Canada - 2010 - Second Quarter

The second quarter for Canada is the last of my catch-up posts for 2010. So lets look at the Canadian stamps from the period April-June.


14 April - Canada-Israel, 60 years of friendship

A beautiful joint issue with Israel, this set illustrates the Maple Leaf together with Israel's Star of David via the shapes of human figures. These figures come together to meet in the middle, symbolizing and celebrating the 2 nation's 60 years of diplomatic relations.
This issue also includes a joint FDC with the stamps of both countries as well as cancellations from both countries.


19 April - The Four Indian Kings

In order to comemorate Canada Post's involvement in the London stamp exhibition, this series has been issued to celebrate the 300th anniversary of four portraits that function as a record of early cultural and political diplomacy between the First Nations and the British Empire. In 1710, a delegation of tribal kings, 3 from the Iroquois and 1 from the Algonquins, travelled to London together with colonial leaders and were received by Queen Anne. The alliance of these 2 peoples against the French brought about this memorable visit.


4 May - Canadian Navy: 1910-2010

A combination of the past and present help celebrate the 100th year of the Canadian Navy. The Navy grew to be one of the world's greatest naval forces at the end of the 2nd World War withou roughly 100,000 men and women, and a fleet of 365 warships.


13 May - Marine Life: Sea Otter & Harbour Porpoise

In the 2nd joint issue of 2010, Sweden and Canada combine to celebrate 2 intriguing sea creatures.


22 May - Canadian Geographic's Wildlife Photography of the Year

In 2009, Canadian Geographic, in partnership with the Canadian Museum of Nature, opened a competition in 5 categories for their second Wildlife Photography of the Year contest. The winning snapshots were not only published in the magazine and shown in the Museum, but presented on this amazing stamp set. Over 6,400 submissions were made in the contest.


18 June - Rotary International in Canada, 100th Anniversary

The Rotary Club was founded in the United States in 1905. Five years later it made its way to Canada in Winnipeg, at the hands of P.A.C. McIntyre, also the first officially chartered club outside of the U.S. Today there over 33,000 clubs and over 1.2 million members.
The main objective of Rotary clubs is to bring together business and professional leaders to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards, and help build goodwill and peace.


And that brings to an end our review of the first half of 2010. Hope you enjoyed. 


From now I will be posting about all new issues (since we're already in August, I will take a look back to July first of all and make my way to the end of the year). I will also be posting in English and Portuguese for my own practice but also to spread the word in the country I live in.