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Postal History in a Nutshell http://www.civilization.ca/cpm/cpmb2eng.html
A Chronology of Canadian Postal History http://www.civilization.ca/cpm/chrono/index_e.html
Postal Reform in Early 19th Century British North America http://www.civilization.ca/educat/oracle/modules/jwillis/page01_e.html
Stamps and Postal History Page www.cris.com/~Swanson/posthist.html
Canadian Postal Archives http://www.collectionscanada.ca/08/0806_e.html
History in a Box http://www.civilization.ca/cpm/histbox/welcom~1.htm
Treasures Gallery: Postal History items http://www.civilization.ca/tresors/treasure/postal.html
The letter - a journey through centuries http://www.posten.se/museng/perm_uts/botten/default.htm History of Sweden Post
The Origins of Dogsled Mail in the Yukon in the 1890s http://www.civilization.ca/cpm/smail/smaile.html
Winged Messenger: Airmail in the Heroic Era, 1918-1939 http://www.civilization.ca/cpm/courrier/wm00eng.html
Winged Messenger (2nd edition) http://www.civilization.ca/cpm/courrier2/ccielace.html
Northern Air Stage (food mail) Program http://www.inac.gc.ca/pubs/information/info70.html
Moving the Mail http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibits/2c_moving.html
Neither Snow nor Rain: With origins dating back to the seventeenth century, today's United States Postal Service has a long history of meeting the varied needs of an expanding and changing nation http://www.thehistorynet.com/AmericanHistory/articles/1997/1297_cover.htm
United States Incoming Steamship Mail 1847-1875 http://www.novagate.com/~wierenga/philatelic/
As Precious as Gold http://www.si.edu/postal/gold/asprecious.html
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Books on Philately: Canada and British North America http://pbbooks.com/canada.htm
The Royal Philatelic Society of Canada http://www.rpsc.org/
Joseph Luft's Philatelic Resources on the Web http://www.execpc.com/~joeluft/resource.html
Stamp Collecting http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/stamp/5_stamp.html
Stamp Quest: The Stamp Collecting Adventure http://www.civilization.ca/cpm/stampquest/entree.html
Le Philatéliste - Les timbres canadiens et histoire du Canada http://lephilateliste.biz
Philatelic Museums and Libraries http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/square/ac752/museum1.htm
Philatelic Library of the National Archives http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/020127_e.html
Philatelic Periodicals of the World http://cac.psu.edu/~cms/periodicals/
Canada's stamps http://pwp.lino.com/marcelg/timbr_an.htm
The Canadian Postal Archives http://www.collectionscanada.ca/08/080608_e.html
The Labour Stamp: The Image of the Worker on Canadian Postage Stamps http://www.civilization.ca/cpm/labstamp/lsmen01e.html
The British North America Philatelic Society http://www.bnaps.org/
Canada First Day Covers http://members.tripod.com/~mr_fdc/
A Brief History of Newfoundland Postage Stamps http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~ae050/briefstamp.html
The Canadian Forces Philatelic Society http://www.sfu.ca/~dgronbec/cfpshome.htm
Tom Fortunato Stamp Exhibits http://www.fortunecity.com/olympia/tilden/186/
Post Offices and Postmasters http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/020109_e.html
Post Office Photos http://www.postmarks.org/photos/
York Post Office, A National Historic Site http://parkscanada.pch.gc.ca/thesite/parks.cfm?siteid=3&Language;=EN#siteid
History of the Post Office in Edmonton http://www.gov.edmonton.ab.ca/comm_services/city_op_attractions/fort/1905/posthist.html
A History of Postal Services in Houston http://district.houston.bc.ca/History/PostalServices.htm