Canada Post has produced a limited run of 10,000 sheets of 21 stamps depicting the new team’s first goal, scored by Nik Antropov in the season opener against the Montreal Canadiens last month.
The stamps went on sale at 1 p.m. Thursday online and at all Canada Post outlets in Manitoba.
They can be used as regular postage, but at $34.95 for a sheet of 21, they cost more than normal stamps.
Canada Post also produced two other Jets stamp designs, showing the team’s primary and secondary logos.
Those stamps, which cost $24.95 for 21, also went on sale Thursday, as did pre-paid postcards featuring Jets photos for $4.95. There is no limit on the number of postcards or logo stamps available.
Canada Post CEO Deepak Chopra, who unveiled the items in Winnipeg Thursday, said the Crown corporation likes to stay relevant in part by commemorating historical events, like the return of the Jets.
“If you just looked at the stories on our stamps, you’d learn the history of our country without reading history books,” Chopra said.
The corporation has produced many hockey-themed stamps over the years, featuring the likes of Wayne Gretzky and Rocket Richard, as well as events like the 1972 Summit Series.
“We’re humbled to be in the company of these individuals and cherished moments in our hockey history,” said Jim Ludlow, president of True North Sports and Entertainment, which owns the Jets.
Chopra said Canada Post produced the stamps as costlier, commemorative “picture postage” rather than regular, large-run stamps because the standard process for introducing a new stamp design can take up to two years.
“This was the fastest mechanism available to us,” he said.
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Source: http://www.winnipegsun.com/2011/11/10/air-mail-canada-post-launches-jets-stamps-postcards
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