[nfb-talk] Canada has a Braille postage stamp

[dmgina]

Do you live in the area to let us know if you can feel the Braille on the 
stamp?
That would be interesting to me.
If you feel the Braille, how do you know if the stamp is going on rite side 
up, or up side down.
I get the ones I use mixed up and I am sure many of a time I put them on up 
side down.
I do like to just stick them on.
Glad I don't have to lick a stamp any more.


--Dar
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Every Saint has a past
Every Sinner has a future

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
To: <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 2:12 PM
Subject: [nfb-talk] Canada has a Braille postage stamp



>Now, we need to demand some of these too (smile.)


Dave




>Canada Post creates North America's first Braille stamp
>
>
>Canwest News Service Published: Tuesday, April 22, 2008
>
>Canada Post issued North America's first Braille stamp yesterday.
>
>The self-adhesive stamp depicts a yellow
>Labrador Retriever and features a 52¢
>denomination both in large print and in Braille.
>The stamp is being issued to coincide with the
>100th anniversary of the Montreal Association
>for the Blind. Labrador Retrievers and Golden
>Retrievers are the most common breeds of guide dogs.
>
>The stamp was unveiled yesterday in a ceremony
>attended by NDP leader Jack Layton and Montreal
>businessman Alan Dean, pictured, who was
>instrumental in forming a grassroots push to get
>the stamp produced. Mr. Layton's
>great-grandfather, Philip E. Layton, founded the
>Montreal Association for the Blind in 1908,
>Canada's first institution dedicated to the
>education and rehabilitation of the blind and visually impaired.
>

David Andrews and white cane Harry.


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