Ice Hockey, Calgary, 1988 - 34 cents 1986 - Canadian stamp
Specifications
- Quantity: 7 825 000
- Issue date: October 15, 1986
- Printer: Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited
- Scott: #1111
Description
The second issue of Calgary Winter Olympic stamps features two of the Olympic sports: hockey, one of Canada's favourite sport, and the biathlon, which is steadily growing in popularity. There will never be total agreement as to who played the first game of ice hockey. Nevertheless, it can safely be stated that ice hockey traces its origins to the stick-and-ball games of antiquity and that the modern sport originated and developed in Canada. These two stamps were designed by Pierre-Yves Pelletier of Montreal. Using the diagonal dot pattern he developed for the first stamp in the Olympic series, Mr. Pelletier has captured a hockey player stick-handling a puck towards the viewer, and a biathlon contestant skiing away from a target shoot. The official symbol of the Calgary Olympic Games is included in the stamp design. Olympic words and symbols are official marks and copyrights of the Canadian Olympic Association.
Canada Post Corporation. [Postage Stamp Press Release], 1986.
Creators
Designed by Pierre-Yves Pelletier
Note
The values on this page are in Canadian dollars (CAD).