49 cent Canadian stamp featuring Her Majesty the Queen

50 cent Canadian stamp featuring Her Majesty the Queen

At Rideau Hall, on December 19, 2003, Governor General Adrienne Clarkson, along with Canada Post President and CEO André Ouellet and Canadian pop music artist Bryan Adams, unveiled a 49 cent domestic rate Canada Post definitive stamp bearing the image of Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada. Canada Post issued this stamp partly at the urging of the Monarchist League of Canada. Canadian Postage Circa 2003 This image of a postage stamp may be copyrighted and/or have other restrictions on its reproduction imposed by the issuing authority. ... Canadian Postage Circa 2003 This image of a postage stamp may be copyrighted and/or have other restrictions on its reproduction imposed by the issuing authority. ... Canada is a constitutional monarchy and a Commonwealth Realm with Queen Elizabeth II as its reigning monarch and head of state. ... Canada is a constitutional monarchy and a Commonwealth Realm with Queen Elizabeth II as its reigning monarch and head of state. ... Rideau Hall is the official residence of the Governor General of Canada, and is the place of residence of the Monarch of Canada when visiting Ottawa. ... The Governor General of Canada (French: Gouverneur général or Gouverneure générale) is the representative of the Canadian monarch. ... The Right Honourable Adrienne Louise Clarkson, PC, CC, CMM, COM, CD, LL.D (born February 10, 1939) is an accomplished Canadian journalist. ... Canada Post or Canada Post Corporation (CPC) is the Canadian governments postal service. ... André Ouellet (born April 6, 1939) is the former president of Canada Post, and a long time Liberal politician in Canada. ... This article is about the singer. ... A definitive postage stamp is a regular issue stamp that is part of a definitive issue or definitive series consisting of a range of denominations sufficient to cover all postal rates usefully. ... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor), born 21 April 1926, is the Queen regnant of the following countries (shown in the order of her accession): 1952: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (all 6 February) 1962: Jamaica 1966: Barbados 1973: The Bahamas... The Coat of Arms of the Monarchist League of Canada, granted with permission of Her Majesty in 2000 The badge of the Monarchist League of Canada. ...

Using a black and white photographic portrait of the Queen, taken by Bryan Adams during a five minute session with the Queen at Buckingham Palace, Saskia van Kampen, of the Toronto graphics firm Gottschalk + Ash, cropped the image, placed the Queen's face off-centre, and gave it a sepia tone wash. The use of this more informal portrait was a break from the tradition of using official portraits or effigies of monarchs on Canadian stamps. Bryan Adams said of his picture as a "glimpse of the real person... The thing that made this photo win out, was her charming smile. It is a one in a million." Buckingham Palace and the Victoria Memorial. ...

This stamp was released again on December 20, 2004, as a 50 cent domestic with a blue wash, deliberately chosen to contrast the coulour of the previous stamp. As a security measure, but also to provide greater depth of colour, the blue tint consisted of six different colours.

On December 14, 2005, the Victoria News published Canada Post Spokesperson Cindy Daoust as stating that stamps bearing the image of the Queen now "outsells other stamps, 10 to one, whether it's a commemorative edition or definitive one."

For 2006 Canada Post altered the Queen Elizabeth II definitive in honour of the Queen's 80th birthday.