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]] 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 . 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." 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. |
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