This stamp – issued in advance of the total solar eclipse that will occur on April 8, 2024 – marks the first time that Canada Post has issued a stamp featuring a solar eclipse.
This total solar eclipse is significant in that it is the only time this century that the path of such an eclipse will cross parts of North America’s three largest countries – Mexico, the United States and Canada. America.
Previous Canada Post issues related to astronomy include the International Year of Astronomy (2009), which featured images of the Eagle and Horsehead nebulas, and Astronomy (2018), which featured images of the Milky Way and the Northern Lights and marked the 150th anniversary of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.
