Details May 2020, No. 4

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CONTENTSMAY 2020 | No. 4

4 Group of Seven 1920-2020A seven-stamp issue celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Group of Seven’s first exhibition.

8 History of Radio in CanadaThis issue marks the pivotal moment, a century ago, when Montréal station XWA made the first radio broadcast in Canada.

11 Royal Canadian Mint coinsA variety of collectible coins for all occasions.

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GROUP OF SEVEN 1920-2020Issue date: May 7, 2020

Booklet of 7 stamps414133111

$644

In May 1920, Canadian artists Franklin Carmichael, Lawren S. Harris, A.Y. Jackson, Frank H. Johnston, Arthur Lismer, J.E.H. MacDonald and F.H. Varley held their first exhibition as the Group of Seven at the Art Gallery of Toronto (now the Art Gallery of Ontario). Inspired by Tom Thomson, who had drowned in a boating accident three years before, the Group’s raw and visionary depictions of the Canadian landscape changed the world’s view of Canada and influenced generations of ar tists to follow. According to Charles C. Hill, former curator of Canadian art at the

National Gallery of Canada, the seven artists – most of whom had worked together at a commercial art studio in Toronto – shared the belief that the Canadian landscape was distinctive, and its interpretation required “a new visual language of bold colour, brushwork and form.”

More than 2,000 people visited the three-week exhibition, which received positive reviews, including one by Canadian Courier writer Augustus Bridle, who praised the “work of men who act on the belief that

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The group of seven artists whose pictures are here exhibited have for several years held a like vision concerning Art in Canada. They are all imbued with the idea that an Art must grow and flower in the land before the country will be a real home for its people.– May 1920 exhibition catalogue

Pane of 7 stamps404133107

$644


Canada has a colour scheme and subject interest entirely her own.” The National Gallery bought three of the five paintings sold at the show and provided additional support through organized tours and, later, inclusion in its reproduction program.

Never before featured on Canadian stamps, the paintings in this set represent outstanding examples of the work of each original member and were selected by the Canadian Stamp Advisory Committee from a shortlist of suggestions by experts

Charles C. Hill and Ian Thom, senior curator at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Galleries from across Canada contributed content to the issue, and the McMichael Canadian Art Collection Archives provided images of the artists and photographs of the 1920 exhibition for the seven-piece set of Official First Day Covers. The famous photograph of the Group of Seven at Toronto’s Arts & Letters Club – which appeared on the 1995 issue celebrating the Group’s 75th anniversary – graces the set’s OFDC folder cover.

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First day of issue special envelopes (set of 7)414133131

$1095

SPECIFICATIONS

Product Denomination Size Quantity Printing process

Booklet of 7 stamps 7 x Permanent™ (domestic rate) 40 mm x 36 mm 180,000 Lithography in 6 colours

Pane of 7 stamps 7 x Permanent™ (domestic rate) 160 mm x 180 mm 35,000 Lithography in 6 colours

Official First Day Covers – Franklin Carmichael– Lawren S. Harris– A.Y. Jackson– Frank H. Johnston– Arthur Lismer– J.E.H. MacDonald– F.H. Varley

Permanent™ (domestic rate)Permanent™ (domestic rate)Permanent™ (domestic rate)Permanent™ (domestic rate)Permanent™ (domestic rate)Permanent™ (domestic rate)Permanent™ (domestic rate)

190 mm x 112 mm 190 mm x 112 mm 190 mm x 112 mm 190 mm x 112 mm 190 mm x 112 mm 190 mm x 112 mm 190 mm x 112 mm

7,000 7,000 7,000 7,000 7,000 7,000 7,000

Cancellation site: Orillia ONBrantford ONMontréal QCToronto ONHalifax NSToronto ONToronto ON

Design: Andrew Conlon, Lionel Gadoury, Matthew Killin | Context Creative Works: In the Nickel Belt (1928), Franklin Carmichael; Miners’ Houses, Glace Bay (circa 1925), Lawren S. Harris; Labrador Coast (1930), A.Y. Jackson; Fire-swept, Algoma (1920), Frank H. Johnston; Quebec Village (1926), Arthur Lismer; Church by the Sea (1924), J.E.H. MacDonald; Stormy Weather, Georgian Bay (1921), F.H. Varley. Printing: Lowe-Martin

Included in Stamps of Canada April-June 2020 collector’s pack: die-cut stamps from booklet, pane of 7 stamps.


HISTORY OF RADIO IN CANADAIssue date: May 20, 2020

First day of issue special envelope414140131

$284

On the evening of May 20, 1920, Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of Canada station XWA – for Experimental Wireless Apparatus – broadcast the first Canadian radio program to a Royal Society of Canada gathering at Ottawa’s Château Laurier. The closed broadcast included a live performance by soprano Dorothy Lutton, delivered from the Marconi factory studios in Montréal.

Although the groundbreaking broadcast was transmitted from the Montréal studios to the Naval Radio Service in Ottawa, a receiving station and large

amplifier had been set up for the occasion at the Château Laurier hotel. As reported in the Ottawa Journal by one of the journalists invited to listen in, when “the latest one-step” was played, the clarity was so impressive that several of the newspaper writers began to dance.

Later that year, XWA (which had received the first Canadian experimental radio licence in 1919) changed its call letters to CFCF – for Canada’s First, Canada’s Finest. In 1922, the station made the leap to commercial broadcasting, and Montréal’s CKAC

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became the first licensed radio station in North America to offer French-language programming. Thirty-four Canadian radio stations were in operation at the time, and people were quickly becoming fans of the news and entertainment the new medium could bring into their homes. By the end of the decade, the number of radio sets across the country had increased from fewer than 10,000 to nearly 300,000.

To create a stamp depicting the earliest days of radio, for which there was little original imagery available, Canada Post assembled a team of experts from academia, communications museums and vintage radio clubs to ensure visual accuracy and an authentic back story.

Booklet of 10 stamps414140111

$920

In its early stages, radio appealed to the few amateurs who were experimenting with wireless communication through rudimentary equipment of their own construction.– Paul Guibord, President of the

Ottawa Vintage Radio Club

SPECIFICATIONS

Product Denomination Size Quantity Printing process

Booklet of 10 stamps 2 x Permanent™ (domestic rate) 34 mm x 29 mm 130,000 Lithography in 4 colours

Official First Day Cover 2 x Permanent™ (domestic rate) 190 mm x 112 mm 7,000 Cancellation site: Montréal QC

Design: Soapbox Design Illustration: Oliver Burston Printing: Lowe-Martin Tagging: 3 sides

Included in Stamps of Canada April-June 2020 collector’s pack: die-cut pair from booklet.

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Article Description Price

342227 Collection Canada 2019 $79.95




342231 Official First Day Cover Collection 2019 $79.95


342164 Official First Day Cover Collection 2017 109.95


414106111 Canadians in Flight – Booklet of 10 stamps $9.20

414107131 Canadians in Flight – OFDC (Dickins) $1.90

414108131 Canadians in Flight – OFDC (MacGill) $1.90

414109131 Canadians in Flight – OFDC (Arrow) $1.90

414110131 Canadians in Flight – OFDC (Barker) $1.90

414111131 Canadians in Flight – OFDC (Lazair) $1.90

414115111 Historic Covered Bridges – Booklet of 10 stamps $9.20

404115144 Historic Covered Bridges – Souvenir sheet OFDC $5.50

404115145 Historic Covered Bridges – Souvenir sheet $4.60

262499 Historic Covered Bridges – Postcards (set of 5) $13.55

414118111 Leonard Cohen – Booklet of 9 stamps $8.28

414118131 Leonard Cohen – OFDC (set of 4) $11.95

404118107 Leonard Cohen – Pane of 6 stamps $8.52

342224 Leonard Cohen – Framed stamp enlargements $139.95

262509 From Far and Wide 2020 – Postcards (set of 9) $21.68

262491 From Far and Wide 2019 – Postcards (set of 9) $21.68

262448 Birds of Canada – Postcards (set of 5) $12.50

Accessories

Article Description Price

342233* Webb’s Postal Stationary Catalogue 2020 $84.95

342073* The New Specialized Catalogue of Canada Post Official First Day Covers, 2016 $22.95

342211 2013 to 2015 OFDC Collection Bundle (30% off) $294.10 $205.87

341762† Double OFDC album – Blue $32.95

342214 BASIS desk mat $19.95

* Available in English only.† Other colours available.

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