$2.50 2014 - Edward Burtynsky’s Railcuts #1 1985


$2.50 2014 - Edward Burtynsky’s Railcuts #1 1985
Added by Alain Martineau
General Description : Gum type: PVA
OFDC Cancellation Location: Ottawa ON
Imagine having to choose the best images to reflect Canadian photography from the past 150 years – and depict that talent in just seven stamps a year. That balancing act would demand expertise and judgment. In planning this multi-year series, Stamp Design Manager Alain Leduc approached a group of archivists and museum curators with historical and technical knowledge of photography in Canada.
They chose 35 photographers they deemed prominent in the history of Canadian photography. They were then asked to suggest one representative photograph from each artist. From this list, Leduc and his design team chose seven artists to be featured on five domestic-rate stamps, one U.S. denomination and one international stamp for each year of the series. They also had to consider the period in which the photo was shot, the location, and its quality and integrity once reduced to stamp size.
Stamps feature Edward Burtynsky’s Railcuts #1, shot at Skihist Provincial Park in British Columbia in 1985, appears on the international stamp.
Face value $2.50 Canadian dollar (International rate)
Catalog code (Michel) CA 3145
Catalog code (Scott) CA 2757d
Catalog code Canada post # 403941145; Yvert et Tellier CA 3019
Series Canadian photography
Place in series 2
Stamp colour Multicolor
Stamp use Commemorative stamp
Print run 130,000
Issue date 07/07/2014
Designer Stéphane Huot
Paper type Tullis Russell
Print technique Lithography in 6 colours
Printed by Lowe-Martin
Perforation 13+
Height 30.00 mm
Width 36.00 mm
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