Description
π 2021 CRABAPPLE BLOSSOMS - Issue
Add the beauty of spring to your collection with this Official First Day Cover featuring crabapple blossoms. This elegant collectible bears both PermanentTM domestic rate stamps from Canada Post's annual flower issue. The stamps depict two Canadian crabapple cultivars- the pink Malus 'Rosseau' bred by Isabella Preston in 1928 and the white dwarf Malus 'Maybride' bred by Preston's successors, Daniel Foster Cameron and Dexter Reid Sampson, in 1973. The Official First Day cover features an enlarged version of a crabapple bloom and is cancelled in Apple Hill, Ontario.
Canada is home to several wild species and hundreds of cultivars of crabapple trees which belong to the rose family. Gardeners plant crabapple trees for their fruit, their hardiness and their stunning springtime blossoms.
Specifications
Issue Date March 1, 2021
Stamp Designer Sputnik Design Partners Inc.
Photos Mark Olson
Stamp Value PermanentTM (domestic rate)
Quantity Produced 7,000
Dimensions 190 mm x 122 mm
Cancellation site Apple Hill ON
Add the beauty of spring to your collection with this Official First Day Cover featuring crabapple blossoms. This elegant collectible bears both PermanentTM domestic rate stamps from Canada Post's annual flower issue. The stamps depict two Canadian crabapple cultivars- the pink Malus 'Rosseau' bred by Isabella Preston in 1928 and the white dwarf Malus 'Maybride' bred by Preston's successors, Daniel Foster Cameron and Dexter Reid Sampson, in 1973. The Official First Day cover features an enlarged version of a crabapple bloom and is cancelled in Apple Hill, Ontario.
Canada is home to several wild species and hundreds of cultivars of crabapple trees which belong to the rose family. Gardeners plant crabapple trees for their fruit, their hardiness and their stunning springtime blossoms.
Specifications
Issue Date March 1, 2021
Stamp Designer Sputnik Design Partners Inc.
Photos Mark Olson
Stamp Value PermanentTM (domestic rate)
Quantity Produced 7,000
Dimensions 190 mm x 122 mm
Cancellation site Apple Hill ON