Canada 2014 "UNESCO World Heritage Sites"
| Issue Date | 31.03.2014 |
| ID | Michel: Stanley Gibbons: Category: pR |
| Design | Lime Design |
| Stamps in set | 5 |
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P - Gros Morne National Park (NL) P - Joggins Fossil Cliffs (NS) P - Miguasha National Park (QC) P - Nahanni National Park (NT) P - Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks (AB & BC) These stamps are Permanent, so they’re always worth the going domestic rate. Each has a value of $0.85, the current rate for standard domestic mail. |
| Size (width x height) | Stamps: 23.25 mm x 20.25 mm; Minisheet: 130 x 71mm |
| Layout | two booklets of 10 & 30 stamps each, mini sheet of 5 stamps |
| Products | FDC x 1 MS x1 Booklet x2 PC x5 |
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| Print Technique | Lithography in 5 colours |
| Printed by | Canadian Bank Note |
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| Issuing Authority | Canada Post |
On March 31 Canada Post launched a UNESCO World Heritage sites in Canada series. Canada has 17 UNESCO World Heritage, five of which are included in this first set, all in “Permanent” domestic rate (85¢) format.
"They’re wild, rugged, breathtakingly beautiful and a fascinating portal to the past – and not just because Canadians think so. These treasures of Canada have become UNESCO World Heritage sites and are celebrated in this multi-year stamp series, which will include both definitive and commemorative stamps.
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Image credit: postalhistorycorner.blogspot.de |
During the gold rush in what was to become Nahanni National Park World Heritage Site (Northwest Territories), prospectors failed to find their fortune, but discovered an incredibly varied landscape. Virginia Falls and the twists of Hell’s Gate were sculptered by the last ice age.
The pristine ridges and cliffs, bogs and tundra, ocean inlets and lakes of Gros Morne National Park (Newfoundland and Labrador) might be stunning, but this site’s World Heritage status was granted due to what’s hidden underground – a perfect example of plate tectonics, proof the Earth’s continents have joined and separated repeatedly over the eons. Once-liquid magma that filled the gap between plates of Earth’s crust remains clearly visible in the cliffs of Gros Morne’s Western Brook Pond.
Imagine the palm trees! Nearly 400 million years ago, today’s Miguasha National Park (Quebec) on the Gaspé Peninsula was once a tropical estuary.
The fossil beds of the Escuminac Formation, exposed in a seaside cliff
provide a rare portrait of Devonian life – including 21 species of fish
fossils that have made Miguasha famous.
Nearly 200 fossil species found in the Joggins Fossil Cliffs
reveal the world’s most complete record of terrestrial life from the
Pennsylvanian Period (the Coal Age), over 300 million years ago.
Here we find fossilized reptiles and amniotes, the first
vertebrates to reproduce on land, marking one of the most
significant events in the evolution of life on Earth. Every year, more than nine million people visit the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks along the Alberta-British Columbia border. These include Banff – Canada’s first park preserve – Jasper, Kootenay and Yoho national parks as well as Mount Robson, Mount Assiniboine and Hamber provincial parks (British Columbia). On her choice of photograph to depict this iconic landscape, designer Lara Minja admits that from a climber’s bird’s-eye view, one realizes the vastness of the surrounding mountain range “and the endless possibilities of discovery.” Minja points out that her overall approach included “contrasts and comparisons in scale, colour, shape, and texture of the environmental elements, both within individual stamps and across the stamp series.” For these reasons, we think this stamp series will invite Canadians to discover more about the wonders of their homeland and explore these sites as they’re seen through the eyes of the world." Official press release
Products and associated philatelic items
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References
- Technical details and short description of the stamps:
Canada Post, allnumis.com, Wikipedia.