A Winnipeg woman says she didn't expect to find a picture of herself, from the Second World War, on a new stamp featuring Canada's first honorary citizen.

Judith Weizmann says she did not realize her image is on an international stamp honouring Raoul Wallenberg.

Canada Post unveiled the stamp earlier this month to highlight his place "as Canada's first honorary citizen as well as the life-saving achievements that earned him that distinction," according to its website.

Wallenberg was a Swedish architect and diplomat who helped save the lives of thousands of Hungarian Jews during the Second World War.

He designed a protective document called the Schutz-Pass, featuring the symbols and colours of Sweden, which he gave to people in the Jewish community.

One of the recipients of the Schutz-Pass was a 14-year-old Weizmann, known then as Judith Kopstein.

Her Schutz-Pass is visible above Wallenberg's head on the stamps.

Weizmann told CBC Radio's As It Happens program she didn't know her pass was going to be used on the stamp until her daughter called her to let her know.

Click on the audio player above to hear Weizmann's interview with As It Happens guest host Rick MacInnes-Rae.