{"id":5574,"date":"2017-04-30T18:09:03","date_gmt":"2017-04-30T22:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/?p=5574"},"modified":"2017-04-30T18:12:16","modified_gmt":"2017-04-30T22:12:16","slug":"celebrities-to-unveil-canadian-stamps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/?p=5574","title":{"rendered":"Celebrities to Unveil Canadian Stamps"},"content":{"rendered":"

[press release]<\/em>
\nIn honour of Canada 150, notable Canadians will help unveil stamps celebrating 10 unforgettable moments since 1967<\/strong>
\nMaple leaf-shaped stamps will be a first for Canada Post<\/p>\n

OTTAWA \u2013 Canada Post has enlisted the help of several distinguished Canadians to unveil 10 special commemorative stamps that celebrate the most significant moments in the life of the country since it proudly marked its Centennial.<\/p>\n

In a video message (view here<\/a>), Canada Post President and CEO Deepak Chopra, joined by Canada Post employees and Steven MacKinnon, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Services and Procurement, proudly introduces this special stamp program in celebration of Canada 150, the country\u2019s sesquicentennial.<\/p>\n

The impressive Canadians include a country music star, a world-renowned architect, successful business leaders, influential community activists, legendary athletes and an astronaut. Over the next five weeks, separate unveilings will occur, each one at a location chosen to illustrate the story behind the achievement, event or milestone that the stamp commemorates.<\/p>\n

This will also be the first time in Canada Post\u2019s history that stamps will be issued in the shape of a maple leaf.<\/p>\n

With each stamp unveiling, videos with these notable Canadians, other key participants and archival footage will tell the story of that stamp subject on canadapost.ca\/canada150<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The first of the 10 stamps will be unveiled on April 27 in Montr\u00e9al. The remainder will be revealed separately over five weeks, culminating with the unveiling of two stamps on June 1. On that day, all 10 Permanent\u2122 domestic-rate stamps will be available in various formats \u2013 at post offices and online, via mail order or phone. Customers can also pre-order at canadapost.ca\/canada150<\/a> or by phone.<\/p>\n

As with all Canada Post stamps, the subjects were chosen by the Canada Post Stamp Advisory Committee. These 12 members of the public are experts in their particular field. They include historians, archivists, graphic designers, philatelists and others.<\/p>\n

[COMMUNIQU\u00c9]<\/em><\/p>\n

Pour les 150\u00a0ans du Canada, des personnalit\u00e9s canadiennes d\u00e9voileront 10 timbres c\u00e9l\u00e9brant des\u00a0moments marquants depuis\u00a01967
\n<\/strong><\/strong>Postes\u00a0Canada \u00e9mettra pour la toute premi\u00e8re\u00a0fois des timbres en forme de feuille d\u2019\u00e9rable<\/p>\n

OTTAWA\u00a0\u2013 Postes\u00a0Canada a invit\u00e9 plusieurs Canadiens de renom \u00e0 participer au d\u00e9voilement de 10\u00a0timbres comm\u00e9moratifs soulignant les moments les plus marquants de l\u2019histoire du pays depuis son centenaire.<\/p>\n

Dans un message vid\u00e9o (visionner ici), le pr\u00e9sident-directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de Postes\u00a0Canada Deepak\u00a0Chopra, accompagn\u00e9 d\u2019employ\u00e9s de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 et de Steven\u00a0MacKinnon, secr\u00e9taire parlementaire de la ministre des Services publics et de l\u2019Approvisionnement, a fi\u00e8rement pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 le programme de timbres-poste Canada\u00a0150 c\u00e9l\u00e9brant le cent\u00a0cinquantenaire du pays.<\/p>\n

L\u2019impressionnante liste de personnalit\u00e9s canadiennes invit\u00e9es compte notamment une vedette de musique country, un architecte de renomm\u00e9e mondiale, des chefs d\u2019entreprise prosp\u00e8res, des activistes communautaires influents, des athl\u00e8tes l\u00e9gendaires et un astronaute. Au cours des cinq\u00a0prochaines semaines, les d\u00e9voilements individuels auront lieu \u00e0 des endroits symboliques choisis selon la r\u00e9alisation ou le moment qu\u2019illustre le timbre pr\u00e9sent\u00e9.<\/p>\n

De plus, pour la toute premi\u00e8re\u00a0fois dans l\u2019histoire de Postes\u00a0Canada, les timbres \u00e9mis auront la forme d\u2019une feuille d\u2019\u00e9rable.<\/p>\n

Pour chaque timbre d\u00e9voil\u00e9, des vid\u00e9os mettant en vedette des Canadiens c\u00e9l\u00e8bres, d\u2019autres acteurs importants et des images d\u2019archives raconteront l\u2019histoire derri\u00e8re la vignette sur le site postescanada.ca\/150canada<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Le premier\u00a0des 10\u00a0timbres sera d\u00e9voil\u00e9 le 27\u00a0avril \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al. Les autres seront pr\u00e9sent\u00e9s individuellement sur cinq\u00a0semaines; les deux derniers seront r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9s le 1er\u00a0juin. Ce jour-l\u00e0, les 10\u00a0timbres PermanentsMC du r\u00e9gime int\u00e9rieur seront offerts en diff\u00e9rents formats. Il sera possible de se les procurer dans les bureaux de poste ou de les commander en ligne, par la poste ou par t\u00e9l\u00e9phone. Les clients peuvent \u00e9galement les pr\u00e9commander \u00e0 l\u2019avance sur le site postescanada.ca\/150canada<\/a> ou par t\u00e9l\u00e9phone.<\/p>\n

Comme pour tous les timbres de Postes\u00a0Canada, ces sujets ont \u00e9t\u00e9 choisis par le Comit\u00e9 consultatif sur les timbres-poste de Postes\u00a0Canada. Ce comit\u00e9 est compos\u00e9 de 12\u00a0membres du public, dont des historiens, des archivistes, des concepteurs, des philat\u00e9listes et d\u2019autres experts qui sont tous des sommit\u00e9s dans leur domaine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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