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A one-kilogram gold coin struck in 2009 for the following year’s Winter Olympics in Vancouver, B.C., was among the top-earning lots of a recent sale by Heritage Auctions.
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#OTD in 1940, the Government of Canada banned the import of comic books, paving the way for the development of home-grown war-time heroes like Johnny Canuck.
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The @CanadianForces' Royal Canadian Logistics Service recognized @canadapostcorp's "Mail to the Troops" program, as well as its routine support of the Canadian Forces Postal Service, during a special ceremony yesterday in Ottawa.
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#OTD in 1864, a grand ball attended by 800 people was held for the delegates at the Québec Conference.
In 1964, the Post Office Department (now @canadapostcorp) commemorated the 100th anniversary of the Quebec Conference with a five-cent stamp.
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A music consultant recently discovered a design error on a newly issued Royal Mail stamp featuring a still from #TheFinalProblem, an episode from the fourth season of #Sherlock.
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Nearly 1,300 lots are set to cross the block across two sessions later this week as Colonial Acres Coins offers its next Premier Auction.
https://t.co/HD1FdQb7Lz #numismatics #papermoney #collection #coins
The California-based auction house Stephen Album Rare Coins recently broke a company record after realizations at its latest sale reached $1.85 million US, including buyer’s premium.
https://t.co/ZHhNoTsOTC #auctions #coincollector #numismatics #Chinesecoins #China
#OTD in 1907, Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell held his first scouting camp, which led to the “Scout” movement a year later.
https://t.co/kyg6ztaMFv #scouting #scouts #philately #collectstamps @Scouts_Stamps
#OTD in 1793, the HMS Mississauga prepared to sail for present-day Toronto, where John Graves Simcoe would soon envision a future fort and settlement named York.
His wife Elizabeth detailed the journey in her diary.
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A century after the birth of artist #BillReid, an advocate of #Haida culture also known by the Haida name Iljuwas, the @CanadianMint is issuing a $2 circulation coin honouring his groundbreaking contributions to contemporary #Indigenous art.
https://t.co/Z7vBYVOlGC #numismatics