Tommy Douglas, the person best associated with Medicare and a person voted the Greatest Canadian by CBC viewers in 2004, is the subject of a new stamp issue. As a young boy Douglas developed an infection that would have cost him his leg. He was able to receive medical treatment only after his father met a surgeon who agreed to treat him in order to teach students. Later in life he became a Baptist preacher in Weybourn, Sask. Always a believer in social activism, he also became involved in politics. Continue reading →
A 7½-cent green 1857 Victoria imperforate with large margins, described as "an exceptional example of a scarce classic stamp," is available as Lot 14, accompanied by certificates from the Royal Philatelic Society of London and Canada’s renowned Greene Foundation.
