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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 Stamp size (printed area of a single stamp): 20.5 x 17.0 mm |
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| Author | Postal administration of Canada (= "British Dominion of Canada") | ||||
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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), 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: |
| Perforation | Comb perforation, K 12½ : 12 |
| MICHEL Nr. | Kanada, Nr. 0484x |
| SCOTT Nr. | Canada, No. 543 |
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| current | 07:18, 18 October 2021 | | 869 × 737 (418 KB) | Katharinaiv | == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=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 s... |
