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Chalon Portrait Stamps

- Other Countries

The Chalon portrait was much used as a basis for stamp design early in the Queen's reign. The New Zealand stamp used more of the portrait than other designs, most of which concentrated on the head.

Other places using the portrait include:

Queensland qld.jpg (8619 bytes)
Tasmania tas.jpg (8446 bytes)
Prince Edward Island PEI.jpg (4657 bytes)
Canada can.jpg (6579 bytes)
Nova Scotia novascotia1.jpg (5469 bytes)
New Brunswick newb.jpg (8084 bytes)
Natal natal.jpg (8617 bytes)
Bahamas bah.jpg (6019 bytes)

The portrait was used mirror image  on a double head in the 1897 Canada Jubilee issue, but added more of a smile than was ever on the original. An amused Queen Victoria?

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Here it is mirror image for comparison:
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Australia has reproduced an 1860 Queensland stamp in a 1984 miniature sheet (Ausipex 84)

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(Part only shown)

 For the centenary of postage stamps in Queensland in 1960, Australia reused the design.

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For images of the life of Queen Victoria see this great site:  LINK

April 07, 2003