8¢ 1971 - Queen Elizabeth II, Library of Parliament


8¢ 1971 -  Queen Elizabeth II, Library of Parliament
Added by Alain Martineau
General Description : Based on a photograph by Anthony Buckley
The Library of Parliament originated in the legislative libraries of Upper and Lower Canada, created in the 1790s. These libraries were amalgamated when Upper and Lower Canada were united in 1841.
Parliament gained a permanent home after Queen Victoria chose Ottawa as the capital in 1857. The Library building, designed in the High Victorian Gothic Revival style by Thomas Fuller and Chilion Jones, opened in 1876. Its circular shape and the use of galleries and alcoves were the inspiration of the first Parliamentary Librarian, Alpheus Todd. He recommended that the building be “spacious and lofty” and wisely advised that it be separated from the Centre Block by a corridor to protect it from fire.
Face value 8 Cents
Catalog code (Michel) CA 494Ax
Catalog code (Scott) CA 544
Catalog code Yvert et Tellier CA 470 Stanley Gibbons CA 610
Series Centennial issue
Stamp use Definitive stamp
Issue date 30/12/1971
Designer Harvey Thomas Prosser
Paper type Dull fluorescent without Tagging
Print technique recess
Printed by Canadian Bank Note Company
Perforation 12.5 X 12, 10
Height 20.00 mm
Width 24.00 mm
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