Permanent, domestic-rate stamps are required for regular-sized letters, postcards, and cards weighing up to 30 grams (about 5 sheets of paper).
Please note: these stamps are sent in a booklets. Order one item for a booklet of 10 stamps.
This stamp issue marks the 70th anniversary – and platinum jubilee – of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Canada’s longest reigning sovereign.
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, as Queen of Canada, has appeared on more than 70 Canadian stamps during her reign. She also appeared on four Canadian stamps when she was Princess Elizabeth. This year marks the 70th anniversary – and Platinum Jubilee – of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
No previous British monarch has reigned long enough to celebrate a platinum (70-year) jubilee. At just 25 years old, she ascended the throne on the death of her father, King George VI. On that day, February 6, 1952, came the proclamation from St. James’s Palace in London that “the High and Mighty Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary” was now “Queen of this Realm and of all Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith.”