| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| 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 role model and trailblazer Elizabeth ‘Elsie’ MacGill, O.C. This stylish collectible, one in a set of five, is part of our Canadians in Flight issue.
MacGill achieved several noteworthy Canadian and world firsts. She was the first women in Canada to earn a degree in electrical engineering and is thought to be the first woman in the world to hold a master’s degree in aeronautical engineering. She was recognized as the first female aeronautical engineer and professional aircraft designer in the world, and the first to work as a professional aircraft designer.
An influential adviser to the International Civil Aviation Organization, MacGill was later a driving force on the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada.
MacGill’s stamp is cancelled in her birthplace of Vancouver, British Columbia. The issue date of March 27, 2019, marks the 114th anniversary of her birth.
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.
Vancouver-born Elizabeth Muriel Gregory (Elsie) MacGill was an aviation engineering pioneer in an era when women faced significant hurdles pursuing careers in science and technology. MacGill accomplished an astonishing number of firsts. She was the first woman in Canada to earn a degree in electrical engineering and is thought to be the first woman in the world to hold a master’s degree in aeronautical engineering. She was recognized as the first female aeronautical engineer and professional aircraft designer in the world, the first woman elected to corporate membership in the Engineering Institute of Canada, and the first woman to chair a United Nations technical committee.
In 1938, MacGill was hired as chief aeronautical engineer at the Canadian Car and Foundry plant in Fort William, now Thunder Bay, Ontario. She designed all major components of the firm’s Maple Leaf Trainer II aircraft. During the Second World War, the manufacturer was contracted to supply the Royal Air Force with Hawker Hurricanes. MacGill guided their production and oversaw design refinements for a modular system that simplified construction, repair and parts replacement. MacGill, who was celebrated in a wartime comic book as “Queen of the Hurricanes,” later advocated for equal rights and served as an influential member of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women.
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.