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Canada Post Unveils Five New Stamps

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Nostalgic travel posters from the 20th century are featured in five new stamps from Canada Post.

The Vintage Travel Posters collection puts the spotlight on alluring ads from the 1930s to 1950s.

As Canada’s popularity as a tourist destination surged, railways and steamship companies commissioned illustrators and designers to create eye-catching posters.

“Ad campaigns beckoned people to explore Canada’s wild beauty and urban attractions by promising world-class adventure, scenery and luxury,” said a news release from Canada Post.

A total of five posters were selected for the release, including:

  • An observation car on the Canadian, Canadian Pacific Railway’s premier transcontinental train, in the Rocky Mountains.
  • The breezy glamour of cruising the Great Lakes with Canadian Pacific.
  • The Royal York – now the Fairmont Royal York – a landmark hotel in downtown Toronto.
  • Skiing in style at picturesque Mont-Tremblant ski resort, Quebec
  • The original Cape Forchu Lighthouse in Yarmouth, N.S., which was in service for more than 120 years.

Officials unveiled the new stamps at the inaugural CAPEX 22 International One Frame Stamp Championship Exhibition in Toronto.

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Stamps To Feature Canada’s Endangered Whales

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Canada Post is highlighting endangered whales this week with the release of a new stamp.

The stamps will help raise awareness of five endangered whale species.

They are:

  • Beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) – St. Lawrence Estuary, Cumberland Sound, Ungava Bay
  • Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) – Atlantic and Pacific
  • Killer whale (Orcinus orca) – Southern resident in the Northeast Pacific
  • North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)
  • Northern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus) – Scotian Shelf

There are more than 30 species of whales in Canadian waters, but these populations are at risk.

This is due to ship strikes or entanglement in fishing gear and debris. Pollution, climate change and ocean noise are also a threat.

Stamps will be available for purchase at post offices starting on May 20.

“It’s really important to have these whales recognized as Endangered. This recognition can lead to legal protection. It can also lead organizations and people to act voluntarily to stop activities that harm the whales,” says Dr. Hal Whitehead, a biologist and professor at Dalhousie University and co-chair of the COSEWIC Marine Mammals Specialist Subcommittee. “Thirdly, it raises awareness that we have a problem here, and we need to do something about it.”