The Canada 82 Youth Exhibition (7th International Philatelic Youth Exhibition), was held May 20–24, 1982 in the Queen Elizabeth Building at the Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto. The event was sponsored by the Royal Philatelic Society of Canada and Canada Post Corporation, while under the patronage of the Fédération Internationale de Philatélie (FIP).
It drew 290 exhibitors from 43 countries and over 20,000 visitors came. This was also the only second souvenir sheet in Canada’s postal history ever released, (up to this time, the first being the 1978 show).
The Official First Day Cover (OFDC) for the stamp issued by Canada Post.
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