63¢ 2013 - Montreal Canadiens


63¢ 2013 - Montreal Canadiens
Added by Alain Martineau
General Description : Official First Day Covers (OFDC) cancellation in Toronto, Ontario.
As National Hockey League (NHL) teams® opened their training camps in preparation for another exciting season, Canada Post recognizes the iconic jerseys of the seven Canadian NHL teams and the passion of their fans in a series of commemorative stamps.
The Montreal Canadiens (French: Les Canadiens de Montréal) are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The club is officially known as le Club de hockey Canadien. French nicknames for the team include Les Canadiens (or Le Canadien), Le Bleu-Blanc-Rouge, La Sainte-Flanelle, Le Tricolore, Les Glorieux (or Nos Glorieux), Les Habitants, Le CH and Le Grand Club. In English, the team's main nickname is the Habs, an abbreviation of "Les Habitants".
Founded in 1909, the Canadiens are the longest continuously operating professional ice hockey team and the only existing NHL club to predate the founding of the NHL, as well as one of the oldest North American sports franchises. The franchise is one of the "Original Six" teams, a description used for the teams that made up the NHL from 1942 until the 1967 expansion. The team's championship season in 1992–93 was the last time a Canadian team won the Stanley Cup.
The Canadiens have won the Stanley Cup more times than any other franchise. They have won 24 championships, 22 of them since 1927, when NHL teams became the only ones to compete for the Stanley Cup. On a percentage basis, as of 2010, the franchise has won 25% of all Stanley Cup championships contested after the Challenge Cup era, making it one of the most successful professional sports teams of the traditional four major sports of Canada and the United States.
Face value 63 Canadian cents
Catalog code (Michel) CA 3014
Catalog code (Scott) CA 2661d
Catalog code Canada post Product #: 401374145; Yvert et Tellier CA 2912
Series Canadian NHL hockey teams
Stamp colour Multicoloured
Stamp use Commemorative stamp
Print run 230,000
Issue date 03/09/2013
Designer Avi Dunkelman, Joseph Gault I MIX Design Group
Paper type Tullis Russell
Print technique Lithography in 5 colours
Printed by Lowe-Martin
Perforation 13+
Height 20.00 mm
Width 24.00 mm
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