William Rowan and Canada’s 5¢ Whooping Crane stamp: the proposal and a Saskatchewan photograph

Abstract

This article focused on the photograph of two Whooping Cranes in Saskatchewan that William Rowan used as a basis of a stamp issued by Canada Post in 1955. Details of the proposal submitted in support of this issue are outlined.

Early photographic record of the Whooping Crane in the Battleford area, Saskatchewan

“…The design of a 5¢ stamp, issued by Canada post in 1955, on which the Whooping Crane was featured at a critical time in its comeback, was based on an award-winning photograph taken by lahrman west of moose Jaw during the crane's fall migration of 1953. 6 While conducting research on the history of this stamp and the photograph that was used by the stamp's designer, William rowan, of the university of Alberta 1). The birds had been reported to Conservation officer Ken smith on the morning of the previous day by our family friend, robert e. Butler, who farmed nearby.…”