Canada: Diwali Picture Postage(Tm)

Here are details and pics for the Diwali Picture Postage(tm) stamps released by Canada Post in September.



These are the first in a series of stamps produced by Canada Post. There will be three different issues, with two designs per set. A contact of mine, who spoke with the National Philatelic Centre in Antigonish, gave the following "issue" dates:

Diwali: Sep 12/11
Eid: Oct 13/11
Hanukah: Nov 7

I understand that there were 1,300 panes printed of each of the Diwali stamps.

Here are the full panes:

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Here are details of the "order numbers" for the above two panes:

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And details of a copyright (?) date in the lower right corner:




For the record, a contact in Ontario purchased these stamps at an outlet in Toronto (check out the Canada Post website: www.canadapost.ca/diwali where you can search for post offices in a city of your choice).

The Diwali panes he purchased had a UPC barcode on the back (mine received via an online order did not). His "order numbers" were:

Candle: 10060748
Flower: 10060747

His dates in the lower right corner were:

Candle: C 12 2006
Flower: A 12 2006

Anyone know the significance of these?