Stamp_1971_CAN_MiNr0484x_pm_B002.jpg
Summary
Description Stamp 1971 CAN MiNr0484x pm B002.jpg |
Stamp of Canada; 1971; definitive stamp of the issue "Queen Elizabeth II- Transports"; issue of the so-called "Centennial Definitives".; Depicted is the stamp CAN Michel No. 0484x (slet-green, 7 Cent, 4-sites perforated; plate I) with a half-side portrait of the British queen Elisabeth II with look to left.; Meant is the British Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and 68 further states (this number varied).; She is Queen since
, although the official coronation took place firstly at
in Westminster Abbey in London.; It was the first coronation of a monarch which was broadcasted in the TV.; It exist to this stamp a print plate I and II (re-engraving by Yves Basil with clearer depiction of the queen).; The stamp is showing as central motive a locomotive with train for interurban use, before an airplane on the sky (aircraft as "inter-city jet aircraft") and a ship in the backgrond and in the left area segment of the stamp a truck and a bus symbolizing a road transport.; The stamp shall illustrate the jubilee "100 years of Canada".; Additionally is depicted before the ship a microwaves tower as illustration of the communications sector in Canada’s economy.; Generally it’s the same central motive and the same size as the 1968-stamp only in an other color.; The green color is because of better optical qualities of the dark green color for instance at a detectance by faser-cancelling equipment.; postmarked stamp
date QS:P,+1971-06-30T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1971-06-30T00:00:00Z/11
Stamp size (printed area of a single stamp): 20.5 x 17.0 mm |
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Source | scan of original | |||||
Author | Postal administration of Canada (= "British Dominion of Canada") | |||||
Permission
( Reusing this file ) |
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Other versions |
stamp also in booklets à 25 stamps + 1 decorative label field without nominal value and from plate I and II with different perforations, and 20 stamps + 2 label fields as well as as coil stamp
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Picture description | The British queen Elizabeth II beside different transport means inclusively telecommunications mast |
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First day of issue | |
Publisher | Postal administration of Canada (= "British Dominion of Canada") |
Design |
Harvey Thomas Prosser
(design)
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Yves Baril (b. 1932 ) (engraving) after a photograph of Elizabeth II by Anthony Buckley |
Printer |
"Canadian Bank Note Company Limited", Ottawa or
"British-American Bank Note Company", Montreal (other source) |
Printing technique |
Recess printing on normal paper (no luminescent stripes or dull luminescence ("xxxDF"))
discourse
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Perforation | Comb perforation, K 12½ : 12 |
MICHEL Nr. | Kanada, Nr. 0484x |
SCOTT Nr. | Canada, No. 543 |