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Post by BC on Aug 17, 2013 23:08:38 GMT
Apparently Canada Post will be issuing stamp booklets for all 7 Canadian NHL teams shortly. They are already available on eBay - an accidental early release? www.ebay.com/itm/181197956107  Vancouver Canucks and Ottawa Senators booklets |
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Post by Admin on Aug 17, 2013 23:31:38 GMT
Is this going to be as stupid as the CFL (Football) set from last year. To collect all stamps coils sheets I believe it was over $200. I might be wrong but there was a lot of talk on other forums about it.
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Post by BC on Aug 17, 2013 23:57:07 GMT
I think it will be full of collateral material. But I think the idea of a single booklet for each team is a good one.
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Post by Zuzu on Aug 18, 2013 0:37:49 GMT
Are those just "generic" players?
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Post by BC on Aug 18, 2013 0:48:05 GMT
Yes Zuzu the are "generic". They seem to be in playoff mode, most players do not grow beards until then. BTW, my teams are the Vancouver Canucks, Ottawa Senators and Montreal Canadien, in that order  |
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Post by Zuzu on Aug 18, 2013 0:52:28 GMT
<-- My team is the Avs. I'll still talk to you, even though you're a Canucks fan.  |
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Post by BC on Aug 18, 2013 1:32:11 GMT
I won't hold that against you Zuzu - actually the great player Joe Sakic is from Vancouver |
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Post by cjd on Aug 18, 2013 1:49:33 GMT
For a second there, I thought a fight was going to break out.  For myself, I prefer collegiate hockey. Badgers, Gophers, Sioux. |
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Aug 18, 2013 2:24:11 GMT
Grew up in small(really small) town where although they had other sport teams football ruled(read not soceer).Even a playoff game two hundred miles from home the town, WHOLE town showed up.So for me high school football is only sport I follow.Imagine visiting team from that distance has more people show up than yours who live less than five miles away.
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Post by Zuzu on Aug 18, 2013 3:02:22 GMT
BC, yes, of course, Burnaby Joe.  cjd, don't forget the college team with my favorite name: Bemidji State Beavers! Frog, do you mind if I ask where you grew up? You could be describing pretty much any small town around here. lol |
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Aug 18, 2013 11:59:01 GMT
Buskirk N.Y. kids attended Cambridge School in Cambridge N.Y. twenty miles or so east of Saratoga about five miles from Vermont line.Class D school with two state titles.
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Post by BC on Aug 28, 2013 2:38:25 GMT
Now there are used examples available on eBay: www.ebay.com/itm/331004940735 however, they are only offering 6 teams, they are missing the Winnipeg Jets. |
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Post by therealwesty on Aug 28, 2013 12:31:25 GMT
Funny there was no mention of the stamps in Details, or on the CP website. I don't even remember reading about them in any of the annual stamp program releases (including the 2014 program). When you posted the booklet images I was puzzled, now that there are pictures of cancelled stamps I am really confused. Initially I thought they were bogus, cinderellas, or something. But now I don't know...
Canada Post has designed and released secret issues before, but the recently announced Superman issue fits the bill as the big surprise for this year. I would be truly surprised if they did back to back secret issues.
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Post by BC on Aug 28, 2013 15:11:20 GMT
This is a really strange issue. I have never seen a Canadian stamp issue released "accidentally" like this before. Another odd thing is the 63c face value - why aren't they "P" stamps? No doubt we will have a January postal rate increase, so they will not see much use without make-up postage.
I did order a Vancouver Canucks stamp booklet from the eBay seller and if I get them before the date of issue, I will maill out some covers.
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Post by tomiseksj on Aug 29, 2013 13:00:47 GMT
Is it possible that these fall into the "Picture Postage" category and that they were produced for the NHL or one of its Licensees?
It strikes me as highly unusual that they would be an early release of actual Canada Post issuances and not have any mention in either the philatelic media or by the sellers themselves.
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Post by BC on Aug 29, 2013 13:13:21 GMT
That is a possibility Steve, however the format is not consistent with stamps sold on PicturePostage.ca. I posted an image on the official Canada Post Collectors page on Facebook, but there has not been any comments yet. www.facebook.com/canadianstampcollecting |
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Post by BC on Aug 29, 2013 20:16:50 GMT
I just received this from Canada Post through an inquiry I made on there Facebook page:
"Canadian Stamp Collecting/Collectionneurs de timbres canadiens Thanks for bringing this [NHL pre-release] to our attention. We're aware of this situation, we’re investigating and taking action to make sure this doesn't happen again. We're also reminding post offices about the importance of respecting on sale dates, which in this case, for the NHL stamps, is September 3, 2013."
So they are legitimate stamps.
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Post by tomiseksj on Aug 29, 2013 20:45:17 GMT
Earlier, I had asked the seller of the ebay listing that you posted where he had acquired the stamps and he replied that someone had purchased them for him at the local post office.
He didn't tell me where that post office was located.
Judging from your post on used examples, my money is on the Mississauga, Ontario PO.
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Post by BC on Aug 29, 2013 21:05:03 GMT
The first seller is in Edmonton. Perhaps the Mississauga seller bought them from the first seller and made the covers.
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Post by tomiseksj on Aug 29, 2013 21:16:35 GMT
Just checked the date of sale by the Edmonton seller -- the Vancouver booklet sold on August 27th so the Mississauga seller must have gotten them elsewhere in order to receive an Aug 26 postmark.
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Post by BC on Aug 29, 2013 21:20:57 GMT
I bought the Vancouver booklet from Edmonton, LOL. I guess the booklets could have been released in several areas. They must be in my local post office, they get everything. I will check on the way home from work.
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Post by canadianphilatelist on Aug 30, 2013 15:52:34 GMT
It's really disappointing that these got released before their official release date. I haven't even received my Details magazine as yet for the next quarter
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Post by BC on Aug 30, 2013 16:07:43 GMT
Another odd thing is they are to be placed on sale September 3, but NOTHING on the Canada Post website. The Superman stamps have been announced already, and they go on sale later, September 10.
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Post by canadianphilatelist on Sept 1, 2013 21:17:53 GMT
I can't find them on the Canada Post website either.
The stamp slated for issue on 30 September 2013 "Canada Post Community Foundation" isn't online either.
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Post by BC on Sept 4, 2013 16:58:06 GMT
The NHL stamps are now on the Canada Post website, and at my local post office. There are booklets, coils, and souvenir sheets.
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