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1854. The stamp designer was Raymond
Bellemare.
Six years passed before another $5
stamp appeared (Figure 10). This time
the definitive stamp illustrated the Andrew
Carnegie public library in Victoria,
British Columbia. The library noted for
its architectural design was built in 1904.
The architects were Thomas Hooper
(1857-1935) and C. Elwood Watkins
(1875-1942). The designer of the stamp
was Raymond Bellemare.
During the 1980s it was apparent that
Canada needed a higher denomination
than the $5 stamp. The Honourable Rene
Marin, when he was Chairman of the
Figure 10
Board at Canada Post Corporation,
floated the idea among his
associates and others that it was
time that Canada issued a $10
stamp. He suggested that it should
show the Royal Family. Post office
officials listened but took no
action.
Finally on October 15, 1997
Canada Post issued its highest
value stamp to date. It was a
large oversized stamp with a hidden
date and value. The $8 engraved
stamp featured a Grizzly
Bear (Figure 11). Was the stamp issued
as a compromise and a $10 stamp appeared
to be too much of a leap forward?
Or did Canada Post do a study
and find that the number of parcels, registered
and other mail that could use an
$8 stamp was greater than the need for a
$10 stamp? The latter would seem to be
the case.
With postage rates relentlessly increasing,
and business in general expanding,
the need for a $10 stamp
becomes ever more evident. The author
is of the opinion that we will soon have a
$10 stamp and the $10 barrier will finally
be broken. ❐
Figure 11
References:
P.O. Files – Airmail stamps – #13-23-16
(National Postal Archives)
Records of the P.O. Dept. RG-3 (National
Postal Archives)
The Canadian Philatelist, Canada
Stamps – Quantities Received, P.
403, Vol. 42, No. 5, Whole No. 246
Unitrade Specialized Catalogue of Canadian
Stamps
Darnell, BNA / Canada catalogue,
Stamps of Canada
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