$0.22 2014 - Monarch Butterfly


$0.22 2014 - Monarch Butterfly
Added by Alain Martineau
General Description : OFDC Cancellation Location: Pelee Island Ontario
Monarchs are a symbol of metamorphosis for their ability to transform from caterpillars to adult butterflies through chrysalis. In a similar way, this monarch 22-cent low-value definitive will transform your 63-cent stamp into the current domestic rate. The “make-up postage” stamp features Keith Martin’s unique illustrative style found in the extensive series of low-value definitives issued over several years. Martin notes that “this issue let me take the 2009 two-cent stamp, which depicted the monarch caterpillar, literally to the next level.”
A long distance traveller, the monarch butterfly leaves North America in late summer to migrate 4,000 kilometres over winter to the northwest of Mexico City. The return trip takes four generations. Monarchs are found in most parts of central and eastern Canada and have been spotted as far north as James Bay. Sadly their numbers continue to decline each year due to habitat encroachment and the reduction of milkweed, their food of choice, from the use of herbicides. In fact, recent numbers reached a record low.
Face value 22 Canadian cents
Catalog code (Michel) CA 3092
Catalog code (Scott) CA 2708
Catalog code Canada post # 420022104; Yvert et Tellier CA 2959 Stanley Gibbons CA 2521
Stamp colour Multicolor
Stamp use Definitive stamp
Issue date 31/03/2014
Designer Keith Martin
Paper type TRC - Tullis Russell Coatings (coated paper) Not tagged
Print technique Lithography in 5 colours
Printed by Canadian Bank Note
Perforation 13 x 13½
Height 24.00 mm
Width 20.00 mm
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