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Canada Post Community Foundation

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Name Value
Date of Issue September 17, 2012
Year 2012
Quantity 3,750,000
Denomination
P + 10¢
Perforation or Dimension Simulated perforation
Printer Lowe-Martin
Postal Administration Canada

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Booklet of 10 stamps

Quantity Produced - 375,000
Current Purchase Price: Only available to paid users
Original Purchase Price: $7.10
Cancellation Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Perforation: Simulated perforation
Dimension: 26 mm x 36 mm (vertical)
Printing Process: Lithography in 8 colours
Gum Type: Pressure sensitive
Tagging: General, 4 sides
Paper: Tullis Russell
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OFDC

Quantity Produced - 12,000
Current Purchase Price: Only available to paid users
Original Purchase Price: $1.71
Cancellation Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Perforation: Simulated perforation
Dimension: 26 mm x 36 mm (vertical)
Printing Process: Lithography in 8 colours
Gum Type: Pressure sensitive
Tagging: General, 4 sides
Paper: Tullis Russell
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About Stamp

In 2008, Canada Post established The Canada Post Foundation for Mental Health to provide financial support for deserving front-line charities and not for profit organizations. The funds raised to make these gifts possible were the result of the generous donations of Canada Post staff and customers at our retail outlets—as well as the surcharge from our Mental Health semi-postal stamps. To date, more than $6.7 million in grants have been distributed to some 140 organizations across Canada.

This year, Canada Post will build on our long and proud history of investing in the communities we serve through our charitable and volunteer activities—and transfer our efforts from mental health issues to children’s charities.

According to Cindy Daoust, Manager of Canada Post’s Community Investment Program, “Our efforts have provided funding and support for a wide variety of important initiatives in the area of mental health, literacy and the United Way. We’ve raised funds and awareness. We also want to build on the incredible efforts of employees who support the Santa Letter-writing Program every year. So our plans are to continue our involvement with children throughout the calendar year.”

The renamed Canada Post Community Foundation will focus on supporting children’s charities, school programs and local initiatives—including organizations that provide mental health initiatives aimed at youth. Canada Post hopes to develop an engaging and compelling connection with children’s causes in the communities where postal employees work—which is almost every community in the nation.

As the Corporation’s charitable focus shifts to youth, so does the inspiration for the annual fundraising semi-postal. This year’s stamp, designed by Debbie Adams, Principal at Adams + Associates, carries a 10-cent surcharge that goes directly to the work of the Foundation. According to Adams, “The design is a simple circle of children’s hands, depicted in vivid colours. Multi-coloured hands represent the diversity and breadth of the need to help children’s charities. The heart represents the generosity of Canadians investing in the future of Canada.” Not only does this call to mind childhood circle games, it also implies inclusivity, and giving a hand or holding a hand in assistance.

According to Stamp Design Manager Liz Wong, “The focus on children and programs at the community level means the stamp design must be appealing—and accessible—to all Canadians. The beauty of using child imagery that it not only represents the causes we’ll be supporting, but also encourages nostalgia in adults, thoughts of a simpler time—and the wish for everyone to have a great childhood.”

Creators

Design: Debbie Adams.

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