Canadian Beaver Postage Stamp

Communication Arts, 2007 Sept/Oct Interactive Annual; p.93

The layers of design in this stamp are impressive.Designed for the 50th anniversary of the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada, the beaver's body is made from the group's acronym (GDC), with '50' nestled inside the G. The choice of the beaver is a nod back to Canada's first postage stamp, designed by Sir Sanford Fleming, and the typeface, Cartier, was designed by Carl Dair, a GDC member, as a gift to Canada on its centenary.