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Home Children

Stamp Info

Name Value
Date of Issue September 1, 2010
Year 2010
Quantity 1,650,000
Denomination
57¢
Perforation or Dimension 13+
Printer Lowe-Martin
Postal Administration Canada

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Pane of 16 stamps

Quantity Produced - 103,125
Current Purchase Price: Only available to paid users
Original Purchase Price: $9.12
Cancellation Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Perforation: 13+
Dimension: 40 mm x 32 mm (horizontal)
Printing Process: Lithography in 6 colours plus varnish
Gum Type: P.V.A.
Tagging: General, 4 sides
Paper: Tullis Russell
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OFDC

Quantity Produced - 19,000
Current Purchase Price: Only available to paid users
Original Purchase Price: $1.57
Cancellation Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Perforation: 13+
Dimension: 40 mm x 32 mm (horizontal)
Printing Process: Lithography in 6 colours plus varnish
Gum Type: P.V.A.
Tagging: General, 4 sides
Paper: Tullis Russell
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Official First Day Cover - Plate Block

Quantity Produced - Unknown
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About Stamp

Starting in 1869, and continuing into the years following the Second World War, more than 100,000 orphaned, abandoned and pauper children were sent to Canada by British churches and philanthropic organizations, in the hope of providing them with a better life. They were welcomed by Canadian families as a source of farm labour, domestic help, and, in more fortunate cases, as children of their own. But while some benefited from the promise of a brighter future that the movement’s founders had envisioned, others were abused, neglected and overworked.

The Government of Canada has recognized the experiences of Canada’s Home Children by proclaiming 2010 the Year of the British Home Child. “Designating 2010 as the Year of the British Home Child is a meaningful way to acknowledge this chapter of Canadian history,” said the Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism.

This September, Canada Post will honour the Home Children with a commemorative stamp. The stamp features an image of the SS Sardinian (a ship that carried children from Liverpool to Québec), a map symbolizing their cross-Atlantic journey, a photograph of a child at work on a farm and one of a newly arrived Home Child, standing beside a suitcase while en route to a distributing home in Hamilton, Ontario. The frame around the photo, notes Debbie Adams, Creative Director at Adams+Associates Design Consultants in Toronto, symbolizes the relationships they developed in Canada. According to Adams “It shows that someone cared enough about this child to preserve and display his image.”

Creators

Design: Debbie Adams

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Reference

Details, Vol XIX No3, July to September 2010

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