RPSC Reference Canada Post 2016 Stamp Program

Canada Post 2016 Stamp Program
Updated: Jan 1/17
> First-class Postal Rates
Rates effective March 31, 2014 (rate change expected in Jan 2016 has been delayed):
  • Domestic: 85c
  • USA: $1.20
  • International: $2.50
> Elizabethan-era postal rate listing. [Updated Jan 27, 2019]

> 2016 Canada Stamp Program
Self-adhesive issues are indicated by the SA logo, used by Canada Post.
Scott numbers are noted as they are announced by Scott Publishing.
  • Jan 11: Lunar New Year: Year of the Monkey (domestic rate)
    • P (85c) (pane of 25) [Sc # 2884]
    • P (85c) (booklet of 10) [Sc # 2886] SA
    • Prepaid Postcard

  • Jan 11: Queen Elizabeth II
    • P (85c) (booklet pane of 10) [Sc # 2888] SA

  • Jan 11: UNESCO (5 designs)
    • P (85c) (booklet pane of 10) [Sc # 2890-94] SA
    • P (85c) (booklet pane of 30) SA
    • $4.25 souvenir sheet of 5 [Sc # 2889]

  • Feb 1: Lunar New Year: Year of the Monkey (International rate)
    • $2.50 (booklet of 6) [Sc # 2887] SA
    • $2.50 souvenir sheet [Sc # 2885]
    • $2.50 Monkey + $2.50 Ram [Sc # 2885a]
    • $30.00 uncut press sheet
    • Prepaid Postcard

  • Feb 1: Black Heritage Month - No. 2 Construction Battalion
    • P (85c) (booklet pane of 10) [Sc # 2895] SA

  • Mar 1: Hydrangeas (2 designs)
    • P (85c) (booklet pane of 10) [Sc # 2899-2900] SA
    • P (85c) (coil of 50) [Sc # 2897-98] SA
    • $1.70 souvenir sheet of 2 [Sc # 2896]
    • Prepaid Postcards (1 of each design @ $2.50 each)

  • Mar 8: Centennial of Women's Suffrage
    • P (85c) (booklet pane of 10) [Sc # 2901] SA

  • Apr 13: Canadian Photography (7 designs)
    • P (85c) (booklet of 10) (5 designs) [Sc # 2904-08] SA
    • $1.20 (booklet of 6) [Sc # 2909] SA
    • $2.50 (booklet of 6) [Sc # 2910] SA
    • $4.20 souvenir sheet of 2 x P (85c) + $2.50 [Sc # 2903]
    • $3.75 souvenir sheet of 3 x P (85c) + $1.20 [Sc # 2902]
    • Prepaid Postcards (1 of each design @ $2.50 each)
  • May 5: Star Trek, The Original TV Series (50th anniversary)
    • P (85c) (booklet of 10) (5 people designs) [Sc # 2917-21] SA
    • P (85c) (roll of 50) (2 'ship' designs) [Sc # 2913-14] SA
    • $1.70 souvenir sheet of 2 'ships' [Sc # 2911]
    • $7.35 souvenir sheet of 5 people [Sc # 2912]
    • $19.95 Prestige booklet (includes 5 different souvenir sheet panes)
    • $10.00 souvenir sheet of 2 x $5 (lenticular stamps) [Sc # 2922] SA
    • $44.10 uncut press sheet of 6 souvenir sheets (of people)
    • $120.00 uncut press sheet of 12 lenticular souvenir sheets
    • Prepaid Postcards (5 designs @ $2.50 each)
  • May 26: Dinosaurs (5 designs)
    • P (85c) (booklet pane of 10) [Sc # 2924-28] SA
    • $4.25 souvenir sheet of 5 [Sc # 2923]
    • $30.60 uncut press sheet of 7 souvenir sheets + 1 single stamp

  • Jul 12: Birds of Canada (5 designs)
    • P (85c) (booklet pane of 10) [Sc # 2930-34] SA
    • $4.25 souvenir sheet of 5 [Sc # 2929]
    • Prepaid Postcards (5 designs @ $2.50 each)
  • Sep 8: Haunted Canada
    • P (85c) booklet pane of 10 (5 designs) [Sc # 2936-40] SA
    • $4.25 souvenir sheet of 5 [Sc # 2935]
    • $34.00 uncut press sheet of 8 souvenir sheets
    • Prepaid Postcards (5 designs @ $2.50 each)

  • Sep 23: NHL Forwards (6 designs: Sidney Crosby, Guy Lafleur, Mark Messier, Phil Esposito, Steve Yzerman, Darryl Sittler)
    • P (85c) (booklet pane/sheet of 6) [Sc # 2942-47] SA
    • $5.10 souvenir sheet of 6 [Sc # 2941]
    • $1.80 individual souvenir sheets of 1 [Sc # 2948-53] SA

  • Sep 26: Canada Post Community Foundation (2 designs)
    • P (85c) + 10c (booklet pane of 10) [Sc # B23-B24] SA

  • Nov 1: Christmas
    • P (85c) Madonna and Child (booklet of 12) [Sc # 2955] SA
    • P (85c) Santa (booklet of 12) [Sc # 2956] SA
    • $1.20 Christmas Tree (booklet of 6) [Sc # 2957] SA
    • $2.50 Dove (booklet of 6) [Sc # 2958] SA
    • $4.55 souvenir sheet of 3 [Sc # 2954]

> 2016 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 $3 each (unless otherwise indicated).
  • Apr 2: The Brockville Rifles
  • Apr 2: 31 Combat Engineer Regiment (The Elgins)
  • Apr 2: The Grey and Simcoe Foresters
  • Apr 2: The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment)
  • Jun 6: National Research Council of Canada
  • Sep 10: The Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada
  • Sep 10: The Ontario Regiment (RCAC)
  • Sep 10: The Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment) (RCAC)
  • Sep 10: 42nd Field Artillery Regiment (Lanark and Renfrew Scottish), RCA
  • Sep 10: 56th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA
  • Sep 10: The Sherbrooke Hussars
  • Oct 16: Southern Alberta Institute of Technology

 


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