100th anniversary of Montreal Canadiens commemorative stamps

Maurice Richard's #9 jersey
Maurice Richard's #9 jersey
100th anniversay Montreal Canadiens
100th anniversay Montreal Canadiens

On October 17th, 2009, Canada Post will begin issuing a series of stamps commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Montreal Canadiens. The series of 4 stamps will feature Maurice Richard, Jean Béliveau, Guy Lafleur, and a close-up of the retired #9 jersey belonging to «Rocket» Richard.

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2009 Canadian mental health stamp

2009 Mental health stamp
2009 Mental health stamp

On September, 14th, 2009, Canada Post began issuing a new stamp designed to heighten awareness concerning mental health issues. In 2007, Canada Post decided to adopt mental health as its cause and established the Canada Post Foundation for Mental Health. More than $1 million was raised in 2008 by the Foundation.

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How to build a custom made stamp album

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Stamp albums

One of the most common ways of storing stamps is in a stamp album. Brand name albums come with pre-printed pages and stamp illustrations on them which the collector can use as a guide for placing his stamps. What if you don’t want to follow the format of a pre-printed album? What are the best materials to use

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Canada annual stamp collections make a great gift!

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Canada annual stamp collections

What gift do you buy a collector of Canadian stamps? It can be hard sometimes to know exactly which stamps a collector needs without sneaking a peek at his albums, or simply asking him. What if you want your gift to be a surprise? A realistic solution is to buy him an annual collection of Canada stamps, issued on a yearly basis by Canada Post. This is the kind of novelty item that a collector may not always be willing to spend money on himself, but that he would surely be thrilled to receive.

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Protect Canadian wildlife habitats with conservation stamps

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The year 2009 marks the 25th Anniversary of the Canadian Wildlife Habitat Conservation Stamp program. Stamp collectors know this stamp program from the annual release of a single stamp used by hunters to validate their game bird hunting license. These beautiful stamps began being issued in 1985, and they always depict waterfowl in their habitat.

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