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Air - 6 cents / 5 cents 1932 - Canadian stamp

Air 1932 - Canadian stamp

Specifications

  • Quantity: 2 000 000
  • Issue date: February 22. 1932
  • Printer: Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited
  • Scott: #C3

Air - 6 cents / 5 cents 1932 prices and values

The value of a Air - 6 cents / 5 cents 1932 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.

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Air - 6 cents / 5 cents 1932 $0.75 $1.50 $3.00 $11
Air - 6 cents / 5 cents 1932 - Inverted surcharge (#C3a) - - - -
Air - 6 cents / 5 cents 1932 - Double surcharge (#C3b) - - - -
Air - 6 cents / 5 cents 1932 - Triple surcharge (#C3c) - - - -
Air - 6 cents / 5 cents 1932 - Pair - One without surcharge (#C3d) - - - -
VGFVF
Air - 6 cents / 5 cents 1932 $1.60 $3.10 $7.80
Air - 6 cents / 5 cents 1932 - Inverted surcharge (#C3a) $53 $79 $160
Air - 6 cents / 5 cents 1932 - Double surcharge (#C3b) - $390 $570
Air - 6 cents / 5 cents 1932 - Triple surcharge (#C3c) $54 $110 $270
Air - 6 cents / 5 cents 1932 - Pair - One without surcharge (#C3d) $270 $480 $650
VGFVF
Air - 6 cents / 5 cents 1932 $3.10 $6.20 $16
Air - 6 cents / 5 cents 1932 - Inverted surcharge (#C3a) $79 $120 $240
Air - 6 cents / 5 cents 1932 - Double surcharge (#C3b) - $580 $860
Air - 6 cents / 5 cents 1932 - Triple surcharge (#C3c) $81 $160 $410
Air - 6 cents / 5 cents 1932 - Pair - One without surcharge (#C3d) $400 $730 $970

Errors and varieties

Inverted surcharge - Air - 6 cents / 5 cents 1932

Air - 6 cents / 5 cents 1932 - Canadian stamp - C3a - Inverted surcharge Overprint

Double surcharge - Air - 6 cents / 5 cents 1932

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Triple surcharge - Air - 6 cents / 5 cents 1932

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Pair - One without surcharge - Air - 6 cents / 5 cents 1932

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Errors, freaks and oddities from the community

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Description

A change in the airmail rate of postage required the use of a 6-cent airmail stamp. The Post Office Department had on hand the remainder of the 5-cent airmail stamps of the 1928 issue, and the advisability of overprinting at least a portion of these was taken into consideration. No assurance existed that the new airmail rate would remain in effect for any great length of time, and the use of 5-cent stamps appeared possible at a later date. The 1928 stamps had not been used so rapidly as had been expected, since a new regulation permitted the public to use ordinary postage stamps on airmail. The Post Office Department supplied the British American Bank Note Company with the necessary number of panes of 100 subjects, as manufactured by the Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited, Ottawa. The surcharge, fully legible, did not obscure the postage stamp design, although it obliterated the original denomination numerals.

This stamp represents an allegory, "Airmail Encircles the Globe," from a drawing by a staff artist of the British American Bank Note Company, Limited. The figure of Mercury, mythical winged messenger of the gods, symbolizing airmail, is shown, with a scroll in his hand, against a globe outlining the western hemisphere. The design symbolizes the speed in postal communication by air post.

Creators

Picture engraved by Silas Robert Allen
Designed by Herman Herbert Schwartz

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The values on this page are in Canadian dollars (CAD).

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