Some new issues received last week

This one is a beautiful sheet of 2 from Norway. It is hard to see on the scan but the stamp on the right is embossed and so is the "Ice Crystal" logo.
The sheet also has many affirmations printed on it and all related to the environment and the many dangers of our ever changing climate.


This sheet is coming to us from Finland. this one also has 2 round stamps and the artwork is simply beautiful and very representative of the dangers of all climatic changes.
Unfortunately the scan does not do justice to the sheet but I can tell you that the logos are imprinted in silver and ice blue and just fantastic.

Finally, this one from the Czech Republic is just as nice as the other 2 above and is somewhat in a more traditional style. Nevertheless beautiful, it puts the accent on the dangers of climatic changes to wildlife.

If interested in purchasing do not hesitate to visit my store for more details on thiese and all IPY 2009 issues.

Full sheet of 16 from Canada

Here is an awesome sheet of 16 for the IPY 2009 from Canada.

The margins have the "Ice Crystal" logo as agreed to by all issuing nation for this special closing year issue. Interesting to note is the colour symbols use to print these stamps. If you look closely you will see that they are all like the logo.

Below, I give you 2 close-up scans of the UL corner and LR corner. Here also you can see more details in the margin.

Issue from Canada

On April 9, Canada issued its contribution to the International Polar Year. Although it is a beautiful sheet I regret the fact that no glacier has been depicted on the sheet.

What we see represented are wild animals from both end of planet Earth.

Representing the Arctic, we see the Polar Bear and the Arctic Fox. From the Antarctic, we see a group of Penguins and the Arctic Tern.

Why an Artic Tern in antarctica? Very simply put this bird migrates yearly between the two poles. It was therefore decided by the designer of this sheet (Tiit Telmet) to use the Tern as a symbol showing that both poles are united.

The stamps have also been issued in sheets of 16 with marginal inscription. The post office was already out of the sheet when I went, so as soon as I get it I will upload it.

The stamps have been issued at 2,000,000 examples while the issued quantity for the souvenir sheet is 225,000.