8¢ Thunderbird 1972


8¢ Thunderbird 1972
Added by Alain Martineau
General Description : Picture engraved by George Arthur Gundersen
Before the arrival of Europeans there had developed on the Canadian prairies a human society, that of the Plains Indians, remarkably adapted to the region's limited but rich resources. These Indians were nomads, travelling in bands throughout the year. They shared the land with great buffalo herds, deer and antelope. As in all human groups with centuries of tradition, graphic representations perpetuated the Canadian Indians' religious beliefs. The symbol most commonly used to represent their most powerful divinity was thunder. The graphic symbol of this divinity in many Canadian Indian groups was a winged animal, powerful and frightening. The thunderbird reproduced in this pair of stamps is of Plains Cree origin. The decorative pattern is Assiniboine,.
Face value 8 Cents
Catalog code (Michel) CA 512x
Catalog code (Scott) CA 564
Catalog code Yvert et Tellier CA 484 Stanley Gibbons CA 731
Series Indians of Canada, Indians of the Plains
Stamp colour multicolor
Stamp use Commemorative stamp
Print run 14,175,000
Issue date 04/10/1972
Designer Georges Beaupré
Paper type ordinary
Print technique photogravure and recess
Printed by British American Bank Note Company
Perforation 12.5 x 12
Height 40.00 mm
Width 24.00 mm
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