Queen Elizabeth II 65th Anniversary of the Coronation
April 20, 2018
June 2 of this year marks the 65th anniversary of the coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II – the longest reigning monarch in British history. Many “more mature” Canadians will recognize the Karsh photo on the cover of the stamp booklet from a series of five coronation stamps issued in the spring of 1953.
The portrait on this new stamp is from a famous sitting in July 1951, when the Queen was still known as Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth. Over a period of more than 40 years, Karsh photographed Her Majesty on five occasions, two of them before she became Queen.
One of the world’s most photographed women, Queen Elizabeth has had her likeness captured by some of the world’s most famous portrait photographers, including Dorothy Wilding, Lord Snowdon, Cecil Beaton and Annie Leibovitz. It is this image by Armenian-Canadian Yousuf Karsh, however, that is best known to generations of Canadians.
Booklet of 10 stamps
$8.50
- Product #: 414083111
- Denomination: Permanent™ (domestic rate)
- Design: Paprika
- Dimensions: 33.5 mm x 26.5 mm
- Printer: Lowe-Martin
- Printing Process: Lithography in 3 colours
- Quantity: 300,000
- Illustration: Princess Elizabeth, 1951, Yousuf Karsh.
- Tagging: 3 sides (left, top and right)
Uncut press sheet of 12 booklets
$102
- Product #: 414083149
- Denomination: Permanent™ (domestic rate)
- Design: Paprika
- Dimensions: 620 mm x 520 mm
- Printer: Lowe-Martin
- Printing Process: Lithography in 3 colours
- Quantity: 1,000
- Illustration: Princess Elizabeth, 1951, Yousuf Karsh
- Tagging: 3 sides (left, top and right)
Official First Day Cover
$1.85
- Product #: 414083131
- Denomination: Permanent™ (domestic rate)
- Design: Paprika
- Dimensions: 190 mm x 112 mm
- Printer: Lowe-Martin
- Quantity: 7,000
- Illustration: Princess Elizabeth, 1951, Yousuf Karsh