Description: Left stamp shows Artifacts of the Indigenous People of the West Coast and on the right the Inside of a communal Long House in Nootka Sound area.
Circa: 1974
Condition: MNH block of 2
Notes:
Bilingual issue bearing English and French inscriptions, reflecting Canada's official languages.
The sepia scene on the right stamp holds immense historical value, capturing the exact interior architecture observed by Captain James Cook’s expedition crew when they first made contact with the Nuu-chah-nulth people at Nootka Sound in April 1778.