1968 Canada 5-Cent Postage Stamps Commemorating
Updated August 7, 2026
| Lot number | 1691 |
| Category | Stamps & Philately |
| Auction | Coins, Currency, & Treasures Online Auction |
| Date | August 12, 2026 at 8:00 PM EDT |
| Auction house | United Country Great West Auction Company |
| Location | Petrolia, ON |
Henri Bourassa. 4 Stamps Total. Joseph-Napoléon-Henri Bourassa (French pronunciation: (September 1, 1868 – August 31, 1952) was a French Canadian political leader and publisher. In 1899, Bourassa was outspoken against the British government's request for Canada to send a militia to fight for Britain in the Second Boer War. Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier's compromise was to send a volunteer force, but the seeds were sown for future conscription protests during the World Wars of the next half-century. Bourassa unsuccessfully challenged the proposal to build warships to help protect the empire. He led the opposition to conscription during World War I and argued that Canada's interests were not at stake. He opposed Catholic bishops who defended military support of Britain and its allies. Bourassa was an ideological father of French-Canadian nationalism. Bourassa was also a defining force in forging French Canada's attitude to the Canadian Confederation of 1867. (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Bourassa)
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