FEBRUARY-MARCH 2021 | No. 2

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DEAR COLLECTORSGetting a jump on spring!

At this time of the year, we can all use a little cheering up – and what better way to lift our spirits than with creatures changing colour with the seasons or branches laden with sweet smelling crabapple blossoms.

In this issue, you’ll find snow mammals that shed their dark coats as the days get shorter, so they can hunt and hide more effectively in their snowy surroundings (be sure to check out the special features on these stamps under black light!). And, to remind you that winter is almost over, our annual flower stamps, bearing branches of crabapple blossoms, focus on a showy spring bloomer that many of us can enjoy in our own backyards.

Canada Post continues to be vigilant in its efforts to safeguard the health of its customers, employees and communities as the world moves gradually toward recovery. While some changes made to the way we issue and distribute our stamps remain in effect for now, we’re pleased that we can once again mail copies of Details to all our subscribers.

We’re excited about the many amazing stamp issues we have planned for you this year, so keep watching these pages for more good news on what’s to come.

Jim Phillips, Director, Stamp Services

TIDBITSStamp printing specifications

• Perforations are all 13+ or simulated perforation.• Tagging is on four sides, unless otherwise indicated.• Paper is Tullis Russell, unless otherwise indicated.• Gum type is pressure sensitive, unless otherwise indicated.

A first day of issue special envelope is a common term that refers to an Official First Day Cover (OFDC).

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CONTENTSFEBRUARY-MARCH 2021 | No. 2

4 Snow MammalsThese stamps feature five animals that change colour to suit the season.

6 Crabapple BlossomsThis year’s flower stamps remind us that spring will soon, quite literally, be in the air.

8 Royal Canadian Mint CoinsA variety of collectible coins for all occasions.

10 Concordia University of Edmonton, 100th AnniversaryThis commemorative envelope salutes one of Canada’s pre-eminent small universities, which celebrates a century of promise.

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DETAILSDetails is published by Canada Post Corporation.

Director, Stamp Services: Jim PhillipsDirector, Marketing: Nancy WrightCoordinator: Monica DesjardinsStaff contributors: Elia Anoia, Joy ParksFrench translation: Language ServicesFrench revision: Andrée RaymondEditor, proofreader: Christopher MalloryManager, Graphic Design: Céline MorissetDesign, layout: André Monette

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SNOW MAMMALSIssue date: February 16, 2021

Booklet of 10 stamps414161111

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Life in the wild can be a deadly game of hide and seek, where blending in with the landscape is critical to survival. These stamps – issued in the depths of our Canadian winter – showcase five native mammals that share the remarkable characteristic of changing colour with the seasons.

Not surprisingly, given the drastic change much of our landscape undergoes from summer to winter, Canada is home to more species of mammals that moult from shades of brown or grey to white – and back again in spring – than any other country in the world.

The five featured on these stamps represent the hunters and the hunted. The ermine and the Arctic fox are predators that blend into the snowy background to sneak up on their next meal. The snowshoe hare, Peary caribou and northern collared

lemming are prey that rely on their camouflage to avoid detection.

“These creatures are like ghosts, travelling on or under the snow without a sound,” says Dominique Fauteux, a research scientist at the Canadian Museum of Nature. “Their unique adaptation invokes a very poetic view of winter as not only silent and calm, but also dangerous.”

The seasonal change of outerwear that makes these mammals distinctive is the result of a complex physiological process influenced by sensitivity to changes in daylight, rather than temperature. Starting around the first snowfall, their lighter-weight, darker-coloured coats moult to a heavier, more insulating white. This gradual process reverses in the warmer months, beginning around the spring melt.

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In the lower left-hand corner of each stamp, in fluorescent ink visible only under black light, is a set of each animal’s tracks as they would appear in the fresh snow.

Souvenir sheet first day of issue special envelope404161144$5.60

Souvenir sheet404161145

$4.60

Only 19 species of mammals worldwide (about 0.3 per cent) change colour in response to winter: Canada is home to 12 of them.

SPECIFICATIONS

Product Denomination Size Quantity Printing process

Booklet of 10 stamps 5 x Permanent™ (domestic rate) 37.5 mm x 26 mm 300,000 Lithography in 5 colours

Souvenir sheet of 5 stamps‡

5 x Permanent™ (domestic rate) 129 mm x 98 mm 70,000 Lithography in 5 colours

Souvenir sheet Official First Day Cover

5 x Permanent™ (domestic rate) 190 mm x 112 mm 7,000 Cancellation site: Snow Lake MB

Design: Adrian Horvath Stamps: Ermine – Robert Postma; snowshoe hare – Michelle Valberg; Arctic fox – Dennis Fast; northern collared lemming – Mathilde Poirier; Peary caribou – Paul Loewen. Backgrounds – Michelle Valberg. Printing: Canadian Bank Note ‡Gum type: PVA Tagging: 4 sides + special additional tagging for paw prints

Included in Stamps of Canada January-March 2021 collector pack: die-cut stamps from booklet, souvenir sheet.

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CRABAPPLE BLOSSOMSIssue date: March 1, 2021

Booklet of 10 stamps414162111$9.20

Seal your envelopes with beautiful stickers

included in the booklet.

The sweet fragrance of a crabapple tree in bloom is one of the most pleasant reminders that spring is, quite literally, in the air. The blossoms depicted on this year’s flower stamp issue pay tribute to two Canadian-bred varieties.

The pretty bright-pink flower of Malus 'Rosseau' was introduced in 1928 by the Central Experimental Farm’s pioneering ornamental plant breeder, Isabella Preston. The delicate white bloom of Malus 'Maybride' is a dwarf cultivar bred by Preston’s successors, Daniel Foster Cameron and Dexter Reid Sampson.

While the scented blossoms are much welcomed in the spring, the trees, common to many Canadian yards and gardens, are often grown for the jams and jellies that can be made from the small, somewhat sour fruit. Serious foodies also note that crabapple wood is excellent for smoking meats and cheeses.

Designed by Sputnik Design Partners Inc., with illustration by Marie-Élaine Cusson and photography by Mark Olson, the booklet, souvenir sheet and Official First Day Cover were printed by Canadian Bank Note and the coils by the Lowe-Martin Group.

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Strip of 10 stamps404162119$9.20

Strip of 4 stamps404162118$3.68

Coil of 50 stamps404162117$46

Souvenir sheet404162145

$1.84The sweet fragrance of a crabapple tree in

bloom is one of the most pleasant reminders that spring is, quite literally, in the air.

First day of issue special envelope414162131

$2.84

SPECIFICATIONS

Product Denomination Size Quantity Printing process

Booklet of 10 stamps 2 x Permanent™ (domestic rate) 26 mm x 32 mm 600,000 Lithography in 6 colours

Coil of 50 stamps* 2 x Permanent™ (domestic rate) 20 mm x 24 mm 130,000 Lithography in 6 colours

Souvenir sheet of 2 stamps‡

2 x Permanent™ (domestic rate) 120 mm x 84 mm 70,000 Lithography in 6 colours

Official First Day Cover 2 x Permanent™ (domestic rate) 190 mm x 112 mm 7,000 Cancellation site: Apple Hill ON

Design: Sputnik Design Partners Inc. Illustration: Marie-Élaine Cusson Photos: Mark Olson Printing: Canadian Bank Note, *Lowe-Martin ‡Gum type: PVA

Included in Stamps of Canada January-March 2021 collector pack: die-cut pair from booklet and coil, souvenir sheet.

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CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY OF EDMONTON, 100th ANNIVERSARYCOMMEMORATIVE ENVELOPEIssue date: March 7, 2021

Located in the heart of Alberta’s capital city, Concordia University of Edmonton has evolved since its founding in 1921 into one of Canada’s pre-eminent small universities, known for its diversity and academic excellence.

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