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SPECIAL FEATURES

• This Official First Day Cover (OFDC) is dedicated to Sandra Schmirler, an amazing curling champion.
• The OFDC is affixed with a stamp showing a great curling moment, with Schmirler about to deliver the curling stone down the ice.
• It is postmarked / cancelled in Biggar, SK, Schmirler’s hometown…with a curling stone!

ABOUT THE DESIGN

• For this collectible OFDC, Paprika in Montreal worked with photos and illustration to capture the focus and precision of curling.
• The domestic stamp image features an illustration by Louis Hébert based off a photo taken by Michael Burns.
• Schmirler, wearing the colours of Canada, releases the curling stone down the ice.
• The front of the envelope shows a photo of Schmirler taken by Michael Burns at the World Curling Championships in Bern, Switzerland in April, 1997.
• The back of the envelope provides an overview of Schmirler's many accomplishments and another portrait by Michael Burns.
• Collect the OFDC Set featuring Schmirler, skater Barbara Ann Scott and skier Sarah Burke.

For more information, see the January 2014 issue of Canada Post’s Details magazine.

BACKGROUND

• Born in Biggar, SK, Sandra Schmirler grew up a sport fan and quickly fell in love with curling.
• “Schmirler the Curler” was part of several teams before skipping her own in the early 1990s—the path to many victories.
• Schmirler captured 3 Canadian Curling Championships and 3 World Curling Championships.
• She skipped Team Canada to a gold medal at the Nagano1998 Olympic Winter Games, the first year curling was an official medal sport.
• Schmirler died of cancer in 2000 after a heroic fight against the illness. She remains sorely missed in Saskatchewan, amongst the curling community and across Canada.
• Her memory lives on through the Sandra Schmirler Foundation.

SPECIFICATIONS

• OFDC measures 190 mm x 112 mm.
• Postmarked / cancelled in Biggar, SK.
• Issue/On Sale Date: February 3, 2014.

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