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Stamp of Canada; 1937; definitive stamp of the issue "King George VI". Meant is the new King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the Commonwealth and until 1948 (real August 1847) also Emperor of India: Albert Frederick Arthur George VI.; The entire issue was designed as portrait of the "Duke of York" (George VI was "Duke of York" until 1937.).; The coronation took place on .; postmarked stamp
Stamp: Michel: No. 197A; Yvert & Tellier: No. 190; Scott: No. 231
Color: green
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 1 C (Cent)

Postage validity:from 1 April 1937
date QS:P,+1937-04-01T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1937-04-01T00:00:00Z/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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stamp also from booklet (imperforate borders) and as imperforate pair (three borders imperforate)

  • A frontal portrait of "Prince Albert" with civil suit and tie from 1920 (not the template photo)
    A frontal portrait of "Prince Albert" with civil suit and tie from 1920 (not the template photo)
Picture description King George of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the Commonwealth (and until 1948 also as Emperor of India)
First day of issue
Publisher Postal administration of Canada (= "British Dominion of Canada")
Design Hermann Herbert Schwartz (1885-1962) (designer),

William Fraser Ford (1892-1962) (engraver),
after a photograph by Bertram Park (1883-1972)

Printer “Canadian Bank Note Company Limited“, Ottawa
Printing technique Recess printing on normal paper
Circulation 1,144,776,572 stamps
Perforation Line perforation, L 12
MICHEL Nr. Kanada, Nr. 197A
SCOTT Nr. Canada, No. 231

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