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postage stamp province [Edit etymology] Hist. 
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See also: prairie province (def. 1)
- 1935 A province named Manitoba [was] erected [containing 13,928 squaremiles]. [Footnote] This was to form what was long known as the postage stamp province.
- 1953 [The province of Manitoba had been set up, a small square patch in the midst of the Northwest Territories, like a postage stamp on the map of North America.]
- 1935 A province named Manitoba [was] erected [containing 13,928 squaremiles]. [Footnote] This was to form what was long known as the postage stamp province.