Canada Day 2022

7/1/2022

The Canadian Centennial was a yearlong celebration held in 1967 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation. July 1st is the anniversary of The British North America act which created Canada. Back in 1967, July 1st was known as Dominion Day. The holiday wasn't changed to Canada Day until 1982.

The Canadian Centennial year celebration included a visit by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to Parliament Hill. The Queen's visit to Canada included a visit to Expo '67 in Montreal. Lots of memorabilia was created to celebrate this day including a special "Canadian" typeface... Cartier. Also created were the stamps and pencils shown below.

Canada Centennial pencils by Venus Pencil Company of Canada

Canadian Centennial pencils with erasers in four colours

Canada 1967 Confederation #453 FDC Rosecraft cachet unaddressed

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Alan Williams link

7/20/2022 04:26:10 pm

A belated happy Canada Day to you! Your site has been a genuine source of interest and enjoyment to me for some time.

Coincidentally I also posted about a Canadian pencil for Canada Day this year, which I thought you might be interested to see. The story is over on my new(-ish) site graphography.org (direct link: https://graphography.org/index.php/2022/07/01/plumbago-canada/)

All the best, and keep up the great posts! Alan.

Pencils, eh

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