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Canadian Philatelic Headlines News Updated Mar 10/06 Scott renumbers Leaf and Wildlife definitives  The release of four new high-value Wildlife definitives in late 2005 has prompted Scott Publishing to re-number several of the stamp listings. Click here to access this listing. On-Line Canadian Tagging Database  To encourage the collecting and dissemination of information on this very popular field of Canadian philately, an up-to-date listing of all reported tagging errors in Canada is available for your searching. Click here to access this on-line resource! 2006 Stamp Program announced July 5/05  Canada Post announced on July 5, 2005 that TWO $1 definitives will be issued Oct 20, 2005. The stamps feature the Atlantic Walrus and White-tailed Deer. Both subjects have appeared on definitives in recent years. The stamps will be issued in panes of 16 and a souvenir sheet of 4. 2006 Stamp Program announced July 5/05  Rate change definitives: 51c Flag over... (5 designs) 51c/89c/$1.49 Flowers: Blue Poppy, Lady Slipper, Monarda Didyma $2 Sable Island Horse and $2 Peregrine Falcon Commemoratives: Jan: Lunar New Year, Year of the Dog (single and souvenir sheet) Jan: Queen Elizabeth, 80th birthday Feb: Winter Olympics: Skeleton and Speed Skating Mar: Gardens, 100th anniversary of Ontario Horticultural Association Apr: Birthdays Apr: Art Canada: Dorothy Knowles (single and souvenir sheet) Apr: McClelland & Stewart, 100th anniversary Apr: Canadian Labour Congress, 50th anniversary May: Canadian Museum of Civilization, 150th anniversary Jun: Vancouver Aquarium, 50th anniversary Jun: Atlas of Canada Jul: Mountaineering Jul: World Lacrosse Championship Aug: Duck decoys (4 stamps) Aug: Wine and Cheese (4 stamps) Sep: Opera Sep: McDonald University: 100th anniversary Oct: Endangered Species (4 stamps: Swift Fox, Blue Racer Snake, Tiger Salamander, Newfoundland Marten) Oct: Society of Graphic Designers of Canada, 50th anniversary Oct: Canada Post Corporation: 25th anniversary (commemorative envelope) Nov: Christmas: 4 stamps Postal Rates to Rise Canada Post has announced that postal rates will rise effective Jan 16, 2006: domestic: 51c USA: 89c International: $1.49 RPSC Fellow I am honoured (and overwhelmed) by being selected as a Fellow of The Royal Philatelic Society of Canada at the ROYAL 2005 ROYALE stamp exhibition held May 27-29, 2005 in London, Ontario. To qualify for Fellow status, candidates must meet at least one of the following criteria: they have actively worked for the betterment of The RPSC; they have promoted Canadian philately extensively through writing; and/or have, through a number of activities, made Canadian philately better at the international level. I am the second youngest person to have received this award since its inception in 1961. Three others became Fellows at this Royal convention: Ann Triggle, John Peebles, and Hank Narbonne. Unitrade Editor Yours truly has taken over as editor of the Unitrade Specialized Catalogue of Canadian Stamps ... starting with the 2006 edition. Work is progressing nicely on modifying the layout slightly and adding far more information on each stamp. 2004 Annual Collection Surprises We were given quite a surprise when we opened the 2004 Annual Collection. The three Christmas stamps found in the Annual Collection were not removed from the Christmas booklets! The self-adhesive stamps in the booklets touch each other on all sides. Because the stamps are self-adhesive, "cutting" a single stamp from the booklet will require the backing paper to be removed with the stamp. The backing paper (also the booklet cover) contains coloured text and images: However, the stamps found in the Annual Souvenir Collection have been cut with about a 1/8 inch border around the stamps. This border clearly shows that there are no other stamps immediately adjacent to each other. In addition, the backing paper for each stamp is completely white - there is not printing of any kind on the "cover". Note: the stamps from the Annual Collection do have the same die cutting around the stamps - they are not "imperforate" (the image above does not show this clearly). The Quarter 4 collection of stamps (quarterly pack) also "features" the same unique Christmas stamps. 2005 Stamp Program announced August 16/04 [release dates known Sep 17/04] Rate change definitives 50c Queen Elizabeth II 50c Flag over ... (five designs) 50c Flower 85c Flower $1.45 Flower Jan 7: Year of the Rooster 50c (pane of 25) $1.45 souvenir sheet $1.45 overprinted souvenir sheet Jan 29: 50c NHL All-stars (set of 6 - Grant Fuhr, Allan Stanley, Pierre Pilote, Henri Richard, Brian Trottier, John Bucyk) Feb 4: 50c Fishing Flies (4 designs) Feb 14: 50c Nova Scotia Agricultural College 100th anniversary Mar 4: 50c EXPO 2005 being held in Aichi, Japan Mar 10: 50c Daffodils (pair) Mar 23: Audubon birds (4 x 50c, 85c) 4 x 50c 80c Apr 2: 50c Canadian bridges (4 designs - Jacques Cartier Bridge, Angus L. Macdonald Bridge, Canso Causeway, Souris Swinging Bridge) Apr: 50c Maclean’s Magazine 100th anniversary Apr 22: 50c Biosphere Reserves (joint issue with Ireland): Waterton Lakes National Park (Canada) and Killarney National Park (Ireland) (4 designs) Apr 29: 50c Battle of the Atlantic May 6: 50c Canadian War Museum May 27: Homer Watson (artist) 50c souvenir sheet with 50c, 85, $1.45 Jun: 50c Search and Research (4 designs) Jul 5: 50c FINA World Championships (pair) Jul 16: 50c Settlement of Port-Royal (Nova Scotia) 400th anniversary Aug 15: 50c Deportation of Acadians from the Maritimes 250th anniversary Summer: 50c Alberta and Saskatchewan Centennials (two stamps) Oct 1: Extreme sports (skateboarding, mountain biking, wall climbing) Oct 13: 50c Big Cats (Cougar and Leopard) (joint issue with China) (2 designs) Nov 16: Christmas, featuring crèches 50c 85c $1.45 Postal Rates Increasing January 2005 Canada's postal rates will be rising, as noted in the chart below, on January 17, 2005...   Current Effective Jan 17/05 Domestic 49c 50c USA 80c 85c International $1.40 $1.45 Reports are that there will be 5 different Flag over ... designs in a booklet of 10 and that the USA and International rate stamps will depict Wildlife. Also, the new 50c QE II will be the same design as the 49c QE II but in a blue colour.   © 2003-2010, 2011 Robin Harris Adminware is a trademark of Adminware Corporation.