Canada Picture Postage Stamps

Nice Picture Postage!

I just had a thought and went looking for the word Esse (the company name on the art stamps above) to see if it might be Latin. It is and means being or existence or reality or actuality depending on the usage.

Finally got one of these. The baby in the blue sun hat and shades laying back in the yellow baby carrier.



And, of course, I took the mint stamp and mailed it to myself immediately. Have to figure what size I should cut the cut-square to so I can save the whole cancel. 2" x 4" (5cm x 10cm) is too small. This is a long cancel.

And darn it, the stamp has a tear just above the K in the postal code. Darn upper left corner got caught on some machine part and got flipped up partly. Grrr.

Two extended-family photos stamps from Koala.





Thanks to Koala, and I am still digging. Amazing what a mess I have.

Very cute baby, Puzzler.

I love the sunglasses.

For some reason I just like this ad.

Picture Postage ad on the back of the Spring / Summer 2012 Collections magazine published by Canada Post, available free by subscription or for download at:
http://www.canadapost.ca/cpo/mc/per...ications.jsf

Picture Postage available at: http://www.canadapost.ca/cpo/mc/per...epostage.jsf

Or more simply www.canadapost.ca/picturepostage

Stamps received from rallymann postmarked April 4, 2012.



A Lotus 23C sports racer at the Westwood 7-hour Enduro 1977, Vancouver, BC and

an Eldon FF (Formula Ford) at Edmonton International Speedway (Alberta), 1976,

both being driven by our man rallymann.

Posted by rallymann to me on March 12, 2012.



An older Picture Postage stamp issued in 2001, Scott #1918a, silver frame style border, no value indicated denomination, showing an passenger airplane of some sort.

edit: I had another pic saved of this plane called a Comet so googled it and this is a Canadian Air Force (CAF) (note maple leaves on outer wings), Comet (not sure of model number).

Comparison pic of an older RCAF Comet 1A:



And a 2012 version of the MHSF (Miramichi Headwaters Salmon Federation Inc) stamps. Lots of fishes.

Zooming in on them you can see the rounded corners of the sticker on the #1918 stamp. There are some stamps with non-original stickers out there that usually have straight corners. All original stickers will have rounded corners.

This is a great thread. Being a fan of Cinderella stamps, I like how Canada Post has merged the Cinderella stamp concept to actual postage stamps with this picture postage. It's also a neat way to advertise a company. For instance, I include the stamp pictured below as part of the postage to anyone who buys my book on Canada Cinderella stamps
(https://goscf.com/t/24543)

The image is a combined bird and bear, painted in Woodland style, that represents the publisher: Bird Bear Press. Why waste time printing boring parcel post labels when you can include real high denomination postage stamps (such as the $10 whale) and picture postage to spice things up a bit?

Nice stamp CindyCan2. I agree Picture Postage allows for a range of themes and uses.

That artwork (Woodland style you say) looks like the art I have seen recently at the library on display called Sefalo Senafo (from the Ivory Coast). The outline of a animal with geometric designs inside drawn on cloth I think it was.

Hi Puzzler.
The Woodland style was started back in the 1960's by Ojibway artist Norval Morrisseau. A google search of that name will bring up many examples of his work. The BirdBear is my attempt at painting in that style. Many other artists have adopted this style or expanded on it. It adds some dramatic colour to any room!

I was wondering...would you consider "picture postage" to be a real stamp or a cinderella? I know it is created by Canada Post but it will never be in a catalogue or maybe it's a whole different category?

Hello Canadianphilatelist, welcome!

The only ones listed in Unitrade or Scott at present, of the Picture Postage type of stamp, are the originally issued stamps, say the 2004 year #2063,4 stamps, the older originals from 2000 on, and, I believe, the newer 2004 varieties, issued in 2011, with the Winnipeg Jets hockey team, and the Ethnic personal stamps (I think I remember seeing them numbered on ebay but can't find them now).

Discussed here:
Personalized Stamps: Where do they FIT, in stamp collecting?
https://goscf.com/t/22786

and also use the Search feature of SCF to look for 'personalized' or 'personalised' or 'picture postage'.

There is an online catalogue of Picture Postage here:
http://www.picturepostage.net/
maintained by SCF member rallymann.

As for being in a regular catalogue like Scott, probably unlikely for most personal created ones I would think. They have nopt been recorded in any fashion that I am aware of by the Canadian Bank Note Co. nor by Canada Post nor by anyone *except us maybe) so it is a labour of love to create a catalogue or listing of them in totality.

This one is funny and nice, pic by a professional photographer.
Don't have, just off ebay. See https://goscf.com/t/25907

This just in on an envelope from Bee See. His creation, Molly the Dog. Lovely stamp and dog and cancel too.