| Name | Value |
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| Date of Issue | March 27, 2019 |
| Year | 2019 |
| Quantity | 450,000 |
| Denomination |
 PERMANENT™ (P).Current monetary value: $0.92. |
| Series | Canadians in Flight |
| Series Time Span | 2019 - 2022 |
| Postal Administration | Canada |
| Condition | Name | Avg Value |
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M-NH-VF
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Mint - Never Hinged - Very Fine | View price |
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U-VF
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Used - Very Fine | View price |
Tip your wings to Canada’s rich aviation history with this booklet of 10 PermanentTM domestic stamps featuring all five stamp designs from our Canadians in Flight issue. These stamps celebrate two iconic aircraft and three individuals who took Canadian aviation to new heights.
The first is the Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow, a fighter-interceptor jet capable of flying at more than twice the speed of sound. The second is the Ultraflight Lazair, a best-selling and award-winning ultralight with a top speed of 64 km/h.
The honoured individuals are William George Barker, VC, C.H. ‘Punch’ Dickins, O.C., and Elizabeth ‘Elsie’ MacGill, O.C.. A First World War flying ace, Barker is the most decorated military service member in the history of the British Empire. A pioneering bush pilot, Dickins made flights covering 1.6 million kilometres of northern Canadian wilderness. MacGill is a celebrated role model and trailblazer, the world’s first female aircraft designer and an influential adviser to the International Civil Aviation Organization.
Celebrate Canada’s rich aviation history and pay tribute to Canadian courage and innovation with this pane featuring all five PermanentTM domestic stamps from our Canadians in Flight issue. This stylish collectible celebrates two iconic aircraft and three individuals who took Canadian aviation to new heights.
The first featured aircraft is the Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow, a powerful fighter-interceptor capable of flying at more than twice the speed of sound. The second aircraft is the Ultraflight Lazair, a best-selling and award-winning ultralight.
The honoured individuals are William George Barker, VC, C. H. ‘Punch’ Dickins, O.C., and Elizabeth ‘Elsie’ MacGill, O.C.. A First World War ace, Barker is the most decorated military service member in the history of the British Empire. A pioneering bush pilot, Dickins made flights covering 1.6 million kilometres of northern Canadian wilderness. MacGill is a celebrated role model and trailblazer, the world’s first female aircraft designer and an influential adviser to the International Civil Aviation Organization.
Celebrate Canada’s rich aviation history with this Official First Day Cover honouring the Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow. This stylish collectible, one in a set of five, is part of our Canadians in Flight issue.
A fighter-interceptor capable of flying at more than twice the speed of sound, the Arrow featured a state-of-the-art aerodynamic design, two powerful engines, a versatile and interchangeable weapons system and computerized pilot assistance. However, less than one year after a successful maiden flight, the Arrow program was cancelled in February, 1959.
The stamp is postmarked in Malton, Ontario, in honour of Malton Airport, where the first Arrow flew on March 25, 1958. This is a heritage postmark, as Malton is now part of Mississauga. The airport is now Lester B. Pearson International.
Honour some of the highest achievers in Canada’s rich aviation history with this set of five Official First Day Covers, one for each stamp in the Canadians in Flight issue. These stylish collectibles celebrate two iconic aircraft and three individuals who took Canadian aviation to new heights.
The first featured aircraft is the Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow. A powerful fighter-interceptor, the Arrow was capable of flying at more than twice the speed of sound. The stamp on this Official First Day Cover is cancelled in Malton, Ontario, in honour of Malton Airport, where the first Arrow flew on March 25, 1958. This is a heritage cancel, as Malton is now part of Mississauga. The airport is now Lester B. Pearson International.
The second aircraft is the Ultraflight Lazair, a best-selling and award-winning ultralight. Sold as a kit to be built at home, the Lazair is considered one of the best aircraft of its kind. This stamp is cancelled in Port Colborne, Ontario, the home of Lazair designer Dale Kramer.
The honoured individuals are William George Barker, VC, C.H. ‘Punch’ Dickins, O.C., and Elizabeth ‘Elsie’ MacGill, O.C.. A First World War flying ace, Barker is the most decorated military service member in the history of the British Empire, having received the Victoria Cross, the Distinguished Service Order (twice), the Military Cross (three times), the Croix de Guerre and the Medaglia d’Argento al Valor Militare (twice). He was also mentioned in dispatches three times. Barker’s stamp is cancelled in his birthplace of Dauphin, Manitoba.
A prolific bush pilot, Dickins made flights covering 1.6 million kilometres of northern Canadian wilderness. He later collaborated with aircraft manufacturer de Havilland Canada on the design of the DHC-2 Beaver, widely considered the best bush plane ever built. Dickins’ stamp is cancelled in his birthplace of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.
A celebrated role model and trailblazer, MacGill was the world’s first female aircraft designer and an influential adviser to the International Civil Aviation Organization. MacGill’s stamp is cancelled in her birthplace of Vancouver, British Columbia. The issue date of March 27, 2019, marks the 114th anniversary of MacGill’s birth.
Possibly one of the best known planes that never saw mass production, the Avro CF-105 Arrow was a twin-engine, supersonic, interceptor aircraft. It was designed and produced by A.V. Roe (Avro) Canada and its two subsidiaries – Avro Aircraft and Orenda Engines – in what was then the town of Malton, today part of Mississauga, Ontario. Developed between 1953 and 1959 to bolster North American defence in the postwar era, the delta-winged Arrow is considered one of the greatest technological achievements in Canadian aviation history. The Arrow, capable of flying at more than twice the speed of sound, was the first aircraft to adopt a “fly by wire” automated flight control system, and it featured a weapons bay that could hold almost any size weapon. Its Iroquois PS-13 engine offered groundbreaking advancements in power, lightness of weight and fuel efficiency.
The first Arrow (RL-201) was completed in October 1957. The following March, test pilot Jan Żurakowski made a successful 35-minute flight from Malton Airport (now Toronto’s Lester B. Pearson International Airport). Five Arrows were produced before the program was cancelled on February 20, 1959.
For millennia, we have looked skyward, longing to break the bonds of the earth to soar among the clouds. Canada has had its share of pioneers who bravely reached for the skies when flight was in its infancy or who used their gifts and vision to create new and better ways to fly. This stamp issue, designed by Ivan Novotny of Taylor|Sprules Corporation, celebrates three individuals and two aircraft that took Canadian aviation to new heights.
Ready for take-off on its return trip, the second edition of Canadians in Flight once again celebrates the people, planes and technologies that have allowed Canada’s reputation for innovation to soar. Since the early days of flight, Canadians have made global advances in the fields of aviation and aeronautics, with some contributions remaining the foundation for ongoing advancement in these fields.