| Added by |
 Alain Martineau
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| General Description : | Three new stamps depict objects used in everyday life in Canada during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The 39¢ stamp illustrates a settle-bed, the 50¢ stamp a sleigh and the 68¢, a spinning wheel. In olden days, the spinning wheel was popular among housewives for spinning linen of cotton. It was especially used to make warm clothing for protection from the cold. After having been sheared, treated, and untangled with a comb or a carding machine, the wool was spun on the spinning wheel, formed into a skein on the reel, and rolled into balls. Like many household chores of that era, spinning wool of linen called for a great deal of patience and skill. |
| Face value | 68 Canadian cents |
| Catalog code (Michel) | CA 966 |
| Catalog code (Scott) | CA 933 |
| Catalog code | Yvert et Tellier CA 917 Stanley Gibbons CA 1068 |
| Series | Heritage Arti |
| Stamp colour | multicolor |
| Stamp use | Definitive stamp |
| Print run | 53,305,000 |
| Issue date | 01/08/1985 |
| Designer | Jean Morin & Jean-Pierre Beaudin |
| Paper type | Harrison paper (HP), two fluorescent bands. |
| Print technique | Offset lithography |
| Printed by | Ashton-Potter Limited |
| Perforation | 12 X 12.5 |
| Height | 24.00 mm |
| Width | 30.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
