# Canada Post unveils stamp celebrating same-sex marriage rights in country

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**Created:** [May 10, 2017, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-post-unveils-stamp-celebrating-same-sex-marriage-rights-in-country/786257 "2017-05-10T05:13:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
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As part of Canada’s 150 year celebration, Canada Post is issuing 10 stamps to commemorate significant events in the nation’s history.

Same-sex marriage in 2005 is one of the events commemorated. Canada Post released the image of the stamp today: a maple leaf with rainbow colours, and “marriage equality” in both languages.  
[Canada Post unveils stamp celebrating same-sex marriage rights in country](http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/canada-post-unveils-stamp-celebrating-same-sex-marriage-rights-in-country-1.3405748)

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**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-post-unveils-stamp-celebrating-same-sex-marriage-rights-in-country/786257/2 "2017-05-10T21:10:47Z")

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You can buy a booklet of 8 stamps for $6.80 [here](https://www.canadapost.ca/shop/canada-150/p-414053111.jsf?execution=e1s1). But they won’t be shipped until the stamps are available, about 3 weeks from now (June 1, 2017).

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-post-unveils-stamp-celebrating-same-sex-marriage-rights-in-country/786257/3 "2017-05-10T22:47:49Z")

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O Canada! I wonder if the USPS will ever commemorate SSM, in addition to the already-issued Harvey Milk stamp.

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**Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-post-unveils-stamp-celebrating-same-sex-marriage-rights-in-country/786257/4 "2017-05-11T00:54:30Z")

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> [@panache45](#):
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> O Canada! I wonder if the USPS will ever commemorate SSM, in addition to the already-issued Harvey Milk stamp.

There’s lots of gay & lesbian people on US stamps, from Horatio Alger to Babe Zaharias. They just weren’t openly labeled as such. Some of them were in what would be considered same-sex marriages, but that was not recognized at that time.

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