Like the wildlife definitive that preceded it, the Blue Whale stamp was produced using a combination of two printing techniques: intaglio (for the whale in the foreground) and offset lithography (for the colours in the background). The intaglio process (which was used to produce Canada’s first postage stamp) was recently reinvented using a new, state-of-the-art laser engraving technology. The image of the whale features the work of master engraver Jorge Peral. However, of even more philatelic significance is the fact that Canada’s newest stamp is VERY big in every sense of the word. For more go to World Stamp News

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A set of stamps has been issued by Royal Mail to mark the 70th anniversary of the Dunkirk evacuation.
(From The Times On-line)

The 88p stamp in the Britain Alone series shows smiling soldiers on board a Royal Navy destroyer as it returns to Dover from the beaches of northern France.

The first-class stamp depicts troops waiting in the sea to be picked up by a destroyer, while the 60p one shows boats from the Upper Thames Patrol setting off for the operation.

The 97p stamp shows two of the “little ships� in the flotilla that rescued British and French troops from the advancing German forces.