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Post Office Department fonds
[multiple media]

Fonds Consists of:
895 lower level description(s)

Accession:
95 record(s)

Bilingual Equivalent: Fonds du ministère des Postes

Date(s):
1799-2006

Extent
    ca. 664.20 m of textual records.
    326 microfilm reels.
    7154 photographs b&w.
    2062 postal covers and other philatelic material.
    29 v.
    2 computer optical discs.
    5231 architectural drawings.
    222 technical drawwings.
    41 maps.
    15 folders of philatelic records.
    5 commemorative sets : stamps and coins.
    18 reproductions : posters and other graphic material.
    2 metal boxes.
    12 stamp cards.
    4 calling cards.
    2 letter writing kits (2 postage stamp booklets).
    12 p.

Scope and content
Fonds consists of records created and/or maintained by the Post Office Department and its predecessors. Researchers are cautioned that unprocessed textual records and records in other media may not be reflected in this description.

Conditions of Access
Architectural: technical drawings  90: Open
Graphic (art)  90: Open
Graphic (photo)  90: Open
Cartographic material  90: Open
Object  90: Open
Sound recordings  90: Open
Philatelic records  90: Open
Textual records  32: Restricted by law
Textual records: electronic  90: Open
Textual records: microform  32: Restricted by law

Terms of use
Copyright belongs to the Crown.

Copyright of philatelic records : Canada Post Corporation and other postal administrations as well as Wildlife Habitat Canada.

Copyright of sound recordings : Universal Music Canada.

Copyright of coins : Royal Canadian Mint.
Credit : Library and Archives Canada.

Creator(s) / Provenance: Canada.Post Office Dept

Administrative history
Prior to 1851, the Post Office Department in British North America was an overseas extension of the General Post Office of Great Britain. In 1849 the Imperial Parliament passed "An Act for enabling colonial legislatures to establish Inland Posts" (Gt. Brit. 12 & 13 Vic [1849], c.66). This legislation was followed in the Province of Canada by "An Act to provide for the transfer of the management of Inland Posts to the Provincial Government, and for the regulation of the said Department" (13 & 14 Vic. [1850]). Similar legislation was passed in New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island, and control of the Post Office passed to those Colonial governments in 1851.

With Confederation in 1867, the post office departments in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia were amalgamated with that of Ontario and Québec and new legislation, "An Act for the regulation of the postal service (31 Vic.[1867], c.10) was passed. When British Columbia, Prince Edward Island, and much later, Newfoundland, joined Canada, the existing colonial postal administration was absorbed by the larger Canadian administration. The Post Office Department continued as a government department until 1981, when it became a Crown Corporation called the Canada Post Corporation.


Finding aid
Finding aids are available. See lower level descriptions and accession records in ArchiviaNet (the NA website). (Other)

Reference Numbers
Former archival reference no.: RG3
Archival reference no.: R169-0-4-E

Additional Information

Physical description note
Consists also of 14 prints : postcards, 4 reproductions : stickers and 4 reproductions.

Source of title
RSC 1970, c.P-14, s.3

Accruals
Further accruals are expected.

Philatelic note
Consists also of 1666 postage stamps, 768 panes of postage stamps, 470 postage stamp booklets, 294 postal stationery items, 114 strips of postage stamps, 100 blocks of postage stamps, 63 pairs of postage stamps, 36 sheets of postage stamps, 22 revenue stamps and 6 panes of revenue stamps.

Language of material
English

Added language of material
French

Source.

Government

Other control no.:

Other system control no.:
0FD025

MIKAN No.
13

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