Alberta and Saskatchewan - 5 cents 1955 - Canadian stamp
Specifications
- Quantity: 25 100 000
- Issue date: June 30, 1955
- Printer: Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited
- Perforation: 12
- Scott: #355
Alberta and Saskatchewan - 5 cents 1955 prices and values
The value of a Alberta and Saskatchewan - 5 cents 1955 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.
- Used
- Mint
- With gum - Never Hinged
VG | F | VF | FDC | |
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Alberta and Saskatchewan - 5 cents 1955 | $0.02 | $0.04 | $0.07 | $1.70 |
VG | F | VF | |
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Alberta and Saskatchewan - 5 cents 1955 | $0.07 | $0.10 | $0.15 |
VG | F | VF | |
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Alberta and Saskatchewan - 5 cents 1955 | $0.14 | $0.19 | $0.30 |
Description
The 50e anniversary of the establishment of Alberta and Saskatchewan as provinces in the Canadian Confederation was marked by the Canadian Post Office by a commemorative issue on 30th June, 1955. The two provinces, once part of the Northwest Territories, had been opened for immigration as the result of the linking of the older provinces of Canada with the Pacific coast by railroad. Immigrants poured in to take up free homesteads after the territory in 1882 had been divided into four districts, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Assiniboia, and Athabasca. Finally on 1st September, 1905, acts of Parliament united parts of the Northwest Territories into the respective provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. The Post Office took the occasion to pay tribute to the scores of thousands of pioneers who had opened up the provinces. The 5-cent stamps commemorated their achievements. A man and a woman in costumes of the early pioneers stand before sheaves of wheat with oil wells in the background.
Creators
Designed by Laurence Hyde
Picture engraved by Yves Baril
Lettering engraved by John F. Mash
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Note
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