On May 20, Canada Post is issuing a se-tenant (side-by-side) pair of
nondenominated permanent-rate (currently 92¢) History of Radio in Canada
stamps. The new issue comes in a self-adhesive booklet of 10.
The stamps commemorate Canada’s inaugural radio broadcast, which hit
the airwaves a century ago on the evening of May 20, 1920. According to
Canada Post’s Details magazine for collectors, the radio
program came from Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company’s studios in
Montreal, Quebec, and was a closed broadcast for a Royal Society of
Canada gathering at the Chateau Laurier hotel in Ottawa, Ontario.
The show featured a live performance by soprano Dorothy Lutton.
“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,” the May Details magazine said.
The stamp designs list the 10 decades of radio from 1920 to 2020 on
the outside edges. The stamp on the left shows headphones and a vintage
radio microphone topped with the acronym “XWA,” which stands for
Experimental Wireless Apparatus and is the call letters for the first
commercial broadcast radio station in Canada.
The stamp on the right depicts a horn-shaped speaker, three bulbs,
and a retro radio box with dials. Circular sound waves in the middle of
the pair bring the two stamps together.
“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,” Details magazine explained.
Soapbox Design created the History of Radio in Canada stamps with illustrations by Oliver Burston.
Lowe-Martin printed the stamps by four-color lithography. A total of
130,000 booklets were printed. The stamps measure 34 millimeters by
29mm.
Canada Post serviced 7,000 first-day covers with a Montreal pictorial cancel showing a radio tower emitting a signal.
The Canada Post product numbers are 414140111 for the booklet of 10 and 414140131 for the FDC.
Canada Post stamps and related items are available online.
Stamps and FDCs are available by mail order from Canada Post Customer
Service, Box 90022, 2701 Riverside Drive, Ottawa, ON K1V 1J8 Canada; or
by telephone from the United States or Canada at 800-565-4362, and from
other countries at 902-863-6550.
They also are available from many new-issue stamp dealers, and from
Canada Post’s agent in the United States: Interpost, Box 400, Hewlett,
NY 11557.
Connect with Linn’s Stamp News:
The advent of radio fundamentally changed the way Canadians consumed news, music and entertainment. May 20, 2020, marks the 100th anniversary of the first scheduled radio broadcast in Canada.
Transmitted by XWA in Montréal to a Royal Society of Canada gathering at Ottawa’s Chateau Laurier, the broadcast featured a live performance by soprano Dorothy Lutton. Radio was embraced quickly and wholeheartedly by Canadians. By the end of the decade, tens of thousands of Canadians were tuning in.
Specifications
| Issue Date | May 20, 2020 |
| Stamp Designer | Soapbox Design |
| Stamp Value | PermanentTM (domestic rate) |
| Quantity Produced | 130,000 |
| Dimensions | 34 mm x 29 mm |
Currently for pre-order only. Your item will ship once it becomes available on May 20, 2020.
SOURCE#1 https://www.linns.com/news/us-stamps-postal-history/history-of-radio-in-canada-stamps-available-may-20
SOURCE#2 https://www.canadapost.ca/shop/stamps/canada/p-414140111.jsf?execution=e1s1#
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