File:Stamp 1954 CAN MiNr0291Ax pm B002a.jpg

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Stamp of Canada; 1954; definitive stamp of the issue "Queen Elizabeth II – Wilding portrait"; Depicted is the stamp CAN MiNr291Ax ("A" = 4-sides-perforated, "x" = not precancels) with a portrait of the new queen Elisabeth with crown and look to right after a photograph by Dorothy Wilding (1893-1976).; Meant is the British Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and 68 further states (this number varied).; She was Queen since , although the official coronation took place firstly at in Westminster Abbey in London.; It was the first coronation of a monarch which was broadcasted in the TV.; postmarked stamp
Stamp: Michel: No. 291Ax; Yvert & Tellier: No. 268; Scott: No. 338
Color: green
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 2 C (Cent)

Postage validity:from 10 June 1954
date QS:P,+1954-06-10T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1954-06-10T00:00:00Z/11

Stamp size (printed area of a single stamp): 17.5 x 21.0 mm
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Source scan of original
Author Postal administration of Canada (= "British Dominion of Canada")
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Public domain This Canadian stamp is in the public domain in Canada because it is more than 50 years old.

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Picture description The British Queen Elizabeth II
First day of issue
Publisher Postal administration of Canada (= "British Dominion of Canada")
Design Hermann Herbert Schwartz (1885-1962) (designer),

Silas Robert Allen (1888-1958) (engraver),
after a photograph by Dorothy Wilding (1893-1976)

Printer "Canadian Bank Note Company Limited", Ottawa
Printing technique Recess printing on normal paper
Circulation 4,186,000,000 stamps
Perforation Line perforation, L 12
MICHEL Nr. Kanada, Nr. 291Ax
SCOTT Nr. Canada, No. 338

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