The Sports of the 2010 Winter Games, a 2009 souvenir sheet of 5 stamps from Canada.

 

To mark Canada’s role as Host Country of the world’s most celebrated sporting event, Canada Post is issuing this souvenir sheet of five PERMANENT™ domestic rate stamps showcasing 2010 Winter Games sports. This stamp set features curling, snowboarding, freestyle skiing, bobsleigh and ice sledge hockey.

The 2010 Winter Games provide Canadians with an opportunity to continue a tradition that began with the first Olympic Winter Games in 1924 in Chamonix, France. What began as a 16-event competition with 16 countries participating has grown to 86 medal events and more than 80 countries (in the case of the Olympic Winter Games), and 64 medal events and more than 40 countries (in the case of the Paralympic Winter Games).