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Royal Visit - 5 cents 1959 - Canadian stamp

Royal Visit 1959 - Canadian stamp

Specifications

  • Quantity: 40 360 000
  • Issue date: June 18, 1959
  • Printer: Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited
  • Perforation: 12
  • Scott: #386

Royal Visit - 5 cents 1959 prices and values

The value of a Royal Visit - 5 cents 1959 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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Royal Visit - 5 cents 1959 $0.02 $0.04 $0.07 $1.70
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Royal Visit - 5 cents 1959 $0.06 $0.07 $0.12
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Royal Visit - 5 cents 1959 $0.11 $0.13 $0.24

Description

The outstanding event of the Royal Tour in 1959 was the official opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway. The visit was an historic occasion, as many cities and towns welcomed a reigning monarch for the 1st time. All the provinces, as well as the Yukon and Northwest Territories were included in the coast-to-coast itinerary of the royal couple. This is the 3rd commemorative issue of Canadian stamps to honour British royal visits. 3 special stamps were issued in 1939 at the time of the Royal Visit of the late King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. Authority to use the painting by Pietro Annigoni in the production of this stamp was obtained from the London Times, holder of the world copyright for the owners. Two years earlier the plate was engraved and it was held for a suitable occasion. Keen-eyed observers will see that the year of the engraving, 1957, appears in the minute characters in the lower left-hand corner of the stamp. In the original painting, the Queen wearing the blue velvet mantle, collar and star of the Order of the Garter, stands in front of a landscape near Windsor Castle. Only the upper portion of the painting is reproduced in the Canadian stamp. The Most Noble Order of the Garter is England's oldest order of chivalry, and was founded more than six hundred years ago at Windsor castle, "for the adorning and encouraging military virtue with honours, rewards and glory." The artist, Annigoni, was born in Milan, Italy, in 1910, and has exhibited his paintings in many European cities and permanent collections of his works are to be found in galleries of Florence and Milan.

Creators

Based on a painting by Pietro Annigoni
Designed by Harvey Thomas Prosser
Portrait engraved by Yves Baril
Lettering engraved by John F. Mash

Original art

Pietro Annigoni, "Queen Elizabeth II", 1956
Fishmongers Hall, London, United Kingdom

Note

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

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