3¢ Sir R L Borden 1951


3¢ Sir R L Borden 1951
Added by Alain Martineau
General Description : Planned to honour the Canadian prime ministers who had not been previously portrayed. This series of two stamps, with additional issues that followed, commemorated the men of who guided the destinies of Canada from the time of Confederation. A portrait of the Right Honourable Sir Robert Laird Borden, Canada's Prime Minister during the First World War. His term of office extended from October, 1911 to July, 1920. He was born in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, 1854, and died in Ottawa on 10th June, 1937. The stamp design originated from a photograph by William James Topley supplied through the courtesy of the Public Archives of Canada.
Face value 3 Cents
Catalog code (Michel) CA 263
Catalog code (Scott) CA 303
Catalog code Yvert et Tellier CA 244 Stanley Gibbons CA 434
Series Prime Ministers Series
Stamp colour blue green
Stamp use Commemorative stamp
Print run 50,800,000
Issue date 25/06/1951
Designer Herman Herbert Schwartz
Print technique recess
Printed by Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited
Perforation 12
Height 25.00 mm
Width 21.00 mm
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