Barrie Wedel
Canadian Stamp - Toronto 4-4-0 Type 1983 _9999_47
Toronto 4-4-0 Type - 32 cents 1983 - Canadian stamp
For this week´s macro challenge our task assigned was to take a macro of something related to a hobby. In days gone by it was stamps for me - but life got in the way - now to figure what to do with all those little pieces of paper.
About the stamp - Issue date was October 3, 1983 - Printer was Ashton-Potter Limited. For those that care the Scott number is #999
Description:
The mid-1980 marked the centennial of "The Last Spike" and the 150th anniversary of the first Canadian railway, the Canada Post Corporation produced a series of train stamps.
In the 1850's some Canadian railroads began building their own locomotives to meet North American conditions. Among these was the Toronto, the first locomotive manufactured in Canada West, built in Toronto in 1853.
The locomotive stamps were designed by Ernst Roch of Montreal. The format chosen, which presents the locomotives in profile against a plain background colour, are ideal for presenting the mechanical complexity that makes locomotives so visually interesting. The principal challenge of designing these stamps was to simplify the engines to make a sufficiently strong graphic statement at stamp size without sacrificing significant detail.
Text taken from the release by Canada Post Corporation - Postage Stamp Press Release, 1983.
Happy Macro Monday to all ...
Canadian Stamp - Toronto 4-4-0 Type 1983 _9999_47
Toronto 4-4-0 Type - 32 cents 1983 - Canadian stamp
For this week´s macro challenge our task assigned was to take a macro of something related to a hobby. In days gone by it was stamps for me - but life got in the way - now to figure what to do with all those little pieces of paper.
About the stamp - Issue date was October 3, 1983 - Printer was Ashton-Potter Limited. For those that care the Scott number is #999
Description:
The mid-1980 marked the centennial of "The Last Spike" and the 150th anniversary of the first Canadian railway, the Canada Post Corporation produced a series of train stamps.
In the 1850's some Canadian railroads began building their own locomotives to meet North American conditions. Among these was the Toronto, the first locomotive manufactured in Canada West, built in Toronto in 1853.
The locomotive stamps were designed by Ernst Roch of Montreal. The format chosen, which presents the locomotives in profile against a plain background colour, are ideal for presenting the mechanical complexity that makes locomotives so visually interesting. The principal challenge of designing these stamps was to simplify the engines to make a sufficiently strong graphic statement at stamp size without sacrificing significant detail.
Text taken from the release by Canada Post Corporation - Postage Stamp Press Release, 1983.
Happy Macro Monday to all ...