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Stamp of Canada; 1968; definitive stamp of the issue "Queen Elizabeth II - Transports“; issue of the so-called "Centennial Definitives".; Depicted is the stamp CAN Michel No. 0429Ax (orange, 6 Cent, 4-sites perforated) with a half-side portrait of the British queen Elisabeth II with look to left.; Meant is the British Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and 68 further states (this number varied).; She is Queen since 2 февраля 1952, although the official coronation took place firstly at 2 июня 1953 in Westminster Abbey in London.; It was the first coronation of a monarch which was broadcasted in the TV.; The stamp is showing as central motive a UAC TurboTrain (Q888445) locomotive with train for interurban use, before an airplane on the sky and a ship in the backgrond (aircraft as "inter-city jet aircraft") and in the left area segment of the stamp a truck and a bus symbolizing a highway transport.; Additionally is depicted before a ship a microwaves tower as illustration of the communications sector in Canada’s economy.; The stamp shall illustrate the jubilee "100 years of Canada".; postmarked stamp
Stamp: Michel: No. 0429Ax; Yvert & Tellier: No. 382Ac; Scott: No. 459
Color: orange
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 6 (Cent)