The Grizzly is the first of a new series of high value engraved definitives that will feature indigenous wild animals of Canada.
He was armed with a spear to protect himself from wild animals. The Harkaras still carry posts in the remote inaccessible parts of India ! Bullock drawn carts carried mail between 1846 and 1904 in India.
The stamp was bought as part of a worldwide mixture and resides in my wild animals collection. I think chances are pretty good that I would not have been able to obtain this stamp in postally used or mint condition.
Old postage stamps have mixture of subjects as designs but it was developed and adopted a specific theme such as birds, flowers, insects, or wild animals.
He would be in great danger of being captured and tortured to reveal his message. He would risk being attacked by wild animals. And to avoid these dangers he could carry only the lightest weapons for, above all, he must run swiftly.
 See also: Stamp, Used, Postal history, Sheet, Philatelic
  
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