Tagging search  Checklists  Books  Album pages      Study tips  Elizabethan Glossary Study Notes  Modern stamp paper  Fluorescence  Phosphor tagging  Postal rates Checklists Karsh/Wilding/Cameo:  Karsh  Wilding  Cameo Centennial:  Centennial Caricature & Landscape:  Caricature  Landscape  Cityscapes Environment:  Flowers  Trees  Street Scenes  National Parks  QE II  Parliament  Maple Leaf Artifact & Parliament:  Low-value  Medium-value  Parliament (bklt/coil)  Parliament (1st class) Mammals & Architecture:  Low-value  Medium-value  Architecture  QE II Berries, Fruit & Flag:  Low-value  Medium-value  Flag (first class)  Flag (vending bklt)  Flag (self-adhesive)  Flag (coil) Trade, Leaf & Wildlife:  Low-value Trades  Medium-value Trades  1st class/Medium-value Maple Leaf  1st class Leaf Coil  Medium-value Wildlife  High-value Wildlife Insect, Flag, Leaf & Flower:  Insects 2007-  Flag (vert) 2004-  Maple Leaf 2003-2004  Flowers Other  Stamp programs  Study Tips  Books  Stamp home page		Centennial (1967-73) Updated Jan 18/99  Background  Low-value Checklists - Sheet, Precancel, Booklet & Cello-paq, Coil  High-value Checklist (8c-$1 large-size stamps)  6c Black Printing Differences  see also, Study Tips #3 article ("extra spire" on 8c Library) Background A Centennial definitives, so called as they were issued in 1967, Canada's Centennial year, have turned out to be the most complex modern-era definitive series. Actually they are only as complex as you make them to be. If you collect by design, format, perforation, and tagging, then they are a relatively simple set to collect. However, if you also include the various gum and fluorescent varieties, then the series becomes complex. 18 basic designs/values were issued. As you add the various printing formats (sheet, precancel, booklet, cello-paq, and coil), perforation changes, tagging styles (not tagged, 3 types of Winnipeg tagging, and 2 types of general tagging), and fluorescence, then the number of collectable varieties grows almost exponentially! The low values (1c-8c) were printed in panes of 100; the medium/high values (8c-$1) in panes of 50; many of the values appeared in booklets; 7 of the values were also issued in coils. Sheet Checklist [ This is a "wide" table, by necessity - too many varieties! ] Sheet Perf 12   10   12 1/2 x 12   Untagged Wpg 2-bar Wpg 1-bar Wpg side bar OP-2   Untagged Wpg 2-bar   Untagged Wpg 2-bar Wpg 1-bar OP-4 OP-2 Value Dex PVA Dex Dex PVA Dex PVA   Dex Dex   Dex PVA Dex PVA Dex Dex PVA Low-value 1c brown Feb 8/67 (pl 1-4) Dec 71 (pl 5) Feb 8/67 Dec 68 Jan 72   Nov 71                       2c green Feb 8/67 (pl 1-2) Mar 72 (pl 1-2) Feb 8/67 Dec 68 Mar 72   Dec 72                       3c purple Feb 8/67 (pl 1-2)   Feb 8/67                               4c red Feb 8/67 (pl 1-3) Oct 68 (pl 3)   Mar 69 Apr 72 Feb 67 (2 types) Apr 73                       5c blue Feb 8/67 (pl 1-5) Dec 71 (pl 6) Feb 8/67 Dec 68 Apr 72                           6c orange                 Nov 1/68 (pl 1-2) 68   Mar 69 (pl 3)   Dec 69         6c black (CBN)   Jan 72 (pl 1-2)     Jan 72   Jan 72                       6c black (BABN I)                       Jan 7/70 (pl 1-3)   Dec 69         6c black (BABN II)                       Apr 70 (pl 4)       Sep 71     7c green                       Jun 30/71 (pl 1-2)   Jul 71         8c black                       Dec 30/71 (pl 1-3) May 72 (pl 4) Dec 30/71 x   Dec 30/71 Apr 73 (pl 5-7) Precancel Checklist Precancel Perf 12   10   12 1/2 x 12   Untagged OP-2   Untagged   Untagged Value Dex PVA PVA   Dex   Dex Low-value 1c brown Apr 67 Aug 72           2c green Apr 67             3c purple Feb 67   x         4c red Feb 8/67             5c blue Mar 67 Mar 72           6c orange         Jun 69     6c black (CBN)   Feb 72 Dec 72         6c black (BABN I)               6c black (BABN II)             Aug 71 7c green               8c black               Booklet/Cello-paq (single) Checklist   Booklet   Cello-Paq   Perf 12   10   12 1/2 x 12   12   Untagged   Untagged   Untagged OP-4 OP-2   Untagged Wpg 2-bar Value Dex   Dex   Dex PVA PVA PVA   Dex Dex Low-value 1c brown Feb 67   Sep 68 Oct 68   Jun 30/71 Jun 30/71 Sep 71 Dec 30/71 Aug 72 Dec 30/71 Aug 72 Aug 16/73 Dec 73       2c green Oct 26/70                     3c purple Oct 26/70       Jun 30/71 Jun 30/71 Sep 71           4c red Feb 67   Jun 68 Sep 68             Feb 8/67   5c blue Mar 67   Apr 68             Feb 8/67 Mar 67 6c orange     Oct 68 Jan 69                 6c black (CBN)                       6c black (BABN I)     Jan 70   Dec 70             6c black (BABN II)     May 70   Dec 70 Dec 30/71 Aug 72 Dec 30/71 Aug 72 Aug 16/73 Dec 73       7c green         Jun 30/71 Jun 30/71 Sep 71           8c black           Dec 30/71 Aug 72 Dec 30/71 Aug 72 Aug 16/73 Dec 73       Coil checklist Coil Perf 9 1/2 Precancel   10   Untagged   Untagged OP-2 Value Dex Dex   Dex PVA PVA Low-value 1c brown             2c green             3c purple Mar 67 Apr 67         4c red Mar 67           5c blue Feb 8/67 Nov 68         6c orange       Mar 69     6c black (CBN)       Jul 70     6c black (BABN I)             6c black (BABN II)             7c green       Jun 30/71     8c black         Dec 30/71 x High-value Checklist High-Value Untagged Wpg 2-bar OP-2 Value Dex PVA Dex PVA PVA 8c Alaska Highway (violet-brown) Feb 8/67 (pl 1-2)         10c Jack Pine (olive green) Feb 8/67 (pl 1-2) Mar 72 (pl 3) Dec 9/69 Nov 71 Jan 72 15c Bylot Island (dull-purple) Feb 8/67 (pl 1-2) Mar 72 (pl 3) Dec 9/69 Mar 72 Feb 72 20c The Ferry, Quebec (dark blue) Feb 8/67 (pl 1-2) Mar 72 (pl 2) Dec 9/69 May 72   25c Solemn Island (slate-green) Feb 8/67 (pl 1-2)   Dec 9/69     50c Summer's Stores (brown-orange) Feb 8/67 (pl 1) Dec 71 (pl 2)       $1 Edmonton Oil Field (carmine-rose) Feb 8/67 (pl 1) Dec 71 (pl 2)       The date shown is the date of issue of that specific variety. A "blank" means the item does not exist. An "x" or "(pl #)" indicates that that variety exists but a release date is not known. 6c Black Printing Differences The 6c black low-value Centennial has 3 distinct printings; 2 of these are easily identifiable because of a change in perforations. The third printing is noted by a change in the "die"; in fact, all 3 printings can be identified by "die" differences: 6c black printing differences CBN die (original) Perf 12 and Perf 10 (coil). Full-toned with distinct clouds. BABN die I Perf 12 1/2x12 and Perf 10 (booklet). Very pale, top & right frames break up. BABN die II Perf 12 1/2x12 and Perf 10 (booklet). Darker with very strong right frameline.
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