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44 by Larry Mcinnis When Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson married last July 23, they were already the subject of hundreds of stamps issued by countries around the world, not all of them in the British Commonwealth; 12 Commonwealth members noted the wedding. Canada did not issue a stamp, although Britian marked the event with two stamps issued July 22, the day before the actual wedding. The stamps, one 12-pence and one 17-pence, show the same basic design, by Jeffrey Matthews; the young cou- ple in a relaxed mood, from a photograph taken by Gene Nocon, a friend of Prince Andrew. At the base of the 17-pence stamp Prince Andrew's rank in the Royal Navy is noted with the insignia of a lieutenant. His father, Prince Phillip, was a lieutenant in the Royal Navy as he prepared to marry Princess Elizabeth in 1947. You may be surprised to know that the 1947 royal wedding was postally ignored by Britian. Canada, however, did issue a stamp, and so did Australia, the only two Commonwealth countries to do so. Although the wedding of Elizabeth and Philip took place on Nov. 20, 1947, the Canadian stamp was not issued until Feb. 16, 1948 (Scott 276) and that was a delay from the planned release date, Jan. 15. The Australian stamp was a 1-pence (Scott 210) issued on the wedding day. If you didn't know the wedding date, yoiu wouldn't know the purpose of the stamp. It shows Elizabeth alone and the inscription refers only to her: "'H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth."' There is no reason for the stamp's issue given in the Scott Standard catalogue. Canada's is a four-cent blue, with the same portrait. The stamp's inscrip- tion doesn't explain why it was issued, but at least it's explained in the catalogue. The designs used were from a por- trait by Dorothy Wilding. Britian's only recognition of the event was a special cancel showing wedding bells, for use on Nov. 20. iv 19. The Commissio GE, RED ROCK/NIPIGON, TERR RIVER, Ont. Applications (862271400, 862272200, CRTC - Public Notcie 1987- MARATHON, MANITOUWAD Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télecommunications canadiennes NOTICE n has received the following application: 1. ACE BAY, WAWA AND WHITE 862274800, 862275500, CRIC 862273000, 862276300) by LAKESHORE COMMUNITY TELEVISION LIMITED, 236 Mac- Donald Ave., Terrace Bay, Ont., POT 2WO, to amend the licences for the broadcasting receiv- ing undertakings serving the above-mentioned localities, by adding a specific condition of licence authorized it to act as a Part Ill licensee under the Cable Regulations 1986. Examination of applications: Municipal Offices in each of the above-mentioned localities. The complete text of this notice and the application may be vi Les Terrasses de las Chaudiere, 1 Promendade du Portag eneral, CRTC, Ottawa, Ont. K1A ON2, with cant on or before 24 February 1987. For blic Hearings Branch at (819) 997-1 328 Services in Hull at (819) 997-0313. Interventions must be filed with the Secretary G proof that a copy has been more information you may a or 997-1027, CRTC Information served on the appli Iso call the CRTC Pu Canada ewed at CRTC, Central Building, e, Room 561, Hull, Quebec. The Ontario Family Farm Interest Rate Reduction program (OFFIRR Plus) is designed to reduce your farm debt by covering part of the interest costs. OFFIRR Plus, a $246 million three- year program, applies to both long-term and operating debt. It can reduce the interest rate on farm loans to as low as 8%. Weather Assistance provision to assist those who suffered crop losses because of adverse weather in 1986. To find out more about OFFIRR Plus ~and the Adverse Weather Assistance provision - contact any Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food office. And it can cover as much as $360,000 worth of farm debt annually. OFFIRR Plus also includes an Adverse Or call collect at (416) 965-7661. Completed applications: no later than May 18, 1987. Ministry of @) sats and Food ONTARIO Minister, Hon. Jack Riddell Premier, Hon. David Peterson Of course that oversight was not to occur in Britian again, or anywhere else- except Canada. The next royal wedding was that of Prince Anne to Capt. Mark Phillips. (For the trivia buffs, an army captain is equivalent to a naval lieutenant). Britian issued two stamps on the day of the wedding, Nov. 14, 1973 (Scott 707-8). Canada passed. So did Australia. The event was marked by 22 of the smaller Commonwealth issuing en- tities, for a total of 44 stamps, all us- ing a common design. Such issues have become known as omnibus issues, in that a large number of stamps are issued by a large number of entities on a single subject. The run-up to the next royal wedding occurred at the same time as the great philatelic market bubble, 1980-82. The omnibus issues were in their heyday. The wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer on Ju- ly 29, 1981, brought out 96 stamps from 54 Commonwealth entities by the end of 1982. Canada did not issue a stamp. Bri- tian did, three of them, on July 22, ex- actly a week before the wedding (Scott 224-6). The Scott Standard catalogue lists the issue date as July 29, which is incorrect. The Prince Charles-Lady Diana wedding, the fact that her 21st birth- day was a year after the wedding, then the birth of their two sons, William and Henry, spawned hundreds of stamps in as many configurations, souvenir sheets, and every other form of philatelic issue. Other countries have jumped on the omnibus bandwagon, many with no connection to British royalty, such as North Korea, which is not listed in the Scott catalogue, a U.S. publication. 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