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| General Description : | Official First Day Covers (OFDC) cancellation in Toronto, Ontario. As National Hockey League (NHL) teams® opened their training camps in preparation for another exciting season, Canada Post recognizes the iconic jerseys of the seven Canadian NHL teams and the passion of their fans in a series of commemorative stamps. The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Canucks play their home games at Rogers Arena, formerly known as General Motors Place, which has a capacity of 18,860. Mike Gillis is the team's president and general manager, and they are captained by centre Henrik Sedin. The Canucks joined the league in 1970 as an expansion team along with the Buffalo Sabres. In its NHL history, the team has advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals three times, losing to the New York Islanders in 1982, the New York Rangers in 1994 and the Boston Bruins in 2011. They won the Campbell Bowl as Western Conference playoff champions in 2011 and have won the Presidents' Trophy in back-to-back seasons as the team with the league's best regular season record in the 2010–11 and 2011–2012 seasons. They won three division titles as a member of the Smythe Division from 1974 to 1993, and seven titles as a member of the Northwest Division from 1998 to 2013. |
| Face value | 63 Canadian cents |
| Catalog code (Michel) | CA 3011 |
| Catalog code (Scott) | CA 2661a |
| Catalog code | Canada post Product #: 401374145; Yvert et Tellier CA 2909 |
| Series | Canadian NHL hockey teams |
| Stamp colour | Multicolour |
| Stamp use | Commemorative stamp |
| Print run | 230,000 |
| Issue date | 03/09/2013 |
| Designer | Avi Dunkelman, Joseph Gault I MIX Design Group |
| Paper type | Tullis Russell |
| Print technique | Lithography in 5 colours |
| Printed by | Lowe-Martin |
| Perforation | 13+ |
| Height | 20.00 mm |
| Width | 24.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
