Volume 24-25, 1976-7 - The Arctic Circle - Home

VOL.}Off NO. 4 THE ARMIC CIRCIJI-AR100INTIIT LIFESTYT;ES PORTRA\'D IN NEW STRTES OF CA}BDAPOST STAMPSOTIA[I4, -- Canada Post has initiated a ne\^/ stalp series devoted to tLrefnuit way of life. Ttre first for-rr stanps in tlre series were issued on18 Novernber L977. Un1ike previous issues depicting rr,ative cultures,ttris series will rely solely on the art of tlre fnuit to tell the storlr.Ttre first set features starq>s designed by Reinhard Derreth of Vancourzerand shqnrs thre rarior:s nethods of hr:nting enployed by tlre Inuit as depictedi-n their pri-:nts and sculptr:res. One pair sLrows tT^D stonec'ut prints: aview of a disguised CariJcou hr:nter in a b1ixd, by Llpa Pitsiulak andSolornon Ka:pik, and the ottrer a walrus hunt, by Parr . Thte second pairof stanps shcx^ls seal-hr:nti.g, in a anonylolls Inuit soapstone sculpture,and f ishr-ing wittr spears, in a stonecut print by Pitaloosee. A total of41 million stanps were printed by Ashton-Potter Ltd. of Toronto.J,)IllIlIl)))),)tI.J tIIIIIIIII((IGanada-;'u'--r----r'?'uanaffiffi\ffitIiI{hu$!-Fiisrft:S.^..^.^j