Canada Post and Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela: The stamp, unveiled at Nelson Mandela Park Public School in Toronto, features a photograph taken on Mandela first visit to Canada in 1990, just four months after his release from prison. The South African flag and the country landscape can be seen in the background. , according to CBC. After spending 27 years in prison, he became the leader of the anti-apartheid struggle, and then the first president of a democratic South Africa. Canada Post unveiled a new stamp on Tuesday to commemorate the life of South Africa anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela and his relationship with Canada. Mandela was a prominent international figure for more than half a century, first as a leading human rights campaigner in South Africa and then as the world best-known political prisoner. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.