Canada Post: OFDC Cancellation Mark

While an intern at Circle Design in Winnipeg, MB the studio designed “Christmas Lights” stamps for Canada Post. Was given the opportunity to design the rubber stamp that “cancels” postage on the Official First Day Cover (OFDC). Hundreds of trees were digitally scribbled in Adobe Illustrator to create the final cancellation mark!

Around the globe, OFDCs are philatelic collector items.
Proud—this was the first piece in my professional portfolio.

Illustration, Typesetting
Released: November 2001, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Stamp Design: ’Segun Olude; Carisa Laturnus (+OFDC design)
Photography: Mike Grandmaison