{"id":15678,"date":"2023-04-15T12:01:15","date_gmt":"2023-04-15T16:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/?p=15678"},"modified":"2023-05-08T13:52:12","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T17:52:12","slug":"animal-mothers-and-their-babies-canada-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/?p=15678","title":{"rendered":"Animal Mothers and Their Babies (Canada 2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Issue date: April<\/span> 18, 2023<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[day of release press release follows the Technical Specifications box.]<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to see a surprising FDC<\/span> for this issue.<\/p>\n

From Details<\/em> magazine:<\/p>\n

Issued in the lead-up to Earth Day and Mother\u2019s Day, these stamps depicting the tender relationship between two animal mothers and their babies are a perfect marriage of \"\"<\/a>science and art.<\/p>\n

Halifax designer Meredith MacKinlay and Temagami Anishinaabe artist Caroline Brown collaborated on the concept for the evocative stamp images, which Brown created by combining new and traditional techniques of embroidery and beadwork. \u201cFabric-based crafts have that feeling of homeyness and familial love,\u201d explains MacKinlay. \u201cEmbroidery is so textural, it seemed an ideal way to show the fur of the sea otter and feathers of the red-necked grebe.\u201d<\/p>\n

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souvenir sheet<\/p><\/div>\n

Sole caregivers, mother sea otters float on their backs to feed, groom and cradle their young. The species, once hunted for its luxurious fur, was extirpated from British Columbia but has made a gradual comeback since being reintroduced. Red-necked grebes share responsibility for incubating their eggs and feeding the chicks, which ride on their parents\u2019 backs after hatching. The two species face many threats, including oil spills and other human disturbances.<\/p>\n

For Brown, an avid stamp collector as a child and whose First Nations heritage has \"\"<\/a>fostered a strong connection with nature, the project was a labour of love. \u201cWe worked with wildlife experts to make sure the animals were rendered accurately but also wanted to show the emotional connection between mother and baby,\u201d she says. \u201cWe gave the images a storybook quality and a sense of motion to make people curious about the worlds in which these creatures live \u2013 and remind them of how important it is to protect them.\u201d\"\"<\/a>The original artwork crafted for the stamps took several months to create. \u201cThe whole philosophy of beadwork is to think about the message you\u2019re trying to convey while you\u2019re doing it,\u201d explains Brown. \u201cYou need to have a positive mindset and let it evolve naturally.\u201d\"\"<\/a>Updated April 18th:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[press release] [click on any of the pictures for larger versions]<\/em><\/span>
\nAnimal Mothers and Babies stamp set celebrates two wildly devoted caregivers<\/strong><\/span>
\nSea otters and red-necked grebes serve as protective floating havens for their young<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

VANCOUVER \u2013 Canada Post today issued a new Animal Mothers and Babies stamp set that highlights two special caregivers of the wild \u2013 the sea otter and the red-necked grebe. \"\"<\/a>Native to Canada, both species are known for their incredible devotion to their young, allowing their babies to float on them during the first stage of their lives.<\/p>\n

Issued ahead of Mother\u2019s Day and during the week of Earth Day, the stamps celebrate the bond between animal mothers and their young while also encouraging positive action on protecting Canada\u2019s wildlife.<\/p>\n

Sea otters<\/strong><\/span>
\nMature female sea otters give birth to a single pup every year for life. Dedicated to their \"\"<\/a>pups for the first six months of their lives, mothers \u2013 who are the sole caregivers \u2013 float on their backs to feed, groom and cradle their babies. During this time, the pups also learn to forage and swim.<\/p>\n

The sea otter was once hunted for its luxurious fur and was eventually extirpated from British Columbia, but the species has made a gradual comeback since it was reintroduced. It continues to face many threats, including oil spills and fishing gear entanglement, and is currently listed as being of special concern in Canada.<\/p>\n

Red-necked grebes<\/strong><\/span>
\nMonogamous pairs of red-necked grebes share the parenting duties. The water birds take \"\"<\/a>turns incubating their eggs and carrying their chicks, which climb onto their parents\u2019 backs immediately after hatching. The parents continue to transport their chicks on their backs until their offspring are between 10 and 17 days old. At that point, they\u2019re able to swim \u2013 though they\u2019re not completely independent until seven to nine weeks when they begin to fly.<\/p>\n

Found across most of Canada, the red-necked grebes winter off the Pacific and Atlantic coasts. Like sea otters, they face threats such as oil spills, as well as loss of their freshwater nesting habitat from other human disturbances.<\/p>\n

About the Stamp<\/strong><\/span>
\nDesigner Meredith MacKinlay of Halifax-based Egg Design chose embroidery as the basis<\/p>\n

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souvenir sheet<\/p><\/div>\n

for the design because it evokes the feel of home and family love as well as the texture of fur and feathers. Temagami Anishinaabe artist Caroline Brown created the images on the stamps using a combination of traditional embroidery and beadwork.<\/p>\n

Printed by Lowe-Martin, the issue includes a booklet of six Permanent domestic rate stamps, a souvenir sheet of both stamps and an Official First Day Cover. The cancel site is Vancouver, as British Columbia is home to Canada\u2019s only remaining sea otter population.<\/p>\n

Stamps and collectibles are available at canadapost.ca and postal outlets across Canada.<\/p>\n

[en Francais pour les m\u00e9dias d\u2019information]<\/em><\/span>
\n Le jeu de timbres sur les M\u00e8res et b\u00e9b\u00e9s animaux c\u00e9l\u00e8bre deux esp\u00e8ces tr\u00e8s d\u00e9vou\u00e9es<\/strong><\/span>
\nLes loutres de mer et les gr\u00e8bes jougris servent de refuges flottants pour leur prog\u00e9niture.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

VANCOUVER \u2013 Postes Canada a \u00e9mis aujourd\u2019hui le nouveau jeu de timbres M\u00e8res et b\u00e9b\u00e9s animaux mettant en vedette deux esp\u00e8ces tr\u00e8s protectrices : la loutre de mer et le \"\"<\/a>gr\u00e8be jougris. Originaires du Canada et reconnus pour leur d\u00e9vouement incroyable envers leurs petits, ces animaux permettent \u00e0 leurs rejetons de flotter sur eux au tout d\u00e9but de leur vie.<\/p>\n

\u00c9mis avant la f\u00eate des M\u00e8res et pendant la semaine du Jour de la Terre, les timbres c\u00e9l\u00e8brent le lien entre les femelles et leurs petits, tout en encourageant la prise de mesures positives pour prot\u00e9ger la faune du Canada.<\/p>\n

Loutres de mer<\/strong><\/span>
\nLa femelle loutre donne naissance \u00e0 un unique loutron par ann\u00e9e. Seule \u00e0 prendre soin de \"\"<\/a>ses petits, elle flotte sur le dos pour les nourrir, faire leur toilette et les porter pendant les six premiers mois de leur vie. Pendant cette p\u00e9riode, les b\u00e9b\u00e9s loutres apprennent \u00e9galement \u00e0 se nourrir et \u00e0 nager.<\/p>\n

Autrefois chass\u00e9e pour sa fourrure luxueuse, l\u2019esp\u00e8ce avait disparu de la Colombie-Britannique, mais a fait un retour graduel depuis sa r\u00e9introduction. Figurant aujourd\u2019hui sur la liste des esp\u00e8ces pr\u00e9occupantes au Canada, la loutre de mer continue d\u2019\u00eatre expos\u00e9e \u00e0 de nombreuses menaces, comme les d\u00e9versements de p\u00e9trole et l\u2019enchev\u00eatrement dans les engins de p\u00eache.<\/p>\n

Gr\u00e8bes jougris<\/strong><\/span>
\nTour \u00e0 tour, m\u00e2les et femelles gr\u00e8bes jougris, qui sont des oiseaux aquatiques \"\"<\/a>monogames, couvent leurs \u0153ufs et transportent leurs oisillons, qui grimpent sur leur dos imm\u00e9diatement apr\u00e8s la naissance. Ils continuent \u00e0 transporter leurs b\u00e9b\u00e9s jusqu\u2019\u00e0 ce qu\u2019ils aient entre 10 et 17 jours. \u00c0 ce moment-l\u00e0, les jeunes gr\u00e8bes peuvent nager, bien qu\u2019ils ne soient pas compl\u00e8tement ind\u00e9pendants avant sept \u00e0 neuf semaines, lorsqu\u2019ils commencent \u00e0 voler.<\/p>\n

Pr\u00e9sents presque partout au Canada, ces oiseaux hivernent au large des c\u00f4tes du Pacifique et de l\u2019Atlantique. \u00c0 l\u2019instar des loutres de mer, ils sont expos\u00e9s \u00e0 des menaces comme les d\u00e9versements de p\u00e9trole, mais aussi \u00e0 la perte de leur habitat de nidification en eau douce caus\u00e9e par l\u2019activit\u00e9 humaine.<\/p>\n

\u00c0 propos des timbres<\/strong><\/span>
\nLa designer Meredith MacKinlay, de l\u2019agence Egg Design d\u2019Halifax, a choisi la broderie<\/p>\n

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booklet pane<\/p><\/div>\n

pour base de la conception, car cette technique d\u00e9gage une certaine chaleur et une aura d\u2019amour familial, en plus de bien rendre la texture de la fourrure et des plumes des animaux. Caroline Brown, artiste anishinaabe de Temagami, a cr\u00e9\u00e9 les \u0153uvres des timbres en combinant la broderie et le perlage.<\/p>\n

Imprim\u00e9e par Lowe-Martin, l\u2019\u00e9mission comprend un carnet de 10 timbres PermanentsMC au tarif du r\u00e9gime int\u00e9rieur, un bloc-feuillet des deux timbres et un pli Premier Jour officiel. Le lieu d\u2019oblit\u00e9ration est Vancouver, car la Colombie-Britannique abrite la seule population de loutres de mer qui subsiste au Canada.<\/p>\n

Les timbres et les articles de collection sont en vente sur postescanada.ca et dans les comptoirs postaux partout au pays.\"\"<\/a>
\nUpdated May 7th:<\/span><\/strong>
\n<\/a>Going the extra mile for an unofficial-location FDC! VSC contributor “Danforth Guy” serviced this picture postcard in Stephenville, Newfoundland, with the first day date for these stamps:\"\"<\/a><\/a>Here’s the front of the card showing this World Heritage Site: \"\"<\/a><\/a>It took Danforth two hours by snowmobile to the park: \"\"<\/a><\/a>Rocky Harbour at the top of this map is just outside the park, and you’ll find Stephenville at the bottom, about 200 kilometers (120 miles) by road. (Google Maps doesn’t give trip estimates for snowmobiles.) Our intrepid correspondent made the trip in late March, and as you can see in this next map, it’s far enough north that a solid snowpack in late March is not out of the question. \"\"<\/a><\/a>Thanks, “Guy!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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