Canada 2015 - Canadian Flag 50th Anniversary

Hey..Hey..thomasblr...That is my country flag design you are putting down..Try to relax..ok..Just be careful with your words..

Actually wert he is quoting what I said but as I mentioned before it is the design of the stamp I'm criticizing, not the flag of course.


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On the press sheet there are 12 souvenir sheets "plus 3 stamps". I wonder if these will be DIFFERENT from the stamps on the souvenir sheet?

BC, that press sheet looks pretty good but I don't
feel like throwing away $115.

I will definitely get 3 or 4 SS to use on small packets
to Europe but that's about it.

I hear you litho.

I think I figured what those 3 extra stamps on the press sheet are! They will be cut separately to be used for the annual collections and/or quarter packs.

Something like that was done years back for some Christmas stamps. I don't have my Unitrade handy to recall what issue, but I am sure it was explained in the ESG Corgi times a while back.

If so, that means the will be die-cut through and therefore be different stamps.

I am not sure either, about coughing up $115 for the press sheet...

Canada Post has finally posted all of the new issues as well as two Details magazines.

Here's the booklet

I was just looking at the Canada Post line up for 2015 stamps.

Pansies...8 stamps
Canada Flag...5 stamps
Mandela stamps...3 stamps
Luner year...3 stamps
Sir John A. MacDonald...2 stamps

REALLY......!!
Go figure...!!
.

The press sheet is already sold out!

Bee See: The 3 extra stamps are the "fabric" flags.

Like I said before.......I suspect this is a federal government make-work project for ink suppliers and printing firms. Does anyone have an idea of how many more flower varieties there are in Canada? Or indeed, lunar new years, sport figures, singer and comedians, etc.......??

It looks like Canada Post is creating varieties at vastly different monetary values to entice collectors to by the varieties and raise their bottom line. What a bummer!

According to:
http://www.canadapost.ca/cpo/mc/per...das_flag.jsf
http://www.canadapost.ca/cpo/mc/per...ications.jsf

Product #: 403974148
Layout: Uncut press sheet of 20 souvenir sheets and 3 fabric flag stamps
Price: $115.00
Denomination: $5
Design: Kosta Tsetsekas, Defne Corbacioglu (Signals)
Dimensions: 483 mm x 616 mm
Photography: Mike Savage
Printer: Canadian Bank Note
Quantity: 1,000

All press sheets are signed and numbered by Joan O'Malley - as I mentioned before (& just to confirm).

The numbered sheets also include invisible security ink – applied to areas of the flag – that glows in the dark under a UV lamp.

EasyOne...Are you suggesting that Canada Post's bottom line is MONEY...come on now....

Thanks sak. I guess that means the only way to get the fabric stamps is buying the press sheet?

I was confused by this description of the SOUVENIR SHEET (not the press sheet) from the Canada Post website:

This collectible fabric stamp is a first in Canada and an ideal keepsake celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Canadian flag. The ground-breaking stamp was designed by Kosta Tsetsekas and created by applying ink to a satin rayon fabric.

Bold is my emphasis.

Canada Post........stamp designs, postage rates, service, management ability, the whole mess.....not even a joke any more.
Its kind of difficult to come up with words to replace "joke" to describe CP; but, shame, disgrace and an international humiliation come to mind.

Ok I guess I misunderstood the description as well. I had thought all of the souvenir sheets were fabric stamps. This means that there will only be 3000 fabric stamps in existence and since they're already sold out then that's a variety I'm never going to own :( *sigh* I hope this gets listed as a variety instead of getting its own Scott number.