On today’s date in 1999, Canada Post began releasing its “Millennium Collection,” which included 68 specially designed stamps as a series of 17 Millennium souvenir sheets, each of which featured four different stamps.
The Millennium Collection was issued between Dec. 17, 1999, and March 17, 2000.
The first 16-stamp series released Dec. 17 highlighted iconic Canadian entertainment and art, including IMAX motion-picture technology, the Calgary Stampede, singer Félix Leclerc and the National Film Board, among others.
A stamp honouring the National Film Board of Canada was also issued by Canada Post on Dec. 17, 1999.
Printed by Ashton-Potter, each of the 16 stamps has a denomination of 46 cents and a print run of one million.
The simultaneously released Millennium souvenir sheet official first-day covers were cancelled in Ottawa.