Canada Post Banff National Park Stamp

This attractive Canadian postage stamp was issued by Canada Post on June 21, 1985, to commemorate the centenary of world renowned Banff National Park. The stamp itself is an un-mounted mint example of the $2 stamp, beautifully printed using a combination of engraving and lithography. It is housed on a card that slides into an outer cardboard sleeve adorned with vintage and contemporary images of Banff National Park.

Banff National Park is Canada's oldest national park, established in 1885 in the Rocky Mountains. The park, located 110–180 km west of Calgary in the province of Alberta, encompasses 6,641 km2 of mountainous terrain, with numerous glaciers and ice fields, dense coniferous forest, and alpine landscapes. The Canadian Pacific Railway was instrumental in Banff's early years, building the Banff Springs Hotel and Chateau Lake Louise, and attracting tourists through extensive advertising.

Canada Post Commemorative Papal Stamps

This item is a set of two unmounted mint stamps issued by Canada Post in 1984 to commemorate the visit of Pope John Paul II to Canada. Both the 32 and 64 cent version display a stylized map of Canada showing each stop in John Paul’s tour overlain with the Papal coat-of-arms. The outer flap of the card, a portrait of the Pope, can be opened to display further details about the visit, and about the Pontiff himself.

Canada Post, the Canadian crown corporation which functions as the country's primary postal operator, is responsible for stamp design and production. But the choice of subject or the final design to appear on stamps is preformed by the Stamp Advisory Committee. Their objective is to recommend a stamp program that will have broad-based appeal, regionally and culturally, reflecting Canadian history, heritage, and tradition.