Bear post stamps!
Please! Help me with images of Bear stamps: greggan@teddybearpages.com

If you prefer to send the image by regular mail, let 

me know and I will send you my address!

This is a 50 Finish mark (aprox $6) post stamp from 1989,

by the artist Pirkko Vahtero.

This is an 32 cent stamp from 1998 sent to me

This Swedish 1.15 crownes Bear stamp 

 by Mary Nicol from USA with an image 

was released 11 April 1978,

of a bear owned by Dee Hockenbery.

but is still available at  post offices

The stamp came out in 1998.

 in Sweden!

This is a really nice $8 grizzly stamp

Swedish contemporary artist 

from Canada.

 Lasse Aberg is the man behind this nice
This stamp was released October 15, 1997 in domestic post stamp. They were released 
panes of 4. They are rare and hard to find, October 7, 2000  on a pane together 
so keep your eyes open for this one! with 5 other toy theme stamps. It became  
very popular and is already sold out!
This 40 cent stamp from New Zealand A $2 Canadian polar bear stamp
is a really rare one according to  is all I know about this one.
Mr Russell Watson, General Manager  Maybe you can help me with 
from New Zealand Post. some more information regarding
This stamp was never meant to be released! this stamp?
Read more about it here! Read more about this stamp here!
A new stamps from Switzerland
"Centenary of the Teddy Bear" CHF 0.90
Sent to me by Honk
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RECALLED 1996 TEDDY BEAR HEALTH STAMPS DISCOVERED

New Zealand Post today announced the discovery of more 1996 40 cent Teddy Bear health stamps, that were recalled from sale in May 1996.

Stamp printers Joh Enschede of the Netherlands had gifted 402 miniature sheets and 195 single 40 cent stamps of the recalled Teddy Bear design to their employees and customers by mistake. Each miniature sheet contained two 40 cent Teddy Bear stamps and two 80 cent stamps.

"At the time the stamp was recalled, New Zealand Post requested that Joh Enschede destroy all plates, film, and printed stamps," said Mr Russell Watson, General Manager Stamps Business Unit, New Zealand Post.

"However due to an oversight by the printer, the miniature sheets and stamps were released."

"Joh Enschede are known as 'security' printers, therefore we were very disappointed that this mistake occurred and have been given reassurances by Joh Enschede that any remaining miniature sheets and stamps in their possession will be sent back to New Zealand Post by secured means for destruction."

Mr Watson said that because the miniature sheet was never sold over a Post Shop counter, it was not officially issued, and so would not be recognised as part of the genuine stamp issue.

"We believe it is important that stamp collectors and philatelic enthusiasts are aware of the additional stamps, and we would also like to reassure them that New Zealand Post has taken steps with their printers, to ensure this will not occur again," said Mr Watson.

New Zealand Post uses a select range of specialist stamp printers from around the world with printer choice based on a number of factors including quality, security, price and service. "Security is therefore of prime importance, and we regret that this situation has occurred," says Mr Watson.

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Continuing the exquisite Canadian Wildlife series launched last year, Canada Post will issue two new high-value definitives - a one-dollar Loon stamp and a two-dollar Polar Bear stamp. Half of the world's 40,000 polar bears live in Canada - in the coastal regions of both the Northwest Territories and the Yukon, and in Manitoba, Ontario and arctic Quebec. As their Latin name ursus maritimus suggest, polar bears are maritime creatures. They spend most of their days out on the sea ice, hunting seals. Though they are believed to have evolved from grizzlies, polar bears have unique rounded shoulders and pronounced brow ridges. Their necks, skulls and noses are elongated and their muzzles are aquiline. Large paws help polar bears distribute their weight while walking on thin ice. Their front legs act as water propellers while their hind limbs function as rudders. One of the most distinctive features of the polar bear is its colour. The white fur helps it blend into the arctic background and has special features for cold weather adaptation; it is translucent and transmits ultraviolet radiation to keep the skin warm. Equally distinctive is the polar bear's size. The largest carnivore in the world that lives mostly out of water, it can weight up to 800 kg - double the size of a grizzly! Designed by Steven Slipp of Halifax, the Loon and the Polar definitives are wonderful wildlife issues that combine both modern and traditional printing techniques - intaglio for the animal portraits and offset lithography for the background colours. The halftone dot of the litho portion is made from a small icon image of each animal, providing one of several hidden security features. Both stamps will be issued October 27; the Polar Bear OFDC will be cancelled in Churchill, Manitoba.
Canada Post Corporation, Canada's Stamp Details, Vol. 7, No. 5, 1998, p. 25-27.

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