$0.46 Portia White-Irrepressible Talent 1999


$0.46 Portia White-Irrepressible Talent  1999
Added by Alain Martineau
General Description : Designed by: Fraser Ross and based on an illustration by Bonnie Ross and a photograph by Yousuf Karsh.
With a background of a close up portrait by Joseph Karsh, a full image of Portia White in performance is shown with word and music scores as a secondary background.
Portia White was raised in Halifax, where she sang in her church choir as a child. She became a teacher and taught in Black communities, such as Africville and Lucasville. In the meantime she took voice lessons and sang on radio broadcasts hosted by her father, a church minister. It was soon clear that she had an extraordinary voice and she won a scholarship at the Halifax Conservatory of Music in 1939. In 1941, White made her singing debut, at age 30, in Toronto. The newspaper reviewer wrote that "she sings spirituals with pungent expression and beauty of utterance." Another wrote that her voice was "a gift from heaven."
Face value $0.46 Cents
Catalog code (Michel) CA 1832
Catalog code (Scott) CA 1820a
Catalog code Yvert et Tellier CA 1717
Series Millennium Collection - Extraordinary Entertainers
Stamp colour multicolor
Stamp use Commemorative stamp
Print run 1,000,000
Issue date 17/12/1999
Designer Fraser Ross
Paper type TRC - Tullis Russell Coatings (coated paper)
Print technique Offset lithography
Printed by Ashton Potter
Perforation comb 13ΒΌ
Height 48.00 mm
Width 37.00 mm
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