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Uncut single sheet of Canada Post 1992 Canada Day souvenir titled “Canada, Our home and native land"
Uncut single sheet of Canada Post 1992 Canada Day souvenir titled “Canada, Our home and native land"
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Product Description:
This is a Canada Post 1992 Canada Day souvenir sheet titled “Canada, Our home and native land…”, featuring twelve 42‑cent commemorative stamps showcasing artworks from across Canada. The design is highly graphic and colourful, with the stamps arranged in a cross‑like pattern over a rainbow gradient background that echoes the stripes printed on the labels between the stamps.
Overall layout
The sheet is printed in portrait format with a turquoise‑to‑yellow rainbow gradient background formed by diagonal stripes, intersected by a grid of white perforation dots where the stamps sit. At the top left in English and French appears the text “Canada, Our home and native land… / Canada, Terre de nos aïeux…”, both angled diagonally to match the graphic lines.
Stamp arrangement and denominations
There are twelve square 42‑cent stamps, each set on a diamond orientation (points up, down, left, right) within larger white squares. Between the stamps are blank label squares printed only with coloured diagonal stripes, visually linking them into one continuous geometric composition.
Individual stamp design elements
Each stamp shows a modern, stylized scene representing a province or territory—urban skylines, coastal scenes, prairies, northern imagery and cultural celebrations—rendered in bright, almost poster‑like artwork. The top left and bottom right stamps, for example, highlight dense cityscapes, while others depict rural landscapes, boats, fields, and community parades, collectively expressing Canada’s geographic and cultural diversity.
Inscription and typography
Every stamp carries a small red maple leaf and the word “CANADA” at the upper left corner, with the value “42” and “POSTES / POSTAGE” at the lower right, all set in clean sans‑serif type. The province or theme name appears along one edge of each stamp in small black lettering, rotated to follow the diamond orientation so that each caption reads parallel to a side of the artwork.
Credits and technical details
Along the bottom margin of the sheet, a column of fine print credits lists the artists and titles corresponding to each image, along with the designers and production notes for the issue. At the right edge are the standard four‑colour registration marks (cyan, magenta, yellow, black) labelled “C,” confirming full‑colour offset printing typical of Canada Post’s early‑1990s commemoratives.
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