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 Alain Martineau
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| General Description : | Portrait engraved by John Hay In 1949 the Post Office Department decided that the 1-cent to 5-cent stamps portraying His Majesty King George VI in the armed services' uniforms should be replaced by designs showing him in civilian dress. The manufacturers were instructed to omit the words, "postes" and "postage" to increase the artistic emphasis and simplicity of the portrait. Original plans for these stamps called for first day sale on 6th June, 1949, the day chosen officially to honour the birthday of King George VI. Shortly before the stamp were to go on sale, a change in plans required the words, "postes" and "postage" to be included in the designs although considerable quantities had been printed in the simplified form. The engravers revised the dies to include the English and French words for postage, and produced a new series of stamps. The five new stamps, referred to as the "Revised Designs," reproduced contemporary portraits of the King by Dorothy Wilding Portraits, Limited, London. Medallion profile of His Majesty King George VI. This likeness was designed from the portrait appearing on the 1-cent stamps. |
| Face value | 4 Cents |
| Catalog code (Michel) | CA 254A |
| Catalog code (Scott) | CA 287 |
| Catalog code | Yvert et Tellier CA 239 Stanley Gibbons CA 417 |
| Series | Monarchy, King George VI |
| Stamp colour | dark carmine |
| Stamp use | Definitive stamp |
| Print run | 775,880,350 |
| Issue date | 15/11/1949 |
| Designer | Herman Herbert Schwartz |
| Print technique | recess |
| Printed by | Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited |
| Perforation | 12, 9.5 Vertical |
| Height | 24.00 mm |
| Width | 20.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
