Canada Post unveils its first Braille stamp

Canada Post is issuing its first ever Braille stamp featuring guide dogs to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of Canada’s oldest association for the blind, it said Wednesday.
Some 3.5 million copies of the domestic 52-cent stamp have been printed with Braille embossing and larger-than-usual typeface for the vision-impaired, and featuring a yellow Labrador retriever, to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Montreal Association for the Blind.
“We provide vital communication links to all Canadian households and to offer a Braille stamp reinforces our commitment to meet the needs of all Canadians,” said Bob Waite, a Canada Post senior vice-president.
The first Braille embossed stamp in the world was produced by Brazil in 1974 to commemorate the Fifth World Council for the Welfare for the Blind in Sao Paulo.
Almost a dozen countries have also since printed Braille stamps, however most were said to be symbolic because the light paper used to make the stamps did not typically hold the raised Braille for very long before being flattened.

Canada Post is issuing its first ever Braille stamp featuring guide dogs to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of Canada’s oldest association for the blind, it said Wednesday.
Some 3.5 million copies of the domestic 52-cent stamp have been printed with Braille embossing and larger-than-usual typeface for the vision-impaired, and featuring a yellow Labrador retriever, to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Montreal Association for the Blind.
“We provide vital communication links to all Canadian households and to offer a Braille stamp reinforces our commitment to meet the needs of all Canadians,” said Bob Waite, a Canada Post senior vice-president.
The first Braille embossed stamp in the world was produced by Brazil in 1974 to commemorate the Fifth World Council for the Welfare for the Blind in Sao Paulo.
Almost a dozen countries have also since printed Braille stamps, however most were said to be symbolic because the light paper used to make the stamps did not typically hold the raised Braille for very long before being flattened.