The first Canadian postage stamp
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Canadian Museum of History, 2003.56.1, IMG2009-0063-0009-Dm
In 1851, Great Britain gave the Province of Canada responsibility for its own postal system. The first Canadian postage stamp — the Three-Pence Beaver — was issued on April 23, 1851, making this new responsibility official.