Added by | Alain Martineau |
General Description : | From the souvenir sheet of 3 stamps A Canadian artist of Aboriginal ancestry, Daphne Odjig was born September 11, 1919, and raised on the Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve on Manitoulin Island (Lake Huron), Ontario. Her father, Dominic Odjig, and her grandfather, Chief Jonas Odjig, were Potawatomi, descended from the great Chief Black Partridge. Her mother, Joyce Peachy, was an English war bride. Her family migrated north and settled in Wikwemikong after the War of 1812. The Potawatomi (Keepers of the Fire) were members, along with the Ojibwa and Odawa, of the Three Fires Confederacy of the Great Lakes. |
Face value | 0.59 + $1.03 + $1.75 Canadian dollar |
Catalog code (Michel) | CA BL137 |
Catalog code (Scott) | CA 2437 |
Catalog code | Canada post Product #: 403782145; Yvert et Tellier CA BF140 Stanley Gibbons CA MS2754 WADP Numbering System - WNS CA021MS.11 |
Series | Art canada |
Stamp colour | multicolor |
Stamp use | Souvenir Sheet |
Print run | 200,000 |
Issue date | 21/02/2011 |
Designer | Hélène L’Heureux |
Paper type | Tullis Russell |
Print technique | Offset lithography |
Printed by | Lowe-Martin |
Perforation | 13+ |
Height | 87.00 mm |
Width | 150.00 mm |
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