[press release]
New stamps honour groundbreaking contributions to medicine
Six Canadian physicians and researchers revolutionized their fields of health care
TORONTO – Today, Canada Post issued a set of five commemorative stamps celebrating six groundbreaking physicians and researchers: Drs. Bruce Chown, Julio Montaner, 
Balfour Mount, M. Vera Peters, James Till and Ernest McCulloch. Their contributions to the fields of pediatric pathology, HIV/AIDS, palliative care, oncology and stem cell science changed the practice of medicine in Canada and around the world.
Dr. Chown, O.C., MC (1893-1986) was one of the few world leaders in eliminating rhesus (Rh) disease, once a major cause of newborn deaths. Research led by Dr. Montaner, O.C., O.B.C. (b. 1956) has helped transform HIV/AIDS into 
a manageable condition with a near-normal life expectancy and has markedly reduced HIV transmission. Dr. Mount, O.C., O.Q. (b. 1939), considered the father of palliative care in North America, founded the world’s first comprehensive palliative care service based in a teaching hospital. Dr. Peters, O.C.(1911-93) revolutionized treatment for Hodgkin lymphoma and breast cancer in an era when the work of female physician scientists was not often acknowledged. Dr. Till, O.C., O. Ont. (b. 1931) and Dr. 
McCulloch, O.C., O. Ont. (1926-2011) transformed the world’s understanding of tissue renewal by establishing the foundations of stem cell science.
This issue salutes these remarkable individuals and the many other health care professionals, scientists and technologists who have devoted their lives to creating a healthier world – including those working tirelessly to develop diagnostics, treatments and preventions to help end the current COVID-19 
pandemic.
About the Stamps
Designed by Mike Savage and Dale Kilian at Signals in Vancouver and printed by Colour Innovations, the Permanent™ domestic rate stamps are available in a booklet of 10. The stamps are also affixed to Official First Day Covers cancelled in the cities where these individuals made their notable contributions.
Stamps and collectibles are available at canadapost.ca/shop [direct link].
[en Francais]
De nouveaux timbres soulignent de grandes percées médicales
Hommage à six pionniers canadiens qui ont révolutionné leur domaine
TORONTO, le 14 sept. 2020 /CNW/ – Aujourd’hui, Postes Canada a émis un jeu de cinq timbres commémoratifs célébrant six pionniers de la médecine : la Dre M. Vera Peters, les Drs Bruce Chown, Julio Montaner, Balfour Mount et Ernest McCulloch, et le chercheur James Till. Leurs contributions dans les domaines de l’oncologie, de la médecine pédiatrique, de la recherche sur le VIH/sida, des soins palliatifs et de l’étude des cellules souches ont transformé la pratique de la médecine au Canada et partout dans le monde.
Le Dr Chown, O.C., M.C. (1893-1986), a été l’un des premiers dans le monde à éliminer la maladie rhésus (Rh) qui entraînait autrefois la mort de nombreux nouveau-nés. Grâce au Dr Montaner, O.C., O.B.C. (né en 1956), le VIH/SIDA est devenu une maladie chronique gérable, son taux a grandement diminué et les personnes qui en sont atteintes ont maintenant une longévité comparable au reste de la population. Considéré comme le pionnier des soins palliatifs en Amérique du Nord, le Dr Mount, O.C., O.Q. (né en 1939), a 
fondé le premier service de soins palliatifs complet au monde dans un hôpital d’enseignement. La Dre Peters, O.C. (1911-1993), a révolutionné le traitement du lymphome de Hodgkin et du cancer du sein à une époque où les femmes chercheures en médecine n’étaient guère reconnues. James Till, O.C., O. Ont. (né en 1931), et le Dr Ernest McCulloch, O.C., O. Ont. (1926-2011), ont transformé la notion de renouvellement des 
tissus en prouvant l’existence des cellules souches.
Cette émission souligne le dévouement de ces personnes remarquables et de nombreux autres professionnels de la santé, scientifiques et technologues, y compris ceux qui travaillent à développer des diagnostics, des traitements et des mesures préventives pour stopper la COVID-19.
À propos des timbres
Conçus par Mike Savage et Dale Kilian de la maison vancouvéroise Signals, et imprimés par Colour Innovations, les timbres PermanentsMC au tarif du régime intérieur sont offerts en carnet de 10. Ils ornent également les plis Premier Jour officiels oblitérés dans les villes où ces personnes ont apporté leurs 
contributions remarquables.
Les timbres et les articles de collection sont disponibles en ligne à postescanada.ca/magasiner.
The inside of the stamp booklet:
kaleidoscopic patterns. In the cheerful and playful stamp sheetlet full of optical illusions, graphic designer Hansje van Halem, winner of the Dutch Design Award for Communication in 2018, has applied all the colors from the color box. [A larger picture of the full sheet is shown at the end of this page.]
Van Halem started her design by drawing simple lines in a random pattern. “Without a goal, just try it out. For me, drawing equals searching, discovering. You have to look closely at what you are doing to understand what you have done. In the process I try to discover what I want to achieve. For example, I make a lot of endpapers for books and they are of course decorative. There too I look for harmony by creating optical illusions, just as happened with these stamps. ”
The Hague, September 14, 2020. On the latest stamp sheetlet from the “Experience nature” series, forest and heather birds play the leading role. The ten depicted birds on the stamps are the raven, coal tit, keep, great spotted woodpecker, red-collared redstart, greylag flycatcher, gray shrike, black grouse, wryneck and rump head. [Larger illustration of full sheet at end]
sheetlet “Experience nature” costs € 9.10. The price for the full series 2020 is € 36.40, including storage folder.
nature. Janse: “It has become a beautiful autumnal sheet with a mossy green in the background, which fits exactly with this season. In the center of the sheet, red accents draw the attention: the background by the gray shrike, the eyebrows of the black grouse, the berries at the keep and the “pants” of the great spotted woodpecker.”
Heather birds in particular have a difficult time in our country due to the deterioration in the quality of heathland areas and the sharp decrease in the number of insects. Many bird species have therefore entered the danger zone. The black grouse, for example, is on the verge of disappearing. The wheatear can hardly be found on heaths anymore, but it can still be found in dune areas. The gray shrike only occurs as a winter guest in our country.
5484 (55¢) Fruits and Vegetables – Red and black plums
5495 (55¢) Bugs Bunny, 80th Anniv. – Basketball player
Mare’s Nest (1952), Rupert And The Lost Cuckoo (1963) and Rupert’s Christmas Tree (1947)
Rupert Bear. The stamps feature the artwork of Alfred Bestall, who wrote and illustrated more than 270 Rupert stories after he took on the role in 1935.
at the Express, and his wife, Mary, was the illustrator.
Her replacement was Alfred Bestall, an established artist with Punch and other magazines, who also illustrated children’s books. In total, he wrote and illustrated 224 Rupert stories for the newspaper and provided 47 other stories, mostly for the Rupert Annuals. In 1985 he was awarded the MBE for his work. He died the following year. It is his illustrations which are reproduced on the stamps which feature Rupert in adventures with some of friends including Algy Pup, Bill Badger and Pompey the baby elephant.
whereby every picture had a rhyming couplet underneath, plus a few lines of story text to accompany them. Bestall’s couplets often ended with the promise of a mystery, so that the next day’s paper was eagerly awaited by children, curious to see how the story would unfold. Bestall also introduced new characters to add variety, including Lily Duckling, Gregory Guineapig, the Old Professor, Bingo and the Imps of Spring and Autumn. Most Rupert stories commence with the bear leaving home and end with him returning after an adventure in time for tea to tell his mother of his experiences.
While books of reprinted Rupert stories appeared in the 1920s, it was decided that an annual publication would appear every Christmas. It was titled, Monster Rupert. The first volume was issued in 1931 and continued up to 1934, ceasing after Mary Tourtel retired.
World War, the government sanctioned sufficient paper for the annuals to be printed, to help boost the morale of the public.
generations of children to a wonderful make-believe world of magic and adventure.”
The Allied Military Government Collectors’ Club (AMGCC) is proud to announce the initial class of inductees to the newly formed AMGCC Hall of Fame. These three individuals were instrumental in establishing post-World War II AMG philately as a challenging and respected area of collecting; creating resources that encouraged involvement in the field and further study. They are:
A new book from the American First Day Cover Society shares a collector’s love for the 1945 U.S. stamp that heralded the formation of the United Nations. The Al Raddi Collection of Scott 928 Toward United Nations Conference FDCs shows more than 170 different first day covers and related items for the issue commemorating the meeting of delegates from 50 countries toward the end of World War II.
The book starts with a brief history of the conference, and then information about the stamp.
The American First Day Cover Society is a not-for-profit educational organization, with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status granted by the IRS. Established in 1955, the AFDCS also publishes handbooks, catalogues and its award-winning bimonthly journal, First Days. It also promotes first day cover exhibiting, both at its own Americover show and at other stamp shows.
Canada Post will issue a stamp or stamps to honor Hamilton on October 28th. (press release below)
War Material, c. 1920
OTTAWA – Canada Post on October 28th released a new stamp issue featuring Mary Riter Hamilton’s Trenches on the Somme (1919) in honour of the painter, who was unofficially Canada’s first woman battlefield artist.
[en Francais]
Former APS executive director — but also a former member of the boards of the APS and American Topical Association, former Deputy Secretary of State and U.S. Ambassador — Robert E. Lamb received Ernest Kehr Award, which is bestowed annually helping to guarantee the future of the hobby.
With 6 new stamps, PostNL pays tribute to the two-wheeler, in particular to its parts.
37,000 kilometers of cycle paths. Local drivers from all over the world come to look at our cycling infrastructure, especially now that the bicycle is increasingly seen as a fast and healthy alternative to cars and public transport.
stamp. In this way, a fragment of a bicycle ends up on a bicycle stamp. “The entire stamp sheet also has the appearance of a stamp thanks to the perforation all around,” says Plug.
