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Tecumseh, Brock set to feature on War of 1812 stamps
By Bret Evans
Canada Post has confirmed that the first two stamps issued to mark the bicentennial of the War of 1812 will honour Chief Tecumseh and Gen. Isaac Brock.
The se-tenant pair will be issued in May 2012, well ahead of the official bicentennial celebrations.
Tecumseh led native groups to join an alliance with the British during the war, and played a key role in the capture of Fort Detroit in August 1812 and was killed the next year during the Battle of the Thames near Moraviantown, outside Chatham, Ont...
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