Canada
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Stamp picture
Click here for higher resolution image		First day of issue: December 17, 1999
Width: 33 mm
Height: 45 mm
Perforation: Perforated 13.50 x 13.50
Printer: Ashton-Potter Ltd., Williamsville, United States
Creative team:
     Sheri Hancock, Designer
     Helene L'Heureux, Designer
     Bernard Bohn, Photographer
     Radio Canada, Photographer
Catalog number:
     Scott 1819a
Location: Ice Hockey Volume XIII
Stamp ID = 1661

This stamp was issued to commemorate broadcasting of Canada's national game, ice hockey, by showing Foster Hewitt and the English program "Hockey Night in Canada".

This stamp is from Canada Post's Millennium Collection souvenir sheet (can-19991217-w-001-001). According to the Unitrade stamp catalog

The stamp catalogues were not going to recognize the 68 stamps printed in the book because of the "limited edition" and "excessive" surcharge over face value (almost double the price of the stamps). As a result Canada Post re-issued the 68 stamps over a 3 month period in 17 different panes of 4 stamps each.

The stamp in the book (can-19990915-s-001) and the stamp in the souvenir sheet are identical except for one minor difference: the size of the microprinting in the upper left corner of the stamp. See the difference in the image to the left.



Stamp shows Foster Hewitt
From Linn's "Stamp Issuing Entities Of The World" page

Canada (1851-)
Stamp-issuing status: active; Population: 29,123,194. An independent state within the British Commonwealth, occupying the northern part of North America.