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Laurier & Macdonald - 12 cents 1927 - Canadian stamp

Laurier & Macdonald 1927 - Canadian stamp

Specifications

  • Quantity: 5 273 000
  • Issue date: June 29, 1927
  • Printer: Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited
  • Scott: #147

Laurier & Macdonald - 12 cents 1927 prices and values

The value of a Laurier & Macdonald - 12 cents 1927 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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Laurier & Macdonald - 12 cents 1927 $0.89 $1.90 $4.10 $100
Laurier & Macdonald - 12 cents 1927 - Imperforate - Pair (#147a) - - - -
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Laurier & Macdonald - 12 cents 1927 $1.90 $3.80 $7.50
Laurier & Macdonald - 12 cents 1927 - Imperforate - Pair (#147a) $53 $75 $86
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Laurier & Macdonald - 12 cents 1927 $3.80 $7.50 $15
Laurier & Macdonald - 12 cents 1927 - Imperforate - Pair (#147a) $80 $110 $130

Errors and varieties

Imperforate - Pair - Laurier & Macdonald - 12 cents 1927

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Description

In response to a widespread feeling that a series of stamps depicting some of the principal Canadian statesmen should be brought out, the Department prepared, between February and July, 1926, 3 special postage stamps. The designs featured portraits of The Honourable Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Sir John A. Macdonald, Robert Baldwin, and Sir Louis Lafontaine. They were not issued, however, until the following year when the Diamond Jubilee of Confederation occurred. The stamps were released on June 29, 1927, the same date as the Confederation series.

Portraits of sir Wilfrid Laurier (1841-1919) and Sir John A. Macdonald (1815-1891). Sir Wilfrid Laurier was born in 1841, in the village of St. Lin, Quebec. He entered the federal Parliament in 1874, and in 1877 became a member of the Dominion cabinet and prime minister in 1896. In 1897 Queen Victoria knighted him while he was attending the ceremonies in connection with the Diamond Jubilee of her accession to the throne. He died during the winter of 1919, and was buried in Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa. Sir John A. Macdonald was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1815 and came to Canada in 1820. He entered Parliament in 1844, and in 1864 he took part in the conference on the proposal to confederate the provinces of British North America. After the conference agreed upon a basis of union, a committee went to London in 1866 to co-operate with the British government in drafting the British North America Act. Subsequently the act came into force on July 1, 1867. The day since designated as Dominion Day is annually observed as the birthday of Canada. Sir John became the first prime minister of the Dominion of Canada. He died in June, 1891, and was buried in Cataraqui Cemetery in Kingston, Ontario.

Creators

Portraits engraved by Edwin H. Gunn
Based on a photograph by William James Topley

Note

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

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