Opening Ceremony Highlight: Unveiling of Adventist Stamp by Canada Post

The long-awaited unveiling of the Canada Post Seventh-day Adventist commemorative postage stamp will take place during the GC Session opening ceremony on Thursday evening, June 29.

"This will be a moment to remember," says Ray Dabrowski, communication director for the Adventist Church. "The stamp, which includes the Church logo and features a dramatic image of the sun breaking through the clouds, is the first stamp honoring the Adventist Church to be issued in North America."

The stamp issue has generated some media coverage in Canada, including a two-page article in the May/June 2000 edition of the magazine Canada's Stamp Details. The stamp's release, says the article, will mark the first time in the Adventist Church's 137-year history that Canada has hosted a General Conference Session. The new stamp is described as "a unique memento of an important spiritual gathering."

A Canada Post official will participate in the unveiling ceremony at the SkyDome. The Official First Day Cover will be cancelled on June 29, officially launching the 46-cent stamp, which will be available either singly, or as a 16-stamp pane. The stamp can be purchased throughout the ten days of the Session at a special Canada Post booth in the exhibitition area of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. [Bettina Krause]