1932 King George V Medallion Canada Red 3¢

King George V Medallion Canada Red 3¢ 1932

1932 King George V Medallion Canada Red 3¢ 

Text:           3¢ Canada Post

Condition:    Ø = used/cancelled

Title:   Economic Conference

Face value:     3

Stamp Currency:         cent

Country/area:                     Canada

Year:   1932-07-12

Set:     1932  Economic Conference

Stamp number in set:           1

Basic colour:      Red

Exact colour:      

Usage:                           Definitive

Type:               Stamp

Theme:           Kings

Stamp subject:   Imperial Economic Conference

NVPH number:                     

Michel number:         159

Yvert number:                         158

Scott number:                         192

Stanley Gibbons number:    315

Printing office:          

Perforation:    11

Size:                           

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Paper:            

Printing:             Recess

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The George V "Medallion" definitive stamps, released on December 1, 1932, consisted of six low value denominations, 1 cent to 5 cents and 8 cents. The design was based on a profile sculpture of King George V by Edgar Mackennal.

However, the "Medallion" definitives were not the first Canadian stamps to feature the Mackennal profile of George V. On July 12, 1932, Canada Post Office released a set of four stamps to commemorate the Imperial Economic Conference, held in Ottawa. The three cent value featured the Mackennal sculpture. This was the design which was subsequently used for the Medallion definitives.