| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Date of Issue | November 25, 2021 |
| Year | 2021 |
| Quantity | 1,800,000 |
| Denomination |
 PERMANENT™ (P).Current monetary value: $0.92. |
| Postal Administration | Canada |
| Condition | Name | Avg Value |
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Celebrate Margaret Atwood, one of Canada’s most admired and acclaimed writers, with this booklet of 10 PermanentTM domestic rate stamps. Atwood is a best-selling novelist, poet, short story writer, screenwriter, editor and essayist.
This stamp features a 2017 photo of Atwood taken by internationally renowned photographer Ruven Afanador with the text “A word after a word after a word is power”, taken from Atwood’s poem “Spelling,”
Atwood burst onto the poetry scene in the early 1960s with her award-winning collections Double Persephone and The Circle Game. Her first novel, The Edible Woman (1969), established her as a serious writer of fiction.
Atwood has written more than 50 works: novels, short fiction, poetry, criticism, graphic novels and children’s stories. Her work has sold millions of copies worldwide, been translated into more than 40 languages and been adapted into feature films, documentaries and several critically acclaimed television series, including the hit series The Handmaid’s Tale which is currently airing on Hulu and CraveTV.
Atwood has won a Giller Prize, the Man Booker Prize, two Governor General’s Awards, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Franz Kafka International Literary Prize and the PEN Pinter Award. She is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, a Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres du France, an Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and, in 1981, she was named a Companion of the Order of Canada.
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Celebrate Margaret Atwood, one of Canada’s most admired and acclaimed writers, with this Official First Day Cover. Atwood is a best-selling novelist, poet, short story writer, screenwriter, editor and essayist.
This Official First Day Cover features a drawing by Atwood titled “Neither fish nor flesh,” which she illustrated in 1975.
The cancellation mark for the issue features a raven – a bird significant to Atwood. Toronto was chosen as the cancel location due to Atwood’s long connection with the city.
Atwood burst onto the poetry scene in the early 1960s with her award-winning collections Double Persephone and The Circle Game. Her first novel, The Edible Woman (1969), established her as a serious writer of fiction.
Atwood has written more than 50 works: novels, short fiction, poetry, criticism, graphic novels and children’s stories. Her work has sold millions of copies worldwide, been translated into more than 40 languages and been adapted into feature films, documentaries and several critically acclaimed television series, including the hit series The Handmaid’s Tale which is currently airing on Hulu and CraveTV.
Atwood has won a Giller Prize, the Man Booker Prize, two Governor General’s Awards, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Franz Kafka International Literary Prize and the PEN Pinter Award. She is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, a Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres du France, an Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and, in 1981, she was named a Companion of the Order of Canada.