“Wait for me Daddy” stamp #2794, October 4, 2014

 Most poignant photo taken by C.P. Dettloff in Vancouver, Canada on October 1, 1940, when a young 5 year old boy escaped his mother’s grasp and raced to his father, “creating what would become the most famous Canadian photograph of the Second World War and one of the most recognized of all war photos”. This stamp was issued in 2014 to commemorate the 75^th anniversary of this photo

Oldest stamp in my collection, #4, 1852

 

Hard to believe that this tiny piece of printed paper has lasted 169 years so far. How many people over generations kept this beautiful old stamp in such a condition. Intriguing to find the list of owners over the years. Enjoy.

Astronomy

 

Canadarm

"Canada's most famous robotics accomplishment - the Canadarm - took flight into space in 1981."

 

United Nations Collection (1967)

Going through a United Nations Collection found this beautiful minisheet of 1967 United Nations Art - Chagall's Memorial Window in U.N. Secretariat Building. "Artist: Marc Chagall (born Moiche Zakharovitch Chagalov 6 July, 1887 - 28 March 1985) was a Russian-French artist of Belarusian Jewish origin."

Hidden Dates on Canadian Stamps

Since 1935 Canadian stamps have a hidden date (year of issue) printed on the stamp which is sometimes hard to find. Here are some examples. By using a 20X magnifier they become quite visible.If you have Canadian stamps in your collection try to identify the the hidden date for fun. Please note that there are a few exceptions where they were not printed for some reason.

Snow Mammals, Issued Feb. 16, 2021

Canada Post has just issued 5 stamps depicting snow mammals. “Only 19 species of mammals worldwide (about 0.3 %) change colour in response to winter: Canada is home to 12 of them.” Just sharing. Enjoy.

 

Royal Astronomical Society in Great Britain

To commemorate the 200th anniversary in 2020 of the Royal Astronomical Society in Great Britain, the Royal Post has issued 8 stamps exploring the origin and achievements of the SAR entitled "Visions of the Universe". I thought I'd share them with you.

 

Prime Ministers of Canada

With the upcoming Federal Election for our Prime Minister, thought to make a pictorial presentation of the Canadian stamps issued for the Prime Ministers that were elected so far. Hope you enjoy.

Avec les prochaines élections fédérales pour notre premier ministre, j’ai pensé de faire une présentation  des timbres canadiens émis pour les premiers ministres qui ont été élus.

 

 

Locomotives

             What to do during isolation due to Covid-19? Well if you have a stamp collection it is time to do a cleanup, sort, identify and catalogue your stamps and maybe take pictures of the stamps and present them. Here is a presentation of the stamps of locomotives issued by canada Post between 1983 and 1986.                                    

                                                

Canada Day, July 1 2020