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Historical events on this date (April 20) ...

Death of Chief Pontiac (1769)

Canada's First People
Stamp issued: 2000.02.17

Launch of Britannia (1893)

HMY Britannia (Royal Cutter Yacht)
Stamp issued: 1935.05.04

Death of Edward Patrick Johnson (1959)

Opera
Stamp issued: 2006.10.17

Birth of Big Ben (1976)

Canadian Horses
Stamp issued: 1999.06.02

Birth of Big Ben (1976)

Canadian Horses
Stamp issued: 1999.06.02

Start of 3rd Summit of the Americas (2001)

Summit of the Americas
Stamp issued: 2001.04.20

Date: 04.20

6 stamp(s) found.

King George VI w/Postage

4c dark carmine
1950.04.20

50th Anniversary / Girl Guides Association of Canada

5c blue & brown orange
1960.04.20

[Girl Guides Association Des Guides / Be Prepared - Sois Prete]

Jacques Cartier, 450th anniversary voyage to Canada

32c multicoloured

joint issue w/France
1984.04.20

[Jacques Cartier / 1534-1984 / Y. Paquin]

Summit of the Americas

47c multicoloured
2001.04.20

[Summit of the Americas / Sommet des Ameriques]

Hands holding globe

51c multicoloured

Canadian Labour Congress
2006.04.20

[1956-2006 / Canadian Labour Congress / Congres du Travail du Canada]

Queen Elizabeth II Coronation

(85c) multicoloured
2018.04.20

[Elizabeth II / 65th Anniversary of the Coronation o f Her Majesty The Queen / 65e anniversaire du couronnement de sa Majeste la Reine / 1953 / 2018]

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