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Holiday Characters

Stamp Info

Name Value
Date of Issue November 1, 2021
Year 2021
Quantity 2,035,000
Denomination
$2.71
Series Holiday Characters
Series Time Span 2021
Postal Administration Canada

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Booklet of 6 Stamps

Quantity Produced - 330,000
Original Purchase Price: $16.26
Perforation: Simulated perforation
Dimension: 24 mm x 24 mm
Printer: Lowe-Martin
Printing Process: Lithography in 4 colours
Gum Type: Pressure sensitive
Tagging: General tagging, four sides
Paper: Tullis Russell
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Souvenir Sheet of 3 Stamps

Quantity Produced - 55,000
Original Purchase Price: $4.93
Perforation: 13+
Dimension: 92 mm x 54 mm
Printer: Lowe-Martin
Printing Process: Lithography in 4 colours
Gum Type: PVA
Tagging: General tagging, four sides
Paper: Tullis Russell
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Souvenir Sheet Official First Day Cover

Quantity Produced - 1,300,000
Original Purchase Price: $5.93
Cancellation Location: Noëlville, ON
Dimension: 190 mm x 112 mm
Printer: Lowe-Martin
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About Stamp Series

Designed by Larry Burke and Anna Stredulinsky of Burke & Burke, and illustrated by Geneviève Godbout, this issue features adorable, full-of-personality portraits of three classic holiday characters, Santa (Permanent™ domestic rate), a reindeer (U.S. rate) and an elf (international rate). Domestic rate stamps are available in booklets of 12, with the U.S. and international rate stamps available in booklets of six. A festive souvenir sheet that brings together all three characters is also part of the issue, along with a souvenir sheet Official First Day Cover, cancelled in Noëlville, Ontario.

European folklore and traditions have long included winter-season figures of gift-giving, including the medieval Saint Nicholas, German Pelznickel (or Belsnickel) and Italian Befana. Santa Claus came to us through a melding of such legends, as popularized in 19th-century poems and illustrations. Possibly inspired by Norse and Germanic myths, the reindeer first appeared as a single flying wonder in an 1821 illustrated poem, “The Children’s Friend,” followed two years later by the eight that St. Nick called out by name in Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas (also known as The Night Before Christmas). Elves with magical powers are mentioned in Germanic, British and Scandinavian folklore, and beliefs in their ability to help (or hinder) people were common. They joined Santa’s workforce in the 1850s and have been (helpfully) making toys ever since.

Creators

Design: Larry Burke, Anna Stredulinsky | Burke & Burke. Illustration: Geneviève Godbout.

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Reference

Canada Post Details Magazine - October-November 2021, Volume XXX NO 9

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