First-class Postal Rates

• Domestic: 49c
• USA: 80c
• International: $1.40

Elizabethan-era postal rate listing. [Updated Dec 13, 2007]

2004 Canada Stamp Program

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

• Rate change definitives issued Dec 19, 2003

• Jan 8: Year of the Monkey
  • 49c (pane of 25) pic [Sc # 2015, Darnell # 2320]
  • $1.40 souvenir sheet pic [Sc # 2016, Darnell # 2321]
  • $1.40 overprinted souvenir sheet pre-issue pic [Sc # 2016a, Darnell # 2321a]
  • ($1.49) non-denominated postal card (two) pre-issue pic
  • press sheet pre-issue pic

• Jan 24: 49c NHL All-stars (set of 6): Larry Robinson, Marcel Dionne, Ted Lindsay, Johnny Bower, Brad Park, Milt Schmidt
  • pane of 6 pic [Sc # 2017a-f, Darnell # 2322-27]
  • booklet panel of 6 pic [Sc # 2018a-f, Darnell # 2328-33]

• Jan 29: 49c Tourist Attraction: Quebec Winter Carnival pic [Sc # 2019, Darnell # 2334]

• Mar 16: 49c The Right Honourable Ramon John Hnatyshyn pic [Sc # 2024, Darnell # 2335]

• Mar 26: Norwegian explorer Otto Sverdrup: joint issue with Greenland and Norway
  • 49c pic [Sc # 2026, Darnell # 2336]
  • $1.40 souvenir sheet pic [Sc # 2027, Darnell # 2337]

• Mar 26: 49c Army Cadets (1879-2004) pic [Sc # 2025, Darnell # 2338]

• Mar 30: 49c Urban transit/Light rail (4 designs) pic [Sc # 2028-31, Darnell # 2339-42]

• Apr 2: 49c Tourist Attraction: St. Joseph's Oratory pic [Sc # 2020, Darnell # 2343]

• Apr 19: 49c Home Hardware pic [Sc # 2032, Darnell # 2344]

• May 4: 49c University of Sherbrooke pic [Sc # 2033, Darnell # 2345]

• May 6: 49c Montreal Children's Hospital pic [Sc # 2035, Darnell # 2346]

• May 8: 49c University of Prince Edward Island pic [Sc # 2034, Darnell # 2347]

• May 14: John James Audobon's Birds
  • 49c (4 designs) ruby-crowned kinglet, white-winged crossbill, Bohemian waxwing, boreal chickadee pic [Sc # 2036-39, Darnell # 2348-51]
  • 80c Lincoln's sparrow (booklet of 6) pic [Sc # 2040, Darnell # 2352]

• May 28: 49c Samuel Cunard and Sir Hugh Allen (ROYAL *2004* ROYALE) pic [Sc # 2041-42, Darnell # 2353-54]

• Jun 1: Write Me...Ring Me pic
  • (49c) Butterfly on Flower [Sc # 2045, Darnell # ST147]
  • (49c) Kids on Beach [Sc # 2046, Darnell # ST148]
  • (49c) Rose [Sc # 2047, Darnell # ST149]
  • (49c) Bulldog [Sc # 2048, Darnell # ST150]

• Jun 1: 49c Tourist Attraction: Festival International de Jazz de Montréal pic [Sc # 2021, Darnell # 2355]

• Jun 6: 49c D-Day 60th Anniversary pic [Sc # 2043, Darnell # 2356]

• Jun 18: 49c Tourist Attraction: The Traversée International de Lac St-Jean pic [Sc # 2022, Darnell # 2357]

• Jun 26: 49c 400th anniversary of the French Settlement in North America (joint issue with France) pic [Sc # 2044, Darnell # 2358]

• Jul 19: 49c Tourist Attraction: Canadian National Exhibition pic [Sc # 2023, Darnell # 2359]

• Jul 28: 49c Olympic Summer Games (pair): Soccer and Marathon Race pic [Sc # 2049-50, Darnell # 2360-61]

• Aug 12: 49c Golfing (2 stamps) pic [Sc # 2051-52, Darnell # 2365-66]

• Sep ?: Definitive reprints 
  • 49c Maple Leaf (coil of 100) [Sc # 2053, Darnell # 2362]
    
  • 80c Maple Leaf (coil of 50): Lowe-Martin printing [Sc # 2054, Darnell # 2363]
  • $1.40 Maple Leaf (coil of 50): Lowe-Martin printing [Sc # 2055, Darnell # 2364]

• Sep 15: 49c Montréal Heart Institute pic [Sc # 2056, Darnell # 2367]

• Oct 1: 49c Pets (October Stamp Collecting Month - pack of 8 stamps featuring four favoured family pets) pic [Sc # 2057-60, Darnell # 2368-71]

• Oct 4: 49c Drs. Michael Smith and Gerhard Herzberg (Nobel prize winners in Chemistry) - pair pic [Sc # 2061-62, Darnell # 2372-73]

• Oct 8: Picture Postage (2 designs in panes of 21 or 40 each) pic [Sc # 2063-64, Darnell # 2374-75]

• Oct 21: 49c Canadian Victoria Cross winners (pair) pic [Sc # 2065-66, Darnell # 2378-79]

• Oct 22: Jean-Paul Lemieux
  • 49c self-portrait pic [Sc # 2067, Darnell # 2380]
    
  • 49c, 80c, $1.40 in souvenir sheet of 3 pic [Sc # 2068, Darnell # 2383]

• Nov 2: Christmas - Toronto Santa Claus parade centennial (in booklets only) pic
  • 49c [Sc # 2069, Darnell # 2384]
  • 80c [Sc # 2070, Darnell # 2385]
  • $1.40 [Sc # 2071, Darnell # 2386]

• Dec 20: Rate change definitives (new rates effective Jan 17/05)
  • 50c Queen Elizabeth II [5 different covers] pic [Sc # 2075, Darnell # 2392]
  • 50c Flag over ... (five designs) [25 different covers and 3 different rouletting = 75 booklets to find] pic [Sc # 2076-2080, Darnell # 2387-91]
  • 50c Flower (coil of 100) pic [Sc # 2072, Darnell # 2393]
  • 85c Flower (booklet of 6 [2 tag widths; 2 locations of imprint dots] and coil of 50) pics [Sc # 2081 (bklt); 2073 (coil), Darnell # 2394]
  • $1.45 Flower (booklet of 6 [2 tag widths] and coil of 50) pics [Sc # 2082 (bklt); 2074 (coil), Darnell # 2395]

2004 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).

• Apr 1: Henry Birks and Sons (125th anniversary) CP image
• Apr 24: Socitée philatélique de Quebec (75th anniversary) CP image
• Jun 14: The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (75th anniversary) CP image
• Jun 19: Mahone Bay, NS (250th anniversary) CP image
• Jun 24: Canadian Forces Medical Service (100th anniversary) CP image
• Nov 4: Royal Canadian Geographical Society (75th anniversary) CP image