1978 13c Wildlife from Canadian/US Border - Raccoon

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U.S. #1757h

1978 13¢ CAPEX Wildlife

Issue Date: June 10, 1978

City: Toronto, Canada
Quantity: 15,170,400

Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Printing Method: Lithographed, engraved

Perforations: 11

Color: Multicolored... more

U.S. #1757h

1978 13¢ CAPEX Wildlife

Issue Date: June 10, 1978

City: Toronto, Canada
Quantity: 15,170,400

Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Printing Method: Lithographed, engraved

Perforations: 11

Color: Multicolored

Issued in conjunction with the 1978 Canadian Philatelic Exhibition in Toronto, the CAPEX souvenir sheet was the first U.S. souvenir sheet to be released outside the country. Eight different stamps, featuring popular animals and birds from North America, appear together on this colorful sheet.

The raccoon is easily recognized by the “mask” of black hair around its eyes, and its bushy ringed tail. American Indians and early settlers used to hunt this animal for fur, and the pelts were also used as money before paper currency was established.