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Mount Edith Cavell

Stamp Info

Name Value
Date of Issue December 4, 1930
Year 1930
Quantity 606,350
Denomination
$1.00
Perforation or Dimension 11
Printer British American Bank Note Company.
Postal Administration Canada

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Stamp Price Values

Condition Name Avg Value
M-NH-VF
Mint - Never Hinged - Very Fine Only available to paid users
M-NH-F
Mint - Never Hinged - Fine Only available to paid users
M-NH-VG
Mint - Never Hinged - Very Good Only available to paid users
M-H-VF
Mint - Hinged - Very Fine Only available to paid users
M-H-F
Mint - Hinged - Fine Only available to paid users
M-H-VG
Mint - Hinged - Very Good Only available to paid users
U-VF
Used - Very Fine Only available to paid users
U-F
Used - Fine Only available to paid users
U-VG
Used - Very Good Only available to paid users
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About Stamp

As a result of the change of the postage stamp contract of 1st April, 1930, the Department required a new series of stamps of the higher denominations. The policy of depicting representative phases of the character of Canada was continued in the designs for this series.

Mount Edith Cavell

Mount Edith Cavell, in the Rocky Mountains at Jasper, Alberta, emphasizes Canada's natural beauty. The mountain, more than 11,000 feet elevation, was named in memory of the heroic English nurse executed by the German military authorities in Belgium on 13th October, 1915.

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Reference

Patrick, Douglas and Mary Patrick. Canada's Postage Stamps. Toronto, McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1964, p. 60, 62.

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