Curtis Island Lighthouse was built in 1836, on the southeast end of Curtis Island. The light overlooks Camden Harbor. The island is in the USA state of Maine.
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The card is actually sent from Canada. State of Main is a Canadian border state.
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Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts
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Friday, April 15, 2016
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Memorial poles at SGang Gwaay Island | Canada
The village of Nans Dins is located on a small island off the west coast of the Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii). Remains of houses, together with carved mortuary and memorial poles, illustrate the Haida people's art and way of life. Stamp
A pre-printed matching ‘stamp’.
Monday, November 10, 2014
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump | Canada
a? A rather strange name, but it actually makes sense when you know what’s behind that name. The buffalo jump was used for 5,500 years by the indigenous peoples of the plains to kill buffalo by driving them off the 11 metre high cliff.
For thousands of years the native people of the plains hunted the North American bison. The plains Indian lifestyle became dependent on hunting buffalo, and they adapted numerous hunting techniques to obtain their livelihood. Stamps
A preprinted matching ‘stamp’ and 4 more low value definitives depicting insects. But what is the 1c USA stamp doing here?
Sunday, November 9, 2014
Old Town Lunenburg | Canada
Old Town Lunenburg is considered to be the best surviving example of a British colonial policy of creating new settlements by imposing a pre-designed "model town" plan on whatever tract of wilderness it was the King's pleasure to colonize.
The settlement was created in June 1753 as a home for 1,453 mostly German-speaking Protestant German, Swiss and French colonists.
The settlement was created in June 1753 as a home for 1,453 mostly German-speaking Protestant German, Swiss and French colonists.
Old Town Lunenburg is Unesco World Heritage site.
StampsA preprinted matching ‘stamp’ and a Lady Bug stamp, part of a large set of low value definitives about insects.
Monday, October 6, 2014
Georgian Bay's 30,000 Islands
Lake Huron is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is shared on the east by the Canadian province of Ontario. Georgian Bay is a large bay of Lake Huron. There are tens of thousands of islands in Georgian Bay.
Saturday, September 7, 2013
Moraine Lake in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
Banff National Park, Canada's first national park, consists of 6,600 square kilometres of unparalleled mountain scenery nestled in the heart of the magnificent Canadian Rockies. Moraine Lake is a glacially-fed lake in Banff National Park.
Five national parks are located within the Canadian Rockies, four of which interlock and make up the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage site. These four parks are Banff, Jasper, Kootenay and Yoho. The World Heritage site also includes three British Columbia provincial parks that adjoin the four national parks: Hamber, Mount Assiniboine and Mount Robson.
Stamps
In 2007 and 2009 Canada post issued many low value definitives, depicting insects.
The Titanic stamps were issued in 2012 to commemorate 100th anniversary of Titanic sinking.
Saturday, August 3, 2013
Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island (PEI) is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as some other islands. The City of Charlottetown is located on the south shore of Prince Edward Island. Charlottetown is the capital city of Prince Edward Island.The smallest province in Canada, Prince Edward Island is famous for red sand beaches, red soil, potatoes, and the irrepressible Anne of Green Gables, a bestselling novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery.
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Rideau Canal, Ottawa, Canada
Ottawa is the capital of Canada. The city is situated on the south bank of the Ottawa River, and contains the mouths of the Rideau River and the Rideau Canal. The canal was opened in 1832 as a precaution in case of war with the United States. It remains in use today primarily for pleasure boating. It is the oldest continuously operated canal system in North America, and in 2007 it was registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Stamps
The two corner stamps are from an 2013 issue “ Canadian Pride”. The stamp in the middle is a Queen Elizabeth II definitive.
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Peggy's Cove - Nova Scotia
Peggy’s Cove is a small rural community located on the eastern shore of St. Margaret’s Bay in Nova Scotia.
According to legend, Peggy's Cove was named after the only survivor of a schooner that ran aground and sank in 1800... a woman named Margaret. Local folk called her "Peggy" and her home came to be known as Peggy's Cove. The original lighthouse was built in 1868.Stamp
From a set of four stamps about Canadian baby wildlife: Moose calves.
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Greetings from London, Canada!
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London is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom. But this card is from Canada!
London is also a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated along the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor.
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From a set of four stamps about Canadian baby wildlife: Moose calves.
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Craigdarroch Castle from Victoria B.C. Canada
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Craigdarroch Castle in Victoria is an imposing Victorian mansion completed in 1890 for Robert and Joan Dunsmuir, Scottish immigrants who made their fortune from Vancouver Island coal.
Robert Dunsmuir died in 1889, just months before his majestic Craigdarroch Castle was completed.
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(left) From a set of two stamps in honour of February's Black History Month: Irene Davis Desmond.
“With her husband, they travelled the province expanding their businesses of barbershop and hairdressing salons. One day in 1946 when she developed car trouble in New Glasgow, she decided to go to the movies while it was being repaired. She bought her ticket and took a seat on the main floor unaware that, in New Glasgow, tickets sold to blacks were for the balcony only and the floor was reserved for whites. She refused to go to the balcony and eventually the police were called and she spent the night in jail. She was charged with defrauding the Government of Nova Scotia the difference in tax between a ground floor and balcony seat, which amounted to one cent. She was also fined $20, which she paid, but she decided to fight the tax evasion charge. No-one admitted that the theatre had a racist seating policy and that Viola was black. In 2010, a posthumous pardon was granted to Viola Desmond, the first ever such pardon granted in Canada, and the Government of Nova Scotia made an official apology.”
(middle) A stamp to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee.
(right) To celebrate Year of the dragon 2012.
Friday, February 24, 2012
A Rocky Mountain Elk from Canada
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The elk is one of the largest species of deer in the world and one of the largest land mammals in North America and eastern Asia.
The Rocky Mountain Elk is a subspecies of elk found in the Rocky Mountains and adjacent ranges of Western North America. Male elk have large antlers which are shed each year. Elk are similar to the Red Deer found in Europe.
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From a series of 4 stamps about baby wildlife: the polar bear.Saturday, October 29, 2011
Canadian Pacific Railway
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Canadian Pacific Railway was incorporated on February 16, 1881. Less than five years later a ribbon of steel united Canada when the line to the Pacific coast was completed with the driving of the "Last Spike" at Craigellachie, British Columbia, on November 7, 1885.
StampA cute little Polar bear.
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Orangeville, Canada
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Orangeville is a town in south-central Ontario, Canada.
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A polar bear. No one really knows how many polar bears there are because they are hard to count, and at times hard to find. Researchers estimate that there are between 22 000 and 40 000 polar bears in the world. Close to half of the polar bear population lives in Canada.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Sport fishing on the Skeena River, Canada
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Over five million salmon return to the Skeena River every year, making this a premier salmon-fishing area.
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Kate Middleton (1982) and Prince William (1982)
Moricetown BC, Canada
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Moricetown British Columbia. The main attraction is the roaring Bulkley River, tumbling Morice Canyon and the cement fish ladders and leaning, wooden fishing huts used by the First Nation people for fishing.
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A polar bear. No one really knows how many polar bears there are because they are hard to count, and at times hard to find. Researchers estimate that there are between 22 000 and 40 000 polar bears in the world. Close to half of the polar bear population lives in Canada.
