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Tern Schooner

Ships of Canada, Sailing Vessels

Stamp Info

Name Value
Date of Issue November 18, 1977
Year 1977
Quantity 8,736,000
Denomination
12¢
Perforation or Dimension 12 x 12.5
Series Ships of Canada, Sailing Vessels
Series Time Span 1977
Printer Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited.
Postal Administration Canada

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About Stamp

No matter what Hollywood says about the computer, a sailing vessel still comes closer to being alive than any other inanimate object. Such craft inflame our passions despite the well-known rigours of seafaring life. Thus the hardships as well as the beauty and elegance associated with sailing are a precious part Canadian tradition. During the nineteenth century, North American three-masted or "tern" schooners generally had a high carrying capacity but a low speed. World War I stimulated demands for faster models. Nova Scotia builders therefore combined the modern fishing schooner's hull with the three-masted fore and aft rig to produce a streamlined type. Over the years, terns plied the South American, West Indian, Mediterranean and coastal routes, trading in salt, fish, gypsum, lumber, sugar and molasses. The attrition rate among the hundreds of terns was high, several having been lost on the maiden voyage. Nevertheless, some vessels survived hard usage and the war's submarine-infested waters and lasted into the 1940's despite being built of softwoods such as spruce. Tom Bjarnason's design for this sailing vessel stamp continue the pattern established in our two previous ships issues. By focusing on the ships alone, his colour wash and line drawing has captured the essential grace and elegance of this hard-working vessel and present a visually interesting interplay of sail patterns and rigging detail. The people on the vessel give it a sense of proportion and aliveness. These ships show us that their builders' attention to function and utility has not ruled out beauty and elegance of design.

Creators

Designed by Tom Bjarnason. Engraved by Yves Baril.

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Reference

Canada. Post Office Department. [Postage Stamp Press Release], 1977.

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