1997 Canada Postal Strike Appreciation Card and Letter

In late 1997 some will remember we had a postal strike with the potential to really disrupt Christmas mail. At the time I was the office manager and head of customer service at the Canada head office of Benjamin Moore. In that role I supervised our mail department so had dealings with Canada Post. As a result I received this appreciation card and letter from the President and CEO of Canada Post. The $8.00 Grizzly Bear is a lovely stamp. Too bad they glued it to the card and used scissors to separate  the stamps resulting in cut perfs on the top side. 












During the strike mail was going through but not checked closely so lots of letters were going through with no or insufficient postage like this envelope from a Christmas card I received that year.