09 November 2025

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some odd shaped stamps for the letter 'O'

In 2001, the Blue Jays, Toronto's baseball team, celebrated its 25th season and Canada Post celebrated by issuing a stamp (designed by Paul Haslip).  In 1992/93 they won the World Series.  In 2025 they had a spectacular, country unifying, run at the World Series again.  It was a much needed feel good story/event.  They didn't quite make it, but what a ride it was! The fact of getting as far as they did makes them winners in our hearts.

Carousels, or merry go rounds, were the theme for this 2022 set.  I was never into amusement park rides when I was little and the merry go round was pretty much my limit.  The lion at the top from Lakeside Park is near where I now live and it still costs only a nickel per ride!  The stamps were illustrated by René Milot.


9 comments:

  1. I love the design of that carousel --Sweet memories! I hag got only one stamp from that set... three times!

    My O-woman is on this post.

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  2. Odd size is a great idea for O! I like the carousel being round. I always rode a horse.
    Mine:
    https://thisandthatablog.blogspot.com/2025/11/day-9-sunday-stamps-november-9-2025.html

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    1. I have a picture riding on a pink cow :D

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  3. I like the nostalgia of old carousels and their music.
    My sporty royal O is here

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  4. My Contribution is here:
    https://viridianpostcard.blogspot.com/2025/11/sunday-stamps-letter-o.html

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  5. Lisa: it's national blog posting month, but isn't it also national write a novel month? Commenting here as I can't comment on your blog.

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  6. oh wow! These are so different!!! beautiful!

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  7. Yes, it's NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month. I read that the blogging one was in response to no being able to write a novel in 30 days! I know someone who did, and they self published it. It's terrible! Why can't you post? Is it a Wordpress thing? Some say they have issues, and I have posting to some of theirs, but I don't have any restrictions in my settings. Blogger and Wordpress don't seem to like each other.

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  8. Lisa: no, I don't think it's a WordPress thing. I am signed in under different accounts - i.e. different emails. I'll figure it out eventually.

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