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[Yukon gold discovery, 1896-1996] [philatelic record] / Design [by] Steven Slipp

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Item (Accession level)

Date:

1996

Reference:

Accession number: 1996-336 CPA

Type of material:

Stamps and stamp products

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2269202

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Canada Post Corporation collection

[Yukon gold discovery, 1896-1996]
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Date(s):

1996

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

1 pane (10 postage stamps) : se-tenant, lithograph and foil stamping, 7 colours (6 colours lithography, 1 colour foil stamping), perf. 13.5, Polyvinyl alcohol, Coated Papers Limited, Fluorescent Coated Paper
41Support 9.9 x 25.7 cm

Language of material:

English

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Physical description note:

Title taken from Canada Post Corporation. Canada's Stamp Details, vol. 5, no. 3, 1996.

Philatelic note:

Products

Philatelic issue data:

Canada : 45 cents

Date of issue:

13 June 1996

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[left margin] Issued to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Klondike Gold Rush = Émission soulignant le centenaire de la découverte d'or au Klondike, [top margin] Skookum Jim discovered a rich placer gold on Rabbit (later Bonanza) Creek in mid-August 1896. / Thousands stampeded to the goldfields, relentlessly pushing themselves with the sled order "Marche!" (or "Mush!"). / North west Mounted Police manned the border, refusing entry to troublemakers and the poorly equipped. / Dawson, City of Gold! Meeting place of the Klondike. It supplied provisions and plenty of entertainment. / One of the richest gold strikes ever, the Klondike lured ordinary men to gamble on their dreams., [bottom margin] À la mi-août 1896, Skookum Jim découvre un riche placer d'or dans le ruisseau Rabbit (rebaptisé Bonanza). / Des milliers se précipitent vers les régions aurifères, ne s'accordant aucun répit et se répétant «Marche!» (devenu «Mush!»), ordre de départ pour les traîneaux. / La Police à cheval du Nord-Ouest assure l'ordre à la frontière, refusant l'entrée aux fauteurs de troubles et aux prospecteurs mal équipés. / Dawson, capitale de l'or! Point de ralliement au Klondike. On y trouve vivres et divertissements, à profusion. / Abritant l'un des plus importants gisements d'or qu'on ait jamais découvert, le Klondike attire des hommes bien ordinaires prêts à tout risquer., [bottom margin] Provenance : Dawson City Mus, Kennedy - NA/AN Canada, PA-28146/RG 18, 161, 89-90; RG 85, 756, 4710 / Univ of Wash Lib, Hegg, 767, 10829, 11624/Goetzman, 3019 - RCMP-GRC/484 - Vancouver Public Lib, 33087 / Canadian Heritage, Parks Canada = Patrimoine canadien, Parcs Canada, Anita Johns - Klondike News, 1898-04-01 / Wm Ogilvie, The Klondike Official Guide (Tor, Hunter, 1898) - F. Schwatka, Along Alaska's Great River (NY, Cassell, 1885), 243 / Yukon Arch, Jacobsen 85/82/88-58R.33, Skookum Jim Friendship Centre.

Physical medium:

Support 9.9 x 25.7 cm

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Stamp information: http://data4.collectionscanada.ca/netacgi/nph-brs?s1=(001606a.A050.)&l=20&d=POST&p=1&u=http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/02011702_e.html&r=1&f=G&Sect1=STMP
Stamp information: http://data4.collectionscanada.ca/netacgi/nph-brs?s1=(001606b.A050.)&l=20&d=POST&p=1&u=http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/02011702_e.html&r=1&f=G&Sect1=STMP
Stamp information: http://data4.collectionscanada.ca/netacgi/nph-brs?s1=(001606c.A050.)&l=20&d=POST&p=1&u=http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/02011702_e.html&r=1&f=G&Sect1=STMP
Stamp information: http://data4.collectionscanada.ca/netacgi/nph-brs?s1=(001606d.A050.)&l=20&d=POST&p=1&u=http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/02011702_e.html&r=1&f=G&Sect1=STMP
Stamp information: http://data4.collectionscanada.ca/netacgi/nph-brs?s1=(001606e.A050.)&l=20&d=POST&p=1&u=http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/02011702_e.html&r=1&f=G&Sect1=STMP
Stamp information: http://data4.collectionscanada.ca/netacgi/nph-brs?s1=(001606.A050.)&l=20&d=POST&p=1&u=http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/02011702_e.html&r=1&f=G&Sect1=STMP

Source:

Government

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1996-02417-5
1996-336 DAP
96-151

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1996-336 CPA
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