| Added by |
 Alain Martineau
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| General Description : | Engraved by Arthur Ponting and Yves Baril At present, reflecting the worldwide trend to urbanization, 75 percent of Canadians live in or near cities. Projections indicate that by the year 2000, that figure will have risen to 90 percent. Experts agree that the type of urban environment that will exist in the next century will be largely determined by decisions and actions taken in the next few years. There is much to be learned from the past. In the last 30 years the character of major cities has been radically changed. Because of the absence of coherent long-range planning, neighbourhoods have been destroyed to make way for massive areas of concrete and glass; city centres are organized for the care and convenience of cars rather than people; air and water pollution and solid waste disposal have become serious problems. However, rational solutions are evolving as more people become aware that cities first of all must be designed to satisfy the human need for neighbourhoods, open space and recreation areas, access to public services and facilities, privacy, peace and quiet. The key to optimum urban development is careful design and forward planning based on concern not only for the physical environment of cities but also for the quality of life of those who live in them. In illustrating this stamps with line and wash drawings, the artist, Tom Bjarnason of Toronto, has attempted to capture the atmosphere typical urban environments of Canada: the prairie town's wide main street (50¢). |
| Face value | 50 Cents |
| Catalog code (Michel) | CA 695I |
| Catalog code (Scott) | CA 723 |
| Catalog code | Yvert et Tellier CA 668 Stanley Gibbons CA 880 |
| Series | Streets of Canada |
| Stamp colour | multicolor |
| Stamp use | Definitive stamp |
| Print run | 8,650,000 and 85,250,000 |
| Issue date | 06/07/1978 |
| Designer | Tom Bjarnason |
| Paper type | Low fluorescent with two fluorescent bands |
| Print technique | photogravure and recess |
| Printed by | British American Bank Note Company and Canadian Bank note Compagny |
| Perforation | 13.5 |
| Height | 30.00 mm |
| Width | 36.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
