$2 Provincial Normal School-Truro 1994


$2  Provincial Normal School-Truro 1994
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
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