2 Cents - Elizabeth II 1954


2 Cents - Elizabeth II 1954
Added by Radu Andron
General Description : To provide 5-cent stamps for the increased first class letter rate effective 1st April, 1954, the Department rushed supplies of the new design stamps for use on that day. The remaining denominations were issued on 19th June, 1954. The colours of the stamps are the same as those of the former issue portraying Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Dorothy Wilding Portraits, Limited, supplied the photograph for reproduction. Portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Face value 2 Cents
Catalog code (Michel) CA 291Ax
Catalog code (Scott) CA 338
Catalog code Yvert et Tellier CA 268 Stanley Gibbons CA 464
Series Monarchy, Queen Elizabeth II
Stamp colour green
Stamp use Definitive stamp
Print run 4.186.000.000
Issue date 10/06/1954
Designer Herman Herbert Schwartz
Paper type Non-Flourescent Horizontally Ribbed
Print technique recess
Printed by Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited
Perforation 12, 9.5 Vertical
Height 25.00 mm
Width 21.00 mm
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