Charlottetown Conference - 5 cents 1964 - Canadian stamp
Specifications
- Issue date: July 29, 1964
- Printer: Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited.
- Perforation: 12
- Scott: #431
Charlottetown Conference - 5 cents 1964 prices and values
The value of a Charlottetown Conference - 5 cents 1964 stamp depends on several factors such as quality and wear, supply and demand, rarity, finish and more. Values in the section are based on the market, trends, auctions and recognized books, publications and catalogs. This section also includes information on errors and varieties and characteristics.
- Used
- Mint
- With gum - Never Hinged
VG | F | VF | FDC | |
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Charlottetown Conference - 5 cents 1964 | $0.02 | $0.04 | $0.07 | $1.20 |
VG | F | VF | |
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Charlottetown Conference - 5 cents 1964 | $0.03 | $0.06 | $0.11 |
VG | F | VF | |
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Charlottetown Conference - 5 cents 1964 | $0.05 | $0.11 | $0.21 |
Description
This stamp commemorates the historic meeting at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, which lasted from September 1 to September 9, 1864, and which was the first of a number of steps which led to the creation of the Canadian nation in 1867. The meeting at Charlottetown was to have been attended by delegates from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. The object was to discuss a political union of the three Maritime provinces, a project for which there was not a great deal of enthusiasm at that time. Interest in the Conference increased, however, when it was learned that the Provinces of Canada - now Ontario and Quebec - had asked permission to send a representation. As a result, the Maritimers delayed until eight leading political figures from the central provinces arrived in Charlottetown to advocate a wider union of all the British colonies in North America. The delegates were most persuasive and in the outcome, they succeeded in convincing the Maritimers to attend a later conference to be held in Quebec. At this conference, details of the proposed union were to be discussed. From the Charlottetown Conference, and from the later Conference at Quebec, emerged the points of agreement on which the British North America Act was based. This became the basis of Canada's constitutional government in 1867. The stamp illustrates the new Fathers of Confederation Memorial which has been constructed in Charlottetown to mark the centenary of the historic meeting. At the left is the Provincial Building, site of the original conference.
Creators
Based on a design by Ephrum Philip Weiss
Designed by Harvey Thomas Prosser
Lettering engraved by Donald J. Mitchell
Picture engraved by Yves Baril
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