Queen Elizabeth II, Canada postes postage, purple, 3 c, 1963, stamp

country: Canada postes postage
topic: Queen Elizabeth II
theme: Queens heads
type of stamp: postal stamp
color: purple
year: 1963
issue date: 4 February 1963
postal value: 3 c
designer: Ernst Roch
engraver: portred by Yves Baril, lettering and symbol by Donald J. Mitchell

More from the same series:
Queen Elizabeth II, 1 c, brown (1963)
Queen Elizabeth II, 2 c, green (1963)
Queen Elizabeth II, 3 c, purple (1963)
Queen Elizabeth II, 4 c, red (1963)
Queen Elizabeth II, 5 c, blue (1963)

Information:
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, born 21 April 1926) is the reigning queen and head of state of the 16 independent sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis. In addition, as Head of the Commonwealth, she is the figurehead of the 54-member Commonwealth of Nations and, as the British monarch, she is the Supreme Governor of the Church of England. (Source: Wikipedia, read more about Queen Elizabeth II on Wikipedia)

King George VI, Canada postes, postage, 3 c, purple red, 1949, stamp

country: Canada postes postage
topic: King George VI
theme: Kings
type of stamp: postal stamp
color: purple red
year: 1949
Date of Issue: 15 November 1949
postal value: 4 c
designer: Photograph by Dorothy Wilding, Designed by Herman Herbert Schwartz
engraver: John Hay

Information:
King George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death. He was the last Emperor of India (until 22 June 1948), the last King of Ireland (until 18 April 1949), and the first Head of the Commonwealth. (Source: Wikipedia, read more about King George VI on Wikipedia).