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C.H. Punch Dickins

Canadians in Flight

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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

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Booklet of 10 Stamps

Quantity Produced - 200,000

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.

  • ISSUE DATE: March 27, 2019
  • STAMP DESIGNER: Ivan Novotny, Taylor | Sprules Corporation
  • STAMP VALUE: PermanentTM (domestic rate)
  • QUANTITY PRODUCTS: 200,000
  • DIMENSIONS: 40 mm x 32 mm
Original Purchase Price: $9.00
Perforation: Simulated perforation
Dimension: 40 mm x 32 mm
Printer: Lowe-Martin
Printing Process: Lithography in 5 colours
Gum Type: Pressure sensitive
Tagging: General tagging, four sides
Paper: Tullis Russell
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Pane of 5 Stamps

Quantity Produced - 50,000

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.

  • ISSUE DATE: March 27, 2019
  • STAMP DESIGNER: Ivan Novotny, Taylor | Sprules Corporation
  • STAMP VALUE: PermanentTM (domestic rate)
  • QUANTITY PRODUCTS: 50,000
  • DIMENSIONS: 160 mm x 180 mm
Original Purchase Price: $4.50
Perforation: 13+
Dimension: 160 mm x 180 mm
Printer: Lowe-Martin
Printing Process: Lithography in 5 colours
Gum Type: PVA
Tagging: General tagging, four sides
Paper: Tullis Russell
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Official First Day Cover (C.H. Punch Dickins)

Quantity Produced - 1,500

Celebrate one of the highest achievers in Canada’s rich aviation history with this Official First Day Cover honouring prolific bush pilot C.H. ‘Punch’ Dickins, O.C.. This stylish collectible, one in a set of five, is part of our Canadians in Flight issue.

A First World War flying ace and Distinguished Flying Cross recipient, Dickins went on to make flights covering 1.6 million kilometres of northern Canadian wilderness, including the first reconnaissance flight across the unmapped Barren Lands of the Northwest Territories.

Dickins 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.

  • ISSUE DATE: March 27, 2019
  • STAMP DESIGNER: Ivan Novotny, Taylor | Sprules Corporation
  • STAMP VALUE: PermanentTM (domestic rate)
  • QUANTITY PRODUCTS: 1,500
  • CANCELLATION SITE: Portage la Prairie, MB
Original Purchase Price: $1.90
Cancellation Location: Portage la Prairie, MB
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Official First Day Cover (Set of 5)

Quantity Produced - 7,000

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.

  • ISSUE DATE: March 27, 2019
  • STAMP DESIGNER: Ivan Novotny, Taylor | Sprules Corporation
  • STAMP VALUE: PermanentTM (domestic rate)
  • QUANTITY PRODUCTS: 7,000
Original Purchase Price: $9.50
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About Stamp

A favourite son of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, First World War flying ace and Distinguished Flying Cross recipient C.H. “Punch” Dickins was an aviation pioneer and bush pilot. Enlisting in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (196th Battalion) in 1917, he later transferred to the Royal Flying Corps and flew 73 combat missions in the First World War. He later served in the Canadian Air Force, then joined Western Canada Airways, flying the first scheduled airmail delivery from Winnipeg to Edmonton in 1928.

That same year, Dickins made the first reconnaissance flight across the unmapped barren lands of the Northwest Territories in his Fokker Super Universal float plane, covering more than 6,000 kilometres in 37 hours of flying time. For this accomplishment, he received the Trans-Canada Trophy (also known as the McKee Trophy) for outstanding achievement in air operations. During the Second World War, Dickins managed flight training schools as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, and he headed the Atlantic Ferry Organization, which saw North American-made planes make the dangerous flight overseas to aid the Allies. Dickins held leadership roles at Canadian Pacific Air Lines and at de Havilland Canada, where he influenced the design and launch of the DHC-2 Beaver, often considered the best bush plane ever built. He was the first pilot to log one million miles in flight (1.6 million kilometres).

About Stamp Series

2019 Series

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.

2022 Series

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.

Creators

Design: Ivan Novotny, Taylor|Sprules Corporation. Photos: Stamp – Canada Aviation and Space Museum; background – model by François Labelle, Library and Archives Canada.

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Reference

Canada Post Corporation. Canada's Stamp Details, March 2019, Volume XXVIII NO 3.

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