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Iconic Canadian sculptor Joe Fafard died at his home in Lumsden, Sask., in the early morning hours of March 16.
A recipient of the Order of Canada, Fafard also had his work commemorated on three stamps and an OFDC issued by @canadapostcorp in 2012.
https://t.co/hvKhzkfnga #RIP
He’s somewhat deified for his seminal, incomparable role in forming modern Canada. But he’s also increasingly vilified for propping up the country’s damaging Indigenous policy.
Canada’s first prime minister won his last election #OTD in 1891.
https://t.co/DaBxnf3dpz #history
As a window to the history of Christianity, communion tokens are a highly collectible area of religious exonumia that’s beloved by numismatists around the world. https://t.co/aMOggCjay2 #numismatics #collecting #history #religion
In the spirit of the coming new year, the @USPS has revealed several of the forthcoming stamps to be issued in 2019. https://t.co/YXGjmlC0f8 #news #stamps #philately #postage #Woodstock #frogs #JoshuaTree #MarvinGaye
#OTD in 1809, Nova Scotian fisherman and pirate Edward Jordan was hanged for piracy in Halifax. https://t.co/ejumWtWmqi #history #NovaScotia #Halifax #nspoli #stamps #philately
#OTD in 1948, William Lyon Mackenzie King retired as prime minister of Canada after more than two decades of service—a British Commonwealth record. https://t.co/Kk8qNLOTU3 #history #banknotes #notaphily #money #numismatics #Cdnpoli
Earlier this year, the @CanadianMint issued a comic book-shaped $20 Fine silver coin commemorating Captain Canuck, a homegrown superhero who owes his existence to Canada's 1940 ban on the import of comic books. https://t.co/b1s740nfL9 #history #coins #comics #numismatics
#NewIssue: @canadapostcorp issued a stamp marking the 100th anniversary of the First World War armistice today in Ottawa. https://t.co/RlkHa63DEq #stamps #philately #Armistice100 #WWI
The large and magnificent Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis canadensis) is the perfect complement to @canadapostcorp's latest high-value definitive, this denominated at $4. https://t.co/JEeLRiz9OI #stamps #philately #wildlife #Canada
#NewIssue: The @CanadianMint has joined @mcgillu's First Peoples’ House 17th Annual Pow Wow to unveil a coloured silver coin celebrating the spectacular pageantry of the Fancy Dance. https://t.co/lz6XV7r3Rg #FancyDance #coins #numismatics #Indigenous #culture #Canada #art