MISC - A Blast from the Past with Old Postcards

Inspired in part by learning a bit more about the postage rate history in Canada and in part by my recent interest in stamp cancels, I decided to dive back into my personal postcard collection and take a look at some of the older postcards, focusing on the stamps used and their associated cancels. Here's some of what I found...

United States

1949

USA to CAN - $0.02 - Oct 15, 1949
including a stamp (presumably) upon arrival in Canada, on Oct 20, 1949

1979

USA to CAN - $0.10 - Jan 31, 1979
with a stamp "ALWAYS USE / ZIP CODE"
(ironically this postcard was missing the postal code)

1996

USA to CAN - $0.32 - Dec 1?, 1996
with a stamp "MISSISSIPPI QUEEN / STEAMBOAT MA(??)"

2005

USA to CAN - $0.23 - Nov 07, 2005
including a "POSTAGE DUE" stamp, without a value...
($0.23 was the domestic postcard rate in 2005 but the international rate is unclear for me for this time. In 2005, letter rates were $0.37 and in 2007, "Forever" stamps were introduced, giving a Canadian letter rate of $0.69)

Canada

1958

Canada to Alberta - $0.04 - Sep 07, 1958

BC to Canada- $0.04 - Aug 1?, 1958

1962

BC to AB - $0.04 - Aug 23, 1962
with a stamp "DAWSON CITY / GOLD RUSH / FESTIVAL / JULY 1 - AUG. 25"

1971

ON to AB - $0.06 - May 24, 1971
with a stamp "JUNE 1 - CENSUS (??) / COUNT YOURSELF / 1 JUIN RECENSEMENT / SOYEZ DU NOMBRE"

New Zealand

Auckland, New Zealand to Canada - $1.00 - Aug 27, 1990
with a stamp "FASTPOST (??) / FOR SPEEDY / DELIVERY-"

Other

This one wasn't written nor stamped but it does have an interesting "Posted Aboard Ship Date" stamp (without a date)

Read More!

Great for more images of this sort - 

> Postal History Corner: Canadian Postal and Philatelic History. https://postalhistorycorner.blogspot.com/

And more history -

> Rates for Stamped Cards and Postcards. (Undated) In Postal History. https://about.usps.com/who/profile/history/postcard-rates-since-1873.htm

> History of United States postage rates. (2024, January 18). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_United_States_postage_rates

> Postage stamps and postal history of New Zealand. (2023, September 29). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_New_Zealand

> Redressing the Balance – A brief history of Letter Balances and the Penny Post. In MOTAT. https://www.motat.nz/collections-and-stories/stories/redressing-the-balance-a-brief-history-of-letter-balances-and-the-penny-post/