| Added by |
 Radu Andron
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| General Description : | To provide 5-cent stamps for the increased first class letter rate effective 1st April, 1954, the Department rushed supplies of the new design stamps for use on that day. The remaining denominations were issued on 19th June, 1954. The colours of the stamps are the same as those of the former issue portraying Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Dorothy Wilding Portraits, Limited, supplied the photograph for reproduction. Portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. |
| Face value | 5 ¢ - Canadian cent |
| Catalog code (Michel) | CA 294Ax |
| Catalog code | Stamp Number CA 341; Yvert et Tellier CA 271; Stanley Gibbons CA 467 |
| Series | Regina Elisabeta a II-a - 1954 - Portret sălbatic - Canada 1954 |
| Stamp colour | Bright blue |
| Watermark | No Watermark |
| Stamp use | Definitive stamp |
| Print run | 3.630.000.000 |
| Issue date | 01/04/1954 |
| Designer | Herman Herbert Schwartz |
| Paper type | Stamp |
| Print technique | Recess |
| Printed by | Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited |
| Perforation | 12, 9.5 Vertical |
| Height | 25.00 mm |
| Width | 21.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
