StampCat Stamps: The Red River Rebellion of Louis Riel

Learn about the Red River Rebellion of Louis Riel through postage stamps! Before there was Winnipeg, there was the Red River colony. Home to a diverse group of people: Indigenous tribes, Scottish settlers, English and French fur traders, and Metis. Enter the year 1867, when the Dominion of Canada formed… and was ready to expand their new country with a vengeance. But one man refused to let this new ‘country of Canada’ roll over his hometown, and this rebel was the Metis leader, Louis Riel. He also, as one does, had a mysterious stamp essay designed for his self-formed provincial government? The details are unclear, but the Riel essay is a pricey philatelic item none-the-less!

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