P 2013 The Royal Infant souvenir sheet


P 2013 The Royal Infant souvenir sheet
Added by Alain Martineau
General Description : OFDC Cancellation Location: Prince George, British Columbia
Canadians were prepared for the birth of His Royal Highness Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge long before his first public appearance on the steps of St. Mary’s Hospital in London. The official announcement of the Duchess of Cambridge’s pregnancy had set the world abuzz. Then on July 22, 2013, at roughly 4 p.m. London time, the information everyone was clamoring to know was the same as if it would have been for any birth: Healthy? Boy or girl? And what’s the weight? In Britain, ringing bells at Westminster Abbey, band music and military salutes celebrated the arrival of the new heir, third in line to the throne. Canada joined in, marking the birth of the wee Prince with baby blue lights illuminating the Peace Tower in Ottawa, Horseshoe Falls in Niagara Falls and the CN Tower in Toronto.
The little Prince of Cambridge actually had his royal title before the Duke and Duchess announced that their baby boy would be christened George Alexander Louis. The name, greatly influenced by the child’s royal lineage, was chosen far more quickly than it was for other members of the Royal Family: it took more than a week for the world to find out that his father would be called Prince William, and his grandfather, Prince Charles, was not officially named for close to a month.
Canada Post made the decision long before the birth of the child to mark the special occasion with a commemorative stamp, and waited patiently for the official images of the baby to become available. The photograph used in the making of the stamp was taken by Prince George’s proud grandfather, Michael Middleton, and shared with the world on the baby’s one-month birthday.
Face value PERMANENT™ domestic rate $0.63
Catalog code (Michel) CA BL180
Catalog code (Scott) CA 2685
Catalog code Canada post # 403907145; Yvert et Tellier CA F2929 Stanley Gibbons CA MS2986
Stamp colour Multicolor
Stamp use Souvenir Sheet
Print run 250,000
Issue date 22/10/2013
Designer Isabelle Toussaint Design Graphique
Paper type fluorescent frame
Print technique Lithography in 7 colours
Printed by Lowe-Martin
Perforation 13+
Height 85.00 mm
Width 122.00 mm
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