Sunday Stamps: Anniversaries - Canada, Australia

The Queen is associated with both my stamps this week, one from Canada and one from Australia

1967 saw the 100th anniversary of the Canadian Confederation and a series of stamps issued that included - 

 

Canada - 8 February 1967

 

I'm guessing that the ship depicted is on a canal - the St Lawrence Seaway?

The golden wattle is the floral emblem of Australia  and appeared as a diamond brooch on the stamp commemorating the 90th anniversary of the birth of the Queen.

Australia - 5 April 2016

For other anniversaries just visit Sunday Stamps 800

Sunday Stamps - Father Figure: New Zealand

This proved a difficult theme to match until I found the 1946 Peace Issue from New Zealand.

New Zealand - 1 April 1946

King George VI and his family under the banner "IN PEACE, LONG MAY THEY REIGN."

By 1953 the father figure's daughter was Queen and she remains our longest serving monarch.

For other fathers follow the links at Father Figures on Sunday Stamps

Sunday Stamps - Celebrations: USA

The old film Citizen Kane was on the UK TV recently - I missed it. 

However I remember the Celebrate the Century series of stamps from the USA. Among others these included - 

USA - 18 February 1999

What I liked about the stamps which celebrated the 1940s was the information on the back of each stamp - 

You will  have to match the info to the individual stamps. For other celebrations please check out the links at Fireworks at Sunday Stamps

Over the garden wall

I pass a wall on my morning walk - six days every week.

This week my attention was caught by a collection of pebbles.

Front right has the slogan - "Save the NHS" - one with which we can all agree.

Sunday Stamps - Birds: Norway, Poland

I have shown all my stamps of dogs before so this time I settled for birds.

A regular visitor to our garden is the robin so he had to appear first.

Norway - 1 April 1982

I have never seen a falcon so this Polish stamp just had to appear.

Poland - 23 January 1975

Also from Poland is a bird that we know as the plover, peewit or lapwing.

Poland - 5 January 1964

One thing I like about the three stamps is that they all include the Latin names of the birds.

To see what others have chosen this week just hop or fly over to Six Legs on Sunday Stamps