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Canada’s symbolic beaver turns 50
The beaver graced the first stamp issued in present-day Canada, the 1851 three-pence issue from the Province of Canada.
This year marks a golden milestone for one of Canada’s most iconic national emblems: the beaver. It’s been 50 years since Parliament officially recognized Castor canadensis as a symbol of Canadian sovereignty – though its significance stretches far deeper into the country’s colonial and philatelic past. Continue reading →