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The design career of renowned Norwegian designer Martin Mörck, the engraver of several Canadian stamps, was highlighted in a recent Collectors’ Conference webinar.
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#OTD in 1928, Gordie Howe was born in a Saskatchewan farmhouse, where he would grow up with eight siblings.
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Over the years, @canadapostcorp (and its pre-1981 predecessor, the Post Office Department) also commemorated the #NWMP and #RCMP on many stamps.
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The Simpsons’ 32nd season, which is running now until its May 9 finale, featured a philatelic storyline in a recent episode.
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#OTD in 1970, William Roué, the visionary naval architect behind the iconic Bluenose, died at age 90.
In 1998, @canadapostcorp honoured him on a domestic-rate stamp.
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The United Kingdom’s Royal Mint has revealed five 2021 coin designs celebrating British milestones, anniversaries and moments in the upcoming year.
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#coins #numismatics #collectibles #newyear #collectors
Poland’s five-zloty stamp, issued on April 29, features critical 16th-century communication and postal routes along the Vistula, the country’s longest and largest river (and the main postal route for hundreds of years).
It won the judged Europa competition.
Stamps issued by Poland and Turkey have won the 2020 Europa competition hosted by PostEurop, a trade association representing public European postal operators.
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#OTD in 1983, @annemurray1's single, A Little Good News, reached No. 1 on @Billboard’s country chart for the week of Dec. 3.
https://t.co/umUG3TTBxu #Cdnmusic #musichistory #AnneMurray #countrymusic #stamps #philately
The @canadapostcorp Community Foundation has announced 118 Canadian organizations will receive $1.3 million in grants for projects focusing on Canadian children and youth.
https://t.co/O23A083Oap #stamps #philately #semipostal