Looking for Carillon Sacré-Cœur French Candian Stamp - Cinderella cc3810.1
Looking to collect a French Canadian Stamp but do no see any listings so it must be fairly rare?
According to Ronald Lafrenière:
At the onset of the twentieth century there was a resurgance of French Canadian nationalism in the Province of Quebec, centred on the adoption of a flag representing the French Canadian people. Several ideas were proposed that culminated in the adoption in 1903 of the "Carillon Sacré-Cœur" as the French Canadian national flag. The blue background represents the ancient flag used by Montcalm when he repelled the English forces at Fort Carillon in 1758. The white cross and the heart of Jesus represent faith in the Catholic Church, maple branches are from the national tree, and the fleurs de lys in each corner represent ties to France. To help promote this new flag, stamps with the slogan "Cœur de Jésus Notre Roi Sauvez Notre Patrie le Canada Français" were designed by Sister Marie de l'Eucharistie (Elmina Lefebvre) of the Sisters of Charity in Quebec City and distributed by the weekly Montreal newspaper, Le Messager Canadien.
According to Ronald Lafrenière:
At the onset of the twentieth century there was a resurgance of French Canadian nationalism in the Province of Quebec, centred on the adoption of a flag representing the French Canadian people. Several ideas were proposed that culminated in the adoption in 1903 of the "Carillon Sacré-Cœur" as the French Canadian national flag. The blue background represents the ancient flag used by Montcalm when he repelled the English forces at Fort Carillon in 1758. The white cross and the heart of Jesus represent faith in the Catholic Church, maple branches are from the national tree, and the fleurs de lys in each corner represent ties to France. To help promote this new flag, stamps with the slogan "Cœur de Jésus Notre Roi Sauvez Notre Patrie le Canada Français" were designed by Sister Marie de l'Eucharistie (Elmina Lefebvre) of the Sisters of Charity in Quebec City and distributed by the weekly Montreal newspaper, Le Messager Canadien.
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