“ The power of storytelling and the freedom to pretend ”
Date of Issue : 28 September 2015
Here is a new stamp from Canada Post. The design of the stamp is just beautiful and it is fostering imagination and the power of storytelling. The design of the stamp is very thoughtful and to me it is one of the best designs of stamps issued so far on children related themes all over the world.
Sitting cozily on cushions inside an imaginary fort made of bed sheets, a young girl reads from a book as her little brother listens intently to the tale, clutching his teddy bear tight. The image, by Montreal illustrator Marie-Eve Tremblay, depicts the two youngsters establishing a personal connection and demonstrating a respect for reading. It highlights the value of imagination in the lives of children. As Tremblay says, it’s about “the joy of having your own secret place for that moment.”
Marie-Eve Tremblay‘s imaginative artwork for Canada’s new permanent-rate semi postal stamp under covers the value of reading, play and imagination in childhood. Funds raised from stamp sales help support a wide array of programs to benefit children and youth across Canada.
The foundation’s vision “is to ensure every child in Canada is happy, healthy and surrounded by a community that supports and cares for them”. Canada Post first issued semi postal stamps in 1974-76 to help fund the 21st Olympic Games in Montreal, Quebec.
Earlier in 2015, the Foundation handed almost $1.2 million to 107 community initiatives, including a summer camp for young people with special needs, teen mental-health support and crisis counselling, specialized equipment for children with severe disabilities, homework help, playgrounds, and breakfast and literacy programs.
This year’s stamp, designed by Context Creative’s Lionel Gadoury and illustrated by Marie-Eve Tremblay, depicts the power of storytelling and the freedom to pretend. In an imaginary tent formed by a bed sheet, one youngster reads to another, demonstrating that a rich imagination should be part of every child’s life.
Canada Post describes this design as depicting “the power of storytelling and the freedom to pretend”. In a secret cave built of bed sheets, clothes pins and imagination, a sister reads a bedtime story to her younger brother, who clutches his teddy bear with wide-eyed delight at the tale.
Date of Issue : 14 September 2015
Haunting houses, dreadful ghosts and skeletons, mystic fog… All these frightful things were depicted on a second set of stamps featuring popular Canadian ghost stories.
This year’s set issued by Canada Post highlights stories about Vancouver’s Gastown – believed to have the most haunted history of any other neighbourhood in Canada; the rumbling ghostly ox cart that panicked the soldiers of the Red River Valley’s Lower Fort Garry, in Manitoba; Marie-Josephte Corriveau, whose soul is said to wander the dark roads and forests near Lévis, Quebec; the Caribou Hotel in Carcross, Yukon, rumoured to be haunted by its past innkeeper; and the Grey Lady who wanders the Halifax Citadel National Historic Site searching for her lost love.
“There is nothing more fun, yet unsettling, as ghost stories, and we have a history filled with these memorable tales. Our hope is that Canadians from coast to coast can continue to discover and pass on these stories, which are sure to give a few spine-tingling chills”, says Jim Phillips, Director of Stamp Services, Canada Post. “Be prepared for a little scare with these legendary local stories and let your creativity take over”, says Joel Sutherland, author of the children’s series of Haunted Canada books and adviser to the stamp series. “The series makes for huddling close to the campfire – or a scary sleepover”.
Gastown, Vancouver, B.C. – haunted history : Legend has it the Waterfront Station and several bars and restaurants in the neighbourhood are all haunted – making it home to more dearly departed but persistently present spirits than any neighbourhood in Canada.
Red River Valley, Man. – the ox cart : In 1903, soldiers at the Red River Valley’s Fort Garry claimed to have seen phantoms driving a cart pulled by a team of oxen pass through their post at night.
Lévis, Que. – Marie-Josephte Corriveau : In 1763, she was executed on charges of murder. Her soul was said to walk the road at night, approaching travelers and grabbing anyone passing by with her claw-like hands as she opened her blood-red eyes.
Carcross, Yukon – Caribou Hotel : Built in the town of Bennett in 1898 at the start of the Klondike Gold Rush, the hotel is rumoured to be haunted by late hotel co-owner Bessie Gideon’s ghost. She was supposedly buried in Carcross but a cemetery survey did not locate her grave.
Halifax, N.S. – the Grey Lady : Legend has it that the spirit of the “Grey Lady” wanders the Halifax Citadel National Historic Site, mourning her lost love, strolling the second floor at night, smelling of roses and wearing a 19th-century dress.
Haunted Canada – First Issue
The first series of haunted canada stamps was issued on 13 June 2014.
Date of Issue 13 June 2014
Hindi Diwas
Hindi Dews ( हिंदी दिवस ) (also called Hindi Day, ) is an annual literary-day celebrated on 14 September in Hindi speaking regions of India and other countries where Hindi speaking population is there . It serves to propagate the Hindi language and its cultural heritage and values. Its importance is demonstrated by feasts, events, competitions and other services held on this day. The event also serves as a patriotic reminder to Hindi-speaking populations of their common roots and unity.
Hindi is spoken as a native language by 258 million people and is recognized as the 2nd largest language in the world. Hindi Divas is celebrated on 14th September because on this day in 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India had adopted Hindi written in Devanagari script as the official language of the Republic of India. The decision of using Hindi as the official language was ratified by the Constitution of India that came into effect on 26 January 1950. Under the Article 343 of the Indian Constitution, Hindi written in Devanagri script was adopted as the official language. Now there are 22 Official languages in India.
Philatelic Tributes to great pillars of Hindi Literature
World Book Day or World Book and Copyright Day is a yearly event on April 23, organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), to promote reading, publishing and copyright.
The connection between 23 April and books was first made in 1923 by booksellers in Catalonia as a way to honour the author Miguel de Cervantes, who died on this date.
In 1995 UNESCO decided that the World Book and Copyright Day would be celebrated on 23 April, as the date is also the anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, as well as that of the birth or death of several other prominent authors.
Best of Shakespeare
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