Canada
2014
"UNESCO World Heritage Sites"
Issue Date |
31.03.2014 |
ID |
Michel:
Stanley Gibbons: UPU:
Category: pR |
Author |
Lime Design |
Stamps in set |
5 |
Value |
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.
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Size (width x height) |
Stamp measures 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 |
Paper |
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Perforation |
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Print Technique |
Lithography in 5 colours |
Printed by |
Canadian Bank Note |
Quantity |
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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.
Canada’s 17 World Heritage sites are deemed
so valuable for their natural riches and cultural significance
that they are recognized internationally. We introduce the series with
five domestic stamps. Travel the rapids and whirlpools of the South
Nahanni River in Nahanni National Park, scale the monumental peaks of
the Canadian Rocky Mountains, and read the history of the Earth in the
magma crust of Gros Morne National Park or in the
fossil
beds of Joggins Fossil Cliffs and Miguasha National
Park.
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
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Post Cards |
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Self adhesive booklets |
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References:
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