News Releases

March 3, 2010
Canadian-developed hybrids bloom exquisitely on two new stamps

OTTAWA – Spring is already in full bloom at Canada Post, with today's issuing of a pair of PERMANENT™ stamps featuring two vibrant Canadian African violet (Saintpaulia) hybrids, "Picasso" and "Decelles' Avalanche." The Saintpaulia genus has more than 1,000 hybrids developed and registered by Canadians.

Feb. 22, 2010
LOCAL OLYMPIANS CELEBRATE CANADA’S GOLD WITH STAMP PURCHASECanada Post is proud to have commemorated Canada’s first Olympic gold medal won on Canadian soil by issuing a stamp featuring the medal. The stamp has already become a popular souvenir item and hundreds of thousands of the stamps have already been sold.

Feb. 22, 2010
Canada Post Celebrates Olympic Spirit with Commemorative StampIn its continued celebration of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, Canada Post is today issuing a new set of commemorative stamps marking the Olympic Spirit.

Feb. 14, 2010
STAMP CELEBRATES CANADA’S FIRST OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL WON IN CANADA. A PROUD NATION CHEERS!Canada Post is proud to commemorate Canada’s first Olympic gold medal on Canadian soil in history by issuing a special stamp featuring the medal. This previously unannounced stamp is now available at www.canadapost.ca/celebrategold and will be available in post offices in Vancouver tomorrow and across Canada starting Tuesday. This is the first time in Canada Post’s history that the company commemorates an event the day it occurs.

Feb. 11, 2010
Canada Post presents set of 35 philatelic pictorial cancelsA stamp tells only half the story... The image and text on a stamp’s cancellation mark can turn a one-in-a-million letter into something very special and unique—a souvenir highly valued by collectors of all kinds.