The Maple Leaf forever
Every day, the flag is raised over cities and towns all across this great country. That’s the inspiration behind Canada Post’s ongoing series of flag definitives, stamps that show the red and white maple leaf flying from an imaginary pole over all kinds of Canadian landscapes. Definitives are the everyday stamps we use the most, and these are sure to make you proud of our big beautiful land.
But designing them is a little trickier than you might think. If you had to choose just five photographs to represent all of Canada, what images would you use? For the 2006 postal rate change, Canada Post issued five new domestic rate (51¢) flag definitives presenting scenes from across the country. They show summer and winter, nature and structure, past and present—all different ways of looking at Canada.
The five stamps feature a winter scene in New Glasgow, Prince Edward Island; the snaking curves of the Bridge at Bouctouche, New Brunswick; wind turbines in action at Pincher Creek, Alberta; the stony face of the Southwest Bastion at the Lower Fort Garry National Historic Site in Manitoba; and a daring dogsled travelling through the Yukon’s St. Elias mountain range. |
