2002 Winter Olympics
To celebrate the spirit of the 2002 Winter Games taking place February 8–24, 2002 in Salt Lake City, Canada Post will issue four stamps featuring some of the most exciting events of the games. Produced by Bhandari and Plater Inc. of Toronto, the stamp designs reflect the speed, agility and grace of winter sports - as well as the cool crisp colours of their surroundings and the team uniforms.
| Date of Issue | Theme | Denomination | Printer | Quantity | Design | Perforation | First Day Cover Cancellation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 January 2002 | Short Track Speed Skating | 45 cents | Ashton-Potter Limited | 1 250 000 | Designed by Sunil Bhandari and by Matthew Wearn, Based on photographs by Patrick McCoy and by Robert McNeil | 13.5 x 13 | N/A |
| 25 January 2002 | Curling | 45 cents | Ashton-Potter Limited | 1 250 000 | Designed by Sunil Bhandari and by Matthew Wearn, Based on a photograph by Michael Burns | 13.5 x 13 | N/A |
| 25 January 2002 | Freestyle Aerials | 45 cents | Ashton-Potter Limited | 1 250 000 | Designed by Sunil Bhandari and by Matthew Wearn, Based on a photograph by Mike Ridewood | 13.5 x 13 | N/A |
| 25 January 2002 | Women’s Hockey | 45 cents | Ashton-Potter Limited | 1 250 000 | Designed by Sunil Bhandari and by Matthew Wearn, Based on a photograph by Matthew Plexman | 13.5 x 13 | N/A |
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Famous quotes containing the word winter:
“I am less affected by their heroism who stood up for half an hour in the front line at Buena Vista, than by the steady and cheerful valor of the men who inhabit the snow-plow for their winter quarters; who have not merely the three-o’-clock-in-the-morning courage, which Bonaparte thought was the rarest, but whose courage does not go to rest so early, who go to sleep only when the storm sleeps or the sinews of their iron steed are frozen.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)