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#1032-35:
Canadian Lighthouses
SPECIFICATIONS
Stamp: Lighthouses of Canada
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Denomination: 4 x 32¢ (se tenant)
Date of Issue: 21 September 1984
Last Day of Sale: 20 March 1985 (as stock allows)
Design: Dennis Noble/ Ken Rodmell
Printer: Ashton-Potter Limited, Toronto
Quantity: 21,000,000
Dimension: 40 mm x 24 mm (horizontal)
Perforations: 13+
Gum Type: PVA
Paper Type: Coated one side, litho (Harrison)
Printing Process: Lithography in five colours
Pane Layout: 50 stamps
Plate Inscription: In the side margins facing in at the corners: ASHTON-POTTER
LIMITED, TORONTO Design: Dennis Noble/Ken Rodnell
Tagging: All general tagged
Copyright ©1984. These stamps are protected by Canadian copyright
laws and international copyright convention
Guides and friends to the mariner
On the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the completion of Louisbourg,
the first Canadian lighthouse, Canada Post presents a series of stamps
featuring the oldest lighthouses on the East Coast, the St. Lawrence River,
the Great Lakes, and the West Coast.
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LIGHTHOUSES OF CANADA
Louisbourg
This was the first lighthouse built on Canadian shores. It was situated
at the entrance of the harbour of the Fortress of Louisbourg, on Canada´s
East Coast. Between 1731 and 1734, the French government built the substantial
stone tower, a circular structure some 70 feet in height, with a wooden
lantern that was later replaced by one of bronze and stone. In 1758 British
siege guns badly damaged the lighthouse, which later fell into ruin.
Ile Verte
The first lighthouse on the St. Lawrence, and the third oldest in Canada
today, was erected on Ile Verte opposite the mouth of the Saguenay River.
Safe navigation of the treacherous tides and currents here required a navigational
aid, and the Ile Verte light was first exhibited in 1809, It remained the
sole light on the mighty St. Lawrence for the next twenty-one years.
Gibraltar Point
Erected in 1808, Gibraltar Point is the oldest existing lighthouse in
the Great Lake Canadian system. The tower, built of limestone, originally
stood some 67 feet in height. A 15-foot extension was added in 1832. The
mysterious death of the first lightkeeper and the subsequent discovery
of a skeleton nearby gave rise to the legend that the structure is haunted.
The City of Toronto preserves the lighthouse, which is no longer in service,
as a historic site.
Fisgard
Fisguard lighthouse at the entrance to Esquimalt Harbour, along with
Race Rock light, inaugurated the fixed navigation aids on the Pacific Coast
of Canada. Admiral Baynes, R.N., had originally recommended its construction
in 1860. The lighthouse, a circular brick tower 56 feet high with attached
dwelling, is still in service. Park Canada maintains it as a historic site.
About the stamps designs
To illustrate these stamps, Toronto artist Dennis Nobel has provided
paintings of the four lighthouses as they may have looked when first erected
to serve as guides and friends to the mariner navigating Canada's coastal
and inland waters. Toronto art director Ken Rodmell has provided the harmonious
type design.
REFERENCE
Canadian Postal Archives-STAMP BULLETINS ISSUED BY CANADA POST CORPORATION,
VOL. 2,1970-1988, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1990
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