Titre et auteur:

Celebrating canadian architecture : postage stamp set, 1989-1996.

Description:

12 items : ill.

Notes:
Includes: 2 envelopes stamped "Day of issue May 5, 1989", one with a Canada 1-dollar stamp, one with a Canada 2-dollar stamp; brochure describing the set; 1 envelope stamped "Day of issue May 28, 1990" with 4 Canada 5-dollar stamps; brochure describing the stamp; photocopied article from La Presse, June 9, 1990 on the stamp; Vol. 2, summer 1990 issue of Collections of Canada; 1 envelope stamped Day of issue Feb. 21, 1994 with a Canada 1-dollar stamp and a Canada 2-dollar stamp; 1 envelope stamped "Day of issue" Victoria, B.C. Feb. 29, 1996 with a Canada 5-dollar stamp affixed; Vol. 5, no. 1, 1996 issue of Canada's stamp details.
The cachet on two of the envelopes depicts the front façade of the Runnymede Public Library; the cachet on one 5-dollar envelope depicts the Bonsecours Market; the cachet on another envelope depicts the Provincial Normal School in Truro, Nova Scotia; the cachet on the second 5-dollar envelope depicts the Victoria Public Library.
Stamps designed by Raymond Bellemare and issued by Canada Post Corporation; depict Runnymede Public Library in Toronto by John M. Lyle, C.P.R. railway station in McAdam, New Brunswick by Edward Maxwell, Bonsecours Market in Montréal by William Footner, Court House in Yorkton, Saskatchewan by Maurice William Sharon, Provincial Normal School in Truro, Nova Scotia by Henry F. Busch, and Victoria Public Library by Thomas Hooper.
English and French.

Sujet:

Hooper, Thomas, 1857-1935.
Maxwell, Edward, 1867-1923.
Lyle, John M. (John McIntosh), 1872-1945.
Footner, William, 1799-1872.
Sharon, Maurice William, 1878-1940.
Busch, Henry Frederick, 1826-1902.
Runnymede Public Library (Toronto, Ont.)
C.P.R. Railway Station (McAdam, N.B.)
Marché Bonsecours (Montréal, Québec)
Court House (Yorkton, Sask.)
Provincial Normal School (Truro, N.S.)
Victoria Public Library (Victoria, B.C.)

Classification/genre:

Postage stamps.
First day covers.

Vedettes secondaires:

Bellemare, Raymond.
Canada Post Corporation.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main timbres 114641
Cote: ID:95-A241
Statut: Disponible