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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / November 2004Cats on new Canadian stamps
Canada Post has issued new stamps featuring favourite pets. The 4-stamp panels feature goldfish, a rabbit and a dog (with their young owners), and a pair of gorgeous cats - a longhair and a tabby - lounging on a comfy chair. Here they are: http://tinyurl.com/4hz4v Lovely! Thanks for sharing them. Tweed > Canada Post has issued new stamps featuring favourite pets. The > 4-stamp panels feature goldfish, a rabbit and a dog (with their young > owners), and a pair of gorgeous cats - a longhair and a tabby - > lounging on a comfy chair. Here they are: > > http://tinyurl.com/4hz4v > Canada Post has issued new stamps featuring favourite pets. The > 4-stamp panels feature goldfish, a rabbit and a dog (with their young > owners), and a pair of gorgeous cats - a longhair and a tabby - > lounging on a comfy chair. Here they are: > http://tinyurl.com/4hz4v That's cute how the 4 stamps, put together, form a complete picture with the goldfish, the cats, the rabbit (with a little boy next to it) and the dog (being hugged by a girl) all in the same image. Yet they each work as a separate picture. Wow, postage is expensive in Canada! Joyce > > Canada Post has issued new stamps featuring favourite pets. The > > 4-stamp panels feature goldfish, a rabbit and a dog (with their young [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > and the dog (being hugged by a girl) all in the same image. Yet they > each work as a separate picture. And when you separate them to use on envelopes, the stamps have funny shapes! > Wow, postage is expensive in Canada! > Joyce Indeed, and the cost is going up again next year - that's why there's a line drawn through the "49 cents" on those stamps. It'll be .50 and mail to the U.S. and other countries will also be boosted. >> > Canada Post has issued new stamps featuring favourite pets. The >> > 4-stamp panels feature goldfish, a rabbit and a dog (with their [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > a line drawn through the "49 cents" on those stamps. It'll be .50 and > mail to the U.S. and other countries will also be boosted. It's my understanding that they put the line through the cost so that people can;t try to create coutnerfeit stamps. They do the same thing on the US stamps - take a look : http://shop.usps.com/cgi-bin/vsbv/postal_store_non_ssl/display_products/productD etail.jsp?OID=4848817 --? The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)? email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep > >> > Canada Post has issued new stamps featuring favourite pets. The > >> > 4-stamp panels feature goldfish, a rabbit and a dog (with their [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > can;t try to create coutnerfeit stamps. They do the same thing on the US > stamps - take a look : http://shop.usps.com/cgi-bin/vsbv/postal_store_non_ssl/display_products/productD etail.jsp?OID=4848817 I see what you mean. That's interesting. I also see that your stamps for domestic mail cost 37 cents American. That converts to about 45 cents Canadian - not much lower than our equivalent stamp. > Indeed, and the cost is going up again next year - that's why there's > a line drawn through the "49 cents" on those stamps. Oh, I wondered about that... Joyce > > Canada Post has issued new stamps featuring favourite pets. The > > 4-stamp panels feature goldfish, a rabbit and a dog (with their young [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >Wow, postage is expensive in Canada! Everything *seems* that way from here-- I forget what the exact rate is, but the Canadian dollar is considerably less than the US dollar. So if you're thinking in terms of American dollars and cents, things there are usually about the same, or even less, although their $$ or c figure might look like more. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com > > > Canada Post has issued new stamps featuring favourite pets. The > > > 4-stamp panels feature goldfish, a rabbit and a dog (with their young [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > figure might look like more. > Theresa The rate of exchange has been improving for Canucks in the past few weeks, but it's still one of the reasons U.S. production companies have been making a lot of feature films and commercials in Toronto in recent years (much to Gov. Schwarzennegger's disgust). Examples: much of Chicago in the movie of the same name wasn't Chicago at all - it was a set on a huge sound stage not far from where we live. The back of the downtown Hudson's Bay Store was revamped recently to look like Madison Square Garden in the 1930s. And our street is an ongoing film set. We've had Burt Reynolds running around our neighbour's garage across the road; Peter Boyle once politely warned me that the cameras were rolling; and another neighbour baked a batch of cookies for Mariette Hartley when she was here. Toronto stands in for many U.S. cities (but they have to avoid getting our streetcars in the shots). Lotsa fun, and lotsa bucks for the Canadian film industry. >> > > Canada Post has issued new stamps featuring favourite pets. The >> > > 4-stamp panels feature goldfish, a rabbit and a dog (with their [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] >cities (but they have to avoid getting our streetcars in the shots). >Lotsa fun, and lotsa bucks for the Canadian film industry. Alan Alda once recalled shooting a scene on a Toronto street that was supposed to be New York-- and watching the set-dressers scattering garbage around for that authentic look. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com > Alan Alda once recalled shooting a scene on a Toronto street that was > supposed to be New York-- and watching the set-dressers scattering > garbage around for that authentic look. ;) That's funny...Toronto is a favorite city, but I think about it as a clean and spacious Manhattan. Tokyo is a clean and crowded Manhattan. > Everything *seems* that way from here-- I forget what the exact rate > is, but the Canadian dollar is considerably less than the US dollar. I thought about that, but I thought that since the US dollar has fallen so much, that it might be closer to the Canadian dollar than it used to be. > So if you're thinking in terms of American dollars and cents, things > there are usually about the same, or even less, although their $$ or c > figure might look like more. I guess it depends on whether salaries are also proportionately higher in Canada. If everything is inflated wrt US values, including incomes, then things would be about the same. But if not, then the cost of living would be much higher there. Joyce > I guess it depends on whether salaries are also proportionately higher > in Canada. If everything is inflated wrt US values, including incomes, > then things would be about the same. But if not, then the cost of living > would be much higher there. It's very difficult to do proper comparisons. I think mostly the cost of living is similar. A lot of comparisons of US-Canada financial stuff runs into problems because the taxation system is structured differently, and the health care and education are paid for differently. So people start saying things like Canada's taxes are so high, but don't realize that our property taxes are usually much lower - you need to consider all levels of taxation. Or they compare different sizes of towns with different economic situations.  SignatureCheryl > Canada Post has issued new stamps featuring favourite pets. The > 4-stamp panels feature goldfish, a rabbit and a dog (with their young > owners), and a pair of gorgeous cats - a longhair and a tabby - > lounging on a comfy chair. Here they are: The Finnish Post Office will make stamps out of people's own photos. I hear family pets are very popular. I'd love to have F&N stamps made for my Yule cards, but these personalized stamps cost twice what the normal ones do, so I don't think that will happen. SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > The Finnish Post Office will make stamps out of people's own photos. > ... these personalized stamps cost twice what the normal ones do Vanity stamps!! :) (In the US, you can get personalized license plates for your car, for a fee. They're called "vanity plates".) Joyce |
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