Canada Postage stamp, issue of 1934, 3¢.<br>On the 1st July, 1934, a special 3-cent stamp commemorated the four-hundredth anniversary of the discovery of Canada by the French navigator, Jacques Cartier. (From: Patrick, Douglas and Mary Patrick. <i>Canada's Postage Stamps</i>. Toronto, McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1964, p. 68.) <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://data4.collectionscanada.ca/netacgi/nph-brs?s1=(000208.A050.)&amp;l=20&amp;d=POST&amp;p=1&amp;u=http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/02011702_e.html&amp;r=1&amp;f=G&amp;Sect1=STMP">[1]</a><br>Designed by the British American Bank Note Company, design adapted from company vignette (ca. 1870) previously used on bank notes and certificates. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/ourl/res.php?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;url_tim=2015-10-17T15%3A53%3A39Z&amp;url_ctx_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&amp;rft_dat=2242519&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fcollectionscanada.gc.ca%3Apam&amp;lang=eng">[2]</a>
<ul><li>1934 stamp designed by George Arthur Gundersen (1910-1975)</li>
<li>Picture engraved by Bruce Hay</li>
<li>The central portion of the design was engraved from a drawing in the Montreal offices of the British American Bank Note Company. Although the drawing is signed, the signature cannot be deciphered. It may be the work of a former staff artist of about 1880. (From: Patrick, Douglas and Mary Patrick. <i>Canada's Postage Stamps</i>. Toronto, McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1964, p. 68.) <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://data4.collectionscanada.ca/netacgi/nph-brs?s1=(000208.A050.)&amp;l=20&amp;d=POST&amp;p=1&amp;u=http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/02011702_e.html&amp;r=1&amp;f=G&amp;Sect1=STMP">[3]</a></li></ul>
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