Monday, August 5, 2024

Hay River, Northwest Territories. Canada

From the town of Hay River. There are three post offices in the Northwest Territories that currently use this polar bear postmark: Yellowknife, Inuvik and Hay River. But you won't see actual polar bears in Hay River. Just black bears. The stamp is from a recent set that recognizes Canadian graphic novelists. On this stamp it's Mariko and Jillian Tamaki and their novel "This One Summer" published in 2014. It's a teen coming-of-age story that was banned by the American Library Association for its mature subject matter.

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