Canada Post has released a new stamp honouring Margaret Atwood – one of the most successful and admired writers Canada has ever known.
Ottawa-born Margaret Atwood has more than 50 works to her credit – including novels, short fiction, poetry, criticism, graphic novels and children’s stories.
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The author of the Emmy Award-winning series The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood has sold millions of books, won numerous awards and honours including Giller Prize, two Booker Prizes, two Governor General’s Literary Awards, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Franz Kafka International Literary Prize and the PEN Pinter Prize.
Also referred to as “The queen of CanLit,” Atwood is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, a Chevalier of France’s Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, an International Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and, in 1981, she was named a Companion of the Order of Canada.
The stamp, designed by Steven Slipp and printed by Lowe-Martin, features a photograph by renowned photographer Ruven Afanador, with the lines “A word after a word after a word is power” from her poem “Spelling.”
The front of the Official First Day Cover showcases a sketch by the author entitled Neither fish nor flesh (1975). The cancel – a raven silhouette symbolizing Atwood’s interest in birds – is postmarked in Toronto, which was chosen due to the author’s deep connections to the city’s publishing community.
Canada Post has recently released a new stamp honouring Buffy Sainte-Marie.
FOR COLLECTORS
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The stamp and collectibles are available at canadapost.ca and postal outlets across Canada.
Cost:
- Booklet of 10 Permanent™ domestic rate stamps: $9.20
- Official First Day Cover (OFDC): $1.92
- Framed print and Official First Day Cover: $99.95