Description: This unsevered block of four Canadian postage stamps belongs to the Indians of Canada multi-year commemorative series, specifically highlighting the cultural traditions of the Subarctic indigenous communities. The block consists of two distinct designs arranged in a se-tenant checkerboard format, with each individual stamp holding a face value of 8 cents. One design showcases an intricate Ojibwa Thunderbird illustration, rendered in a rich green graphic outline centered on a muted grey background and anchored by an authentic geometric border design. The alternating design depicts a detailed full-length illustration of a Kutchin hunter dressed in vibrant ceremonial attire adorned with traditional fringe, balancing a hunting bow in one hand against a snow-capped wilderness landscape. The clean white margins display the bold country name and face value inscription "Canada 8" along the top border, while bilingual descriptive subtitles reading "Indians of the Subarctic" and "Les Indiens du Nord" anchor the lower left margins.
Circa: 1972
Condition: Mint block of 4
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