This item for sale is the First Day Cover of the "Bluenose" stamps issued for the 100th anniversary.  

I have already sold and shipped some of these items.  I have more of them on order from Canada Post. I should receive them by Tuesday July 13, 2021.That is why I set the handling time to 15 business days.  If you purchase them from this listing I will ship them as soon as they arrive.  I will notify you when Canada Post sends me a shipping notice for the order.  I usually receive them within two business days from receiving that notice.  Thank you for your patience.

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I have various other history related items listed for sale, including others from this 100th Anniversary of the Bluenose issue. Please click ==>  History ~ Canada & World  <== to see them all.

As with all my items, free local pickup in Toronto is available. If you want to take advantage of this option, please do not pay by PayPal.  Cash payment may be made at time of pickup.  Please ==> Contact me <== for more details on free local pickup.

If you want to use free local pickup on other items and it is not an option in those listings, please notify me.   I will make a correction to the listings. 

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Any stamps bought with any of my First Day Covers will ship with them for no additional fee. You must follow my "Combined Shipping Directions" below to receive this deal.

Click to see all my ==> First Day Covers FDC  <== here. 

To see all my stamps, souvenir sheets, panes and booklets of stamps please click ==>  Stamps MNH, Sheets, Panes etc <==  to visit my "stamps" store category. 

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This special stamp issue features two different images of Bluenose (five of each stamp per booklet of 10). The first stamp portrays Bluenose on a fishing expedition, the second stamp commemorates Bluenose competing in its debut race in 1921.

Designed by William J. Roué of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, and built in Lunenburg’s Smith & Rhuland Shipyard, Bluenose was launched on March 26, 1921 and helmed by Captain Angus J. Walters. It outpaced all other competitors in the North Atlantic to win the International Fishermen's Trophy. It remained undefeated in four subsequent Trophy series over the next 17 years – 1922, 1923, 1931 and 1938 – earning the schooner the nickname the “Queen of the North Atlantic”. Sold to work as a freighter in the Caribbean, Bluenose struck a reef and sank off the coast of Haiti in 1946.

Bluenose has famously adorned the 10-cent coin almost exclusively since 1937, is featured on Nova Scotia’s current licence plate and has been immortalized in song by folk legend Stan Rogers. The famous schooner was also painted by east-coast marine artist William E. deGarthe (1907-83) whose Bluenose and Three Dories inspired the stamp illustration of Bluenose as a fishing vessel.

 Bluenose has famously adorned Canada's 10-cent coin almost exclusively since 1937, is featured on Nova Scotia’s current license plate and has been immortalized in song by folk legend Stan Rogers. The background photo for this uncut press sheet is of Bluenose (sail no. 2) as it makes its way to the start of the International Fishermen’s Trophy first elimination race in Halifax Harbour in 1921. The photo is by W.R. MacAskill, from the Nova Scotia Archives.

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Start Of Combined Shipping Directions:

If this is the only item you want to buy, then please pay as directed by eBay. If you are buying two or more items, you must follow these directions in order to receive combined shipping discounts.

1. To receive combined shipping offers all items must be paid for at the same time on the same invoice.


2. Any stamps bought with any First Day Covers will ship with the FDCs for no additional fee.


3. If you have bought any other items in addition to stamps or FDCs (i.e. coins, cards, public transit items etc) eBay will over-charge you on shipping. Do not pay eBay's total. Instead please use the "Add To Cart" button, or use the other buttons and ignore eBay's automated prompts to pay.


4. Please send me a message when you are finished shopping and I will issue an invoice which will charge you a discounted shipping fee for combined shipping. Your shipping fee will be discounted more than if you paid for each of those items separately.


5. Usually I can prepare and send an invoice within 2 hours after receiving a request. However, I cannot send invoices from the eBay app on my phone, so if I am out and away from my computer, it will take longer.

6. My invoice will be sent to the email address associated with your eBay account. You will know it is from me because it will include a short note that begins with "Hi <your first name>" and ends with "~Martin" (my first name)


I want to save you $$$ €€€ £££ money!

Thank you.

~Martin (cynicwonder)

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