Canada Post Releases Five New Stamps Depicting 20th Century Travel Posters

Travel in Canada is getting even more attention. Last week, Canada Post released five new stamps featuring nostalgic travel posters from the 1930s to 1950s. The Vintage Travel Posters collection showcases five iconic Canadian locations:

• An observation car on the Canadian — Canadian Pacific Railway's premier transcontinental train — as it travels through the Rocky Mountains (1955, by Canadian artist Roger Couillard).
• The breezy glamour of cruising the Great Lakes with Canadian Pacific (circa 1937, after the work of British artist Tom Purvis).
• The Royal York – now the Fairmont Royal York – a landmark hotel in downtown Toronto (circa 1935, by Norman Fraser, birthplace unknown).
• Skiing in style at picturesque Mont-Tremblant ski resort, Quebec (1939, by Austrian-born artist Herbert Bayer).

The welcoming sandy beaches and lighthouses of Canada's spectacular east coast (circa 1950, by Saskatchewan-born artist Peter Ewart).The 20th-century ad campaigns invited Canadians and the world to see Canada’s wild beauty and urban attractions by promoting world-class adventure, scenery and luxury. We loved seeing these vintage ads celebrating a few of the many great destinations that continue to offer visitors from around the world unparalleled experiences today.

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