SEPTEMBER 2020 | No. 5 Details Your source for new Canadian stamps DEAR ­COLLECTORS COMING SOON! We care about your well-being

At Canada Post, our priority during these challenging Don’t miss times continues to be the safety and health of our ­customers, employees and communities, while we a single issue work to provide Canadians with the essential services they depend on. Some of the temporary changes Check out our preview list made to the stamp program and the way we distribute and on-sale dates below and new issues to postal outlets remain in effect until ­further notice. Be sure to order your stamps online at mark your calendar. Then visit canadapost.ca/shop, so you don’t miss out. canadapost.ca to add these soon-to-be-released issues to Other changes have been made over the short term: your collection. • Print versions of Details special edition (Nos. 3 and 4) and No. 5 were sent to subscribers and are ­available online. Diwali • Stamp unveiling events will proceed in a virtual ­format. In-person events remain suspended until October 15 further notice.  Mary Riter Hamilton This issue of Details features our Medical Groundbreakers October 28 stamps, highlighting six physicians and researchers whose innovative work is more evidence why Canada is a  Holiday: Maud Lewis global leader in medical research and treatments that November 2 change lives. We’re also revealing our annual fundraising stamp for the Canada Post Community Foundation. The  Christmas: The Nativity purchase of the stamp allows our customers to contrib- ute directly to grassroots and community programs that November 2 benefit Canadian ­children and youth – initiatives that need our support now more than ever. Hanukkah November 5 Happy (and safe!) collecting,

Jim Phillips, Director, Stamp Services

2 DETAILS 5 | SEPTEMBER 2020 CONTENTS SEPTEMBER 2020 | No. 5 4

4 Medical Groundbreakers Six innovative medical physicians and researchers whose significant discoveries changed lives in Canada and around the world are honoured in this five-stamp issue.

6 Canada Post ­Community Foundation Our annual fundraising stamp for the Canada Post Community Foundation – with a design chosen by our frontline employees – reminds us that being a community is about living together in harmony.

8 Royal Canadian Mint Coins A variety of collectible coins for all occasions.

10 Accessories Tools and more for collectors. 6

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DK19420 DETAILS 5 | SEPTEMBER 2020 3 MEDICAL GROUNDBREAKERS Issue date: September 10, 2020

Booklet of 10 stamps 414152111 $920

These five commemorative stamps celebrate six fatal disease to a manageable condition with a groundbreaking physicians and researchers: ­near-normal life expectancy. He pioneered Treatment Drs. Bruce Chown, Julio Montaner, Balfour Mount, as Prevention®, which has the potential to end the M. Vera Peters, James Till and Ernest McCulloch. HIV/AIDS epidemic worldwide. One of the few world leaders in eliminating deadly Considered the father of palliative care in North rhesus (Rh) disease, Dr. Bruce Chown, o.c., mc America, Dr. Balfour Mount, o.c., o.q. (b. 1939) (1893-1986) established the Winnipeg Rh Laboratory advocated for a whole-person approach to care. In in 1944. His team’s research paved the way for 1975, he founded the world’s first comprehensive the development and licensing of a protein injection palliative care service based in a teaching hospital – for mothers-to-be that has saved the lives of at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montréal. ­countless newborns. Dr. M. Vera Peters, o.c. (1911-93) revolutionized Research led by Dr. Julio Montaner, o.c., o.b.c. cancer treatment, showing that Hodgkin lymphoma, (b. 1956) has helped transform HIV/AIDS from a then considered fatal, could be cured with radiation

4 DETAILS 5 | SEPTEMBER 2020 canadapost.ca/shop therapy. She also showed that for early breast cancer ­scientists who have devoted their lives to creating a a lumpectomy combined with radiation is as effective healthier world – including those working tirelessly to as a radical mastectomy – the routine treatment develop diagnostics, tr­ eatments and ­preventions to at the time. help respond to the COVID-19 situation. Dr. James Till, o.c., o. o nt. (b. 1931) and “This enduring tribute to Canadian health heroes Dr. Ernest McCulloch, o.c., o. ont. (1926-2011) honours their groundbreaking work and brings more transformed the world’s understanding of tissue awareness to their contributions and discoveries,” renewal by confirming the existence of stem cells. said Lissa Foster, Executive Director of the Canadian Their work has important implications for the Medical Hall of Fame. “We can all be immensely ­treatment of many intractable medical conditions. proud of the global impact of these pioneering This issue salutes these remarkable individuals Canadians and our country’s contributions to health, and the many other healthcare professionals and here and in the world.”

First day of issue First day of issue First day of issue special envelope special envelope special envelope 414153131 414154131 414155131 $192 $192 $192

First day of issue First day of issue First day of issue special envelope special envelope ­special ­envelopes (set of 5) 414156131 414157131 414152131 $192 $192 $895

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Product Denomination Size Quantity Printing process Booklet of 10 stamps 5 x Permanent™ (domestic rate) 38 mm x 30 mm 130,000 Lithography in 5 colours Official First Day Covers Cancellation sites: – Bruce Chown Permanent™ (domestic rate) 190 mm x 112 mm 2,000 Winnipeg MB – Julio Montaner Permanent™ (domestic rate) 190 mm x 112 mm 2,000 Vancouver BC – Balfour Mount Permanent™ (domestic rate) 190 mm x 112 mm 2,000 Montréal QC – M. Vera Peters Permanent™ (domestic rate) 190 mm x 112 mm 2,000 Toronto ON – James Till, Ernest McCulloch Permanent™ (domestic rate) 190 mm x 112 mm 2,000 Toronto ON Design: Mike Savage, Dale Kilian | Signals Photos: James Till – Fred Phipps, courtesy of University of Toronto Archives; Ernest McCulloch – Courtesy of University Health Network; foreground – Elise Jeffery, Sean Morrison. M. Vera Peters – Courtesy of Dr. Peters’ family; background – Dharam Ramnani, md | WebPathology; foreground – University Health Network. Julio Montaner – Roger Mahler; background – Steve Gschmeissner | Science Photo Library. Balfour Mount – Christinne Muschi Photography. Bruce Chown – Courtesy of the University of Manitoba. Order of Canada insignia: Johanie Maheu | Rideau Hall; © Her Majesty The Queen in Right of Canada represented by the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General, 2017; reproduced with permission of the OSGG, 2020. Printing: Colour Innovations

Included in Stamps of Canada July-September 2020 collector’s pack: die-cut stamps from booklet.

Ready to place an order? Our convenient online store is always open. DETAILS 5 | SEPTEMBER 2020 5 CANADA POST ­COMMUNITY FOUNDATION Issue date: September 21, 2020

Booklet of 10 stamps 414144111 20 $10 First day of issue special envelope 414144131 $202

The design for this year’s fundraising stamp issue for This ninth annual semi-postal fundraising issue Canada Post Community Foundation was most once again allows customers to show they care, ­definitely a group effort. After the experts on our as one dollar from the purchase of each booklet of Stamp Advisory Committee selected their top three 10 stamps and a donation of 10 cents for each choices, our frontline postal staff were asked to vote Official First Day Cover go directly to the Foundation for their favourite based on what they had heard to support non-profit organizations that help kids from customers about past issues. in need. The winner, by Subplot Design Inc., features an Thanks to the generosity of stamp users and illustration by Isabelle Arsenault of a diverse (and ­collectors like you, we’ve raised nearly $9 million adorable) community of animals living peacefully in over the years for more than 770 local and national a bountiful tree. It reminds us that, despite our groups that bring positive change to Canadian ­differences, we have the power to come together ­children and youth – and we’ll be awarding another and enrich each other’s lives. $1.3 million this fall.

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Product Denomination Size Quantity Printing process Booklet of 10 stamps Permanent™ (domestic rate) 33 mm x 40 mm 160,000 Lithography in 4 colours + 10¢ donation Official First Day Cover Permanent™ (domestic rate) 190 mm x 112 mm 7,000 Cancellation site: + 10¢ donation Ottawa ON Design: Subplot Design Inc. Illustration: Isabelle Arsenault Printing: Colour Innovations

Included in Stamps of Canada July-September 2020 collector’s pack: die-cut stamp from booklet.

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342228 Year of the Rat – Framed stamps $59.95

Year of the Rat – Limited edition framed uncut press sheet, 342230 $150.00 signed and numbered

404126107 Year of the Rat – Pane $23.00

414126111 Year of the Rat – Booklet of 10 (domestic) $9.20

404126149 Year of the Rat – Uncut press sheet $32.52

414128111 Black History: Colored* Hockey Championship – Booklet of 10 $9.20

414119111 Canada Post Community Foundation 2019 – Booklet of 10 $10.20

414119131 Canada Post Community Foundation 2019 – OFDC $3.00

342221 Bears – Framed pane $59.95

414089111 Canada Post Community Foundation 2018 – Booklet of 10 $10.20

420400107 Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep – Pane $16.00

420400121 Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep – OFDC $5.00

420400148 Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep – Uncut press sheet $144.00

342210 Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep – Framed art print $89.95

342200 Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep – Signed lithographic print $69.95

414091111 Emergency Responders – Booklet of 10 $9.20

404091107 Emergency Responders – Pane of 5 $4.60

414091131 Emergency Responders – OFDCs (set of 5) $9.25

342194 Emergency Responders – Framed print (Canadian Armed Forces) $79.95

342196 Emergency Responders – Framed print (Paramedics) $79.95

342197 Emergency Responders – Framed print (Police) $79.95

342198 Emergency Responders – Framed print (Search and Rescue) $79.95

414097111 Armistice 1918-2018 – Booklet of 10 $9.20

404097107 Armistice 1918-2018 – Pane of 5 $4.60

342199 Armistice 1918-2018 – Framed pane $59.95

404090145 Birds of Canada 2018 – Souvenir sheet $4.60

404090146 Birds of Canada 2018 – Souvenir sheet overprint $4.60

414088111 Weather Wonders – Booklet of 10 $9.20

404088144 Weather Wonders – Souvenir sheet OFDC $5.25

404088145 Weather Wonders – Souvenir sheet $4.60

404051144 Birds of Canada 2017 – Souvenir sheet OFDC $5.25

404051145 Birds of Canada 2017 – Souvenir sheet $4.60

414032111 Daisies – Booklet of 10 $9.20

* The use and spelling of the term “Colored” is retained in the title of this issue because it is historically accurate.

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16 pages Rigid binding 342012 342013 342014 341532 $1995 each

32 pages Rigid binding 342015 342016 342017 341441 $2895 each

64 pages DLH binding* 342018 342019 342020 341434 $5295 each

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Desktop magnifier LED 5x Webb’s Postal Stationery Catalogue 342006 342233 95 95 $32 $84 Available in English only

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95 25¢ (96 pockets) 342107 $7 each

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25¢ commemorative coins $2 commemorative coins $1 (48 pockets) 342110 (96 pockets) (60 pockets) 342108 342213 95 95 $8 $8 $2 (60 pockets) 342111

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