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DescriptionStamp 1968 CAN MiNr0429Ax pm B002a.jpg |
Stamp of Canada; 1968; definitive stamp of the issue "Queen Elizabeth II - Transports“; issue of the so-called "Centennial Definitives".; Depicted is the stamp CAN Michel No. 0429Ax (orange, 6 Cent, 4-sites perforated) 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.; The stamp is showing as central motive a UAC TurboTrain (Q888445) locomotive with train for interurban use, before an airplane on the sky and a ship in the backgrond (aircraft as "inter-city jet aircraft") and in the left area segment of the stamp a truck and a bus symbolizing a highway transport.; Additionally is depicted before a ship a microwaves tower as illustration of the communications sector in Canada’s economy.; The stamp shall illustrate the jubilee "100 years of Canada".; postmarked stamp date QS:P,+1968-11-01T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1968-11-01T00:00:00Z/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") | |||||
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stamp also in booklets à 25 stamps + 2 decorative label fields without nominal value, also as coil stamp
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Picture description | The British queen Elizabeth II beside different transport means |
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First day of issue | |
Publisher | Postal administration of Canada (= "British Dominion of Canada") |
Design | Harvey Thomas Prosser (designer), Yves Baril (b. 1932 ) (engraving) after a photograph of Elizabeth II by Anthony Buckley |
Printer | "Canadian Bank Note Company Limited", Ottawa |
Printing technique | Recess printing on normal paper (no luminescent stripes) discourse: |
Perforation | Line perforation, L 12 (4 sides) |
MICHEL Nr. | Kanada, Nr. 0429Ax |
SCOTT Nr. | Canada, No. 459 |
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