Canada 2013 Young Animals (definitives)

From Stamps of the World
  • Issue date: 14th January 2013
  • four values, in various formats
  • Designed by: Monique Dufour and Sophie Lafortune, from photographs
  • Printed by: Lowe-Martin Group
  • stamp format height 24mm x width 20mm
  • Perforations: as given below

Young Animals (definitives)


P (61c) ~ four baby woodchucks (groudhogs or whistle-pigs), Marmota monax. Photograph by Robert McCaw
$1.10 ~ porcupettes (baby porcupines, or quill-pigs), Erethizon dorsatum. Photograph by Robert McCaw
$1.34 ~ deer fawn, Odocoileus virginianus. Photograph by Doug Lindstrand
$1.85 ~ black bear cub, Ursus americanus. Photograph by Tom Walker


Self-adhesive coil stamps

  • vertical coils of 50, or 100 ($1.34) . Stamps affixed to backing without gaps; backing paper matches width of stamps
  • perforations: die-cut 8½ x imperforate
P woodchucks
$1.10 porcupettes
$1.10 deer fawn
$1.85 bear cub

Self-adhesive coil stamp (horizontal coil)

  • horizontal coils of 50, with stamps separately spaced on backing paper (2.9mm between), backing paper taller than stamps (35mm tall)
  • perforations: die-cut 9 x imperforate


P (61c) ~ four baby woodchucks (groudhogs or whistle-pigs), Marmota monax. Photograph by Robert McCaw

P woodchucks ex horiz coil

Self-adhesive booklets

  • booklets each with six self-adhesive stamps affixed 2 x 3 without gaps
  • perforations: die-cut 9½ x imperforate


Booklet ($6.60): contains $1.10 x 6 copies, porcupettes, Erethizon dorsatum
Booklet ($8.04): contains $1.34 x 6 copies, deer fawn, Odocoileus virginianus
Booklet ($11.10): contains $1.85 x 6 copies, black bear cub, Ursus americanus

booklet stamps, 9½ximperf, shown with booklet tabs
$6.80 booklet, porcupettes
$8.04 booklet, deer fawn
$11.10 booklet, black bear cub

Gummed miniature sheet

  • perforations 13 x 13
miniature sheet (4 stamps se-tenant)