| Name |
Value |
| Date of Issue |
November 13, 1987 |
| Year |
1987
|
| Quantity |
8,200,000 |
| Denomination |
36¢
|
| Perforation or Dimension |
13.5 x 13 |
| Series |
1988 Olympic Winter Games
|
| Series Time Span |
1986 - 1988 |
| Printer |
Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited. |
| Postal Administration |
Canada |
| Condition |
Avg Value |
|
M-NH-VF
|
Only available to paid users |
|
U-VF
|
Only available to paid users |
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Souvenir Sheet of 11 Stamps
Quantity Produced -
Unknown
No Images Exist for this Layout.
Official First Day Cover
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Unknown
Official First Day Cover - 2 Stamps
Quantity Produced -
Unknown
Official First Day Cover - Plate Block
Quantity Produced -
Unknown
The fourth issue of Calgary Olympic Winter Games stamps features cross-country skiing and ski jumping. Cross-country skiing originated around 3000 BC in the Scandinavian countries as a form of transportation. Archaeologists speculate that it first appeared in Canada about 1000 AD at the short-lived Viking settlement of L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland. Scandinavian prospectors and railway builders reintroduced it to Canada in the 19th century. Alpine skiing eclipsed cross-country skiing in Canada from the 1940s to 1970s but thanks to the recent fitness boom and the efforts of "Jackrabbit" Johannsen, cross-country skiing is now one of Canada's most popular sports. In the Nordic combined Olympic event, athletes compete in both ski jumping and cross-country skiing. The placings in this first part of the event, ski jumping, determine the order and part time of start in cross-country skiing. The person who wins the second part of the event thus wins the whole competition. One stamp of this se-tenant pair shows a ski jumper against a forest background. The other depicts a cross-country ski racer using the marathon skate, a stride which has been officially approved for use in the 1988 Olympic Winter Games. Pierre-Yves Pelletier of Montreal designed these and the previous stamps in the Calgary Olympic Winter Games series.
Designed by Pierre-Yves Pelletier.
Canada Post Corporation. [Postage Stamp Press Release], 1987.
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