The Commemorative Covers: Miscellaneous Covers
This chapter lists the commemorative covers related to ICAO’s activities which could not be linked to any other chapter of the Postal History; they are shown in chronological order.
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43rd FICSA (Federation of International Civil Servants’ Associations) Council held in Montréal, Canada from 5 to 10 February 1990. |
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Visit of the UN Secretary General (Javier Pérez de Cuéllar) at ICAO Headquarters, Montréal, Canada on 12 February 1991, on the occasion of the International Conference on Air Law, which adopted the Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection. |
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Canada Day Celebration at ICAO on 1 July 1997.
The Canadian Delegation to ICAO prepared this cover for the celebration of Canada Day in 1997.
Four-page programme celebrating Canada Day at ICAO on 1 July 1997.
The third headquarters building (at 999 University Street, now Robert-Bourassa Boulevard) was occupied by ICAO in October 1996 and officially inaugurated on 5 December 1996. This was the first celebration of Canada Day in the new ICAO building.
Canada Day (French: Fête du Canada) is the national day of Canada. A federal statutory holiday, it celebrates the anniversary of Canadian confederation which occurred on 1 July 1867, with the passing of the Constitution Act, 1867 where the three separate colonies of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick were united into a single Dominion within the British Empire called Canada. Originally called Dominion Day (French: Le Jour de la Confédération), the holiday was renamed in 1982 when the Canadian Constitution was patriated by the Canada Act 1982.
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