Canada Stamp Marks Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee

20 Jan

Posted by Stamp Collecting as News

Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee stamp issued by Canada Post Canada Post has released a new stamp January 16 to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. The new domestic rate stamp features a cameo photograph of the Queen in robes and tiara waving from the window of a carriage.

Gov. Gen. David Johnston officially announced the new stamp at the National Postal Museum in the Canadian Museum of Civilization on January 16.

The domestic rate stamp is one of a series of Canada Post issues, including stamps, first-day covers and souvenirs to commemorate the Queen’s 60th reign in 2012. The new stamp, in booklets of ten stamps, is on sale now at post offices across Canada.

In all, during the first six months of 2012, Canada Post will release a total of two stamp issues and five collectible mini-panes. Each mini-pane features a different stamp-on-stamp design using some of the most popular Queen Elizabeth II stamps.

Diamond Jubilee Philatelic Collectibles

Also on January 16, the first of six Diamond Jubilee mini-panes of four stamps was issued as part of a keepsake folder. Two other keepsake folders, one depicting the years 1963-1972 and the other, 1973-1982, will be released on February 6 and March 6 respectively.

Each of keepsake folders—six in total, one for each ten-year period in The Queen’s reign—contains a mini-pane of four stamps, an informative booklet pertaining to that period, plus a postcard featuring all the stamps bearing Queen Elizabeth II’s image issued during each respective ten-year time frame.

The selvedge of the mini-panes visually highlights important events during the period of time depicted by the stamp, including Royal Visits and other events in Canadian history.

In addition to the stamps and keepsake folders, there will be a total of seven Official First Day Covers: five to showcase the stamp-on-stamp designs of the mini-pane issues, plus one for the Diamond Jubilee commemorative and one for an intaglio commemorative to be issued later in the year. The intaglio stamp will depict both early and current portraits of The Queen, with a design that echoes a similar stamp created to honor Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1897.

All Diamond Jubilee issues were designed by Gottschalk + Ash International and developed, as are all stamp materials bearing an image of The Queen, with the cooperation of both Rideau Hall, in Canada and Buckingham Palace.