Issue Date |
28.07.1998 |
ID |
Michel: 1693-1696,
Scott: 1739-1742,
Stanley Gibbons: 1810-1813,
Yvert et Tellier: 1585-1588,
Category: pF |
Design |
Designed by Lou Cable
Based on a photograph by Peter Timmermans, Brian Milne,
Thaddeus Holownia, Mike Little, Chris Reardon, Don
Robinson |
Stamps in set |
4 |
Value |
45 - Blue Heron Scenic Route, Prince Edward Island
45 - River Valley Scenic Drive, New Brunswick
45 - Dinosaur Trail, Alberta
45 - Dempster Highway, Yukon
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Emission/Type |
commemorative |
Places of issue |
Ottawa, Ontario |
Size (width x height) |
56mm x 28mm |
Layout |
Sheet of 20 stamps |
Products |
FDC x1 |
Paper |
Tullis Russell Coatings (TRC) with fluorescent frame (GT4),
gum: PVA (Polyvinyl Alcohol)
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Perforation |
12.5 x 13 |
Print Technique |
Offset lithography |
Printed by |
Ashton-Potter Canada Limited |
Quantity |
2 000 000 each |
Issuing Authority |
Canadian Post |
On July 28
th 1998, Canadian Post issued the stamps set
"Scenic Highways II" (the first of 3 sets was issued in 1997).
One of the stamps shows the skeleton of an
Albertosaurus.
People who have driven across Canada appreciate the diversity of the landscape and the
multiplicity of settings.
These stamps capture four different Canadian panoramic scenes from four of our picturesque provinces and
territories: Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Alberta and Yukon.
The 1998 Scenic Highways stamp series offers a dynamic blend of photography and illustration.
"Acquiring the panoramic images was the most challenging part of the project", said the stamp designer Lou Cable.
"After sending photographers across vast distances at the mercy of Mother Nature, we certainly appreciate
the massive size, geological contrast and climatic range of our country.""
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Albertosaurus skeleton on stamp of Canada 1998
MiNr.: 1694, Scott: 1740.
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A bizarre world of eroded sandstone and textured clay awaits on the Dinosaur Trail, named for
prolific fossil beds found in this part of Alberta badlands.
A 48-kilometre loop around the Red Deer River west of Drumheller,
Alberta's Dinosaur Trail
takes motorists on a fascinating trip through the fossil-rich badlands of the Valley of the Dinosaurs,
a vast prehistoric graveyard.
Dr. J.B. Tyrrell of the Geological Survey of Canada first
uncovered the dinosaur beds near Drumheller.
His 1884 discovery of a petrified dinosaur skull sparked a fossil search
since dubbed the great Canadian dinosaur rush of 1909-1917.
The
Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, Canada's only
institute exclusively devoted to exhibitions and study of prehistoric life, was established in this area
in 1985.
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Albertosaurus skull on "Exploration of Canada"
stamp of Canada 1989, MiNr.: 1130, Scott: 1235.
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Albertosaurus on "The Age of Dinosaurs"
stamp of Canada 1993, MiNr.: 1389, Scott: 1497.
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Albertosaurus skull on "Drumheller: Dinosaur capital of the world" postmarks
of Canada 2001 and 2015.
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Products and associated philatelic items
FDC |
Stamps Sheet |
Example of circulated covers |
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The reverse side is here |
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References
Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Dr.
Peter Voice, PhD Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences,
Western Michigan University, USA, for review of a draft of this article.