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Karsh (1952-53) Updated Jan 18/99  Background  Checklist Background The short-lived Karsh-series definitives include 1-5c values with a design from a portrait by Yosuf Karsh as well as 4 medium-high values (as I define the series). There is not much that happens with these stamps. The precancel, official, and coils are all easily identifiable from the sheet versions. The result is 34 major varieties from 9 basic values. The different precancel types are due to "numerical" precancelling on these two values (4c and 5c); see the "pic" link for illustrations [ 0700 = Montreal, PQ; 1050 = Quebec, PQ; 4530 = Toronto, ON ]. All low values were printed in panes of 100; 3 of the values appeared in booklets; 3 of the values were also issued in coils. The medium-high values were issued in panes of 50. Checklist Value Plates Sheet   Booklet   Precancel pic   Official pic   Coil pic Coil Precancel Low-value 1c brown 3 May 1/53   Aug 12/53       Aug 18/53       2c green 6 May 1/53       x   Aug 18/53   Jul 30/53 Nov 12/53 3c carmine 4 May 1/53   Jul 12/53 Oct 20/53 Aug 17/53   x   May 17/53   Jul 27/53   4c violet 6 May 1/53   Jul 6/53 Aug 19/53 Aug 12/53   x (4 types)   May 2/53   Sep 3/53   5c blue 3 May 1/53       x (3 types)   Aug 18/53       Medium-value 7c Canada Goose 2 Nov 3/52           Nov 3/52       20c Forestry Products 2 Apr 1/52           Apr 1/52       50c Textile Industry 2 Nov 2/53           Nov 2/53       $1 Totem Pole 2 Feb 2/53           Feb 2/53       The date shown is the date of issue of that specific variety. A "blank" means the item does not exist. An "x" indicates that that variety exists but a release date is not known. © 1999-2013, 2014 Robin Harris Adminware is a trademark of Adminware Corporation.