Canada Post will pay tribute to the country’s first Olympic gold medal on home soil by issuing a stamp to commemorate Alexandre Bilodeau’s victory in the men’s moguls at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games on Sunday.
The government-owned postal service had preprinted and distributed 5 million, 57 Canadian cent stamps commemorating the event. By betting that Canada would not again be shutout, Canada Post was able to offer the special stamp for sale in Vancouver on Monday, the day after the win. It becomes available nationwide on Tuesday.
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