Canada Announces Nelson Mandela Stamp

Just announced from Canada Post, to be released on January 30, 2015:



http://www.canadapost.ca/shop/stamp...ecution=e1s1

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toron...ed-1.2933427

Another candidate for least necessary Canadian stamp of 2015.

Well..we could have had more Canadian stamps as described below..associated with the date 2015.

40 years.....Canada goes metric.(1975)
70 years.....Founding member of United nations.(1945)
95 years.....founding member of league of Nations.(1920)
130 years....last spike driven to complete C.P. railway.(1885)
145 years....manitoba became the 5th province.(1870)
200 years...End of the War of 1812.(1815)

ya, guess Canada Post is right again...nothing important in Canada history, so put a non Canadian stamp on the market...

And I guess there is nothing important in Canadian history to warrant a stamp or two..


 
1- John McCrae writes "In Flanders' Fields." (100 years ago in 1915)

2- Battle of Ypres starts in Belgium. It's the first major battle fought by Canadian troops (100 years ago in 1915)

3- Battle of St.Julien. First use of poison gas against Canadian troops. (100 years ago in 1915)

4- Elizabeth Smellie is appointed colonel in the Canadian Army nursing corps. She was the first Canadian women to hold this position. (100 years ago in 1915)

There is more to a nation's stamp program than tooting the national horn.

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canadastamp..if we dont toot our own horn..who will toot it for us..??

Nice, criminals on stamps. Perhaps the US will release the Al Capone definitive.

Sorry stallzer..didnt understand..Who is the criminal..??

Nelson Mandela was the head of UmKhonto we Sizwe, (MK), the terrorist wing of the ANC and South African Communist Party. At his trial, he had pleaded guilty to 156 acts of public violence including mobilising terrorist bombing campaigns, which planted bombs in public places, including the Johannesburg railway station. Many innocent people, including women and children, were killed by Nelson Mandela's MK terrorists. Here are some highlights

-Church Street West, Pretoria, on the 20 May 1983

-Amanzimtoti Shopping complex KZN, 23 December 1985

-Krugersdorp Magistrate's Court, 17 March 1988

-Durban Pick 'n Pay shopping complex, 1 September 1986

-Pretoria Sterland movie complex 16 April 1988 – limpet mine killed ANC terrorist M O Maponya instead

-Johannesburg Magistrate's Court, 20 May 1987

-Roodepoort Standard Bank 3 June, 1988

Tellingly, not only did Mandela refuse to renounce violence, Amnesty refused to take his case stating "[the] movement recorded that it could not give the name of 'Prisoner of Conscience' to anyone associated with violence, even though as in 'conventional warfare' a degree of restraint may be exercised."

Nelson Mandela is an honorary Canadian citizen so it is relevant. I don't know why they didn't mention it in the stamp description on Canada Post website. http://www.canadapost.ca/shop/new/n...ecution=e1s1

Only in Canada.

2015 is federal election year in Canada and
all the parties are sucking up to certain
portions of minorities.

So what.

Has he ever lived in Canada?

Has he worked in Canada?

Has he paid taxes in Canada?

What has he contributed to Canada?

What has he done for Canada to be called
an honorary Canadian citizen ?

canadianphilatelist..Do you see what me and others are talking about..??

i doubt very much if Canada Post bothers with forum as such..maybe they should...

wert, Canada Post has a political agenda when it comes to what is issued
on stamps.

I found that out 100% when there was no stamp issued for
the 250th anniversary of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham
or Battle of Quebec.

There are many important events and mild stones in Canadian history and I mentioned a few above...Their process is based on thinking in the box...that is a shame...Wish there was an avenue of input from Canadians to Canada Post as to what is pertinent and relevant on CANADIAN STAMPS.

wert are you serious?

When was the last time the politician (or the bureaucrats) listened
to what the taxpayers wnated?

Oh wait, I know. Election time.

And after they get in they just ignore and dump on us.