Canada
can-20090212-s-001
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First day of issue: February 12, 2009
Occasion: 2010 Winter Olympics,2010,Vancouver,Canada
Width: 20 mm
Height: 16 mm
Perforation: Perforated 13.50 x 13.00
Printing method: Lithographed
Printer: Lowe Martin Group, Ottawa, Canada
Creative team:
     Naomi Broudo, Tandem Design Associates, Designer
     Violet Finvers, Tandem Design Associates, Designer
     Vicky Wong, Meomi Design, Illustrator
     Michael Murphy, Meomi Design, Illustrator
Catalog number:
     Scott 2305
Location: Ice Hockey Volume XVII
Stamp ID = 1926

Stamp shows Quatchi, a shy, adventurous sasquatch, playing hockey. Quatchi was one of the XXI Winter Olympic mascots. Stamp was part of souvenir sheetcan-20090212-w-001.


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.