Canadian Seashore - 50 cents 1972 - Canadian stamp
Specifications
- Issue date: September 8, 1972
- Printer: British American Bank Note Company
- Scott: #598
Description
Just as the $1 and $2 definitive postage stamps issued in March 1972 remind us of our urban centres, Canada's new medium value denomination remind us of the tremendous variety in our nation's terrain. The immensity and diversity of Canada are almost incomprehensible; few other nations have the challenge of the seas, the woodlands, the prairies, the mountains and the north. Our country, a land of breathtaking beauty, has inspired Reinhard Derreth, of Vancouver, to create these designs which capture something of the vastness and beauty. The natural splendour of the thousands of miles of Canadian seashore has been captured in the 50c. value. Canada probably possesses the most extensive and irregular coastline of any nation of the world if its approximately 60,000 miles of eastern, western and northern shores are taken into consideration. Much of the length of our coasts is rugged and barren; its ruggedness is accentuated by the continual pounding of the waves against its cliffs.
Canada. Post Office Department. [Postage Stamp Press Release], 1972.
Creators
Designed by Reinhard Derreth
Based on a photograph by Fred Ruggles
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Note
The values on this page are in Canadian dollars (CAD).