Image: Stamp 1971 CAN MiNr0484x pm B002

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 since 2 February 1952, although the official coronation took place firstly at 2 June 1953 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: Michel: No. 0484x; Yvert & Tellier: No. 382C; Scott: No. 543 Color: slet-green (tones) Watermark: none Nominal value: 7 (Cent) Postage validity:from 30 June 1971date 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
Title: Stamp 1971 CAN MiNr0484x pm B002
Credit: scan of original
Author: Postal administration of Canada (= "British Dominion of Canada")
Permission: Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse This Canadian stamp is in the public domain in Canada because it is more than 50 years old. Alemannisch | العربية | Deutsch | English | français | македонски | മലയാളം | தமிழ் | +/−
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License: Public domain
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