pets

Individually, each stamp shows an animal at home, two of them cuddling up with the children. But put the stamps together in a pane of four and they become panes of glass, forming a window through which we view the complete scene, all the children and pets in one room.

This set was issued in October 2004 for Stamp Collecting Month

Designer Isabelle Toussaint prepared a set that served as a common background for each of the four stamp scenes, and photographer Marc Montplaisir shot each scene separately. The four best photographs were then pieced together to make a seamless composite image.

"Everything was very well planned, so the day of the shoot went extremely well," says Montplaisir. For each scene he shot multiple photos, while the camera remained stationary on a tripod. "The fish was easy - as it swam around the bowl, I just waited for a good pass," he says. "I was worried about the cats, because they sometimes have minds of their own, but they just lay there, watching. The rabbit was a bit nervous and tried to skitter away, but the floor was too slippery for him. The dog was a bit more difficult, because he was excited - he kept wiggling and lifting his head off the floor." (from the Canada Post Website - you can read the full story of the making of these stamps here. it's actually quite an interesting read!)

for Sunday Stamps letter P - pets