Catalogue of Unofficial First Day Covers for Canadian Stamp Issues of the 21st Century

Gary Dickinson
Released July 2026.
116 pages, 8.5" x 11", spiral.
Colour C$ 32.00 [ISBN 978-1-989280-56-0].

The onset of “official” FDCs by Canada Post in 1971 resulted in a fairly rapid and substantial shift by collectors away from the products of private makers in favour of the official versions. By the end of the 20th century, private cachet makers barely existed.

In his newest BNAPS handbook, Catalogue of Unofficial First Day Covers for Canadian Stamp Issues of the 21st Century, Gary Dickinson presents unofficial first day covers (FDCs) produced in the current century that are almost completely unknown and unstudied by the philatelic community. They are difficult to find.