Added by | Alain Martineau |
General Description : | The third in the series of splendid examples of Canadian architectural styles, featured on high-value definitive stamps, illustrate the Court House in Yorkton, Saskatchewan and the Provincial Normal School in Truro, Nova Scotia. Officially opened on November 6, 1878 the Normal School Building is a sophisticated example of the Second Empire style of architecture, combining an elaborate composition of patterned brick walls surmounted by a distinctive mansard roof, the "height of fashion" when it was built. |
Face value | $2.00 |
Catalog code (Michel) | CA 1404A |
Catalog code (Scott) | CA 1376 |
Catalog code | Yvert et Tellier CA 1355 Stanley Gibbons CA 1480 |
Series | Architecture |
Stamp colour | multicolor |
Stamp use | Definitive stamp |
Issue date | 21/02/1994 |
Designer | Raymond Bellemare and Robert G. Hill |
Paper type | CPP - Coated Papers Limited |
Print technique | Lithography in 6 colours |
Printed by | Leigh-Mardon Pty Limited and Canadian Bank Note Cie |
Perforation | 14.5 x 14 and 13.5 x 13 |
Height | 40.00 mm |
Width | 48.00 mm |
Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |