Added by | Alain Martineau |
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 Winnipeg Jets are a professional ice hockey team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The team is owned by True North Sports & Entertainment, which relocated and re-named the former Atlanta Thrashers franchise prior to the 2011–12 NHL season (the first NHL franchise relocation since the Hartford Whalers became the Carolina Hurricanes in 1997). The team plays its home games at the MTS Centre, and take their name after Winnipeg's original WHA/NHL team (which relocated in 1996 to become the Phoenix Coyotes). |
Face value | 63 Canadian cents |
Catalog code (Michel) | CA 3016 |
Catalog code (Scott) | CA 2661f |
Catalog code | Canada post Product #: 401374145; Yvert et Tellier CA 2914 |
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 |