Stamp Desk / Pounds and dollars
Canada, 1908 (5 cents, Champlain’s Habitation)
A fortified wooden building on a river bank.
Illustration of a historical stamp for learning, shown at screen size. Not valid for postage.
How to read it
CANADA POSTAGE at the top, and cents for the value.
- 1CANADA POSTAGE
- 2FIVE CENTS
- 3L’ABITATION DE QUÉBECQ
- Inscription
- CANADA POSTAGE · FIVE CENTS · 1608 1908 · L’ABITATION DE QUÉBECQ · IIIE CENTENAIRE DE QUÉBEC
- Meaning
- “The Habitation of Quebec” in 17th-century spelling, and “third centenary of Quebec”.
- Issued by
- Dominion of Canada
- Today
- Canada Flag of Canada
- Year
- 1908. Issued in July 1908 for the 300th anniversary of Quebec.
- Made by
- José Antonio Machado (design, per Commons attribution); Elie Timothée Loizeaux (engraving, per Commons attribution); Samuel de Champlain (underlying drawing, per Commons attribution)
One fact
The Habitation was the fortified building Samuel de Champlain put up when he founded Quebec in 1608.
Source and public-domain rule
Canada, Crown copyright, published more than 50 years ago. A Canadian government stamp published 1908: Crown copyright ended 50 years later. A work prepared or published by or under the direction or control of the Canadian Government (the Crown), such as a Post Office stamp, has Crown copyright for the rest of the year of first publication and 50 years after (Copyright Act, s. 12). Legal sources: Copyright Act (Canada), s. 12.
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