Canada United States Plans Provinces Blog About

Pieced Quilt, Ontario

Hand-crafted Textiles

Stamp Info

Name Value
Date of Issue April 30, 1993
Year 1993
Quantity 3,000,000
Denomination
43¢
Perforation or Dimension 13 x 12.5
Series Hand-crafted Textiles
Series Time Span 1993
Printer Ashton-Potter Limited.
Postal Administration Canada

Buy on ebay

Sorry, our call to ebay returned no results. Click on the button below to search ebay directly.
More Results
PSG earns commission on these links.

Stamp Price Values

Condition Name Avg Value
M-NH-VF
Mint - Never Hinged - Very Fine Only available to paid users
U-VF
Used - Very Fine Only available to paid users
* Notes about these prices:
  • They are not based on catalogue values but on current dealer and auction listings. The reason for this is that catalogues tend to over-value stamps.
  • They are average prices. The actual value of your stamp may be slightly above or below the listed value, depending on the overall condition of your stamp. Use these prices as a guide to determine the approximate value of your stamps.

Stamp Supplies on Amazon

Layouts

Booklet of 10 Stamps

Quantity Produced - Unknown
No Images Exist for this Layout.
Add to List

Official First Day Cover

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Add to List

About Stamp

To mark the Year of the Craft in the Americas, the commemorative stamps dedicated to the rich textile traditions of Canada will be issued April 30. Today, these types of hand-crafted textiles are fashionable and decorative items adding accent, mood and distinction to a room. Occasionally displayed on walls, they have become "objets d'art". Hundreds of years ago they were mostly - if not strictly - made for warmth and comfort. Their decorative function was to cover bed furnishings during daytime. Quilts, coverlets, "ruggs" and bed cover existed from necessity and gained a place in history because of the techniques used, the rarity or the uniqueness of a piece and mostly as a reflection of a people's talent and culture. All of the items selected can be viewed by the public as each is housed in a Canadian public museum collection. Severe Canadian winters were one of the many reasons for the making of quilts by the early settlers. Every piece of wool, cloth, blanket and old clothing was saved and reused. There are three layers of cloth to a quilt: the top, or face; the filling, generally cotton or unwoven wool acting as insulation; and the underside. The layers were held together with pieces of yarn sewn through from top to bottom, or by quilting, creating seams of running stitches throughout the work. Often, a group of women would gather to work on one quilt. This "Quilting Bee" was a way to socialize, meet and make new friends. The central pattern of this "everyday quilt" represents a Tree of Paradise surrounded by geometric shapes resembling windmills, symbolizing the circle of life.

Creators

Designed by Peter Adam Based on a photograph by Michael Mitchell

Similar Stamps

Reference

Canada Post Corporation. Canada's Stamps Details, No. 10, 1993, p. 7-9.

Improve Stamp Information

Did you notice an error in this stamp's information?
Do you have any interesting information about this stamp that you would like to share?
Please click here to send us an email with the details.