High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The first stamps that Canada Post released to commemorate an Olympic event were in commemoration of the 1976 Summer Olympics, held in Montreal. The issue date was September 20, 1973 and the issue price was 8 cents. It is noteworthy that the issue date coincides with the opening day of the British North America Philatelic Society meeting in Calgary as both the design and purpose of this stamp promise to make it of interest to philatelists and all Canadian citizens alike.