P 2013 - Chinatown gates souvenir sheet


P 2013 - Chinatown gates souvenir sheet
Added by Alain Martineau
General Description : OFDC Cancellation Location: Victoria, British Columbia
Gum Type: P.V.A.
Illustration: Monika Melnychuk
Photography: City of Victoria Archives
Wooden or stone gates, known as paifang in Mandarin, were originally used to separate subdivisions in Chinese cities. Eventually, these gates lost that role, and their doors, remained but as monuments. In Canada today, these gates are often the most visible representation of Chinatown in our cities, symbolic of cooperation between various levels of Canadian and Chinese governments, businesses, and citizens.
Face value PERMANENT™ domestic rate $0.63
Catalog code (Michel) CA BL174
Catalog code (Scott) CA 2642
Catalog code Yvert et Tellier CA F2850 Stanley Gibbons CA MS2942
Series Chinatown gates
Stamp colour multicolor
Stamp use Souvenir Sheet
Print run 250,000
Issue date 01/05/2013
Designer Hélène L’Heureux
Paper type Tullis Russell
Print technique Lithography in 6 colours plus varnish
Printed by Lowe-Martin, Gravure Choquet
Perforation 13+
Height 150.00 mm
Width 150.00 mm
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