Canada 2014 - Empress Of Ireland Stamps

Hey guys. Yes I did open it, what a beauty. Love it. will look at it closer for errors later.

Puzzler, I tried to just open the tube end and it was on very tight, I thought that the end was the only and correct way to open it, I was very wrong, as I played with different methods of removing the tin end without any luck the center of the tube mysteriously came apart.

Turns out that is how it was designed to work. Pulled the two ends apart to reveal that beautiful sheet.

Now I will be able to put it back without problem. I am thinking that a frame will make it to my wall in the man cave.

xyyz...I was thinking of doing like you and framing it...BUT..I was worried about sun light might affect it.

Wert, my man cave is pretty dark...lol. really like a cave

Man cave xyyz...??...There is no mountains in Texas....haha

The best example of a First Day Cover FDC I have of this issue or emission.

A postmark, May 29, 2014, on a triptych stamps and middle gutter combination, from Gladstone Street Post Office, Halifax, NS.





The label in between the two P stamps is of three men on deck boards, playing something like shuffle board I think.

A triptych can be three stamps se-tenant or a stamp, label, stamp se-tenant (next to each other). A gutter is a margin between rows or columns of stamps.

I'll show later the four triptychs available from the Empress of Ireland sheet. I wonder if Scott / Unitrade are used to pricing or even showing these in their catalogues?

they better....

Here are 2 first day covers I have..Does anyone else have a different one..??

I thought you might like to see the facsimiles of the vintage postcards that come with the $99.95 collection.
Here's the front of one:


and here's the back:



It says on the side that Maj. Attwell (the writer) and wife were rescued from the sinking.

And here's the other one, mailed in Norway (Norge stamp) as a Happy New year greeting and advertising for the Steamship Line.
Here's the front:



And here's the back:

Love those old postcards.

Earlier on this thread I spoke in haste about the existence of previous triptych Canadian stamp issues / emissions.

Here are two I noticed while cruising ebay on robertstamps listings:

The 1997 Confederation Bridge triptych stamps (stamp-label-stamp):


and the 1998 R.C.M.P. RCMP Musical Ride triptych stamp-label-stamp issue:


Any more perhaps?

Puzzler...That confederation bridge is not a true picture of what it looks like...You dont see both side of the mainland and island that close..But a nice stamp.

The insert on the 2nd page of this tread shows 2 postcards with Canadian stamps (Edward VII 1c and Admiral 1c green) This is different that the post cards included in the actual souvenir pack. The picture in Canada Post "Details" shows the Norway stamp.

Indeed true, I have driven it myself. A forced perspective broken up by the label and perf breaks in the center to simulate continued distance.

A painting (reduced) from http://www.susanchristensenart.com/...-bridge-pei/ showing the view from the opposite angle from Prince Edward Island and then a perspective showing you the distances involved.

Second picture credit: http://saylehse.com/confederation-b...a-1995-1999/

I find it fascinating what a triptych combination can do for a work, architecturally or artfully.

Back to the Empress of Ireland, the facsimile postcard posted by "sak" refers to Major Attwell & his wife who were rescued from the sinking. The link below describes their experiences (although I believe the last name Atwell should have been Attwell). Along with the experiences shared by others, it was (and still is) quite a story:

https://archive.org/stream/tragicst...n59/mode/2up