R.D. Lawrence Place Commemorative Stamp

Released in 2008, these unique and beautiful stamps created through a Canada Post program are legal letter weight current value (no value printed on the stamp) postage stamps. This is the first in a series of  commemorative stamps to be offered by the Cultural Centre. For information on the 2009 stamp, please see the museum pages.

 

Covers sell for $5 each, proceeds go towards the costs of completing R.D. Lawrence Place.

 

• commissioned artwork of a wolf and a line drawing of R.D. Lawrence Place by Canadian artist Donna Bisschop.
• one stamp with a picture by Jim Wuepper of Ron Lawrence and Tundra at Wolf Hollow, Lawrence’s private wildlife sanctuary in Gooderham, Haliburton County.
• commemorates the 1st anniversary of R.D. Lawrence Place on April 22, 2009.
• two other covers feature photos of RDLP by its first coordinator Sheryl Loucks.

   

• commissioned artwork of a wolf and a line drawing of R.D. Lawrence Place by Canadian artist Donna Bisschop.
• signed by photographer Jim Wuepper, who took the picture of Ron Lawrence and Tundra, a wolf he rescued and wrote about. There is an enlarged photo on the commemorative sheet. The photo was taken at Wolf Hollow, the Lawrence’s private wildlife sanctuary in Gooderham, located in Haliburton County, Ontario.
• commemorates the grand opening of R.D. Lawrence Place on April 22, 2008.
• number 001 of 100 commemorative sheets produced is on the stamp sheet.
• there are actually 21 peel and stick stamps on the sheet.
• stamps are timeless and maintain current value.
• the commemorative sheets will not be reproduced.

Special Thanks
This project  was made possible by the generous donation of copyright by Jim Wuepper, the photographer, Sharon Lawrence and our volunteer members of the Minden Hills Advisory Committee's - stamp committee members. Funding was provided by the Haliburton County Development  Corporation.