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L'arrivee d'un train en gare, 1896, Cinematographe Lumiere

100 Years of Cinema in Canada, 1896-1996

Stamp Info

Name Value
Date of Issue August 22, 1996
Year 1996
Quantity 870,000
Denomination
45¢
Perforation or Dimension Diecut, imperforate = Découpé à l'emporte-pièce, non dentelé
Series 100 Years of Cinema in Canada, 1896-1996
Series Time Span 1996
Printer Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited.
Postal Administration Canada

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About Stamp

From the earliest days of film over a century ago, audiences, artists and entrepreneurs alike have been mesmerized by the power of the cinema. The invention of equipment to record moving images was instantly applauded. Today, movies are a common form of expression and entertainment around the world. The history of cinema in Canada has been varied and unique. Award-winning animated shorts, wartime newsreels, innovative features films and world-renowned documentaries are just few examples of the kind of visual storytelling at which Canadians excel. On August 22, Canada Post Corporation will release two souvenir sheets honouring one hundred years of Canadian film making. The sheets will feature a total of ten domestic rate stamps, each depicting an outstanding moment in Canadian film history. Moving pictures were first enjoyed by Canadians in 1896. On June 27, 1896, the Lumière Brother's invention lit up Montreal with a combination camera, projector and film printer called the Cinematographe. They held a public screening of several short films of various scenes, including the arrival of a train. Newspaper reviews of the day called the new medium one of the "wonders of our century". Stamp designer Pierre-Yves Pelletier, well known to Details readers, screened dozens of movies with film historian André Pâquet to select ten images for the series. After their screening sessions, Pelletier and Pâquet agreed to portray actual films frames rather than posters of publicity stills on the stamps in order to capture the true feel of film. This beautiful, historic series is presented as 10 self-adhesive die-cut stamps which are arranged in vertical strips so that they look like segments of film-right down to their simulated sprocket holes and sound strips. The year and title of the films appear on the stamp, as well as additional production information.

Creators

Designed by Pierre-Yves Pelletier.

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Reference

Canada Post Corporation. Canada's Stamps Details. Vol. 5, No. 4, 1996, p. 16, 19-20.

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