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30 April 2017

Sunday Stamps II - 124

1954, Canada
engraver: Silas Robert Allen
based on a photograph by Dorothy Wilding

This issue of six stamps featuring Queen Elizabeth based on a photograph by Dorothy Wilding replaced the five (1¢ to 5¢) issues from 1953 based on a photograph by Yousuf Karsh. (those stamps replaced the King George issues which were also based on a Wilding photograph). Dorothy Wilding (1893-1976) was considered one of Britain's most successful portrait photographers.

for Kings and Queens

4 comments:

FinnBadger said...

I hadn't realized that Canada had Wilding definitives of HM as well.

Bob Scotney said...

I've always liked the Wilding designs.

Joy said...

No I didn't know about the Wilding portrait either, its an attractive one. Canada has produced some nice stamps of the queen over the years.

Mail Adventures said...

This is so nice!
(Sorry, I don't know why my link appears twice here...)