Stamps with Micro text Printing - Update

Category - Sight
Subcategory - Stamps Security with micro printing

Canada 2018 From Far and Wide with Micro text print

Issue date 15 January 2018

Canada Post as part of the From Far and Wide series invites you to take a fantasy trip to some of the most amazing and picturesque places in Canada.

Canada Post has issued 9 stamps featuring

- The "jellybean houses" of St. John's (N.L.)

- Hopewell Rocks (N.B.)

- Cathedral Grove in MacMillan Provincial Park (B.C.)

- Covehead Harbour in Prince Edward Island National Park (P.E.I.)

- Percé Rock in Parc national de l'Île-Bonaventure-et-du-Rocher-Percé (Que.)

- Pisew Falls Provincial Park (Man.)

- Point Pelee National Park (Ont.)

- Nááts'įhch'oh National Park Reserve (Nt.)

- Arctic Bay (Nvt.)

The nine Stamps feature micro printing on the stamp which can be seen when magnified 

The other Stamps in this series are listed below

2019

2020

2024

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Stamps with Micro text Printing

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Stamps with Micro text Printing - Update

Category - Sight
Subcategory - Stamps Security with micro printing

Canada 2024 From Far and Wide with Micro print

Issue date 6 May 2024

Canada Post as part of the From Far and Wide series invites you to take a fantasy trip to some of the most amazing and picturesque places in Canada.

Canada Post has issued 9 stamps featuirng

- Tongait KakKasuangita SilakKijapvinga – Torngat Mountains National Park, 

Newfoundland and Labrador 

- Tehjeh Deé (South Nahanni River), Nááts'įhch'oh National Park Reserve – Northwest Territories 

- Sunflowers – Altona, Manitoba

 

- Galiano Island, British Columbia 

- Abbaye de Saint-Benoît-du-Lac, Quebec 

- Point Prim Lighthouse – Belfast, Prince Edward Island 

- Thousand Islands, Ontario 

- Restigouche River, New Brunswick 

- Qarlinngua sea arch – Arctic Bay, Nunavut 

The nine Stamps feature micro printing on the stamp which can be seen when magnified 

The other Stamps in this series are listed below

2019

2020

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Stamps with Micro text Printing

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Stamps with Braille - Update

Category - Touch
Subcategory - Stamps with Braille

Canada 2008 Guide Dogs with Braille printing

Issue date 21 April 2008

Canada Post to commemorate the 100yrs of Montreal Association for the Blind's has issued Canada's first stamp printed with the rate printed in Braille embossing technique. The dog featured on the stamp is a golden retriever breed - Dogs name Luke. Updating my collection.

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Stamps with Braille

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3D - Holographic Stamps - Update

Category - Sight
Subcategory - 3D - Holographic Stamps 

Canada 2005 Christmas Snowman Stamp with holographic foil printing

Issue date 2 November 2005

Canada Post has issued a special stamp featuring The snowman, an icon of the winter season in North America and is  portrayed among shimmering snowflakes and northern lights.

The glistening snowflakes has been created through the use of clear holographic hot stamping. 

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3D Holographic Stamps

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Stamps with Interactive (QR/Bar/Augmented Reality/C) codes - Update

Category - Hearing/Sight
Subcategory - Stamps with Interactive (QR/Bar/Augmented Reality/C) codes 

Canada 2012 Franklin the Turtle Stamps Booklet with Augment Reality 

Issue date 11 May 2012

Canada Post to commemorate the works of author Paulette Bourgeois and illustrator Brenda Clark featuring Franklin the Turtle, a warm and wonderful little reptile who gently encourages children to come “out of their shells”.

The issue will include four stamps, featuring the characters, in a booklet that includes Canada Post first augmented reality maze game on the back cover and when scanned with the Stamps Alive App (No longer available for Download as of date) allows one to move the Franklin Turtle through the Maze on the Smartphone.

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Stamps with Interactive (Augmented Reality) codes

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Stamps with Interactive (QR/Bar/Augmented Reality/C) codes - Update

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Subcategory - Stamps with Interactive (QR/Bar/Augmented Reality/C) codes 

Canada 2012 100 years of the Calgary Stampede Augment Reality Stamps

Issue date 17 May 2012

Canada Post to commemorate the centennial of the Calgary Stampede, has issued two commemorative stamps featuring a rodeo horse and a silver and gold belt buckle designed by designer Xerxes Irani.

The silver-and-gold anniversary belt-buckle featured on the U.S.-rate stamp which are being produced as much-prized event trophies this year. There will be limited to 100 pieces and will serve as trophies for the Centennial celebration of the Calgary Stampede.

The Stamps features Augment Reality built onto the stamp and when scanned with the Stamps Alive App (No longer available for Download) allows one to see a barrel race and interactive experience with a horse.

A Video featuring the launch of the Stamp and the related Augment Reality stamp features are seen from the following video from Calgary Herald (Copyright of video belongs to the owner of this video - only downloaded to show features of the stamps issued)

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Stamps with Interactive (Augmented Reality) codes

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Glow in the Dark Stamp Under UV Stamps - Update

Category - Sight
Sub-Category - Glow in the Dark Stamp Under UV Stamps 

Canada 2024 Solar Eclipse Stamp with Glow in the Dark printing

Issue date 14 March 2024

Canada Post to commemorate the occurrence of a Total Solar Eclipse on 08 April 2024 which will be visible across a path about 200 kilometers stretching from southwestern Ontario to eastern Newfoundland and Labrador. The Stamp features some of the natural landscapes in its path — like Niagara Falls and Spillers Cove. The total eclipse will not be seen until 2044 in Canada.

The ring of light around the Eclipse glows in the dark under UV Light.

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Glow in the Dark Stamp Under UV Stamps

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Personalised Stamps - Update

Category - Sight
Subcategory - Personalised Stamps

My first Blogpost for the year - Here's Wishing You All a Very Happy, Healthy and Prosperous Lunar New Year. 

Canada 2022 Lunar New Year of the Tiger Picture Postage Personalized Stamp

Issue date February 2022

Canada Post has stopped issuing the Lunar New Year Stamp series after 2  twelve year cycles since 2020 when it released the last Year of the Rat Stamp. To commemorate the Lunar New Year Celebrated on 4 February 2022 for the Year of the Tiger, I had a special stamps issued via the Canada Post Picture Postage program featuring a Year of the Tiger Design Print from a young designer which incorporated a simple and beautiful interpretation of the Lunar New Year Animal - The Tiger.

I had also used her last years design image for the Lunar New Year of the OX 2021 on another Canada Picture Postage Stamps printed at the same time.

I would like to thank Ms.Julie Truong for use of her Design Print Image on my picture postage stamps and look forward to her future projects in this area. She can be contacted at www.Facebook.com/Jeulart or her Instagram Page Jeulart.

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Personalised Stamps

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Glow in the Dark Stamp Under UV Stamps - Update

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Sub-Category - Glow in the Dark Stamp Under UV Stamps

Canada 2021 Canada Community Foundation Fireflies stamp

Issue date 20 September 2021

Canada Post as part of its annual Community Foundation drive to collect funds for its activities has issued a special stamp featuring Fireflies which glows in the dark under uv light.

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Glow in the Dark Stamp Under UV Stamps

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Glow in the Dark Stamp Under UV Stamps - Update

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Sub-Category - Glow in the Dark Stamp Under UV Stamps

Canada 2014 Empress of Ireland Uncut Press Sheet 

Due to large size of the sheet, the above picture has been taken from Canada Post website

Issue date 29 May 2014

Canada Post to commemorate the centennial of the sinking of RMS Empress of Ireland on May 29, 1914, in the St. Lawrence River, near Rimouski, Quebec which recorded the highest death toll of 1,012 (1,477 recorded onboard) passengers and crews, when the Empress collided with a Norwegian collier - the SS Storstad.

Canada Post to pay respect to the 1,012 lives lost in the tragedy, has printed the list of the names of the passengers who lost their lives with hidden ink which becomes visible under black light . 

Due to large size of the sheet, the above picture has been taken from Canada Post website

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Embossed Stamps - Update

Category- Touch
Subcategory - Embossed Stamps   

Canada 2004 Victoria Cross Embossed Stamps

Issue date 21 October 2004

Note - I do not collect only embossed stamps in my unusual category but since it is my collection thought it to update the same on the blog for those who collect it as an unusual stamp category 

Canada Post to commemorate 150th anniversary of the Victoria Cross, has issued 2 stamps to honour all 94 Canadians who have received the Victoria Cross, the Commonwealth's highest military decoration for bravery. One of the stamps is embossed.

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Embossed Stamps

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3D - Holographic Stamps - Update

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Subcategory - 3D - Holographic Stamps 

Canada 1992 Space Hologram Stamps

Issue date 01 October 1992

Canada Post to honour Canadian Achievements in Space has issued a se-tenant pair stamps with one of the them having a picture of the Space Shuttle in space printed in #D Hologram. It was Canada's first 3D stamp in hologram.

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3D Holographic Stamps

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