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Floral Emblem Series (13 stamp in set, 1964-1966).
Stamp: Prairie crocus, Manitoba
Edition type: commemorative
Denomination: 5 (c.)
Date of issue: 1965 Apr. 28
Depiction: Coat of arms of Manitoba, Prairie crocus (Pulsatilla vulgaris)
Colour: red-braun, lilac, dull green
Paper:
Designer: Harvey Thomas Prosser
Engraver: Yves Baril (picture), Donald J. Mitchell (lettering)
Perforation: lin. 12
Printing process: steel engraving and lithograph
Size of a stamp (mm): 38×26
Size of a sheet (mm): 208×273
Sheet composition: 50 (5×10) stamps
Printing run: 15 820 000
Stamp issuing authority: Canada Post Corporation
Printer: Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited
  Standard cancellation of first day (ink - black) and art envelope were used in first day of issue.
 
Themes: Bison (Bison bison), Coats of Arms, Flora
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