The Stamp Collectors Corner

The Boys and Girls Club of Canada has been an important part of young people’s lives for many years.  Initially, taking after the example placed by the United States, the Boys and Girls Club was only available to boys in Canada. By the 1970’s it became apparent that girls too could benefit from the programs and [...]

In hosting the Winter Olympics this year Canada released a series of adorable postage stamps to commemorate the occasion. The Olympic mascot postage stamps feature various rates for both domestic and international use.
The theme of the 2010 Winter Olympics was “Sea to Sky”.  The concept linked the Whistler’s snow capped ski slopes with a scenic [...]

The Nature of America postage stamp series was introduced 10 years ago.  Each new set of stamps that is created highlights a particular unique ecosystem in the United States.  On October 21, 2009, the United States Postal Service released the 2009 Nature of America: Kelp Forest postage stamps. This popular educational stamp set was the [...]

Anna Julia Cooper was born in 1858 in Raleigh, North Carolina.  Her mother, Hannah Stanley Haywood was a slave and her father, George Washington Haywood was her mother’s white master.  At nine years old, Cooper received a scholarship to attend the St. Augustine’s Normal School and Collegiate Institute for newly freed slaves.  This new opportunity [...]

Continuing from Wednesday…
In 1962, Cesar Chavez left the CSO and founded the National Farm workers Association which is now called the United Farm Workers of America.  In such he was able to secure fair wages, medical coverage, pension benefits, humane living conditions, and many other previously unattainable rights for the hundreds of thousands of farm [...]

The late Senator Robert F. Kennedy called Cesar Estrada Chavez “one of the heroic figures of our time…”
Born in a farming community in Arizona on March 31, 1927, Cesar Chavez recognized from an early age just how hard migrant farm workers suffered as they worked in America.  During the Great Depression, at the young age [...]

Continuing from Friday…
Despite her many successes in film and radio, McDaniel was often criticized for the stereotypical rolls that she played.  She is known for saying “I’d rather make $700 a week playing a maid than earn $7 a day being a maid.”  She worked tirelessly behind the scenes to change the way that African [...]

Hattie McDaniel was born on June 10, 1895 in Wichita, Kansas, but spent her childhood living in Denver, Colorado. She dropped out of school at a very early age and pursued her dreams of performing while touring with vaudeville companies, minstrel shows, and musical ensembles.
Arriving in Hollywood in 1931, she is credited with appearing in more [...]

Patricia Roberts Harris was born in Matton, Illinois in 1924.  She was a highly acclaimed lawyer who was very active within the Democratic Party, and was a law professor and Dean of Howard University in Maryland.  She never held an elected position, but she was appointed to many powerful positions by Presidents throughout her lifetime.  [...]

In continuation from Friday…
Over the years, hunters are not the only ones who choose to purchase the Duck Stamps.  Philatelists and conservationists alike also realize the value of these cool stamps.  Each year a new Duck Stamp is issued.  Since 1949, the Duck Stamp designs have been chosen via the only art competition that is [...]