| Added by |
 Alain Martineau
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| General Description : | Founders Billes brothers on the left of a child holding his new bicycle with his dad. Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (TSX: CTC.A, CTC) is one of Canada's 60 largest publicly traded companies. The firm operates an inter-related network of businesses engaged in retailing hardgoods, apparel and petroleum as well as financial and automotive services, employing more than 58,000 people across Canada. Retail operations include Canadian Tire, the core retail and automotive service operation, Canadian Tire Petroleum. Its head office is in Toronto, Ontario. The first Canadian Tire store opened on September 15, 1922 in Toronto, Ontario by J. William Billes and Alfred J. Billes. This store, which was located at the corner of Yonge and Isabella. |
| Face value | 45 Cents |
| Catalog code (Michel) | CA 1614 |
| Catalog code (Scott) | CA 1636 |
| Catalog code | Yvert et Tellier CA 1506 Stanley Gibbons CA 1722 |
| Stamp colour | multicolor |
| Stamp use | Commemorative stamp |
| Print run | 15,000,000 |
| Issue date | 03/03/1997 |
| Designer | Richard Fisher, Mike Smalley, John Wiltshire |
| Paper type | High Fluorescent Peterborough paper (PP) with fluorescent frame (GT4) |
| Print technique | Offset lithography |
| Printed by | Ashton-Potter Limited |
| Perforation | 13 x 13.5 |
| Height | 30.00 mm |
| Width | 40.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
