Canada Post has released new stamps bearing either sacred or secular holiday imagery to help you make your letter and cards merrier this festive season.
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The 2021 holiday stamps, designed by Larry Burke and Anna Stredulinsky of Burke & Burke, and illustrated by Geneviève Godbout, feature adorable, full-of-personality portraits of three classic holiday characters, Santa (domestic rate), a reindeer (U.S. rate) and an elf (international rate). A festive souvenir sheet that brings together all three characters is also part of the issue, along with a souvenir sheet Official First Day Cover, cancelled in Noëlville, Ontario.
This year’s heavenly Christmas issue is inspired by the angels who played an essential role as messengers in the Nativity story. Designed by Stéphane Huot and illustrated by Luc Melanson, the simple line drawings on a crisp white background call up a sense of purity and peace.
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The Permanent domestic rate stamp is available in booklets of 12. The Official First Day Cover is cancelled in Christmas Island, Nova Scotia.
FOR COLLECTORS
Domestic rate stamps are available in booklets of 12, with the U.S. and international rate stamps offered in booklets of six.
- Holiday Portraits – Reindeer: U.S. rate stamps – booklet of 6 — $7.80
- Holiday Portraits – Elf: International rate stamps – booklet of 6 — $16.26
- Holiday Portraits – Santa: Permanent domestic rate stamps – booklet of 12 — $11.04
- Holiday Portraits: Official First Day Cover — $5.93
- Holiday Portraits: Souvenir sheet — $4.93
- Christmas (2021), Angels: Permanent domestic rate stamps – booklet of 12 — $11.04
- Christmas (2021), Angels: Official First Day Cover — $1.92