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Bluenose - 50 cents 1929 - Canadian stamp

Bluenose  1929 - Canadian stamp

Specifications

  • Quantity: 1 044 900
  • Issue date: January 8, 1929
  • Printer: Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited
  • Scott: #158

Bluenose - 50 cents 1929 prices and values

The value of a Bluenose - 50 cents 1929 stamp depends on several factors such as quality and wear, supply and demand, rarity, finish and more. Values in the section are based on the market, trends, auctions and recognized books, publications and catalogs. This section also includes information on errors and varieties and characteristics.

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Bluenose - 50 cents 1929 $12 $25 $50 $5,000
Bluenose - 50 cents 1929 - Imperforate - Pair (#158a) - - - -
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Bluenose - 50 cents 1929 $49 $99 $170
Bluenose - 50 cents 1929 - Imperforate - Pair (#158a) $320 $430 $540
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Bluenose - 50 cents 1929 $99 $200 $350
Bluenose - 50 cents 1929 - Imperforate - Pair (#158a) $490 $650 $810

Errors and varieties

Imperforate - Pair - Bluenose - 50 cents 1929

Bluenose - 50 cents 1929 - Canadian stamp - Timbre du Canada - Imperforate Pair 158a

Description

Commencing with the issue of 1928, the Post Office Department for the first time utilized its higher value stamps with regular issue for the purpose of depicting Canadian scenes of geographical and industrial interest from coast to coast. This was a significant event in the development of Canadian postage stamps as a medium of information about Canada. The first stamps released under this new policy showed wide diversity of subjects. They ranged from the internationally famous fishing schooner Bluenose, on the Atlantic Coast, to scenic Mount Hurd in British Columbia. The scheme met with instant public approval. The Department has continued scenic stamps in each regular issue since 1928. With a few exceptions of commemorative issues prior to 1928, Canadian postage stamps portrayed the royal family.

The Canadian fishing schooner, Bluenose, racing off Halifax Harbour, a composite picture made from photographs taken in 1922 by W. R. MacAskill, of Halifax, Nova Scotia. The schooner was built in 1920-21, at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, by Messrs. Smith and Rhuland, to the designs of W. J. Roué, of Halifax, and launched in March, 1921. Essentially a practical fishing boat, the schooner was also designed to uphold the Bluenose racing supremacy on the Atlantic seaboard. That she achieved her promoters' ambition is proved by the fact that she decisively defeated every competitor of her class. She never lost a series of races. The owners of the Bluenose were honoured in 1935 by having their schooner present when King George V reviewed the British Fleet at Spithead. In selecting this design, the Department gave world-wide publicity to three important phases of Nova Scotian life and industry: fisheries, ship- building, and seamanship.

Creators

Picture engraved by Harold Osborn
Designed by Herman Herbert Schwartz
Based on photographs by Wallace R. MacAskill

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The values on this page are in Canadian dollars (CAD).

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