P 2013 - Chinatown gates, Toronto


P 2013 - Chinatown gates, Toronto
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.
The Zhong Hua Men Archway, standing at Gerrard East and Hamilton streets in Toronto’s Chinatown East, was built thanks to many Canadian and Chinese partners. The gate honours Chinese Canadian settlers, particularly those who laboured on the transcontinental railway.
Face value PERMANENT™ domestic rate $0.63
Catalog code (Michel) CA 2973
Catalog code (Scott) CA 2642a
Catalog code Canada post Product #: 403892145; Yvert et Tellier CA 2850
Series Chinatown gates
Stamp colour multicolor
Stamp use Commemorative stamp
Print run 250,000 souvenir sheet - 4,800,000 booket of 8 stamps
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 32.00 mm
Width 32.00 mm
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