Canada, 1929 (50 cents, Bluenose)
A two-masted racing schooner under full sail.
Illustration of a historical stamp for learning, shown at screen size. Not valid for postage.
How to read it
CANADA at the top, and POSTES next to POST: a bilingual stamp.
- 1CANADA
- 2POSTES (French)
- 3POST (English)
- Inscription
- CANADA · POSTES · POST · 50 CENTS 50
- Meaning
- The country name at the top; POSTES (French) and POST (English) on either side.
- Issued by
- Dominion of Canada
- Today
- Canada Flag of Canada
- Year
- 1929. Issued 1929.
- Made by
- Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited (production company); W R MacAskill (source photography, per Commons attribution)
One fact
The Bluenose was a Nova Scotia fishing and racing schooner; many collectors call this blue 50-cent stamp Canada’s most beautiful.
Source and public-domain rule
Canada, Crown copyright, published more than 50 years ago. A Canadian government stamp published 1929: 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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