[nfb-talk] Canada has a Braille postage stamp

[Aaron Cannon]

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If someone wants to sue the post Office to make it happen, then I think it
would make a lot of sense to fight it.  It's not always the end that's the
problem.  Sometimes it's the means.

Aaron

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From: "dewey bradley" <dewey.bradley at att.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 4:19 PM
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Are we going to fight this as well?
Isn't this special treatment?
Just like everything else that make our lives easyer.
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From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 2:12 PM
Subject: [nfb-talk] Canada has a Braille postage stamp



>Now, we need to demand some of these too (smile.)


Dave




>Canada Post creates North America's first Braille stamp
>
>
>Canwest News Service Published: Tuesday, April 22, 2008
>
>Canada Post issued North America's first Braille stamp yesterday.
>
>The self-adhesive stamp depicts a yellow
>Labrador Retriever and features a 52¢
>denomination both in large print and in Braille.
>The stamp is being issued to coincide with the
>100th anniversary of the Montreal Association
>for the Blind. Labrador Retrievers and Golden
>Retrievers are the most common breeds of guide dogs.
>
>The stamp was unveiled yesterday in a ceremony
>attended by NDP leader Jack Layton and Montreal
>businessman Alan Dean, pictured, who was
>instrumental in forming a grassroots push to get
>the stamp produced. Mr. Layton's
>great-grandfather, Philip E. Layton, founded the
>Montreal Association for the Blind in 1908,
>Canada's first institution dedicated to the
>education and rehabilitation of the blind and visually impaired.
>

David Andrews and white cane Harry.


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