Canada 2006 Duck Decoys

• Date of Issue : 3rd August 2006
• four values depicting decoys from the Canadian Museum of Nature, a miniature sheet
• and a set of postal stationery premium postcards
• Design : Oliver Hill and Dennis Page, from illustrations by Pierre Leduc
• Printer : Canadian Bank Note Company
• stamp format height 48¼mm x width 38½mm
• Print process : lithography
• Perforations : 13.1 x 12.5
• Tagging : GT4
• Paper : TRC

designs depict hand-carved decoys afloat, and birds in flight over them
51c ~ barrow's goldeneye
51c ~ mallard (decoy has a ring around its neck)
51c ~ black duck (in plain colours)
51c ~ red-breasted mergansers (decoy is black and white with red beak)

51c x four designs

miniature sheet

Premium Postcards (with imprinted indicium)

non-denominated Postage Paid

First Day Cover