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Blue Jay

Birds of Canada

Stamp Info

Name Value
Date of Issue March 1, 2000
Year 2000
Quantity 3,500,000
Denomination
46¢
Perforation or Dimension 12.5 x 13, diecut, imperforate = découpé à l'emporte-pièce, non dentelé
Series Birds of Canada
Series Time Span 1996 - 2001
Printer Ashton-Potter Canada Limited.
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
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Self-adhesive booklet of 12 stamps (sealed)

Quantity Produced - 500,000
Current Purchase Price: Only available to paid users
Original Purchase Price: $5.52
Perforation: diecut, not perforated
Dimension: 40 mm x 32 mm (horizontal)
Printing Process: Lithography (five colours)
Gum Type: Pressure sensitive
Tagging: General, four sides
Paper: JAC Paper
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Pane of 20 stamps

Quantity Produced - 400,000
Current Purchase Price: Only available to paid users
Original Purchase Price: $9.20
Perforation: 13+
Dimension: 40 mm x 32 mm (horizontal)
Printing Process: Lithography (five colours)
Gum Type: P.V.A.
Tagging: General, four sides
Paper: Tullis Russell
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Uncut Press Sheet - unsigned

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $55.20
Perforation: 13+
Dimension: 40 mm x 32 mm (horizontal)
Printing Process: Lithography (five colours)
Gum Type: PVA
Tagging: General, four sides
Paper: Tullis Russell
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Uncut Press Sheet - signed and numbered

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $89.95
Perforation: 13+
Dimension: 40 mm x 32 mm (horizontal)
Printing Process: Lithography (five colours)
Gum Type: PVA
Tagging: General, four sides
Paper: Tullis Russell
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Official First Day Cover - Combination

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Current Purchase Price: Only available to paid users
Original Purchase Price: $2.14
Cancellation Location: LINDSAY, ONTARIO
Perforation: 13+
Dimension: 40 mm x 32 mm (horizontal)
Printing Process: Lithography (five colours)
Gum Type: PVA
Tagging: General, four sides
Paper: Tullis Russell
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About Stamp

The fifth release in Canada Post's handsome Birds of Canada series features four dramatically diverse winged animals: the Canada warbler, Pacific loon, osprey and blue jay. This set of four domestic-rate stamps will be available in a pane of 20, a self-adhesive booklet of 12, regular and signed uncut press sheets and on an Official First Day Cover to be cancelled at Lindsay, Ontario.

Blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
Blue jays are usually thought of as migratory birds, but more and more of them seem willing to winter in the snow as long as there are feeders available ­ even at the northern periphery of their range. Their voice ­ while capable of a pleasant song ­ is more recognized for being loud and raucous, though during the breeding season, the blue jay is inconspicuous and almost silent until the young leave the nest. The female incubates the clutch of four to six eggs over seventeen or eighteen days and the young birds can fly and leave the nest within two weeks of hatching. The blue jay is omnivorous, meaning it will eat almost anything it can find. It is clever and adept at removing the hard scales from sunflower seeds or cracking open small nuts, using its bill and feet. A fierce predator, the blue jay will occasionally take the eggs and young from the nests of small birds.

Creators

Designed by Raymond Bellemare. Based on a painting by Pierre Leduc.

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Reference

Canada Post Corporation, Canada's Stamp Details, Vol. 9, No. 2 , 2000, p. 11, 14.

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