INTERNATIONAL PEACE ARCH ASSOCIATION   

INTERNATIONAL PEACE ARCH COMMEMORATIVE STAMP REQUEST BACKGROUND

Since the early days of the Peace Arch, individuals, stamp clubs, and community organizations from the United States and Canada have nominated the Peace Arch to be recognized on official postage stamps. 

These historical efforts to feature the Peace Arch on postage stamps have been creative, sincere, and inspirational. However, none of them have resulted in the production of an official postage stamp honoring the monument. 

Like many people on both sides of the border, we believe that recognizing the International Peace Arch on a postage stamp is long overdue. Specifically, we believe the Peace Arch should be featured on both U.S. and Canadian postage stamps to commemorate its one-hundredth anniversary.

Consequently, in the fall of 2018, the International Peace Arch Association has applied for the Peace Arch to be featured on a Joint Issue Postage Stamp in Canada and the USA. 

To encourage the general public to join us in this quest, we've created infographics and educational materials for you to download and share. 

We hope you will join us in this effort. Scroll down this page and follow the link on this page to see how you can help!

Just for Kids - Click here to download a Peace Arch Stamp you can color.

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Coming Soon - Peace Arch Centennial Stamp Design Contest & Art Show!

HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL PEACE ARCH 

Commemorative Postage Stamp Requests

INTERNATIONAL PEACE ARCH COMMEMORATIVE STAMP SUBMISSION

November 30th, 2018

In the fall of 2018, the International Peace Arch Association submitted letters to the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee. The letters nominated the International Peace Arch to be featured on a U.S. Canada Joint Issue stamp in September 2021 to commemorate its centennial.

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Each country has a Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee and guidelines and criteria they follow as consider as they select subjects to be featured. They include our heritage, culture, traditions, geography, and achievements.

It is our associations' opinion that our submissions meet the criteria for consideration in both countries because of the Peace Arch’s national and international appeal and its historical and cultural significance. As friends, family, neighbors, and trading partners, its creation and existence is a positive reflection on both American and Canadian life. 

The International Peace Arch Association developed the infographics below to support the creation of a Joint Issue Peace Arch Stamp. Each infographic features a selection of individual stamps that have been issued in the USA or Canada depicting our shared culture, values, history achievements or geography.

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Click on the images below to view infographics and the responses from
the American and Canadian Stamp Advisory Committees  

U.S. Canada Stamp Educational Infographic (set of three)

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1) Joint Issue Stamp is a stamp that is released to commemorate something at the same time in two countries.

2) U.S. Canada Stamps feature our shared history and culture that have been issued either in the U.S. or Canada.

3) Notable landmarks and historic sites along our international border that have been featured on stamps (joint or single issue).  There have been NO STAMPS commemorating sites west of the Glacier-Waterton International Peace Parks.

Click on the images on this page to view our letters to the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committees or educational infographics. 

The stamp infographics are to assist you in learning about our countries' shared history reflected in American and Canadian postage stamps.

DOWNLOAD STAMP INFOGRAPHIC SET

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In the fall of 2019, the International Peace Arch Association invited some of our cross-border partners to show their support for a Peace Arch Joint Issue Stamp. We forwarded their support letters to both the U.S. and the Canadian Stamp Committees. We all are excited to find out later this year if the Peace Arch will have a centennial stamp!

Our cross border stamp supporters include 

Washington State Senator Doug Ericksen; Border Policy Research Institute, WWU; International Peace Garden, North Dakota & Manitoba; Maryhill Museum of Art, WA; City of Blaine, WA; City of White Rock, BC; White Rock Museum and Archives; Surrey Historical Society, BC. While I do not have a copy, we know our friends at the Peace Arch Stamp Club in White Rock, BC, also submitted letters to both the U.S. and Canadian Stamp Committees.

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