 Caribou (coil of 50 and booklet of 6) SA
      • $1.29 Loons (coil of 50 and booklet of 6) SA
      • $1.80 Moose (coil of 50 and booklet of 6) SA
      • Baby Animals ($4.75 souvenir sheet of 4) pic
      • Prepaid Postcards (1 of each design @ $1.89 each)

  • Feb 1: P (61c) John Ware and Viola Desmond in celebration of Black History Month (2 stamps)  pic
    • booklets of 10 each SA
    • gutter booklet SA
  • Feb 6: Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee (Volume 2)
    • P (61c) souvenir sheet of 4 pre-issue pic
    • $5.95 keepsake folder (s/s, postcard, booklet)

  • Feb 23: Art Canada: Joe Fafard

  • Mar 1: Daylilies (wild yellow and orange)

  • Mar 6: Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee (Volume 3)
    • P (61c) souvenir sheet of 4 pre-issue pic
    • $5.95 keepsake folder (s/s, postcard, booklet)
The following subjects and dates are as per the Stamp Quest 2012 calendar...
  • Apr 5: Titanic
    • 4 x P (61c)
    • $1.80 souvenir sheet
  • Apr 6: Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee (Volume 4)
    • P (61c) souvenir sheet of 4
    • $5.95 keepsake folder (s/s, postcard, booklet)
  • May 3: P (61c) Selkirk Settlement
  • May 7: Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee (Volume 5)
    • P (61c) souvenir sheet of 4
    • $5.95 keepsake folder (s/s, postcard, booklet)
    • $2 (pane of 8)
    • $2 (souvenir sheet of 1)
  • May 16: Children's Literature: Franklin the Turtle
    • 4 x P (61c)
  • May 17: Calgary Stampede
    • 2 x P (61c)
  • May 22: Canadians that made a difference
    • 4 x P (61c): Rick Hansen, Michael J. Fox, Louise Arbour, Sheila Watt-Cloutier
  • Jun 1: Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee (Volume 6)
    • P (61c) souvenir sheet of 4
    • $5.95 keepsake folder (s/s, postcard, booklet)
  • Jun 22: War of 1812: Heroes of the War
    • 2 x P (61c)
  • Jun 27: P (61c) London 2012 Summer Olympic Games
  • Jun 29: P (61c) Tommy Douglas and the Birth of Medicare
  • Jul 23: Signs of the Zodiac
    • 4 x P (61c): Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio
  • Aug 31: 100th Grey Cup Game
    • 9 x P (61c)
  • Oct 11: The Black Watch and the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry
    • 2 x P (61c)
  • Oct 15: P (61c) Christmas Stained Glass
  • Oct 15: Christmas Decorations
    • P (61c) Cookies
    • $1.05 Stockings
    • $1.80 Christmas Tree

> 2012 Commemorative Envelopes
These are envelopes with a special cachet and cancel commemorating an event. They are not a new stamp issue but are an official Canada Post Product. These sell for $2 each (unless otherwise indicated).
 


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