To open my mailbox like someone opening a surprise box and to feel the pleasure of discovery unleashed by an envelope decorated with stamps.
To be part of the world and also to discover it this way, with the help of those who share this vision.

Sunday, 12 September 2021

COVER N.37 - Canada

Postmark:  - CANOE BC 27AUG21
Posted on the 27th August; received on the 8th September. 
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A lovely full set of stamps and a speacial local cancellation mark, adorn the cover I received from Canada, for which I thank Edward. I really appreciated it!


Snow dwelling mammals from the higher (or lower) latitudes are usually equipped to deal with the change in scenery from the colourful summer to the long white winter, in that they change their furs according to the season, thus camouflaging themselves against predators or, if they are the predator themselves, as a way of obtaining some advantage in what concerns hunting their preys.

Canada Post has issues recently (16FEB21) a set of 5  P tariff (permanent domestic up to 20g) stamps dedicated to Canadian snow mammals, that was issued both as a souvenir sheet of normal gummed stamps and as self-adhesive sets of 10 stamps (2 per individual stamp), the latter being those that  were used on my cover.

The animals depicted in the nice photographs that were used are an ermine; a snowshoe hare; an Arctic fox; a Peary caribou and a northern collared lemming.

Edward went through the trouble of requesting a special local cancelation for me, from the nearby town of Canoe, what adds even more interest to the nice cover. Unfortunately I could not find any information regarding what event the cancellation was connected with, Help, anyone?

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