First Stamp Issues Honoring Boston 2026 Show

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First Stamp Issue Referencing Boston 2026

Empresa de Correos de Honduras (HONDUCOR), the postal service of Honduras, issued a pair of stamps on October 12 commemorating the 50th anniversary of the formation of its national philatelic organization, the Federacion Filatelica de la República de Honduras (FFRH) and continued support of its membership in the Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal (UPAEP). Each sheets’ selvedge inscriptions also reference the Boston 2026 World Expo.

The 25 and 35 Lempira face valued stamps depict the first UPAEP post horn logo surrounded by the 28 member national flags and a close up of a stamp collector viewing a stamp with tongs and a magnifying glass, respectively.

The denominations, approximately US $1.01 and US $1.42, pay the basic international 20-grams letter rate to Group 2 and Group 4 countries. They were printed by offset in sheetlets of 30 in a 6×5 configuration. Only 7,500 sets were printed, 250 sheets of each denomination.

Top sheetlet selvedge tabs alternate the Boston 2026 logo with the show dates in English and Spanish. The six lower tabs are each different depicting the Boston 2026 web URL; sheet number; Boston 2026 logo; show dates; a description and Mi Oficina You Tube URL to learn more about philately from member countries; and the logo and QR code linking to the Mi Oficina web page. Mi Oficina is an active online group of mostly Latin American philatelists formed during the pandemic and continues to meet regularly via Zoom. They have published over 600 videos in the past 3 years.

Empresa de Correos de Honduras (HONDUCOR) is online at www.honducor.gob.hn.

Boston 2026 World Expo takes place May 23-30, 2026, at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center.

Harry Potter Wizarding World (UK 2023)

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Royal Mail Pays Homage to the Wizarding World with a Set of Atmospheric Special Stamps Inspired by the Battle Of Hogwarts

  • Iconic characters Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley and Lord Voldemort are shown alongside members of Dumbledore’s Army and the Order of the Phoenix, as well as Lord Voldemort’s followers and Death Eaters
  • The main set of 10 stamps depict characters as they appear in the later films, with a further six stamps, presented in a miniature sheet, featuring illustrations of beloved creatures and beings
  • The stamps and a range of collectible products are available to pre-order from today (5 October) at www.royalmail.com/harrypotter and by telephone on 03457 641 641

Royal Mail in partership with Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products, today revealed images of 16 Special Stamps being issued to pay homage to the Harry Potter film series.

The main set of 10 stamps feature atmospheric images of characters – both good and evil – presented in the darker tone used for the later films, in which the Battle of Hogwarts reaches its climactic finale.

Each stamp has a secondary scene or character incorporated into the design and, in addition, the ‘1ST‘ font used for the value of the stamps replicates that of the iconic typeface used for the films.

Characters who feature on the stamps are: Ron Weasley, Fred and George Weasley, Professor Minerva McGonagall, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Harry Potter, Ginny Weasley, Neville Longbottom, Luna Lovegood, Hermione Granger, Molly Weasley, Bellatrix Lestrange, Narcissa Malfoy, Fenrir Greyback, Scabior, Lord Voldemort, a Death Eater, Severus Snape, Alecto Carrow, Draco Malfoy and Gregory Goyle.

A further six stamps, presented in a miniature sheet, feature illustrations of the fascinating creatures and beings of the wizarding world. From Aragog the Acromantula, to the beloved house-elf Dobby, the full set also includes Harry’s beloved owl Hedwig, Fawkes the phoenix, Buckbeak the hippogriff and Hermione’s cat Crookshanks.

The Battle of Hogwarts:
For over 20 years, the world has been captivated by the magic of the Harry Potter films, which culminated in an epic, two-part finale.

In “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows –- Part 1,” Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger set out on a perilous mission to track down and destroy the secret to Voldemort’s immortality and destruction – the Horcruxes.

On their own, without the guidance of their professors or the protection of Professor Dumbledore, the three friends relied on one another more than ever.

“Part 2” saw the battle between the good and evil forces of the wizarding world escalate into an all-out war. Many risked their lives in this battle, but no one was in greater danger than Harry Potter as he drew closer to the climactic showdown with Lord Voldemort.

David Gold, Director of External Affairs and Policy said: “The Harry Potter stories and films have become a modern classic around the world. For more than two decades the characters in the Harry Potter series have captivated us and kept us enthralled. Each stamp is a miniature masterpiece, a fitting tribute to mark the climactic end to the Battle of Hogwarts.”

The stamps, and range of collectible products, are available to pre-order from today (5 October) at www.royalmail.com/harrypotter and by telephone on 03457 641 641. A Presentation Pack including all 16 stamps in the set is priced at £20.90. The stamps go on general sale on 19 October.

About Wizarding World:
In the years since Harry Potter was whisked from King’s Cross Station onto Platform nine and three quarters, his incredible adventures have left a unique and lasting mark on popular culture. Eight blockbuster Harry Potter films based on the original stories by J.K. Rowling have brought the magical stories to life and today, the Wizarding World is recognized as one of the world’s best-loved brands.

Representing a vast interconnected universe, it also includes three epic Fantastic Beasts films, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – the multi-award-winning stage-play, state-of-the-art video and mobile games from Portkey Games, innovative consumer products, thrilling live entertainment (including four theme park lands), insightful exhibitions, as well as a forthcoming Harry Potter TV series.

This expanding portfolio of Warner Bros. Discovery owned Wizarding World tours and retail also includes the flagship Harry Potter New York, Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter, Warner Bros. Studio Tour Tokyo, and the Platform 9 3⁄4 retail shops.

The Wizarding World continues to evolve to provide Harry Potter fans with fresh and exciting ways to engage. For the worldwide fan community, and for generations to come, it welcomes everyone in to explore and discover the magic for themselves.

From VSC: Here are some of the other philatelic products offered by Royal Mail for this issue: First day covers with the 10 individual stamps, each £15.65. The Prestige Booklet FDCs are £5.00 but the Prestige Booklet is £25.25. A “limited edition” prestige booklet is £49.99, but not available until 5 November.The Medal Cover FDCs are £19.99 each, and each cachet is only shown with the stamps shown here. I got a kick out of the Dobby the House Elf medal design……with the sock. There are four postmarks for this issue, two for the set of 10 stamps and the prestige booklet pane, and two for the minisheet FDCs:And, for the truly diehard Harry Potter fan:a Gold Stamp Ingot for £49.99

Child Welfare Semi-Postal (Legos) (Netherlands 2023)

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Child Welfare Stamps 2023

Date of issue: 9 October 2023
Appearance: sheet of five special stamps in five different designs, marked with the denomination ‘1’ for post up to 20 g in weight destined for delivery within the Netherlands, with a €0.50 surcharge per stamp
Item number: 431260
Illustrations and design: The LEGO Group

On 9 October 2023, PostNL will issue a new sheet of Child Welfare Stamps marked with the denomination ‘1’ for destinations within the Netherlands. The design of this year’s five stamps revolves around LEGO toys.

Since 1924, PostNL has been issuing Child Welfare Stamps to raise money for projects aimed at improving the welfare of vulnerable children. To this end, a €0.50 surcharge is added to each stamp. The proceeds from all surcharges will be used for projects developed by the Child Welfare Stamps Foundation (Stichting Kinderpostzegels Nederland). This independent foundation is committed to giving children in the Netherlands and other countries equal development opportunities.

The Charity
This year, more than 130,000 pupils from the last two years of primary schools will be taking orders for the Child Welfare Stamps from 27 September through 4 October. PostNL will deliver all orders starting on 11 October. The proceeds from the 2022 campaign amounted to €9.6 million (USD $10.2 million).

The theme of the 2023 campaign is ‘Let every child participate’, with the focus being on children facing social and societal exclusion. More and more children are falling behind at school. They have such big problems at home that they are unable to develop to their full potential, thus being unable to get the best out of themselves. Child Welfare Stamps helps these children with projects that make them feel more confident and broaden their horizons. This way these children can be guided towards positive development, at school and beyond.

‘We see more and more children falling behind and not getting the same opportunities to develop to their full potential,’ says Sofie Vriends, director of Child Welfare Stamps. ‘For example, one in 12 children now grow up in poverty. One in six children has a parent with a mental health or addiction problem. And a lot of children feel lonely on a regular basis. They do not get to learn enough and are isolated, at school and beyond. We believe in the resilience of these children and do all we can to give them the opportunities they deserve.’

About Legos
The LEGO Group is the Danish manufacturer of the well-known plastic building block and figurine toys. The founder of the 1916 family business is Ole Kirk Christiansen, who first made furniture and later wooden toys. The first building blocks appeared on the market in 1947: plastic blocks that you could click together to make structures. The first minifigures appeared in the 1970s, later followed by themed products such as city, medieval, engineering, space, science fiction, pirates and robots. The name LEGO comes from Danish and is an abbreviation of the words ‘leg godt’, which essentially means ‘play well’. The LEGO Group is still a family business, headed by Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, the founder’s grandson.

‘When we were asked whether the LEGO Group wanted to participate, we quickly said yes, of course!’ Marloes Zwagerman, Brand Relations Manager at the LEGO Group in Antwerp, Belgium, says. ‘It was really fun to be able to do this. And for such a great cause.

‘As far as I know, this is the first time LEGO elements have appeared on Dutch stamps. Stamps with LEGO did come out in Austria and Switzerland last year, but those were single issues. This is a complete sheet, with a huge print run. I also used to sell Child Welfare Stamps as a schoolgirl, in Hoogkarspel where I grew up. That made it extra special to be involved in this project.’

Design
The Child Welfare Stamps 2023 feature a winter scene set on the quay of a typical Dutch town, with typical Dutch fun on the ice of a frozen canal. In the background of the top row of stamps is a continuous row of canal houses. On the quay, children are playing: riding their bike, listening to music and riding a skateboard. The children on the ice are sledding and skating. Animals are depicted on the edges of the sheet: two cats, two birds and two squirrels. The middle stamp depicts a dog at the edge of the quay. The illustration continues across all sheet edges.

‘There are no Dutch nationals in our international design team, so I offered some suggestions on possible angles,’ says Zwagerman. ‘The popularity of cycling and skating, for example. And the typical Dutch setting with the row of canal houses. We deliberately avoided stereotypes like tulips and clogs. Other than that, the designers were allowed to tap into all their creativity.’

Technical Details:
Stamp size: four stamps measuring 36 x 25mm and one stamp measuring 36 x 50mm
Sheet format: 144 x 75 mm
Paper: normal with phosphor print
Glue: synthetic
Printing technique: offset
Printing colours: cyan, magenta, yellow, and black
Print run: 1,200,000 sheets
Format: sheet of five stamps in five different designs
Design/illustrations: the LEGO Group
Printing company: Koninklijke Joh. Enschedé B.V., Haarlem
Item number: 431260

Note: PostNL does not sell directly to collectors in North America. Its website refers to a company called Nordfirm, which says it sells Dutch new issues at face value. The Virtual Stamp Club has no connection to this company.

US Seeks Rate Increase for January 2024

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U.S. Postal Service Proposes New Prices for 2024

  • New prices scheduled to take effect Jan. 21, 2024
  • Postal Service prices remain among the most affordable in the world
  • First-Class Forever stamp will be 68 cents

[VSC note: This is almost word-for-word the press release for the previous rate increase request six months ago, which the Postal Regulatory Commission granted without change.]

WASHINGTON, DC — Today [October 6, 2023], the United States Postal Service filed notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) of mailing services price changes to take effect Jan. 21, 2024. The new rates include a 2-cent increase in the price of a First-Class Mail Forever stamp, from 66 cents to 68 cents.

The proposed adjustments, approved by the governors of the Postal Service, would raise mailing services product prices approximately 2 percent. If favorably reviewed by the commission, the price changes would include:

Product
Letters (1 oz.)
Letters (metered 1 oz.)
Domestic Postcards
International Postcards
International Letter (1 oz.)		 Current Prices
66¢
63¢
51¢
$1.50
$1.50		 Proposed Prices
68¢
64¢
53¢
$1.55
$1.55

There will be no change to the additional-ounce price, which remains at 24 cents. The Postal Service is also seeking price adjustments for Special Services products including Certified Mail, Post Office Box rental fees, money order fees and the cost to purchase insurance when mailing an item.

As inflationary pressures on operating expenses continue and the effects of a previously

defective pricing model are still being felt, these price adjustments are needed to provide the Postal Service with much needed revenue to achieve the financial stability sought by its Delivering for America 10-year plan. The prices of the Postal Service remain among the most affordable in the world.

The PRC will review the changes before they are scheduled to take effect. The complete Postal Service price filing, with prices for all products, can be found on the PRC website under the Daily Listings section at prc.gov/dockets/daily. The mailing services filing is Docket No. R2024-1. The price tables are also available on the Postal Service’s Postal Explorer website at pe.usps.com/PriceChange/Index.

APS Summer Seminar Going Online Only

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There will be no in-person classes or events for the American Philatelic Society’s Summer Seminar 2024, if the proposed 2024 budget is passed by the APS board. That approval is likely. The Virtual Stamp Club has learned that APS executive director Scott English told staff members recently Summer Seminar doesn’t make enough money. It doesn’t lose money, its profit isn’t high enough.

The APS website describes Summer Seminar as “an exciting one-week, once-a-year learning opportunity each June for the APS community, and other collectors and hobbyists. It is appropriate for beginning to advanced collectors, and all courses are led by philatelic experts who are accomplished writers, exhibitors, expertizers, dealers, and specialized collectors.”

It also allowed collectors and others to get to know one another and socialize without the pressure of a stamp show.

“It doesn’t lose money, [but] it doesn’t make much money,” English told VSC.

Summer Seminar was online-only for the past three years because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2023 in-person edition was attended by 60 people, but similar seminars get “hundreds when it’s virtual only,” English said.

He believes the APS should focus on building its “online platform.”

“We’ve got to work on leveraging technology and reaching as many collectors as we can,” he said. “I love the traditions of the APS but we cannot let that be an obstacle to moving ahead.”

English said they are looking for other types of in-person programming. He feels it is difficult to produce a Summer Seminar that does both. Some past participants, however, think live streaming is possible for most of the courses. Both sides, however, agree that some of the courses do have a hands-on requirement.

In fact, English says that was a factor in choosing the subjects for the in-person events.

Members of the Mount Nittany Philatelic Society are worried that not having an in-person Summer Seminar will impact their SCOPEX show, which had been held the weekend before SS began. Summer Seminar brought serious philatelists to Bellefonte, Pa., where the APS is headquartered. SCOPEX will now be on its own.

Photographs, from top: Instructor Daniel Piazza, the chief philatelic curator of the Smithsonian National Postal Museum.

Instructors Diane DeBois and Robert Dalton Harrison show one of their favorite pieces of philatelic ephemera using in their course.

Dr. Justin Gordon discussing Holocaust Philately in an elective.

Stamp Day 2023 (Netherlands 2023)

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Stamp Day 2023

“Dag van de Postzegel 2023”
Date of issue: 16 October 2023

Format: sheet with ten personal stamps in two different designs, with value 1 for post up to and including 20 grams for destinations within the Netherlands
Item number: 830063
Design: Sandra Smulders, Vormgoed, Gouda

Stamp Day is an annual international event. In most countries, the day is celebrated on the first Sunday after 9 October: the founding date of the Universal Postal Union (UPU). The UPU sets the rules for international postal traffic between member states.

The denomination on these stamps is ‘1’, the denomination for items weighing up to 20g destined for addresses within the Netherlands. The sheet of ten costs €10.10.

The sheet was designed by graphic designer Sandra Smulders from Gouda using the 1923 Artist Series stamps as inspiration. Those were the first modern stamps after architect Karel de Bazel’s 1913 Jubilee stamps. The 1923 Artist Series comprises four stamps in three designs, created by architect Michel de Klerk, typographer Sjoerd de Roos and graphic designer Nicolaas van de Vecht. Their designs were selected from the 90 entries to the Dutch Numerical Stamp Competition launched by the Staatsbedrijf der Posterijen en Telegrafie [‘Dutch State Post and Telegraph Company’] in 1920. All Dutch artists were allowed to enter the competition.

The idea behind the competition was that a competition involving many artists would produce a better result than if one designated artist designed the stamps. However, the philatelic press was not very receptive. Later, the stamps received greater appreciation. For example, art historian Paul Hefting wrote in an article in De Gids in 1993 that the design of the 1923 Artist Series is defined by a mixture of austere and ornate ornamental forms. The atmosphere expressed by these stamps is said to be of a “modern religious propriety” and of a “great seriousness that beauty then entailed”.

Each of the ten stamps featured on the Stamp Day 2023 sheet contains a half diamond: a triangle composed of 25 stacked rectangles with rounded corners. The image area of each half-diamond stamp joins the image area of the adjacent stamp where possible, separated by the fixed frame, to create the illusion of a complete diamond shape. The diamond motif is taken from the 4-cent stamp in the 1923 Artist Series. The numbers and letters in the title Stamp Day 2023 are placed in and against the rectangles on the new stamps. The background colour on the stamps and the selvage changes from green to blue, from top to bottom. Behind the diamond shape on the stamps is a line drawing of an apple and an apple tree changing from white to green. The drawing of the apple also returns in a different form on the left and right hand sides of the sheet edge.

Smulders has produced designs for Stamp Day since 2020. In preparation for this new assignment, she visited the National Archives in The Hague, which manages the largest, most important collection of postage values in the Netherlands. “At the time, it hadn’t been decided which historical stamps would inspire the new design,” Smulders says. “But I already knew that the 1923 Artist Series was a candidate. Seeing the original drawing for the 4-cent stamp from this series in the archives absolutely delighted me. It was a strong graphic design – especially for its era.”

Smulders says the original drawings for the 1923 stamps, which she was able to access, have much more detail than the stamps themselves, because printing technology then was fairly limited.

“When I was sketching, I noticed that the words ‘postzegel’ (stamp) and ‘Nederland’ (Netherlands) contain the same amount of letters,” she says. “This meant I could imitate the 1923 stamp by placing the letters of the new title in the diamond in the same way.”

“Graphically, I created two different designs, with a half diamond pointing up or down,” Smulders says. “But by applying slightly different gradients everywhere, I ensured that no two stamps are the same.”

The apple and apple tree designs come from the 1923 1- and 2-cent stamps, with elements from the 2½-cent issue.

In addition to the past three years’ Stamp Day stamps, Smulders also designed for PostNL the 2022 World Animal Day, the Back to the 20th Century and Trains & Journeys (2019) stamp series, the 2018 Children’s Welfare Stamps, the stamp series celebrating 50 years of the Daily Fable (2018) and the 25 years of Fokke & Sukke (2018) stamp series.

The validity period for these Stamp Day stamps is indefinite.

Technical Details:
Stamp size: 40 x 30mm (wxh)
Sheet size: 122 x 170mm (wxh)
Paper: normal with phosphor print
Glue: gummed
Printing technique: Offset
Printing colours: Cyan, magenta, yellow, black
Edition: 5,000 sheets
Format: Sheet containing 10 personalised stamps in 2 different : designs
Denomination: denomination 1 for post weighing up to 20g with : destinations within the Netherlands
Design: Sandra Smulders, Vormgoed, Gouda
Printing company: Koninklijke Joh. Enschedé B.V., Haarlem
Item number: 830063

Note: PostNL does not sell directly to collectors in North America. Its website refers to a company called Nordfirm, which says it sells Dutch new issues at face value. The Virtual Stamp Club has no connection to this company.

Paul Gaugin (Bosnia-Herzegovina 2023)

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Poste Srpske issued a miniature sheet on September 29 to mark the 175th anniversary of the birth of artist Paul Gaugin. The Bosnia-Herzegovina postal agency also produced an official first day cover (shown below). The denomination of each stamp is 3.50 BAM (“Bosnian Mark”), or about US $1.88. Collectors can place orders on Poste Srpske’s website [direct link to this issue]. In the upper right you will see a small flag and the letters “Sprsi.” Click on that, and the other choice on the dropdown menu is a British flag and “English.”

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National Day for Truth & Reconciliation (Canada 2023)

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Updated September 27th

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Canada Post issues new stamps to commemorate National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Survivors Circle guided stamps that encourage Canadians to reflect on the truth of residential schools

BRANTFORD, ON, Sept. 27, 2023 /CNW/ – Today, Canada Post unveiled four new stamps that shed some light on the truth and legacy of residential schools, whose impacts are still felt by Indigenous Peoples today. The stamps – being released on September 28 in connection with the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30 – are the second issue in the annual series for the future of truth and reconciliation.

Featuring stark archival images of residential schools in different parts of Canada, the stamps serve as a reminder of the fear, loneliness, pain and shame experienced by generations of Indigenous children in these federally and church-created institutions. The stamp issue serves as a vehicle for truth about Canada’s residential school system to help support the process of reconciliation and, ultimately, healing.

The stamps were unveiled earlier today at the Woodland Cultural Centre in Brantford, Ontario. The centre was established in 1972 after the closing of the Mohawk Institute Residential School; a photograph of the Mohawk Institute is featured on the Official First Day Cover.Truth before reconciliation
Canada Post worked closely with the Survivors Circle of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation this year on its annual Truth and Reconciliation stamp issue. The Survivors Circle stressed the necessity to address the truth before Canadians can collectively work toward reconciliation. Canada Post thanks the Survivors Circle for their guidance and collaboration.

The residential schools and school residence featured on the stamps are Kamloops Residential School, Kamloops, British Columbia; Île-à-la-Crosse Residential School, Île-à-la-Crosse, Saskatchewan; Sept-Îles Residential School, Sept-Îles, Quebec; and Grollier Hall, Inuvik, Northwest Territories.

About the stamps
The stamp issue includes an Official First Day Cover (OFDC) and a booklet of eight Permanent™ domestic rate stamps. The front of the OFDC features the Mohawk Institute, in Brantford, Ontario – the first school in Canada’s residential school system. The cancel location is Ottawa, Ontario, the seat of the federal government, where policies of assimilation were created that forcibly separated Indigenous children from their families and communities.

The stamp products will be available at canadapost.ca and postal outlets across Canada beginning on September 28, to commemorate the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30.

The National Indian Residential School Crisis Line provides 24-hour support to former residential school students and their families. If you require support, please call 1 866 925 4419.

[en Francais pour les médias d’information]
Postes Canada émet de nouveaux timbres pour souligner la Journée nationale de la vérité et de la reconciliation
Fruits d’une collaboration avec le Cercle des survivants, les timbres incitent le public à réfléchir à la vérité au sujet des pensionnats.

BRANTFORD, ON, le 27 sept. 2023 /CNW/ – Postes Canada a dévoilé aujourd’hui quatre nouveaux timbres qui apportent un éclairage sur la vérité et les séquelles des pensionnats, dont les effets sont toujours ressentis par les peuples autochtones. Les vignettes, qui seront lancées le 28 septembre en vue de la Journée nationale de la vérité et de la réconciliation le 30 septembre, constituent le deuxième volet d’une série annuelle consacrée à l’avenir de la vérité et de la réconciliation.

Présentant de sombres photos d’archives de pensionnats de différentes régions du Canada, les timbres rappellent la peur, la solitude, la douleur et la honte vécues par des générations d’enfants autochtones dans ces institutions créées par le gouvernement fédéral et l’Église. L’émission sert à raconter la vérité sur le système des pensionnats du Canada et permet ainsi d’appuyer le processus de réconciliation et, ultimement, la guérison.

Les vignettes ont été dévoilées plus tôt aujourd’hui au centre culturel Woodland de Brantford, en Ontario, qui a été inauguré en 1972 à la suite de la fermeture du Mohawk Institute; une photo de l’institution figure sur le pli Premier Jour officiel.

La vérité avant la reconciliation
Postes Canada a travaillé en étroite collaboration avec le Cercle des survivants du Centre national pour la vérité et la réconciliation, qui l’a guidée dans l’élaboration de l’émission de cette année et a souligné qu’il est nécessaire d’aborder la vérité avant de pouvoir travailler ensemble à la réconciliation. Postes Canada remercie le Cercle des survivants pour ses conseils.

Voici les résidences scolaires et les pensionnats présentés sur les timbres : le pensionnat de Kamloops, à Kamloops (Colombie Britannique); le pensionnat de l’Île à la Crosse, à l’Île à la Crosse (Saskatchewan); le pensionnat de Sept Îles, à Sept Îles (Québec); et le pensionnat Grollier Hall, à Inuvik (Territoires du Nord Ouest).

À propos des timbres
L’émission de timbres comprend un pli Premier Jour officiel (PPJO) et un carnet de huit timbres PermanentsMC au tarif du régime intérieur. Une photo du Mohawk Institute de Brantford, en Ontario, la première école du système de pensionnats du Canada, figure au recto du PPJO. Le lieu d’oblitération est Ottawa, en Ontario, là où le gouvernement fédéral a créé des politiques d’assimilation pour séparer de force les enfants autochtones de leurs familles et de leurs communautés.

Les produits philatéliques seront offerts sur postescanada.ca et dans les bureaux de poste partout au pays à partir du 28 septembre en vue de la Journée nationale de la vérité et de la réconciliation le 30 septembre.

Les survivants et survivantes des pensionnats et leurs familles peuvent accéder en tout temps à la ligne d’écoute téléphonique nationale de Résolution des questions des pensionnats indiens. Pour obtenir du soutien, veuillez composer le 1 866 925-4419.

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Canada Post to unveil four new stamps to commemorate National Day of Truth and Reconciliation

Canada Post invites you to attend the unveiling of four new stamps in connection with the

The 2022 T&R stamps

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Wednesday, September 27 in Brantford. This stamp issue is the second in the annual series in the Truth and Reconciliation stamp series.

The stamp products will be available at canadapost.ca and postal outlets across Canada beginning on September 28, to commemorate the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30.

WHO: Dale LeClair, Director of Northern and Indigenous Affairs, Canada Post
Heather George, Executive Director, Woodland Cultural Centre

WHERE: Woodland Cultural Centre
184 Mohawk Street
Brantford, Ont.

WHEN: Wednesday, September 27 at 2 pm