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#NewIssue: @canadapostcorp unveiled the first of five stamps honouring the country’s emergency responders yesterday at the @AmbulanceNB_en headquarters in Fredericton, N.B. https://t.co/zHA3fuoPQe #stamps #philately #emergency #firstresponders #paramedics
The final five-stamp set from the three-year “Birds of Canada” series was issued by @canadapostcorp on Aug. 20. https://t.co/0VPzh2Zj32 #stamps #philately #birds #animals #topicals
Three sets of stamps celebrating astronomy, sharks and weather phenomena have been unveiled by @canadapostcorp. https://t.co/Upx2cmJaxb
#OTD in 1813, Laura Secord learned of a planned U.S. attack that convinced her to travel more than 30 kilometres to warn British, Canadian and First Nation forces fighting during the War of 1812. https://t.co/WDgvDSo9Nx #history #war #stamps #philately #Niagara
Respect our turtle/tortoise friends on #WorldTurtleDay (and every day)! @canadapostcorp has celebrated the shell-dwelling animals on several stamps, beginning in 1979 with Trionyx spinifera. More recently, @Franklin the Turtle was featured on a four-stamp set issued in 2012.
An 1851 12-penny black on laid paper (Scott #3) described by auctioneers as “Extremely Fine” sold for $135,000 USD as part of the 286-lot sale of the Calgary Collection of Canada, which was offered by Siegel Auctions this March. https://t.co/vRyC1H7ztE #stamps #philately #classic
#NewIssue: In its fifth numismatic catalogue of 2018, the @CanadianMint is celebrating #CaptainCanuck on a $20 Fine silver coin celebrating the imposing red-and-white-clad superhero as he looked when he burst onto the comic book scene in 1975. https://t.co/ne35qXJLua #coins
#OTD in 1989, the Canadian Bank Note Co. printed Canada’s last $1 banknotes, which were from the Scenes of Canada series, the fourth banknote series issued by the Bank of Canada. https://t.co/h42wIdqxxw #money #history #banknotes #papermoney
#News: The court case between the @CanadianMint and its Australia equivalent is intensifying after the Crown corporation found alleged infringement of its patent on Australia’s “Possum Magic” coins. https://t.co/IkWbnfBBCL #coins #numismatics #patents #legal
#NewIssue: There are more than 20 new releases in the @CanadianMint's April numismatic catalogue, which was unveiled today. https://t.co/fIFMsInqu1 #news #coins #numismatics #canadianart #history