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 Alain Martineau
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| General Description : | Canada Post's definitive flag series continues with five PERMANENTTM domestic rate stamps, each depicting a lighthouse in a distinct Canadian landscape. Sambro Island Lighthouse is a landfall lighthouse located at the entrance to Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia, on an island near the community of Sambro in the Halifax Regional Municipality. It is the oldest surviving lighthouse in North America and a Canadian National Historic Site. The Sambro lighthouse was built during the Seven years War by the very first act passed by Nova Scotia's House of Assembly on October 2, 1758 which placed a tax on incoming vessels and alcohol imports to pay for the lighthouse. An earlier attempt by the colonial officials in 1752 to finance the lighthouse with a lottery was unsuccessful. With funding secured by the Assembly, construction began in the fall of 1758. Masonry work was completed by November 3, 1758 and a temporary light was first lit while construction continued. Construction was completed in 1759 and Joseph Rous was appointed as the first keeper. Cannons were used to provide fog warnings beginning in the late 18th century until the 1870s when a steam fog whistle was installed. |
| Face value | PERMANENT™ domestic rate $0.52 |
| Catalog code (Michel) | CA 2445 |
| Catalog code (Scott) | CA 2249 |
| Catalog code | Canada post Product #: 111182; Yvert et Tellier CA 2333 Stanley Gibbons CA 2439 WADP Numbering System - WNS CA055.07 |
| Series | Flag - Lighthouses |
| Stamp colour | multicolor |
| Stamp use | Definitive stamp |
| Issue date | 27/12/2007 |
| Designer | Gottschalk+Ash International |
| Paper type | Tullis Russell |
| Print technique | Lithography in 5 colours |
| Printed by | Canadian Bank Note |
| Perforation | 13 X 13 Simulated perforation |
| Height | 23.25 mm |
| Width | 20.25 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
