Canada's First Fabric Stamp - Printable Version

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Canada's First Fabric Stamp - Barb - 05-03-2026

After posting about a stamp that was embroidered rather than printed on paper, I found that Canada Post released, on February 15, 2015, 
Canada's first-ever fabric stamp, issued to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Canadian flag. 
How perfectly fitting is that!

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From: https://canadianstampnews.com/flag-anniversary-marked-first-ever-fabric-stamp-2/

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RE: Canada's First Fabric Stamp - Carmen - 06-03-2026

Yes they did, Barb! I remember getting mine in the mail (I susbscribe to the Canada Quarterly Packs) back then as well and thinking how nifty this was.

From Details Magazine, Canada Post's mag (2015, Jan-Feb):

"Designer Kosta Tsetsekas explains that the biggest challenge in creating the fabric stamp was applying ink to the satin rayon, which is essentially a three-dimensional surface. A battery of tests helped Tsetsekas and the printer, the Canadian Bank Note Company, understand more about the interaction between ink and fabric to achieve consistent results in the production of such an innovative stamp.

'There’s a reason we normally print on smooth paper – it’s because ink behaves much more predictably on that surface,' says Tsetsekas. 'It was interesting to see how metallic inks lost much of their lustre, while some non-metallic ones actually began to look metallic on the fabric.' "

FASCINATING!

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