| 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 award-winning Lazair ultralight. This stylish collectible, one in a set of five, is part of our Canadians in Flight issue.
Considered one of the best aircraft of its kind, the Ultraflight Lazair was a best-seller, with 1,200 manufactured between 1979 and 1985. Sold as a kit to be built at home, the twin-engined Lazair had a top speed of 64 km/h.
In 1983, Lazair inventor Dale Kramer was honoured for outstanding contribution to the development of aeronautics in Canada. Kramer’s stamp is cancelled in his birthplace of Port Colborne, Ontario.
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.
The Ultraflight Lazair – better known as the Lazair – was a family of twin-engine high-wing ultralight monoplanes designed by Dale Kramer of Port Colborne, Ontario. Kramer completed his Lazair prototype in late 1978 and revealed it at the 1979 Sun ’n Fun fly-in and expo, where it won the award for best home-built ultralight. With its true aircraft configuration and 11-metre, glider-like wingspan, the Lazair combined a light, efficient chainsaw motor with modern aircraft materials. Although production ended in 1985, today there are still more Lazairs registered in Canada than any other basic ultralight, and it is considered one of the best light aircraft ever made.
In its early years, the Lazair won top honours in every air show it was entered. In 1982, Kramer flew in exhibition flights at the Paris Air Show. The same year, the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale awarded a Diplôme d’honneur to Kramer’s company, Ultraflight Incorporated, for its contributions to the progress of aviation. In 1983, the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute presented Kramer with the Roméo Vachon Award for outstanding contribution to the development of aeronautics in Canada. In 1986, he received an Award of Merit from the Ernest C. Manning Awards Foundation for designing, producing and marketing “one of the world’s finest ultra-light aircraft.”
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.